The best way to describe Divine Lakshmi Dev's retreat would be liberating, awakening, healing, soulful, peaceful, exhilarating, challenging, emotional, powerful, magical and spiritual.I took care of myself for once. I healed wounds that were open for far too long. I worked on boundaries that needed to be drawn. I got rid of negative energy and thoughts I was holding onto. I forgave others, and more importantly, I forgave myself (something I’ve never been able to do). I swam naked in the ocean and felt cleansed and liberated. I danced under the magic of the stars, the moon, and a fire on the beach. I held my sisters hands as we watched the sunset and felt the power of our energies and the Earth’s energies collide and swirl through us as the tears poured out of me.When Lakshmi Dev did healing work with us during group, I was so overcome with emotion, tears streamed down my face and the guilt and shame that I had left my body. I could feel parts of my broken heart, healing. The self-love work we did was so powerful and I truly fell in love with myself, all of me that I left with full acceptance of who I was, loving all the things I used to dislike about myself. The sisterhood that was formed between the women in the group, the bond, the connection, and love, the energy was so intense it felt like these women were my soul sisters with a bond that will never be broken. I tried things I hadn’t ever done and it was liberating and made me feel powerful and strong.Lakshmi Dev is one of the most amazing women I have ever met. She’s truly a spiritual leader with a gentle, kind, and loving soul who is fun, independent, and charismatic. Her sense of humor mixed with her sense of calmness makes you want to be around her all the time!Honestly, every human should go to this retreat and would benefit from it. We get so caught up in serving those that we love around us and not taking care of who we are and what we need. If we don’t love ourselves and if we aren’t gentle and kind to our own souls, we can’t take care of anyone.This experience changed me. I didn’t know what I was searching for when I went, but I came back knowing who I was, what I wanted, and I finally felt as though I had found peace and harmony within myself. I was finally balanced, centered, and happy.