THE RECONNECTION RETREAT
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The Reconnection is a women’s retreat created to reconnect you to your body and your feminine power through deep rest, softness, and community.
Weaving together ritual, embodied movement, self-inquiry, trauma release, and sacred ceremony, in a slow and gentle way, this retreat is your permission slip to fully rest, unwind, recharge, and re-awaken to the truth of who you are.
The experience is co-created and held for you by Laura Wilkes and Lauren MacDonald.
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"This was a week of remembering how we evolved to live - slowly, intimately, and connected to others. There is nowhere to hide, and you will find yourself looking into yourself, and into the eyes of others, with love and compassion. That's where the magic lies!"
Zoe xxx
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"I cannot recommend this retreat enough. Lauren and Laura held such beautiful space, allowing a deep and lasting connection between a group of strangers, now friends. They wove yoga, ceremony and dance to reconnect us to ourselves and each other. I am infinitely grateful I had this time with you both. Thank you for holding and uplifting us all. Peace & love ✌️"
Poppy xxx
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"It has been an absolute privilege to meet Laura and Lauren. Their deep wisdom, energy and openness made it such a fertile place for me to do my own work and gain my new insights. The balance between everything was just perfect. Thank you for being wonderful human beings able to hold and dark and light, with lightness, joy and honouring."
Sophie xxx
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"The feeling of being held, not only by the incredible facilitators, but also by the the soul-family that had been brought together gave space to deep rest and transformation. It was truly a once in a lifetime experience, and I say that not with sadness, but the knowledge that I was blessed to participate in something so extraordinary, with the added bonus of having made beautiful life-long connections."
Christine xxx
Taking place just after the Spring Solstice, a time for rebirth and growth, The Reconnection is your space to explore your inner world and release what you no longer need. It is a retreat of deep inner work led under soft, feminine guidance within a safe, supportive and loving community.
The Reconnection weaves together ritual, embodied movement, self-inquiry, rest, and sacred ceremony. Each element has been created to allow your body and mind to fully rest, unwind, recharge and re-awaken to the truth of who you are.
This transformational women’s retreat will be hosted in the beautiful hills at Shanti Space, Portugal - just 20 minutes from Lisbon.
What to Expect?
At the core of this retreat is sisterhood, self-healing and expansion. Holding each other through it all, the lightness, the joy, the challenges, and the dark, as we authentically reconnect to our essence.
It is a journey back to yourself, your body and your soft feminine energy. From this grounded and centred space, you can deepen your relationship with the beauty and great mystery of life to step back into your power.
The Practices.
Our practices are a tapestry of healing tools that honor your mind, body, and spirit. From Yin and Gentle Yoga, somatic release, and TRE to embodied movement, ecstatic dance, compassionate inquiry, and meditation, each practice is crafted to encourage a profound sense of well-being.
We’ll move slowly, gently, and in a way that embraces your feminine essence; guided to soften your body, release deep tension, and open up to a deeper curiosity of who you really are.
A ceremony using the medicine of psilocybin will held at the mid-point of the retreat as a tool of unfolding, shedding and releasing.
Allow yourself the time you need to rest and be held.
Honoring the restorative power of sleep, our retreat values the importance of deep rest and a feminine way of being. The schedule has been planned with lots of time for naps, reading in the sunshine, nature walks, integration, and spaciousness.
You’ll have you nourishing meals prepared for you and your days planned out, so you can surrender to deep rest and time to focus on yourself.
Allow the gentle whispers of nature and our supportive community to cradle you into a space of relaxation and rejuvenation.
WHERE YOU’LL BE STAYING
The Shanti Space is set in a forest bordering a national park, it’s an utterly unique and tranquil place where you’ll be fully held to release daily life and surrender to a softer flow.
We’ll have relaxed days to gift you plentiful time to explore the enchanted of the forest, it’s calm and feels a million miles from civilization - the perfect place to reconnect with yourself and your heart.
THE RETREAT FLOW
We have created a spacious retreat schedule to disconnect you from life and reconnect you back to you. This requires space and rest.
Our general daily flow will look like…
7.30 am warm teas and morning snacks
8 am gentle yoga / somatic movement and dance
9.30 am nourishing family breakfast
11 - 1 pm sharing circle / integration session
1 pm family buffet lunch
2 - 4 pm gentle rest to explore, read, relax
4 - 6 pm embodiment class / yin yoga / TRE
7pm family dinner
8.30pm evening ritual / yoga nidra / chats
Food will be plentiful on retreat - no fasting, small portions, or restrictions.
We believe that food is medicine and are working with Zoe @wild_delicacies to create a menu that is healing, nourishing and supportive.
Wild Delicacies is an intuitive kitchen inspired by the wisdom of the Earth. Zoe draws her creativity from the most recent researches about nutrition, as well as ancestral wisdoms such as Ayurveda, Macrobiotic diet, Taoist diet and herbalism.
She works with food as energy, nurturing and healing the physical body to allow our other dimensions to expand.
THE FOOD
YOUR RETREAT GUIDES
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LAUREN MACDONALD
Lauren Macdonald is a doctor, psychedelic therapist, and group facilitator. Over the last few years she has worked as a clinical trial doctor and therapy guide at The Centre for Psychedelic Research (Imperial College London) and as a lead facilitator at legal psilocybin retreats around the world. She is passionate about holistic, whole-person wellness and draws upon her training in medicine, psychology, nutrition, mindfulness, yoga and psychedelic-assisted therapy.
In the retreat setting her approach is holistic, relational, somatic, and mindfulness-based. She is skilled at creating a safe and loving environment that encourages deeper healing, transformation and growth. She offers group work, self-inquiry and ceremony to help you reconnect to your authentic self, and open up to the beauty and mystery of life.
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LAURA WILKES
Laura Wilkes is a yoga teacher and trauma-informed somatic practitioner who specialises in women’s health and fertility. She has extensively studied the female body and the nervous system, and is trained in yoga, meditation, and trauma release. She is currently studying to be an acupuncturist and threads Traditional Chinese Medicine through all of her teaching.
After years working on yoga retreats and exploring holistic wellbeing on her journey to heal from the stressful, masculine, corporate world, Laura has created a unique and empowering style of teaching. Her classes are soft and deeply healing, soothing for the nervous system, and honour a reconnection to the feminine energy that has been robbed from us in today’s stressful modern world. She places deep importance on creating safe and held experience that support true healing and bring you home to your authentic self.
“You two women, your deep wisdom, your authenticity, your energy, and pure openness allowed ours to flow so much. You are so complimentary in your offerings. You both made it feel like such a safe, fully trusting sisterhood. It’s what made the retreat for me. ”
“You two women are beyond anything I have experienced before - your entire being seems to be dedicated to us and our development for far more than the time we were on the retreat. You have changed my life forever - you enabled growth and encouraged me to love myself until I truly believed it. Thank you x”
INCLUDES:
Personal intake with Lauren and Laura
Group Welcoming Call - pre-retreat (online)
4-nights accommodation
All food and drink: 3 x nutritious meals a day plus snacks, juices, and herbal teas (vegetarian menu)
A variety of healing activities - somatic enquiry, meditation, yoga, authentic relating, TRE, dance, and more - to support your journey of self enquiry and reconnection
Sharing circles and lots of integration time to feel held and supported in community for the whole retreat
Guided afternoon ceremony
2 x Group Integration Call - post-retreat (online)
Payment plans are available on all options.
