Retreat with Nicole Bender and Dr Emma Cathcart
Healing Experience
The Divine Feminine: Calling the Wild Woman Home
Following the success of our last 3 day retreat in April, we are thrilled to announce the next of our Focused Healing Experiences which weave new teachings in Trauma, Psychology, embodiment practices, the Medicine Wheel and The Four Altars. This experience will be for women only and focusing on The Divine Feminine: Calling the Wild Woman Home.
Background
The word “feminine” may ignite concepts of gender binary. However, divine femininity isn’t about gender but about energy. We all have a polarity within us, the active force of the masculine and the receptive form of the feminine.
The Divine Feminine is a creative and life-giving energy that we all possess, no matter where we are on the gender spectrum. The concept of divine feminine energy is believed to exist within all of us and embracing it is about finding strength in our own softness and challenging society’s idea of what it means to be empowered.
The divine feminine is generally thought to represent the part of our consciousness that connects to qualities like intuition, feeling, nurturing, receptivity and interconnectedness. It’s a type of energy that everyone can access and tap into.
“The Divine Feminine refers to a face of the divine spirit that is connected with the body, with nature, and with the cycles of creation and transformation. It is generally understood and felt through the subtle intuitive wisdom of the body.” (Gabriela Herstik)
We live in a patriarchal society that often appears to value thinking over intuition; taking action over being receptive; and focusing our energy outward rather than inward, but sacred femininity allows us to challenge that status quo.
“Divine feminine energy is about uplifting that which has been denigrated in our society. It is about questioning, rebuking, reclaiming, and transmuting the hierarchies that have shaped our experiences and re-centering those who have been cast out from the conversation.” (Edgar Fabian Frias)
By embracing only certain parts of ourselves, we can create an imbalance, but embracing divine femininity can help to heal that inequality.
What’s included
For those of you that have experienced the Core Sentience Ceremonies and Trauma Immersion Experience, you already know that our holistic approach will blend trauma psychology & the Systems Approach with ancient healing practices and indigenous wisdom. It will be a deep dive incorporating the below components.
- The Divine Masculine & Feminine energy: Polarities & Balance.
- Honouring the Divine Feminine
- Working with the Shadow & Archetypes.
- Movement Practices.
- Sex & Sexuality: Understanding of Trauma using the Systems Approach.
- Interactive Group Work & Process.
- Individual Andean Despacho Offering.
- Workshop with Female Hormone Specialist,
- Womb & Yoni Cleansing Ceremony.
- Four Elements Ceremonies based on The Four Altars & Medicine Wheel. EARTH, WATER, FIRE & AIR.
- Sacred Icaros & Seities.
- Shamanic Drumming Journey.
- Sound Healing.
- Reiki & Acupuncture.
- The Medicine of Hape, Cacao & Sananga.
Testimonials
“This retreat was the best thing I’ve ever experienced. There are no words to express what you have given me and what I received. Immense gratitude is what I feel. It felt like a safe space with like minded people where I felt free to be.”
“Words can’t describe what I am leaving here with. I have been educated, challenged, loved, tempered and transformed to my very core.”
“I want to share my gratitude for creating and holding the space for us to show up bravely. I can’t thank you enough.”
“Thank you so much for creating a safe space for healing. It was a life changing experience which I will never forget.”
Florence House sits at the top of Seaford Head on the edge of the South Downs. The house is set in 6 acres of lush landscapes with the beach a 2 minute walk away. It is truly a haven tucked away, a place of inspiration, of calm, that will encourage insight and healing.
