Autumn Equinox & Harvest Full Moon Sound Bath in the Forest

Wild Indigo Forest Farm · Saturday, September 26, 2026

Autumn Equinox & Harvest Full MoonSound Bath in the Forest

Seasonal Food · Harvest Moon Mandala Labyrinth · Fire Ritual · Immersive Sound Bath

Celebrate the Autumn Equinox and Harvest Full Moon with an immersive seasonal experience in the forest - featuring homegrown herbal tea, warm harvest food, a living mandala labyrinth, intention and fire rituals, an immersive sound bath, pawpaw dessert, and a special take-home offering.

🍁 Autumn Equinox season🌕 Harvest Full Moon📍 Pekin, Indiana

⏰ Experience begins at 5:00 PM · Sound Bath begins promptly at 6:00 PM

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Golden gong on its wooden stand inside Wild Indigo Forest Farm's artisan-built cob and stone retreat space, illuminated by candles.

A glimpse of the sound, craft, candlelight, and handmade spirit waiting inside Wild Indigo.

The experience begins before the sound

Your Arrival Hour

The full experience begins at 5:00 PM. Please use the 5:00–6:00 PM arrival hour to park, settle in, and get fully set up. Everyone should be completely settled before the Sound Bath begins promptly at 6:00 PM. Come early. Park. Exhale. Wander. Arriving is part of the experience.

WanderWalk the trails and visit the pond

SipHomegrown Wild Indigo herbal tea

TasteWarm seasonal savory bites

WalkThe Harvest Moon Mandala Labyrinth

WelcomeWrite what you are welcoming into fall on a pressed leaf to keep

ReleaseWrite what you are ready to let go of on a small burn-safe paper note

Before we settle in for sound, offer the release note to the fire.

Harvest Moon Mandala Labyrinth

A seasonal threshold walk.

Leaves, gourds, herbs, flowers, grasses, stones, and whatever the land offers that week will shape the path, with a large full moon anchoring the center.

Listen · feel · move as you need

Harvest Full Moon Sound Bath

The Harvest Full Moon Sound Bath begins promptly at 6:00 PM and ends at 7:00 PM. Cat of Cat & Owl Alchemy will introduce herself as the session begins and guide the experience.

Slowing down may feel peaceful, emotional, activating, uncomfortable, tender, strange, spacious, or confronting. You may cough, sigh, cry, shift, feel restless, need to sit up, or simply notice your body more intensely than usual.

There is no expectation that you perform relaxation. You are welcome to move, drink water, cough, change positions, step outside, or care for your body however you need. Every guest will have bottled water and mints available during the session.

Warm · seasonal · autumnal

An Autumnal Feast

We want the food to feel warm, seasonal, easy to eat, and gentle before sound.

GF & Vegan

Phyllo Bite

Butternut squash, vegan-adapted brown butter miso, sage, and a crunchy butternut squash chip element.

Vegetarian

Mini Galette Square

Butternut squash, brown butter miso, sage, lightly whipped ricotta, honey, and crunchy butternut squash chip.

After Sound

Pawpaw Pudding Square

A warm, tender pawpaw pudding square finished with shagbark syrup cold foam, brown butter miso, and an edible flower.

Choose your nest

Four Ways to Settle In

The two $33.33 choices offer the same Gathering-level experience. The Loft option simply tells us you’re happy to use the Yoga Loft if weather brings everyone indoors.

ONLY 1 TICKET LEFT

Gathering

$33.33

Cushioned mat. Your take-home care package includes a Wild Indigo herbal tea bag plus any offering Cat chooses to weave in. Bring your own blanket, pillow, or eye mask if you want extra coziness.

6 SPACES

Sound Bath Loft

$33.33

Gathering-level cushioned mat setup. Choose this ticket if you would genuinely enjoy settling into the Yoga Loft if weather moves us indoors. Loft access requires climbing a library-style ladder independently.

ONLY 1 TICKET LEFT

Comfort

$44.44

Cushioned mat & blanket & pillow & eye mask. Your care package includes a Wild Indigo herbal tea bag & Wild Indigo Boundary Spray & Cat’s Comfort-tier offering(s).

SOLD OUT

Reclined Comfort

$77.77

Zero-gravity reclining chair & full comfort setup. Your care package includes a Wild Indigo herbal tea bag & Wild Indigo Boundary Spray & a handmade candle from Cat & any additional pieces we decide to weave in. Reclined Comfort is intentionally limited, with approximately 4–8 chair spaces depending on the final indoor layout.

Library Bar inside Knob N' Wood Retreat and Nature Center. — The Library Bar at Knob N’ Wood. The Yoga Loft is tucked above this room.

Indoor weather plan · 6 opt-in spaces

About the Sound Bath Loft

The Sound Bath Loft is a six-space Gathering-level option for guests who would genuinely enjoy the Yoga Loft if weather brings us indoors. These opt-in loft spaces are part of what helps us keep the full gathering weather-safe.

The Yoga Loft is tucked above the Library Bar. Reaching it requires climbing a library-style ladder, and the loft has limited head clearance. It is not mobility-friendly, so please choose this ticket only if you are comfortable climbing up and down independently.

If we remain outdoors, Sound Bath Loft guests settle into the outdoor sound field with everyone else.

This is far more than a sound bath. Every ticket includes the complete seasonal experience:

One-hour arrivalHerbal teaHarvest bitesMandala labyrinthIntention ritualFull Moon Sound BathWater & mintsPawpaw puddingTake-home offering

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Autumn forest at Wild Indigo Forest Farm beneath a pink and violet evening sky.

Seasonal attire · encouraged, never required

Come Dressed for Autumn

Wear the colors of fall. Wear leaves. Wear a floral crown. Add floral adornment, woodland textures, or whatever the autumnal season means to you.

And yes, if your interpretation is forest fairy, we enthusiastically support your choices. 🧚🏿♀️

Come solo, come together · you belong here

Come Exactly As You Are

You do not need to arrive with a friend, partner, or built-in person. Coming alone is explicitly welcome, and you will not be expected to figure out belonging by yourself.

If You Are Coming Alone

Please do. The arrival hour, shared meal, forest wandering, labyrinth, ritual, and settling-in time create natural, low-pressure ways to meet people without turning the evening into networking or forced sharing.

You can be deeply social, quietly present, or somewhere in between. There is no correct amount of interaction required to be part of the gathering.

Your Experience, Your Choice

No retreat experience, sound-bath knowledge, or spiritual background is required. Curiosity is enough.

You may rest, move, change positions, step outside, be quiet, or opt out of a prompt, ritual, share, or activity without explaining yourself. Quiet participation is welcome, and care for your body comes first.

Need a little extra care to feel comfortable? Please tell us before the gathering about dietary, sensory, mobility, or accessibility needs so we can plan honestly and thoughtfully with you.

Outdoor gathering · come ready for the forest

What to Bring & Outdoor Comfort

Please remember that this experience is planned outdoors at Wild Indigo Forest Farm, weather permitting. We prepare the gathering area thoughtfully, and a few simple extras can make your sound-bath nest even more comfortable.

Optional extra layerIf you are settling on a cushioned mat, you are welcome to bring a blanket to place under your mat for an extra layer between your setup and the grass. Comfort and Reclined Comfort already include a blanket for coziness, but anyone may bring a personal favorite or an extra layer.

Dress for outdoorsComfortable layers and shoes that make sense for grass and forest paths are encouraged. Autumn evenings can shift quickly once the sun begins to settle, so bring an extra warm layer if you tend to get chilly.

Grass & gathering areaWe will keep the grass in the outdoor Sound Bath area very short and treat the area with Saturday Lime as part of our outdoor-prep routine to help deter pesky little bugs.

Bug spray availableWild Indigo’s homemade bug spray will be available for anyone who would like it. You are also welcome to bring your own preferred insect repellent.

A little forest reality: this is an outdoor gathering in a living forest. We will do our part to make the space comfortable, but an occasional insect, leaf, breeze, or curious bit of nature may still make a cameo. 🌿

Weather-safe by design

If the Weather Turns

We are dreaming this as an outdoor gathering, but every ticket is being planned around what can comfortably move indoors if needed. The sound bath will shift inside during bad weather, and the fire ritual can move to the fire inside our masonry heater.

The six Sound Bath Loft tickets are specifically part of this indoor plan, allowing guests who are comfortable with the Yoga Loft ladder to opt into those spaces ahead of time.

See Knob N’ Wood Indoors ↗

The people & place holding the evening

Meet Your Hosts

Meet Your Sound Bath Guide: Cat Moeller-Cunanan

Catherine “Cat” Moeller-Cunanan is a musician, educator, sound practitioner, and founder of Cat & Owl Alchemy in New Albany, Indiana. A lifelong musician, she began playing guitar at the age of four under the guidance of her father before pursuing classical violin training. Throughout her career, she has performed in a wide range of musical settings, from symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles to electric violin and rock performances.

Cat earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Ball State University, along with two master’s degrees from Indiana University in Secondary Education and Educational Leadership. She also holds a Gifted and Talented certification from Western Kentucky University. After nearly 30 years as a public school orchestra director, she retired from education in 2025 to devote herself full-time to helping others through music and sound.

About a decade ago, Cat discovered the work of Tom Kenyon, whose integration of music, science, and healing inspired her to explore the therapeutic potential of sound. She earned professional sound-practitioner certification through the VSTA and later studied Vibroacoustic Therapy with Kate Kunkle of Costa Rica. To her knowledge, she is the only practitioner in Southern Indiana formally trained in this specialized modality.

Cat founded Cat & Owl Alchemy to create spaces where sound, intention, and commUnity come together to support relaxation, restoration, and personal well-being. She offers private sound and vibroacoustic sessions, commUnity sound baths, retreats, corporate wellness experiences, and educational programs. She currently facilitates monthly sound baths beneath the historic dome of the Parthenon in New Albany.

In addition to her healing work, Cat is expanding Cat & Owl Alchemy with the opening of Southern Indiana’s first plant-based apothecary refillery, providing environmentally conscious refill products that reduce single-use plastic while supporting healthier homes and a healthier planet.

Whether performing music, facilitating sound experiences, or educating others, Cat’s work is rooted in one guiding belief: that music has the extraordinary ability to connect, comfort, and transform lives.

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Elise Dixie Jane

Elise Dixie Jane is the creator and steward of Wild Indigo Forest Farm. A Clinical Herbalist, sustainable Earth artist, garden designer and educator, and bee-centric keeper, Elise has spent 17 years as a small-business owner learning how to meet people where they are and create experiences that feel deeply cared for. She grows, harvests, dries, processes, and brews 60+ herbs for Wild Indigo’s homegrown apothecary.

Elise is a third-generation herbalist and second-generation Reiki Master, raised around chakra work, Traditional Chinese Medicine and a deep relationship with plant medicine.

Wild Indigo Forest Farm Instagram ↗Wild Indigo Aura Photography Instagram ↗

Wild Indigo Forest Farm

Wild Indigo Forest Farm is located in Clark State Forest. At the heart of the land is Knob N’ Wood, our off-grid, artisan-built strawbale-and-cob home and Retreat & Nature Center, shaped through natural-building craft, passive solar design, abundant natural light, and a masonry heater. Across Wild Indigo, herbalism, gardens, forest-to-table hospitality, Earth art, trails, wetlands, seasonal gatherings, and thoughtful stewardship are woven together with care.

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Give yourself time to arrive

Arrival & Parking

Please use the full one-hour arrival window beginning at 5:00 PM. Parking is spread across several areas of the property, and we’ll send the event-specific parking plan before the gathering so you know exactly where to go before you arrive.

Parking across the property

Knob N’ Wood Retreat Center lot: about 7–9 vehicles. These closest spaces are specifically reserved for guests who need additional mobility support.
Upper Ridge Sun Lot: about 5–7 vehicles. It is a two-minute-or-shorter walk down the knob. Shuttle service begins once this lot is full.
Forest Lot: about 10 vehicles, depending on vehicle size and comfort with the tucked-away, quirky forest parking layout. It is also a two-minute-or-shorter walk down the knob, with shuttle pickup available once shuttle service begins.
Knobstone Trailhead Overflow: up to about 25 vehicles. This is the primary overflow area and the main focus of our shuttle service once the Upper Ridge Sun Lot is full. Open the Knobstone Trailhead overflow map ↗

Watch for event parking signs before you even pull into the Wild Indigo driveway. If the closest area is full, signs will direct you clearly to the Upper Ridge Lot, Forest Lot, or Knobstone Trailhead Overflow.

Mobility support & shuttle help

The parking area directly beside Knob N’ Wood Retreat Center is intentionally held for guests who need the closest, simplest arrival route. If you need additional mobility support, please tell us ahead of time so we can reserve the right space and help plan your arrival.

Shuttle service begins once the Upper Ridge Sun Lot is full. From that point, the shuttle will run approximately every 10 minutes throughout the remainder of the arrival hour. Pickup is available from the Upper Ridge Sun Lot and Forest Lot, with our primary shuttle focus on the Knobstone Trailhead Overflow.

Please arrive during the full one-hour window and plan to be completely parked, walked or shuttled in, and settled before the Sound Bath begins at 6:00 PM. Once the session starts, late arrivals may need to wait for a natural transition before entering.

Saturday, September 26, 2026
⏰ Experience begins: 5:00 PM
Sound Bath begins promptly: 6:00 PM
Wild Indigo Forest Farm · Pekin, Indiana

Autumn Equinox · Harvest Full Moon

Come experience the turning of the season.

Arrive early and let the entire evening unfold: forest wandering, homegrown herbal tea, a harvest feast, mandala labyrinth, intention and fire ritual, an immersive sound bath, pawpaw dessert, and a take-home offering.

Reserve your place under the Harvest Full Moon →