Feminine Rites Retreat
Sacred Beauty, Ritual, Sisterhood *August 12-14*
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You are beautiful! Do you know this to be true? This retreat is designed for honoring self-care and positive feminine self-image to support you in fully aligning with your own unique beauty inside and out! In this process, we will get to explore and redefine our own experience of beauty in life: expect to find out it is much deeper and visceral than the sterile images typically shown to us. This retreat is for anyone who is tired of holding back and is ready to step into their wholeness and full radiance!
Join us for a magical 3-day weekend of self-love and feminine embodiment on a peaceful Sonoma County farm (only 1 hr. drive from SF), learn how to take charge of your health naturally and shine from the inside out!
♥ Most affordable retreat with the biggest heart!♥
All food, accommodations, recipes, and workshop products included!!!
Only 10 Spots Available! Grab one for you and your girlfriend too!
♥ Natural Health, Beauty, and Sisterly Bonding
♥ Herb Crafting & Creating Natural Products
♥ Garden Fresh Bio Cuisine & Herbal Teas
♥ Daily Goddess Yoga for the Face and Body
♥ Relax with Gardening and Nature Walks
♥ Guest Facilitators for Special Workshops
♥ Massage Therapy for additional Care
“The Feminine Rites retreat was really inspiring, and I can't believe we were able to fit so much into the time while still relaxing. Amy thoughtfully planned the perfect mix of movement, nature, food, creative projects, and community. It was a truly lovely group of women from all kinds of backgrounds and such a great time to stay on her beautiful property and pick fresh foods from the garden. I learned a ton, walked away feeling healthy and even glowy, and made some new friends! Highly recommend!”
-Kelli Blum
Madrona Earth Center
6720 Madrone Pl. Cotati, CA
Welcome to the Madrona Earth Center, our family farm for permaculture and natural health!
Tucked away in the heart of Sonoma County and the North Bay, it’s only 1 hr drive from the city! Regarded by those who come here as a magical land that allows them to unwind into a peaceful introspection giving the ability for openness and deep transformation.
Intention:
This retreat is intended for honoring self-care and a positive feminine self-image. We will be an intimate group of 10 women who are open to sharing and connecting. We’ll integrate holistic health techniques from Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, and Western Medicine to look and feel our best! At the same time, enjoying the simple life on the farm to detox from the city to engage with nature and connect with the healing medicine of the Earth.
Nourishing Meals:
We’ll sync up with the season of Spring to nourish the body and soul through cooking together, eat lovingly-prepared meals, and have cooking demos of fresh seasonal foods of vegetarian/vegan meals and elixirs.
We will have limited to no: alcohol, caffeine, meat, gluten, artificial sweeteners, and processed foods. Black tea can be requested as a substitute for daily coffee drinkers. There is room in the refrigerator if you wish to bring your own food or meals for any reason.
You are welcome to bring healthy snacks and food to share.
Please contact Amy if you have any questions.
Accommodations:
Slumber party style in our cozy and modernized barn/house fully equipped with comfy beds (first come first served- single and queen beds available with pillows and bedding), kitchen, hot water, and Wi-Fi. Please note that this is an eco-farm with an outdoor restroom area (including a hot water shower and a very clean composting toilet).
What to bring:
Invoke your inner goddess by bringing items of clothing, jewelry, cards, crystals, and anything else that helps you feel into your highest feminine expression.
Clothing: Bring comfortable clothes either tight or flowy that can be layered for warm or cool weather that would be good for yoga, gardening, and cuddling. Please bring cozy jammies or playful onesies for the evenings and feel free to bring extra blankets and cozy items if you run cold. Comfortable shoes (for gardening), slippers (for inside), sandals/flip flops (for shower). You may also want to bring a flashlight, sunscreen, and hat.
Workshops: Please bring a yoga mat, notebook, and small mirror.
"This is my first self-love women’s retreat, and all I have to say is Amy sets the bar really high! Immediately upon arrival, I found the Madrona Earth Center to be a beautiful, peaceful oasis that allowed me to forget all about my hectic city life, my busy work schedule, and daily dodging of downtown traffic. Practicing yoga under a big oak tree, with the sun, nature, birds singing and a fresh breeze is an experience that I will never forget. Amy arranged the right amount of activities, including soap and skin care product making tutorial, daily yoga, free expression song and dancing, sisterhood bonding in the ceremonial fire circle, etc. We even dipped into the hot top at one night, bathing in the moonlight and laughed the night away… Did I mention she is an amazing chef? She taught us how to make delicious farm to table food, and made us liver cleansing tea every morning. I left the retreat with a refreshed body and mind, feeling recharged and energized. Most importantly, I left the retreat being a much happier person, knowing no matter what happens in the outside world, I have a group of beautiful, wise and supportive ladies who will be there for me in the sanctuary. All you need to bring to the retreat is an open mind, and you will be surrounded by so much love and amazing energy! I can’t wait to go back to the summer retreat!"
-Jane Tseng
Big-Hearted Facilitators
Dr. Amy Maloon, LAc, DACM- Sacred Beauty Partitioner, Acupuncturist, Herbalist, Energy Worker
Dr. Amy Maloon, LAc, DACM, holds a Doctorate of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine from ACTCM through CIIS in San Francisco with a California license in Acupuncture and Herbalism. She studied in the USA and China with special training in Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture, Mayan Abdominal Massage, Fertility, and Women’s Health. As a spiritual minister and clairvoyant energetic-body reader, she specializes in treating the subconscious mind and spiritual/emotional health. Amy Maloon currently has a private practice as a Clairvoyant Acupuncturist. She is co-creating the Madrona Earth Center, an eco-farm and holistic health retreat center with her loving husband, Chris. She used all her skills to build the Feminine Rites retreat and she hopes you all will love it!
Joana Ayala - Sound Practitioner, Facilitator, Artist
For the past five years Joana has been an active part of the Bay Area wellness and transformational learning space- holding workshops, day retreats, and online gatherings in women’s empowerment and more.
She is a certified sound practitioner, who studied at The California Institute of Integral Studies in the Sound , Voice, and Music in The Healing Arts program. As a vocal artist, she weaves melodic and fluid vocalizations in ceremonial and therapeutic settings that create an atmosphere of deep relaxation and transcendence. Joana deeply enjoys to create spaces to explore sound as medicine and the healing power of the voice.
“Over the course of the weekend, we set our intentions for the retreat. We wrote down what we wanted to let go of and set those on fire at the fire pit. We relaxed in the hot tub and practiced many different forms of yoga from seasoned yogis (including naked yoga by candlelight - recognizing each of our bodies as beautiful without judgment). We created collages that answered our deepest questions. We shared our deeper vulnerable selves in a cacao ceremony and gave each other massages where we learned how to ask for what we wanted. Throughout the weekend, we learned about plants and food as medicine by gathering herbs, grasses, and nutrients from the earth to make meals with. We made soaps, shampoo, conditioner, hair oil treatments, facial wash, creams, and toners from essential oils and organic ingredients. Lastly, we gathered herbs and did a yoni steaming while sharing our stories and celebrating Womanhood and the Divine Feminine. Amy assembled an incredible group of conscious, intelligent, and beautifully accomplished women at this retreat and I’m so honored to get to know them all on a deeper level than the small talk we normally engage in. This is an experience to be repeated at least yearly - because it not only helps me to love myself more, but to meet and bond with others like or unlike me who are making a difference in the world. Amy poured her heart and soul into her life's work and her love is truly reflected in this beautiful community.”
-Amy Lau