Healing Your Sacred Feminine

Womb Wisdom Intensive Retreat

Something ancient lives within you — a deep intuitive intelligence carried in the body, in the womb, and in the feminine lineage. This full-day ceremonial intensive invites you into a carefully held women-only space where breath, sound, sacred plants, and somatic awareness open the door to insight, healing, and profound inner listening.

Designed for women who feel called to explore altered states of consciousness in a grounded, supported, and relational environment, this immersive day emphasizes safety, integration, and sisterhood. Here, the journey is not about intensity for its own sake — but about allowing wisdom to emerge naturally from within.

Through breathwork, sound, movement, ceremonial cacao, and somatic awareness, the day unfolds as a gentle descent into embodied presence. Layers of tension and habitual patterning soften. The nervous system settles. The body begins to speak. Deeper knowing has space to emerge.

This retreat is informed by a long, multicultural lineage of ceremonial practices that honour altered states — including contemplative disciplines, breath, sound, movement, and respectful relationship with sacred plants as part of humanity’s ongoing exploration of consciousness. Across cultures, these traditions recognize that the body and nervous system are naturally responsive to such experiences, and that meaningful transformation arises through reverence, preparation, and integration within a carefully held environment.

This work is not about chasing peak experiences. It is about creating the conditions in which insight can arise organically — and be meaningfully integrated into daily life.

Rather than following a rigid schedule, the day unfolds as a guided arc, allowing responsiveness to the group and the process as it develops. The container is intentionally paced, with space for rest, silence, and integration throughout.

Practices woven through the day may include:

• Extended breathwork journey

• Guided womb and feminine lineage healing meditation

• Medicine songs and shared vocal activation

• Transformational sound journey with Crystal Aeyan

• Sacred cacao ceremony

• Conscious Shakti movement and somatic awareness

• Rhythm and embodied presence practices

• Periods of silence and inner inquiry

• Group sharing and witnessed integration

• Ritual framing to support coherence and meaning

Non-drug altered-state practices form the structural foundation of the day, supporting safety, pacing, containment, and nervous system regulation throughout. Within this carefully held ceremonial context, participants may also choose to work with sacred plant medicines in a personal and self-directed way. The emphasis is on responsibility, preparation, and integration within a safe and supportive environment.

This retreat is intended for adult women who wish to explore sacred feminine embodiment within a womb-centred container. Many participants are drawn to women-only spaces because they allow deeper emotional safety, vulnerability, and authenticity — particularly for those with a history of trauma or who feel more at ease exploring altered states in the presence of other women.

This experience is suitable for women who may be new to psychedelic medicine, as well as those with prior experience. What is most important is a willingness to engage in inner work and a sincere desire for greater self-awareness.

This day may resonate if you are:

• Seeking to reconnect with your feminine essence

• Curious about womb-centred healing

• Interested in psychedelic-consciousness exploration in a safe container

• Drawn to sacred feminine embodiment

• Healing relationship wounds or emotional patterns

• Wanting a women-only ceremonial experience

• Seeking deeper authenticity in communication

• Longing for meaningful sisterhood and connection

• Ready for deeper inner work and integration

Your Facilitators

This retreat is co-facilitated by Crystal Aeyan and Mariel Camilleri, combining immersive sound journey, somatic grounding, ceremonial process, and integration support within a carefully held container.

Crystal Aeyan is a Mexico-based sound alchemist, plant medicine ceremony guide, and trauma-informed transpersonal therapist. Working in contexts where ceremonial plant medicine facilitation is legally permitted, she supports participants through expanded states of awareness using a somatic-based psychotherapeutic approach. Her work centres on immersive sound journeys, intuitive and channelled voice, and vibrational healing. Crystal’s facilitation emphasizes safety, emotional attunement, and integration, allowing participants to explore altered states within a grounded and supportive environment.

Mariel Camilleri of Mariel Somatic Therapy brings over 40 years of experience in body-centred healing, somatic integration, breathwork, and consciousness-based practices. Her work weaves together BodyMind Integration, nervous system regulation, authentic relating, and ceremonial facilitation. Through private sessions, retreats, and Wonderful Wednesday gatherings, she creates warm, grounded containers where participants feel safe to soften habitual patterns and reconnect with their inner intelligence.

Together, Crystal and Mariel hold a balanced container combining sound, breath, somatic awareness, and ceremonial ritual — allowing feminine wisdom, healing, and insight to emerge organically within a safe and supportive environment.

Nourishment

Please eat breakfast before you arrive. Fresh fruit and vegetable snacks will be available throughout the day. A sacred cacao ceremony is included, and the day will complete with a nourishing vegetarian soup to ground and support integration.

What to Bring

• Yoga mat (if available)

• Journal and pen

• Optional blindfold for breathwork

• Comfortable clothing

• Water bottle

Chairs and floor cushions will be available. Extras will be provided if needed.

Preparation

Participants are invited to consider what will support them in arriving as present, rested, and open as possible. This may include adequate sleep, light meals, and minimizing outside commitments so the day can be entered with care and intention.

Location

Mariel Somatic Therapy Studio

Etobicoke, Toronto

(Address provided upon acceptance)

Date & Time

May 30

12:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Limited to 11 women

Investment

$222 early registration

$252 thereafter

Includes the full-day retreat, facilitation, sound journey, ceremonial cacao, snacks, and closing meal.

Registration

This retreat is offered within a container of familiarity, trust, and mutual respect. Because of the depth of this work, participants are required to have attended at least one Wonderful Wednesday gathering or completed a private session or group workshop with Mariel prior to registration.

To apply for a space, please contact Mariel directly.

If you feel a quiet resonance — a sense of readiness to step out of the usual pace of life and listen more deeply — you are warmly welcome. This day is an opportunity to gather in intentional community, explore inner landscapes with care, and reconnect with the deeper intelligence that supports meaningful change.