About
Curators of transformation
We don't just offer experiences — we curate sacred journeys by connecting you with the world's finest healers, guides, and wisdom keepers in the heart of Sedona. Three people. One shared conviction: that the land already knows what you need.
The Call of Sedona
Almost no one says it the same way.
“I don't know why I came.”
“I've been thinking about Sedona for years.”
“It just felt like the right time.”
“I couldn't explain it.”
“I wasn't planning this trip.”
Different words.
The same feeling.
A quiet pull toward a place that seems to arrive long before the journey itself.
Perhaps that's the first thing to understand about Sedona. People rarely come here only because of the scenery. The red rocks are extraordinary. The light is unlike anywhere else. The beauty alone is worth the journey. And yet, ask enough people why they came, and another story begins to emerge. Many describe a feeling they struggle to explain. Not certainty. Not belief. Just a sense that something was waiting here.
Then something curious happens.
For some, it happens the moment they arrive. They step onto the land, look across the red rocks, and without warning begin to cry. Not from sadness. Not always from joy. Sometimes from relief. Sometimes because they've spent years holding something together that can no longer be held.
For others, nothing dramatic happens at all. Sedona works more quietly. Over days, conversations become different. Questions they had been avoiding become impossible to ignore. Old stories begin to loosen. New possibilities appear where certainty once lived.
It's less like being given answers... and more like losing the ability to keep asking the wrong questions.
Perhaps this is why people struggle to explain Sedona. We often expect transformation to arrive as an event. A breakthrough. A revelation. A single unforgettable moment. But many people discover something else.
Transformation often unfolds the way dawn arrives. So gradually that, for a while, nothing seems to be happening. Until suddenly the entire landscape has changed.
No one can say exactly what Sedona does.
Some speak of geology.
Some of silence.
Some of beauty.
Some of ancient cultures.
Some of energy.
Some simply say they feel more like themselves here.
Perhaps none of these explanations are complete. Perhaps they don't need to be.
What matters is not whether everyone experiences Sedona in the same way. They don't. What matters is that almost no one leaves with exactly the same questions they arrived with.
Some leave with unexpected clarity.
Others leave carrying better questions.
Some discover what they need to heal.
Others discover what they're ready to create.
Many discover that the journey they thought they were taking was never the real journey at all.
At Sedona Experience, we don't begin by asking what you want to do. We begin by listening for the reason you may have been called here in the first place.
Because if the call is unique... perhaps the journey should be too.
Co-Founder & Curator
Sonya Belisle
Sonya brings decades of experience in conscious hospitality and transformational event design. Her gift is creating containers where magic becomes possible — where the ordinary dissolves and people remember who they truly are.
With a background in high-end retreat curation and wellness tourism, Sonya understands that transformation happens at the intersection of beauty, intention, and masterful facilitation. She personally vets every facilitator, oversees every detail, and ensures each journey honors both the land and the lineages we serve.
Indigenous Guide & Wisdom Keeper
Uqualla
Uqualla is an indigenous wisdom keeper whose lineage runs deep in the traditions of this sacred land. As the ceremonial heart of our journeys, Uqualla brings authenticity, reverence, and powerful transmission through ritual, story, and song.
From the opening gong ceremony to the closing fire ritual, Uqualla holds space with a presence that can only come from walking this path for lifetimes. Participants describe the experience as "coming home to something I didn't know I'd lost."
Co-Founder & Experience Architect
Antony Berkman
Antony is the visionary architect behind the flow of each journey. With a background in leadership development, corporate transformation, and conscious community building, he understands how to design experiences that catalyze lasting change.
His superpower is seeing what's possible — not just for individuals, but for groups, teams, and communities. Antony weaves together ceremony, facilitation, and intentional design to create arcs of transformation that honor both the ancient and the emergent.
Beyond the core team
The world's finest healers, here
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Global network
From Peruvian shamans to Tibetan sound healers, from breathwork masters to indigenous elders — years of relationship building with transformational facilitators around the globe.
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Thoughtful curation
Every facilitator is personally vetted. We don't just check credentials — we experience their work firsthand, ensuring alignment with our values of authenticity and integrity.
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Custom experiences
Need a specific healing modality or ceremonial focus? We bring in specialists to create exactly the journey your group needs — from cacao ceremony to council facilitation.
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Deep relationships
Our network isn't transactional — these are sacred partnerships built over years. When you work with us, you're accessing a trusted circle of transformation allies.
“We're not the healers. We're the bridge — connecting you with the masters, holding the space, and ensuring every detail serves the journey.”
A Living Invitation
Sedona has always attracted extraordinary people.
Healers. Guides. Wisdom keepers. Artists. Ceremony leaders. Indigenous teachers. Visionaries. People whose work is difficult to describe, yet impossible to forget.
What is emerging here is larger than any one practitioner or any one center. It is an evolving way of helping people discover the experiences, people, and moments that are most aligned with why they came to Sedona.
If your work carries integrity, depth, and a genuine commitment to helping people awaken, heal, celebrate, discover, or reconnect with life — and you feel called to be part of this unfolding — we would love to hear from you.
Our intention is not to build a directory. It is to cultivate a trusted field of remarkable people whose unique gifts may become part of someone's most meaningful day in Sedona.
If this resonates with you, please reach out. We'd love to begin a conversation.
Whether you choose one of our signature journeys or we design something entirely custom, you will have access to world-class facilitation in one of the planet's most sacred landscapes.
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