THE INVITATION
What if the land itself remembered you,
and has been waiting, patient as ocean stone,
to hand you back your lost magic?
Deep in the Atlantic, between where the known world ends and the impossible begins, the Azores Islands rise — ancient, volcanic, alive. These are the rumoured shores of Atlantis. Not myth. Not metaphor. Memory.
For six days, a small sisterhood of women will descend into volcanic caves, stand at the edge of ocean cliffs singing into the abyss, bathe in flower waters, breathe with the waves, and tend sacred fire in lava-rock circles — guided by the elements themselves back to the truth of who they are.
This is not a retreat from life. It is a descent into it — through the underworld of your unlived self — so that you can rise, embodied and undeniable, weaving a reality that was once impossible to imagine.
Elemental Ceremonies
Volcanic cave rituals as primordial rebirth chambers, flower baths in nature, ocean purification & sound healing — each day devoted to an element.
Daily practices to keep
Morning rituals designed for you to take home, because a new world starts with us first, everyday. Drumming, visioning, vocal toning.
Weaving new paradigms
Transform challenges into abundance using the ancient art of alchemical creation. Work with energy vortexes between worlds.
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THE 6-DAY ARC
An inititory journey through 6 thresholds
Descent → Dissolution → Purification → Weaving → Embodiment → Emergence
DESCENT
Arrival & Opening
We enter the underworld. Arriving, releasing, letting the land receive us whole.
DISSOLUTION
The Primordial Chamber
Ocean as teacher. The old world dissolves in salt water and tonal vibration.
PURIFICATION
Water & Flower Alchemy
Flower bath in nature. The cellular body washed clean by earth's own medicine.
WEAVING
Designing Your Parallel World
The work. Challenge becomes compost. Impossible becomes blueprint.
EMBODIMENT
Land's Edge Rituals
Fire ceremony. The new world anchors into the body. Voice returns. Magic returns.
EMERGENCE
The New Paradigm Activation
Sunrise on the volcanic peak. You rise...a Weaver. A Parallel World is now real.
Sacred Experiences
Each ceremony is a portal. Each ritual, a transmission.
Your home sweet home for the 5 days
✨ Beachfront Location: Xhale Azores offers direct beachfront access with stunning sea views.
✨ Guests can relax on the sun terrace or take a dip in the outdoor swimming pool.
✨ Spa and Wellness: The hotel features a spa and wellness centre with a sauna, steam room, and hot tub.
✨ Comfortable Accommodations: Rooms include air-conditioning, balconies, and private bathrooms with walk-in showers. Additional amenities include bathrobes, minibars, and free WiFi.
✨ Gather under the stars around the fire pit
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Meet your devoted guides
Founder, Goddess Temple Cacao
Sacred Circle Facilitator · Priestess · Cacao Ceremonialist
Judy's path with the sacred began not with a book, but with a plant. Eighteen months immersed in the world of ceremonial cacao, she found herself in daily ceremony, listening.
She trained intimately with a Shipibo-Conibo lineage shaman, undertaking ancient Cacao Dietas to receive the plant's teachings at depth. For months she asked the spirit: "Is it time to share your medicine with others?" And for months, the answer was: "Not yet. Journey deeper."
When the initiation finally came: "Go now. Share my medicine", Judy began facilitating Sacred Ceremonies, weaving in priestess traditions, embodiment practices, elemental ceremony, and spiritual alchemy into every circle she holds.
Her work through Goddess Temple Cacao creates containers where women remember who they were before the world told them who to be.
This retreat is her deepest offering yet.
Reena Parikh is a Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, ICF-Certified Somatic Embodiment Coach, transformational healer, and spiritual mentor
Her work weaves modern neuroscience and trauma-informed care with the ancient wisdom traditions that have shaped human healing for millennia.
For over twenty years, she's guided entrepreneurs, clinicians, executives, artists, and visionary women through nervous system repair, subconscious repatterning, emotional integration, and spiritual awakening. An initiated Acharya in the Siddha lineage and longtime practitioner of Sivananda Yoga, Reena is known for holding rare, potent spaces that integrate somatic embodiment, restorative breathwork, Reiki, sound healing, quantum activations, and sacred feminine practice.
The Portal Opens
August 24-29
Only limited spaces available. This is your invitation to weave a world that doesn't exist yet.
Investment: $5,479 CDN
25% deposit, non refundable
Payment plans available
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What's not included
Flights to Terceira
Travel insurance (required — see terms)
Alcoholic beverages
Personal shopping & souvenirs
Gratuities for local service providers
Any personal spa or wellness treatments
Flights from Toronto to Terceira (direct or via Ponta Delgada Island) are typically $900–$1,300 CAD. We will share routing guidance once you're registered.
