The Awakening : Spring Retreat
Spring Equinox Women’s Day Retreat, Co Down, Ireland.
Sunday 24th March 10am - 5pm
Investment £97 including all teaching, materials and chef prepared sit down lunch.
Limited spaces available.
As the natural world around you awakens, come and shake off Winter’s stagnation and embody the rising feminine energy, healing power and creativity of Spring with this immersive day retreat set on a charming 300 year old farmhouse in Co Down, surrounded by peaceful trees and wild meadows.
A whole day dedicated to nurturing you! Tap into your body wisdom, creativity and feminine power through mindful embodiment and creative practices, ritual, Celtic storytelling and heart warming cacao. Enjoy exquisite soul nourishing food provided by one of Irelands top chefs Erin Bunting, aka The Edible Flower and spend time in beautiful nature connecting with a tribe of brilliant, inspiring women.
The Spring Awakening day retreat has been designed to align your inherent inner rhythm with the changing of seasons and feel revived with a sense of empowerment and renewal.
Spring Equinox which translates as “equal night”, marks a time of balance and new beginnings. Traditionally, it was celebrated as a time to cleanse out stagnant energy within the self and homes to prepare for new growth which is what we will do together.
As buds burst through naked branches and flowers flash through previously bleak and barren spaces, the energy of the Earth is unashamedly in her element, as she begins to rise and blossom. She awakens and we will cultivate this energy within our bodies too.
As the light returns, stretching the days and warming us all up after the long, dark Winter, Spring is the season of illumination. Now is the time to get really clear on what you want to see grow in your life and this retreat day is an opportunity to reset and plant seeds of intention for the year ahead that will leave you feeling aligned, inspired and deeply nourished on all levels.
Included :
10am - 1130am Cacao and embodied movement, breath and meditation practice
Begin with a gentle hormone balancing yoga practice with soft, flowing movement curated to support the endocrine system, menstrual cycle and women’s health, accompanied by heart opening Cacao. This practice will clear stagnation and detox the physical and emotional body to feel Spring stirring deep within your bones. As a holistic fertility and menstrual health coach, Emma will share expert advice on natural hormone balancing and attuning to your cycles throughout the session. Closing with a deeply rejuvenating Yoga Nidra practice, which is incredible accessible for everyone and no previous experience of yoga is required.
1130am - 1230pm Nature walk, intention setting and fire ritual.
1230pm - 2pm Lunch catered by Erin Bunting : The Edible Flower
On the menu:
White bean and Winter Greens Soup with grated Hegarty's Cheddar (we'll have some early nettle, sorrel and wild garlic in there - as a nod to what our ancestors might have been picking from the hedgerows early in the season) - VEGAN/GF
Oat bannocks & Sourdough Bread with whipped wild garlic butter - Butter is GF, Sourdough is VEGAN
Rosemary roasted pumpkin salad with puy lentils, cranberries & toasted seeds - GF/VEGAN
Lavender roasted beetroot & carrots with orange dressing, strained yoghurt and dill - GF/a yoghurt free for VEGANS
Muhammra (roasted red pepper dip & walnut dip) - VEGAN/GF
Sunshiny citrus rhubarb and orange cake with softly whipped cream
2pm - 4pm: Intuition and Creativity Workshop.
Whether you feel blocked in your creativity, are a seasoned artist or you think you “don’t have a creative bone in your body” this afternoon of playful, heartfelt and colourful creative exploration is for you to access and embody your deep feminine expression and combat debilitating self-criticism and the fear of failure that lead to creative blocks.
Creativity is a direct pathway to the most trustworthy source of wild and abundant intuition and inspiration that exists inside each and every one of us (yes, including you!) and yet so often I hear women feel safe or make time to explore their creativity. In this workshop I’ll show you how to tap into these parts of yourself, exploring sense perception, free-form writing and drawing and constructive daydreaming, culminating in a playful painting session on canvas that you get to take home with you.
4pm Closing Circle
An invitation to join the community :::
The container that I hold allows you to feel and heal places that cannot be reached alone. It is an invitation to drop the comparisons, judgement and shaming of yourself or others and feel at home in your body and in circle with other women.
If you have been yearning for the beating drum of kindred hearts, the smell of mossy Earth and sacred fire, dancing under an open sky, and the freedom to express all parts of your being, then this retreat day is for you.
Come alone or bring your sisters, friends and family with you for a day of connection where you are welcome just as you are.
Emma Rose Lowe :::
Host, Emma Rose Lowe is a Senior Tantra Yoga Teacher and teacher trainer, as well as a Fertility and Holistic Sexuality Coach, Ceremonialist and creatrix of magical experiences where brilliant people connect. Over the last decade Emma has travelled and taught all around the world, learning from experts in her field and has supported thousands of people to feel more at home within themselves, connect to their purpose and tap into their own, innate healing power, pleasure and inner authority. She works with a blend of Celtic wisdom teachings, living closely to the Celtic Wheel of the Year alongside Yogic and Tantric practices validated by science to help you restore and remember your body's wisdom, natural rhythm and wild nature.
Erin Bunting, The Edible Flower :::
Erin is a professional chef, TV cook for Ireland AM, recipe developer, food stylist and edible flower enthusiast, trained at the the prestigious Ballymaloe Cookery School in East Cork and the author of The Edible Flower, a guide to Cooking and Growing Edible Flower (as featured in Vogue, Sunday World, Country Living, The Irish News, Times and Examiner, Washington Post to name a few).
Erin has a real gift in making wonderfully complex layers of flavour and produce feel unpretentious and at the same time exquisitely beautiful and delicious. Inspired by the Celtic Wheel, her cooking is seasonal, utilising the best of local produce and infused with a little bit of magic in every mouthful.
The fact that Supper Clubs and events from The Edible Flower often sell out instantly, speaks for itself. So it’s a real pleasure to have Erin cater for us and I wouldn’t be upset if you decided to sign up for the day retreat just to experience the food alone!
Venue ::: Mother of the Woods
The retreat is held at a beautiful, spacious Georgian Hall nestled in 2.5 acres of ancient trees and wild meadows, in the rolling hills of Co Down.
Located on a small townland just outside of Belfast called Cargacreevy which translate from old Irish ‘Carraig na craoibhe’ as ‘Rock of the great tree’. Trees were sacred to the ancient ancestors and central to Celtic mythology and spirituality, and rocks were often gathering places for worship, which makes this old townland quite special.
The full address will be sent out upon booking but in terms of you locating yourself, the venue is an 8 minute drive from the M1 Saintfield Road roundabout, 20 minutes outside Belfast city centre, 10 minutes from Saintfield/Ballynahinch.
Please note the location is not on a public transport route. The closest bus stop is approximately a 2 mile walk.
Saturday 18th March 10am - 5pm
Investment £97
This event is open to everyone and is a BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ friendly space.
Please note, the event space requires stairs but wheelchair users please reach out and let’s see what we can accommodate.