Do you ever wish you could pause life for a moment and just take a breath?
That maybe you would finally get to figure out what YOU want?
Do you ever find yourself asking -
How did I get here?
And why doesn’t this feel the way I thought it would?
If the life you thought you were supposed to want has left you feeling farther from yourself… disconnected -
from your body,
from what you actually want,
from the part of you that used to feel alive,
There’s this quiet, knowing that this isn’t it
that's getting harder to ignore - and you’re not sure how much longer you want to keep living like this,
You're not sure how to find your way back, but you know that you don’t need another plan - you need space to hear what's already true.
The path of the Sacred Wild is here to guide you home.
you were never separate.
You were always home.
Did you choose this life,
or did you just think you had to?
You can feel the shift already happening - you can’t unknow what you know. And the life that once fit… doesn’t anymore.
You find yourself in the middle of a work meeting, asking yourself what am I even doing here?
The 3am whispers - am I crazy, or could I really make a change?
You’ve done the "work", you've learned your patterns,
yet still there is a gap between who you've had to be are and who you truly are.
you want embodiment.
You want more than awareness -
You’re ready for closure - to finally stop performing, proving, and making yourself small to fit into a life that feels... wrong.
You are already being initiated.
This is where you cross the threshold.
As women, we are the embodiment of nature - the cyclical rhythm of life and death and rebirth. Simply to exist is to be in ceremony.
That longing you feel is this -
the desire to be intentional with your existence, to live close to the land and her wisdom, to be intimate in your connection with your body and intuition, to belong to a community of powerful women - that is is your true nature.
It's time to come home...
There is a wisdom within you, longing to be remembered
to answer the call...
You're tired of telling yourself it's not a good time, that you're not ready, or that it doesn't make sense.
Meanwhile, you're slowly disappearing inside the life you built based on what everyone else expects from you.
What you really long for is to put your head on the pillow each night feeling fulfilled - not depleted.
Content. Whole. Confident in who you are.
You downplay that inner voice that asks for more and rationalize the numbness by calling it maturity -
because you're too exhausted to entertain the idea of it...
You're longing for the moment when you can make space to figure it all out...
That moment is now, and it's time to CLAIM it.
a re-enchanment of wonder and awe
The heartbeat of this experience is to repair the wonder, mystery, and sacredness ruptured by a culture that has profited from disconnection, depletion, and self-doubt.
There's a version of you who already knows how to slow down, play, and move from authenticity and intuition.
She doesn't ask what should I be doing?
She doesn't seek other people's permission or approval.
She just moves from her own creative vitality.
You’ll be guided through four gates:
AIR ~ FIRE ~ water ~ earth
Using the elements as our anchor, our core ceremonies are meant to move you through something.
To cross a threshold.
To know what you want and fully claim it.
it's time to become the woman who knows how to slow down & receive
Imagine....
For 4 full days, releasing the weight of needing to be the schedule keeper, the meal planner, the mental load bearer...
Setting aside the need to rush, caretake, or make decisions, and giving yourself permission to land, soften, and receive.
Waking up to the sound of birdsong. Starting your morning outside with a french press and the summer breeze on your face. A slow walk barefoot through the forest - grounded, earthy, and present.
Gathering around the fire with women, singing songs that awaken your wild heart with a voice that comes from deep in your bones.
Feeling held in a nourishing, sacred space where every emotional burden you've had to carry gets to surface, be witnessed, and finally... released.
Being guided through rich, loving practices and rituals that answer a longing you didn't even know you were carrying
Feeling - perhaps for the first time ever - deeply connected to your body, your wisdom, and the land.
this is the medicine of the sacred wild.
where it all began...
Emily Galligan
We met in 2023 on a retreat in Maine.
Of all the women in the tent - we looked at each other and both felt incredibly intimidated.
Slowly we warmed up to each other.
Tina commented on Emily's pants (which she now owns), and Emily finally admitted that she couldn't remember Tina's name because it just didn't feel right.
Clearly there was something between us that began much longer ago than 2023...
tina Melendez
Though we live far apart (Tina in Maryland and Emily in Massachusetts), we still make an annual trip to see each other.
Mostly it involves screaming in the woods, sitting in ceremony, and lots of oracle cards.
Then one day in 2025 we randomly bought the same book with the words "Sacred Wild" in the title and while we laughed about the coincidence via text,
we both knew it held deeper meaning -
that it was time to return to the woods,
but this time - to gather the women.
meet your facilitators
Emily galligan
My grandmother always told me "Whatever it is you want to do with your life, you're already doing it." So when I decided to get my Master's degree in Environmental Education, it wasn't because I wanted to teach, it was because I remembered my days as a young girl - nestling myself in the branches of a crabapple, singing to the salamanders in my backyard stream, weaving wildflower crowns into my unruly blonde tangles.
Somewhere along the way that unruly girl tried to make sense of the world in straight lines and well-laid paths and ascending ladders. But no matter how hard I tried, I always found myself seeking the sacred wild.
I've traveled all around the world in search of the great mystery - and it has always led me back home to my roots: the earth, my body, and the wisdom within.
I am a certified womb circle facilitator and rites of passage mentor. My work is deeply rooted in earth-based spirituality and somatic processing.
women's wisdom & earth magick
tina Melendez hamilton
intuitive guide, shadow walker, reiki healer
I grew up in a home that valued obedience and productivity over independence and intuition. To be alive meant serving others while ignoring the deep knowing that life was meant for something greater.
I willfully silenced the resistance in my body and fell in line, performing a life I was told I wanted in hopes that someone would rescue me. That someone else would give me the permission I sought to build the life of my dreams.
No one ever came for me.
Instead, I came face to face with my demons. Where I thought I would die, I found hope. I found faith in myself and learned to trust my inner knowing and deepest desires as the breadcrumbs I needed to bring me home.
And now, I work at the intersection of shadow integration, ancestral wisdom, and body-based intuition, to invite women to stop performing transformation and instead, embody it.
I lead shadow work containers, co-facilitate women’s circles, and host the Wounds to Wisdom podcast. But what I’m really doing is holding space for women who are tired of searching and ready to come home to themselves.
about the retreat
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Daily Sacred Connection Ceremony & Rituals
(shadow work & soul journeys, rituals & rites of passage, somatic experiences and nature immersion) -
Four days/ three nights in a shared yurt or cabin
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Three nourishing meals per day, plus tea and snacks
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One group wood-fired sauna session
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Access to hiking trails on 33 acres. Enjoy views of the nearby White Mountain National Forest and a beautiful spring-fed mountain brook
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Pre-retreat welcome call –
Drop into the collective field before the retreat begins – a space to gently introduce yourself, share intentions, and begin weaving the circle together -
Post-retreat integration call –
After we return home, we’ll gather once more in a virtual circle. This integration call gives you space to reflect, reconnect, and continue weaving the wisdom of the retreat into your everyday life -
A community of soul-led, heart centered women
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A guide of rituals you can take home and customize
what's included
what's not included
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Travel costs
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Travel insurance
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Any optional add-ons
optional add-ons*
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60 min Energy Healing with Tina ~ $144
A combination of Reiki, intuitive healing and oracle channeling, this session will help you move through energetic blocks and restore balance and clarity.
Great for those who are at a threshold and need to release their grip on old wounds, stories and patterns.
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75 min Earth Body Alignment session with Emily ~ $144
Identify your primary element and experience a guided, custom ritual to reconnect you to emotional sovereignty, grounded truth and personal power.
Great for rites of passage, embracing change, stepping into new chapters, and reclaiming childhood joy.
*To be schedule outside of the retreat dates. Great for post-retreat integration.
A green certified eco-retreat
The retreat will be held at Nurture Through Nature, an eco-retreat center in the beautiful forests of western Maine.
Unplug from the hustle and bustle of daily life and and drop in to the grounding rhythm of nature with the mountain stream and trees as your backdrop.
You’ll stay in shared off-grid yurts and cabins nestled in the woods. Think glamping, not luxury lodge. Each one is cozy, simple, and immersed in nature. This is part of what makes the retreat so special: you get to unplug and reconnect to your natural pace again.
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truth embodied & wisdom remembered
what you take with you, stays with you...
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A life that no longer requires you to abandon yourself, and the courage to move at your own guidance.
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A deeper connection with nature, your body, voice, and intuition
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A re-enchantment with Mother Earth - an embodied life of wonder and joy
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A way of living that is in relationship with the Earth, not separate from it.
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Sacred practices to use in your personal rituals
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All the beauty captured in images
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A community of heart centered women
what other women are saying...
"These women have both healed me in different ways, giving me back parts of myself I didn't know I had lost. I can't wait to be in the same space with them again!"
"Emily is the wisest person I have ever met and her presence is so nurturing. I've never felt so connected to my body before."
"Tina is an incredibly intuitive energy healer with the ability to tap into a group's consciousness and provide them an experience tailored for their specific growth needs."
investment
early sign-up Bonuses
Sign up before May 15th and receive
a 60-minute Energy Healing with Tina
a 75-minute Earth Body Alignment session with Emily
(Total bonus value: $288)
early bird discount
Save $334
** Early bird discount ends soon **
this experience will shift something
this retreat is not for...
~ the woman who is still negotiating with the life that’s draining her, or clinging to other people's opinions of her.
~ the woman who is not ready to step out of her physical and emotional comfort zone, be vulnerable, and willing to face her patterns and fears.
~ the woman who is looking for a relaxing getaway or gentle quiet time, instead of a sacred space where she can be supported in crossing her own threshold.
~ the woman who wants to someone else to tell her what to do or what path to follow, rather than learning to hear her own inner truth.
This is for the woman who knows something has to change - and is no longer willing to wait.
