Alchemy of Now:
AÂ Half-Day Retreat
October 18th, 2025
11 am - 4 pm ESTÂ
Transform your relationship with change, paradox, and possibility in one immersive gathering.
Overview
Transform your relationship with change, paradox, and possibility — in one immersive gathering.
Join Drisana McDaniel for a half-day intensive designed to help you meet uncertainty with steadiness, widen your capacity for complexity, and reconnect with the creative possibilities of the present moment.
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About the Retreat
The Alchemy of Now virtual retreat aims to empower individuals and communities through a transformative educational experience that integrates psychospiritual wisdom with principles of social justice and ecological awareness.
The retreat is designed to guide participants in deeply reflective and healing-centered practices that challenge traditional paradigms and foster personal and collective growth.
Alchemy of Now is a half-day, live intensive—a focused, guided experience that blends reflection, teaching, and practice so you leave with insights you can apply right away.
Why Alchemy of Now?
Alchemy of Now invites you to become an everyday alchemist, someone who can turn toward life's complexity with curiosity, compassion, and creativity.
Rooted in deep personal insight and collective wisdom, this intensive supports you to:
- meet change with more choice (instead of automatic reaction)
- hold paradox without shutting down or rushing to certainty
- reconnect with imagination, vitality, and "what else might be possible"
What You’ll Receive
In this intensive, we’ll move through three connected arcs:
1) Turning Toward Change
Learn how to relate to change as a meaningful practice—grounded in presence and attention.
Themes we may explore: the present now, acceptance, with-ness, self-reflexivity, attunement, emergence.
2) Working with Paradox
Build capacity for complexity and ambiguity without collapsing into binary thinking.
Themes we may explore: beyond “either/or,” leaning into discomfort, integration & reconciliation, creativity at the crossroads.
3) Revival and Possibility
Reconnect with vitality through imagination, awe, joy, and the quiet power of the present moment.
Themes we may explore: unlearning & counter-narrative, ancestral wisdom, worldview & possibility, attunement to awe and joy.
What You’ll Leave With
By the end of our time together, you can expect to leave with:
- a clearer way to name what you’re moving through (and what it’s asking of you)
- practical reflection tools you can return to when things feel unclear
- more comfort holding complexity—without forcing quick answers
- a renewed connection to possibility, imagination, and inner steadiness
Who This Is For
This intensive is for:
- individuals navigating personal or professional transitions
- community organizers and activists seeking new tools
- educators and healers exploring deeper self-awareness
- anyone ready to transform challenges into creative opportunities
No “perfect mindset” required—just willingness to show up and engage honestly.
Your Instructor
Drisana McDaniel
Drisana McDaniel brings a powerful lineage of activism, mindfulness, and community organizing. Her approach—rooted in healing-centered practices and embodied wisdom—offers both grounding and illumination for people navigating complex change.
Pricing & Registration
Thanks to the generous support of our funders, we are able to subsidize registration for the program.
The full value of this intensive experience is $599.99. Our intention is to help remove financial barriers while continuing to offer a thoughtful and supportive learning experience.
We encourage you to register as soon as possible.
