~ JOIN US THIS AUTUMN ~

Awaken the Wise Woman Within

SATURDAY, NOV. 9TH 11 AM – SUNDAY, NOV. 10TH 5:30 PM

AT EAGLE PRAIRIE LAND SANCTUARY ~ NIWOT, CO

She’s the One We’ve Been Waiting For ~ 

THE WISE WOMAN WITHIN WELCOMES AND Walks The Truth. 

She’s the harmony of nature’s feminine rhythms, the voice of body-wisdom, woman-wisdom, Earth Wisdom.

The Wise Woman Within, is the cue of the changing cycles, the keeper of the secrets of Gestation, Birth, Growth, and Death.

She is the Womb, the center of Creative Power. 

The Wise Woman Within is the guide on the Path of Conscious Womanhood. With each turning of the tide, she weaves the timeless web of Women’s Wisdom. She is that within which, the sanity of our world rests. 

The Wise Woman Within is the frequency between human & Earth interconnection. She is one with the Plant Allies.

She moves with the pulse of season, the moon, and the Wheel of the Year.

She is the yeast, the risen bread, the child’s sticky fingers, the milk, the butter, the nourishment, the stew.

She is the curator of the Beauty, Courage, and Feminine Wisdom our world is so thirsty for.

SHE KNOWS WHEN TO REST, AND WHEN TO Dance, WHEN TO Speak AND WHEN TO Listen.

The Wise Woman Within re-members who she is, and why she is here. She crafts the ways of the people, as she spins the miracle of family, home, and community… the Women’s Circle. From the inside, she sees that each of us Belong.

She’s well-practiced in the art of Surrender. She’s intimate with Mystery.

The Wise Woman Within is aware of both her gifts and her shadow. She recognizes the mountains that she, and she alone must climb. She is woven tightly, within the fabric of Community. 

THE WISE WOMAN WITHIN KNOWS ~ Her Time Has Come.

 She’s Calling You ~

FOLLOW THE GRAVITY OF THE SEASON, Sister.

Drop in, below the mind, and give yourself over to the magnetic pull of Mother Earth. She’s calling you in.

By the power of Samhain, Hallowmas, All Saints Day, All Souls Day, and the Full Frosty-Oak-Beaver Moon ~ the Wise Women will gather for The Women’s Grove Experience. 

The Women’s Grove is a safe, and intentional space, where we ~ dance, laugh, play, grieve, and move out of the way, what no longer serves ~ so that we can Become. 

HERE, WE DO THE WORK OF WAKING UP. BUT WE DO IT  The Feminine Way. 

…With beauty, intimacy, connection, compassion, movement, vulnerability, raw emotion, passion, support, and female power ~ from the inside ~ the power of unconditional love. 

Here in the Women’s Grove, We ~

  • Make Ritual in the old ways.
  • Sit by the Sacred Fire and sing.   
  • Practice Nurturing Shared Touch*.   
  • Learn the Timeless Secrets of the Wise Woman Ways.  
  • Receive the gifts of our Herbal Allies.   
  • Experience Womb Healing.   
  • Celebrate and honor our Female Rites of Passage,   
  • And Commune with each other & the Great Mother as Earth. 

OUR TIME TOGETHER IS BODY BASED, SOUL-INSPIRING, SPIRITUAL, FEMALE-CENTERED, NATURE-SOURCED, AND 

Infused With Beauty Every Step of the Way.

EVERY WOMEN’S GROVE EXPERIENCE IS UNIQUE ~

TAILORED TO THE SEASON, THE MOMENT, & THE WISE WOMEN PRESENT~

BELOW ARE SOME OF OUR Wise Woman Ways ~

WOMB-CENTERED HEALING

The Womb is our center of power and creativity, as women. In the ways of my teachers ~ Miss Beatrice Torres Waight of Santa Familia, Belize, and Ann Drucker ~ we practice Maya Womb Healing & Maya Abdominal Self-Massage. Focusing on re-centering the uterus {if we have one} physically, and also re-centering the Womb space ~ we reconnect with our own creative center of power as females. Together, we explore and improve our Womb well-being, positively impacting our overall WELL BEING as women ~ physically, hormonally, emotionally, spiritually, & creatively. In The Women’s Grove, you are EMPOWERED with the knowledge of your WOMB WISDOM, and are gifted tools & skills you can continue to use for a lifetime, to care for yourself as womb-centered being. {These ways are greatly beneficial whether you have a uterus or have had had it removed.}

HERBAL & EARTH-BASED RITUAL

Synchronizing with the Autumnal rhythm & pulse, and harnessing the power of the Full Moon ~ we re-weave ourselves back into the fabric of our own inherent wholeness. Together we’ll harmonize with this Holy season of Turning Inward, utilizing the magic and wisdom of the wild & cultivated plants from the land, dried Herbal Allies, the moon, and the elements. In The Women’s Grove, we work in the Wise Woman Oral Tradition of Herbalism, passed down woman to woman. The spirit of the plants & natural elements work in harmony with the Great Mother to help move out of the way anything that is ready to be composted, feeding the growth of who we’re BECOMING. You’ll leave The Women’s Grove with the BODY & SOUL REJUVENATION that results from receiving the abundant SUPPORT that Mother Earth provides. 

WOMEN’S TEMPLE PRACTICE

In Women’s Temple Practice ~ our own, direct, genuine, felt experience becomes the Guide, Teacher, and SOURCE OF WISDOM. With the female body as our portal into Reality ~ we practice instinctual and expressive movement, and nurturing, shared touch*. As we enter the genuine, in-the-moment truth of our body-wisdom and experience, we learn to welcome what already is. We practice feeling what we FEELand knowing what we know ~ as we DROP-IN, below the mind, into the body. And the body never lies. From here, our essence is more authentically expressed, and experienced from within. Rather than looking to scriptures, patriarchs, or dusty dogma, we find our way with the fresh, alive pulse of the HERE AND NOW, as it is, within this female body and being.

Eagle Prairie Land Sanctuary ~

The Women’s Grove is located at Eagle Prairie Land Sanctuary, Marianah’s family homestead in beautiful Niwot, Colorado.

Eagle Prairie is just a scenic 10 minute drive from North Boulder, on 4 acres. With sweeping views of the majestic mountains, we’re surrounded by hundreds of acres of cow and horse pastures and wild, Boulder County Open Space. Everything that we do here, is informed by the purpose that I share with my husband & soul-mate, and our deepening relationship with the Land. 

We’ll gather outside for some of our time together, under the starry moonlit sky, near the Star Creek, and in the magical Tipi {pictured here}. We’ll also have the luxurious, cozy home-base of the beautiful Big Barn Temple, replete with velvet & sheepskin rugs, a high-efficiency wood-burning stove, twinkling fairy lights, and incredible views of the Flatirons. 

I look forward to welcoming you Home.

Meet Your Guide ~

Hello! I’m Patrice Marianah Jade Bacal, AKA Marianah Jade.

I find myself in the potency of Middle Age, with over two decades of sincere, thorough, devoted, passionate, and relentless study & practice of Women’s Embodied Spirituality; and well over a decade of experience as a facilitator of the beauty & safety of Women’s Ways. I’ve inspired, taught, and created sacred spaces for thousands of women all over the world, both in-person and online. 

I’m also a wife to my soul-mate, mother of a truly extraordinary almost 13 year old coming-of-age girl, land stewardess, Herbalist, Celtic Folk Harp musician, baker, and now ~ in the midst of my peri-menopausal Metamorphosis.

Like all conscious women who make it this far, I carry a substantial, multi-flavored Cornucopia of Women’s Wisdom to share. I’m proud of my harvest, as I’ve courageously weathered many fierce {and some downright frightening} storms to gather it. It brings my life into full circle and color, whenever I get to share it…especially with those who are hungry for something real.

I believe that I can make a difference in our world, if I just keep living into what I love with a passion.

I love that moment in The Women’s Grove, when the Circle. Breaks. Open

One woman moans with a longing so old and so deep, it may just be the voice of an ancestor…Another falls into the lap of a sister and weeps tenderly, remembering for the first time what mother-love really is. And yet another woman’s voice breaks into the kind of laughter that makes you wonder. We all begin to glisten in the moist, life-giving beauty of Womanhood. And it spills over into the room, and into the soil of the land, making our vegetables sweeter. It goes back home to spouses and kids, and love-mists the skin on their faces. It fills up our community cups with compassion, and quenches the creative thirst at our work places, and on and on, and beyond…

Pulsing. Tapping the Source to drink deep. Ahhh…We’ve arrived.

SO, HERE I AM. Will you join me?

Stories From the Women’s Grove ~

Martha Hartney
Attorney and Counselor at Law ~ Hartney Family and Estate Law

“…Here I discovered that I’m not alone as a woman and that my internal guidance systems are not unique to me but are shared by all women. I found that the inner voice speaking truth to me all along, is heard by all of my sisters in one form or another. I found myself willing to submit more fully to this knowing…I found compassion for other women’s ‘lost-ness’ in a world dominated by the masculine, and…a woman whispering our secrets back to me, reminding me of what we know. Gently, sensually, sacredly inviting me into my body, into my femininity, my creative center. I found a guide, Marianah Jade, who has devoted herself to understanding the subtle rhythms of the feminine that float under everything that is, often without our notice. She helped me see that in those subtle waves exist a vast, thronging passion of love and devotion and acceptance. Patiently, oh so delicately, she reintroduced me to my magical core, calling out my true nature and showing me places where I can tap into my subtle powers, my cycles, and the wisdom of our foremothers. My wish would be for all the women I love to experience this tribe of womanly power and love that Marianah nurtures. Here we find a home for the weirdness of our womanhood, and give time and space for our powers to heal, process, transform, express, create, and develop ~ so that we all experience the divine feminine within us, and allow it to change the world…”  ~ Martha

Lesley Glenner 
Owner, Founder ~ HoloBeing Holistic Wellness Institute 

“Marianah Jade…offered me a reflection of myself that was beautiful, whole, and goddess-like. She assumes the best and honors those in her presence in ways subtle and grandiose ~ creating a container of sacred intimacy, feminine attune-ment, skillful transformation, and fun. As a bride to-be, I can think of no better way to step into an embodied feminine experience of myself. The practices Marianah offered have continued to serve me in my life and relationships. I have been more aware of my power as a woman, I have been more available to my partner when I honor my needs for feminine practice, and I have helped other women in transition, to remember their feminine obligations to their truth. I would not hesitate to recommend this to ANY woman who wants to feel good in her world.” ~ Lesley

Katie Wise 
Singer, Songwriter ~ Katie Wise and Bhakti Explosion 

“I found Marianah’s groups to be the one space where I could let my shoulders fall, my guard drop, and my true emotions surface. I felt that I could say and feel anything, and it wouldn’t be deemed “wrong” or inappropriate. I loved connecting with the other women, and knowing that I am not alone. It is wonderful to find a space where authenticity is appreciated and tears are seen as a sign of strength. I am grateful to have crossed paths with such a wise, compassionate, and deeply spiritual teacher at this time in my life.” ~ Katie

Danya Underwood Rivlin 
Real Estate Broker ~ The Patrick Clowes Team

“This work is authentic, deep, magical, true, profound, and transformational. Marianah calls forth the depths from her students and allows the beautiful and painful truths to emerge and transform in healing ways. She is an incredibly skilled facilitator who is intuitive and able to work with powerful energy, welcoming both the light and the darkness.” ~ Danya

Cynthia Stadd

Chief Empowered Eater ~ Eat Empowered

“I had no idea what to expect when I signed up…and it was exactly what I needed, infusing me with grounded-ness and joy. Marianah opened my eyes to the power of the moon, which is something I’ve rarely even considered before…and oh the power of the moon! With her loving guidance, I felt it’s open reign like never before and connected into an altered state of receptivity, truth, and raw power. Marianah is a true master at what she does. She is earth mother, female connector, woman empower-er, spirit guider, and leader. This is an experience I want again. Thank you for leading such a necessary event!!!” – Cynthia

Join Us in The Women’s Grove this Autumn ~

SIGN UP BELOW.

Awaken the Wise Woman Within

Womb-Centered Healing, Herbal & Earth-Based Ritual, and Women’s Temple Practice.

Saturday, Nov 9th | 11 am – Sunday, Nov. 10th | 5:30 Pm

Tuition: Early Pricing $349 ~ Tuition increases to $399 on 10/18. 

Tuition Includes:

  • Lunch & Dinner on Saturday, 11/9. 
  • Brunch Feast & Hearty Afternoon Snack Spread on Sunday 11/10.
  • Rustic Indoor ‘Glamping’ {luxurious camping} Accommodations.
  • Weather permitting, participants will sleep in the Tipi by the Fire. {The luxurious Big Barn Temple is our home-base back-up for the weekend, in case of inclement weather.}
  • Please note that there is no running water available for guests at Eagle Prairie Land Sanctuary at this time.
  • Facility toilets are ‘humanure’ outhouses. They are adorable, clean, comfortable, odor-free, and 100% ecological! 

We have limited space available in this retreat. Spaces are filled on a first come, first-served basis. We will remove the Registration button below, when all spaces are filled. Please note: There is a 7 Participant minimum to run this retreat. 

*A Note About Nurturing Touch ~

In The Women’s Grove, we practice nurturing, respectful, shared touch. Our touch practices are rejuvenating, compassionate, and non-sexual in their orientation {breasts and genitals are off-limits}. By offering each other loving presence, through our hands, we support one another to drop-in below the mind, and into the body. This is where our genuine, felt experience lives, and that is the gold.

This practice quickly creates a space of deep intimacy and vulnerability with oneself, other women, and the Great Feminine that holds us all. No experience is necessary. Yet, your willingness, courage, and commitment to genuinely connect with yourself and others is required.

When we slip into the living, breathing temple of the body ~ what we feel and what we know becomes undeniable. Our masks fall away, and the pulsing expression of our humanity comes flowing forth. It’s messy and beautiful, it’s raw and it’s real. When we open this Portal that’s always here, and slip inside the doorway, it’s deep. In this way, our soft practice of Shared Touch is much more than loving hands meeting skin.

IT’S A HOLY MEETING WITH THE LONGING THAT THROBS WITHIN,

TO TOUCH AND BE TOUCHED BY Home.