Rooted and Resilient: A Women’s Retreat for These Times
Blue Deer Center
Oct 9-12, 2025
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Rooted and Resilient: A Women’s Retreat for These Times
You feel it in your bones.
The world is shifting — unraveling in some ways, awakening in others. Change and uncertainty press heavily on our hearts. And still, you may sense it: you were made for these times.
This fall, come gather in sacred circle with women like you — women who feel the ache of the world and the call to contribute in a meaningful way.
This retreat is for you if you…
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Feel the call to live with purpose in the face of heartbreak and challenges
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Believe in the power of leadership rooted in compassion, interconnectedness and care
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Want to show up more fully for your family, community and colleagues without burning out
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Seek emotional renewal, spiritual depth and true sisterhood
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Know in your bones that the feminine — the sacred feminine — is needed to restore balance in our world
This is a sanctuary — a remembering — a homecoming.
Come as you are. Leave deeply rooted and powerfully alive.
What to Expect
During this 4-day, 3-night retreat, we’ll co-create a nourishing space where you can connect with what truly matters — and remember that you’re not alone.
You’ll experience:
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Rituals and practices that root you in the sacred feminine and fuel your creative expression
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Traditional cleansing ceremonies to help release doubts and fears that block your engagement with life
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Guided processes to help you clarify, embody, and lead from your sense of purpose
Plus:
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Time on sacred land to remember your place in the living web of life
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Deep conversations with women who get it
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Delicious, healthy meals that nourish body and spirit
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Spaciousness to rest, reflect, and re-source yourself for the road ahead
Why Now?
Traditional wisdom from many cultures speaks of this time — a time when women are called to rise and speak, act and lead, not in spite of our deep feeling but because of it.
This retreat isn’t about fixing yourself, but about remembering who you are. It’s about rooting into the power of women’s collective wisdom, creative expression, and courageous leadership — and rising from that place to meet the world.
You are not too much.
You are not too sensitive.
You are the medicine.
Please join us!
The Lands and Waters of Blue Deer Await You
Located in the New York Catskills, the Blue Deer Center is a sacred place situated on 93 acres of land long-recognized as an important place of conflict resolution. The center’s walking trails are surrounded by the calming presence of the mountains and the River of Peace (Saskawhihiwine).
Meals:
Beginning with dinner on Thursday, we’ll enjoy a variety of delicious local farm-to-table meals through lunch on Sunday. Gluten-free, dairy-free, and vegetarian choices are always available.
Accommodations:
Lodging in rustic/charming farmhouses with private and shared accommodations available.
Schedule
October 9-12, 2025
Arrival and Departure
Please plan to arrive at the Blue Deer Center between 4-6 pm on Thursday, October 9. Check out time is 2 pm on Sunday.
Price
To encourage early registration, we are using a graduated pricing model. The sooner you commit, the more you save!
Register by June 30 for only $965, including tuition, room and board. Starting July 1, the price increases by $100 each month until all spots are filled.
For more information
For more information, contact Anne Lafleur at anne.lafleur@sacredfire.org
Featuring
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Annie King, Annie has been involved in healing and teaching stress management, movement and meditation for over 45 years, both in Australia and the US. She has worked for major hospitals in the US in wellness & cardiac rehabilitation programs, teaching stress management & facilitating support groups for healing.
In 2004 she was initiated as a Granicera, or weatherworker in the Nahua tradition, and later undertook training and initiation to become a Tephatiani healer in that tradition. She currently has a healing practice in SC, and is a Firekeeper for Sacred Fire. She has had a life-long interest in exploring the feminine as it manifests in her life and the world.
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Sherry Boatright, Sherry practiced as a licensed psychotherapist for 30 years, specializing in working with women and women’s groups. In the late 90’s she answered a calling to an indigenous spiritual path that led to becoming an initiated “weatherworker” or Granicera in the Nahuatl tradition of the highlands of central Mexico. Later when a healing path was opened in the Nahua tradition, she undertook years of pilgrimage and training and was initiated as a Tepahtiani healer. She has a healing practice in Carrollton, GA.
In 2005 she became a Firekeeper for Sacred Fire. Since 2006 she has served Sacred Fire as Director of LifeWays producing a series of offerings that support community members throughout the natural transitions of the life cycle from birth to elderhood.