Sacred Pause Women’s Retreats, provide a supportive, creative space for women to drop deeply into themselves; inviting healing and transformation.

We gather together as women—not to escape, but to remember. 
We carry generations of wisdom and experience in our flesh and bones. 

Yet rarely do we give ourselves the space to truly listen to this innate, ancient intelligence. Rarely do we allow ourselves to fully open—to embrace intimate connection with ourselves and Mother Earth. 

In sisterhood, we step out of separation and into community. Together, we remember: our bodies, hearts, and minds are not problems to be fixed, but landscapes to be explored.

Nourishing in the divine feminine, deep diving into the 5Rhythms practice, ritual theatre, self-enquiry, yoga nidra meditations, breath work, aromatic alchemy, shamanic journeying, fire ceremonies, shared meals & more.

Venue Fell Edge Barn, Addingham Moorside, Yorkshire LS29 9JX

Nestled in a beautiful tranquil spot betwixt undulating meadows & expansive open moorland. The venue has a spacious wooden dance-floor, well equipped kitchen, toilets & showers, & camping on the land.

Summer Sacred Pause August 2026
Sacred Balance: Dark and Light

This retreat invites us to reconnect with our inner landscapes, and deepen our intimacy with the sacredness of all life—the pleasure and the pain, the beauty and the ugliness, the joy and the sorrow.

Dates 4pm Thursday 27th - 4pm Mon 31st August

Cost *£416 full/£357 reduced
Early Bird: £374/£321 until 18th June 

*The cost is for the retreat only + supper on the first night, breakfasts & beverages. Other meals and accommodation at your expense. Options for accommodation include camping on the land or communal barn stay at £8 a night - or stay in a local B&B.

This year we are holding two residential retreats: each can be taken individually, or both can be taken as a full journey bridging Spring & Summer.

(note if booking for Beltane retreat May 1 - 4 'Sacred Sense: A Return To Our Senses' as well, there is a £20 discount if both deposits are paid by 8th March.)

For more info and bookings contact

emmalenekatayama@gmail.com 07951 011423

or nikki@nikkiashley.com 07972 659701

Sacred Pause Women’s Retreats are co-held by myself and Shamanic Healer & Meditation Teacher Emmalene Katayama