Wild Woman Summer Solstice
Ignite your inner fire with a vibrant fusion of healing herbal practice, wild burlesque, and myth-infused sauna and storytelling!
Join us for a full day gathering to celebrate the light, bright, energy of this magical point in the seasonal year, sharing a luminous blend of seasonal medicine making, playful dance, and the myth‑woven ritual of heat, steam, and story!
This is an opportunity to explore your brightest, boldest self in a space bursting with light and laughter — relaxing and embracing the radiant, untamed force of your inner wild woman in summer!
Detailed information about all parts of the day are also provided in the agenda section on Eventbrite.
About your Hosts
Jodie Bond is a burlesque performer, writer, and nature-lover with a passion for helping women reconnect with their sensuality and confidence. Her work blends the art of movement, the magic of storytelling, and the wisdom of the natural world to create transformative experiences that are both deeply empowering and joyfully liberating.
As a burlesque artist, she has spent years exploring the art of sensual expression and embodied confidence, learning first-hand how dance can be a gateway to empowerment. She knows what it means to step onto a stage—both literal and metaphorical—and fully own your presence, to take up space with boldness and joy. She brings this understanding into workshops, helping women reconnect with their sensual selves in ways that feel playful, powerful, and deeply liberating.
As a writer, Jodie has long been drawn to the power of stories and expression. She weaves character and narrative into her workshops, using it as a tool for reflection, transformation, and self-discovery.
Her deep connection to nature is at the heart of her practice. With experience in nature communication, she believes the land holds an innate power to heal, awaken, and inspire.
This retreat is the culmination of Jodie’s passions—a space where movement, ritual, and nature come together to support women in stepping into their fullest, wildest selves. With warmth and a deep respect for each woman’s journey, she creates an environment where every woman can feel safe to explore, express, and reclaim her own unique sensuality.
Pridie Tiernan is a storyteller and ethnobotanist committed to reconnecting us with the plants we once used to nourish, nurture and heal. She weaves a rich mix of oral storytelling into the teaching of wilderness skills; rekindling our relationship with the natural world and empowering us to feel at one with the wild.
As a storyteller, she has spent many years performing stories that create a sense of familiarity and connection with nature, especially in those that gift us the opportunity to explore the concept of the "wild woman" - that powerful, untamed force connected to the natural world that can be both nurturing and fierce, instinctual, passionate and creative. Her work encourages a reconnection with that wildness - rediscovering our feral inventiveness and power - through the sharing of ancient stories and the teaching of practical survival skills.
As an ethnobotanist, Pridie has long been fascinated by the power of plants. Her sensory herbalism, seasonal woodcraft and rewilding workshops, draw our native flora onto centre stage, embracing them as a potent way of gaining insight into ourselves and our place in the world, taking control of our bodies, and tapping into the magic of the natural world.
This retreat takes place at her home in the heart of the Black Mountains—a safe and beautiful space where the sharing of stories and ancestral skills brings people together in community and encourages a change in the way we interact with nature. Here, women can return to that state of ‘awakeness’ we once enjoyed when we thrived in the wild - all senses firing, the herbs and flowers our allies, and the powerful, untamed force that is our wild woman fully embraced and unleashed!
Ignite your inner fire with a vibrant fusion of healing herbal practice, wild burlesque, and myth-infused sauna and storytelling!
Join us for a full day gathering to celebrate the light, bright, energy of this magical point in the seasonal year, sharing a luminous blend of seasonal medicine making, playful dance, and the myth‑woven ritual of heat, steam, and story!
This is an opportunity to explore your brightest, boldest self in a space bursting with light and laughter — relaxing and embracing the radiant, untamed force of your inner wild woman in summer!
Detailed information about all parts of the day are also provided in the agenda section on Eventbrite.
About your Hosts
Jodie Bond is a burlesque performer, writer, and nature-lover with a passion for helping women reconnect with their sensuality and confidence. Her work blends the art of movement, the magic of storytelling, and the wisdom of the natural world to create transformative experiences that are both deeply empowering and joyfully liberating.
As a burlesque artist, she has spent years exploring the art of sensual expression and embodied confidence, learning first-hand how dance can be a gateway to empowerment. She knows what it means to step onto a stage—both literal and metaphorical—and fully own your presence, to take up space with boldness and joy. She brings this understanding into workshops, helping women reconnect with their sensual selves in ways that feel playful, powerful, and deeply liberating.
As a writer, Jodie has long been drawn to the power of stories and expression. She weaves character and narrative into her workshops, using it as a tool for reflection, transformation, and self-discovery.
Her deep connection to nature is at the heart of her practice. With experience in nature communication, she believes the land holds an innate power to heal, awaken, and inspire.
This retreat is the culmination of Jodie’s passions—a space where movement, ritual, and nature come together to support women in stepping into their fullest, wildest selves. With warmth and a deep respect for each woman’s journey, she creates an environment where every woman can feel safe to explore, express, and reclaim her own unique sensuality.
Pridie Tiernan is a storyteller and ethnobotanist committed to reconnecting us with the plants we once used to nourish, nurture and heal. She weaves a rich mix of oral storytelling into the teaching of wilderness skills; rekindling our relationship with the natural world and empowering us to feel at one with the wild.
As a storyteller, she has spent many years performing stories that create a sense of familiarity and connection with nature, especially in those that gift us the opportunity to explore the concept of the "wild woman" - that powerful, untamed force connected to the natural world that can be both nurturing and fierce, instinctual, passionate and creative. Her work encourages a reconnection with that wildness - rediscovering our feral inventiveness and power - through the sharing of ancient stories and the teaching of practical survival skills.
As an ethnobotanist, Pridie has long been fascinated by the power of plants. Her sensory herbalism, seasonal woodcraft and rewilding workshops, draw our native flora onto centre stage, embracing them as a potent way of gaining insight into ourselves and our place in the world, taking control of our bodies, and tapping into the magic of the natural world.
This retreat takes place at her home in the heart of the Black Mountains—a safe and beautiful space where the sharing of stories and ancestral skills brings people together in community and encourages a change in the way we interact with nature. Here, women can return to that state of ‘awakeness’ we once enjoyed when we thrived in the wild - all senses firing, the herbs and flowers our allies, and the powerful, untamed force that is our wild woman fully embraced and unleashed!
Good to know
Highlights
- 9 hours
- ages 18+
- In person
- Doors at 10:45 AM
Refund Policy
Location
Cwmffrwd Farm
Cwmffwrd Farm
Pengenffordd Talgarth LD3 0ES
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Agenda
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Welcome Ceremony, Story & Walk
Step into nature and leave the less-than-wild world behind. Wake your wild woman within. We'll begin with a welcome ceremony and story in the tipi, before embarking on a guided hedgerow walk that will awaken our senses to the energy of the earth at solstice. We'll explore the folklore and magic of the wild plants connected to this vibrant half of the year. We'll consider their place in the cycle of fertility, birth and growth, share knowledge of plants that power our bodies, heal our winter aches and pains, and fuel us for the busy season ahead. We'll also enjoy some gentle rituals that encourage connections with both ourselves, the land and each other. We'll then return to the fire for fresh tea and the energy that comes with togetherness.
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Lunch
A nourishing, delicious meal prepared with intention—designed to stimulate the palate and excite the body. Expect ingredients that emphasise the abundance of edible delicacies foraged from meadow and hedgerow!
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Igniting our Wild Woman
Through reflective exercises, creative writing, and group discussion, you will explore what it means to be in a thriving relationship with yourself and how to truly honour your needs, desires, and body. Then, we transition from reflection into movement—gently shifting from mind to body, preparing for the next experience: the awakening of the wild woman within.