Wise Woman Training

Wise Woman Training

The Wise Woman Training consists of 5 LIVE weekend retreats to embody the 5 Feminine Archetypes.

1. Goddess Summer Camp – Overview of the Feminine Path of Power and the Wise Woman
2. Warrioress Retreat – Initiation into the Path of Strength
3. Queen Retreat – Initiation into the Path of Compassion
4. Visionary Retreat – Initiation into the Path of Change
5. Manifestor Retreat – Initiation into the Path of Action

The Wise Woman Training is a deep dive to awaken your innate powers of body, heart, mind, will and spirit.

The LIVE retreats help you to shift into your radiant Self and embody your feminine power with grace and compassion.

Group at Double Bear Retreat Center

These weekend retreats are fun, experiential, challenging and full of laughter and sometimes tears. They call on our creativity, our ability to work together in teams to create ritual, learn sacred dance and multicultural chants.

We drum together in circle, speak our truth and encourage each other to embody our unique feminine power and true self.

There is deep communal support and listening. There is deep validation.

And most importantly, the retreats provide an opportunity to create a powerful council of women, the way it used to be, the way it always was, the way it still is when women gather in circle to speak truth and live life fully empowered.

Double Bear Retreat

LIVE Retreats

Each Year we have a cycle of Live Retreats so you can be Initiated into the Warrioress, the Queen, the Visionary and the Manifestor. Every Summer we have a special event called Summer Goddess Camp where we learn The Feminine Path of Power.

TIME: We begin our retreats at 3:00 pm Thursday and end after lunch on Sunday around 2:00.

PLACE: In the Santa Cruz Mountains, California at Double Bear Retreat Center. Accommodations are shared in 1 large and 1 smaller sleeping yurt. There are plenty of futons and a few beds.  Bathrooms and showers are also shared in a separate bath house. We have a large kitchen yurt with outdoor dining under the Redwood and Madrone trees, overlooking a beautiful valley.

There is also an outdoor hot tub which is great for relaxing under the stars! Our group room is a large circular yurt  room where we build beautiful altars to our 5 Goddesses – the Warrioress, Queen, Visionary, Manifestor and Wise Woman.

Mother Daughter fun

Who is it for? All women interested in being initiated into their feminine self! Mother-daughter teams welcome (it is most appropriate for mature girls 14+)

ACTIVITIES: The retreats are focused around women’s initiation stories, so each day we hear Megan drum and tell the story in several parts. We discuss the story, do some personal reflection, share and then in the evenings we do rituals to help embody the initiation we are following.

We also do some chanting/singing and daily Goddess workouts with Karen Bandy, who has created some awesome sacred dances. We have amazing fresh and organic food and some free time in the afternoons to chill, hike, talk or go down to the creek to contemplate and meditate!

Organic food!

SCHEDULE:

• When we meet at 3:00 on Thursday, we all create our sacred space together by building altars to each of the feminine archetypes/Goddesses.
• Thursday evening is a gentle introductory ritual where we  spend time in front of each Goddess altar and ask for guidance from the Warrioress, Queen, Visionary, Manifestor and Wise Woman. It is a time for reflection and to set your intention for the weekend.
• 8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
• 9:30 – 12:30 Morning meeting for singing, drumming, dancing, storytelling, discussion
• 12:30 – 1:30 is  Lunch
• 1:30 – 4:30 free time to hike, chill, hot tub whatever…..
• 4:30 – 6:30 afternoon meeting for story time and discussion
  
• 6:30 – 7:30 dinner
• 8:00 – 10:00 evening rituals enacting the story we have heard during the day

Setting up outdoor ritual

RITUALS: Rituals can be as simple as sitting in a circle around an altar and lighting a candle for yourself or as elaborate as being guided through the forest to receive a surprise from the wise women elders.

SACRED ROBES: Megan has created Sacred Goddess Robes to embody each of the 5 Feminine Archetypes. We build altars to honor each Goddess and work with the robes to receive healing and guidance.

RETREATS

The Wise Woman Initiation Retreat – AKA Summer Goddess Camp! This retreat focuses on an overview of the Feminine Path of Power. We hear the story of Majah the Wise Woman and discover the 4 clans in the village of women.

Majah altar

The Warrioress Initiation Retreat – This retreat centers around facing our fears and creating sacred boundaries. We do rituals in the forest and embody the powerful Warrioresses on the path of Strength. The Initiation centers around the story of Chiman.

Warrioress altar

The Queen Initiation Retreat –In this retreat we awaken a profound love of self and others. We learn to receive abundant nurturing and tools to cleanse of negative emotions. We embody the Queen and the path of Compassion through the story of Oyuna.

Queen altar

The Visionary Initiation Retreat – In this retreat we envision the change we want in our lives. We cut through confusion,  gain clarity of mind and open our third eye of intuition. We embody the Visionary and the path of Change through the story of Pujai.

Visionary

The Manifestor Initiation Retreat – This is the retreat of action and manifestation. We learn to align with our will and higher self in order to make our dreams real. We embody the Manifestor and the path of Action through the story of Salima.

Manifestor Retreat

For Videos and photos of Live Retreats click here