You’re invited: Sacred Pregnancy
as a Portal of Rebirth
Friday March 27th, 9:30am-5:30pm
Imaginalia’s Nature Sanctuary, Topanga
A one-day retreat for new mamas
Designed to unlock the beauty and feminine power within you, this 1-day journey seeks to deepen the connection to your source. Fear, excitement, tenderness and courage will arise, be held and supported - allowing you not only to prepare for birth but especially, support your own rebirth. Through embodied practices, creative rituals, resource sharing and circle, you’ll reconnect to your feminine strength and surrender to your natural creative essence, leaving you feeling more resilient & empowered.
Is this for me?
The retreat will bring together an intimate circle of expectant mothers and new mamas who each value the power of sisterhood, ceremony, deep listening and creative expression as medicine. It’s been designed with integration and nourishment in mind. This allows each participant the space to deepen the relationship with their source and the soul that’s growing inside their womb; leaving women feeling more connected, trusting and clear.
While the retreat will last a full day, it is designed to accommodate the needs of each woman present given the energy level that they come with.
Retreat flow.
Participants plan to arrive at 9:30am. We'll open our circle at 10am.
Here's a sample schedule - subject to change.
9:30 Welcome. Settling in stillness around tea.
10:00 Opening the circle, intros & orientation for the day.
10:30 Future Self Meditation, followed by conscious movement & dance.
11:30 Archetypal exploration with prompts, tasks, nature walk & council.
1:30 Delicious organic lunch & free time on the land.
3:00 Q&A and creative ritual led by midwife & herbalist Aleks Evanguelidi
4:30 Sharing of top resources, village building, what’s next.
5:00 Closing
Exchange
$175 per person, includes organic vegetarian lunch.
Partial scholarships and partial work exchange are available for women with limited financial means. Please contact Magalie as needed at imaginaliacollective@gmail.com
Your Guides
Magalie Bonneau - Mentor & Soul Guide
Magalie’s life is a dedication to authentic truth, fostering feminine intelligence, celebrating the human spirit and guiding Rites of Passage for women. Since 2011, she has led retreats and large scale ritual events internationally. As the founder of Dancing Without Borders, she has developed a body of work rooted in the power of community, ritual, art and sacred activism as a means to support our collective liberation. In the Spring of 2020, she will become the mama of a little boy. This sacred pregnancy has inspired this new offering. While her life experience and spiritual path has been her greatest teacher, she is also certified as a professional Coach with CTI (2005), a Vision Quest Guide with Wilderness Reflection, a movement facilitator with Dancing Freedom (2013) and been walking the medicine path since 2002. Originally from Quebec, she currently calls Topanga Canyon her home.
Aleks Evanguelidi - Midwife
Aleks has been working in birth for 15 years. She began her work in birth while maintaining her presence as a nutritionist and as an herbalist and educator for Gaia Herbs. A firm believer and proponent in living a sustainable lifestyle, she utilizes her years of experience in nutrition to support her clients in having an extraordinary sense of wellness while preparing for conception or to experience the healthiest pregnancy possible. Having studied pre and perinatal psychology and birth, Aleks brings to her clients a profound sense of trust in their own bodies while supporting them in this tremendous period of transformation. Over the years Aleks has worked with over 3000 clients, opened and operated as Clinical Director at The Sanctuary Birth & Family Wellness Center, trained 25 student midwives, and has contributed to several documentaries and publications on birth related topics.
Other upcoming offerings coming up in Topanga Canyon
Monthly new mama Potluck
Friday March 27th, noon to 2pm
Join us for a friendly potluck and new mama circle. Coming into motherhood is a remarkable Rite of Passage. Life altering, identity morphing, and so sacred. New mamas, need one another. We need each other to feel whole, capable, abundant, and resilient. We need each other to express and celebrate each other’s creative spirit. We need each other to honor the power and vulnerability that we all feel. We need each other to help us get back on our feet and in our heart when we are falling. This is an invitation to step out of the day-to-day demands, investing in our bodies, hearts and souls. We will share food weaving the fabric of new mamas as allies.
Photography as Rite of Passage
Friday April 18th, 10-5:30pm
Your essence is becoming clearer as life is growing in your womb. A new You is emerging! Your body is shapeshifting. Your beauty is ripening. Capturing your authentic essence in this sacred phase of life can elevate your path and mark one of the most powerful times of your life. Transform old stories and identities into new ones, more authentic. Being witnessed in one’s truth and beauty is medicine. Consider joining a powerful day of rituals and photography, held in the heart of nature. The mama you’re calling to embody will be invited to reveal herself, guide the way and play.
$250
Calling in the Queen
Friday April 24th, 10-5:30pm
Athena is a force of nature. She holds ideals and masters the Art of Intention. She stands in her power with dignity, integrity and reverence. She is resilient, she knows her limits and embody a visionary spirit. She nurtures and protects life. During this day, expect to explore the light and the shadow of becoming a mother, from Athena’s perspective. Through rituals, councils and inner reflection, you’ll walk away feeling better prepared to embrace mentally, spiritually and emotionally what’s to come. The retreat will culminate into a Mother Blessing & Self-Marriage Ceremony.
$175
