Sacred Initiation - Weekend Retreat

🌟 Weekend Retreat 🌟

The descent of the Goddess into the underworld is a familiar story in mythology and a theme at the heart of some of the most sacred teachings in the ancient mystery schools.

Sacred Initiation explores the dark descent as a powerful metaphor for the spiritual initiation many women undergo on their path to wholeness. It is the journey to reclaim the Wild Feminine, the sacred feminine current that is natural, untamed, authentic and free... to reclaim our own wild authentic nature.

For so long we have lived under the limiting patriarchal paradigm, where some aspects of feminine power were valued and accepted, but many were not.

On a collective level, the Dark Goddess represents the parts of the Wild Feminine that have been deemed undesirable, worthless, unsavoury, scary and even dangerous. She is the disowned feminine, deep and complex, the voice of our Soul. She is our power, our embodied wisdom, our wild abandon, our creativity and our intuitive knowing.

On a personal level, each woman has her own inner Dark Goddess. This is the part of you that holds all the gifts of the wild feminine that you have been unwilling or unable to reclaim. On the feminine path to wholeness, we don’t reclaim these parts by going up and out, but by going down and in. The journey to the underworld is the alchemical journey into the depths of our inner landscape to face our own shadow selves.

For many women this shadow work sounds like a daunting and perilous prospect. We are terrified that we will find proof that we are flawed, unworthy and ultimately unlovable, because we have all bought in to the same great lie...

…. that there is something fundamentally wrong with our authentic feminine nature.

Because of this conditioning, most women learn from a young age to be the Good Girl, striving for approval and stifling our authentic expression. Many of our most precious feminine gifts are abandoned, forced into the shadowlands.

We become disconnected from our bodies, our feelings and our natural rhythms, and are unable to fully open to receive the flow of abundance, nurturing, intuition, creativity and love we long for. Stuck in the masculine mode of striving and struggle, most of us feel pressure to be and do more...

… never feeling good enough.

To reclaim our wildness we must follow in the footsteps of the Goddesses in the ancient myths and brave the darkness. When we let go of the mask of the Good Girl and have the courage to face our shame, our fears and our pain, we can reclaim the powerful gifts of the Dark Goddess and return to the light with the freedom, passion and joy that is our birthright.

In Sacred Initiation, we enter the descent consciously, opening ourselves to the ecstatic mystery and wild wisdom. We approach shadow work through the lens of sacred feminine alchemy, using the transformative power of fierce love to embrace and heal our shadows.

🌟  What is Sacred Feminine Alchemy?

The feminine path to wholeness is not about fixing or changing yourself, but embracing all parts of your self with deep compassion and radical acceptance.

As you accept, reclaim and integrate each part of yourself you move into a deeper experience of connection and wholeness.

The process of Sacred Feminine Alchemy is a gentle unfolding of your protective layers to reveal the unique, amazing and exquisite woman who has always been there.

🌟  The Sacred Initiation program

This program is an experiential journey to reclaim your wild wisdom, authenticity and wholeness. It is an invitation to face your own Dark Goddess and to call lost parts of your wild feminine self home.

In the support and safety of the sacred circle, you can meet your shadow self, not in fear and judgement, but with fierce love and self-acceptance. By sitting in sisterhood with other women you can give voice to your deep feelings, needs and desires, being heard, seen and witnessed for who you truly are.

We will explore the chakra system as an archetypal map of consciousness, allowing you to develop a deeper relationship with the various aspects of your feminine nature. Through honest self-reflection and embracing self-responsibility you are able to expand your energetic physiology and activate the energies of the 7 wild feminine archetypes.

Drawing on depth psychology, shamanic practices, and eastern philosophies, Samantha offers a unique combination of effective and practical tools for transformation and healing. These powerful processes are designed to enable shifts on the psychological, energetic and somatic levels.

Myth, creative process, guided visualisation and journey-work combine to awaken intuitive ways of knowing, and act as a portal to the richness of your inner landscape.

Embodiment practices, using movement, breath and voice allow you to discover hidden parts of your stories, release unfelt emotion, and reclaim lost aspects of your feminine power.

In this program you will:

• explore shadow work through the symbolism of the dark descent and the myths of Inanna and Persephone

• activate your chakra system and awaken 7 powerful archetypes of the wild feminine

• reconnect to the sacred wisdom of your body, activate your womb and open your heart

• shed the protective mask of the Good Girl and step into your Wild Woman power

• reclaim your inner child and learn to hold all parts of yourself in deep compassion and self-acceptance

• learn how to make space for your pain, shame and fears, healing your shadow stories and sacred wounds

• reintegrate lost fragments of your wholeness and reclaim the sacred gifts of your golden shadow

As we shed our shadow stories, we reclaim the archetypal powers that are
our birthright.

So if you hear the voice of the Dark Goddess urging you to remember who you are...

if you long to reclaim her ecstatic mystery and wild wisdom...

Say yes to your wild, feminine self and book your place now!

🌟  Details

This retreat is held in the beautiful bushland setting at
The Farm For Wellbeing
11 Willis Rd. Flaxley

Friday 5th March 5pm till Sunday 7th March 4.30pm

Investment: $495

Price includes 2 nights accommodation and delicious vegetarian meals

Payment plans are available - contact me for details

Group size is kept small to allow for deep exploration and connection

🌟  Your Guide

My name is Samantha Micallef and I’m a transformative depth coach, energy healer and shamanic guide. I have a deep love of women's work and have been devoted to holding sacred space with compassion and integrity for over 20 years.

Sacred Feminine Alchemy was birthed from my deep desire to heal the wounded feminine within myself. This life-long journey of transformation and integration has become a sacred mission to inspire, support and guide other women on the path to awakening. It's time to restore our connection to the Wild Feminine and step into our most empowered, radiant, wise and expanded selves.

🌟  Here's what other women had to say...

“This journey was so profound, that in all my years of study, I have not felt such an impact on the internal changes that this program enabled.

The journey through shadow work and symbolism to descend into the Goddess Inanna's myth and returning with sacred gifts to nurture and manifest, was one of the most effective guided meditations I have experienced. It provided me with a blueprint of unmet needs linked to each chakra and archetype to enable me to claim my personal power.

Through the range of techniques that Sam used, I was able to cry, feel rage, and honour my wounded child, finally acknowledging the pain and trauma she felt over 60 years ago and integrate her with love and acceptance. This enables me to 'listen' to my reactions to triggers and understand why they are triggers. The process was intense at times and the benefits life-changing.

I feel that Sam has given me the most beautiful gifts – my inner child and feeling the most authentic I ever have!”

- Maria Barclay

“As many people can attest to, I came from a foundation of trauma, which I experienced as a child… and although I knew this created my world-view in a unhealthy fashion, what I didn’t realise was how I let certain unconscious parts of my psyche lead the show in my life, all because of unmet needs during childhood...

Thankfully, due to this program, I was able to witness, experience and reconnect many of the dots to disowned parts of myself, whilst realising a deeper layer of understanding myself. This allowed me to introduce more self-care and self acceptance into my life...

As such, I highly recommend this program to anyone wanting to understand themselves on a deeper level, whilst gaining a greater knowledge of archetypes and Goddess mythology to find sense and meaning to their story and experiences in life...

Thank you Sam for making this experience fun and transformative.”

- Alaka-Jane Heart