The RED Retreat: Gathering of Wild Women

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHEN: 14 - 19 October 2021 START: Thursday 14 @ 18h00 END: Tuesday 19 @ 10h00 LOCATION: A stunning riverside farm on the Breede River, near Swellendam INVESTMENT IN YOURSELF: THE EARLY BIRD PRICE OF R5,250 IS AVAILABLE TO ALL WOMEN AS OUR GIFT TO YOU (Early bird price paid in full is valid until 31st July and thereafter full price is payable. ) FULL PRICE: R5750 Includes camping fees, wholesome vegetarian meals, & all facilitation (Please inquire about a special rate should you wish to participate and are unable to afford the full price, or a family rate for grandmothers, mothers, daughters, aunts & sisters) * Should we cancel the RED Retreat for any reason, your payment will be refunded to you in full. * Please take note that if you cancel your participation for any reason 50% of your payment will be retained as a non-refundable deposit. If you cancel and you have paid in full, then 50% will be refunded to you. * Cancellation is not possible after 30 September. (Your retreat fees will be donated to the diversity fund.) Camping: Bring your own tent (arrive any time from 15h00 onwards to set up your tent - please do not arrive any earlier than 15h00) CATERING: Simple, nurturing, nourishing, wholesome vegetarian food cooked on the fire. DIRECTIONS: The drive to ‘Up The Creek Farm' takes approximately 3hrs from Cape Town, so please give yourself plenty of traveling time to arrive at the latest by 17h00. (We will be starting promptly at 18h00.) Directions from Cape Town: * Take the N2 towards Swellendam. * Approximately 10 km before Swellendam, turn right onto a dirt road at the sign that says Malgas/Infanta. * After 2-3 km, take the left turn to Napkysmond. Drive for approximately 15km until you see the sign ‘Up the Creek’ on the LHS. * There is a big green tank and an old ox wagon. * Turn left here and drive down the hill and through the Up the Creek camp down to the river. * Follow the track to the left alongside the river for a few 100m until you reach a little stone house. * Park here to offload your tent etc and you will be directed to park you car at an allocated parking spot up the hill, where your car will remain for the duration of The RED Retreat. CARPOOLING: Please use the Facebook event to arrange lifts and carpooling. We encourage you to connect and share the ride... BOOKINGS & INQUIRIES WITH RHIANNE [email protected] WhatsApp +27 83 679 1297 We understand our children are precious, but please take note we're only able to welcome mothers with small babies (non-crawlers) under 1 year in age. No dogs or other pets are permitted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ During our time together we will Dance, Trance, Shake & Drum around the Sacred Fire. We will Dissolve in the Liquid Waters of the Breede River. Together, we will Celebrate the intensity of being ALIVE in Beautiful Bodies of LOVE on this blue green planet EARTH from whom we are not separate and whose nervous system is so much greater than our own. Unraveling our nervous systems we will PLUG into HER - rewiring & resetting ourselves! Our schedule includes: BREATHWORK - Conscious Connected Continuous Circular Energy Breathing. Yum! Click here to watch Breathwork Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28IlnUtcUWk SKYDANCING - A mystical Tantric practice embracing the natural Flow in the body as a tool for realization. Co-penetrating Physical and Spiritual, Masculine and Feminine, Form and Formless, in what appears to be the dance of Existence vibrating the body of Woman and expressing as BLISS. Click here to watch Skydancing Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN1hsFCqTs8&t=1s MOVEMENT - BlissDance & Ecstatic Elemental Shamanic Dances re-connecting us to all that we are. A finely curated ecstatic dance journey to support the rising up of the deep feminine as an embodied reality for our times; a nourishing, multi-nuanced soundscape honoring the 100,000 faces of the goddess for all beings: https://soundcloud.com/kali-satyagraha/ecstatic-dance-rise-up-deep-feminine-ecology?ref=whatsapp&p=i&c=1 CONNECTING WITH THE ELEMENTS: Fire, and rain, and air, and live loam are our tools to discover more of ourselves, and from which we create natural art forms SATSANGS - Together we will inquire into the True Nature of Freedom, Embodiment, Desire, Pleasure and the Bliss that is our Birthright. SWEAT LODGE: for purification, prayer, gratitude & natural transformation. Silence, Talking Circles, Story-Telling, Singing, Dancing, Prayer, Ritual are the ways of the Nurturing Feminine. In complete privacy, we will eat, laugh, sleep, dance, cry, sing, howl, dream, shake, roar, celebrate and love together as one tribe of women awakening. YOUR GUIDES VALENTINA LEO (a.k.a. MrsLove) An artist, a lover, a mother and a fool. A spiritual maverick, teacher of sacredness and an explorer of the Tantric realms for over 15 years. Valentina is a Dakini (embodied teacher/catalyst) and a devoted student of the traditional Tantric lineage of Kashmir Shivaism that recognise the body as vibration & space, and human as cosmic celebration. Valentina is known for her unique talent in creating safe and sacred spaces where seekers of all ages may claim their own spiritual eroticism. With grace, charm and humour, she has guided and supported many men and women on their sacred journey towards themselves. www.valentinaleo.org www.fascinatingwonderment.com www.facebook.com/fascinatingwonderment/ KALI SATYAGRAHA WIDD (a.k.a Dakini Kali) Kali is a highly skilled, deeply loved & widely respected facilitator & practitioner of Deeper Dancing, BlissDance, Cuddle Parties™, CosmoForm Meditation, & Advait Tantra, whilst also being renowned for the sacred space she holds for the support of women's spiritual awakening through Red Tents (AfrikaBurn, SpiritFest, Learning Man, Retreat Yourself). She's also a popular world-music DJ. Kali counts herself blessed to have been trained & inspired by some of the world's leading-edge teachers in embodied awareness, as well as local traditional healers, & devotes her life to the revolution of love that's needed to reinvent the world anew. More about Kali https://www.facebook.com/embodiedconsciousness/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/DeeperBlissDance/ RHIANNE VAN DER LINDE An avid alchemist and a dedicated dreamer with a depth of knowledge and experience of transforming the mundane into the magical. Her personal explorations have led her into working with dreams, as a companion to those busy with their journey of dying, exploring the breath as a thread connecting us directly to source & processing and ritual with groups in wild nature. Truth as emptiness and Truth as embodiment – as consciousness expressing in form, in beautiful bodies of love…it is this language of the heart, this feminine language of embodiment & feeling that Rhianne is most interested in learning and sharing. More about Rhianne at www.shaktishiva.academy/faculty www.facebook.com/shaktishivaacademy LOLLA ODENDAAL Lolla is a Wilderness Guide who is inspired by her witnessing the simplicity with which nature reveals our true selves. She started her journey as a Nature Conservationist, River Guide, and Mountain Guide, and has been steered on a path deeper into the mysteries of the inter-connectedness of our Human-Nature. Lolla guides Vision Quests for women, and leads Sweat Lodges. Her exploration of sacred landscapes focuses on revealing their relevance to modern lives. More about Lolla at www.naturewithin.co.za ---------------------------------------------------------------- Photos by the talented sister, Nicky Newman