LUMINA
Where the Wise Woman initiates you β and you do not return the same.
A soul-baptism into your Wise Woman: a seasonal rite of passage of ceremony, sisterhood, death and rebirth.
Enter the Wise Woman Sound Portal
Press play, and let her voice move with you as you scroll.
A 2-minute invocationThere comes a time in every woman's life when β no matter how much inner work she has done β the masks that kept her safe begin to trap her.
When the status-quo performance starts to feel existential. When the Good Girl's gold stars stop meaning what they did. When even the part of you that has always been "the strong one" begins to whisper: "I can't hold it like this anymore. There has to be more than this."
And somewhere beneath the polished self-awareness, beneath the strategy and the right answers, beneath the grief you've been managing for years β something younger and older and wiser stirs.
She is the Wise Woman. And she lives in you, and through you.The one who speaks from ancestral memory. Who doesn't flinch in the velvet dark. Who has held love and loss, joy and grief in the same breath β and leads from the wisdom of her heart. This retreat is her invitation to descend into the caves of yourself, and find the light that has been waiting there all along.
Every new self requires a descent.
The Void Β· The Womb Β· The CaveA descent between Equinox and Samhain.
This is the season when the veil thins. When truth surfaces through the cracks, the light wanes, and the dark becomes the teacher. This is Persephone's time β not the version you were taught, stolen and subdued, but the one who descends by choice to retrieve her lost parts and claim her throne by devotion.
This is Inanna's descent: stripped of her power, her robes, her identity through seven gates, until she stood naked in the underworld. Not defeated β revealed. She died there, and was resurrected. Not as the same woman, but as a sovereign one who could no longer be exiled from herself.
It is in the underworld that the new self is formed. It is in the places the light doesn't reach that the stars are born.You are not coming here to "reset." You are coming to remember. To descend. To choose. To rise β over and over again, as the myth, as the moon, as the woman who knows.
"I left buzzing β filled with real love, real aliveness, and real growth. This work cracked something open in me."
β Michelle Β· Artist & Studio Co-owner
Not a venue. A nest and living altar.
This 1890s farmstead sits between the hills and rivers of Calais β land long honored by Indigenous peoples, known for its healing waters and natural portals. The mountains feel ancient. Fog clings to their edges like ceremony. The rivers hum.
Women often cry at the threshold β driving up for the first time, not from sadness, but from remembering. This land holds grief without judgment, truth without fear, and transformation without hesitation. It becomes your teacher, your mirror, your medicine.
You will not leave this place as the same woman who arrived.
Words for something that defies language.
"If you described a retreat with me in a few words⦠what would you say?" Here's what they reached for:
You will not merely "attend." You will journey.
The Descent. The Unmasking. The Rebirth. The Rise. Every breath and ritual is designed to unravel the false and awaken the true.
Meeting the masks.
We begin by unmasking your Good Girl β the dutiful maiden who learned to stay pleasing, palatable, and small. In whatever form her masks still cling to your body, behavior, and psyche, we meet her with love, and begin telling the truth beneath the stories.
Like Persephone before her descent, she has lived in the upper world of approval and performance β until the ground opens. To get closer to what you most desire, you'll always be asked to shed another layer, to swallow the pomegranate seed that binds you to the depths and makes you Queen of them. The work is cyclical, and there is always more available to you.
The illuminating dark.
You meet yourself here β not as an idea, but as sensation, as memory, as truth you can no longer un-know. Shadow work. Somatic unwinding. Grief as devotion. Ritual with the land. Unhooking from vows that aren't yours.
This is where your Wise Woman begins to arrive. Not the one who performs resilience β the one who feels everything, and stays. This is where your center returns.
And from the underworld, you rise β different.
Not a "healed" or polished woman. Truer. Initiated into deeper humility and understanding. The Woman Who Knows. The Seer. The Oracle. The Inner-Elder. The Midwife of Truth.
The one who trusts the dark as womb, leads from intuition, and lets herself be seen in both brilliance and mess β who holds complexity and clarity without collapse. The woman who no longer lives from performance, but from presence.
"I saw Beth lead women down to a dark, hidden corner in their lives and protect and empower them while they set matters right. I saw people emerge looking like different people."
β Katya Β· Actor & TeacherYou don't leave this retreat β you burst out of your old skin and into the rhythm of your bones.
Is this initiatory journey right for you?
This is for you ifβ¦
- β You're not afraid to be catalyzed and ignited, and to swim in the deep waters of energy and emotion.
- β You've done inner work and emotional healing, and you're ready for an even deeper embodiment.
- β You crave a truth beyond strategy, spirituality, perfection, or even words.
- β You want to initiate a new chapter of your life with clarity and full-bodied presence.
- β You're devoted to living from the union of soul and body β not from your conditioning.
- β You long to dance, move, and enter ritual with the Sacred Feminine, and let her awaken you.
This is not for you ifβ¦
- β You want a relaxing vacation with friends rather than an initiation through sisterhood.
- β Your body doesn't yet feel safe with big emotions or being witnessed in groups.
- β You're new to embodiment or deep inner work β this is advanced-level terrain.
- β You struggle to track yourself, ask for what you need, or stay rooted in a group field.
- β You're not ready to honor the ceremonial field and show up fully to the medicine.
- β You prefer comfort over truth. The Wise Woman asks for your honesty, not your performance.
Hi, love. I'm Beth Clayton.
Somatic coach. Archetypal guide. Initiator. Lantern-holder. Wild Woman devotee. For over fifteen years, I've guided women through the dark woods of their initiations, into the caves of their original nature and essential Self.
This isn't theory. I did not meet my Wise Woman through books β I met her in loss, in the void, in the release of my addictions, in the turning of seasons, in the intimate rooms of my own shadow. She stood steadily beside me through years of shedding, and paved the way for unimaginable love, intimacy, and light.
Lumina is the culmination of everything I've lived, remembered, and returned to β an initiation into inner illumination I now pass to the women who are ready.
The scaffolding that holds the ineffable.
A five-week hybrid journey β online and in person β crafted as a living temple for your Wise Woman awakening.
Archetypal Invocation
We unmask the Good Girl and invoke the Death Maiden, the Queen, and the Wise Woman β sovereign forces who take up residence in your body and lead you home.
Embodied Movement Journeys
Guided movement that melts your armor and loosens what's been coiled for decades. Not choreography β instinct. Not performance β revelation. Your body remembers its own language.
Sacred Sisterhood
Ritual-grade witnessing β the kind that softens shame and expands identity. You'll be seen on a level most women never experience, and see others in ways that awaken you.
Land & Nature Ceremony
We work in collaboration with the elements and local practitioners who honor the unceded, sacred land of the Abenaki people β grounding your transformation in roots older than this life.
Chef-Prepared Ayurvedic Meals
Organic, locally-grown meals prepared by a renowned Ayurvedic chef β nourishing your system and aligned with the energetic support your body will need.
Two Bookend Circles
Your journey begins the moment you say yes. Live Equinox opening and Samhain integration Zoom circles hold the threshold on both sides (detailed below).
"What I experienced was truly one of the most transformative moments of my life. I still can't fully explain it β I only know, viscerally, that I am different now. Not just in how I feel, but in how I think, how I take responsibility for my life-force energy, and how empowered I am to direct it with intention.
The ritual was the most powerful I've ever done. The Wise Woman archetype moved through me in a way that felt profound, catalytic, and irrevocably changing.
I can still feel her."
β Tamara Β· Pleasure Coach & Embodiment TeacherHolden House β a private 1890s farmstead
Nestled in the mountains of Calais, Vermont
Your investment covers your stay, accommodation, daily sessions, meals, ceremony, and group transport from the airport. Airfare is not included.
Your journey begins before you arrive β and continues long after.
Transformation this deep doesn't begin on Day 1. It begins the moment you say yes. Two ceremonial circles hold the threshold on both sides.
The Equinox Opening
- β Attune your body to the frequency of the Wise Woman
- β Connect with the other women attending the retreat
- β Clear the static of who you've been performing as
- β Name the pattern you're shedding and the North Star she's calling you toward
The Samhain Integration
- β Root the transformation into your daily life
- β Metabolize what cracked open during the retreat
- β Anchor the new identity emerging through your body
- β Prevent the old patterns from snapping back into place
What women say about retreat journeys with me.
These are the women who said yes to themselves β in the rooms, on the land, in the deep work. In their own words.
"This retreat is more than a program β it's a remembering."
It's church. It's re-parenting. It's becoming. And it's fucking fun. Beth's temple spaces are unlike anything I've ever experienced, and every woman deserves to know this kind of magic.
"This has already changed my relationship to my self, with my partner, with my clients."
I did not need to know anything about what was happening to trust that it would all be ok. It gives me such an incredible sense of being rooted in my function on the planet.
"I'm still stopped in my tracks."
I witnessed β and myself experienced β someone seeming to go back in time and rewrite and rescue themselves from a traumatic circumstance. I can't imagine someone attending and not having a profound experience β and feeling the power of being witnessed and lovingly celebrated.
"Everything is equal parts sacred and silly."
Working with the Wise Woman helped me to anchor into a truer, more unapologetic sense of self and helped to paint a much clearer picture of the next best steps to start taking in my life. I see myself showing up to all aspects of my life with a new kind of reverence and levity.
KatiePerformer, Coach & Embodiment Teacher"I arrived fragmented and left feeling woven back together."
There is nothing quite like being held by the feminine in this way. It was magical, transformative, deep, and alchemical. The experience brought me home to myself, to my body, and to the medicine I carry. It was truly life-changing.
"It was time travel β bending and stretching time."
It was profoundly restful to drop all masks, all performance, and drop in fully. When close friends ask what this trip was, I tell them it was like a combination Seal Team boot camp, Monastery-level devotion, and an executive off-site. Nervous system training. There is no substitute for investing in this practice in person.
Questions, answered.
The practical truths beneath the mystery β so you can say yes with your whole body.
Is there plant medicine on this journey?
Is travel from the airport included?
What about food and dietary needs?
What is the refund policy?
Do I have to attend the opening and closing Zoom circles?
What is the weather like in October?
Is alcohol allowed on site?
Choose your room. Answer the call.
Every tier covers your stay, accommodation, daily sessions, three meals a day, ceremony on the land, and group airport transport. Airfare not included.
Private Queen Β· Ensuite Bath
Private Queen Β· Communal Bath
Shared Queen Β· Private Bath
Private Twin Β· Communal Bath
Included: Your stay, meals, sessions, ceremony, accommodations & group transport from the airport. Β· Not included: Flights.
Once you commit, your payment is a sacred, non-refundable commitment. Because life can be unpredictable, I encourage every woman to purchase travel/trip insurance to protect her investment β many companies now offer "Cancel For Any Reason" (CFAR) coverage for a few hundred dollars, typically purchased within 2β3 weeks of your deposit. Happy to connect you with a trusted provider.
"I believe Beth when she says that the power begins the moment you make the choice. My life snapped into alignment around this choice. I fucking loved it."
β Kate Β· Founder & Regenerative Systems VisionaryIt's time to go deeper, love.
She arrives like a memory. A pulse. A pull into the depths of your body. If you feel that tremor now β the pull β do not ignore it.
This is the portal. This is the passageway. This is the threshold you've been walking toward for years.
Answer the Call