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The Place
We gather at Uuden Tulen Keskus
a quiet, natural sanctuary in Sammatti.
11 hectares of living land.
Forest paths. High cliffs rising from the earth.
A stream moving through the land, with a small waterfall.
A clear spring-fed pond — Tytylampi.
Nature is not something around us here.
It is something we are inside of.
This land holds us as much as we hold each other.
In the tipi, something quiet gathers with us.
We are not holding this space alone.
The Space
A space to rest in your voice and your body.
A space where nothing is required.
Where movement can be soft.
Where your voice does not need to perform.
Anima is a gently held field where life is not pushed,
but allowed.
In this space, your own rhythm carries you.
Connection deepens.
The body remembers.
You are invited into a space where embodiment, joy, love, and connection begin to move as one.
A space that holds life.
The Experience
Three days of presence in the body.
Movement, voice, stillness.
Days unfold through ceremony, rest, shared song,
and natural rhythm.
Without urgency.
Without performance.
We gather in the forest, in the tipi, by the water.
We walk.
We rest.
We listen.
You are not here to become something.
You are here to return.
What’s included?
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A fully curated 3-day ceremonial journey
Opening Breath & Song Ceremony with Helena Eslon & Shani Allouche
Cacao ceremony with Ailo Valo
Ancestral Women Ceremony with Sonja Saagaia
The Rite of the Womb with Venla Marttila
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Alive in the Body Dance Journey with Ailo Valo
Returning to the Womb Movement Meditation with Sarui
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Mantra Singing with Lilja Helmi
Sound journey with Emilia Järvinen
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Finnish Sauna & Swimming in Tytylampi
Spacious Time for Rest, Nature & Integration
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Handcrafted Herbal Teas
Opportunity to Receive a Personally Channelled Herbal Tea Blend by Tea Kosomaa*
All Nourishing Meals Prepared with Care by a Private Chef
* Available as an optional personal offering.
The Invitation
Together, we create this space.
A space where we meet
in authenticity,
in softness,
in truth.
A space where life is allowed to move.
Flow of the days
More info at Instagram @anima.being
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ARRIVAL & LANDING
15:00–17:00
Your journey begins the moment you arrive.
There is no rush.
Take your time to settle into your room, meet the land and gently transition from everyday life into the rhythm of the weekend.
You will be welcomed with handcrafted herbal tea by Tea Kosomaa, who creates artisan herbal blends by listening deeply to the wisdom of each plant.
As you arrive, Tea will introduce her teas and the stories behind them. Throughout the weekend, you will also have the opportunity to receive your own personally channelled herbal blend, intuitively created to support your unique journey.
Tea, water, silence and spaciousness.
Arrival is part of the ceremony.
17:00–20:00
Opening Breath & Song Ceremony
with Helena Eslon & Shani Allouche
We begin by arriving fully into the body.
Through connected circular breathing, gentle guidance and integration, we open the weekend by releasing what no longer needs to be carried and creating space for what wants to emerge.
Breath becomes a bridge between body, heart and spirit.
Supported by live ceremonial songs, the journey invites you into a deeper connection with yourself, with the women around you and with the wisdom already living within you.
Shani has spent the past years learning with Indigenous communities in the Amazon, returning regularly to deepen her connection with their ancestral wisdom, ceremonies, songs, and prayers.
With deep respect for these traditions, she is devoted to building bridges between cultures, bringing the spirit of the Amazon into the retreat through the songs and prayers that have inspired her journey, shared with humility, gratitude, and an open heart.
Breathwork offers a gentle yet powerful way to reach what words often cannot. It opens a doorway inward, allowing each woman to move through the experience in her own way and at her own pace.
The ceremony includes an opening circle, the breath journey and a closing sharing circle.
20:00–21:00 Shared Dinner
21:00–22:00 Evening Sauna Ritual
We end the first day in the warmth of the Finnish sauna.
Fire. Steam. Silence. Cold water.
Northern evening light.
A gentle transition into the days ahead.
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THE BODY REMEMBERS
08:00–09:30 Breakfast
10:00–10:30 Morning CacaoWe gather.
We arrive together.
10:30–13:00 ANCESTRAL WOMEN
A space to meet the roots of womanhood with Sonja Saagaia
We gather by the fire in the tipi to open a connection to the power of our ancestral mothers and to the wisdom that still lives within us.
You will be gently held through guided imagery, drum and voice.
In the end, we let the sound move together, creating a shared soundscape born from this very moment.
Sonja is a transformational birthkeeper and awakener of nature’s wisdom, guiding and encouraging people toward their own liberated voice and expression.
She leads gently toward inner power and deep inner knowing, creating spaces that are soft, safe and profoundly powerful—spaces where connection can emerge to the self, to others and to the natural force of life itself.
A movement toward wellbeing, our natural state of being, sacredness and expanding awareness.
13:00–14:00 Shared Lunch
14:00–15:30 Open SpaceSwim. Sauna. Rest. Journal. Walk in the forest. Simply be.
Nothing is scheduled.
The body chooses.
15:30–17:00 Community Mantra Circle with Lilja Helmi
Simple melodies.
Shared voice.
No performance.
Only remembering that a voice belongs to all of us.
17:00–18:00 Shared Dinner
SATURDAY EVENING · THE CELEBRATION18:30–20:00 Alive in the Body Dance Journey with Ailo Valo
A guided movement journey where music becomes the invitation to listen to your body.
Move freely, express yourself authentically, and allow whatever wants to emerge to unfold—through movement, breath, sound, or stillness. There is nothing to learn, nothing to perform, and no previous experience needed.
A space to return to yourself, exactly as you are.
20:30–21:00 Sound Integration
Emilia Järvinen creates an intuitive sound journey born entirely from the present moment.
The sounds arise in response to the energy of the evening, gently allowing the nervous system to settle, the body to soften and the experience to integrate before rest.
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RETURNING
08:30–10:00 Breakfast
A slow morning.
10:00–10:20 Returning to the Womb with Sarui
A gentle guided movement meditation.
An invitation to reconnect with the wisdom already living within the pelvis, the womb space and the body.
10:30–11:45 The Rite of the Womb with Venla Marttila
Passing on the ceremonial blessing through a lineage of Womb Keepers.
A remembering that we did not come into this life to suffer,
but to create, to love, and to live fully.
11:45–12:00 I Bring This Healing to My Womb
A shared song with Venla Marttila
Receiving. Remembering.
Carrying the blessing into the body.
12:00–13:00 Closing Circle
We soften back into the world, carrying what wishes to remain.
Together, we honour the journey we have shared, the women we have become through witnessing one another, and the quiet knowing that this gathering does not end here.
It continues in the way we walk, speak, listen and remember.
Until we meet again.
Accommodation & tickets
INSIDE ACCOMMODATION
550€
(shared rooms · 18 places)
For those who desire closeness, warmth, and ease.
TENT SPACE
440 €
(bring your own tent)
For those who feel at home close to the earth.
PAYMENT & TERMS
Your place is confirmed with full payment.
This allows the space to be held with clarity and commitment for everyone.
If you are unable to attend, you are welcome to pass your place on to another woman.
We recommend having personal travel insurance in case of unexpected changes.
If the gathering is cancelled, all payments will be returned in full.