Return To Your Essence: 10-Day Women's Retreat

Embark on a transformative 10-day journey set in and around Auroville, Tamil Nadu, South India. Surrounded by lush greenery, peaceful villages, and the spiritual energy of Auroville, the Return to Your Essence 10-Day Retreat offers a sacred space to relax, restore, and reconnect with your true self.

What Awaits You:

Every day of the retreat is thoughtfully designed with enriching activities to help you reconnect with your essence and deepen your experience:

• Guided Meditations: Journey inward as skilled guides lead you to access your deepest sense of calm and awareness.

• Healing Practices: Participate in workshops inspired by ancient wisdom to release tension, find clarity, and restore balance.

  
  

• Nature Walks & Silent Reflection: Explore the tranquil landscapes of Auroville, embracing the peace of nature and moments of silent introspection.

• Cacao and Tea Ceremonies: Partake in traditional cacao and tea ceremonies that open the heart, foster community, and enhance mindfulness.

• Sound Healing: Experience sound baths to promote relaxation, release, and rejuvenation.

• Circle Dances: Engage in circle dances that create unity, joy, and movement, deepening your sense of connection with yourself and others.

  
  

• Visit to the Temple of the Divine Mother, Matrimandir: Spend time in quiet reflection and meditation at the sacred Matrimandir, a unique structure dedicated to the pursuit of inner discovery and peace. This temple, considered the “soul of Auroville,” provides a profound setting for spiritual connection and introspection.

• Medicine Song Circles: Connect with others through the power of medicine songs, using voice and rhythm as tools for healing and connection.

• Altar Creation with Natural Elements: Tap into your creativity and intuition by creating personal altars, using natural resources like flowers, stones, and other treasures from nature. This mindful practice helps you connect deeply with the land and set meaningful intentions.

• Yoga Sessions: Reconnect with your body and mind through yoga sessions suitable for all levels, encouraging harmony within.

FACILITATED BY: 

Louise Rose & Prem Shakti: Sisterhood of the Rose

Came together as powerful facilitators of transformation, offering a women’s retreat that blends their deep wisdom and unique approaches to healing, empowerment, and creative expression. With their combined expertise, they create a nurturing and sacred space for women with the guidance of their souls, reconnect to their bodies, voices, hearts and spirit of sisterhood.

Together, Prem Shakti and Louise Rose offer a holistic and embodied experience, guiding women to rediscover their authentic selves, embrace their sensuality, and deepen their connection to the sacred. Through a combination of movement, voice, emotional healing, and community rituals, they facilitate a journey of healing, empowerment, and feminine awakening, fostering a sisterhood of love, strength, and unity. Traversing the vast landscapes of the holy trinity of Poetry, Voice and Dance, Louise Rose is a Seer. Songkeeper. Whirler. Author of ‘Rose, Risen’ Poetry Book, her channel is through sharing the Poetry of Divine Love. She is a multipotentialite creative trained in Poetry & Literature (BA Hons), Contemporary Dance, and Sound Healing.

With a mission for Feminine Ascension, she is the founder of 'Sisterhood Of The Rose’ Community which was birthed in 2020 and has since blossomed to incorporate a podcast, Ceremonial Prayer Dance facilitation, and is flourishing as a growing global community offering retreats and workshops.

Her current projects are 'Earth Weaving' which explores the symbiosis of utilising sound as a bridge for collective healing and unity, and 'Poetry In Motion' which weaves together poetic and movement explorations.

Prem Shakti is an empowered woman, compassionate leader, therapist, facilitator, and mother. Originally from Poland, she made India her home in 2005. As a Hypnobirthing practitioner and Spiritual Midwife, she founded India's first Natural Birthing Sanctuary in Goa, advocating for natural childbirth. Prem Shakti values respect, trust, and nurturing support, guiding women on a transformative journey of self-discovery, healing, and reconnection with their bodies, emotions, and sensuality. She shares her gifts internationally through festivals, retreats, and workshops, including practices like Conscious Relating, Compassionate Communication, Dances of Universal Peace, and community building circles. Prem Shakti embodies transformative love, helping midwife humanity into a new relational paradigm based on authenticity, heart connection, conscious communication and community building.

INCLUDES

• Pre-Arrival Online Gathering: Meet with facilitators and fellow participants online to discuss travel logistics, accommodation, individual needs, and more.

• Accommodation - single occupancy or shared room (king size bed) options 

• Transport to and from sessions and for excursions during the retreat

• Food 3 healthy vegetarian meals, served at the accommodation

• 60 Hours of Scheduled Activities, Ceremonies, and Workshops: A full, immersive experience designed to help you reconnect with your essence and deepen your personal transformation.

• Excursions: We have curated an immersive journey that will take place at the Sanctuary, however we will also explore Auroville with activities to integrate in the community; Permaculture Farm visit, Matrimandir. 

• Access to a Like-Hearted Community: Join a community of women on a similar path of self-discovery, healing, and growth.

• Opening & closing circle 

Flights and airport transportation not included

FAQS 

How do I get a tourist visa for India? 

Please see the official Indian visa website with your country specifications to obtain your visa-

https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/

WHO CAN JOIN? 

This workshop is for women. No prior experience required. 

IS IT A SAFE SPACE? 

We prioritize creating safe, confidential, and supportive environments. Certain practices may require physical, emotional, mental, and energetic engagement. In terms of aftercare we will create a 'sister support' system, each will be paired up with a fellow participant for regular daily check-ins. Also, for nervous system regulation following retreat practices, both Prem Shakti and Louise Rose are available. For longer term, deeper, emotional support we can offer somatic-embodiment (Louise Rose) or emotional healing (Prem Shakti) 1 on 1 sessions or we can recommend expert therapists to hold space in the way most appropriate for you.

WHAT TO BRING? 

• Clothes you feel the most ‘you’ in! 

• One red outfit, one green and one white (if possible). 

• Comfortable clothes for movement and yoga. 

• Warm shawl/ jumper for colder evenings as it will be warm in the day and fresh in the evenings. 

• Tools of divination/ connection such as oracle cards, art supplies

• Journal, pens

• Altar pieces 

• Most importantly bring your open heart and your presence.

• Yoga mat

HOW DO I ENROL? 

Click "I'm Interested" and we'll send you more info and reach out for a connection call.