Annual Women’s Healing Weekend Retreat
July 5-7th, 2024
How tired are you of having to be “strong”?
Of being called Resilient?
As women, we fought.
We still fight. Women across the Earth for generation after generation have been told what being a woman meant – weak. powerless. controllable. useable. a commodity. an object. owned.
We were denied our Fire. So we fought and we keep fighting. We have been forced to step into the Warrior Goddess within us and have shown up in all that glorious Fire. We have worked hard, hustled, created careers, created life, taken on all the work of both, taken to the streets in protest, demanded our human rights, and refused to be silent. We have taken back our Voice, and shown just how fierce Warrior Women can be. We have claimed our Sovereignty and continue to fight the systems that strive to take us back.
And.
We are tired. And somehow through all of this, we have internalized that softness equals weakness. So many of us are afraid of letting down the armor for even a moment, for that would make us what they tried to say we were – weak.
But is softness REALLY weakness? Do we not also deserve to be held in gentleness? To hold ourselves with soft hands, so that we can also hold gentle space for those we love?
What is softness when we are the ones choosing it? How would it feel to give ourselves permission to crave spaces where we can become Undone? To create space for our sacred Waters… our grief; our love; our peace.
The duality of strength in softness is a powerful threshold. So powerful, many of us are afraid to step into it lest we face the parts of ourselves that are still critical, still self depreciating, and possibly… still looking at these ‘female qualities’ as weak. Being Vulnerable can be terrifying. We have all been fed a cultural program for thousands of years… the layers are there. AND. There is a place underneath all of it that craves the gentleness that you are not allowing yourself. Your Soul is calling you to Surrender.
Are you feeling it? The craving to let go for a while? To surrender to your own waters, cleansing, tending your own body, ministering your own anointing? Bringing soft hands to these hollowed out spaces and filling them with your own tenderness? Can you feel the Divine Feminine in this magic? The sacred waters of the Goddess are yours if you are willing.
Allow yourself to be held. To be unbound and dissolve into peace. Into vulnerability. Entering the Garden of Sisterhood and Sacred Circling, where being women means we are ALL things. Soft and Strong. Warriors within the garden.
Are you strong enough to sink into softness?
Join us.
Women’s* Retreat = *inclusive to all women
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Retreat Dates: July 5-7th, 2024
Your Weekend Retreat Includes!
(Friday evening through to Sunday afternoon)
• Goddess Honouring Ceremonies & Women’s Sacred Sharing Circles
• Transformational Sacred Artmaking, tapping in from your Intuitive and Divine Self
• Sound Bathing & Clearing with Sacred Water Goddesses
• Rich & Meaningful Rituals designed to Guide you through gentle tending to your Soul Self
• Guided Shamanic/Spiritual Journeys to face and heal any Shadowed pieces around what it means to choose Softness
• Earth Connection, Forest Bathing & Walking Barefoot upon the Earth Mother
• Bonfire, Drumming, & being Held in Community Space
• Personal time for Reflection and Integrating
• Sacred Container of Sisterhood ritually held at the magical Riverside Acres, a private off-grid retreat space north of Edmonton near Vimy, Alberta.
• Shared off-grid accommodations in intimate cabins along the property
• Fifteen acres of sacred land along the river with walking trails
• A large Labyrinth for meditation and ceremony
• There are 6 fire pits with cooking grills, as well as a propane BBQ and a large fridge onsite to store meals
• Firewood, fresh water, lawn chairs, and outdoor shower provided onsite
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Registrations & Pricing:
***Returning Sisters Alumni – Registration opens April 1st, 2024!
Regular Public Registration opens April 15th!
*all prices +gst
Early Bird Special!!
April 1st – May 1st, pay only $595 for your weekend retreat! SAVE $100!
Regular Rate: May 2nd – June 20th (registration closes) – only $695 per person!
• There are limited spots available for this retreat, so save yourself money and guarantee your spot by registering EARLY! Most years we have SOLD OUT, so make sure to get your spot secured! ♥
• Payment Plans: payment in instalments is absolutely welcome, and we will honour the early bird price if the non-refundable deposit of $150 is paid before April 30th.
Please do not hesitate to talk with me about your needs.
Payments Accepted:
Online: PayPal & E-Transfer (no fee with e-transfer)
In Person: Cash
Registration Contact:
Please contact Nikki at Haven.SpiritualArtTherapy@gmail.com or call 780-678-6223 to register or to ask questions
TO DOWNLOAD a REGISTRATION FORM:
Odds and Ends:
A welcome letter and list of what to bring with you will be emailed to every registrant once registration concludes.
** The main thing to bring is yourself and an eager Spirit for sacred healing.
Be Ready. Be Open. Join Us.
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~ Nourish Your Spirit 