Reconnect & Rejuvenate Weekend Retreat
Join us at this magical 2 day retreat in Cork, Ireland. Reconnect and rejuvenate your Inner Goddess, wisdom and values through the healing power of the horses. Lead by Transformational Coach Noreen O’Neill Roche, we hold sacred space for women to reignite their sense of purpose, passion and playfulness and immerse themselves in Mother Nature. Meet like-minded Goddesses at this transformational retreat and leave feeling recharged, reignited and empowered.
“Getting to know the Goddess. Sacred woman, you are incredibly wise. Now is the time to embrace your spiritual wisdom. You have all the wisdom you need deep inside you. All you have to do is believe in yourself.”
At Epona Retreat Centre we guide & support a small group of women to heal past wounds, connect with their inner soul, and create positive change through reconnection and horse therapy. Throughout this retreat you will deepen your connection with self, with others and with the horses.
The horses mirror what’s happening from moment to moment. They not only reflect indifference in emotions and intention, they highlight unrecognised strengths and improvements in people as well, providing self awareness, the most difficult aspect of any mindfulness practice.
When you go deep within your soul you are reconnected with your true self and healing takes place. When you leave Epona you are processing what went on here at the retreat. The outcome is ongoing.
What to expect:
Day 1 Friday evening:
Arrive at 7pm: Registration – Open circle & meditation
Day 2 Saturday:
9am: Breakfast
10am – 4.30pm: Retreat – Tai Chi/QiGong movement meditation in the garden, meeting the horses, vegetarian/vegan lunch, creative activities
4.30-7pm: Time for self-reflection/journaling/connecting with others
7pm: Vegetarian/vegan evening meal
8.30-10pm: Fire burning outside with the horses
Day 3 Sunday:
9am: Breakfast
10am – 2pm: Retreat – Tai Chi/QiGong movement meditation with the horses, 1:1 healing with the horses & Noreen, vegetarian/vegan lunch, closing the circle & reflection
2.00pm: Retreat ends
Price:
Retreat dates:
15th-17th November 2024;
24th-26th January 2025
2 nights luxury accommodation B&B, evening meal, and 2 lunches:
Non-sharing room available €680pp and sharing room available €580pp
We have three rooms available at Epona:
Double room ensuite; twin room ensuite; triple room (double bed & single bed) ensuite
Call Noreen on 087 9325857 or email noreen@eponaretreats.com to book or if you need further information.
Creative activities
At this retreat, we want you all to have FUN! Play is essential for living a wholehearted life. When we play, we connect with our creativity and innovation. Play also helps us connect in social settings, releases stress, improves mental agility, and boosts our productivity.
Exploring practical activities, including art, handicrafts, colouring, clay, design, exercise, will help give our creativity a boost, taking us closer to the forces of meeting the horses. This helps reach mind states that are similar to those of horses.
Spending time with horses can bring us to discover our hidden talents, leading to personal development.
To enable this to take place more easily, it’s beneficial to explore creativity to increase sensitivity to this process. Humans often get caught up in things that are structured but this doesn’t necessarily keep us safe; rather, it closes us in and prevents our creativity from surfacing.
Be prepared to get your hands and clothes dirty!!!!!!
Yew Tree Energy
As we connect with the Yew Tree it’s like growing roots from our feet and feeling the Earth connecting with the bottoms of our feet.
Connecting to this beautiful Yew Tree increases your love and compassion to allow you to flow more patiently, to clear clouded sensitivity and heighten your thinking ability with more strength & courage.
Mother Earth Element teaches you about stability and groundedness. It helps you to stay true to yourself and make sense of the ever-changing world around you.
In humans, Mother Earth Element plays an important role in physical, mental, and emotional well-being. When you are able to embody mother earth’s natural balance, it becomes easier to experience health and vitality. On the other hand, when you fall out of balance, you often encounter challenges and frustration.
Mother Earth Element teaches you how to stay firmly grounded in your own authentic selves. Instead of being easily swayed off your true path, it helps you to move through the world with strength and stability.
When Mother Earth Element is strong within you, you can enjoy more creativity, expansiveness, and openness to life.
Allow the power of the Yew Tree to melt away all that stops you from connecting when you are overthinking try to rewire to your heart if you notice yourself falling down this path. When you are connected to your higher self, you are connected to your own inner divinity and you are able to feel certain and confident about your journey forward. Your higher self knows the way, so take time under the Yew Tree to connect, to absorb the soothing tonic it is offering and to remember your own true powers.
This retreat is for you
To help you appreciate how the simple things can be a source of strength and vitality by grounding & anchoring your foundation to Mother Nature
To make gratitude a normal response to everything in your life – we will contact nature’s generosity and bring its support directly into our lives
To connect wholeheartedly with everyone you encounter by engaging your relationship with Noreen & the Horses this re-establishes your mind body system to its healthy, balanced state
To guide you to fully open your heart to the gift of forgiveness for self-healing—physically, emotionally, and spiritually
To listen to your inner voice & allow Noreen & the horses to support, guide you as you become more aware of your senses
To help you radiate loving-kindness toward yourself and your own horses & others in new and surprising ways
To align you with your high-power emotions—happiness, joy, peace, contentment, and thankfulness—and turbocharge your Intentions & Goals. This will be done through creative activities throughout the day
To help you to use your breath to balance your body, mind and emotions though Meditation with Noreen & the horses
What are people saying about my workshop?
Noreen is a wonderful person and what she offers is an experience of authenticity, self discovery, self trust and most importantly self love. I wouldn’t be where I am now without this retreat.
I had the most wonderful nurturing weekend with Noreen Roche and some other wonderful women at the Epona Retreat centre for the Rediscover your Inner Child weekend retreat. It was the perfect gift to myself, just when I felt the need to recharge my energy levels and some much needed self-care. Noreen has created such a beautiful space, where we were invited into her home for the weekend, grounding ourselves with Tai Chi on the dewy grass, guided meditations, Yoga, Artwork, beautiful food and of course working with her beautiful horses. It will be an experience that will stay with me for a long time. I am a huge advocate of Self-Care and nurturing of our Body, Mind and Spirit, giving ourselves the space and time to truly connect with our true selves. By doing so, we can give so much more to others whilst ensuring we also nurture ourselves. Thank you Noreen. Wishing you much love and light, Valerie
I had a spiritual awakening and given messages from the horses and learned I needed to listen to my Soul. Linda
A lovely mix of structure and freedom. Low-key but a very intentional experience. Noreen is amazing at letting us do our work safely. Sara
Location was stunning. Accommodation was so comfortable, warm and clean, felt like home. Food, super nourishing and delicious and fresh. Judie
I had a beautiful time at Epona, very relaxing and also very powerful. Noreen was very welcoming and kind. It was amazing to work with the horses! Hannah