Dining with the Ancestors - Samhain Retreat

Dining with the Ancestors – A Samhain Retreat

🖤 Saturday 1st November 2025 | 2pm–8.30pm

📍 Studio 6, Unit 3 Scott Hall Mills, Leeds

As the veil between worlds grows thin, you are warmly invited to gather in sacred space for an immersive Samhain retreat - a powerful evening of remembrance, ritual, and reconnection.

Step into the mystery. Surrounded by candlelight, we will honour those who have walked before us, weaving together tradition, creativity, and ceremony in celebration of the unseen.

✨ What to Expect

• A grounding tea ceremony to open the circle

• Guided spooky movement to awaken your body

• Rhythmic group drumming to raise our collective energy

• A “Reclaim Your Maker’s Mark” ritual to honour your lineage

• Crafting your own elaborate ancestral headpiece

• A shared feast - bring a meaningful dish to place on our table of remembrance

• A deep shamanic drumming journey to meet your ancestors

• Sound bath and group Reiki for integration and restoration

• Reflections and sharing circle to close

🎭 Dress for the occasion

Think furs, feathers, layered fabrics, face markings, and powerful headpieces - dress as your intuitive self, or as a living altar to your ancestors.

🧺 What to Bring

• A journal and pen

• A water bottle (refills available)

• Comfortable footwear (or come barefoot)

• An offering for the altar - flowers, photos, mementoes, natural objects

• A ready-to-eat dish to share (fridge and microwave available)*

• Any sacred item that helps you feel connected to your ancestral roots

🌿 What’s Provided

• All crafting and art materials

• A selection of teas and coffees

• Snacks and nourishing soup

*Please let us know of any allergies or sensitivities in advance.

About the venue:

The venue can be chilly in winter even with the heating on so warm layers is recommended.

We are at the top of the mill so bare in mind there is a couple of flights of stairs up to the studio.

There is some parking outside the mill and a free council car park to the side.

About Your Guides:

Eva Lake is a Reiki Master Teacher, Holistic Therapist and Soul/Death Doula who uses various modalities to help you navigate the storms of life… and death. Particularly interested in working with people as they undertake life’s many changes, Eva empowers those feeling lost to find their way.

Becky is a fully qualified and registered Art Psychotherapist with over 11years of experience supporting both individuals and groups. Becky focuses on individual need and adapts the therapy to create a positive and magical experience while gently exploring any difficulty that rises. Becky is a Trauma informed therapist and helps clients understand and work with their nervous system. In Art Therapy the process is important and will include understanding and working with all the senses in a sensitive and safe way.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Eva at evalakemoonhive@gmail.com or Becky at artstherapies@rocketmail.com

This event is an all inclusive event and is open to everyone.