“The ancients believed that we are the Tree of Life, that our bodies, in connection with the portal spirals of Cosmos and Earth form an incredible mystical power, when we know the keys to unlock its secrets.”

– Seren & Azra Bertrand –

Journey through the portals of the womb and hara

Live retreat: October 2-9, 2024

 

FOR MEN AND WOMXN

 

Are you longing to

 

establish a deep and conscious connection with often unconscious parts of your Womb and Hara

reset connections between mind & body

get out of your mind, ground & become whole again

release personal, societal and ancestral blockages and wounding from all the portals in your Womb and Hara

gain full access to your se*x*ual creative life force energy

liberate your potential for sacred union

embody your divine potential – connected to the Earth, the elements and the Cosmos

experience the safety to be vulnerable in a sacred circle of brothers and sisters

reconnect to nature and the elements in the powerful, legendary region of the Languedoc?

Then join us in this absolutely magical and transformative retreat:

a combination of deep inner work and rituals in powerful places in nature!

Just as our body has chakra’s, our Womb and Hara (deep belly for men) have energetic portals, also called grail gates. The awakening of those portals is a powerful initiation with great transformative potential. It is a spiritual, energetic and physical quest.

In the ancient mystery schools the Womb was known as the grail and a woman or man with a fully awakened Womb was considered a living grail. Priestesses of Isis, such as Mary Magdalene, dedicated their lives to this. Mary Magdalene’s beloved Jeshua was also trained in these inner alchemy practices.

In a safe group of sisters and brothers, we undertake an energetic and intuitive journey through the grail gates of our pelvic bowl. Through ancient mystery teachings, guided meditation, shamanic journeying, energetic healing & clearing, ritual, dance, song, mantra… we focus on awakening an in-depth awareness of the secret landscape of our Womb and Hara.

For each portal, we connect to its deep psychology, archetypes and elements. By shining our light on its shadow side, we also reclaim the gifts of each portal. Energetic healing & clearing practices free the way to vibrate again with the original frequency and optimal potential of each gate.

Next to this journey into our inner landscape, we will equally explore the outer landscape of the stunning Cathar region, called the Languedoc in the South of France. We visit powerful places in nature, stunning sacred sites, springs and thermal baths. The outer nature becomes a mirror for our inner nature and brings in its own intelligence and additional healing to our inner transformation process.

The inner alchemy practices in this retreat do not involve nakedness nor erotic touch. Our exploration is energetic and restores a conscious and embodied connection with our inner grail portals.

No matter if you have a physical womb or not, you can journey through the energy centers and activate them in your energetic body.

This journey into the inner sanctuary of our Womb and Hara is powerful and transformative. We practice it the way I learned it from my teachers, Seren & Azra Bertrand from the former Fountain of Life.

Villa Sainte Marie

Typical French blue shutters and old walls between the different parts of the beautiful land

Guarded by the cypress

Nurtured by Sacred FeMinine energy

Room with a view

Our chalet

Sleeping between fruit trees

Romantic and close to nature

Super cosy glamping tent

Our deluxe temple tent

Delicious vegetarian food

Happy womb, happy woman

Villa Sainte Marie, where you will be lodged, is an exceptional and healing place that used to belong to the nuns of Cluny and afterwards to a pioneer in permaculture. We sleep in the main house behind cute blue shutters, or in wooden houses and glamping tents between the fruit trees on the land. We do the process work in the beautiful temple tent under the protection of a female taxus tree.

The Cathar region in the South of France is stunning: wild nature, ancient thermal baths, lots of history and herstory, legends and myths, castles, churches, beautiful people, nice food…

The beautiful river Aude

On the belly of Mount Bugarach

Mermaid invitations

Mary Magdalene Cave

Mesmerizing ancient sites

Many springs

Jeanne d'Arc

Megalitic remnants

Stunning churches

Limoux lies half an hour below Carcassonne. Carcasonne airport is at 30min by car and Toulouse airport 1.5h driving. Limoux has a train station. We provide transport to and from the airport.

Hello, my name is Mieke Anthuenis (1972). I am a womb awakening teacher, shamanic womb healer and priestess, menstrual mentor and yoni steam facilitator. My life is dedicated to birthing the new earth and bringing back ancient feminine wisdom, healing arts and spirituality. Since 2005, I have been walking a shamanic path with strong influence from my time in Peru and Colombia and the teachers I met there. I am trained in core shamanism (Michael Harner) and womb shamanism (Fountain of Life, Sanctuary of Sofia and Sacred Woman Awakening). Since 2018, I work as a Moon Mother (level 3) and Vaginal Steam facilitator (Peristeam Hydrotherapy Institute). With a background in shiatsu and tuina, I seek to bring in the rich and old eastern view on womxn’s well-being. In my retreats and 1-on-1 sessions, I blend these modalities together, based on the needs of the client, to facilitate a deep and safe space for healing and transformation. I work with persons in all seasons of their life, with or without a womb, with or without a period. I am co-author of the best-selling book Return To the Motherworld and run retreats and pilgrimages in the legendary Cathar region in the South of France. 

I am truly honored to connect with you.
xxx

“Mieke makes working with the pain body almost a pleasure, very clear guidance and very rewarding at the end of the tunnel. She is a woman/shaman of great medicine and I would recommend her highly to every woman I care about, to let herself be carried and healed by the space. Mieke is able to (co-) create. 4 weeks after the retreat I still feel blessed by the experience we all created together and I’m very thankful that I finally learned how to self-love en feel worthy of stepping into my greatest potential. And I will need to keep fueling that, still healing to be done, and that’s ok, gives me a great and happy reason to come back for more! 🙂
– Katinka

“How glad I am that I gifted myself this wonderful pilgrimage. Mary Magdalene called…I followed her invitation. The journey has opened something healing, powerful in me, kissed awake something that is difficult for me to put into words. A deeper homecoming to my womb and soul. Several moments where I was deeply touched and moved, in which I was allowed to experience the immense power of love that lurks in my womb. It felt so safe, so powerful, so coming home, so connected to a universal force. We had wonderful days. In an enriching mix of teachings and practices, visits and rituals at the power places, relax and enjoy the environment, nature, being together with a blissful, powerful group of women connected in the sacred energy of Mary Magdalene. Thank you, powerful sister, for sharing and living your integrated wisdom. Your loving, warm softness, inner strength and feeling and authentic, humble Being.”
– Mieke

“It was a fantastic experience! Everything was magical! I was traveling in different timelines… Fantastic location! Your knowledge of the theme, chapeau! The workshop sessions! The mega delicious food! Everything was magical and beautifully accompanied! Very intense and beautiful experience”
– Nele

With deep gratitude, I look back on an immersion in Mary Magdalene energy in the Cathar region. Under the guidance of the wise, beautiful, powerful Mieke. With in the most fitting way also support from her partner Olivier. An initiation into the Mysteries, into a bath of sisterhood… and a deep anchoring in the divine feminine as well as masculine. I have rarely experienced such energetically charged places as on this journey.
– Sofie