The Alchemy Behind My Retreats
Why I no longer call them retreats... and what I offer instead: sacred, transformational journeys into your wild, sacred self.
I have been facilitating retreats for 20 years. It took me that long to find the right words. For years, I called them retreats, because that’s what people expected. But deep inside, I knew it was more. Because every time I hosted one, something powerful shifted. Not just for the women who came… but for me too.
We circle. We breathe. We cry and laugh and shed old skins. We write. We dance. We share stories we thought we’d forgotten. We remember. And slowly, something ancient and wild wakes up inside us.
My retreats are portals of initiation, I now have come to understand. So the word retreat feels too tamed, too spa-weekend-ish, too... horizontal. I’m offering a threshold experience. So I needed words that hold mystery, magic, and a sense of transformation. Words that could convey the mystical, the archetypal… and the poetic meaning of each of my gatherings.
I hold space. Sacred, initiatory space. So each of my retreat offerings is an Initiation, a Cauldron of Becoming, a Circle of Sisters leading to a Sacred Passage, a Spiral Sanctuary and a Divine Journey of Wild Remembering.
Yes.
All of that.
And more!
My retreats are about growth, evolution, inner alchemy and divine reconnection.
So when you come, you will be more than a “participant.” For that too, I needed another set of words. Words that speak not just of presence, but of becoming. Something that holds the arc of transformation, the sense that you (and yes, me too !) are in process, evolving, being shaped by the experience.
When you attend one of my retreats, whether online or in real life… You get immersed in Living a Goddess Life, you enter the Cauldron of Becoming as a Seeker, a Wanderer.
And you rise as an Initiate.
A Flamekeeper of YOUR Sacred flame, your sacred nature.
A Weaver of YOUR Goddess Life.
A Women in the Spiral.
A Dreamer of the New Earth.
As She Who Transforms herself and raises her vibration, de facto also transforms the world and raises the vibration of the planet as a whole.
It’s about learning, yes.
It’s about remembering who you are, mostly.
Sacred. Limitless. Abundant. Joyful. Peaceful.
It’s about reawakening the sleeping parts of you.
It’s about embodying them, all of them.
So no, I don’t offer retreats.
I offer transformation.
Come.
The Cauldron is waiting.
You are ready.
If your heart skipped a beat while reading this, maybe it’s time.
You can find upcoming initiations: https://isayabelle.com/sacred-retreats
Voilà.
I believe that is all for today.
I would be so happy to hear from you.
If this spoke to your heart, I’d love for you to share it with a sister, a friend, a fellow Goddess on the path.
I send, as always, love, light and gratitude.
Isaya