I bang on about two things a lot.
The need for us as women to turn towards, and not away, from our bodies.
And…
The need for us as women to sync in with the rhythms of nature.
I bang on about it because I truly believe this is the medicine of our times.
The extremes of our menstruation, infertility and menopause problems aren’t normal. Neither is the consistently rising numbers of eating disorders, autoimmune conditions, burnout and exhaustion cases. They are a direct result of these two things.
As is our climate problems because looking after nature involves looking after ourselves; we are one of the same. In the opening of her seminal book, Women who run with the Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes writes …. “It is not by accident that the pristine wilderness of our planet disappears as the understanding of our own inner wild nature fades”.
In our single minded focus on getting women into leadership positions or on sports teams with equal standing, we’re still forgetting these two crucial truths. And, we’re forgetting that the systems and structures have not been created for us — what may look good on the surface level can be creating injury at a deeper level.
So I have a vision.
A vision to change this.
A vision for us as women to turn towards and embrace our unique bodies, to honour our cycles, to reclaim our wildness and our wisdom and to live aligned with the cosmic rhythms of nature.
In doing so we:
- discover the power we’ve long been seeking outside of ourselves
- find our true source of fuel and energy
- reclaim our wellbeing and self-regulate our wired nervous systems
- experience our beauty and radiance and learn how to let it shine
- unveil Mother Nature as our most valued teacher.
We heal. And the world heals with us.
And we need no boardroom or playing field for this.
Goddess Infusion Retreats is one of my offerings to this vision — a six-day immersion for 10 women in the hinterlands of Byron Bay on the exquisite 22 acre forest sanctuary of Soma Byron.
This sacred land of Byron has been specifically chosen because it was where I first remembered these two truths and where I first reconnected with this ancient, knowing feminine essence within me.
Goddess Infusion Retreats is an exploration of you as a woman so that in coming back to HER, you return to your life outside of the retreat transformed.
To help you do this, the retreat provides three things:
- a break from the thinking, doing, planning and strategising, which is gifted to you by a fully curated program and held container where you don’t have to organise anything for yourself and can surrender to the flow
- an escape from the busyness of modern city life and returning to the most natural of habitats, where your true reflection is best sourced
- activities and practices that help you to unwind, release and feel so that you can reconnect to your womanly body and your innate feminine essence
This is no normal yoga or meditation retreat. Actually you won’t experience either.
But you will dance, sing, play, create and move. You will greet the sun with a beautiful morning routine. You will sip warm drinks and share stories by the evening ceremonial fire. You will be nourished with food from locally sourced, regenerative and sustainable farming. You will visit sacred spots and participate in exquisite nature rituals. You will relax, be pampered and nurtured. You will feel your body and experience its splendour.
Every presenter and facilitator, every smell, sound, sight, touch and taste, every practice, every ritual, every ceremony will assist you in turning towards yourself and life with greater curiosity, openness, kindness, tenderness and compassion.
Is this what you need now?
To find out more visit the retreat page.
I’d be delighted to have you join me in my quest.
With love
Sharon
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