Slow-Living
In the Highlands of Scotland
June 17–24, 2026
A ceremonial retreat for women returning to themselves. A soft landing place where the days unfold gently, guided not by clocks, but by breath, by story, and by the wisdom of Indigenous medicine. This retreat invites you to move to a different rhythm, to soften into presence, and to remember what it feels like to simply exist. An experience designed to awaken wonder, curiosity, creativity, and belonging. A chance to be guided by three Indigenous medicine women.
What does it look like to be in right relationship with yourself? To pause a rushing world, unplug from worries, and create space for your spirit? What does it feel like to soften the edges and embrace a slower, more intentional way of life?
This retreat is for those who have been carrying too much for too long—those tired of rushing, performing, or holding their breath just to get through the day. For those who long for a place where shoulders can finally drop, where the nervous system can settle, and where time dissolves, washing away the weight of the world.
We gather at a sacred turning point of the year—the summer solstice. A magical threshold when the light invites us to feel, to connect, and to receive. This is a retreat that gives back to you, both spiritually and energetically, helping you release what no longer serves you. You will not leave needing another vacation—you will leave feeling rested, refreshed, and renewed. More connected to your body, heart, and spirit.
The Highlands will hold you in their stillness. The ceremonies will open the heart gently. The slowness will remind you of your own natural rhythm. This is not about doing more. It is about remembering how good it feels to simply be.
We will walk softly through the Highlands, letting the wind speak its ancient language.
We let the mountains teach us what it means to be held
We sit with the lochs, learning steadiness from still water.
Cacao becomes warmth for the heart.
Breath-work becomes a way home.
Story becomes medicine.
A space to imagine and dream, to stand in awe of life again, amplifying creativity and inner magic. Here, inspiration rises like mist from the loch—perfect for anyone who seeks a way back home to self.
Silence becomes nourishment.
Movement becomes a doorway back into the body.
Some moments will invite deep listening, grounding practices, gentle breath, or ceremonies that open the inner self. Other moments will invite wandering, resting, journaling, or laughter beside the fire. Gentle, earth-based rituals are woven throughout our time together—offered as invitations, never requirements. Practices rooted in ancestral ways of tending transitions, honoring cycles, and creating space for presence. You are always free to participate in the way that feels true for you, even if that means frolicking in the forest.
We will be honoring the land that welcomes us. We will be joined by a local folk storyteller, and we will wander through the nearby quaint town, taking in its beauty.
the stay
About Scatwell House
Nestled in the heart of Strathconon Valley, half an hour from Inverness and five miles from the village of Marybank, sits Scatwell House—a Victorian estate where stone and story meet. Built in the 1800s and lovingly restored in 1850, this old house has weathered time and held generations. Now it opens its doors to hold us.
With room for 18 souls across two floors, the house offers both gathering and solitude: spacious rooms for ceremony and conversation, quiet corners for rest and reflection, windows that frame ancient trees and rolling Highland light.
Inverness: Gateway to the Highlands
Half an hour from Scatwell House sits Inverness—the capital of the Highlands, the threshold between the known world and the wild.
This is where rivers meet. Where ancient stones remember. Where the streets hum with Gaelic whispers and the promise of what lies beyond.
Inverness is not just a city. It is a doorway.
Beyond it, the land opens, lochs deepen, mountains rise, and the air begins to taste of peat and rain and something older than language.
For centuries, travelers have paused here before venturing north. It is a place of preparation, of gathering breath before stepping into vastness.
When you arrive in Inverness, you are already beginning. The retreat starts the moment you cross this threshold.
This is your invitation…
to slow down, to remember, to come home to yourself in the Highlands. The land is waiting. Your ancestors are waiting. I am waiting to witness who you are
The Flow: 7 Days in the Highlands
Day 1 — Earth | Arrival
We arrive in the Highlands, welcomed by stone, fire, and cacao. The evening invites us into the arms of the land that will be our elder and guide.
Intention: Arrival as ceremony.
Day 2 — Fire | Listening to the Land
Morning breathwork and walking meditation. Afternoons unfold slowly with time for rest, writing, and the first photo sessions. We gather by the flames at night, weaving our stories into the old ones.
Intention: Let the land awaken your creative pulse.
Day 3 — Water | Herbal Medicine & Reflection
A riverside ceremony and herbal walk with our local guide. We learn the language of Highland plants and end the day in quiet reflection.
Intention: Remembering the medicine beneath your feet.
Day 4 — Air | Rest & Storytelling
A spacious day to breathe and dream. In the evening, a local storyteller carries us into the myths of the North.
Intention: Let silence become the teacher.
Day 5 — Wind & Fire | Story, Song & Memory
A day of breath, creation, and shared expression. We return to circle with cacao, song, and firelight.
Intention: Weave your story into the lineage of the land.
Day 6 — Water & Earth | Closing
Final portraits by the loch, a gratitude circle, and a farewell feast.
Intention: Gather the threads. Carry the remembering home.
Day 7 — Departure
Breakfast, soft goodbyes, and gentle travel back to the world.
Intention: Walk forward with the land still within you.
The Highlands are calling. Your ancestors are waiting. This is your invitation to remember.
Two ways to Journey with us
The Retreat: $3,800
Includes 6 nights in our Highland farmhouse, all ceremonies (cacao, breath, movement, fire), daily circles and guided rituals, a storytelling evening with a local guide, an herbalism session with a local healer, all shared meals, materials for altar and journaling, and transfer to Lochinver.
The Retreat + Photography: $4,800
All of the above, woven together with a ceremonial photography session—a sacred witnessing of your unfolding. You will receive 20 fine-art images that hold prayer, presence, and the imprint of ancestral blessing.
This photography is ceremony. It is witness. It is a visual memory of who you are becoming in this liminal Highland space.
Details
Dates: June 17–24, 2026
Location: Scottish Highlands
Group Size: 12-15 women (3 with ceremonial photoshoots)
investment:
Photography participants: $4,800
Retreat-only participants: $3,800
Included:
6 nights lodging in our Highland farmhouse
All ceremonies (cacao, breath, movement, fire)
Daily circles and guided rituals
Storytelling evening with local guide
Herbalism session with local healer
Your photography ceremony (for 3 women) with 20 fine-art images
All shared meals at the house
Materials for altar and journaling
Transfer to Lochinver (group van provided)
Not Included:
Flights to and from Inverness
Personal purchases, travel insurance
This is your invitation…
to slow down, to remember, to come home to yourself in the Highlands. The land is waiting. Your ancestors are waiting. I am waiting to witness who you are
Daniela Miranda | Antüpewma is a ceremonialist and visual storyteller whose work braids together ancestral wisdom, cacao, movement, and photography as sacred medicine. Rooted in her Mapuche lineage, she creates spaces where women can return to their bodies, their memory, and the quiet truths they carry.
Through her lens, Daniela treats photography as ceremony — a moment of witnessing rather than performing, a portal where the future self arrives and the old stories fall away. Her retreats and gatherings weave ritual, embodiment, and creative expression into immersive experiences that invite remembrance, healing, and belonging.
Her work has been featured in museums, community spaces, and international projects centered on Indigenous storytelling and climate defense. Whether guiding ceremony in the forest, crafting intimate photo journeys, or accompanying women through rites of passage, Daniela’s work is a call home — to lineage, to intuition, to the sacred rhythm of the Earth.
Facilitators
Georgina Juárez | Mujer Magic
Georgina Juárez is a certified coach and the founder of Mujer Magic, an organization dedicated to women's healing through ancestral energetic practices and medicine-weaving. Her work centers on the wisdom of the Divine Feminine, community healing, and reclaiming ancestral knowledge through hands-on ceremonial arts. Georgina guides women through deep, embodied processes that blend energy work, ritual, and creative expression.
Juliet Diaz is an award-winning, international bestselling author whose books and oracle decks have been translated into more than 14 languages, establishing her as one of the most influential literary voices of her generation.
A neurodivergent, Indigenous Taino, first-generation Cuban American, she is a spiritual and literary activist rooted in liberatory and decolonial practices. Her work centers on what it means to be in right relationship with ourselves, the Earth, and one another.
Juliet is also a Behike (medicine woman), a gifted seer, and community bruja who shares her gifts through writing, teachings, and medicine.
She is the writer behind Love Juliet, a Substack bestseller ranking at the top of Substack’s literature leadership board, and the founder of the Literary Craft Society a career development hub for writers, nurturing a literary movement that embraces the revolutionary potential of writing and publishing as a living, breathing force for change.
Pisces Sun, Cancer Moon, Libra Rising. ᥫ᭡
Juliet Diaz | Literary Bruja & Spiritual Activist
Reciprocity
We enter Scotland as guests. A portion of proceeds will support local land and cultural stewardship in the Highlands. Photography will always be consent-based, honoring each woman’s boundaries and truth.