THE SACRED PAUSE 2025/26
A 7-Week Wintering
Journey for Women
Winter Solstice → Imbolc
Sunday Evenings • Online Circle at 8pm (UK)
(join live or catch the replay)
BLACK FRIDAY WEEKEND SPECIAL
Usual price £88 • This weekend £44
Free inside The Sanctuary
Online journey • Replays available • No pressure, only invitations
Is It Time To Embrace Winter Differently?
Maybe you’re tired in a way that sleep alone doesn’t fix.
Maybe the year has felt heavy, fast, or full… and a part of you is whispering:
“I can’t carry all of this into 2026.”
You might be:
Overwhelmed, over-giving, and running on fumes
Feeling emotional, sensitive, or raw as the year closes
Longing to slow down but not knowing how
Craving deeper connection — with yourself, with other women, with something sacred
Feeling the call to honour winter as a spiritual season, not just a dark, stressful blur
If your body is exhaling as you read this…
If something inside you knows there has to be another way…
The Sacred Pause is your invitation.
The Sacred Pause: A Winter Journey Home to Yourself
Winter invites us inward — into stillness, reflection, honesty, and gentle renewal.
The Sacred Pause is a 7-week soul journey designed to help you soften, release, and re-root before you step into 2026.
Across these seven weeks, you will be guided through a rhythm of rest, reflection, and quiet transformation, held within a community of women who are walking the same path.
What You’ll Experience
Weekly Sunday Circles (8pm UK)
A gentle weekly gathering to exhale, reconnect, and be guided back to yourself.
No pressure to share. Come as you are — tired, emotional, hopeful, curious.
Guided Reflection & Journaling
Beautiful, simple prompts that help you release what you’re carrying, hear your inner voice, and prepare for the next chapter of your life.
Winter Rituals
Candle rituals, grounding practices, seasonal wisdom, and simple home ceremonies to help you align with the deeper rhythm of winter.
Winter Solstice Opening Ceremony
We begin on the darkest night of the year, honouring what has been and opening the space for deep rest.
Imbolc Reawakening Ceremony
We complete with the first spark of spring — honouring what you’ve released, what you’ve planted, and who you’re becoming.
The Journey in One Flow
Over seven weeks, you’ll move through a natural winter rhythm:
Exhale — Arriving & grounding
Release — Letting go of what you cannot carry into 2026
Remember — Hearing your true needs & inner wisdom
Rest — Slowing down to reset your nervous system
Rekindle — Gently awakening your spark
Re-vision — Seeing 2026 with clarity & truth
Re-awaken — Imbolc ceremony & new beginnings
It’s gentle.
It’s deep.
It’s doable.
You don’t have to “keep up.”
You simply let the season — and the circle — carry you.
By the end of this journey, you’ll feel clearer, lighter, and more grounded — ready to step into 2026 with intention, peace, and a sense of inner renewal.
This Journey Is for You If…
• You’re craving a slower, softer, more meaningful winter
• You want a gentle reset, not another thing to “keep up with”
• You’re feeling full, tired, emotional, or stretched thin
• You want a winter that heals you, not one you endure
• You love ritual, reflection, or simply want to learn how
• You desire deeper connection — with yourself, with other women, with something sacred
• You want to step into 2026 feeling clearer, calmer, and more grounded
• You’re ready to honour winter as a spiritual season, not just a stressful time of year
If you’re feeling the pull… it’s for a reason.
You’re ready for a different kind of winter.
Black Friday Wintering Offer
Usual price: £88
This weekend: £44
Free inside The Sanctuary
Online journey • Replays available • No pressure, only invitations
A winter that nurtures you is one choice away.
A Gentle Note on How It Works
We meet online every Sunday at 8pm (UK).
All circles are recorded, so you can join live or watch in your own time.
You’ll receive dates, Zoom links, and guidance in your welcome email.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. You’re always welcome, but never required.
All circles are recorded so you can watch in your own time — many women prefer to make the replay their own cosy ritual. -
Absolutely not.
There is never pressure to share.
You can come with your camera off, journal quietly, listen, and simply receive.
Your pace and comfort always matter. -
You can’t fall behind in this journey.
There are no deadlines, no expectations, no catching up.
Just gentle invitations you can weave into your winter in your own way. -
Yes — completely.
Everything is guided, soothing, and simple.
You don’t need any experience with ritual, seasonal living, or sacred practices.
Just an open heart and a desire to slow down. -
Yes. The Sacred Pause is created for women who are tired, overwhelmed, stretched thin, or navigating big feelings.
This journey offers grounding, reflection, community, and deep gentleness.
(Although it’s not therapy, many women find it deeply healing alongside the support they already have.) -
Just a quiet corner if possible, a notebook or journal, and a candle if you like.
Comfort is the core. -
As soon as you join, you’ll receive a welcome email with all the dates, Zoom links, and instructions.
You don’t need to remember anything — it’s all taken care of. -
Yes — Sanctuary members receive full access for free.
If you’re already inside the Sanctuary, you’re already part of The Sacred Pause.
Your Guide
Laura Ireland
Interfaith Minister · Circle Weaver · Retreat Host · Founder of Sacred Sister CIC
Laura’s work is rooted in the sacred art of connection — guiding women home to themselves, to each other, and to the rhythms of the Earth.
As an ordained Interfaith Minister, founder of Sacred Sister CIC and a Wise Witchy Soul, she has spent many years supporting women through seasonal transitions, emotional thresholds, and the deep work of remembering who they truly are.
Her teachings bridge the sacred and the everyday, helping women return to presence, belonging, and their own inner wisdom. Laura’s approach is gentle, grounded, and deeply human — honouring the truth that healing doesn’t happen through striving, but through slowing down, softening, and listening inward.
Winter, to her, is not a season to endure — but a sacred doorway.
A time for rest, reflection, and renewal.
The Sacred Pause is the journey she has walked herself, again and again, and now shares with women who are ready for a different kind of winter.
A Note From Laura
If you’ve found your way here, something in you is already calling for a softer rhythm.
Winter invites us to pause — to breathe, to put things down, to listen to what our inner world has been trying to say. It offers us the chance to reset not by pushing, but by surrendering. Not through effort, but through honesty.
The Sacred Pause is not about becoming more.
It’s about remembering yourself.
Coming back to your centre.
Re-rooting your energy before you step into a new year.
You don’t have to walk into 2026 carrying everything you’re holding now.
And you don’t have to walk this winter alone.
If something inside you is whispering yes…
I would be honoured to walk this journey with you.
With warmth,
Laura X
Soul-Led CEO & Witchy Woman of Sacred Sister CIC
You already know when something is right for you.
You already feel the nudge, the yes, the tug in your chest.
This isn’t about making a big decision — it’s about listening to yourself.
If you’re longing for a winter that nourishes you…
If you want to enter 2026 feeling clear, steady, and rooted…
If you’re tired of carrying everything alone…
Then The Sacred Pause is here — now — to meet you.
Come and walk this winter with us.