Gatherings at The Beer Ranch

June — Golden Hour Gathering for Summer Solstice 

September  — Harvest Gathering

October — Through the Veil Ancestor Day

Our events, unless otherwise noted, are conducted at The Beer Ranch. We are about an hour drive south of Kansas City. All roads except the ranch drive are paved and accessible except during snow and ice situations. We encourage ride sharing when possible and will do our best to facilitate for those who want to do so. Please plan to arrive on site at least a few minutes — and up to a 1/2 hour — prior to event start. Wear seasonally appropriate clothing and come prepared to walk between 1 and 3 miles on uneven ground (closed toed shoes or boots are recommended). Bring a water bottle. The ranch has clean accessible water and we prefer to not add to the plastic crisis if possible. As always, this is a working farm/ranch. Our facilities are designed for utility and functionality and the comfort of our livestock. Our animal citizens do not live by the human code of decorum. They poop, pee, fart, have sex, make loud noises, and generally live their best life without regard to who is present. Please note, check out forms will be paid to Synchronicity Hypnotherapy & Gestalt.

Red Bud Renewal & Field Blessing

The land is listening. Buds swell before they open, roots begin to drink more deeply, and the soil shifts from holding to offering. This gathering marks that moment of transition, when life has decided to return and asks for our attention, care, and consent. We are called to be deliberate. And it is powerful.

At the ranch, we will bless the fields and honor the unseen partnerships that sustain them. Through a soil ritual we will celebrate growth already well underway in the fields — the ones here at the ranch and our own inner field. We will celebrate the tending work we are seeking to undertake through a ritual of spreading of seeds. We will engage the land not as something to be managed, but as something alive and responsive. This is an act of relationship. A remembering that growth is not something we demand, but something we participate in.

$136 includes lunch & supplies. Limit 13 people. Adults and mature teens welcome.

Maypole Celebration

May marks the season when life stops waiting for permission. Across much of Europe, early May has long been celebrated as the turning point when fertility, vitality, and movement return to the land. The Maypole itself emerged as a communal ritual, ribbons woven by many hands around a central pole, symbolizing the interlacing of lives, seasons, and forces that make growth possible. It was never meant to be watched. It was meant to be joined.

This celebration honors that ancient understanding in a modern, grounded way. We will gather to dance the Maypole, not as performance, but as participation. Each ribbon becomes a living thread, a reminder that creation is relational and that joy is something we practice together. The movement is simple, playful, and welcoming. No experience required. Just a willingness to step in.

The day will continue with time on the land and with the horses, allowing the energy of the morning to settle into the body. Through Gestalt walks, reflective horse sessions, and life-force–inspired creative work, guests will be invited to explore what wants to move, grow, and express itself this season. A shared lunch anchors the day, bringing us back into rhythm with nourishment, conversation, and rest.

May has always been about life asserting itself. This gathering is an invitation to meet that energy with openness, delight, and intention.

Art supplies & lunch included.

$136 includes art supplies. Limit 13 people. Adults & mature teens welcome.

The Golden Hour Gathering - In honor of the Summer Solstice

The Summer Solstice marks the longest day of the year, when light reaches its fullest expression before slowly turning inward again. Across cultures, this moment has been honored as a threshold, a pause at the peak, a time to acknowledge both abundance and impermanence. Nothing is missing here. Nothing needs to be added. This is the season in full bloom, asking only to be witnessed.

At the ranch, we will gather to honor balance within abundance. Through a fire and water ritual, we will explore the interplay between vitality and restoration, action and receptivity, heat and flow. Fire reminds us of passion, courage, and expression. Water brings cooling, intuition, and continuity. Together, they create harmony, not opposition.

This gathering is not about holding on to the light. It is about honoring it fully. About standing in the height of summer and recognizing the quiet wisdom that lives inside fullness itself.

$136 includes lunch & supplies. Limit 13 people. Adults and mature teens welcome.

Harvest Gathering 

Harvest is not only about abundance. It is also about discernment. By September, the land shows us what took root, what ripened, and what quietly asked to be released along the way. This gathering honors that moment of reckoning and gratitude, when effort meets outcome and balance is restored through honest noticing.

At the ranch, we will come together to mark what has been cultivated over the season, both in the fields and within ourselves. Through harvest-themed reflection, releasing and reaping practices, and gratitude-centered creative work, guests will be invited to acknowledge what is ready to be gathered and what no longer needs tending. This is not a judgment of the season, but a recognition of its truth.

After a shared seasonal lunch, the afternoon will open into Gestalt walks and reflective horse sessions, offering the land and herd as mirrors for integration. September carries a natural wisdom, one that understands when to gather close and when to let go. This gathering is an invitation to meet that wisdom with presence, appreciation, and grounded clarity.

Art supplies & lunch included.

$136 includes art supplies. Limit 13 people. Adults & mature teens welcome.

Through the Veil Ancestor Day

As the year turns toward winter, the land begins to thin its edges. Leaves fall. Light softens. What was once outward-facing turns inward again. Across cultures, this season has long been recognized as a time when the boundary between past and present feels closer, not because anything mystical is happening, but because we are finally quiet enough to listen.

This gathering is an invitation to honor those who came before us. Not through grief or ceremony alone, but through acknowledgment, reflection, and presence. Ancestor Day at the ranch is about remembering the lives that shaped the ground we stand on, the choices that carried forward, and the resilience that made our own lives possible. It is a day of lineage, continuity, and respect.

Together, we will move through the land with intention, using Gestalt walks and reflective horse sessions to explore what has been carried across generations, both consciously and unconsciously. Creative practices will offer a way to mark what deserves gratitude, what asks for release, and what wisdom remains available to us now. This is not about dwelling in the past. It is about understanding how the past still walks with us, and choosing how we carry it forward.

Through the veil of the season, we remember that we are not separate. We are the continuation.

$136 includes lunch & supplies. Limit 13 people. Adults and mature teens welcome.

Therapist Day at The Ranch

This day is designed for therapists who want a clear, grounded understanding of how hypnosis, Gestalt, nature-based therapy, and Equine Gestalt work can be thoughtfully integrated into a client’s broader therapeutic experience. This event will focus both on personal healing/ practitioner renewal AND offers professional context, experiential understanding, and informed discernment.

The emphasis is on understanding what happens here, who this work is and is not appropriate for, and how it complements traditional clinical settings.

The day will include structured orientation, demonstration, and discussion of hypnosis, Gestalt principles, nature-based practices, and Equine Gestalt sessions. After a shared lunch, the afternoon offers experiences including Gestalt walks and reflective horse sessions, allowing therapists to witness the pace, container, and tone of the work. Opportunities for conversation around referral considerations, client readiness, and scope of practice will be woven throughout the day.

This gathering is intended to support therapists in making informed referral decisions and in understanding how experiences at the ranch can extend therapeutic work beyond the office in a way that remains client-centered, ethical, and intentional.

$65 includes lunch & supplies. Limit 6 professionals.