Rooted Woman Retreat

What does it mean to be firmly rooted in your feminine nature? How does it feel to truly embody Woman? Are you willing to explore the light and shadows of your individual, and our collective, experience of womanhood in order to rise up in celebration of all that you are? All that we are as women - every. single. aspect!

Join us in Mucklagh Lodge, Co Wicklow on the Spring Equinox, 22-24 March 2024  to gather in devotion as a group of women who are willing to root deeply into the Earthen knowing of our nature:

To rest, to open, to surrender, to hold, to be held, to create, to let go, to grieve, to move, to council, to express, to embody our wildness, to be free.

How might it feel to release society’s expectations of what it means to be Woman: To be pretty, quiet, submissive, small, to not take up too much space, to not be too much? True feminine nature is to be powerful, integrated, expressive, to give life, to be wild and fecund, to transmute grief and rage into wisdom and love.

Join us, Ciara Sherlock & Oonagh O’Sullivan, on a retreat with the intention to deep dive into women’s wisdom. We will practise the feminine arts of rest, embodiment, touch, creativity, alchemy and ritual together.

Who is this retreat for?

• Female bodied people of any age, ethnicity or demographic (supports available for women from marginalised groups, please be in touch to enquire)
• Women who have participated in a women’s circle, women’s retreat or other similar women’s work before
• Women who are open to exploring feminine grief, non-sexual intimacy with others and their own body, including their womb
• Women who are willing to alchemize the conditioning of judgement, jealousy, scarcity and exclusion through diving deep into the power of sisterhood
• Women who are open to exploring a wild and foraged ancestral diet specifically designed to nourish our female anatomy, including wild animal products and local dairy products. (If you are currently eating a vegan diet, please let us know and we will arrange to meet your needs)

Retreat Activities:

• Deep Rest (Yoga Nidra)
• Nourishing Feminine Touch
• Embodied Creativity
• Sweat Lodge
• Womb Yoga
• Devotional Singing
• Dance
• Women’s Council
• Ritual

About the facilitators

Oonagh & Ciara together have over 16 years experience of women’s work and facilitation.

Ciara has been running retreats and women’s circles in Ireland and abroad for almost a decade. Her experience spans from psychedelic therapy to bodywork to shamanic practice, but in the field of women’s work, she currently works as a birth doula, assisting women on the journey through informed and empowered pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. She is inspired by the Awakening Women school and her years attending Women’s Temple, as well as the concept of reclaiming childbirth as a rite of passage and living in supportive community as woman through all phases of life. Her personal journey of moving from a competitive relationship with women as a teenager into allowing the nurturing support of sisterhood as well as elderhood into her life has allowed her to come home to the importance of deep connection as women in order for us to fully thrive.

Oonagh (wild.womb.alchemy) holds the deepest reverence and love for the female form and the power she beholds. Part of her life’s work is to support the remembrance of the wisdom that women hold in their blood and bones. She has been curating spaces for women to come home to themselves for over 6 years and enjoys the spiralling journey that following this calling brings her on. She loves combining her background in psychology with her extensive training in supporting women’s health (Womb Yoga, Menstrual Cycle Awareness, Art Therapy) and her love for music and song. She is currently studying a Masters in Ritual Chant and Song and believes that song and music in a ritual setting beholds the power of deep healing and transformation, whilst rooting us in a sense of belonging as old as time.

Booking tickets

We are taking payments for tickets directly to our account so that you can avoid payment high fees. As soon as you sign up for a ticket (listed as free), bank details will be sent to you in a confirmation email. Please immediately send your payment which will confirm your booking. If we do not receive payment your ticket may not be kept for you 

Payment plans are available upon request. Please email us both to discuss this before booking a ticket : connect@ciarasherlock.com & oonagh.eire@gmail.com 

Cancellations & Refunds

If you can no longer attend the retreat, we can refund you the full ticket price minus 20%  up to 30 days before the retreat. After that time, we cannot offer you a refund for the ticket, although you are welcome to sell your ticket to someone on our waiting list. We cannot guarantee you will be able to sell your ticket.

We look forward to having you with us.

With love, 

Oonagh & Ciara