Retreats for Women to Create, Rest and Be Heard

WELCOME

SPACE TO COME BACK TO YOURSELF

Most women arrive tired, after long journeys and busy lives, and for the first day or two they are still searching, wanting to see everything and make the most of every moment. I gently remind them to breathe first, to sit a while and let themselves settle, because resting is the first step to creating, and so much of the creating happens after the retreat, from the space it opened up. Somewhere around the third day the house goes quiet, with someone asleep under a blanket by the window, others writing in their rooms or wandering the beach collecting stones, and that is when I know the retreat has truly begun.

You don’t need to call yourself a writer or an artist to come, or worry about whether you are good enough to be there. Come as you are, rest, be heard, and share stories with a small group of women who will quickly come to feel like friends.

Every two years I bring together a gathering of artists, writers, photographers and curious souls beside Loch Insh for four days of creativity, community and connection, with inspiring talks, hands-on workshops, walks among the autumn trees and long evenings of good food and conversation in the boathouse by the water.

LOCH INSH