A Women’s Gathering & Womb Keeper Initiation
Into Winter’s Womb
December 6-7, 2025
Hot Springs, NC
Join us in sacred sisterhood as we enter the fertile, regenerative darkness of winter—resting, dreaming and tending to our creational centers as we prepare to receive the returning light at the Winter Solstice.
13th Rite of the Munay-Ki Womb Keeper Initiation | Dreamwork & Divination | Herbal Medicine for Deep Rest & Dreaming
Cyclic Wisdom Share | Yoga & Somatic Movement for Nervous System Self-Care | Mary Magdalene Anointing Ritual
Transformational Breathwork | Blue Lotus & Cacao Ceremonies | Seasonal Feast | Heart-Full Connection in a Circle of Magical Women
Sisters, it is time to come together. To slow down, turn inward and reconnect to the still, dark, quiet, womb-like rhythms of the season. To remember the sacred intelligence that pulses in the womb of creation herself.
As the sun’s light wanes and the earth draws energy toward her center, we too are called to soften into the fertile mystery within—to prepare our wombs and hearts to receive and nurture the returning light.
If you have been feeling this call, we invite you to join our circle of women as we rest, pray and dream together, and honor the cyclic wisdom that lives in our bodies and in the land.
We’ll gather at Wheel of Bliss, a secluded 67-acre retreat center and forest sanctuary nestled deep in the ancient mountains of Southern Appalachia. There is a large ceremonial yurt, a beautiful dining hall, and a comfortable retreat house for us to stay in with 16 beds, six bathrooms, a kitchen, a living room, and a meditation room with a Tibetan Buddhist altar.
Here’s the plan for our time together (subject to change based on the needs and desires of the group):
SATURDAY
10 am
Arrival
11 am
Opening Circle — We’ll open the container with heart connection, cyclic wisdom and exploration of dreamwork & divination practices.
12:30 pm
Light Lunch & Herbal Elixirs
1 pm
Workshop: Herbal Medicine for Deep Rest & Dreaming — You’ll learn about herbs for nervous system support, sleep & lucid dreaming, craft a dream elixir and receive a bundle of herbs for dreaming.
2:30 pm
Somatic Movement Practice: Yoga for Nervous System Self-Care
3:45 pm
Circle: Mystical Christian Teachings on the Winter Solstice & Mary Magdalene Anointing Ritual
4:30 pm
13th Rite of the Munay-Ki — You’ll receive this womb keeper initiation transmitted by Marcela Lobos from a lineage of Shipibo women.
6 pm
Transformational Breathwork
6:30 pm
Seasonal Feast — We’ll enjoy a nourishing dinner made with local, organic ingredients by chef Rachel Miriam in the Celestial Hall (vegan-friendly with gluten-free options).
7:30 pm
Sacred Fire, Blue Lotus Tea Ceremony & Medicine Song Circle
Around 9 pm
Day retreat participants depart
Slumber party in the retreat house!
SUNDAY
8 - 9:30 am
Breakfast Bar Open (vegan-friendly with gluten-free options)
8 am
Morning Yoga: Tantric Elemental Flow
8:30 am
Cacao Ceremony
9 am
Hike, Land Offering Ceremony & Closing Circle
10 am
Retreat closes. You are welcome to spend time on the land, connecting with sisters as you pack up and prepare to depart by noon.
12 pm
Departure
The 13th Rite of the Munay-Ki:
The Rite of the Womb
The 13th Rite of the Munay-Ki, also known as the Rite of the Womb, is a sacred energetic transmission that originates from a lineage of female healers in the Shipibo tradition of the Peruvian Amazon. It is a blessing and remembrance—a ritual of healing, release and empowerment that returns the womb to its original state as a source of wisdom, creation and life.
Receiving the Rite can help you to:
🌹 Release residual fear, trauma and grief held in the womb or creative center
🌹 Restore a felt sense of safety, receptivity and creative flow
🌹 Connect to a lineage of womb keepers who carry this medicine around the world
🌹 Reawaken the natural cyclical intelligence of your body and its connection to the Earth and Moon
Once received, the Rite continues to deepen through self-practice. The woman becomes both the keeper and transmitter of the energy, able to share it forward in her own time and way, keeping alive the chain of remembrance that the womb is sacred, whole and free.
We will receive the 13th Rite of the Munay-Ki in a supportive circle, guided by Havalyn, who has tended and transmitted this lineage for many years. During the ceremony, she will gently guide us through a cleansing and blessing of the womb space—physically, energetically and spiritually. Through breath, touch, visualization and sacred words, the womb is honored as a living altar that can hold not only personal healing, but the healing of ancestral and collective feminine memory.
This initiation will take place within a larger field of rest, ritual and sisterhood, allowing the Rite to unfold as both personal healing and collective prayer for the rebirth of light within all beings.
About Your Hosts
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Mina Isabel
Mina walks a path of devotion to the living earth through her roles of mama of two, herbalist, medicine maker, plant spirit medicine practitioner, yoga teacher, women’s wellness guide and permaculturist. Her offerings are rooted in a deep reverence for the intelligence found in nature and in the belief that we all can access profound wisdom and healing through attunement with the plants and with the rhythms and cycles of nature.
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Havalyn Irene Raeuber
Havalyn is an initiated folk healer, cacao ceremonialist, breathwork facilitator, somatic practitioner, womb keeper, artist, earth ritualist and earth guardian. She studies under the tutelage of Tata Izaias and Nana Isabel, indigenous Mayan medicine carriers, in Guatemala. Havalyn is dedicated to being in service to the Great Healing and Great Re-membering of humanity, to the restoration of health and balance to the earth.
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Allison Welder
Allison blends mindful movement, breath awareness and myofascial release into heart-centered yoga offerings. Her classes invite deep embodiment, reflection and spiritual connection. A student of Andean nature mysticism, stone medicine, Polyvagal Theory, and fascial science, she brings a rich interdisciplinary lens to her work. As a mother of three, she draws wisdom from nature’s rhythms and celebrates embodiment in all its forms.
Join Us!
Day Retreat Only
11 am - 9 pm
$222
If you live locally, consider the option of joining us for just the Saturday gathering, including all circles, ceremonies and activities, seasonal feast, sacred fire, preparatory and integration Zoom calls.
Overnight Retreat
Sister Sanctuary
$333
We encourage you to join us for the full retreat and enjoy resting in a comfortable bed on the first floor of the retreat house. You’ll share a room with 2-4 other sisters. Beds are first-come, first-served.
Overnight Retreat
Twin Sanctuary
$355 per person
This room offers two twin beds on the second floor alongside the altar room and kitchen, with a large balcony that overlooks the forest. This room shares a bathroom with the Queen Sanctuary.
Overnight Retreat
Queen Sanctuary
$377
This private room has a queen bed on the second floor alongside the altar room and kitchen, with a large balcony that overlooks the forest. This room shares a bathroom with the Twin Sanctuary.
Sliding scale, full or partial work trade, payment plans and a limited number of scholarships are available. To explore alternate pathways of access, please send us a message.
Your investment includes:
Day Retreat Option
Full day retreat (11 am - 9 pm)
All circles, ceremonies and experiences, including medicine-making supplies for an herbal dream elixir that you’ll take home with you and a bundle of herbs for dreaming
13th Rite of the Munay-Ki Womb Keeper Initiation — You will receive the rite and be initiated as a womb keeper so that you may share it with other women.
Nourishing seasonal feast (vegan-friendly with gluten-free options) — We’ll share a dinner made with local, organic ingredients by chef Rachel Miriam in the Celestial Hall.
Herbal elixirs and healthy snacks
Access to hiking trails and rushing creeks on 67 acres of private forested land surrounded by National Forest
Preparatory Zoom call on Monday, 11/24 at 7pm — It will be recorded so you can watch the replay if you can’t make it.
Integration Zoom call to be scheduled after the retreat
Printed handouts and practice suggestions for the winter season
Opportunity for deep connection with like-hearted women
Overnight Retreat
Includes everything listed above PLUS:
Comfortable shared overnight accommodations in the retreat house
(A limited number of private rooms are available—see above.)Morning yoga practice
A nourishing breakfast (vegan-friendly with gluten-free options)
Cacao ceremony
Hike, land offering ceremony and closing circle
Logistical details:
🗓️ Date: Saturday, December 6th - Sunday, December 7th, 2025
🕛 Time: 10 am arrival on Saturday. Retreat programming runs from 11 am to 9 pm on Saturday and from 8 to 10 am on Sunday. Departure is by noon on Sunday.
📍 Location: Wheel of Bliss Retreat Center in Hot Springs, NC
Space is limited—register early to save your spot!
Questions? On the fence? Please send a message!
We look forward to gathering with you soon!
Love,
Mina, Havalyn & Allison
