Elemental Woman Transformative Retreat

THE INVITATION

Join us on the Elemental Woman Retreat for a week-long deep dive into our wild and wise womanhood. Creating a brave group container to support us in connecting more joyously to ourselves, each other and the natural world. Weaving together a full spectrum of yoga practices, tantrik wisdom goddesses, cyclical wisdom, rituals, dance, cacao ceremony and more. A juicy week in community to liberate your elemental woman! 

​Through the week we will be exploring our 'yes', our 'no', our shadows, our light, our trauma, our gifts, our capacity to give and receive pleasure, our edges and our comfort zone. We will dance with our wild woman. This can be challenging work, but that's where the growth happens!

“This retreat was life changing and life affirming. My confidence and self-love has grown tremendously - as a result I feel more able to deal with the ups and downs that life will throw at me. I am truly grateful for this experience and new found friends. I felt incredibly held and supported by the facilitators and the rest of the group. The yoga, food, company and workshops were all excellent. There were tears, laughter, deep and meaningful chats, dancing, ceremonies and so many life reflections. I cannot recommend it more highly.” — SARAH, BRISTOL

WHAT TO EXPECT

Each day will follow a similar rhythm, which every session being optional, although full participation is encouraged to experience the fullness of this carefully curated experience.

Example Timetable
07.30 - Meditation, breath & dance - meeting the Great Wisdom Goddess, archetype and element for this day
08.30 - Breakfast
10.00 - Yoga session & group process
13.00 - Lunch & free time
16.00 - Afternoon workshop & land connection ceremony
19.00 - Dinner
20.00 - Evening workshop

GROUNDING - orientation and connection
- opening 
- welcoming the inner child, the good girl and the independent woman > preparing them for the challenges and gifts of the week ahead!
- making the altar
- yoga nidra

EARTH - loving & abundant mother
-Non-dualism as a pathway to honouring the homes of our bodies and this Earth
- Earth ceremony
- Meeting the land
- Bedtime story

BLOOD - wild & embodied creatrix
- The wisdom of cycles & spirals
- Exploring jealousy
- Menarche ceremony
- Playful competition!

WATER - sensual & curious adventuress
- Water ceremony & wild swim
- Shame tending
- Reclaiming our pleasure ceremony (with self-massage & optional yoni connection)

FIRE - humble, clear & courageous warrior
- Fire ceremony
- Anger tending
- Awakening your power, asking for what you want, learning how to give and receive ‘no’, finding your ‘yes’

AIR - playful, wise & compassionate healer
- Grief tending
- Voice work for healing with the phenomenal Briony Greenhill (we are very lucky to have her!)
- Mantra japa

SPACE - liberated & joyful queen
- Cacao & dancing the elements ceremony - embodying the prayer
- Sound healing & parts integration meditation

INTEGRATION - elemental woman
- Elemental Women counsel
- Honouring each other
- Final celebration and close

“I can say whole heartedly that I have come away a better person and it has catapulted me into improving and changing my life even more than before. Becoming better for myself and those that I love. Going on this retreat is one of the best decisions I have ever made.”

WHO IS THIS FOR?

The group is open to all those who identify as a woman. Unfortunately the site is not accessible for those with certain physical disabilities - please contact Megan to discuss further. 

Taking part in this retreat requires adequate mental and physical health to be self-responsible within group processes; we are all facing the horrors and joys of life and your whole self is fully welcome, but do get in touch if you have any concerns or questions.

WHY COME?

“It was like we were learning all the things we should have been taught in school! Also, the space I had to release, process, heal, cry, speak, feel - I wasn’t expecting this. I honestly healed parts of me I didn’t know needed healing and released emotions/traumas I didn’t know were there or needed releasing - a huge thank you for that and the safe, beautiful space provided” - JESS

​To meet our different parts with curiosity and compassion, to connect to the richness of our bodies and the deep wisdom that can be found there, to unlearn the bullshit and remember our truths, to question single-stories of ‘woman’ and step into the full-fat version of ourselves, to touch into our unique gifts and the profound power of community.

This will be a gentle yet brave, welcoming yet challenging, soft yet strong space for you to be held and from that loving place, explore your edges. All workshops are also optional, with free time each day.

WHO ARE THE FACILITATORS?

Megan - A little about the experience I will be leaning into to hold you in this space alongside the rest of the team: I am a clinical psychologist working with adults with complex trauma in the NHS, an experienced yoga teacher & teacher trainer, and a nature-based facilitator with over 14 years of experience holding space for others and more than 20 years of practicing yoga. I also founded and direct the Bristol Yoga Roots Project.

Anz Loveridge - assistant teacher and powerful space holder in her own right: https://www.anzahatayoga.com/

Briony Greenhill - voice work for the mouth above and the mouth below: https://www.brionygreenhill.com/

Shell Toll & Amy Emerson - chef and assistant: https://www.flowwithshell.com/catering (pics on website all from last year's retreat)

ANYTHING ELSE?

When not in the yoga space you can enjoy the chill out areas, peaceful gardens or the sauna. Only a short trip away is the colourful town of Totnes and the River Dart, ideal for wild swimming. The retreat space is surrounded by the glorious Yeoland, with altars to the different elements across the landscape. In the free time in the afternoon there will be craft activities and trips to the river or coast that are optional. Anz will be offering her gorgeous massages at an extra cost, and Shell will be serving up three delicious meals a day, plus snacks and hot drinks. If you haven’t eaten Shell’s food before, prepare to have your experience of ‘retreat food’ completely redefined!

“There are so many things to say about this retreat, it operates on so many levels – but it's one word, transformative, that runs through my thoughts. If you can go, you should grab it with both hands. I wish I'd experienced this retreat as a young woman too, it would have transformed my life sooner. None of it is easy; but just to be, to feel at home in a safe group of women, who will listen to you and tell you of their own experiences, opens up your mind like a flower. It makes you feel less alone, less small, more powerful as a woman; and who doesn't need that in this world?” - GILLIAN, CHESTER, 56 YEARS OLD

A webpage with images and links to videos is here: https://sphinxyoga.co.uk/elemental-woman-retreat-2024

Are you feeling the call? We would LOVE to welcome you in to this circle of love, empowerment, vulnerability, strength, mystery and playfulness. You are so welcome, as you are. Reach out with any questions to elementalwomanretreats@gmail.com 

With love and power
Megan and the team xXx