Woman’s Rising
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Dear women,
Have you felt the invitation to descend into your own darkness of late?
The pull inwards and downwards.
The need to sit in the cave.
The sense that parts of you are being stripped away.
I have.
I feel as though I’ve been stripped bare, as if the things I thought made me who I am have been peeled away, one by one. At times, I’ve been left sitting in my own darkness without much light.
Surrendering to the sweet and beautiful death of aspects of ourselves can be frightening. We can feel stuck, hopeless or shut down.
This is where I call upon the teachings of Inanna, who descends through seven gates into the underworld. At each one, she gives something up. Her crown. Her jewels. The signs of who she is.
Until there is nothing left to hide behind.
At this month’s Woman Rising, I’ll be offering a journey following in her footsteps, and asking:
What is left when the roles fall away?
When we stop holding it all together?
When we meet the parts of ourselves we were taught to silence?
Our grief. Our rage. Our wildness. Our longing.
The woman who needs solitude. Who says no.
Who will not make herself small.
There is beauty in her too.
Inanna’s story is a descent into darkness, but she does not remain there. And Ninshubur does not forget her. She remembers. She calls for help. She keeps the light burning.
I think of this as one of the gifts of sisterhood. We may each have to make our own descent, but we do not have to be forgotten there.
This November, I’d love to gather with you. To sit with Inanna’s story, make space for what is moving in us, and honour the many faces of being a woman.
No need to arrive shining.
No need to have it figured out.
Come as you are. All of you is welcome.
WOMAN RISING
Friday 13th November 2026
7pm to 9pm
Aurora Borealis Highland Retreat
Muir of Ord, IV6 7RS
Donation based. Suggested donation £20.
To reserve your place, please message me
Have you felt the invitation to descend into your own darkness of late?
The pull inwards and downwards.
The need to sit in the cave.
The sense that parts of you are being stripped away.
I have.
I feel as though I’ve been stripped bare, as if the things I thought made me who I am have been peeled away, one by one. At times, I’ve been left sitting in my own darkness without much light.
Surrendering to the sweet and beautiful death of aspects of ourselves can be frightening. We can feel stuck, hopeless or shut down.
This is where I call upon the teachings of Inanna, who descends through seven gates into the underworld. At each one, she gives something up. Her crown. Her jewels. The signs of who she is.
Until there is nothing left to hide behind.
At this month’s Woman Rising, I’ll be offering a journey following in her footsteps, and asking:
What is left when the roles fall away?
When we stop holding it all together?
When we meet the parts of ourselves we were taught to silence?
Our grief. Our rage. Our wildness. Our longing.
The woman who needs solitude. Who says no.
Who will not make herself small.
There is beauty in her too.
Inanna’s story is a descent into darkness, but she does not remain there. And Ninshubur does not forget her. She remembers. She calls for help. She keeps the light burning.
I think of this as one of the gifts of sisterhood. We may each have to make our own descent, but we do not have to be forgotten there.
This November, I’d love to gather with you. To sit with Inanna’s story, make space for what is moving in us, and honour the many faces of being a woman.
No need to arrive shining.
No need to have it figured out.
Come as you are. All of you is welcome.
WOMAN RISING
Friday 13th November 2026
7pm to 9pm
Aurora Borealis Highland Retreat
Muir of Ord, IV6 7RS
Donation based. Suggested donation £20.
To reserve your place, please message me
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Where is it happening?
Taradale Farm House, Muir of Ord, 15 Tarradale Terrace, Muir of Ord, IV6 7SR, United Kingdom, Inverness
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