Elyse
Welles
Offering courses, community, and mentorship to help you step onto the Path of the Sacred Wild.
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Sacred Wild Spring Equinox Retreat
Learn land spirits connection from the oldest land spirit in the world: the Susquehanna River, and her state park.
Deepen or begin your journey working with land spirits in this powerful 1-day retreat.
WHEN: March 22nd - the Spring Equinox!
WHERE: Havre de Grace, MD
WHY HAVRE DE GRACE:
HdG is a very sacred place. The town is built on a quartz deposit. And Havre de Grace is where the oldest river in the world, the Susquehanna River ends her 444 mile journey. 444 is the number of completion and perfection, and HdG is at this exact liminal location between the end of the river and the start of the Chesapeake Bay.
We will spend the day communing and connecting with land spirits and Mama Susquehanna, as I lovingly call her. You will meet the spirit of the oldest river, and learn how to reach beneath the egregore and raise earth energy.
SCHEDULE:
11am - meet at the Lock House parking area (free parking). I will teach you how to raise energy in order to feel the land spirits. We will leave offerings to Mama Susquehanna, releasing what no longer serves us so that today we can invite progress and potential in the spring and summer.
We will spend time in the state park that borders the river here to learn the way water and earth flow together. You will learn about Elder spirits of the land and how to find them.
2pm - lunch at a local tavern, Coakley's (lunch not included)
3:30pm - return to the land for a land spirits ritual invoking the spirit of spring's motivation for each of us in the coming months. We will create a sacred anointing oil blessed by Mama Susquehanna and the land spirits here. Everyone will take home their own bottle of anointing oil.
Earlybird Investment: $333
Full Price: $444
early bird ends 3/13
Welcome to the Path of the Sacred Wild...
I am here to help you remember what our ancestors always knew: the healing, grounding, and joy that comes from...
✧ the wisdom of land spirits, trees, rivers, seas, and stones
✧ the cycles of nature, from the moon's phases to the growing seasons of the land; and
✧ the power of sacred places (numina)
If you're ready to embrace the harmony that can only come with a healthy relationship to nature, I am here to guide you on your journey!
Look around the grove of this website and see what seeds get planted. I hope you will reach out, and we can begin your journey with the land, together.
Brightest blessings,
Elyse Welles
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