Awaken Your Femininity Retreat 2024
Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria
Up to 12 in group
June 21 - 25, 2024
Retreat Highlights
- Female Circle and Welcome
- Ritual of the Solstice – Yin and Yang
- Campfire Storytelling and Sharing
- Qui Gong Practice
- Hike to the river Koprivna
- Cocoa Ceremony
- Ecstatic dances and evening Campfire
- Hike to the 600 year old Oak
- Ritual of the Silent Water
- Practice under the Oak – Human Design - Grounding
- Jumping over the fire and skinny dipping
- Collecting herbs on sunrise.
- Making fresh flower crowns, drinking ritual herbal tea
- Dance of the womb
- Meditation of the Inner Smile
- Qui Gong Practice and Alchemical Dao
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Veronica started dancing from a very young age.
She trained Ballroom Dancing, Tai Chi, Qui Gong, Salsa, Bachata, Modern Ballet and Afro Cubana.
Veronica plays the piano and the clarinet.
She is an Alchemic Dao Energy Practitioner. From 2007 she studies professional Belly dance. She is a dance teacher and a performing artist.
"People have always fascinated me, the human spirit, the human body, the flow of energies, and in recent years I have become more and more interested in women and feminine energy, their social and historical roles, and parenthood.
During pregnancy and after childbirth, I developed a set of exercises, a combination of techniques of Tai Chi Quan, Qui Gong, Oriental dances and alchemical Dao, specifically aimed at working with feminine energy. What unites these? The circles, the spirals and the active meditation.
This energy set of exercises is cleansing, energizing, rejuvenating and can help us connect with our femininity and unique energy.
I am also certified Human Design Analyst and Guide and during the retreat, we will also have a specific practice related to awareness of energies and potentials and working with the body.
Give yourself time and breathe in the healing magic of the invigorating female flame.
Do you want to be charged with the power of nature and to awaken your sensual nature? Then this experience is right for you: a women's retreat in nature.
I look forward to seeing you!
Details of this retreat
Women's Retreat
A Sensitive Journey to Oneself
AWAKEN YOUR FEMININITY
21- 25 JUNE 2024
Are you ready to open up to the limitless possibilities of your sentient nature?
Do you want to awaken your sensitivity?
I invite you to connect with something deeper in yourself in the midst of the wilderness of Nature in the picturesque Bulgaria. Meet your body full of pleasure. and awakened sensitivity.
So often we as women have been taught to shut ourselves up, to be ashamed of our body, of our right to pleasure, of the expression of our longing for life!
The time has come to release this shame. Let's reprogram our physical self. Let's open for movement with pleasure. Through movement we can change the model of our thoughts. We can let go of past emotions, which hold us back from stepping into our light.
It's time to light the spark.
Let's get together and celebrate femininity! Let's get together and celebrate the masculinity too! We are Yin and Yang in the entirety of our unique nature.
To manifest is our masculine nature. To receive is our feminine nature.
We are the expression of pure beauty and pure love. The feminine principle is the true source of creation. When we give strength to our feminine essence, when we express pleasure, we are in our most creative and alive state of existence.
During this retreat we will work with the Sun – Yang and the Moon – Yin, we will meet at the setting Sun, the growing Moon and we will collect herbs at the Rising Sun on Midsummer's Day.
Our focus will be on restoring the connection with the body.
You'll learn the basics of an intuitive, natural feminine dance practice. A passionate, playful, ecstatic dance to express your feelings - The Dance of the Womb - in a diverse range of musical styles.
Conscious eating - Consciously sensitive eating with delicious, fresh and local vegetables and fruits from organic or permaculture garden and from the environment.
Time to connect with nature, with the inner world and with other participants.
Increased feeling for female well-being.
During our women's circles and gatherings around the fire we will have time for sharing and meditation.
At night we'll be together under the stars in the mountain.
You will find many surprises and mystical rituals: silent water, cacao ceremony, jumping over the fire, skinny dipping and other magical experiences.
We will tickle your senses, play with the Five Elements and you'll have the opportunity to center yourself deep inside, in a safe place you can always return to when you need to.
A Sensitive Journey to Oneself
AWAKEN YOUR FEMININITY
21- 25 JUNE 2024
Are you ready to open up to the limitless possibilities of your sentient nature?
Do you want to awaken your sensitivity?
I invite you to connect with something deeper in yourself in the midst of the wilderness of Nature in the picturesque Bulgaria. Meet your body full of pleasure. and awakened sensitivity.
So often we as women have been taught to shut ourselves up, to be ashamed of our body, of our right to pleasure, of the expression of our longing for life!
The time has come to release this shame. Let's reprogram our physical self. Let's open for movement with pleasure. Through movement we can change the model of our thoughts. We can let go of past emotions, which hold us back from stepping into our light.
It's time to light the spark.
Let's get together and celebrate femininity! Let's get together and celebrate the masculinity too! We are Yin and Yang in the entirety of our unique nature.
To manifest is our masculine nature. To receive is our feminine nature.
We are the expression of pure beauty and pure love. The feminine principle is the true source of creation. When we give strength to our feminine essence, when we express pleasure, we are in our most creative and alive state of existence.
During this retreat we will work with the Sun – Yang and the Moon – Yin, we will meet at the setting Sun, the growing Moon and we will collect herbs at the Rising Sun on Midsummer's Day.
Our focus will be on restoring the connection with the body.
You'll learn the basics of an intuitive, natural feminine dance practice. A passionate, playful, ecstatic dance to express your feelings - The Dance of the Womb - in a diverse range of musical styles.
Conscious eating - Consciously sensitive eating with delicious, fresh and local vegetables and fruits from organic or permaculture garden and from the environment.
Time to connect with nature, with the inner world and with other participants.
Increased feeling for female well-being.
During our women's circles and gatherings around the fire we will have time for sharing and meditation.
At night we'll be together under the stars in the mountain.
You will find many surprises and mystical rituals: silent water, cacao ceremony, jumping over the fire, skinny dipping and other magical experiences.
We will tickle your senses, play with the Five Elements and you'll have the opportunity to center yourself deep inside, in a safe place you can always return to when you need to.
Schedule
Program:
21.06 Eater (Space)
Arrival and accommodation
18:00 Female Circle and Welcome
19:00 Ritual of the Solstice – Yin and Yang
20:00 Campfire Storytelling and Sharing
22.06 Water
07:00-08:00 Qui Gong Practice
08:30-09:30 Breakfast
10:00-11:00 Hike to the river Koprivna
11:30-12:30 Picnic
12:30–14:00 Practice by the river
14:00-15:00 Meditation water
16:00–17:00 Hike back
18:00-19:00 Dinner
19:00-20:30 Cocoa Ceremony
20:30 - Ecstatic dances and evening Campfire
23.06 - Earth
07:00-08:00 Qui Gong Practice
08:30-09:30 Breakfast
10:00ч.-11:00ч. Hike to the Oak, Ritual of the Silent Water
11:30- 12:30 Picnic
13:00 – Practice under the Oak – Human Design - Grounding
19:00–20:00 Dinner
21:00 Jumping over the fire and skinny dipping
24.06 – Fire
05:00- Collecting herbs on sunrise.
08:30-09:30 Breakfast
10:30–13:00 Making fresh flower crowns, drinking ritual herbal tea
13:00–14:00 Lunch
16:00–17:00 Dance of the womb
17:00–18:00 Meditation of the inner smile
19:00-20:00 Dinner
21:00 Female Circle and Ecstatic Dances
25.06 – Air
07:00-08:00 Qui Gong Practice and Alchemical Dao
08:30-09:30 Breakfast
10:00ч.-12:00 Women's circle and sharing
12:00 Lunch and departure
21.06 Eater (Space)
Arrival and accommodation
18:00 Female Circle and Welcome
19:00 Ritual of the Solstice – Yin and Yang
20:00 Campfire Storytelling and Sharing
22.06 Water
07:00-08:00 Qui Gong Practice
08:30-09:30 Breakfast
10:00-11:00 Hike to the river Koprivna
11:30-12:30 Picnic
12:30–14:00 Practice by the river
14:00-15:00 Meditation water
16:00–17:00 Hike back
18:00-19:00 Dinner
19:00-20:30 Cocoa Ceremony
20:30 - Ecstatic dances and evening Campfire
23.06 - Earth
07:00-08:00 Qui Gong Practice
08:30-09:30 Breakfast
10:00ч.-11:00ч. Hike to the Oak, Ritual of the Silent Water
11:30- 12:30 Picnic
13:00 – Practice under the Oak – Human Design - Grounding
19:00–20:00 Dinner
21:00 Jumping over the fire and skinny dipping
24.06 – Fire
05:00- Collecting herbs on sunrise.
08:30-09:30 Breakfast
10:30–13:00 Making fresh flower crowns, drinking ritual herbal tea
13:00–14:00 Lunch
16:00–17:00 Dance of the womb
17:00–18:00 Meditation of the inner smile
19:00-20:00 Dinner
21:00 Female Circle and Ecstatic Dances
25.06 – Air
07:00-08:00 Qui Gong Practice and Alchemical Dao
08:30-09:30 Breakfast
10:00ч.-12:00 Women's circle and sharing
12:00 Lunch and departure
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Beotela Ltd., Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria
Directions
If you arrive in Sofia, best is to take the train from the Sofia Central Train Station to Mursalevo or Blagoevgrad. It's a good idea that you check on the map where Mursalevo is. In Bulgarian - Мурсалево. Here is the website I preselected the location for you. Every day the train schedule is the same: https://razpisanie.bdz.bg/en/sofia/mursalevo/01.05.2023
You have 2 min. to depart the train. It is a very small station right before the town of Blagoevgrad. The train will stop and you have to be at the door to make it. Depending on how the train has stopped you might not even see it is a station. Best is that you have one of the Conductors help you. English is spoken rarely with older population. Youngsters speak reasonable English (so you can always look for translators around). And when you let me know with which train you arrive, I will come pick you up from the station.
We are practically at the end of the world, there is no shop near by. We are 40 min. away from Blagoevgrad and 25 min. from a shop. Its a good idea to buy prepaid internet card, so you have locally Internet and we can be in touch via socials.
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So, if you arrive in Sofia at the bus or train station it will be easy to just change train depending on the time. If you arrive at the airport you can get the metro (subway).
Cabs (taxis) are also inexpensive but you have to look for official (not scam) companies like this one which has office on the airport, don't go for people who come to you to propose you transport: https://www.oktaxi.net/en
To this cab you can also pay by card.
Not a good idea to exchange money on the airport.
In Bulgaria we accept only leva (BGN). The official EUR rate is fixed - 1,95583 for 1. So it should be around this price. Or best is to just pay with debit card although we are largely a cash economy still and in few places its still not possible to pay otherwise. Plus always a positive is to have at least some change.
Downtown in the Centre everything is close by and on a walking distance usually or with public transport.
In case you want to use the opportunity to see Sofia here some info. The central walking street is called Vitosha Boulevard and there around in the little cobbled streets you can find all kinds of treasures from hidden shops to nice eating places, bars, clubs, etc. Both budget and high-end. Also from there in all directions you can find cultural stuff and sightseeing and lots of people to meet. Here is a guide with a map in case you want one: https://www.inyourpocket.com/Bulgaria
You have 2 min. to depart the train. It is a very small station right before the town of Blagoevgrad. The train will stop and you have to be at the door to make it. Depending on how the train has stopped you might not even see it is a station. Best is that you have one of the Conductors help you. English is spoken rarely with older population. Youngsters speak reasonable English (so you can always look for translators around). And when you let me know with which train you arrive, I will come pick you up from the station.
We are practically at the end of the world, there is no shop near by. We are 40 min. away from Blagoevgrad and 25 min. from a shop. Its a good idea to buy prepaid internet card, so you have locally Internet and we can be in touch via socials.
***
So, if you arrive in Sofia at the bus or train station it will be easy to just change train depending on the time. If you arrive at the airport you can get the metro (subway).
Cabs (taxis) are also inexpensive but you have to look for official (not scam) companies like this one which has office on the airport, don't go for people who come to you to propose you transport: https://www.oktaxi.net/en
To this cab you can also pay by card.
Not a good idea to exchange money on the airport.
In Bulgaria we accept only leva (BGN). The official EUR rate is fixed - 1,95583 for 1. So it should be around this price. Or best is to just pay with debit card although we are largely a cash economy still and in few places its still not possible to pay otherwise. Plus always a positive is to have at least some change.
Downtown in the Centre everything is close by and on a walking distance usually or with public transport.
In case you want to use the opportunity to see Sofia here some info. The central walking street is called Vitosha Boulevard and there around in the little cobbled streets you can find all kinds of treasures from hidden shops to nice eating places, bars, clubs, etc. Both budget and high-end. Also from there in all directions you can find cultural stuff and sightseeing and lots of people to meet. Here is a guide with a map in case you want one: https://www.inyourpocket.com/Bulgaria
Accommodation
We provide camping places. If you would like to rent a room in a house in a nearby village, this is also an option for additional 250 EUR (5 nights)
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Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
We are located in a very remote area in the mountain. We have a permaculture farm and a retreat center.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
Vegetarian
Vegan
Pescetarian
Including local organic meat
What's Included
- The event includes all activities, food and camping grounds. You should have your own tent, sleeping bag and camping gear. We can provide 1 four-seater tent. For the different practices, please, carry your own yoga mat.
- Participants who prefer to sleep in a house in the nearby village can do so against additional fee.
- Pick up from the train station of Blagoevgrad is included.
What's Not Included
- Airfare is not included
- Travel is not included