The Remembering North
June 17–24, 2026
A ceremonial experience in Scotland weaving land, lineage, and the art of return.
Land. Lineage. Return.
A journey across the wild north of Scotland—where mist meets mountain, and creation is born from stillness.
Here, we move at the pace of the land.
Days unfold gently, guided not by clocks, but by breath, by story, by the quiet rhythm of belonging.
This is a space to listen.
To soften into the awe of life.
To remember what it feels like to be inspired by the simple act of being alive.
This is a retreat for those who long to exhale.
To step out of the rush of life and into the embrace of the land.
In the wild north of Scotland—where lochs mirror the sky and the mountains hold ancient stories—we will gather in slowness. Days will unfold gently, guided not by clocks, but by the rhythm of nature and the needs of our bodies.
Here, there is no urgency. Only presence.
We will walk among the trees, listen to the silence between the winds, and let the land teach us how to be.
We will share cacao, breathe deeply, and open ourselves to the medicine of story and ceremony.
Some moments will invite movement, breathwork, or cacao. Others will invite stillness, wandering, or laughter by the fire. Nothing is rushed. Everything is spacious.
And within this rhythm, three women will be invited into a photography ceremony—a moment of being seen, not as performance, but as truth. Witnessed by the land, remembered in image, returned to self.
This retreat is not about schedules or doing more.
It is about remembering how to be.
Belonging is a practice.
Ceremony is how we remember. The North teaches through elements: wind that clears, water that softens, fire that transforms, earth that holds. We enter as guests, receive with humility, and offer our presence in reciprocity.
Our days will not be measured by alarms or crowded schedules. Too often, retreats demand so much doing that the body forgets how to rest. Here, we move differently. We rise slowly, guided not by clocks but by the rhythm of the land. Each day is an invitation — to breathe, to listen, to be held in ceremony and story. The elements guide us, the Earth teaches us, and nothing is rushed.
This is a retreat that gives back to you. A place where the body can soften, where mornings are unhurried, and where silence is welcomed as much as song. You will not leave needing another vacation — you will leave feeling rested, refreshed, and renewed. The Highlands will hold you in their stillness, the ceremonies will open your heart gently, and 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.
The Flow: 7 Days in the Highlands
Welcome to The Remembering North.
This is not a retreat you “attend,” but an experience you enter—an invitation to move at the pace of the land, to breathe deeply, to create and be created through your connection with the elements.
What follows is not a fixed schedule, but a rhythm to soften into. Each day carries its own element, intention, and ceremony.
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.
Limited to three photography participants and four retreat-only participants.
One scholarship space is available for a woman who feels deeply called but cannot access the full rate.
the stay
Coulin Farmhouse
Tucked into the Highlands, where the mountains rise out of lochs and the wind carries stories, sits Coulin Farmhouse — our home for The Remembering North. This old soul of a lodge is a place where comfort meets wildness: wooden beams, warm hearths, and windows that frame dramatic views of craggy peaks, mist-clad skies, and fields that spill out into moors.
With room for six souls in cozy bedrooms, each space holds quiet — for reading, writing, resting. There are places to gather: a great kitchen for shared meals, lounge fires for evening circles, and outdoor terraces or garden edges bathed in twilight. By day, wild rivers and mountain trails are footsteps away; by night, firelight, cacao, and story will carry us into belonging.
This house is more than shelter — it is a container. It holds our laughter, our tears, our image ceremonies. It holds the breath of the land. It is where you will arrive as you are, and leave carried by memory.
How to Join
This is an application-only retreat, with limited places. Share what is calling you to the Highlands and how you wish to be held.
What Awaits You
Photography as Ceremony — Five women, each held in her own 3-hour session with the land. Stones, rivers, ruins, and hills become witnesses as your image is shaped in prayer.
Storytelling by the Fire — A local Scottish storyteller will join us, carrying the old tales of the Highlands — myths, lineages, and songs that weave us into place.
Herbal Wisdom — An herbalist of the north will guide us into the medicine of wild plants, sharing teas, tinctures, and the ancestral knowledge that still grows from the soil.
Daily Rituals — Cacao, breath, movement, and circle to anchor each day.
Time for Slowness — Long afternoons for wandering, journaling, or simply watching the mist move across the mountains.
This is for the woman who longs to be witnessed — not in performance, but in her truth. For the one who craves rest, wild beauty, and a circle where slowness is medicine. For the one who feels the call of story, land, and image as pathways of remembrance.
This retreat welcomes artists, storytellers, and seekers of all kinds — anyone called to create, to listen, to remember. You don’t need to call yourself an artist to belong here; you only need the desire to return to your creative source.
As artists, we need space — to imagine, to be still, to stand in awe of life again. Creation doesn’t come from pushing; it comes from presence. Here, inspiration rises like mist from the loch — quietly, naturally, when the body slows and the heart remembers wonder.
Photography as Ceremony
The way I photograph is not about content. It is not about producing images for the scroll or the feed. My lens is not interested in performance.
When I enter into photography, I enter into prayer. I listen to the land, to the body before me, and to the whispers of the ancestors. The images that arrive are not just reflections of what is — they are visions of what is becoming. Future-oriented, rooted in lineage, guided by something larger than us.
Each woman will have her own day woven with the land. Three hours held in ceremony, where we slow down, breathe with the earth, and let the images arrive as offerings. These photographs are not posed — they are remembered. They are messages carried forward, anchors for the next chapter of your life.
This is not photography as product. It is photography as medicine, as remembrance, as initiation into the future you are stepping toward.
Details
Dates: June 17–24, 2026
Location: Assynt, Scottish Highlands
Group Size: 3 women photographed + 4 retreat-only participants
investment:
Photography participants: $4,800
Retreat-only participants: $3,200
Included:
6 days / 5 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 5 women) with 20 fine-art images
Shared meals at the house + materials for altar and journaling
Not Included:
Flights to Inverness
Transfer to Lochinver (group van provided)
Personal purchases, travel insurance
How to Join
This is an application-only retreat, with limited places. Share what is calling you to the Highlands and how you wish to be held.
This space is held by Daniela (Antüpewma), who weaves ceremony, movement, and photography as medicine.
Daniela 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.
Guest
Facilitator
Georgina Juárez of 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.
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.