Sacred Liberation Retreat · Madeline Island, Apostle Islands, Wisconsin
Remember who you are. Return to the knowing within. Live from it.
Three and a half days on Madeline Island: breathwork, reflection, and real connection with a small group, led by Alissa Sunshine and Dave Marchetti. Four years running, every retreat has sold out.
2027 dates coming soon. Waitlist is open.Coming sooner: a two-day December retreat in Turtle Lake, December 5–6.
Something has been building in you
This retreat exists for the part that hasn't moved yet.
Maybe you've done the work. Therapy, books, breathwork, conversations at midnight with people who love you. Some of it helped. But something deeper hasn't moved yet.
This retreat gives you what everyday life rarely does: enough quiet, enough safety, and enough time to hear yourself again.
Four intentions
What we come here to do
Fall in love with you
Most of us have spent so long measuring ourselves against who we think we should be that we've lost sight of who we are. Here you meet yourself again, and find you're worth loving exactly as you are.
Set yourself free
We go to the root of the beliefs and patterns that have kept you stuck, and we release them. Not by talking about them endlessly. By actually moving them.
Tune into your purpose
There's a knowing inside you that daily noise drowns out. The retreat creates the conditions for it to surface, and people leave surprised by how clear their direction feels.
Consciously create your life
You have far more power to shape your life than most people realize. We work with using that power on purpose, from wholeness instead of fear.
What you'll experience
Everything is experiential. Nothing is random.
Deep breathwork journeys
Guided journeys where the thinking mind steps back and the body gets room to release and reset.
Reflection and embodied practice
Time to notice what came up and practices that help you trust what you're feeling.
Practices for home
Simple tools you learn on the island and keep using on your own afterward.
The island itself
Big Bay State Park, the Lake Superior beaches, the town of La Pointe, and four days away from ordinary life.
Real community
Strangers become friends. People come back year after year, partly for each other.
Love, laughter, and joy
The deep work sits alongside a lot of laughter. You'll be surprised how light it feels.
What you take home
Insight you can live from
Before you leave the island, we turn what you discovered into three commitments, so it doesn't fade on the drive home.
I've gained new tools to tap into self and the powers that be on my own when back home.
Heather KnutsonA practice of connection
Something realistic you'll actually keep doing, with yourself and the people who matter.
One meaningful next action
Not a life overhaul. One step you'll take when you get home.
A way to stop overriding yourself
A specific place where you'll stop pushing past your own needs and knowing.
What's included
Four days, held from start to finish
- 3 nights in shared rooms, lovingly prepared by Dave, on Madeline Island
- Guided immersive healing journeys
- A written vision process to leave with clarity about where you're going
- Hiking, beaches, La Pointe, and four days away from ordinary life
- Just seven guests with Alissa and Dave, so everyone is truly held
2027 retreats
Dates coming soon
- Where
- Madeline Island, Apostle Islands, Wisconsin
- Group
- Kept small on purpose
- Pricing
- Shared with the 2027 dates
People on the waitlist hear the dates first and get first chance at a place.
Your guides
Alissa and Dave
Together they hold a space of balance, depth, and unconditional acceptance.
Alissa Sunshine
A Wisconsin breathwork facilitator and energy healing practitioner with over 25 years of personal healing work and more than a decade of formal training. She has led sold-out retreats on Madeline Island four years running, and is known for spaces that feel completely safe, deeply loving, and genuinely transformative.
Dave Marchetti
Dave brings a rare, grounded presence to this work. His gift is holding space for the wounds we carry in relationship: safety for women to heal wounds from the masculine, and room for men to open up and be vulnerable in ways they rarely allow themselves.
From past retreats
Strangers become family
I will always remember this weekend as it was such a healing and affirming experience. I have been forever changed because of this experience. As I came back to mundane life in the past week, it opened my eyes to how unconsciously I've been living my life. …
Michi LeeSunshine is an amazing group facilitator and such a strong, welcoming presence. It was such a powerful, profound experience, and I feel so thankful to have been a part of it. I feel a close bond to all of them, and I will always think of them as my first spiritual family.
Zachary HowardIt is so hard to sum up in words what a retreat with Alissa and Dave is. A soul transformation. It is the safest container with all the souls who attend. I have made so many long-lasting friends. …
Tiffany Moriak-MerrimanMy healing experience was at a whole new level. I have shed so much pain that I was holding onto for many years. … Knowing now that I am my own healer is so powerful and exciting.
Dana ZimmermanEvents with Alissa have always been an instant feeling of trust, safety and unconditional love. Returning for more is always a pull on my heart of coming home. …
Lacey LooThis is one of the most profound and all-encompassing retreats I have ever attended. … Alissa is divinely guided and able to share these beautiful gifts in a complete and authentic way that allowed me to feel 100% safe and able to open and do the healing I needed.
Michelle RudeenStay close
Get on the waitlist for Madeline Island 2027
Retreats sell out quickly. People on the waitlist get the 2027 dates and first chance at a spot before anyone else. Questions? Email evolve@alissasunshine.love.