Exploration of the deep feminine current as an antidote to the collective dysfunction

Overview

Goddesses & the Deep Feminine is an invitation to enter the wild, transformative intelligence of the feminine, and to explore how it can move through us, our relationships, communities and the collective.

We live within a river of patriarchy, its values, hierarchies and assumptions shaping our bodies, relationships, desires and ways of being. Yet beneath this dominant current runs another stream: ancient, embodied, relational and alive.

For five days, we step out of the habitual current and into this deeper water.

Through the archetypal presence of goddesses, we encounter different expressions of feminine power: the power to create and destroy, nurture and rage, descend and transform, refuse and desire. Not power over, but power rooted in embodiment, relationship, instinct and connection.

Set in nature, the retreat invites us to slow down, listen inwardly and explore what has been silenced, exiled or made to conform, and what is asking to emerge.

Through movement, ritual, dreamwork, creative expression, storytelling and connection with the natural world, we explore our relationship with power: what we have inherited, surrendered or misused, and how we might reclaim it differently.

Facilitated by expressive arts therapists Brinda Jacob-Janvrin, Pallavi Chander, and Sukhvinder Sircar, this trauma-informed module draws on their diverse and complementary practices in Expressive Arts Therapies, Visual Art Therapy, Tantra, Drama Therapy, Authentic Movement, Dance Movement Therapy. Together, they offer a carefully held space where personal exploration, creative process, and embodied inquiry come together in service of authentic self-discovery.

Goddesses & the Deep Feminine module is open to all adults and offers a safe space to connect with the body as a meaningful portal into the deeper self.

Expressive arts therapies encompass a range of creative modalities – including Authentic Movement, Visual Art Therapy, and Drama Therapy – that support emotional healing and self-discovery. Authentic Movement involves spontaneous, mindful body movement to access inner experiences, often revealing deep, unconscious emotions. Visual Art Therapy uses drawing, painting, and other visual media to express feelings that may be hard to verbalise. Drama Movement Therapy engages participants in role-play and storytelling to explore identity, relationships, and life challenges. Tantric practices are embodied contemplative practices rooted in Indian traditions that work with the body, breath, senses, awareness and energy as pathways to transformation and expanded consciousness. Together, these approaches offer holistic, non-verbal pathways for healing, growth, and transformation.