Date/Time
Date(s) - 22/11/2024 - 24/11/2024
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Location
Wild Hideaways Luxury Lodges and Eco Spa

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Intensive Retreat

Inner Harmony & Expansion Retreat

We’d like to invite you to our next Intensive Retreat on 22-24th November 2024. This is a chance to step into a realm of deep, inner work and transformation.

Set in the serene landscape of the Mealagh Valley, this area is steeped in ancient history and wisdom. The valley is a powerful portal with pristine energy; housing standing stones/circle, a Neolithic Wedge Tomb and sacred Holy Well … ready and waiting for you to explore!

Personal Journey of Transformation

Our Intensive, experiential Retreat has 6 different teaching/sharing sessions running over 3 days. The sessions are all designed for you to embrace the new with like-minded souls. The weekend will be filled with opportunities to explore specific topics as they arise within the group, all aimed towards your evolution and inner growth. There is time for you to connect more strongly to your own divinity in a way you might not have before. Plus you will be part of an inspirational community that will become your new-found tribe & family.

Also during the weekend, there will be time for you to fill yourself up: to rest, relax, reflect, and explore – within and without.

Join us Friday November 22 starting from 4.30pm – Sunday November 24 2024 and ending at 6.30pm.

Intensive RetreatWhat’s Included?

This in-person, interactive, Intensive Retreat weekend includes opportunities to:

  • Begin your adventure  with an INTENTION SETTING guided Meditation on Friday evening.
  • Greet the morning with a slow and silent morning WALKING MEDITATION (self-guided).
  • Feel the magic of a heart-opening CACAO CEREMONY on Saturday mid-morning.
  • Follow the meandering stream during a self-guided lunch-time NATURE WALK in the Mealagh Valley forest.
  • Spend time DEEPENING YOUR JOURNEY during the sessions in the Hall.
  • RELEASE whatever you no longer need from your past and/or present.
  • Reconnect to your TRUE SELF and embrace a new level of inner peace.
  • LISTEN to all the sounds of nature as you journal after the sessions.
  • Luxuriate with an evening SOUND BATH to sing you to sleep on Saturday evening.
  • Sweat in the onsite SAUNA and refresh in the therapeutic outdoor PLUNGE POOL.
  • Enjoy nutritious and delicious FOOD catered for you on Friday & Sunday.
  • Closing Fire Ceremony Intensive RetreatBe part of our COMMUNAL KITCHEN on Saturday.
  • REFUEL in-between with a selection of homemade cakes, various teas and coffees as well as a fruit basket and biscuits.
  • Take time for yourself to PAUSE in the evenings or feel free to join your NEWFOUND FRIENDS.
  • EXPLORE the surrounding sacred sites and soak up the ancient healing energies (weather dependent).
  • Experience a powerful, letting go CLOSING FIRE CEREMONY on Sunday evening.
  • CELEBRATE a new beginning and leave our weekend with a sense of LIGHTNESS and FREEDOM.
  • Plus much, much more!!!!

Depending on the group’s energy, the FLOW OF THE WEEKEND may shift in any direction. Please trust that MAGIC will happen and that we have a wonderful weekend planned for you.

We look forward to another exciting ADVENTURE together!

NOT Included

  • Personal, medical or trip cancellation insurance (strongly recommended).
  • Breakfast on Saturday & Sunday mornings: A breakfast basket can be ordered from Wild Hideaways. Either a ‘Healthy basket’ or  a ‘Full Irish’ Breakfast basket. Let us know if you would like this option and we can arrange this for you.  Alternatively, bring your usual breakfast and prepare it in your own Lodge kitchen.
  • Your round-trip journey from home to The Eco Lodges.
  • Transport to/from Cork airport and your flights.
  • Transport from the Lodges to the Mealagh Valley Hall (a 5 mins drive away).
  • Lunch and Dinner on Saturday – please bring two prepared meals for Saturday.

Intensive RetreatThe ‘C’ Word

If you test positive for COVID prior to your departure to the retreat, please call Michelle on Ph: 087 149 2338 or text/email me and stay at home. Any cancellations will not be non-refunded.

We reserve the right to cancel the weekend, if the weekend is not meeting the required minimum numbers. Should we need to cancel for any reason, all monies paid are refunded in full. Trip cancellation insurance is highly recommended for everyone.

Please take responsibility for your health and well-being. If you feel unwell please let myself or Val know immediately. Bring whatever supplements and medication you need with you.

Remember we no longer offer refunds if you have to cancel due to ill health or for other reasons. Ensure before you book, that your travel insurance includes covid related and other cancellations.

Your Venue 

Intensive RetreatYou will be staying two nights in the stylish, tastefully decorated Wild Hideaways Luxury Lodgesoverlooking Bantry Bay, West Cork, Ireland. (Eircode P75 P599).  Here you can relax, feel peaceful, and unwind in luxurious calm settings. Wild Hideaways is a top quality home away from home.

The Lodges are individual cozy, gorgeous pods furnished to a very high standard with twin-beds, a modern toilet, shower room and amenities including your own kitchen. The twin beds are sumptuous, ensuring your stay (and your sleep) is as comfortable, as it is memorable. You will wake up to uninterrupted views of Bantry Bay, as you let the tranquillity of West Cork enhance your overall experience.

At night you can luxuriate under the stars and moon in an individual private, secluded outdoor bath (tucked in beside your Lodge) or enjoy a sunrise dip!

The Lodges are situated in private, secluded grounds in the Mealagh Valley. This is an extremely picturesque location beside native woodlands and meandering rivers.

Intensive RetreatLooking for a Room Mate?

If you’d like to be paired with a room-mate, please let us know and we’ll do our best to pair you up with someone who is looking to share a Lodge. We’ll connect you together so that you can have time to connect prior to the weekend. If there is no-one to pair up with however, your stay will be classified as a single room and an additional supplement will be added to your overall retreat fee.

The Intensive Weekend Retreat begins on Friday November 22 at 4.30pm and runs until Sunday November 24 2024 6.30pm. Please ensure you arrive on time to start the weekend as well as for all transformative sessions in the Hall.

Intensive RetreatDietary Requirements

Do let us know of your dietary requirements at least 2-3 weeks before our retreat starts.

We are happy to help with the appropriate foods that suit your needs. We ask that you clearly state the allergies you have, as well as food intolerances and your dietary preferences. If you have an extensive list, perhaps share with us the options of what you can eat. There will be plenty of food served during the weekend – it will all be tasty, filling and vegetarian.

Irish Weather

This retreat will be held during late Autumn. This means we could have a couple of glorious sunny, fresh, crisp days. Alternatively it could be cold with considerable amounts of rain [it is Ireland after all!]. Please make sure you bring something warm to wear during the meditation sessions (perhaps even a hot water bottle), warm blankets and socks along with comfortable clothing. Rain gear is advisable, along with a good waterproof coat, waterproof trousers, sturdy waterproof/water-repellent boots (if you wish to go walking/hiking). Bring a torch with you as well. Make sure whatever you bring (thick/thin layers are advisable) that will ensure you will be warm and comfortable. Leave your dresses at home this weekend!

Intensive RetreatInternet Access

Wifi signals are the strongest in the Eco Lodges. There is very little coverage in the Hall.

We know it’s difficult to detach from the “world wide web”, but we suggest if possible, you take the opportunity to be off grid as much as you are able. That way you can really get the most out of your weekend together with us.

Travelling To Ireland

If you are booking a flight to Ireland, we recommend you travel to Cork Airport. Ensure your flight arrives on the morning of November 22nd so you have ample time to travel to the Lodges which are 78 km away from the accommodation. Also make sure that your flight departs after 11pm on 24th (or the morning of 25th). We can arrange for an additional night at the Eco Lodges either before or after the retreat. Let us know if you wish to do this. Contact us to discuss your options.

What Will We Be Doing?

  Fri Nov 22 Sat Nov 23 Sunday Nov 24
 08.00 – 09.00 Silent Walking
Meditation beside the Eco
Lodge Pond (self-guided)
Silent Walking
Meditation beside the Eco
Lodge Pond (self-guided)
 09.00 – 10.30 BREAKFAST in your
Eco Lodge Kitchen
BREAKFAST in your
Eco Lodge Kitchen
 10.30 – 13.30  Cacao Ceremony in Hall  Session in Hall
 13.30 – 15.30 Communal LUNCH in Hall
Rest/Walk in Nature (self-guided)
Catered LUNCH in  Hall
Rest/Walk in Nature (self-guided)
 16.30 – 18.30 Check-in 16.30
at Eco Lodges. Meet fellow participants. Or rest/explore local area.
 Session in Hall Session in Hall
Final Feedback
Closing Fire Ceremony
 18.30 – 19.30  6.30pm Welcome &
Catered DINNER in Mealagh Valley Hall
6.30pm Communal
DINNER in Hall
7pm
Return home
 19.30 – 20.30  Guided Meditation & Intention Setting in Hall  Sound Bath in Hall
 20.30 – 22.00 Relax/Journal
(self-guided) at the Eco Lodges
Sauna & Plunge Pool (self-guided) at the Eco Lodges

Invest in Yourself

This intensive weekend retreat is an investment in YOU.  N.B there are payment plans available for you (see below).

  • Intensive RetreatUnwaged/ Senior Shared Twin Room Fee €438* [* Payment plan available: 3 payments of €146 spread out over 3 months].
  • Standard Fee Shared Twin Room Fee  €498** [** Payment plan available: 3 payments of €166 spread out over 3 months].
  • Standard Fee Single Room Fee  €698 SOLD OUT** [** Payment plan available: 3 payments of €234 spread out over 3 months].
  • Day Visitor €250** [** Payment plan available: 3 payments of €84 spread out over 3 months].

Please keep in mind we no longer give refunds if you have to cancel, which makes it all the more important that your travel insurance includes Covid related cancellations.

Are you ready for this magical experience?

Contact

If you have any questions, feel free to email and contact Michelle to find out more. To reserve your place click on the links below and if registrations are closed we can help to put you on the waiting list.

Alternatively, call Michelle on: (Ireland) 087 149 2338 or (UK) – 07857 369619 to discuss a personalized experience for your team or organisation.

Kind Feedback

The majority of participants credit these weekends as significant turning points in their spiritual development and life path. Here’s what a few have kindly shared:

  • “The  circle of women who gathered at the weekend profoundly touched my Heart and Soul. The depth of truth and raw honesty was incredible. The threads of connection running through each and every one of us was so very powerful, and the love, respect, kindness and caring from everyone, to everyone was simply Intensive RetreatMagical. I have never experienced this with a group before, it was an honour to be present at this weekend and witness the beautiful unfolding of each amazing woman. Wow what a weekend  It was like another world within this world, which is a sacred space of safety and to just simply be.”
  • “You’ve both made a profound impact and I’m sure I speak for the group when I say that. I also hope you regularly (if not daily) acknowledge the profound impact you have on others. I for one am grateful for your kindness, compassion, expertise, experience, massive sense of humour and hugs. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
  • “The content couldn’t have been more apt for the group of people it got together. It allowed space for flow and a kind of organic evolution of being. Much control was let go of that weekend. I feel enormous gratitude to have been in the presence of and part of the work we all did with such an incredible bunch of women, a group that was truly one of a kind.”
  • The food was fabulous as always, nourishing the mind, body and spirit. In fact, the whole weekend and all of the hard work ye put into this weekend and every weekend is phenomenal. Michelle and Val, thank you from the bottom of my heart for again a super weekend.”
  • “What a wonderful weekend. Amazing on so many levels…Beautifully selected accommodation and venue. The accommodation was so tasty, every detail was considered and supplied. Excellent: comfortable and luxurious. Having the sauna on site and outside baths was just gorgeous. The retreat… what can I say.  I watched as you Facilitated with such skill and presence.  Val brought another very potent energy to the weekend, which I really enjoyed.  I honour you both. Your willingness to be 100% authentic, sharing lived experience in an instructive way, was powerful and transformative. It was beautiful to observe the shifts in the individuals.  I don’t think that there was any one that wasn’t transformed in some way. A huge thank you to you both.  Words aren’t enough, but I know you both know the depth of love and appreciation I have for you both.”
We look forward to you joining us on our next adventure!

Love,  Michelle & Val

Michelle A. Hardwick Weekend Retreat Facilitator
Michelle

Val Lane Facilitator
Val

 

Bookings

Tickets

Ticket Type Price Spaces
Unwaged/ Senior Shared Twin Room Fee €438*
[* Payment plan available: 3 payments of €146 spread out over 3 months]. Contact us for assistance with this
€438.00
Standard Fee Shared Twin Room Fee €498**
[** Payment plan available: 3 payments of €166 spread out over 3 months]. Contact us for assistance with this option.
€498.00
Standard Fee Single Room Fee €698**
[** Payment plan available: 3 payments of €234 spread out over 3 months].
€698.00
Day Visitor €250**
[** Payment plan available: 3 payments of €84 spread out over 3 months].
€250.00

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