Sedona, Arizona · November 11–13, 2026
ALCHEMY
Travel & Logistics Guide
Everything you need to know before you arrive.
This is your complete guide to preparing for the Alchemy Retreat — travel, transportation, lodging, event locations, attire, food, and every detail to settle before you land in Sedona.
Orientation
Everything You Need to Know
Please review this guide in full before you travel. Each thread below is covered in detail further down the page — move through it once now, and return to it as your departure approaches.
01Getting to Sedona
02Airports
03Shuttle transportation
04Driving directions
05Accommodations
06Nourishment
07About Sedonya
08Sacred spaces
09Your self-care
10Hiking & vortexes
11Stargazing
12Etiquette
13What to bring
14Sedonya's spaces
The Journey
Travel & Logistics Guide
From booking your flight to your final departure — the full arc of your arrival into Alchemy.
Final Event Destination
Sedonya Conscious Living Center
120 Deer Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336, United StatesGetting to Sedona
Let the land meet you before the schedule does.
Nestled among red rock formations and high desert landscapes, Sedona is a little removed — and that's part of its magic. We recommend allowing extra time to arrive slowly and settle in.
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
PHXThe most reliable option for most guests. Approximately 2 hours from Sedona by car.
~2 hrs to SedonaAirport website
Flagstaff Pulliam Airport
FLGAbout 45 minutes from Sedona. Flights are limited and often connect through Phoenix — many guests find it easier to fly directly into PHX and drive.
~45 min to SedonaAirport website
Shuttle Transportation
Groome Transportation offers scheduled shuttle service between Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and Sedona.
Advance reservations are strongly recommended, especially during peak travel times.
Driving to Sedona
From Phoenix
- 01Take I-17 North toward Flagstaff
- 02Exit at 287 – Camp Verde / AZ-260
- 03Turn left onto AZ-260 West toward Cottonwood
- 04Continue through Cottonwood
- 05Turn right onto AZ-89A North toward Sedona
- 06Follow AZ-89A into West Sedona and proceed to Deer Trail Drive
Where to Rest
Accommodations
0.2–0.5 mi from Sedonya
Walking Distance
GreenTree Inn Sedona
Budget-friendly with microwaves, mini-fridge, coffee maker & Wi-Fi.
2991 W St. Rt 89A(928) 282-9166WebsiteSedona Real Inn & Suites
Adobe-style suites with fireplaces & patios.
95 Arroyo Pinon Dr(928) 282-1414Ask for "LOCAL/SEDONYA Rate"
WebsiteAirbnb Options
Nourishment
Cafés, Bakeshops & Juices
Walking distance — 0.2–0.5 miles from Sedonya.
Sit Down & Stay Awhile
Restaurants
About Sedonya
There's a hum beneath the stillness here.
Not loud — but steady. Like something inside you knew this place before your feet ever touched the land. Welcome.
Sedonya is a sanctuary built to hold you — not with instruction, but with invitation. You are welcome to explore, to slow down, to return to your own rhythm.
Sacred Spaces Open to You
Where You May Wander
The Meditation Temple
Always open. A quiet, sacred space for you to sit, reflect, pray, or simply be. Remove your shoes, step inside, and listen.
The Bee Temple Garden
Alive with color and pollinator song. A place to walk or sit when you want to feel held by the land.
Weeping Willow Crystal Ball
A shaded garden sanctuary where water flows, the willow breathes, and time softens.
The Medicine Lodge
A ceremonial space held by Uqualla, of the Havasupai Nation. A living lodge — entered only through invitation and with reverence. If you feel called, you may request a private session with Uqualla during your stay.
The Wellness Center
Care of the body is sacred here. You are welcome to book a private session at any time — for restoration, balance, or gentle nourishment.
“Each offering at Sedonya is crafted with care — not to add more, but to help you return. Back to your own stillness. Back to your sacred center. Back to what has always been whole within you.”
Heartfelt Journeys
Your Self-Care
While you're here, we invite you to deepen your journey with restorative experiences offered through Sedonya Heartfelt Journeys — a curated sanctuary of private sessions, sacred immersions, and transformational care, all held within the sacred grounds of Sedonya or out in the land.
Return to Self
Private Sessions & Healing Therapies
- Ayurvedic bodywork
- Intuitive energy healing
- Spiritual guidance & readings
- Infrared sauna, hyperbaric chamber, and BEMER sessions
Micro Journeys
A pause within the retreat. A return to yourself. Micro Journeys are 60-minute, private integration experiences offered during retreat breaks.
Each journey is curated, weaving together two to three supportive modalities — such as sound, vibration, light, warmth, or stillness — chosen specifically for you.
They are especially supportive when you feel full, open, tender, or in need of grounding and nervous-system settling.
Available by appointment. Our team is happy to guide you.
Call (832) 748-0777Welcome to Sedona
You've come to Sedona for something.
Maybe it has a name. Maybe it doesn't. But something in you said yes.
This isn't just a retreat. It's an arrival — into a landscape that holds silence as ceremony, stillness as guidance, and beauty as a kind of truth.
Sedona doesn't offer answers. It reflects. It meets you where you are, and reveals what's ready — not with force, but with presence. This land has been a place of ritual, reverence, and renewal for generations.
It doesn't belong to any one lineage, yet it holds many.
It doesn't perform. It waits. And when you listen, it responds.
However your time here unfolds — whether with movement or stillness, voice or silence — let it unfold gently. Walk slowly. Feel the space between things. Trust what stirs.
You're not just attending. You're remembering. And you're not doing it alone.
Welcome to Sedona. Let what's sacred find you.
A Place for Ceremony
In Sedona, ceremony isn't an afterthought — it's the point.
Ceremonies act as a container for intention and emotion. They hold space for transition and transformation — whether seasonal, life stage, or spiritual path. In the Sacred Now, each action feels like a prayer. The land itself becomes a participant.
The Pull
Why People Feel Sedona's Spiritual Pull
Introspection
Space to feel, rather than be told
Vortices
Energy that amplifies and exposes
Ancient
A living spirit, known across cultures
A magnetic calling
A nudge toward the divine
Journey into the Heart of the Land
Hiking & Activities
Sedona is more than beautiful — it is alive. Each trail and rock formation holds its own energy signature, and many have become known as “vortex sites,” places where the Earth's subtle energies are especially strong. From Sedonya, several of these sacred locations are just a short drive or walk away.
Earth's Spiraling Energy
Vortexes
Sedona's vortex sites aren't places you simply “visit” — they are places that move through you.
At locations like Bell Rock, Cathedral Rock, Boynton Canyon, and Airport Mesa, Earth's energy is believed to spiral in concentrated fields — either upward (for activation, inspiration) or downward (for grounding, release).
- Heightened intuition
- Spontaneous emotional release
- Physical sensations — pressure, tingling, or ringing in the ears
- The sense that something ancient is remembering you
“The land isn't giving you energy. It's showing your own.”
When the Sky Becomes Ceremony
Stargazing
Sedona is not only sacred ground — it is sacred sky. After the sun dips behind the red rocks, the desert opens into one of the most breathtaking celestial views in North America. With minimal light pollution, wide open vistas, and a silence that hums, Sedona becomes a place to lay back, look up, and remember.
Whether you're tracking constellations, catching the tail of a meteor, or simply resting under the stillness of stars, these spots invite a nighttime pilgrimage into the mystery.
Sedona & the Stars
Star Beings, Sightings & the Unknown
Sedona is one of the UFO capitals of the world. For decades, people have reported mysterious lights, non-human craft, and visions of higher intelligences in the night sky — especially near Bell Rock, Cathedral Rock, and the open desert west of town.
Local lore speaks of
- Vortex portals acting as gateways between dimensions
- Blue orbs and geometric lights appearing without explanation
- Feelings of telepathic contact, heightened awareness, or time distortion under the stars
You don't need to believe in aliens to feel something otherworldly here. Just lay under the stars, breathe, and allow the moment to unfold. Many report a subtle sense of being watched — not with fear, but wonder.
Etiquette
Offered With Intention
Everything at Sedonya is offered with intention — not to add more, but to help you return. In that spirit, we ask that you honor the following with presence and respect.
Open-Hearted Presence
Arrive with kindness, curiosity, and reverence — for yourself, for others, and for the land.
Shoes Off, Spirit On
Please remove shoes when entering indoor spaces. Clean socks or soft slippers are welcome.
Quiet in Sacred Spaces
The Meditation Temple and ceremonial spaces are held in silence. Please respect the stillness.
Hydration & Nourishment
Only water is permitted in the main rooms (Sicatuva, Cathedral, Guan Yin). Sedonya is a plant-based property. Please reuse your eco-cup or bring your own water bottle.
A Living Space of Consciousness
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit devoted to awakening, Sedonya is a shared sacred ground. We thank you for walking it with presence.
While You're Here
Intention Walk
Most mornings, join Uqualla at the Fire Arena for an Intention Walk. Donation basis.
Sedonya Conscious Living Center
120 Deer Trail Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336“Amidst the sacred beauty of Sedona, let your spirit awaken to the present moment.”
Preparation
What to Bring
A packing checklist will be shared here soon. For now, trust that you'll be guided with exactly what you need.
This list is intentionally empty for the moment. Watch for updates from our team, and rest knowing that the essentials will be clearly outlined before you depart.
Coming soon.
Map
Sedonya's Spaces
The grounds you'll move through during your stay.
- Waterfall Patio
- Cathedral
- Art Center
- Heart Center
- Sicatuva
- Sicatuva II
- Check In
- Bee Temple
- Heartfelt Spa
- Office
Heartfelt Journeys · Oneness Center · Sedonya · ForTheBenefitOfAll.org
The land here doesn't ask you to perform, arrive, or prove. It simply invites you to listen.
You don't need to become anything here. You are already something sacred.
If you choose to step forward — into ceremony, into silence, into remembrance — know this: you won't be doing it alone. The red rock will hold you. The wind will witness you.
And this space, tended with love, will welcome you. We're not here to teach you. We're here to hold a mirror — gently, reverently — so you can remember what's been true all along.
Welcome home.
Sonya, Sedonya's Safe Space Keeper
Need support before or during your journey? Reach us at support@michellejeovanny.com
ALCHEMY
Sedona, Arizona · November 11–13, 2026