The Gathering
Embracing Your Potential
Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK
Friday 17th May - Monday 20th May 2024
closing ceremony 4pm on Sunday 19th May for those who need to leave us early.
Dear Sisters,
Are you ready to dive deeper into our community and reconnect with your true essence? Do you feel the longing in your heart to heal old wounds and step into your power with confidence and authenticity?
If so, I invite you to join me for a transformative weekend that promises to ignite your soul and awaken your spirit. In the loving embrace of our community, you'll find the support and encouragement you need to reclaim your voice, embrace your wild and sacred heart, and rediscover the essence of who you truly are.
This journey began amidst the chaos of lockdowns in 2020, a beacon of light in uncertain times. After 25 years as a therapist, retreat facilitator and event organiser, suddenly nothing! My need to find a new way to connect became the birth os Sacred Sister Gathering, at a time they said we could not meet, I just knew it had to happen! Since then, our community has blossomed into a sanctuary for women to gather, recharge, and share their stories. Through six unforgettable gatherings, we've woven bonds of sisterhood and resilience, navigating the winds of change together.
From humble beginnings, we've grown from annual to bi-annual gatherings, seeking a place to call home and expanding our reach through online courses, retreats, and social media platforms. Our online community now thrives with over 2700 vibrant souls, united in our quest for connection and growth.
But our journey doesn't end here. With the birth of our private trust, we're taking our first steps towards independence, allowing our community to flourish and find its own path in the world. And I invite you to be a part of this pivotal moment.
I am inviting you to join me for a special gathering of 60 remarkable women, where we'll co-create the magic that fuels our community's evolution. Together, we'll share, learn, and explore new horizons, nurturing our individual journeys while strengthening the bonds that unite us.
Whether you're dreaming of your own projects or seeking ways to serve our sisterhood, this gathering promises deep connections, transformative workshops, and healing moments. It's an invitation to lean into your journey and embrace the possibilities that await.
Throughout the weekend, you will embark on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment, guided by the wisdom and strength of sisterhood. Together, we'll peel back the layers of conditioning and societal expectations to reveal the radiant truth that lies within each of us.
Are you ready to answer the call of your soul and step into your fullest expression?
Will you embark on this journey with me? Together, let's write the next chapter of our collective story—one of empowerment, growth, and boundless sisterhood.
With love and anticipation,
Laura - Founder of Sacred Sister & Your host for the Gathering
I will be joined and supported by a stand out core team of sisters, who are rooted and embodied space holders, Earth keepers, creators and exceptional facilitators to support and anchor in our sacred container of transformation and joy.
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Connection & Healing
An opportunity to journey together through the connections we will find within the space, both in the wider gathering, but also those deeper connection we will make with ourselves. Those parts of us, that are ready to be brought back home.
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Relaxation & Sauna
Time to be in the Sauna, perhaps have a massage, soothe yourself with your journal, sleep in the gaps, connect with the nature of the land. Chat, make new lifelong friends, and reconnect with old ones.
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A Safer Container
A safe structure, to explore your own triggers, so that you can seek to heal old wounds, therefore enabling you to feel safer in the sisterhood. A space where you can be free to explore your own story. A journey of self discovery through learning ancient ways of healing.
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Ceremony & Ritual
From the co-creation of our first moment together, the songs we will sing, the ways we will move, the sharing of our sacred agreement, the lighting of our fire, the sharing of food, to the Cacao and Celebration times, and or powerful closing ceremony, the weekend will be held as a sacred space of ceremony and ritual.
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Workshops & Classes
There will be an opportunity to connect with workshops and classes over the weekend to support your journey. Some will be facilitated as part of the theme of the gathering, and some will be your opportunity to share what you bring. If you feel drawn to create a special moment of sharing then you will have the space to do so.
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Nurturing Food
We will be inviting you to bring food to share for the Friday night, feasting in true community style. All food is included in your donation for the gathering, and will be simple, beautiful, nurturing, vegan and gluten free.
Sharing food is an important part of community life.
Whats on Offer!
3 days/nights camping on the land
Nurturing Food Saturday & Sunday
Sauna & Cold Plunge
Inner Dance & Sound Journeys
Workshops/Talks
Music & Song
Cacao Ceremony
Powerful and Connecting Opening and Closing Ceremonies
An opportunity for learning, healing, connection, with a community of like minded sisters, in a mix of ages, from our maidens thorough to our wise elders, we are beginning to create a new flow for Sacred Sister as a community and we are excited to be sharing it with you.
What we are!
A membership circle of amazing sisters. We attain to be a Safer Container for you to drop into, whatever you need in that moment allowing presence, space and support. To nurture, hold and listen when needed. We are an inclusive space for all women. I can’t list all the amazing flavours we have as a sisterhood because I would miss someone and offend others for sure. If you fully identify as a woman and were socialised and are living as female, you are welcome, if in any doubt please feel free to connect with me info@sacred-sister.co.uk, we aim to make sure everyone present feels safe and held. Our gatherings are a way for us to come together as a community of like minded, open hearted women, who are ready for magic! Imagine a retreat weekend, but with 66 sisters, where the most amazing transformations become possible, just by feeling safe enough to do so!
What we are not!
We are not a festival/event/entertainment, although all of these things will come about from the co-creation we bring together. We are not here to bring you a big production. We are not an event that just rocks up once a year to create a party, we are here to support you through building a sustainable community that is here for you at all times.
What to bring with you!
Forage/Find/Borrow/Purchase/Bring with you: a loo roll, bin bag, a log for the communal fire, cozy layers, sparkly disco goddess outfit to celebrate yourself in, water bottle, cozy blankets, a comfy seat if you need one, rug, yoga mat, tent (although we have some ready made tent options for you too), your best tea cup/mug, plate, bowl, cutlery, (we do not supply any utensils for eating, no disposables in site so please bring your own), non-alcoholic beverages, herbal tea bags to share at our tea station, snacks, pack your wellies (then it won’t rain!), your suncream, hat, bug spray to protect your soft skin from being bitten, towel, bedding, your teddy bear, favourite book, journal, a power supply to charge your own phone if you need to have it on, something for the altar and the living mandala. This is YOUR time, make it special, be comfy, bring what you need!!
Cash/Card because we are not a cashless site, we encourage a plastic-less site, shopping, therapies, donations etc.
What not to bring!
We create a clean container, and hope to keep it this way, so we discourage drugs and alcohol at our gatherings, in order to keep the vibe high, in a natural way. We will not accept any alcohol on site, if you need to drink to have fun, we are not the gig for you.
Your Kids. The container we are bringing to you, is one where you can drop into just being you, and this doesn’t happen so easily if there are children on site. Your energy will have to be with your children, and this is YOUR time. Many of us have to find childcare, and have to juggle this time, but I promise you it will be worth it
The only exception is breastfeeding babies and daughters that have reached their menarche, or are completely self sufficient, can feed and look after themselves, don’t need you to be mum, can be left alone, and can be fully respectful of the spaces that have been created. This is likely to be at the stage of maiden, but if you feel your daughter is ready sooner, then please get in touch. This particular gathering is going to be more community interactive, so the younger maidens will be encouraged to be with us in circle spaces and connect with the community, in beginning to explore what they are wanting to bring to the community too.
No Animals, sorry, but wildlife is abundant, if you really cannot come without your pooch, then please reach out, again, I don’t want to stop you from coming, but I do need to know you are a super responsible dog owner, they must ALWAYS be on a lead, partly because wondering dogs will poop (I have 4 of my own!), and therefore you won’t be able to clear up behind your dog, and there is nothing worse than being barefoot on the land, and poop being present!!! Especially if you just got out of your tent for a wee in the dark!
Our Home for the weekend!
We are heading back to a beautiful location, that I feel truly blessed to have used many times, and it always allows the deep holding of the feminine energy that we bring. We are creating a smaller village, as the aim is to bring everyone together more often, using the beauty of the old barn as our main home. Consider this weekend, like a giant sleep over! I am welcoming you to the hearth of our home for this weekend, and I am excited to see how it moves us all.
It is a precious space and as always the wildlife, flora and fauna have priority. How we treat them, where we park, camp, clean up behind us, all has an impact and has been thought through with the deepest of respect for the land, so please come with an open heart to be kind and adhere to the instructions given on your arrival, especially if the land happens to be wet.
The full details of the location will go out to you with your donation for this years gathering, so as to keep the container safe and held, but to say that it is stunning, within easy reach of Bath Spa train station, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Devon, Bristol, London, Cardiff. All within 2 hours and easy reach.
We have flushing toilets on-site , hot showers and we ask you to respect these spaces, if we all look after our village together everyone feels the love.
Food & Nourishment!
Your all inclusive ticket for this gathering will include your food for Saturday and Sunday. All will be gluten free & vegan, with a variety of options to suit many dietary requirements, but please connect with us if you have very specific requirements, and be prepared to bring additions to supplement yourself if you need too. Bring your favourite chocolate and snacks that you love, so that this weekend feels like you are really treating yourself, and of course there will be cake!!!
We will NOT be catering for Friday night……I want to invite you to bring a dish to share, please make it gluten free and vegan. This really is a reach back to ancient times, when women would gather to cook, eat, feed the village together. We will be catering this event differently, to continue this sense of community, so I look forward to the magic that comes when we all work together.
Sleepy Village!
Decide how and where you want to wild camp……there are 20 acres all together so there will be a choice of places you can camp, park up, be accessible…….
If you want to travel light how about booking a bell tent already set up for you, on a beautiful spot on the land……… You can book the tent for yourself, or you can share with your friends, or friends you have yet to meet. This is a beautiful experience. We are managing the glamping ourselves, through our sister business Sunnyside Retreat so we will be creating some magical spaces for you.
Each will have its own air bed, lighting, rugs but we ask you to bring your own bedding, pillow, blanket etc. If you have never slept in a bell tent before, it's a truly beautiful experience.
Bringing a vehicle to sleep in, let us know, camper, caravan, car, fire engine, tank…….we have seen it all over the years, you can book your live in vehicle spot through our booking system, but if you have an exceptionally large vehicle please email me for a chat. We have very limited space for camper vans, and we will try to accommodate every sisters requirements, but it helps to have a chat first.
The site is flat for camping, all is close by, but there will be NO cars in the actual camping space. But all is easy, and we HELP each other. More hands make light work, so there will always be a sister to help jump in and make the setting up of your home a little easier, accepting the help and support can often be the first healing we go through on site! Dropping into the receiving of love and support.
If you require an easier spot for accessible camping, and toilet facilities, please let us know so we can give you a call for a chat and make your time with us as comfortable as possible.
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We are keeping this gathering to a beautifully small and perfectly rounded number of 66 radiant souls, as we dive deeply into our sister stories and connect in with what truly needs to heal, allowing us back to our one wild and precious, sacred heart.
We understand that taking the first step into a new community can be intimidating. That flutter of uncertainty is natural, but rest assured, you're not alone. We've all stood on the threshold of the unknown, feeling the tremble of anticipation. Know that here, in this circle of love and acceptance, you are welcomed with open arms. You've got this, sister!
You are welcome to commit to your space by paying a £100 deposit and the rest will be invoiced to you for payment at the end of April.
£222 is your investment and this will include all your food from Breakfast Saturday to Breakfast Monday if you choose to stay with us on Sunday evening. Camping in your own tent, Car Parking, The Gathering itself, workshops/talks/etc……It will not include dinner Friday night as we are holding a pot luck feast as mentioned above.