Women Weaving the world back to Wholeness
This intimate retreat for women comes at the seasonal time of lmbolc, when we are making our way back to the light from the cave of our winter dreaming.
Our descent in to the Underworld during Winter is an ancient way of initiation for women, rooted in our connection to the earth and her cycles. By coming together to honour and celebrate the journey we have made and our return from the depths, we are able to integrate the gifts from our meeting with the darkness, and celebrate our rebirth as we welcome the return of the light.
The retreat has been carefully concocted to take you on a journey of revelation; to unfold your depths so you may recognise the gifts you carry that are yours to share with the world. To activate ancient pathways of belonging that help you re-member the fertile, creative power of the darkenss and your role as Gaurdian of the Sacred Flame.
You will be creating your own womb belt, as a carrier of the gifts you have discovered about yourself, as we share stories and reflections about the journey of the dark feminine, the triple aspects of the Goddess and the cycles of birth, death and rebirth. Weaving into matter the wisdom and power that is your birthright.
We will journey together in ceremony with the Sacred Fire to honour the Fire Goddess Brighid, invoking her as a midwife to our transformation and the reclamation of our wild, feminine nature. Allowing the fire to burn up the old, limited ways of being that have denied your full expression. There will be also opportunities to spend time with the land and tend to a Sacred spring, clearing the pathway ahead for this next cycle of growth.
To conclude our time together we will celebrate the journey with a rite of passage in nature, honouring all that we are leaving behind and the rebirth of spring within.
This journey is an invitation for you to restore the Sacred in your life and embody your Sovereignty as a woman, deeply rooted in Nature and aligned with your Soul’s longing.
Your Guide
Isla Macleod is a modern-day medicine woman, attending to the threshold between the visible and invisible realms, in service to the Earth community. Her work as a ritualist and healer is informed and inspired by her relationship with the natural world and devoted towards helping others to remember what is Sacred in their lives by creating rituals and facilitating journeys that reconnect them with a sense of meaning and belonging.
Isla has a wealth of experience holding retreats and guiding others through earth-honouring ceremonies, that are accessible and inclusive. She has worked extensively in the terrain of ancestral healing, grief tending, nature connection and rites of passage, crafting journeys that help others to honour significant transitions and experience the hidden realms of psyche and spirit in a safe and grounded way.
It is part of her ongoing commitment to her ancestors to listen to the more-than-human world and dream into the indigenous ceremonies of these Celtic lands, weaving together the wisdom that is embedded in the land to craft rituals that honour our native lineages, whilst making them relevant for these times.
For more information about her inspiration and training, visit 'Who Am I?'