Between Blossom and Blaze: She Who Rises with Beltane
Beltane is an ancient Celtic festival that falls on May 1st, celebrating the peak of spring and the approach of summer. It is a sacred time of fertility, creativity, sensuality, and renewal — when the earth is in full bloom and life is brimming with possibility.
For our ancestors, Beltane marked a powerful threshold: a moment to honour the life-force, to tend to the fire within, and to gather in celebration of nature, community, and transformation.
Does your heart feel the Call?
There comes a moment in the turning of the Wheel when the earth begins to hum again.
The soil softens, the blossoms open, the sun lingers longer in the sky —
and something deep within us stirs in response.
This is Beltane — the festival of fire, of fertility, of fierce beauty.
A threshold of becoming, when spring ripens toward summer
and the world shimmers with life unfurling.
Beltane is not just a season in the land —
it is a season of the soul.
A time to step out of winter’s stillness and into the flame of your own aliveness.
For women, this is a holy remembering.
Of our sensual nature,
our creative power,
our sacred connection to the rhythms of the Earth and one another.
To gather at Beltane is to say:
I am ready to bloom.
I am ready to soften, to open, to be seen.
I am ready to dance with the fire of who I truly am.
Here, we come together not to perform or strive —
but to rest into the ancient knowing within our bones.
To laugh, to cry, to sing, to circle.
To let the earth hold us and the fire guide us.
To awaken the sacred feminine flame within each of us —
tender, wild, radiant, and true.
You are not here by accident.
You are answering a call.
And Beltane — in her blazing grace — is welcoming you home.
As nature awakens and the countryside comes alive with blossom and birdsong, Beltane invites us to reconnect with our own inner growth. It’s a time to:
Step out of the busyness and into sacred pause and reflection
Awaken your sensual, creative self in rhythm with the earth
Release what no longer serves and plant intentions for what’s blooming within
Gather in sisterhood and be nourished by beauty, connection, and ritual
This day retreat offers a space to honour your inner fire, breathe deeply, move gently, and return to your body, your essence, and the wisdom of the land.
Set in the peaceful countryside of Hertfordshire, surrounded by nature’s awakening beauty, this is a sacred invitation to come home to yourself — and to celebrate all that is coming alive within and around you.
A Time for Women to Remember, Realign, and Rise
Beltane marks the midpoint between spring and summer, a threshold moment when the earth is bursting with life, passion, and creative energy. It’s a time when nature is in full bloom — wild, fertile, radiant — and she invites us to do the same.
For centuries, women have gathered at this sacred time to honor the fire within — the flame of intuition, desire, sensuality, and purpose. Beltane celebrates life-force energy, that untamed current that flows through our bodies, through nature, and through all acts of creation.
This is a time to:
✨ Awaken the body and return to pleasure — movement, touch, beauty, and embodiment.
🌸 Clear old stories and plant seeds for what you’re ready to grow in your life.
🔥 Fan the inner flame — of courage, of passion, of wild truth.
🌕 Sit in sacred sisterhood, witnessing and being witnessed, softening and strengthening together.
To retreat at Beltane is to say yes to your aliveness. It is to honor your own blooming, no matter what season you’ve been in. Together, we gather not just to rest, but to rekindle peace, power and purpose.
You don’t need to be “ready.” You don’t need to be “whole.” You simply need to come as you are — and let the fire meet you.
Wild Freedom | Beltane Retreat Day | Michael’s Folly, Hertfordshire | Saturday 3rd May 2025
9:45 - 10:00
Arrival and Teas
10:00 - 11:30
Opening Ceremony and Sharing Circle
11:30- 11:45
A Breather
11:45 - 12:45
Connect and Flow Dance
12:45- 13:15
Lunch
13:15- 14:45
Sound Healing, Reiki and Head Massage
14:45- 15:00
A Breather
15:00- 16:00
Meditation, Mantra and Manifestation Fire Ceremony
Join my self and Molly my dear Soul Sister…
Come and be held in the magic of Beltane —
in a circle of women, on sacred land, under the wide open sky.
A day of rest, ritual, movement, nature, and connection
A space to awaken your inner fire and soften into your feminine essence
Set in the heart of the Hertfordshire countryside, surrounded by blooming fields and birdsong
Whether you’re feeling called to reconnect with yourself, mark a transition, or simply be nourished in community — this is your invitation.
Let the land hold you.
Let the fire guide you.
Let yourself bloom.
✨ Spaces are limited. We would love to welcome you. ✨
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