This is the true wine of astonishment,

We are not over when we think we are.

Alice Walker

We will weave together a deeply juicy sacred space as we gather in circle to share stories, make new connections and play.

We will gently explore the story of Baubo and her juicy belly laughter sensuality and magic medicine. This is an ancient story of rebirth from traumatic times. It is an invitation to go deep into the story but in a playful magical way with good company. This fairy story exploring is a way of being on a kind of pilgrimage together in new landscapes - as we learn to lay down the stories of our lives next to this mythical adventure we will find doorways and portals into new ways of being and new chapters of wildness and freedom. The story represent redemption, juicy sensuality , sexuality, belly laughter, belonging, resurrection and renewal for us as individuals and on a deeper level for our society and communities. Together we will huddle around the virtual fire and snuggle in to hear our own stories anew and begin to see how this is a story of our lives and our world too.

We will move our gaze beyond the obvious and the symbolism to find our own personal myths and authentic lost stories and remember the songs we need to sing to bring us back to FULL WILD life again in all our instinctive gorgeousness ! We will play in a rich tapestry of methods from Clare work, including ritual, meditation, movement, circle work, wild mark making, shrine making, poetry, creative writing etc to connect to juicy sensuality in a safe way and bring ourselves back to life with colour, words, music and community.

We will weave story, music, poetry, art , laughter and irreverence, creativity, some gentle optional cosy yin yoga and immersion in nature to begin to unwind, unravel and knit back some joy and clarity into our lives.

We will spend our days connecting to the story of our lost sensuality, finding our deep heartbeat again and bathing together in beautiful turquoise seas. There will be free time to rest, relax, swim and do what you need to recalibrate. We also have some brilliant bodyworkers joining us who you can book sessions with in your time off for a small extra fee.

If you’ve worked with Clare before you’ll know her courses and retreats are transformative and magical but we believe the best thing about our work is the friendships and connections that weave us together and last a lifetime.

This Greek retreat is in a very special place where we are working with the local community to create a programme of sustainable events involving local people and their deep wisdom and magic and it feels very special to us. This workshop is welcoming of our trans and non binary community and is not being advertised as a women only space. Many of our workshop are historically women and trans women spaces and so at present this is our main community. We offer partial bursaries to our trans communities. If you are struggling financially please talk to us about payment plans.

“The way we tell our life story

is the way we begin to live our life.”

Maureen Murdock

Subject to change because of tides, spontaneous gorgeousness, weather and juicy energy of group

Please note we advise leaving a day or two either side of the retreat to navigate travel. Occasionally ferries are cancelled and sometimes you can’t always get a ferry to get you to the airport in one day.

Day 1 Evening Opening Circle

Day 2 Sunrise Sea Dip/ Poetry/ Yoga - juicy buffet breakfast - Opening Circle and Workshop - free time after lunch - Evening Gathering

Day 3 Sunrise Sea Dip/ Poetry/ Yoga - breakfast - circle and workshop - free time after lunch - Evening Trip

Day 4 Sunrise Sea Dip/ Poetry/ Yoga - breakfast - Circle and Workshop - boat trip - free time- evening gathering

Day 5 Sunrise Sea Dip/ Poetry/ Yoga - breakfast - Circle and Workshop - free time - Evening Celebratory Meal

Day 6 Early Morning Closing Circle

to heal you have to get to the

root of the wound and kiss it

all the way up

Rupi Kaur

Booking onto the retreat does mean you agree to hold our circle guidelines over the 5 days and nights of honouring the energy of the group.

There will also be a no alcohol policy during our working together. This is because we will be diving deep into our inner worlds within a community group and safe space and in our long experience mixing any alcohol into group and personal dynamics it is not only disruptive but also creates an unsafe, unethical space.

So please be sure you are more than happy with this before deciding if this is for you.

While the circle spaces will be held and supported we do ask that you have other support if dealing with trauma and difficult

If you are unsure if this retreat is for you please feel free to contact us and we can help talk it through.

“A nomad I will remain for life,

in love with distant and uncharted places.”

 Isabelle Eberhardt

Halki is a beautiful quiet gem of an island, located just 6km from Rhodes.

You are responsible for booking your own travel and please note that as a small island sometimes ferries don’t run or don’t coincide with airport flight times so we do recommend that you give yourselves time and maybe some overnight stays on the way.

The easiest way we know from the UK to get to Halki is by travelling to Rhodes then taking a short ferry journey. The ferries timetables aren’t released yet and may not fit your journey perfectly so we recommend at least a night on Rhodes to allow for leeway either side of your journey. We can recommend some hotels.

There are many variations on this especially if you want to combine a visit to Athens or other islands.

There may be others on the retreat who want to do similar and share cabins or hotels and we will connect people in the New Year.

You can also fly to Athens and then get an immediate frequent flight to Rhodes from the same terminal.

Clare also discovered the long slow boat from Athens Piraeus Harbour to Halki (return) It is a lovely romantic way to travel.