Held & Aligned Virtual Retreat
A Sacred Pause for Sensitive Souls
Join us for the next retreat on Saturday, Nov. 22nd at 10am CDT to Rest in a Space for Stillness, Recalibration and Reconnection with Your Inner Being
"Held & Aligned” is a virtual retreat designed to not only give you a sacred pause, healing and some much-needed restoration that can actually fit into your schedule, but also give you simple and doable tools to help you embody the truth that you deserve all the love, support and compassion, too, and that you’re worthy of receiving it in everyday life.
If you’re reading this, then it is likely that your nervous system is pretty fried, your heart is weary from heaviness, and your mind feels full beyond capacity more often than not. Living in 2025 as an energetically-sensitive and conscious person is a lot.
In a world where the current everyday landscape is filled with extraordinary uncertainty, intensity, pressure and amplified urgency - not to mention the continued glorification of busy-ness and overpacked schedules - we need to create sacred space and pauses for ourselves now more than ever.
There is no magic pill or overnight fix for such conditions, there is only an ever-present invitation to slow down, pause, and allow yourself to receive the care you so freely give to others. You may know this, but pulling it off is an entirely different story - due to mostly unconscious beliefs and habits that convince you that everything will fall apart if you do, or that there simply is not enough time.
So we’ve created this sacred container to disrupt those beliefs and to help you remember that it is okay to slow down - and there is indeed time to do so, even if just for a moment, when we choose to claim it. We created this space for you to feel supported, held and Aligned. If your body unclenched in the slightest upon reading these words, then we encourage you to consider allowing yourself this gift.
“I felt as if I was being pulled in numerous directions when I came across this retreat, and it gave me an opportunity to intentionally pause and focus on me. It was very valuable, and I loved the meditations, they continue to be a source of love and calm for me.” ~ Kathi, retreat participant
This virtual retreat is for the helpers, healers, caregivers, way-showers and sensitive souls who feel it all and hold it all. This is your invitation to slow down and carve out sacred time to nurture and realign with the light within you, for you, and so you can continue playing this vital role without burning out. We want to help you thrive in it.
Co-created by Nova Wightman, Transformational Alignment Coach and author of Awake & Aligned: How to Navigate the Human Experience as a Spiritual Being, and Nicole Testa, Well-Being Coach & Reiki Practitioner, this gentle yet powerful virtual retreat offers you a supportive container to pause, reset, reconnect with your heart, and receive the care and attention you so freely give to others.
“This retreat was perfect timing and exactly what I needed.” ~ Kathleen, retreat participant
This is for you if you’re ready to:
Nurture your own heart as generously as you nurture those around you
Ease the build-up of stress and exhaustion before it becomes too much
Refill your cup so you can keep showing up with compassion and presence
Root back into your spiritual essence and inner wisdom
Feel held, supported, and reminded that you are not alone
Learn ways to feel restored and held way more often in your everyday life, especially as we enter the holiday season
The Details
✨ When: Saturday, November 22nd from 10am-1pm CDT (8am-11am PDT/11am-2pm EDT/4pm-7pm GMT)
✨ Where: The comfort of your own space via Zoom, coziness encouraged ~ you will receive a link to join beforehand
✨ What we will be doing…
Opening Teaching and Connection
A gentle introduction with words of wisdom and guidance on creating sacred space for yourself each day during this season, this part of the annual cycle, reacquainting you with your sacred inner rhythms and flow. We will engage in a few simple and doable practices to help you align with your inner calm and reconnect with the peace within - no matter how busy you are, or how busy the season.Nicole will then lead us through a guided live group Reiki meditation and healing, giving you the opportunity to rest, receive, connect within, be held and fill up.
After, we will leave space to share your experiences, ask questions and identify how you will take this sense of peace and well-being forward into your everyday life, closing with a sacred intention and the power of being witnessed in those intentions.
✨ You will also receive…
A Short (10 minute-ish) Daily Reiki Meditation Recording
Upon registering, you will receive a short guided practice to help settle your body, receive, and remember your light, as a way to set the energetic tone of this experience and begin your retreat before we even go live. We invite you to use it each day leading up to and after the retreat in your own time.Reflection Prompts + Journal PDF
A simple, printable guide to help you pause, write, and explore what’s present for you.A recording of the retreat itself to come back to again and again, and to use in the event that you are unable to join us live. Energy knows no limits such as time and space, so you will still receive what you need through the recording.
✨Your Investment in Yourself for This Retreat:
~ Early Bird pricing of $97 USD through 11/17
~ After that, regular price is $150 USD
*Enrollment closes on 11/21.
**If you are in need of financial grace, please reach out to Nova@novawightman.com and simply let us know.
“This retreat came on the tails of an extraordinarily busy cycle and I felt pulled to the restoring energy. The retreat was very calming and gave me the permission and reminders to slow down and do what I need in the moments, which was refreshing and great proof that it doesn’t take much to protect and nourish my energy. The guided reiki meditation was a large shift in my energy, and it was overall a beautifully nourishing experience.” ~ Sage, retreat participant
You are worthy of this pause.
You spend so much time caring for others — this is your sacred space to be cared for, to be held, and to remember Who You Really Are.
Join Us
About Nova Wightman
Nova is a Transformational Alignment Coach, Conversations with God Coach on Neale Donald Walsch’s team, and the author of Awake & Aligned: How to Navigate the Human Experience as a Spiritual Being. She guides heart-centered, energetically-sensitive people who are on a conscious, spiritual path to tune in to their own inner wisdom and authority so they can live life in Alignment with who they really are. For more on Nova, visit www.novawightman.com.
About Nicole Testa
Nicole is a certified Co-Active Coach and Reiki Practitioner who offers well-being coaching, meditation, energy work, and gentle self-care tools for caregivers, helpers, and sensitive souls who need a moment to pause, feel supported, and restore their light. With several guided meditations on the popular meditation app, Insight Timer, as well as regular live Reiki offerings, Nicole is dedicated to helping you stay anchored and remember your light while navigating life’s ups and downs. For more about Nicole, visit www.nicoletesta.com.
Ready to carve out sacred space for you?
We’re here to hold it with you, and show you how to make space for more of it in your life even when life and the world feels out of control.