IN THIS ANCIENT YAKUT INITIATORY TALE OF RED BEAD WOMAN, IT IS PROPHESIED THAT A MARES TAIL MAIDEN WILL BLESS AND REVITALISE CULTURE WITH STRANGE & MAGICAL RED BEAD SPEECH.

IN YOUR LIFE AND THROUGH YOUR OWN CREATIVE OR SOULFUL YEARNINGS AND OFFERINGS - WHAT MIGHT YOUR OWN RED BEAD SPEECH BE?

Stories are profound soul medicine. This winter, on the actual day and time of the solstice, you are invited to celebrate with a unique and beautiful one-off occasion for deep diving into the story of Red Bead Woman. Anticipate being cast under the spell of a traditionally told oral story, snug in a circle of women in the beautiful glowing timber ark of the 100-year-old Uki Trinity Church. Throughout the day, we will explore this initiation story's personal meaning for us and where and how its ancient folk wisdom plays out through our lives through conversation, journalling, and deeper imaginative activities for entering into the story. We will feast on nourishing soups and breads for lunch, and later enjoy chai while ritually creating personal red bead necklaces, to symbolise the gifts we carry and how we can offer our own red bead speech to the world.

CELEBRATE this WINTER SOLSTICE with a SOUL RETREAT like no other...

IMMERSE in a live oral storytelling of the wild and strange, wonderful and savage - Red Bead Woman

CONNECT with the deeper folk wisdom residing in your soul

HEAL with story medicine

SHARE what’s special with other women

MOVE the story DEEP into your BONES

WALK the enchanted forest and into the heart of a labyrinth

CREATE your own exquisite red bead necklace.

FEAST on hearty soups & delicious bread (GF & Vegan options available)

WELCOMING women from all walks, ages, & abilities

LUNCH & BEADS, PLUS BEADING MATERIALS provided.

PLEASE BRING: A journal and pen, any coloured pencils or pastels, warm shawl, wrap or scarf, cushion to sit on, drink bottle, and any red beads that are meaningfulL to you to more powerfully personalise your necklace. Lunch, chai, and teas will be provided but please bring snacks for morning and afternoon tea.

PLEASE DRESS IN RED, BLACK OR WHITE or a combination of these three ancient initiatory fairytale colours.

TO KEEP THIS EVENT INTIMATE, NUMBERS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED.

RED BEAD WOMAN SOUL RETREAT IS BEING HELD FROM 9.45AM-5PM SATURDAY THE 21st OF JUNE AT UKI HOLY TRINITY CHURCH.

ABOUT YOUR RED BEAD WOMAN GUIDE...

MELAINA FARANDA has facilitated sacred women's circles, ceremonies, rites of passage, as well as delivering numerous workshops, and sharing stories across Australia and the UK for decades. The author of seventy books published nationally and internationally, Melaina is a lover of the mythopoetic and feels that to speak and listen to certain stories is to be breathed through with silver and gold. She has attended England’s premier storytelling course, the Emerson College residential - Storytelling Beyond Words, along with additional in-person training with Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Dr Martin Shaw, Dr Sharon Blackie, Roi Gal-Or, Karmit Evenzur, Ashley Ramsden, Shonaleigh Cumbers, Hugh Lupton, Angharad Wynne, Colin Campbell, and many storytelling luminaries in the UK and USA.