October 9-12, 2025
Insights Rising in the Woods is a four-day immersive SoulCollage® retreat designed to support your inner journey through creativity, rest, and nature connection. Held in the golden stillness of early autumn in the woodlands of Cedar Cross Retreat Center, this experience offers a warm and spacious environment to explore intuition, express your soul through image, and deepen your connection to self and the sacred.
Facilitated by spiritual director, goldsmith, and SoulCollage® facilitator Ginger Meek Allen, the retreat requires no previous SoulCollage® experience. For those on the facilitator path, this retreat meets the introductory workshop requirement.
This retreat invites you to:
- Come as you are.
- Explore intuitive image-making through SoulCollage®.
- Rest and reflect in the beauty of central North Carolina woodlands.
- Engage in rituals, poetry, and practices that nourish your soul.
- Participate in community while honoring personal autonomy.
- Experience moments of silence and celebration.
The daily flow of activities allow freedom and grounding in core practices including nature immersion, gentle ritual, poetry, communal support, personal reflection, journaling, and image play. Optional extras include 6-Minute Dance Parties to shift energy and invite joy, 24-hour studio access for creative work, labyrinth walking, evening story hour, and private spiritual direction sessions.
Retreat Core Values:
- Respect for individual autonomy and lived experience
- A supportive, nonjudgmental community
- Deep listening to inner wisdom and intuition
- Creativity as a sacred act
- Reverence for the natural world and its rhythms
- Approaching as a member of the natural world, not a visitor
- No required show & tell
Accommodations & Meals
Lodging: A mix of shared and private bedrooms, assigned by earliest request. All bathrooms are shared.
Linens: Bring your own bed and bath linens, or request them during registration.
Meals: All meals are provided, including vegan/GF as needed. Menus are designed for health and deep nourishment.
Silent spaces are designated during personal time to support deep work, including the studio, the library, and outdoor areas. The Kitchen and Lodge will always be open for warm, respectful conversation. During group sessions, silent areas will not be in effect.
Accessibility
Please inform us of any accessibility needs when registering. Note that some retreat activities involve walking on uneven forest trails.
What to Bring
- Bed/bath linens (unless you request these during registration)
- Comfortable clothing for both studio and outdoor time
- Water bottle, journal, anything that supports your soul work
- Your SoulCollage® deck, if you have one
- Any favorite collage materials (optional)
Registration & Payment
- Retreat Cost: $695 shared room; $795 private room
- Deposit payment $200 due at registration, remaining balance due by September 15, 2025
- Registration Deadline: September 1, 2025
Retreat Guide
Leading the retreat will be spiritual director, goldsmith, and SoulCollage® facilitator Ginger Meek Allen. Ginger is also a member of the Cedar Cross Mission Group and is well acquainted with the grounds and facilities at Cedar Cross. Her approach to retreat facilitation is spacious yet detailed. Retreat, image, and nature are primal elements of her own spiritual practice.
Insights Rising in the Woods SoulCollage® Retreat October 2025 (registration and deposit)
$200.00Support your soulful journey with creativity, rest, and the gifts of the natural world as you explore intuitive expression through image and deepen your connection to self and sacred.
October 9-12, 2025
Limited to 12 participants.
$695 shared room; $795 private room
Registration deposit: $20012 in stock
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