Serpent Vision: A Transformational Retreat for Women
22nd to 27th August 2022, Scotland
Serpent Vision is a powerful journey of transformation for women. It is a week long retreat held in the north east of Scotland.
This retreat is born of a deep call to help women restore their wild power, their animal nature and their psychic gifts. To be led by the deep wisdom that resides within.
With the support of the land and the elements, you will be taken on a quest to restore your connection to your own inner sight and inner wisdom.
As the world goes through deep social, environmental and economic changes, there is a growing disconnection in humanity from the earth and our bodies.
It has become more important than ever that we reweave the ancient wisdom held in our cells back into a conscious, usable navigation system. To be guided from within by our body wisdom and inner vision.
This retreat allows an opportunity to create the space, time and environment for this wisdom to be heard.
This Retreat Journey Is For You If…
You feel called to deepen your connection to nature
You long for space to slow down and listen to your inner calling and wisdom
You need to deepen in your trust of yourself and your power, and long to claim your inner authority and wisdom
You wish to open further to your intuitive abilities
You feel disconnected from your body and its wisdom and need support to drop in deeper
You will leave this transformational retreat feeling:
Deeply connected to your body, heart and soul
Peaceful, resourced and recharged in body and mind
Inspired and alive, and ready to move forward in your life
Renewed belief in yourself and your ability to receive all the guidance and wisdom you need from within
Awakened to a greater experience of who you are
The Serpent
The serpent is an ancient symbol most known for representing rebirth and transformation. It is associated with the shedding of skins, letting go of old identities and allowing the new to be born.
In different cultures throughout the ages, serpents or snakes have represented different things such as:
being guardians of the underworld
messengers between the worlds of spirit and matter
psychic power
sexual energy
feminine mysteries of death and rebirth
What all these things have in common is the sense of the mystery. A sense of power which is felt but hidden from sight. A sense of secret wisdom which is accessible only to those who know how to access it.
In this retreat you will be well supported to:
connect with your own inner wisdom
access the deep mysteries and power within you that can help guide your life and your choices
shed the old skin of your identity, and allow a new and upgraded version of you to appear.
This is a unique opportunity to be held safely and lovingly as you open to hear the whispers of your own soul.
What To Expect From The Retreat
meditation, ceremony, ritual
partner exercises, sharing circles
sweat lodge, 24 hour supported vision quest
dance, yoga and breathwork
wild swimming
singing and drumming
Typical Daily Structure:
8am…yoga/mediation
9am breakfast
10 til 1pm Group space
1pm til 3pm Lunch and rest time
3 til 6pm Group space
6.30pm Dinner
8.30pm Evening activity
10pm Bedtime
This structure will vary over a couple of days as we will be doing a sweat lodge and a 24 hour vision quest as part of the process of the week.
About Fiona
I am a teacher, healer, dancer and lover of life and all things wild and natural!
I have worked as an alternative healing therapist for 25 years, and have been blessed to study and train extensively with many teachers.
I offer up the lands I was raised on in Scotland as our base for this quest. I know so well the healing power contained within every rock, tree and plant there, and which flows in the waters of the river and streams.
It is my life’s passion to help women re-awaken their connection with their body wisdom and their wild, instinctual selves.
A big part of my own life journey has been about curing myself of a 12-year illness, which taught me intimately how to listen to my body and its messages.
From this experience, and all the training I have, i created Body Wisdom Coaching to assist others in their healing.
In recent years I have run courses for women based around empowerment and feminine healing, and feel it is my deepest calling in this life.
It is my joy to welcome you on this retreat!
May you receive deeply and remember the power of who you are.
Co-hosted by Celia
I grew up on Dartmoor, where I have been living now for the last 20 years , out in the wilds at the end of the road where nature enfolds us from every direction.
I am passionate about the innate wisdom that we can find in embodying our wildness through nature connection.
I love to sleep under the stars and eat beech leaves for breakfast, to hear with my heart the call of the wild.
Living with the Native American Indians on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana, inspired my journey of deeper knowing and love with our land. I met our native plants as medicine and food, going on to study herbalism and wild foraging, honing survival skills through deep immersion in our land. There I learned about sweat lodges as a sacred and integral part of the community life, and vision quests as a way of knowing ourselves more deeply. I witnessed respect and reverence and gratitude for all the other-than-human beings that share our world.
I teach in a forest school and lead nature connection walks in and around Dartmoor and facilitate local people in doing vision quests on the land around me.
I'm into year round cold water swimming in the local rivers and love to fast and sleep out on the land, nourishing my soul in nature's embrace.
I feel honoured and excited to be supporting this beautiful offering that Fiona is creating.
The Venue
Auchinhandoch Farm, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, AB54 4YJ
Set in 100 acres of rural Aberdeenshire, in the foothills of the Grampian hills on the edge of the Cairngorm mountains.
Accommodation: Camp or stay in the 150 year old farmhouse.
August 22nd to 27th 2022
4pm start/finish
All prices include food, drink and camping for the duration of your visit
Camping is in luxury bell tents with air beds and sleeping bags provided
£1495 per person
£1295 Earlybird until 14th July 2022
£1195 Super Earlybird until 18th June 2022
Payment plans are available. Please contact Fiona for more info
Accommodation extras
Stay in the farmhouse, for an additional cost of £175 for the week. Only 4 spaces available - first come, first served!
Facilities
There is one bathroom and two toilets in the farmhouse to share. We also have an outdoor hot water shower option.
Meals
Three meals a day and all drinks and snacks will be included in the total retreat cost. Yummy vegetarian meals, made with wholesome organic ingredients and sourcing from the land where we can.
The farmhouse is where we will be eating our meals, and is a space to hang out should you need some down time, or want to be cosy indoors if it is raining. There is a living room and an art and craft room available for your use during the retreat.
Most of our activities will take place outdoors, or if it is raining we will be in the Long Barn…a rustic barn with plenty of space for yoga or dancing!
We also have a smaller red tent area nearby for those needing quiet moments, or to rest during moon-time.
Transport: the nearest airport is either Aberdeen or Inverness and EasyJet fly here regularly from London and Bristol. Also there are daily train services to Huntly, the local town.
From the airport: To get here from the airport there are many taxi services available, or you can take a bus to the nearby town of Huntly.
It is a one hour car journey from Aberdeen airport, a 1 hour 45 minute car journey from Inverness. It is 15 minutes by car from Huntly train station.
We are happy to collect from Huntly bus or train stations.
Please book a taxi from the airport, or take a bus to Huntly where we can collect you.
By car: If you wish to drive here in your own vehicle we can give directions. The post code for sat nav and maps apps is: AB54 4YJ
I very much look forward to connecting with you!
