This Is Where It All Comes Together
Your brand is more than a logo and a palette. It's the essence of what you do, why you do it and a powerful expression of who you are. At Creative Muse, branding is a portal that unlocks the next stage of your becoming. It's the foundation beneath every decision you make and it's the container that takes you into your next era.
Most people build their brand in fragments every 5-10 years, if/when they can spare the time. Here, you go deep, guided by an expert Brand Strategist and build it whole. Three days, your full attention and mine, in a space designed exactly for this.
This is branding as an act of becoming.
You’ve felt this…
Your work has grown, your thinking has sharpened, your clients have changed. Your brand has evolved and yet it's still telling the story of who you used to be. Every time you send someone to your site, something feels off, like a room you've outgrown but never had time to redecorate or reimagine.
The intention is real. But between client work, life events, and a world on fire, the foundation or rebrand keeps sliding to next quarter or next year. Is there ever a good time? What would happen if you gave yourself and your biz the gift of intentional + strategic space?
The kind of clarity that changes how you show up: your messaging, your offers, your positioning, your presence. All in three days at Terrabella Sanctuary, where the beauty, the stillness, the rituals in nature plus the strategic guidance create the container for you to finally have room to breathe, think, and come back to yourself so you can unlock the next level of yourself and your business.
Run, don't walk to book Lotus' retreat. From the moment you arrive, you feel how thoughtfully the space is designed. Every detail has been considered, and settling in felt effortless and luxurious. The brand foundation experience was powerful, and it flowed right into the next stage with Creative Muse, where I built and launched my new brand, business, logo, and stunning website!
— JAZIMIN GARRETT
Clarity / Creation / Expression / Alignment / Momentum
Six branding sessions most clients spread across three or more months, finished in three days. Not started. Not outlined. Done, and in your hands when you leave.
Something shifts when you're out of the noise and in a room built for this, with an expert who knows the right questions to ask. Clients consistently leave transformed with the clarity they didn't know was available to them.
You leave with the assets and the direction to move, whether you continue with Creative Muse Studios to build out your new thought leadership website / platform or hand it to your team. The deliverable is ready to go!
"Lotus is an amazing weaver. She pulls the threads of your vision, your work, your life, and who you are — and brings them together into this beautiful, multi-dimensional fabric that becomes your brand identity."
If you're looking to dive deep into your business — beyond a surface
-level branding experience — and find something that feels truly authentic to you, I cannot recommend this retreat enough."
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THE Creative Muse Studios
VIP Personal Brand Retreat
You leave with a brand that expresses + honors you!
Introducing
A private, three-day immersive at Terrabella Sanctuary in Oakland, for the founder, thought leader or creative ready to stop circling the work and finish it.
We move through your complete Brand Foundation: mission, vision, purpose, brand voice, personality, messaging, positioning, moodboard, and refined brand guide. The same process Lotus guides her full-service clients through, in one focused container with her full attention on you.
Continue this work into a larger Creative Muse Studios branding + design project or take the foundation to your own team and build.
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Retreat breakdown:
Day 1: Arrival and Opening
You arrive at Terrabella Sanctuary, set your bags down, and let the space start its work. An opening ritual in nature marks the beginning, not just of the retreat, but of something you've been ready for.
Your first Brand Foundation session opens the container: who you are, what your business is really here to do, and what these three days will build. A nourishing dinner and restful evening closes the day.
Nowhere to be but here.
Day 2: Deepening and Creation
We open with energy eco-system mapping: a full look at how your life and work actually flow together and what needs to change.
Most clients arrive with several businesses, identities, and roles in motion, and this surfaces how they relate and what's ready to come forward.
From there, brand personality, archetype work, and positioning. We close with a special session with Lotus' trusted intuitive business coach and psychic. This session is always expansive and goes somewhere strategy alone doesn't reach.
Day 3: Integration and Expansion
We tap into your messaging and hone your core audience: who you're really here to serve and what moves them. Then we complete the moodboard and build your V1 brand guide which gets polished within 2 weeks by the Creative Muse Team.
A closing ritual in nature seals what you've built, not as an ending, but as the moment the next stage of your brand begins.
You leave with a brand foundation, visual direction, and three months of work done!
What You Leave With
Your essence, purpose, personality, and core identity, color palette, fonts, documented and ready to build from.
Strategic positioning and messaging rooted in your core audience: who you're talking to, what moves them, how you stand out, and the language that makes you distinct.
Intuitive and strategic clarity on your vision, direction, and the specific opportunities for your expansion.
A moodboard, color palette, and brand guide your designer (or the Creative Muse team) to build from immediately.
A clear map of how your businesses, roles, and identities relate, what's working, and the small shifts that change everything.
Visual Map of your Full Ecosystem
Clarity on your Vision & Direction
A Thoughtful, Guided Process
Choose Your Experience
Select the retreat that fits where you are: a full VIP Branding Retreat, a Creative Transformation Retreat, or a single Creative Studio Session. Not sure which is right? Reach out and Lotus will help you decide.
Connect Before
Your Arrival
You'll receive your brand foundation or creative transformation prep work and connect with Lotus ahead of the retreat to align on your vision, your brand/business, and what we'll focus on together during your customized three days.
Arrive. Build.
Leave With It Done.
Three days at Terrabella Sanctuary — foundation sessions, energy mapping, grounding rituals, and an intuitive business psychic session. You leave with a V1 your brand identity and brand guide, ready to review, refine, and activate!
— Asani Swann
"Lotus creates space between what you desire and what is — and that space is where everything shifts. I came in with questions. I left with clarity, new tools, and a deep reminder that my uniqueness is exactly what makes my offering different.
This retreat brought me back to myself and helped me release what's been holding me back. I'm leaving with the brand foundation work done and excitement for Creative Muse to build and amplify the rest. I'm gifting this creative retreat to all 3 of my sisters!"
— Asani Swann
"Lotus creates space between what you desire and what is — and that space is where everything shifts. I came in with questions. I left with clarity, new tools, and a deep reminder that my uniqueness is exactly what makes my offering different."
— Tamika Marie Banks
There's no distinction between me and my brand. I am my brand — and Lotus made that visible."
I don't just build brands. My life's work is calling forth the person you are destined to become.
For 15 years, across 35+ countries, I've guided leaders from Fortune 500 boardrooms to intimate creative sanctuaries into their boldest expression. I left corporate consulting to build Creative Muse Studios because I believed something most brand agencies don't: that branding is not a marketing exercise. It is a grand act of becoming.
When someone truly knows who they are — their purpose, their essence, their story — and are clear about their life's work and why they're here, the logo, the website, the messaging, the content channels are simply an outward expression of their inner truth. That's the work we do here. In three days, together, at Terrabella Sanctuary.
Hi, I’m ,
CEO of Creative Muse Studios
and your guide for this retreat.
Lotus Malana Wong
1000 +
events
facilitated
countries
35 +
Worked in
15+
years in creative and
corporate consulting
i can help because i've been there
I know what it feels like to hold a vision that's bigger than your current brand — and to keep putting off the deep work because life stays full.
I also know what it feels like to run multiple businesses, wear multiple identities, and struggle to find the through-line that connects them all.
That's exactly what this retreat is designed to hold. Not just your brand, but the full ecosystem of who you are and what you're building — so the brand that emerges actually reflects all of it and you get to feel that level of confidence and electricity when you step into a room, share your gorgeous website or leave your calling card.
This is for you if:
This is probably NOT for you if...
You're just starting out — this process requires an existing business or body of work to build from.
You THINK YOU CAN JUST BUILD A BRAND WITH AI. YES, AI IS A USEFUL TOOL AND IT DOESN'T HAVE A SOUL. YOU DO.
You prefer a purely tactical, BASIC BRANDING approach over something immersive, HOLISTIC AND EXPANSIVE.
You leave elevated, expressed, and in motion.
You let perfect get in the way of done — this work values excellence and momentum in equal measure. LET'S GET BEYOND THE RUMINATION AND INTO THE RESULTS.
You want an experience that holds both strategic depth and intuitive wisdom — and know that your brand is the full expression of everything your business stands for.
You're ready FOR YOUR BRAND TO BE SHOWCASED AT the level your work + EXPERTISE has already reached.
You want the brand and business foundation done. Not scheduled. Not started and stalled. Done.
You're an established founder or thought leader with multiple businesses, roles, or identities — and you're ready to find the through-line that connects them all.
SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Let's do this thing.
1. VIP Branding Retreat
2. Creative Transformation Retreat
3. Creative Studio Session
VIP Branding Retreat
Creative Transformation Retreat
Creative Studio Session
01 | VIP Branding Retreat
What's Included:
(Regular $8,500)
$5,500 — Founding Rate
The complete brand foundation experience. Three days, two nights, Lotus' complete attention, and the full six-section Muse Method™ process — compressed from three months into one immersive container.
Choose Your
Experience
1. VIP Branding Retreat
2. Creative Transformation Retreat
3. Creative Studio Session
VIP Branding Retreat
Creative Transformation Retreat
Creative Studio Session
Choose Your
Experience
02 | Creative Transformation Retreat
What's Included:
(Regular $5,500)
$3,500 — Founding Rate
Three days, two nights, and one focused container
for the creative work you've been putting off. Whether you're launching a book, mapping a new venture, navigating a life transition, or bringing a passion project to life — you arrive with something
unfinished or undefined.
You leave with clarity, direction, and real momentum.
VIP Branding Retreat
Creative Transformation Retreat
Creative Studio Session
Align Your
Experience
Creative Transformation Retreat
What's Included:
(Regular $5,500)
$3,500 — Founding Rate
Three days, two nights, and one focused container for the creative work you've been putting off. Whether you're launching a book, mapping a new venture, navigating a life transition, or bringing a passion project to life — you arrive with something unfinished or undefined. You leave with clarity, direction, and real momentum.
1. VIP Branding Retreat
2. Creative Transformation Retreat
3. Creative Studio Session
Align Your
Experience
VIP Branding Retreat
Creative Transformation Retreat
Creative Studio Session
03 | Creative Studio Session
What's Included:
One focused day at Terrabella Sanctuary — fully customized to where you are and what you need. Ideal for a specific creative project, a targeted brand challenge, or a first step into the work.
(Regular $2,500)
$1,500 — Founding Rate
VIP Branding Retreat
Creative Transformation Retreat
Creative Studio Session
Align Your
Experience
Creative Studio Session
What's Included:
(Regular $2,500)
$1,500 — Founding Rate
One focused day at Terrabella Sanctuary — fully customized to where you are and what you need. Ideal for a specific creative project, a targeted brand challenge, or a first step into the work.
An Investment in Your Next Chapter
Flexible Investment
Split your investment across 2 payments and arrive with your full attention on the work, ready to rock.
Full Investment
Pay in full and step in with complete commitment. The most direct path from decision to done.
These are Summer Founding Rates — available June-August only. Fall pricing takes effect in September. If this feels aligned, now is the moment to step in.
$8,500 → $5,500
01 — VIP BRAND RETREAT
Founding Rate | 3 days, 2 nights
$5,500 → $3,500
02 — CREATIVE
TRANSFORMATION RETREAT
Founding Rate | 3 days, 2 nights
03 — CREATIVE STUDIO SESSION
$2,500 → $1,500
Founding Rate | 1 night
THE FAQ
How is the retreat different from booking a full branding package with you?
The retreat is the foundation work — the same six sections every Creative Muse Studios project starts with, compressed from three months into three focused days. Some clients do the retreat first and continue into a full package. Others take the foundation to their own team and build from there. Either way, you leave with the same foundation — just done.
The Creative Transformation Retreat and Studio Session are standalone experiences.
What if I have multiple businesses or identities — is this still relevant?
You need an existing business, creatived project or body of work — something real to build from. You don't need polished branding, an established audience, or anything figured out. Most people who book this retreat come precisely because the brand hasn't caught up to where the business already is or they haven't had space to bring their creative vision to life.
Do I need to have an existing brand to attend?
This is exactly who the retreat is designed for. The energy ecosystem mapping session included in every package exists specifically to surface how your businesses, roles, and identities relate to each other — what's connected, what's in tension, and where the through-line is. Most clients arrive with more multi-dimensionality than one brand can hold. That complexity is not a problem to solve. It's an abundance of gifts to behold. Our work is translating that forward.
What do I actually leave with?
- Your brand foundation complete. Your ecosystem mapped. Three months of work done.
- Your project off the ground. Your direction, vision and strategy clear. Momentum you can actually feel.
- One day of focused attention, inspiration, reflection and expansion.
This Is What
Becoming Looks Like.
The brand you've been meaning to build doesn't have to take another year. Branding isn't a marketing exercise. It's an act of becoming that asks for the sacred space and strategic guidance for you to show up fully.
Your Sanctuary is ready.
The work is waiting.
Let's go!
