Self Crafting Retreats : Women together, on land; creating a life that sets you free
Self Crafting Retreats
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Day Retreats
One-day explorations in Self Crafting for women who desire to grow the edges and deepen personal development.
☸️ Gentle Giants Gathering : Exploring Horse Connection and Togetherness
☸️ Natural Warrior Woman Unearthed : Empower Wild Femininity : Embrace Your Strength
☸️ Women Who Dream Wildly : Weaving Dreams into Reality, Empower the Witch Within
☸️ Wild Abundance : Sacred Alchemy for your Finances
Exploring living, being and staying well in relationship with the Self, others and the natural world. Teaching realationship skills for taking into everyday life.
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Seasonal Retreats
Celebrate the Season with authentic connection : held 4x p/year
For women who desire to acknowledge & celebrate the seasons.
☸️ Celebrating the changing Rhythms of the year
☸️ Learning Traditional Crafts
☸️ Creating Ceremony
☸️ Sharing Wisdom
Exploring living, making and staying well in relationship with the natural world. We uncover the herstory of Women’s Mysteries in relationship to Land, Water and Sky, and learn creative practices to reignite those traditions in modern life.
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Transformative Retreats
Deep-work Intensive Transformative Weekend Events for delving into Self Crafting : held 4-6x p/year
For women who desire to deepen the Self Crafting experience.
☸️ Celebrating the journey of womanhood
☸️ Learning skills and processes for Self awareness, Self commitment, Self respect and Self empowerment
☸️ Creating Expressions of Self Knowledge
Exploring living in a woman’s body in this time and place, making and staying well in relationship with the natural world. We uncover the herstory of Women’s Mysteries in relationship to Self, and learn creative practices to reignite ancestral threads in modern life.
What to expect
Trauma-informed, emotionally safe space to explore the rhythm of Womaning, for all ages and all stages.
On Rainforest Country in realationship with the natural world in small groups of celebration with women who desire to live fully.
Intimate connection with nature and women who are also making Big Wild Dreams real.
Accomodation is camping.
Food can be catered or BYO.
Location
We meet on private property on Walbunja Yuin land at the base of the Budawangs, Braidwood.
90 mins from Canberra (closest airport)
60 mins from Bateman’s Bay
3 hours from Sydney
your group leader
Hollie Wildëthorn lives on the unceded ancestral land of the Dhurga speaking people of the Walbunja Yuin nation in south eastern so-called Australia. Her home (and Land where the Retreats are held) is at the foot of a mountain range that still holds the ancient whisperings of Gondwana. She lives with her family and a group of animal therapy assistants.
Hollie is a Psychotherapist, Clinical Counsellor and Coach with a background in natural and ancestral health, wellness, sacred space, martial arts and functional movement, conscious living and Women's Mysteries. She has a Certificate in Psychedelic Assisted Therapies and considers herself a Priestess of the Sacred Wild.
Day Retreats at The Wilde ✨
Day Retreats at The Wilde ✨
Empower Wild Femininity, Embrace Your Strength…
Learn to move well, with the body you have right now
Connect with supportive women who accept you exactly as you are
Play with the principles of warriorship
Transform your understanding of exercise
Practise natural and functional movement
Embody the Strong is Beautiful philosophy
Natural Warrior Woman Unearthed
Exploring Horse Connection and Togetherness…
Join our herd for a day, and learn the principles of Nature’s Harmony in Realationship
come into close contact with an equine friend
learn how to change your personal state to affect relationship
develop a respectful bond between you and your horse
sense what it's like to be trusted by a gentle giant
connect with a group of supportive, nurturing women who accept you just as you are - a women's circle with so much more
Gentle Giants Gathering
Weaving Dreams into Reality, Empower the Witch Within
Exploring your Big Wild Dreams and the Vision you bring forth into the world. This session will delve into spellcraft for actualisation; how witches make dreams into reality.
✨ making magick
✨ making connections
✨ making herstory
✨ making dreams real
women Who Dream WILDly
Sacred Alchemy for your Finances
The magick of making money meets the grace of conscious living. Dive deep into the sacred dance of Wild Femininity, Natural Elegance, and Sacred Sustainability as you explore your realationship with worth and money.
🌿 learning a holistic approach to wealth and money making
🌿 empowerment with sacred productivity and sacred consumption
🌿 viewing money as an ally in your journey of womanhood
🌿 using money for meaning and alignment with your values
Wild Abundance
Transformative Retreats at The Wilde ✨
Transformative Retreats at The Wilde ✨
Transformative Retreats are Intensive Deep-Work weekend events for women who desire to deepen the Self Crafting experience.
☸️ Exploring the journey of the Wild Feminine : we work with themes that are common to women, but not so commonly addressed within the overculture.
☸️ Learning skills and processes for Self awareness, Self commitment, Self respect and Self empowerment : held safely and consciously with a psychoterapeutic, trauma-informed, neuro-affirming approach.
☸️ Creating Expressions of Self Knowledge : the core of Transformative Retreats are creative processes utilising natural resources and deep wisdom.
Exploring living in a woman’s body in this time and place, making and staying well in relationship with the natural world.
We uncover the herstory of Women’s Mysteries in relationship to Self, and learn creative practices to reignite ancestral threads in modern life.
The Way You Were BOrn : TRANSFORMATIVE RETREAT
Sacred Patterns of the Wyrd within : Your Map to Freedom
Understanding your Map of Wyrd... Patterns and Plans laid out at your birth and how to utilise them to create a life that sets you free...
Explore various modalities to understand the way you came into the world, including astrology, moon phase, birth order and birth blueprint.
Create a map for your Vision with plan and purpose.
Witchcraft and Warriorship: Moving through life's archetypal journey
Exploring the Wyrding Warrior Woman archetype in the modern world… daughter, enchantress, queen, wise woman, witch…
Delve into stepping through life's stages, from edge walker (never quite fit in) to woman of power (She Who Is Empowered).
Shapeshifting : The Wyrding Woman’s Passage
Embrace your Body, Embrace Your Divine Self
Exploring body image, clay shaping and the feminine form throughout the ages
⭕️ Learn about the herstory of women's shapes through the feminine divine.
⭕️ Explore self image and body positivity in a supportive, trauma-informed intimate group
⭕️ Using clay from The Wilde, shape a Goddess self-image of your own…
The Shape of self love
Crafting Wild Femininity through Tarot, Oracle, and Inner Exploration
Speaking to the future through the lens of the Whole Self.
🔮 Understand the oracle and divination through a herstorical context
🔮 Explore the journey of the Tarot through your own personal story
🔮 Learn to read with the Rhythm spread ☸️
🔮 Right realationship with symbols and sigils
🔮 Fundamentals of creating your own oracle system
FIRST KNOW THYSELF
Seasonal Retreats at The Wilde ✨
Seasonal Retreats at The Wilde ✨
For women who desire to acknowledge and celebrate the seasons, on Country, in a safely held, trauma-informed space.
☀️ Exploring the Seasons
☀️ Celebrating the changing Rhythms of the year
☀️ Learning Traditional Crafts
☀️ Creating Ceremony
☀️ Sharing Wisdom
We also explore Land-based living, making with regenerative resources, and health practices in relationship with the natural world. We uncover the herstory of Women’s Mysteries in relationship to Land, Water and Sky, and learn creative practices to reignite those traditions in modern life.
Retreats are designed to be replenishing and nourishing.
Embrace the Change, Honour the Rhythm: A Journey Through the Year
Each retreat offers a sanctuary for women seeking connection, celebration, and personal growth. Delve into the rich tapestry of seasonal changes on land; explore the inherent beauty of nature; immerse yourself in truly regenerative sacred space.
Through shared experience, discover the power embedded in ancestral crafts, wholehearted ceremonies, and the timeless art of sharing collective wisdom.
At our retreats, we go beyond surface-level engagement with the natural world. Engage in land-based living, cultivating practices that harmonize with regenerative resources, and embrace health practices deeply rooted in the rhythms of the Earth.
Rekindle the Wild Feminine and rejuvenate your inner self.
Seasonal Retreats : 4 times per year
OPTIONAL UPGRADES
A VARIETY OF OPTIONS
Every woman’s needs are different, and so Retreats at The Wilde offer inclusive ways for all women to have their needs met.
Base cost includes BYO camping accomodation, Workshops and ceremonies & BYO food
Optional Upgrades for Day & Weekend Retreats
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Fully Catered Retreat
Nourishing, sustainable and ethical meals are provided by our Kitchen Witch Samantha Hawker. All local and ethical produce, known producers and foraged goodness. We can meet most dietary requirements.
N.B. Day Retreats are fully catered.
Weekend Retreats are BYO food, with optional upgrade for catering.
Catered Plates are available in place of BYO Plates at Full Moon Circles.
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Early Arrivals and Late Stays
Add to your ease and comfort by arriving the evening before, or staying on for more time to integrate at the end of a Retreat.
Especially beneficial for women travelling from afar.
We can work in whatever composition you’re thinking of, so if you don’t see it when you’re booking, just make contact.
N.B. Early arrivals and late stays are also available on Day Retreats and Full Moon Women’s Circles
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MidGlamp Camp SETUP
Everything you need for camping already setup and waiting for you to arrive, so all you need do is pull up your car and join us.
Includes a double swag with luxury bedding, extra blankets, ground mats, table and boxes for storage, a shelter over the top and lighting.
Bedding includes woolen underlays, linen sheets and woolen quilt.
Samantha Hawker has been part of the Local Food Movement in this region for over a decade, with particular interest in indigenous land management, permaculture and food sovereignty.
She believes in creating food that nourishes the body and soul, while nourishing the Earth and our rediscovery of the deep reciprocal connections that once were. Sam has a relationship with most producers who provide our food (including from The Wilde gardens).
Sam is our Retreat Caterer, and can meet most dietary requirements. She’s especially interested in educating people how to be in realationship with food, via production, season and story.
fully catered retreats with Kitchen Witch’n samantha hawker
Got Questions?
Can anyone come to these Retreats?
These Retreats are for people who identify as women (including teens). The Retreats are not for young girls. Babes in arms are always welcome. Potential participants may be required to attend a 15min video interview with Hollie before the Circle to check we are a right fit.
I get overwhelmed in big groups. How many people are likely to be there?
There are 13 places available for each session. With Hollie and our staff team, that makes a maximum of 20 women at any Circle. Smallish groups are important for this model of trauma-informed group work. If we end up with a high number of women interested, we will put on a second group, rather than increase the size.
I haven’t had many good experiences with other women. How will I know if a Women’s Retreat is the right thing for me?
Retreats are an opportunity for growth. The trauma-informed space will be very different to any other experiences you’ve had in self-help groups and with other women. Hollie sets and holds clear group boundaries to ensure everyone can be safe and secure in the shared space. Collaboration and Co-regulation are important pillars of this work, along with Choice, Learning and Integration. If you have concerns about being with a group of women, have a chat to Hollie.
The cost is prohibitive to me. Is there another way to come without paying money?
Hollie offers Scholarships and Volunteer places. If these options would benefit you, please mention your situation in your initial interview.
I know Hollie works with Animal Assistants when she does therapy. Will there be animals involved in these Retreats?
Sygfa the therapy-hound-in-training is always around at Retreats. She is a puppy and is still learning about being in therapeutic space. If dogs are a concern for you (either for fear, grief or allergy) please talk to Hollie in your initial interview. There are a myriad of options to modulate the puppy experience so that you can feel safe and secure in our space.
Our horses are always nearby, and on the property we also live with goats, chooks, guinea fowl and cats.
I know Hollie is a cannabis-friendly therapist. Does this mean I can smoke weed at the Retreat?
Many women who work with Hollie use medical cannabis products on prescription to manage anxiety, chronic pain and other symptoms. If your Retreat experience requires you to engage with your prescription cannabis, please keep to common smoking expectations and burn (smoke or vape) flower outdoors and away from the main group.
What should I wear?
Whatever feels comfortable and enjoyable for you and your body. Ensure you can move easily and you have appropriate footwear for being on land. Layers are usually helpful as the weather can be unpredictable and sometimes process work can heighten temperatures. Often after process work your body temperature will drop, so having a shawl or jacket is great support. Some women like flowy dresses and robes, and some like yoga pants and pyjamas, and others like jeans and puffy jackets. There’s no special uniform that witchy women are supposed to wear and you will not be judged for wearing something that’s not typical in the self-help scene. As Self Crafters, whatever you wear is the perfect creative expression of you on this day, in this moment; and everyone else will be equally in their own perfect expression too.
Become part of the team
Discounted Rates on Retreats and Circles
Vollies
A limited number of Vollie positions are available for a discounted fee. Vollies must be physically capable to help with setup, packdown, kitchen and gophering.
There are also Vollie positions for farm work at The Wilde in the lead-in to events.
Vollies receive discounted tickets. Contact admin@selfcraft.me
SCHOLARSHIPS
The Scholarship program supports women who do not have the means to attend. Please consider donating to the Scholarship Fund. Scholarships are prioritised for those with financial needs that fit these criteria:
Women of Culturally and Linguistic Diverse Groups (CALD)
Indigenous women
Women with a DFV story
Women who have recently lost a child or intimate loved one
Women with excluded or marginalised gender, body, kinship, and sexuality (GBKS) lived experiences
If you would like to apply for a discounted rate under the Scholarship fund, please send an email. All information you share with us is 100% confidential. admin@selfcraft.me
Other things on offer from Hollie wildëthorn
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Lunation Annual Planner ☸️ 2024 Diary
This Diary could change your life.
YOUR GUIDE TO AN UNLIMITED, SELF CRAFTED YEAR
The Lunation Annual Planner is the diary for visionary people who desire to create a life that sets you free.
A Planner made for Women who care about all the things. This planner is for anyone who’s annoyed with not having enough space to record appointments and needs of the day, along with important lunar and seasonal information. It’s for you if you’re tired of empty, useless pages in other journals. If your life is full of loose to-do lists, reminders ad goal sheets – this is the solution!
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NEW MOON CIRCLE in Canberra 🌑 ☸️ : Dreaming Your Vision
6th February | & | 12th March | & | 9th April | & | 7th May | & | 9th July | & | 6th August | & | 3rd September | & | 1st October | & | 5th November | & | 3rd December, 2024
Monthly face-to-face Circles held on the Tuesday closest to the New Moon
A Ceremony of Visioning and Seeding Intention… coming together to support and celebrate our unique journeys of womaning… your Vision witnessed and empowered in the Circle… turning big wild dreams into reality and stepping into who you truly came to be in this life, for this place, at this time…
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ONLINE CIRCLES : Weaving the Songs of Self ⭕️ ☸️ 🧶 : Seasonal Celebrations
Trauma-informed, emotionally safe Online Circles to explore the rhythm of Womaning.
Circles follow the Rhythm of the Year, checking in at significant points of the seasons to bring awareness to the Here and Now through the uncovering of Ancestral Wisdom, Cyclical Living and relationship with the Natural World.
From the comfort of your own home, or wherever you are in the world...
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SUPERVISION : for allied health professionals
Monthly sessions in a six week program
Group Supervision for practitioners who desire to enhance their trauma-informed capacity in the health and wellbeing space. Share case concerns, seek guidance, request business and planning advice, etc.
Appropriate for herbalists, naturopaths, body workers, coaches, acupuncturists, nurses etc.
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MOTION MOVEMENT : 8 week women's program
An 8 week Movement Program for women who desire to feel strong, inside and out.
Exploring (both physically and metaphorically) the depths and width of movement, what it takes to carry heavy things, challenges of life and lineage, the inner and outer landscape... at The Wilde.
Sessions run for two hours, weekly.
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FULL MOON CIRCLE @ The Wilde 🌕 ☸️ : Actualising Your Vision
24th February | & | 23rd March | & | 27th April | & | 25th May | & | 20th July | & | 17th August | & | 14th September | & | 19th October | & | 16th November, 2024
Monthly face-to-face Circles held on the Saturday closest to the Full Moon.
A Ceremony of Actualising your Vision… coming together to support and celebrate our unique journeys of womaning… your Vision witnessed and empowered in the Circle… turning big wild dreams into reality and stepping into who you truly came to be in this life, for this place, at this time…
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SUPERVISION : for Women's Circle Facilitators & Event Weavers
Monthly sessions in a four month program
Group Supervision for Women who desire to enhance their trauma-informed capacity in Women's Mysteries work. Share case concerns, seek guidance, request business and planning advice, etc.
Appropriate for Women's Circles facilitators, workshop holders, retreat and event organisers...
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Bush Adventure Program 🌿 during Term
Bush Adventure Program for young people … 👧🏽👦🏼👶🏻🧒🏾
A five week program, held every second week at The Wilde. 🌈☀️
Exploring bush skills, natural movement, living with the seasons, traditional crafts and healthy relationships. 🌿🔥🐝
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Self Crafted Life Portal ✨ online courses
Online Content, Courses and Community. This is where you can find previous classes and content created by Hollie, and meet other like minds who love what you love.
Price $19 p/month
Other options include smaller subscriptions add-on purchases and a free access, depending what you’re into.
An ever-growing safe space for anyone who believes that we are the people we've been waiting for. Self Crafted Life is a network with unlimited potential and a key to a sustainable and beauty-full world.
You're invited to join us...
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Self Crafted Life Program 🦹🏼♀️ 1:1 Sessions
An anxiety-informed Psychotherapy, Counselling and Coaching Program for people who are ready for a better life.
Attend to both your inner and outer reality, and be the best version of yourself, every single day.
🦹🏼♀️ beating anxiety and/or depression 🦹🏼♀️ changing the thoughts that aren't serving you 🦹🏼♀️ integrating trauma and/or grief 🦹🏼♀️ holistic wellness : mind, body and Self 🦹🏼♀️ dealing with your mother/father/boss/neighbour... issues 🦹🏼♀️ thinking, moving, eating, doing well, in order to live well
10 session program with extras and choices for ongoing support
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SELF CRAFTED WELLNESS EXPANSION PACK 🤸🏼♀️ COURSE BUNDLE
Deep dive into the Wellness layer of the Rhythm of Life map and create a health plan that sets you free
$14 MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION
Enter the world of Self Crafted Wellness and build health from every direction.
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Equine Assisted Therapy 🐴 1:1 or Family Sessions
On Country, in relationship with the forest, the waterways, the 🐴 Herd and the garden.
Take time out in the beautiful Budawangs and grow your Self Crafted life.
Through the Nature lens, we will work within a Psychodynamic Psychotherapeutic framework, incorporating Process Oriented, Relational and Somatic models of therapy.
Longer sessions on Land are aimed at giving you a full experience of change AND deep integration to achieve the lasting results of well delivered therapy.
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![40 Day Planner Challenge with Hollie Wildëthorn]()
40 Day Planner Challenge ☸️ for Your Big Wild Dreams
This course could change your life.
A transformational journey of discovery disguised as a diary.
Could you trade 10-20 minutes each day, for 40 days, to spend a little time with me (online) and your Planner, to turbo boost your Sacred Productivity and make your Big Wild Dreams real..?
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VISION CLARITY SESSION 1:1 🧿
The Vision Statement is our foundational element in working with the Lunation Annual Planner… A Vision Clarity Session is for anyone who's been working on your Vision Statement, and just not sure if it's going to work for you.
Sessions are booked individually when you’re ready to work on your VIsion.
Face to Face or Online
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WOMEN WHO DREAM WITH HORSES 🐴 immersion program
A year-long immersion Group Program with on-land Retreats, Online Circles, face to face events, Priestess of the Wild Ways integration and loads of content through the year.
Full wholebodied Immersion $7600
Waist-high immersion $4000
Ankle-deep immersion $2400
Payment Plans, Vollie positions and Scholarships available.
Dates : cycle begins end of January each year
