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Medicine Woman, Exeter (2025)

03/09/2025

We are really excited to share our first ever in-person retreat this autumn to a very intimate part of our ever-growing community!

Will you join us?!

🍂 Wintering and the Womb�� 🍂

17th - 19th October 2025
Eden Rise, Totnes, Devon

As we approach the threshold of winter, I (Lucy) and Anastasia invite an intimate circle of women to gather in retreat — a sanctuary for rest, renewal, and remembrance.

Together, we will prepare for the season of wintering, softening into its teachings, and nourishing ourselves through connection, sisterhood, and the wisdom of the womb.��

This retreat is a sensory weaving — a toolkit of practices, rituals, and embodied ways of tending to ourselves as we cross from autumn into winter.

We will learn how to surrender with grace, how to root ourselves in nourishment, and how to honour the womb as a well of rhythm and wisdom.��

Whether you bleed, walk the path of menopause, or are just beginning to listen to your womb, this space is for you.

Together, we will drop into our cyclical nature, attuning to the seasons of autumn and winter as mirrors for our own inward journeys.��

Our days will be filled with:��

🍂 The art of weaving your own womb belt (guest tbc), to carry into you through the winter months as a source of warmth and protection for your kidneys and womb, blessed in ceremony on our final evening��

🍂 Songs to honour and call in the time of the Cailleach — the ancient goddess of winter — whose presence guides us through the dark

🍂 ��Nourishing, organic meals and snacks that deepen our connection to the land and the turning seasons
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🍂 Wisdom teachings on the womb, cycles, and practices for tending to our bodies and spirit during the darker months.

🍂 The warmth of sisterhood — gathering around the hearth of shared presence, filling our cups before entering into the depths of winter

🍂 Ancestral connection as we prepare to step into the Celtic New Year

This retreat is a permission to gather the quiet sanctuaries within. Together, we will rest, weave, sing, and remember — allowing winter to hold us in her deep, dark embrace until the light begins to stir again. ��Falling on a new moon, we will be moving with these subtle energies to guide us gently through this threshold. �

Spaces limited to 15 women.

Book Your Place Here: bit.ly/wombwintering 🍂

02/09/2025

🍂Wintering and the Womb 🍂  As we approach the threshold of winter, I (Lucy) and Anastasia invite an intimate circle of women to gather in retreat — a sanctuary for rest, renewal, and remembrance. Together, we will prepare for the season of wintering, softening into its teachings, and nourishing ourselves through connection, sisterhood, and the wisdom of the womb.  This retreat is a sensory weaving — a toolkit of practices, rituals, and embodied ways of tending to ourselves as we cross from autumn into winter. We will learn how to surrender with grace, how to root ourselves in nourishment, and how to honour the womb as a well of rhythm and wisdom.  Whether you bleed, walk the path of menopause, or are just beginning to listen to your womb, this space is for you. Together, we will drop into our cyclical nature, attuning to the seasons of autumn and winter as mirrors for our own inward journeys.  Our days will be filled with:  The art of weaving your own womb belt (guest tbc), to carry into you through the winter months as a source of warmth and protection for your kidneys and womb, blessed in ceremony on our final evening  Songs to honour and call in the time of the Cailleach — the ancient goddess of winter — whose presence guides us through the dark  Nourishing, organic meals and snacks that deepen our connection to the land and the turning seasons
 
Wisdom teachings on the womb, cycles, and practices for tending to our bodies and spirit during the darker months.

The warmth of sisterhood — gathering around the hearth of shared presence, filling our cups before entering into the depths of winter

Ancestral connection as we prepare to step into the Celtic New Year

This retreat is a permission to gather the quiet sanctuaries within. Together, we will rest, weave, sing, and remember — allowing winter to hold us in her deep, dark embrace until the light begins to stir again.   Falling on a new moon, we will be moving with these subtle energies to guide us gently through this threshold.  

🧡 Spaces limited to 15 women 🧡

28/08/2025

Dearest Women of wild earth, tender hearts and a flame that’s ignited full of dreams of belonging and a home that meets the eternal sacred within all.

That’s you.

My dear one.

My dear sister.

Thank you for becoming a part of our very special village. A village that was woven through our prayers, through our tears, through our voices, through our joy and through our stories.

Thank you for being you and for truly opening your heart. I felt it. WE all did and for me, this gave space for the opening of a depth, that we are only just surfacing into again as we rekindle our path of what it is to truly be a woman in these times of great change.

As we step into remembering, re-learning how to be in sacred sisterhood, how to tend to the soil within the earth and in our hearts as if they are one.

This is the beauty, this is the medicine.

Year 3 of this journey tended to many new openings, an opening of a new land to call our home, opening to my weavers to hold this vision with me, my dearest sisters, Tessa and Lena who have been by my side for many moons. To Clare who stepped in in service to the land, to sisterhood, to the rising of the feminine way, to The Hillyfield and the women who held these lands and us so eloquently. To Desire, for feeling the call to drop into welcoming the women. To our Elders, some old and some new, rekindling our lost traditions and respect for them who guide us to create something with this much depth and beauty. To Sacred Sister for tending to our hearts and our tears. To Wildwood Sisters for bringing the importance of our young women, to pave a new way for them as they initiate into adolescence.

There were so many new openings, that came with tremendous growth and rebirthing. When we birth, it is never an easy task. We had some logistical challenges and I want to thank you all for your patience and understanding. Claire (Who tends to the land with Doug at The Hillyfield) shared a really beautiful piece at the closing ceremony which i’m going to try and articulate here for you all… ‘When giving birth, there’s always a moment where you start to doubt yourself, what am I doing? Is it too late to turn back? You’re in the thick of it and you don’t know how this is going to go or how it’s going to end… This was Thursday!’ She shared and we laughed.

In our westernised culture, we can sometimes come with an expectation that everything will be ‘perfect’, when in reality, it’s in the most challenging moments that we get to see the beauty of life and what we are really here to bring.

On Saturday morning as I lay hidden in a field with Nat from Sacred Sister pouring my tears and heart out to her, at the end we heard the teens gathering under a tree and chanting ‘A heart that breaks open can contain the entire universe.’ - Joanna Macy

Through the chaos, the tears, the breaking, we surrendered and the magic truly shone through. I hope you felt it as much as we did.

I hope that each of us have received some form of nourishment from our time together, to take with you into your world, to spread it like seeds with your family and communities. Keep tending to your heart dear one, and know that you can come back to these moments together whenever you need topping up.

This weekend is never just about the weekend, it’s about creating long lasting change in our lives so that we can rise, hand in hand, heart to heart with each other. Lean in dear one, we are here.

I want to thank all of our incredible facilitators, volunteers, Carmel and her team, and any one else who has been part of holding this space and tending to the nourishment of making this weekend truly special. It really means so much to me to see this gathering really start to come into her own.

This year is incredibly powerful, there is so much moving in our universe. Be gentle with yourself, take extra care for you and find ways to nourish and topup your cauldron of love.

We are with you, hand in hand, heart to heart.

Love & Infinite Blessings,

Lucy & The Medicine Woman Hearth ######xx

P.s. My only two photos taken the whole gathering! A few videos to come soon! That moon was powerful!

06/08/2025

Map of Medicine Woman 2025 ⛺️🌿✨

Tomorrow we step gently onto this sacred land, into the wilds of these fields, trees, water and kin. Into the wilds of our hearts and village. Into wild sisterhood. ✨

We are so pleased to share our beautiful map of this year’s Medicine Woman Gathering site with you. It’s so exciting that we’ll be in this special place together from tomorrow — our landing day and opening. 🌟

Our map shows you where everything is on site… facilities, our main and sacred spaces — everything you need to find your way around our gathering. 🪶

Wild. Rooted. Remembered. 🌀

06/08/2025

Tomorrow we open the gates of Medicine Woman Gathering 2025! 😍🌿✨

The Opening Ceremony starts at 7:30pm Thursday ✨

In this very special ceremony, we will meet the land and each other ✨

Followed by a ceremonial concert by our incredible founder Lucy Wylde 🌟✨

So much love, intention and beauty has been poured and woven into Medicine Woman 2025 and we are so excited to immerse in its flowering together from tomorrow.🌿✨

A Circle of Women, A Village Reborn 🌕

06/08/2025

🧡 Food at Our Gathering 🧡

All of our food is crafted with deep care, love, and intention. As well as delicious breakfasts, lunches and dinners, there will be nourishing treats, warm drinks, and also kids meal options and portions. We are honoured to have Carmel of Food For Freedom cooking up so much goodness for our village. 🌱

You can also view this full menu outline on our website. ☀️

With every meal, we tend to the body, honour the Earth, and care for one another 🧡🥬🥥

05/08/2025

Join Katie Booth for The Village Prenatal 🌿✨

🌿This is a time of nurturing the women who are bringing the future of our species forward, we will hear inspiring stories of those who have birthed in power, we will hear the dreams and fears of the women who are walking the mothering path, for the first or twentieth time.

🌿With tears and laughter welcome, this session will flow with the energy of those who enter the space. Perhaps we will be called to play, to belly paint, to sing, to talk, to share, to hear the heartbeats of our babies or the calling of our own.

✨’I am so excited to bring The Village Prenatal to Medicine Woman this summer, for any of our wombful women, or those curious in sovereign womanhood, this is not something you will want to miss!’

🌿A beloved ceremony passed down to us by
For the wombful women and those who are honoured to witness them as they step closer to the portal every day. ✨

Immerse yourself in Katie’s nurturing, powerful workshop! 🧡

05/08/2025

Join Lou and Coral for Rose Womb Yoni Steaming 🌹✨

More than just a workshop, this is a ceremony and a sacred gift of sisterhood for women. ✨

🌹The first part of the ceremony is dedicated to the rose medicine. We open the space with a sharing circle, and then the rose ceremony takes place. This includes a meditation on the rose (each woman chooses a rose that is calling her, and we invite her to meditate on the rose as a reflection of herself).

🌹Then, in a sharing circle, each woman will express out loud what no longer belongs to her by removing a leaf from the rose, symbolising what she wishes to release. This opens the space for the second part of the workshop.

🌹The second part is the yoni steam ceremony which lasts about 15 minutes, during which songs are sung with the drum (voice activation), followed by a time of meditation. It is a gateway to beautiful healing, for our body and our yoni, as we unite within ourselves and heal together as a women’s tribe.

🌹At the end of the yoni steam ceremony, each woman will lie down on the floor mat and take the time to enjoy the soft release and rest, integrating this gentle and powerful moment with a sound healing session using Tibetan and crystal bowls.

🌹To close the workshop, we will share rose tea and hold a final sharing circle. This is a space that allows women to have a unique experience of sisterhood, to come and settle down, to free themselves in safety and gentleness. It’s a powerful experience for a woman, and doing it in a circle with other women and at a gathering makes it even more unique and special. ✨

🗓️ Sunday, 10:00, Selkie Sanctuary

Immerse yourself in the rose medicine and sisterhood of Lou’s yoni steaming ceremony 🧡

04/08/2025

Join Nichola Moore for Clarity Breathwork!✨🌿

Come and discover the power and magic of your breath in this deep dive into your inner world using a conscious connected breathing technique. ✨

🌿Clarity Breathwork is a gentle yet powerful process of healing and transformation, that helps to release stress from the cells of the body.
It deeply supports the clearing away of old energies, patterns, conditioning, negative thoughts and emotions and opens the doors wide for new life and greater consciousness and brings you home to your heart, among many other extraordinary benefits.

🌿Through your own breath, you will access the innate intelligence of your body to release that which is ready to move, physically, energetically, emotionally and mentally, supporting you to lead you to a happier, healthier and more fulfilled life.

🌿Here is a reminder to:

•wear loose comfortable clothing
•not have a full stomach
•warm clothes/blankets nearby in case you get cold
•bottle of water nearby
•an eye mask if you so wish

🗓️ Friday, 8:30, Selkie Sanctuary

🌿Nichola has been immersed in the world of health and wellness for over 30 years, her lifelong passion for wellbeing guiding her to train and work in a wide range of modalities. Deeply committed to her own growth as well as others, she continues to explore and integrate transformative practices that support emotional healing, embodiment, and inner freedom.

✨Nichola is delighted to be offering Clarity Breathwork for the second year at Medicine Woman Festival, inviting participants to journey home to themselves, reconnect with the heart, and experience the liberating power of the breath.

Immerse yourself in the magic of your breath in Nichola’s powerful workshop! 🧡

03/08/2025

The Sacred Fire calls… Less than a week until it is lit and tended by our keepers, holding us through the length of our gathering✨🪶🌿

There’s a woman at the river
and she is called Fire Pit Singing
and she’s leaping through the jungle
and she roams the steamy Forest
and her skin is hot and glistens
and she’s crouching by the water
and she’s digging in the coarse sand
and she gathers River pebbles
and she nests them in the fire pit
and she sets the small fire burning
and the flames are licking lightly
and she bakes the river pebbles
and she cracks the hot Stones open
and she tastes the molten center
and she drinks the burning liquid
and it pours like tongues of Amber
and she swallowing the fire song
and she’s crouched above the fire pit
and the song is diving deeply
and it grows within her belly
and she curls up in the ashes
Of the fire pit by the river.

There’s a big cat at the river
and she’s sliding through the jungle
and her muscles, tense and ripple
and her claws flick in the pale light
and her wild cat eyes are flashing
and she moves within a spring coiled
and she moves within a spring coiled
and she’s pausing at the sand hole
and she watches Fire Pit Singing
and she’s waiting by the ashes
and she waits within a spring coiled
and her wild cat eyes are flashing
and her wild cat eyes are flashing.

Fire Pit Woman now is rising
and she grasps the jungle body
and she’s whirling through the forest
and she growls and roars and rages
and her throat is opened darkly
and her voice is flying wildly
and she’s singing out the fire songs
and she sings within a vast fire
and she’s singing out the fire songs
and she’s birthed a mighty passion
and the cat is leaping with her
and she sings with Fire Pit Woman
and their bodies leap together
and they sing the heat of anger
and they saying the flames of great joy
and vasting about a fierce love
and they sing about a strong life
and the fire songs fill the jungle
and they spill beyond the forest
and they ride the stormy weather
and they move into the wide world
Where they light the fires of many
Where they light the fires of many.

~Fire Pit Singing by Carolyn Hillyer 🧡

02/08/2025

Join Elena Riu, for an elemental Seasons of a Woman workshop and also find her holding space for our young girls in our teens/girls space with Willdwood Sisters! ☀️🌿

Get to know your body as of the Earth, Fire, Water and Air ✨

🌿Seasons of a Woman will explore the Inner Seasons from an ayurvedic and TCM perspective with tips for balancing, creativity and nurturing ourselves as well as a chance to rest in guided yoga nidra. ✨  🌿Elena will also be presenting her book ‘My Dear Period - A Guidebook’ from which every sale through her page supports an Afghani girl stay at school.  
🗓️ Friday, 15:00, Selkie Sanctuary

Join us to immerse yourself in the Elena’s rich wisdom 🧡

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