4 day residential wild nature retreat. Soul reclaiming work for ASD, ADHD & AuDHD people
IN PERSON nature based journey of Soul work designed specifically for people who are either Autistic, ADHD or AuDhd, who are wanting to live a more authentic, empowered, neurodivergent spiritually aligned joyful life.
An animistic future/ancient sacred appraoch to neurodiversity
If we go back beyond our modern society’s constructs (and still true in indigenous cultures today) Neurodivergent people were the one’s who kept the collective consciousness of the village awake, aligned and in harmony. They were and are naturally more connected to the sacred, to spirit. They were respected and valued and equal in community and society. Neurodivergent people were the one’s who naturally have a strong connection to that which exists beyond the ‘normal world’. An ability to experience, sense and connect with spirit directly.
“It is no measure of success to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti.
What is Rewilding Neurodiversity about ?
Neurodivergent people need spaces where they can learn how to let their wings open and feel confident to live their true selves. This is powerful medicine on its own when neurodivergent people come together to support each other to do the same it becomes an alchemical cauldron of transformation. Our voices, talents and gifts are needed in the world. This is what Rewilding Neurodiversity is about. It is a space to heal the harms from before and to practice how to be our full unmasked selves. We have been silenced long enough ! On our own the silence is harder to change and our lives stay smaller than we want them to be.
“I have seen over and over again the healing that happens when a circle of neurodivergent people come together and show up unmasked. It is quite something to experience; empowering, healing, inspiring and strengthening”
The starting place for many neurodivergents, is often an experience of a thousand light bulbs switching on as you see clearly the whole thing. Then the experience of having someone listen and empathise brings tears of relief as your whole life suddenly make sense. Then comes the grief of all the missed opportunities. This pain runs deep and it needs to be integrated in order to be able to fully live our true soul self without apology and in total joy of who we are. If this is you, or you are further along the path cauldron of illuminations, this is a space that needs all of us.
No two humans the same, and this is also true for neurodivergent people. Listening with an open heart is the pathway to healing. Our journey is to get curious about ourselves and others so we can widen our lens of understanding and care.
Can you relate ?
- Have you discovered you are neurodivergent and you’re trying to make sense of it all ?
- Do you find yourself wondering how on earth you could of not known your were neurodivergent your entire life when it seems so glaringly obvious now ?
- Are you exhausted from a lifetime of masking and pretending ?
- Is there deep grief, anger and pain when you look back on your life, and the opportunities missed because of not knowing ?
- Do you have an inner critic that tells you just to try harder to adapt ?
- Have you found that therapy never really quite hits the target somehow, and you were left believing it was your fault ?
- Has your life in aspects been a struggle to ‘cope’, with senses overwhelm, regular burnout and your Neurodivergent needs not being met ?
- Do you carry a lifetime of hurt and trauma from being either misunderstood, shamed, mocked, judged, ostracised or made wrong ?
- Do you feel like your mind is often like a 10 lane motorway of thoughts ?
- Would you like help making sense of your childhood neurodivergence through shared shared experiences ?
Reclaiming and living our magnificent selves
- Would you like to feel genuine joy and celebration about being a neurodivergent ?
- Would you like to harness your gifts more and live them ?
- Would you like to receive more empathy and kindness with the difficulties you experience ?
- Would you value a space to feel your grief and to be supported in that ?
- Would you like to get a deeper/wider understanding of your neurodivergent self ?
- Would you like to get to a place were the good things totally out weigh the things that feel hard ?
- Would you like friends who are also neurodivergent and get you ?
- Would you like to live a life unmasked and easeful ?
- Would you value a journey with a group of people who get you, like really get you ?
If several or more of these questions resonate with you,
this 4-day retreat may hold deep gifts for your journey…
“I discovered so many more things about myself today just by listening to other’s talk about their quirks… I came away with an encyclopaedia of more understanding… I feel so differently about myself in the best possible way…”
The healing power of coming together
This retreat is about liberating ourselves from the hurt of a lifetime of being misunderstood, judged and shamed for being who we are. A lifetime of 10,000 tiny rejections and judgements delivered in a myriad of ways, both covert and overt, over many decades starting in childhood. These hurts sit in our bodies, hearts and minds.
There is deep healing in coming together, too. Sharing our stories and experiencing the power of empathy from others can crack our hearts open in a way that we have not been able to reach… this alone heals so much because it has been such a huge missing piece in the story. It’s not where the story ends but it brings courage and strength to make the changes we long for in living a life that is truly free from shame.
This is a space for experiencing authentic, genuine understanding and empathy for the struggles that have been, and still can be challenging to navigate. We will gather and really see each other. Can you imagine being in a circle of people who delight in you and want to see your gifts lived? This is what can happen when we come together and it’s magical to witness. To see the healing unfold in each person as they shine like the sun and light up rooms with thier unique essence.
“..wow…that was like nothing I have ever experienced before…this changes everything, it was so much more than I thought it would be. I can’t thank you enough…
My own Journey
HOW IT ALL UNFOLDED
I have been on my own journey of self-discovery in relation to my own AuDHD which I have had since birth. It has been passed down through both my mother’s and my father’s lineage, and my daughter is also AuDHD. I have spent a lifetime living outside of conventional society in part due to being a deeply spiritual, animistic nature-based soul that has always preferred living close to the land and to the Mystery and being embedded within the natural world, but also because, I could not fit myself inside the rules laid down by society. I struggled endlessly for decades, in countless ways, and it is only in the past 8 years that I have come to understand why some of how I am is due to what conventional mainstream society would call AuDHD. I fiercely rejected being labelled, boxed, and pushed them away for many years. However, in my journey of enquiry, I came to see that for a time these labels have been useful, not least as they helped with research as one can search terms online to find out more.
THE CLINICAL LENS
There is much on offer for autism and AuDHD in the mainstream through a clinical lens… the lens that sees us as broken and needing to be fixed and changed so that we can better ‘fit in’ and follow the rules of conventional society. We end up having to squash many aspects of ourselves down in order to succeed with that.
I for one, have no desire to do this and my work is offered to women who also wish to deepen their relationship to themselves as being neurodiverse through the lens of a spiritual and soul based being, and how to bring forth their gifts to the world, and feel authentic and resourced in that.
I believe with a passion from over 30 years of work with women, that when women come together basically anything is possible. My intention in birthing this body of work is to slowly build a network of kindred spirits and to change the narrative, change culture and arrive at a place where we are honoured and needed in our world for the work we do and how we do it.
In recent years, as I have been more vocal on social media about my own journey, and with hundreds of requests from women who know my work, there’s been a call to put my 30 years of experience as a space-holder and spiritual guide into helping and supporting others who are autistic / AuDHD. Finally I feel the call is too strong to not open up the pathway.
I am an Animist. A seer. A healer. A truth teller. A heart that can hear and can champion people to be their fullest selves at this time on earth.
If this calls to you, please join me.
“..I am sitting here with tears as I think about the workshop. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so empathised with about being ADHD. I feel my life changed in some way today that I don’t yet get but I know it’s profound..”
You do not need an official diagnosis to join !
This is not a medical, clinical or educational day for learning about symptoms or theories through a clinical lens. If you would like to learn more about that, then I recommend deepening that enquiry in all the way you can, through online research and by connecting with other women who are further along the path of understanding to you.
It is designed for people who are Autistic, ADHD or Audhd (either diagnosed or self identified but, know yourself enough to know) who already have some understanding about ‘their’ Autism, ADHD / AuDHD and are ready to explore a deeper enquiry of how to fully live in this world and bring your gifts.
I am inviting people who are open to exploring or who already believe that this is not a diagnosis to be ‘fixed’ but a way in which spirit works through you.
The Journey offers…
- Time away from scenes and tec to be together with real people in the flesh.
- A space to unmask and be your authentic self with kindred spirits
- Learn about neurodiversity and how to harness the gifts it has to offer
- Make friends with your unique neurodivergence and discover it’s gifts
- Ritual and ceremony aligned with new pathways.
- Sacred crafting – making with our hands
- Grief ritual for integrating the exiled parts of us
- EarthLodge ceremonies with real fire, sheepskins and candles
- Singing sacred chants and playing drums
- Deep circle sharing for supporting healing
- Wisdom and guidance from Jewels
- Nervous system regulation practices
- Time in nature with animistic practices for guidance
- Inner child reclamation work
- Sharing meals and being together in playfulness and belonging
- Harvesting the gifts of winter’s wisdom
- Celtic Earth based spiritual teachings
Logistics
Fees: 4 day residential retreat:
£425 standard
£350 low income
£275 concession
£240 bursary Apply here
Dates:
22-25 April 2027
Venue:
The EarthHeart centre, Forest of Dean UK.
Accommodation:
Accommodation is included in the fees. We will base ourselves in the amazing Forest temple with it’s underfloor heating. We will then also have the gorgeous oak barn with it’s rustic kitchen, dining area and cosy up lounge space with large woodburner and sheepskin rugs to lounging about. You can either tent camp in our wild forest campsite surrounded by ancient trees, or bring a campervan if you have one. We also have one air B&B guest suite that can be booked separately (contact us for booking info) or stay in a local B&B.
Meals and hot drinks
Hot drinks with fresh herbs and oodles of regular tea are on tap 24/7 and included in the fees. Breakfast is organic Bircher porridge and evening meals are home made organic vegan feasts, made fresh each evening. Lunch is bring and share or self cater.
Booking policy
Please read our cancellation and booking policy before booking your place
so you are making an informed choice.
