Are you longing for more aliveness and clarity in your life?
Do you yearn for spaciousness to slow down, listen, feel and be nurtured?
Do you sense there is a greater life story calling you?
Join us for a soulful weekend
to reconnect with your deeper, wiser, wilder self.
Practices
Sharing circles, intuitive movement, cacao ceremony, active dreaming, nature connection, and creative fun.
We will slow down together, and reconnect with our bodies, hearts and minds.
We will listen deeply and find guidance in ourselves, each other and nature.
We will unleash our creativity and track the deeper source of our energy.
The Place
Chalet Ganesha, a spiritual retreat center in the Swiss alps, nestled at the base of the majestic Dents-du-Midi mountain in the village of Champéry.
The venue includes 3 different chalets with sauna, cosy fireplace and light-filled practice hall.
1h45 minutes from Geneva. Accessible by train.
Price
All-Inclusive onsite. Healthy, delicious vegetarian cuisine with local organic produce.
We start at 5pm on Friday and end at 4pm on Sunday.
1200 CHF - accomodation in a shared double room
1400 CHF - accomodation in an individual room
“The opportunity to reconnect with nature, in combination with the thoughtfully guided program, allowed my nervous system to reset. I heard my own experiences reflected through those of other passionate and wise women, and found great comfort in the collective. I came feeling uncertain and overwhelmed, and I left feeling like myself again.”
— Marie
Retreat Flow - What to Expect
On Friday, we start in circle with the setting and sharing of intentions. We break for dinner and continue the evening around the fire.
On Saturday, there is an optional early morning practice, followed by breakfast. We then spend the morning session on coming home to ourselves and finding guidance in nature, through embodied practices and nature constellations. After lunch, we use creative approaches to reflect on cycles and transitions and enter dreamtime to find deeper guidance for our lives. There will be free time for sauna and silent reflection. After dinner, we gather around the fire again for mythic storytelling.
On Sunday, after an optional early morning practice and breakfast, we continue our explorations of cycles and transitions by venturing into the future, activating our imagination and our creativity. We close after lunch gathering the gifts from our time together, with gratitude.
Our intention is for you to leave with:
- More emotional space and clarity
- A better sense of your inner resources and guidance
- Access to the well of creative power within you
- Deep grounding and support from nature
- Simple, supportive mind-body practices that you can keep developing going forward
“A thoughtfully planned and lovingly curated retreat for women, held within a beautiful balance between nature and comfort. Wildself felt meaningful and deeply needed: a trusting and caring space to pause, reconnect with nature, with myself, with others, and simply be. The warmth and care in every detail created an atmosphere that felt supportive. I left feeling nourished, inspired and very grateful for the experience.”
— Mara
Your Hosts
Tanja Kerlo and Nicole Schwab
Tanja and Nicole have been creating and holding circles and journeys for over two decades, bridging the inner and outer dimensions of our lives. Their practices combine guidance through nature and the elements, life transitions, the power of the sacred feminine, intuitive movement and active dreaming.
Tanja Kerlo
Since my 20s, I have been on a quest for meaning and spiritual growth, which has led me to embrace various embodied practices such as yoga, meditation, 5 rhythms dancing and movement medicine. These have enabled me to inhabit my body with greater consciousness and love.
As a mother and professional facilitator, I have grown my ability to be present and to midwife what is ready to emerge. Whilst my career has been focused on collaboration and action, through decades of practice, I have realised how our ability to slow down, feel and listen deeply makes all the difference.
As women, we move through cycles and big life transitions, often carrying multiple responsibilities, yet we rarely have enough space to process and recover. My intention for this retreat is to help create such a space, through deep listening, emotional attunement, intuitive movement, care, and wonder.
Nicole Schwab
While much of my work has been dedicated to restoring and conserving the ecosystems that sustain our lives, in recent years, I have turned my attention more fully towards the inner practices that can weave us back into the web of life.
On my inner explorations, I have followed many spiritual practices, starting with martial arts in my twenties, practicing yoga, meditation and Qi Gong.
I am a certified Dream Teacher from Robert Moss’ School of Active Dreaming, which above all is about reclaiming the power of our creativity and our imagination to bring guidance and healing into our lives.
I have hosted women’s circles for almost a decade and feel grateful to have the opportunity to hold a safe space of belonging, where new insights can emerge, and magic is invited to unfold.
“The WildSelf retreat was filled with warmth, color, kindness, and kinship. Nicole and Tanja expertly wove together an experience that felt magical, extraordinary, and safe all at the same time—impactful on so many levels.”
— Nathalie