Born of an Ancient Core – 6 day Women’s Retreat

Born of an Ancient Core

 Returning to the  soft, ever flowing wisdom that lives within us,
communing with, listening to, and becoming our True Nature

August 8-13 -2024

Outside Asheville, NC

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Women carry an intrinsic connection with the realms of Spirit; Birth Givers, Womb Carriers, Plant Stewards, and Seed Tenders of a New & Ancient World.
For centuries we have gathered herbs, made medicines, and tended to the hearth and health of our families and communities. Through the precious portals of our wombs and hearts, we are woven with the spiritual realms; being those that bring children to Earth. This is one of our greatest gifts; born gateways for bridging Heaven on Earth.
This 6 day immersion is designed to both soften and empower women to deepen in their unique medicine; a flowering of the Soul. It is a reclamation of our true nature, through herbal education and deep listening. We will be gently nourished by the wild springs and empowered by the medicine of sisterhood, song and Plant Spirit Medicine.
Together we will study herbal medicine specific to women’s health (natural birth control, plants that support us in our menstrual cycles, herbs specific for menopause, PCOS, endometriosis, etc.)
In addition, we will learn how to listen to the spirits of the plants and connect with them on a multidimensional level; spending intimate time with Lotus, Rose, Trillium and the native plants of Appalachia.
Our time together will be a balance of education, ceremony, & play. 🌹
This is a safe container to enjoy your magic, to pause and come back to center, to release what holds you back, and to empower yourself as an herbalist and as medicine for these times.
“Rest in that sacred place within yourself
and again remember who you are…
What is your true nature?
Why did you come to this Earth?
No one else can uncover this story for you
It is in the precious embrace of our own hearts
that we find our true nature.
In the deep ebb and flow of our wombs
and in the silent space between breaths
We find ourselves again and again
holy, wholly, home on Earth.
We carry the fire to rewrite and embody ourselves;
To discover the fire of our Element
In this, comes returning to the simple architecture of our being;
Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Ether
When we begin to understand these elements within ourselves
we can work with them to reconstruct the fabric of our being.
Returning to the heart;
to give life to life!”
-Julie
Themes & Ceremonies:
🌱Herbal Medicine
🌱 Elemental Alchemy
🌱 Holistic Bee Keeping & The Womb
🌱 The Heart – Our First Brain
🌱 Plant Communication
🌱Body Literacy – Bridging the Science of our Hormones With the Sacredness of Our Being – Anatomy and Physiology as Divinity
🌱 Moon Magic
🌱 Herbs for the Female Reproductive System
🌱 Building Earth Alters
🌱Salve Making
🌱Sweat Lodge – the Original Womb

General Daily Schedule:
9:30 am Breakfast
10:30 am – 12:30 First workshop – somatic exercises, guided rituals to get us into our felt sense of perception – plant communication – embodiment of the codes of the Rose – Womb Mysteries
1pm – Lunch
3pm – 5pm Second workshop – Teachings around Herbal Medicine for Women – holistic bee keeping talks – Natural Birth Control – Harvesting Plants with the Cycles of the Moon – Elemental Alchemy Education  etc.
6pm Dinner
7:30pm Fire, Song Circles, Ceremony
– Organic & nourishing meals included each day
– Fire Ceremonies & Song Circles in the Evening
– Sweat Lodge
Sleeping:
We will be “glamping” amidst the wild ones, with the option to be in a bell tent, furnished with a fire place and all that’s needed to be comfortable or your own space sleeping amidst 51 acres of wild woods.
Spaces fill quickly – 14 spaces are available for this immersion
please email contactwildheartmedicinals@gmail.com for more information and to secure your space for August 2024. 🌹
Pricing:
Includes all materials for medicine making, 3 organic meals per day, sweat lodge wood, sleeping arrangements, and the experience
Sliding Scale: $1,777 – $2,333
*payment plans are available*
please email us if you’re interested in partial work trade
contactwildheartmedicinals@gmail.com
*Arrive between 9am & 10am on August 8th to leave space for you to unpack, set up your sleep space, and ground in. We will begin our immersion on the 8th at 10:30am.