
Update after Hurricane Helene:
David, Dawn, and the beautiful Inner Wolf Retreat Space are blessed to have weathered the storm with ZERO damage.
The river miraculously stayed within its banks. Travel is welcome in the area and we appreciate your continued support to us by coming to events and come to stay at the retreat in one of our rooms. We as a small business have been hit and your support helps us to weather this storm. We also want to support you! Sound healing helps the nervous system get out of fight or flight, helps us ground, and supports emotionally too.
Our retreat and road here is completely functional as is getting here from I-26. Please reach out with questions or to schedule! Sending so much love to you and to our entire region. Our retreats start up again in April for weekend long transformative experiences with daily sound healing sessions.
Thank you! ~ Dawn & David,
Inner Wolf co-owners
Sound & Light Nights
We have a special garden area of the retreat where the Blue Ghost and the Synchronizing Fireflies like to call a sanctuary! Pair time watching their calming light with a sound healing session for a wonderfully relaxing evening in nature!
See Event Pages for all the details

Step into stillness with a deeply restorative sound healing session designed to help you reconnect and realign. As your inner light awakens, we’ll move into the calm of a twilight garden—where the soft glow of Fireflies mirrors the quiet radiance within you.
Sound On to hear what our gongs sound like!
Feed Your Inner Wolf with Love

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Upcoming Events & Workshops


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About Us
We are business partners Dawn Sagonias and David Heiss. We've each been working with sound healing since 2015, and we met at Gong Camp in 2019 and realized we have the same dream of a sound healing retreat space. This lifelong dream is now coming to reality. We invite you to join us in our dream of sound healing that helps reset the nervous system, further your spiritual development, and realize your highest expression. This is medicine for our times.

Sound Healing Retreats
Why come to a sound healing retreat?
Even just one hour of sound healing can provide profound clarity and a reset for your body, brain, and nervous system. You feel renewed, clear, centered, and whole within yourself. Imagine not having to "Gong and Drive" after your session, and instead you can wander, reflect, rest and integrate your experience, or even take a nap!
Imagine coming to a peaceful property filled with the sound of a rushing creek, flowing lakes, bird songs, 7 species of frog calls, and the light of fireflies. You receive nourishment through high vibration meals, cozy lodging close to nature with the comforts you need to feel at ease yet able to disconnect from society and get back to center. You find enrichment with a sound healing daily over the 3 days, cacao & fire ceremonies, heart-touching circles of manifesting that open you to a greater sense of connection to the spirit within you.
Take time and invest in your own well-being and join us!
We also offer reasonable rates for you to host your own retreat here at the Inner Wolf Retreat Space.
We have a communal kitchen so if you stay overnight, you'll have access to a kitchen with oven, sink, fridge and freezer, in addition to the microwave, hot water kettle, and keurig that are in all the rooms. The kitchen also opens up ease for warming, preparing, and cooking food for your hosting your own retreat too. Alternatively, we can also provide food for your retreat to take that time and responsibility off your plate while you are transforming lives.
Lodging and What to Expect
Stay Where the Soul Can Breathe
We offer three simple yet cozy rooms designed to gently guide you back to center. Each space is shared retreat-style, with three beds per room—ideal for solo travelers and new connections. If you're attending with a partner or close friend, we may be able to offer a two-person room depending on availability.
In warmer months, you can also opt to sleep creekside under the stars—our spacious tents and gear are ready to create a nature-immersive experience that nourishes both spirit and body.
Rustic Charm, Modern Comfort
Here, there’s no 5G and no televisions—just the song of the wind, the hush of trees, and the gentle rhythm of nature. While we do have cell service and WiFi if needed, we invite you to unplug and drop into the peace that’s been waiting for you all along.
Our accommodations are rustic in all the right ways: lovingly simple, quietly inspiring, and thoughtfully appointed with everything you need to feel grounded and at ease.
Each overnight room includes a small fridge, hot water kettle, microwave, Keurig, fan, and a mini split for heat, A/C, and dehumidifying. Nestled at 3,400 feet elevation, our nights are naturally cool—even in summer—and made for deep, restorative sleep.
Bathing & Beauty in Balance with Nature
Our shared indoor shower room offers spa-like comfort with a rainfall and handheld showerhead, hot water, and eco-friendly products. In the warmer months, our whimsical purple spiral outdoor shower offers instant hot water and a refreshing way to rinse off beneath the sky.
A Different Kind of Luxury
While we continue working toward a permanent septic solution (made more complex by our high water table), we couldn't wait a minute longer to bring this healing dream to life. And so, in the spirit of presence over perfection, we offer two clean and cared-for solutions:
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A modern Nature’s Head composting toilet, located in the shared indoor shower room
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A charmingly discreet, professionally serviced weekly portaloo just steps from your room
Each overnight room is also equipped with a chamber pot for nighttime ease.
This isn’t about roughing it—it’s about reconnecting. Choosing to tread lightly. Trusting that comfort can come from the crackle of a fire, the silence of stars, and the magic of waking up with the earth, not apart from it.
Let this be your retreat into wild beauty and simple grace.
PLEASE SEE OUR SOUND HEALING RETREAT PAGE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION AND TO CHOOSE YOUR RETREAT!

- 3 Day Women's Sound Healing Rest RetreatAug 22, 2025, 5:00 PM – Aug 24, 2025, 12:30 PMInner Wolf Retreat Space, 2854 Puncheon Fork Rd, Mars Hill, NC 28754, USA
- Sound and Light with Stars & Fireflies with DawnMultiple DatesAug 25, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PMInner Wolf Retreat Space, 2854 Puncheon Fork Rd, Mars Hill, NC 28754, USA
- Halcyon Listening Room Album Release Sound BathAug 26, 2025, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PMInner Wolf Retreat Space, 2854 Puncheon Fork Rd, Mars Hill, NC 28754, USA
- Private RetreatSep 12, 2025, 8:00 AM – Sep 15, 2025, 8:00 PMInner Wolf Retreat Space, 2854 Puncheon Fork Rd, Mars Hill, NC 28754, USA
- 3 Day Women's Sound Healing Rest Retreat near Asheville, NCMultiple DatesSep 19, 2025, 5:00 PM – Sep 21, 2025, 12:30 PMInner Wolf Retreat Space, 2854 Puncheon Fork Rd, Mars Hill, NC 28754, USA
- 3 Day Women's Sound Healing Rest Retreat near Asheville, NCMultiple DatesOct 10, 2025, 5:00 PM – Oct 12, 2025, 12:30 PMInner Wolf Retreat Space, 2854 Puncheon Fork Rd, Mars Hill, NC 28754, USA
- From Surviving to Thriving: A Nervous System Rebalancing Retreat with Fire CeremonyNov 01, 2025, 12:00 PM – 8:00 PMInner Wolf Retreat Space, 2854 Puncheon Fork Rd, Mars Hill, NC 28754, USA
- 3 Day Women's Sound Healing Rest Retreat near Asheville, NCMultiple DatesNov 14, 2025, 5:00 PM – Nov 16, 2025, 12:30 PMInner Wolf Retreat Space, 2854 Puncheon Fork Rd, Mars Hill, NC 28754, USA
Jane
“I’ve just attended May sound healing retreat at the Inner Wolf. What an amazing two and a half days it was! I've experienced sound bathing at the Sound Nest before but being able to live it 3 days in a row deepened my relaxation and connection with my inner self. David and Dawn have such a genuine and welcoming energies that elevated my overall retreat experience and my stay to a different level. Besides being very spiritual and talented musicians and healers, Dawn is a great cook that nourished all attendees with healthy homemade dishes and David enhanced our weekend’s journey with astrological reading and insights. And of course the nature itself around Inner Wolf grounds was an added bonus to the magical weekend retreat. I am planning on coming back with more friends as I want everybody I know to discover this place for themselves."
Dylann
"Dawn and David crafted and executed a beautiful weekend retreat for all people at all stages of their spiritual journey. They have a special way of creating a community and making everyone who comes into their space feel as safe and valued as possible. The food, the company, the accommodations, everything was very thoughtfully planned and maintained. I left my weekend feeling excited and supported for the future and how I can adopt some of these new practices into my life. I’m so grateful for this weekend and for both Dawn and David as people."
Allie
"Self Love Retreat :
I returned for this weekend retreat (Friday-Sunday) curated by Dawn. In addition to three blissful gong sessions, we enjoyed Reiki, manifestation and prayer circle, a heart-opening cacao ceremony, and cozy times by the wood fired stove (February). The meals were delicious! Dawn had thoughtfully prepared special touches and surprises. It was relaxing and heartwarming! It took a week or maybe even to process. The effects were profound."

Transforming daily, we invite you to soak in the peacefulness of this gorgeous property.
Arriving in Wolf Laurel at the Inner Wolf Retreat Space, you have found a peaceful, welcoming land where time slows down from life's usual whirring, where you feel worlds away from worries yet only 35 minutes north of Asheville, NC or 40 minutes south of Johnson City, TN.
This space is for you. This space is for you to get back to center, to find ease, to remember who you are, to move gracefully into your inner purpose and highest expression.


Come join us at our sanctuary and get back to center, immerse in nature, and enjoy clarity from the sound of the creek running through the property as well as the sound healing vibrations.
Please return to this page for up to date sound healing events, contact us for more information and sign up for the newsletter.
We continue to renovate the current buildings and turn them into rustic and eclectic sleeping and restoring spaces. We have a communal kitchen available and a hot indoor shared shower, with an outdoor shower in a spiral shape in the color purple with instant hot water.
Our retreat space centers on sound healing, connection with each other, and the healing properties of nature. We love to collaborate with other practitioners and together we expand the healing and transformative depths available to you.
Please contact us if you are interested in hosting an event, workshop, or pairing sound healing with your offering, or hosting your retreat here on our healing land. We look forward to seeing you at the Inner Wolf Retreat Space soon!
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