Winter Nourishment Retreat
Be Nourished on all levels at the Winter Nourishment Retreat
This nourishing and replenishing weekend offers an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with what truly matters, and embrace the healing power of self-care, community and love.
💚Joan Carpenter as a Sacred Space Holder has been welcoming women to a safe space to be heard, accepted and supported in finding their own wisdom and answers for over a decade. Offering the Wise Woman Within You Guidance in Circle or 1-1, she has sat with 100’s of women.
During this weekend of nourishment, she will welcome you onto The Farm for Wellbeing, guide you in a Circle of Love session, offer a meditation in the Labyrinth, as well as support you both physically and emotionally during your stay.
Joan looks forward to co-facilitating the Winter Nourishment Retreat with the other Soul Sisters, Jaime & Kerstine
💚Jaime Elder has been working deeply with the Cacao medicine and guiding people though ceremonies for the last decade. She has a deep love and connection with this plant and is passionate about sharing its message and healing.
Dance is a true passion of Jaime’s and the Sacred Dance she will lead us into will deepen your connection to Self in ways that allow an awakening and an expression to emerge – perhaps welcoming you to a whole new part of yourself.
💚As an artist, creatrix and craftswoman, Kerstine Pattison Uhlemann weaves her love of beauty and symbolism into every offering. She lovingly supports women to remember their inner wisdom and deep knowing so they feel powerful, loved and held. Sharing her vast experience with Self Care Rituals she will help you find your own sustainable way of deepening your own self-care with a routine that will suit your needs.
Cost: $350 (Includes all meals, snacks, cuppas and accommodation)
Afterpay available
For other payment plans for the Winter Nourishment Retreat please contact Joan: [email protected]
BYO Bedding & Towel
Accommodation Options:
🛏️Bunk bed
⛺️BYO Tent or Swag
🚚BYO Van
✨You will receive an Intake Form via email prior to the Winter Nourishment Retreat to indicate your preferences
Winter Nourishment Retreat Schedule (allowing for flow and ease):
Friday 10 July
🌿4:30pm Arrive and settle in
🌿5:30pm Dinner – nourishing
🌿7:00pm Circle of Love with Joan
Together we will journey inward, exploring gentle journal prompts that invite deeper reflection on love, compassion and the wisdom of the heart. Through nurturing partner exercises and meaningful shared experiences, we create space for authentic connection with ourselves and one another.
As we gather in a circle of support and acceptance, heart-felt connections naturally unfold.
🌿10:00pm Lights out
Saturday 11 July
🌿8:00am Breakfast is self-serve, so you can enjoy it at your own pace. Feel free to sleep in and take the morning slowly if you wish.
🌿9:30am Cacao Ceremony with Jaime
Known to the ancient Mayans as ‘Food of the Gods’, Cacao has been seen for centuries as a heart medicine and a way of opening a direct portal between us and Great Spirit. Cacao is a gentle yet incredibly powerful healer and teacher and a very feminine spirit. She opens the heart, helps us heal past wounds and to open us up to more love, creativity, abundance and joy in our lives. Through the loving guidance of Cacao, we are able to access deep healing through remembrance of who we truly are – love.
During this ceremony, we will explore the sacred tradition of Cacao and learn how to create a deep relationship with this plant and receive the teachings of her medicine.
🌿1:00pm Lunch/Rest/Time alone
🌿3:00pm Self-Love Ritual with Kerstine
Part 1 – Discovering Self-Care & Kerstine’s Sacred Morning Routine
Defining self-care, the four pillars (physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual), and Kerstine’s own self-care through her sacred magical morning routine, with journaling prompts.
🌿6:00pm Dinner
🌿7:30pm Self-Love Ritual with Kerstine
Part 2 – A Sacred Self-Love Ritual – Nourishing Self-Massage
A guided self-love ritual with warm ayurvedic sesame oil—a nourishing self-massage to deeply care for body, heart, and soul. Deep relaxation & body connection.
This ritual honours the beautiful sacred feminine and the feminine body we have, inviting us to feel beautiful, nourish our bodies, and love ourselves with deep self-love without judgment.
Woven with beauty, romance, ritual, and the sacred—the art of deeply caring for our bodies, heart and soul – be guided on a deeply nourishing experience where we honour our bodies, embrace beauty and romance, and practice sacred self-love without judgment, creating an experience where we as women reconnect with what self-care truly means for us.
🌿10:00pm Lights out
Sunday 12 July
🌿8:30am Gentle yoga/movement
🌿9:30am Breakfast & Pack up personal belongings.
🌿11:00am Sacred Dance with Jaime
Sacred dance is a gentle and intuitive form of movement that weaves together dance, music, emotion, spiritual connection, and ceremony. This ancient practice invites the body to become a sacred vessel through which we can connect more deeply with ourselves, awaken inner wisdom, and express ourselves in a way that feels authentic, embodied, and deeply connected.
🌿1:00pm Lunch/Quiet time
🌿2:00pm Labyrinth Walk & Meditation/Sharing Circle at Grandmother Tree or Sacred Womb
Walk the labyrinth as a moving meditation, allowing each step to draw you deeper into stillness and presence. As the mind quietens, space opens for inner reflection, insight and connection with your deeper wisdom.
The labyrinth is more than a path to follow; it is a sacred journey inward. With every turn, you are invited to release distractions, listen to the whispers of your heart, and become more aware of what is seeking to emerge within you.
Rather than focusing on reaching the centre, the labyrinth encourages you to honour the journey itself. Just as in life, each step holds meaning, offering opportunities for reflection, healing and self-discovery.
🌿3:30 – 4:00pm Finish. Pack up. Farewells
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