Welcome to SACRED, a potent women’s retreat in the magical hills of Stowe, Vermont. 

We are so excited to welcome you to this powerful 3-night/ 4-day gathering of kindred souls as we enter the dark half of the year and step into the mystery and beauty of late autumn. 

If you are going through a loss, change, life transition, or standing at a threshold, this retreat is for you! 

Picture yourself tucked away in a cozy lodge, nestled in the stunning Sterling Mountains, for a long weekend of connection, reflection, myth, magic, and embodied sacred spirituality. All held by the land, two experienced sacred-space tenders, and a vibrant, loving community.

Awaken each day to freshly brewed organic coffee or tea, serene morning yoga, and meditations overlooking the skyline. Enjoy local, organic food, woodland walks, and inspiring activities to bring our content alive. Wind your day down with potent temple/ritual experiences, restorative yoga, and twilight hours by the fire. Tuck into a hand-hewn bed with deluxe flannel sheets in guest rooms designed and inspired by the land around us. 

You will also have the opportunity to experience a guided natural, outdoor hydrotherapy circuit, including a wood-fired sauna, cold plunge, and luscious wood-fired cedar hot tub. This healing immersion is just steps from the lodge, overlooking the mountains. 

In the Celtic tradition, there are said to be two hinges on the great Wheel of The Year: Samhain marks the descent into the ‘dark half’ of the year and Beltaine marks the ‘light half’. As we enter the portal into darkness and rest, we are invited to gather round the hearth for stories, myths and tales that inspire and inform our wild and precious modern lives. 

On this potent retreat, we will delve into the cross-cultural mythology of the season, including tales of the Goddess: Baba Yaga, the Morrigan, the Cailleach Bheara, and potent Egyptian Goddesses. We will discover how these archetypes empower and uplift us and carry us across the threshold spaces and crossroads in our own lives.  

You will be invited to choose a goddess to continue working with into the winter months to inspire, support, and alchemize your intentions for the new year to come.

The backdrop for all of these practices and teaching will be a quilt of deep rest, quiet presence, warmth of heart (and hearth), and slow savoring of the moment. The invitation of this sacred retreat is to listen to your own wise inner goddess or spirit and tend to all the parts of yourself. 

In alignment with our retreat title, SACRED, we will approach our journey into cultural myths with appreciation (not appropriation) and with the utmost honor, reverence, and respect for the origins of all of the teachings. In this way we help decolonize yoga/ wellness/ healing spaces. We also honor the sacred, unceded, Abenaki lands on which we offer this retreat experience. 

Come as you are and go at your own unique pace. Know that everything on this retreat is carefully curated so that you can pick and choose what resonates with you in the moment. 

You will leave this retreat with:

* A powerful spiritual ’toolkit’ to navigate life changes, thresholds and transitions

* Simple daily rituals & healing prompts for deepening your connection to the sacred in everyday life

* A new framework and spiritual understanding of your own situation and any challenges you currently face

* An understanding of the Goddesses that stand at the crossroads and can guide our soul’s journey

* A web of beautiful connections and new friends on your path

* A feeling of grounded inner connection and clarity that is your solid compass, even in life’s storms

This retreat is limited to 12 participants for an intimate experience in a vibrant, safe container. 

This retreat is nonrefundable.  We strongly encourage purchasing travel insurance and we have partnered with WeTravel and World Nomads to offer travel insurance that you can purchase for your trip.  After you book, just go to your We Travel profile, click on My Trips, then Manage Booking, and scroll down to select Get Travel Insurance.

Absolutely no refunds will be given unless we need to cancel the retreat- in that case, 

a full refund will be given minus a small processing fee to cover any credit card fee costs if you choose to pay by credit card.

If you cancel anytime up to 14 days before the event, we can offer you a refund ONLY IF WE CAN FILL YOUR SPOT (minus a $250 processing fee).

After the 14-day window, no refunds will be given for any reason.

  Sterling Forest Lodge is located on a rugged dirt road (well-maintained) in the mountains of Vermont. 4WD or AWD is highly recommended. We do provide an option to carpool from Stowe Village if that is helpful for you. SFL is about a 15-minute drive from downtown Stowe. 

We will send out a helpful ‘to bring’ list along with details and directions closer to the retreat. 

We are so excited to welcome you in late autumn at the Lodge! 

Wake up to warm local tea and coffee 

Morning meditation and/or yoga

Delicious organic breakfast

Morning whole group circle or activity

Lovely, nourishing organic lunch

Break/rest/slow time

Afternoon activity/ woodland walks/ hydrotherapy

Pre-dinner break

Delectable communal organic dinner

Temple/ circle + ritual 

Goodnight! 

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