What is the divine feminine?

It is the spiritual concept that there exists a feminine counterpart to the patriarchal/masculine. The divine feminine extends well beyond one belief system, and instead can be used as a spiritual lens to balance our perspective.

I believe we are all a work in progress and all of us benefit from mental health and wellness support throughout our lives. Particularly as women, in the dominant western culture we often receive messaging that tells us that to be worthy we have to be good at ”all of it” but never have needs of our own. So, that means be a superhuman mama, badass boss lady, master project manager, chef, gardener, hobbyist, and loving partner at all times. And if you are one of those women, you get how unreasonable and deeply exhausting that is… or maybe you don’t but in hearing me say it, you are considering.

Embracing and exploring the divine feminine means examining ourselves honestly and holistically to find the balance that works for us. Women coming together to support one another is as old a tradition as human existence. We are truly wired to be strongest together. We need each other. Facilitating women’s retreats is one of my favorite experiences. I consider it an honor and a privilege. I consider it as such because not only do I get to witness and encourage deep transformation for women, but I get to experience being trusted to hold such sacred space. Feminine energy is powerful and needs nourishment. The fatigue the feminine and the resiliency is in our DNA. It is our responsibility to take care of ourselves and one another. Women’s circles are making a come back and my heart could not be more delighted. It means we are honoring the internal craving. The longing for community and healing in connection to other women.

It must also be said that feminine energy is often connected with fertility, but it doesn’t need to be reduced to human reproduction or defining “mothering” as being a biological mother to a child. Feminine energy and mothering takes many forms and can be experienced by all biological sexes. Archetypes of femininity from around the world and throughout history are abundant, and exploration of the Divine Feminine takes on many historical, anthropological, spiritual, and cultural forms.

It is also important to note that the Sacred Feminine was deliberately and violently removed to control the masses and make people (especially women) fear and reject their innate power. As women, we were taught to no longer think for ourselves but instead depend on others outside ourselves to find direction (often a male figure) - this caused deep intergenerational devastation to our ability to trust our amazing intuition (inner wisdom)! This retreat is a small drop in an ocean of a greater movement for women to reconnect with and reclaim their power.

The Sacred Feminine isn’t woo woo, it’s a responsibility and a call to re-claim women as equal and even, dare I say, supremely wise at times. It’s an important facet of women finding their voices, owning their power, understanding their purpose (as it goes beyond being for others), and repairing the trust in their inner wisdom.

To me, the structure and lessons that are embedded in the Sacred Feminine are the tools that guide women from being closed down and beholden to everyone else’s expectations, to being a fully expressed, authentic, successful, and happy woman.

The Medicine

In this Sacred Feminine Retreat, we use psychedelic medicine because of their ability to help soften our defenses and open our hearts. The world makes us “hard”. It can take a lot of time to peel back the layers and the medicine assists in expediting the peeling process. The healing medicine amplifies our internal world - often allowing us to “see” what we need to “see” in order to move forward. This exploration is best primed in a safe, nurturing, feminine energy centered environment.

The psychedelic is not the only medicine. We are the medicine. Nature is the medicine. Experience and connection is medicine.

Our retreat site (nested just outside Bend Oregon) is on remote expansive beautiful high desert property. The retreat center was designed to be medicine and support transformational healing. You will find serenity in looking out at the endless horizon and listening to the sound of nature as it breaths around you at all times. Women will come together to reconnect with your internal wisdom and compass just by being in a nature immersive tech free environment. You will come to nurture your beautiful body with the daily somatic experiences including: yoga, meditation, cold plunge, breathwork, and laughter.