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Retreats, community, and mentorship for people ready to transform their own lives, and for those called to guide others through theirs.
YOU’RE NOT HERE BY ACCIDENT
On the outside, life looks good. You're showing up, holding it together, maybe even helping everyone else. But inside, something is asking for more: more peace, more freedom, more truth. Or maybe you're carrying a vision for a retreat, a gathering, or a business that could change lives, and you can't quite see the path.
So you keep going it alone. You push the feelings down, or you keep the vision in a notebook. Months pass. The calling gets quieter, and a small part of you starts to wonder if it was ever real.
It was.
AH Empowers is where you stop doing it alone. Whether you're here to transform your own life or to lead experiences that transform others, you'll find guidance, community, and a clear next step, held with care and built with strategy.
Take My First StepTWO DOORS. ONE NEXT STEP.
Two free ways to begin. Choose the one that feels like yours.
I'm ready to transform my life
FREE 21-DAY PRACTICE
Confidence isn't something you perform. It's something you embody. In just 16 minutes a day of sound and breath, you'll feel more grounded in your voice, clear in your purpose, and open to success without chasing, proving, or forcing.
Send Me the RewireFree instant access.I'm called to lead retreats
FREE RETREAT ROADMAP
If your retreat idea still feels scattered, this short training shows you the first shift that turns your calling into a clear, bookable experience. No venue, perfect itinerary, or massive audience required.
Show Me the RoadmapFree video training.WHAT IS AH EMPOWERS
Ashleigh Hakes Empowers is a home for people who are ready to grow, and for the leaders who guide them.
Some come here to move through change without abandoning themselves. Others come to build retreats, gatherings, and experiences that change lives. Many find they're doing both.
Everything here is sacred and strategic: deeply felt, beautifully held, and built to last. We call it the Experience-Led Business™ way, and it's how real transformation happens, for you and through you.
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✦ OUR VISION ✦
A global movement of Experience-Led Businesses™ creating meaningful impact people remember, return to, and carry home.
WAYS TO GO DEEPER
Choose the experience that feels right for you.
MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP · ONLINE OR AUSTIN
When life cracks open, you shouldn't have to hold it alone. A monthly rhythm of breathwork, yoga, ritual, and reflection, with a community there to support you through every transition.
Founding rate from $27/month for the first 5 members per tier. Join when it feels right.
I'm Joining the Shift
IN-PERSON · AUSTIN, TEXAS
Seasonal ceremonies and gatherings that bring you back to your body, your people, and the land. From Dinner with the Ancestors to Winter Solstice and cacao ceremonies, each one is an experience you'll carry home.
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SACRED EXPLORER RETREATS
Immersive journeys through culture, nature, beauty, and remembrance, co-guided with Adam DiMarco. Wander the Moroccan desert under a full moon, or step into a new way of seeing yourself and the world. Spaces are intimate and fill early.
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SIGNATURE PROGRAM · START ANYTIME
You have the gift. This is the blueprint. Learn to design, price, fill, and hold retreats that are sacred, profitable, and sold out, step by step, at your own pace.
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PRIVATE MENTORSHIP
Personal, high-touch guidance for your retreat, experience, or business. From a single strategy session to a year-long apprenticeship, we'll build exactly what you're here to create.
Book My ConsultationNot sure which is right for you? Send me a message and I’ll help you choose.
WHERE WE COME TOGETHER
A glimpse into the circles, retreats, and gatherings. Tap any photo to step a little closer.
✦ STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION ✦
10/10 no 111/10 outstanding facilitation, her instruments are... i’d like to say conscious co-creators of the experience
Tiff Fede Collaborator · Breathwork & sound
thank you for anchoring such a lovely, shady(!!!), chill and cozy place to gather yesterday. And thank you for welcoming me so warmly to be a part of it!
ErikaCommunity gathering
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Gathering feedback
This was such a nourishing masterclass level experience, thanks for sharing all your knowledge and passion for this beautiful medicine!
@heart.of.zahCacao experience
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Ceremony feedback
Ashleigh is passionate about her work, and equally compassionate with her clients about the work…
Crystal GomesClient feedback
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PROOF OF CONCEPT · MIGUEL’S STORY
Miguel already had the recipes, the gifts, and a deeply rooted vision for nourishment. What he needed was the experience around the product.
Together, we clarified how people would enter it, participate in it, remember it, and come back.
That strategy helped The Enchanted Waffle grow beyond one-off vending into recurring nutritional experiences, catering relationships, and an experience-led business people actively return to.
Explore The Enchanted Waffle & book with MiguelRecurring nutritional experiences, catering relationships, and a business people return to.
YOUR GUIDE. A FELLOW HUMAN.
MEET YOUR GUIDE
For more than 17 years, I've been creating spaces where people remember who they are.
I'm a ceremonialist, Reiki Master, ordained minister, and land steward, with a degree from Prescott College. I've guided more than 1,000 people across five continents, leading breathwork, sound healing, and transformational experiences that have helped people reconnect with themselves, find clarity through change, and feel a deeper sense of belonging.
Whether you're here to heal, to grow, or to lead, I'll meet you with the same belief: you are meant to live a life that feels like yours, and to share your gifts in a way that lasts.
Sacred and strategic. Cosmic and logistical. That's how we do it here.
My own path has included heartbreak, reinvention, initiation, and more than one complete beginning again. It taught me how to hold both the sacred and the strategic—the vision and the spreadsheet.
I've led retreats around the world, facilitated breathwork, produced gatherings, built communities, and worked behind the scenes to ensure meaningful transformation can actually land. Today, I help purpose-driven leaders turn their wisdom into immersive experiences people trust, remember, and return to.
✦ WHAT WE STAND FOR ✦
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REFLECTIONS & REAL TALK
Reflections, practices, and real talk on transformation, retreats, and living empowered.
FOR THE ONES BUILDING SOMETHING THAT MATTERS
You are here for a reason. And you do not have to build the next version of your life or your work alone.
LET’S CONNECT
Whether you're ready to begin, have a question, or want to explore a collaboration, I'd love to hear from you. I personally read every message and reply within 2 business days.
“thank you for welcoming me so warmly to be a part of it!”Erika · Community gathering
YOUR NEXT BEGINNING STARTS HERE
You don't have to figure it out alone.
Take the first step today.
