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Red Owl WOMEN'S retreatS
embody the spirit of your true feminine nature
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The Invitation
Beloved Sister, envision the gentle embrace of mother nature, wrapping you in her arms and holding you in a web of wildness and wonder.
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Sister, you are welcome.

Come and laugh, cry, dance, rest, learn, share, rattle, howl and release your wonderful wild woman...
Travel into the domain of the womb.
Give yourself permission to feel your heart, take the time to listen intimately to your body, be more caring with what you take into you. Ignite the sacred fire of passion and stand in the spirit of your true nature.
We gather to explore ancient shamanic teachings, weave our dreamtime with intent, drop inwards through guided journeys, communicate outwards using creative expression.
We make Medicine (objects of power and manifestation). We journal and draw and discuss and share. We create ceremonies to open portals of greater awareness. We dance and rest and dedicate our time to being wholly present to the changing woman within.

SELFNESS & SISTERHOOD
A sacred container of women's wildness & wonder.
Reconnecting you to the mystery, magick & ancient practices of the divine sacred feminine.
Darkness of Winter 3-day Retreat
June 2025
Changing Woman 10-day Medicine Journey
October 2025
A Circle of Sisters
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The Old Ones say that the women will lead the healing among the tribes. Inside them are the powers of love and strength given by the moon and the earth.
We are those women.
We come together in a circle of sisters, finding our boldness and courage from one another as we dive into the mysterious and magickal places of our feminine nature. 
We are fearless sisters, grandmothers, mothers, daughters, warrior women, wise women and wonderful women leading the way.
We honour the essence of our light and our dark, letting go, freeing ourselves up to discover the joy of creation and destruction that resides deep in our core.
We harness the energy of sister moon, grandmother earth, the stars and the suns to understand our way with these energies so our legacy is one of beauty and power.
She connects us into the deep and ancient knowing of all those who have come before us and all those that are yet to come.
This is the potent healing current of our divine feminine.

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What to Expect
COME AND BE YOURSELF.
Relax into this strong and safe container.
A sacred space to support your process as you surrender to your own unfolding. 
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During our time together you will engage in a variety of practices that unplug you from the norm, to reset and soothe your fatigued nervous system. Dissolve into the elements - fire, water, earth and winds - becoming everything and nothing. From this place, re-awaken your creativity, playfulness and curiosity for LOVING life. 

  • Medicine Wheel Teachings
  • Satsang
  • Breathwork
  • Creativity, Movement and Sound
  • Sweat Lodge
  • Quality Time
  • Medicine
    Medicine Wheel Teachings
    Gentle yet powerful matriarchal medicine wheel teachings will guide the course of each day. These ancient wheels expand your awareness and understanding of feminine and masculine energy. They speak of the magick and mystery of the Four Faces of the Divine Feminine. These energies have profound relevance to your everyday life, understanding their nature empowers you to flow with your life rather than going int the overwhelm and responsibility of doing for others.
    Satsang
    We use the Sanskrit word, Sat meaning 'true' and Sangha meaning 'community or company' to describe the practice of sitting with the truest company we can keep - the Medicine Wheel. We ask the Medicine Wheel to guide us into the space of personal inquiry, finding the freedom we need to embody our most natural selves.
    Breathwork
    Breath is life. Conscious breathwork has been used for thousands of years to access altered states of consciousness and tap into the body's innate wisdom. With breathwork, we initiate you into your divine feminine awakening as you dissolve blocks and traumas lodged in the physical and energetic body
    Creativity, Movement and Sound
    Our bodies are a temple to be worshipped and adored. Through dance, singing, drumming, making medicine, painting, crafting, etc we channel our creative life force energy. To embody our true nature is to choose pleasure. It is through our desire for pleasure that we create life. This is difficult when our life force energy is repressed and stuck. Freeing up your life force energy is the key to creating your life as a work of art.
    The practice of creativity, movement and sound, moves you beyond your shame and self-consciousness to express your naturalness.
    Sweat Lodge
    For thousands of years. indigenous people have used this sacred ceremony to purify, cleanse, rejuvenate, maintain health and wellbeing on all levels. This Sweat Lodge Ceremony has been handed down from teacher to student through the Twisted Hairs Lineage. It is a priveledge to experience this alchemical womb space as a tool for self-realization.
    Quality Time
    We move into each day from the presence of our body, mind, spirit and heart. A variety of practices support this inward journey including noble silence, daily housekeeping, ceremony and rest. Time will also be dedicated to the preparation of nourishing, heart infused food.
    Medicine
    Birthing your own medicine with intent through ceremonial process is an act of personal power, an expression of your unique essence and your give-away to the world. It becomes a tool to help you to focus your attention on what you truly desire so you can make it happen. 
    Some examples of Womb Medicine are:
    Gourd, Sacred Calabash from the ancestral mothers teaches us about the power of the feminine, the container, the womb space.
    Gourds open portals into the world of mystery, magick and manifestation.
    They are the bridge between the as above and the so below. 
    They reflect the deepest, most intimate place of our womans body where death, life and rebirth are seated. 
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    Gourd Medicine
    A Womb Mask mirrors the most miraculous place in a womans body. Housed within this space resides our reproductive, respiratory, digestive and circulatory systems as well as the potential to birth life.

    Womb Mask Medicine is a significant reclamation of personal power, granting access to the infinite treasure of health and wellbeing. 

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    Womb Mask Medicine
    Darkness of Winter 3-day Retreat
    June 2025
    Changing Woman 10-day Medicine Journey
    October 2025
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    Your Facilitator
    Weaving Willow is a Spirit Wisdom Keeper and apprentice to the Twisted Hairs Lineage.
    As an explorer, mother, lover, and powerful space holder, she embodies the Changing Woman Feminine Mysteries through Sacred Sexuality. A devoted student to the teachings of the Medicine Wheel she dances with the cosmos in the sacred cycle of life, death and rebirth. She is known as a 'spirit doula', a companion, teacher and guide who intuitively knows how to support, listen and challenge others through significant life experiences.  
    As a Rainbow Warrior, she stands for unity, love, kindness and the restoration of balance on earth. 
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    The Venue

    Open your heart & womb to the uncharted realms of your sacred feminine, the Great Mother Goddess within.

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    Situated in the picturesque Valley of a 1000 Hills midway between Durban and Pietermaritzburg, Sacred Journeys offers a sanctuary away from the busy-ness of the world so you can focus on YOU.
    The Centre offers a large open plan teaching space, communal kitchen, indoor ablutions and a magickal outdoor shower. 
    The medicine gardens are lovingly tended around the Centre, and just beyond the buildings you can walk into acres of natural bush that sings with an abundance of bird life.

      SELFNESS & SISTERHOOD
      A sacred container of women's wildness & wonder for 3 whole days & nights.
      Reconnecting you to the mystery, magick & ancient practices of the divine sacred feminine.
      Darkness of Winter 3-day Retreat
      June 2025
      Changing Woman 10-day Medicine Journey
      October 2025
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