Sanctuary of She

Broughton Sanctuary, Yorkshire, UK

October 14 - 18, 2026

Broughton Sanctuary
Yorkshire, UK

Sanctuary
of She

October 14 - 18, 2026

Broughton Sanctuary’s signature women’s retreat and ceremonial immersion into the wild, the womb, and the wisdom within.

A sacred women’s gathering to return to your wild nature, awaken the wisdom within, and reconnect with the earth, your body and in community. Through ceremony, sisterhood, and embodied practice, we remember who we truly are and the path home to our deepest truth.

Broughton Sanctuary’s signature women’s retreat and ceremonial immersion into the wild, the womb, and the wisdom within.

A sacred women’s gathering to return to your wild nature, awaken the wisdom within, and reconnect with the earth, your body, and in community. Through ceremony, sisterhood, and embodied practice, we remember who we truly are and the path home to our deepest truth.

Deep within, there is a knowing, a longing, a calling home. The earth is awakening through us, pulsing with a longing to birth something both ancient and entirely new. We are being called back to our wild wisdom and our wild earth, reclaiming our birthright to live with the ancient truths that ground us in our very essence.

This gathering is a sanctuary for all women seeking to live fully and authentically, to draw healing and guidance from the earth, and our hearts, in these deeply changing times - to embody a deeper alignment with source, to reveal our unique gifts and the expression of our spirit. The pulse of awakening is calling us - are you ready to join and rise in sisterhood, so we can sing the songs we have forgotten and call each other home?

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“It is a Call to Life – a full, authentic life. It is a Call to rise from the half-sleep of our existence, and take up our part in the great unfolding of the world.”

Sharon Blackie

If Women Rose Rooted

“It is a Call to Life – a full, authentic life. It is a Call to rise from the half-sleep of our existence, and take up our part in the great unfolding of the world.”

Sharon Blackie

If Women Rose Rooted

What is Sanctuary of She?

We as women hold so much; we nourish and nurture, create and care, give and guide.

This gathering is designed by women, for women, providing a deep cocoon of feminine rest, renewal and inspiration.

Give yourself the gift of a few precious days. Step away from the roles, responsibilities, and demands of everyday life and take a deep exhale. Rest fully into yourself, to re-member and re-source.

Allow yourself the time and space to journey inward, to gather in supportive sisterhood, and to be held within a like-hearted community. Be nourished on every level, and feel inspired, supported and strengthened for the path ahead.

It is deeply important, sacred work to connect within and with source; to create space to dream, reflect, listen, and remember. To carve out the time to return home to yourself, deeply.

Join us as we return together.

Be nourished by rewilding landscapes and allow the earth to enliven every cell of your body. Honour the temple of your being with delicious food, movement, dance, friendship, song, and ceremony. Feed your mind with ancient and emerging wisdom and bathe in the beauty of your soul.

From this place of nourishment and reconnection, find clarity and renewal to live and love with deeper purpose, presence, and sovereignty.

A Space for Fullness

This is a space to meet yourself and life more fully, embracing all the colours of your experience.

Sanctuary of Connection

This gathering serves as a sanctuary for connection - with spirit, your body as earth, in sisterhood, to nature and with the greater rhythms and ancient intelligence of the cosmos.

Journey of Reclamation

Drawing upon ancient wisdom traditions, including our Celtic ancestral stories and knowledge, we honour a deep and uniquely feminine connection to the earth and the otherworld. Wisdom awaits when we allow ourselves to step away from life’s responsibilities, to gather as women and give ourselves the space to remember.

A Pilgrimage of the Soul

When we gather as women in this way of reverence, something extraordinary unfolds. Join us to journey and discover together, to remember, share wisdom, express our hearts, and celebrate life, being held in sacred space, ritual, and ceremony.

What is Sanctuary of She?

We as women hold so much; we nourish and nurture, create and care, give and guide.

This gathering is designed by women, for women, providing a deep cocoon of feminine rest, renewal and inspiration.

Give yourself the gift of a few precious days. Step away from the roles, responsibilities, and demands of everyday life and take a deep exhale. Rest fully into yourself, to re-member and re-source.

It is deeply important, sacred work to connect within and with source; to create space to dream, reflect, listen, and remember. To carve out the time to return home to yourself, deeply.

Join us as we return together.

From this place of nourishment and reconnection, find clarity and renewal to live and love with deeper purpose, presence, and sovereignty.

A Space for Fullness

This is a space to meet yourself and life more fully, embracing all the colours of your experience.

Sanctuary of Connection

This gathering serves as a sanctuary for connection - with spirit, your body as earth, in sisterhood, to nature, and with the greater rhythms and ancient intelligence of the cosmos.

Journey of Reclamation

A Pilgrimage of the Soul

When we gather as women in this way of reverence, something extraordinary unfolds. Join us to journey and discover together, to re-member, share wisdom, express our hearts, and celebrate life, being held in sacred space, ritual, and ceremony.

A Living Temple - part retreat, part ceremony, part collective experience

Rooted in exploration and activation of sacred feminine wisdom, divine remembrance, embodiment, nature connection, sensuality and creative expression.

Guided by the living themes of wild - womb – wisdom

Retreat includes

Each day waking with a choice of morning meditation or somatic movement.

Morning Workshops:

WISDOM with Sharon Blackie: Reclaiming Ancestral Knowledge.
WOMB with Katie Abbott, Pause Place: A Return to Stillness.
WILD with Fee Drummond: Re-wilding Mind and Body.

Collective Ceremonies:

Sound + Alchemy Ceremony with Paris Tempest.
Sacred Womb Ceremony co-hosted by Paris and Sanctuary of She team (includes Sacred Well Blessing, Energetic Womb Activations and Fire Ritual).
Goddess Rave with Sally Fazeli, a ceremony of celebration to close our gathering.

Afternoon ‘Choose Your Journey’ options including:

The Portal of the Labyrinth with Sevanti Martinez.
Forest Bathing and Foraging with Gemma Tetley.
Wild Song with Wild Song Creative.
Wild Wellbeing and Woodland Sauna Ritual.

1-2 small group check-ins and sharing circles with Sanctuary of She team.

Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

3 x daily nourishing seasonal meals.

Time to unwind in the 2500-acre surrounding rewilding Sanctuary.

Access to Hydrothermal Suite, includes sauna, steam, indoor pool, and hydromassage pool.

Possibility for additional Avalon House Therapies (at additional cost).

A Living Temple - part retreat, part ceremony, part collective experience

Rooted in exploration and activation of sacred feminine wisdom, divine remembrance, embodiment, nature connection, sensuality and creative expression.

Guided by the living themes of wild - womb – wisdom

Retreat includes

Each day waking with a choice of morning meditation or somatic movement.

Morning Workshops:

WISDOM with Sharon Blackie: Reclaiming Ancestral Knowledge.
WOMB with Katie Abbott, Pause Place: A Return to Stillness.
WILD with Fee Drummond: Re-wilding Mind and Body.

Collective Ceremonies:

Sound + Alchemy Ceremony with Paris Tempest.
Sacred Womb Ceremony co-hosted by Paris and Sanctuary of She team (includes Sacred Well Blessing, Energetic Womb Activations and Fire Ritual).
Goddess Rave with Sally Fazeli, a ceremony of celebration to close our gathering.

Afternoon ‘Choose Your Journey’ options including:

The Portal of the Labyrinth with Sevanti Martinez.
Forest Bathing and Foraging with Gemma Tetley.
Wild Song with Wild Song Creative.
Wild Wellbeing and Woodland Sauna Ritual.

1-2 small group check-ins and sharing circles with Sanctuary of She team.

Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

3 x daily nourishing seasonal meals.

Time to unwind in the 2500-acre surrounding rewilding Sanctuary.

Access to Hydrothermal Suite, includes sauna, steam, indoor pool, and hydromassage pool.

Possibility for additional Avalon House Therapies (at additional cost).

Journey through the realms of Wild, Womb, and Wisdom, awakening a deeper relationship with your intuition, creativity and authentic self.

Reconnect with your body’s innate wisdom through embodiment practices, ritual, movement and deep presence in nature.

Draw inspiration from ancient feminine wisdom traditions, reconnecting with the earth and the unique expression of your soul.

Your Hosts + Guides

This is a personally curated gathering held by Paris Tempest, guardian of the land and custodial family of Broughton Sanctuary, bringing together trusted practitioners and a dedicated in-house team to hold a deeply resonant space.

Katie Abbot

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Sharon Blackie

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Paris Tempest

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Fee Drummond

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Sally Fazeli

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Sevanti Martinez

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Gemma Tetley

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Your Hosts + Guides

Katie Abbot

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Sharon Blackie

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Paris Tempest

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Fee Drummond

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Sally Fazeli

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Sevanti Martinez

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Gemma Tetley

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Example day

Morning

Begin your day gently, choosing between energising movement or a restorative meditation practice. After a nourishing breakfast, we gather for the morning workshop exploring the themes of Wild, Womb, and Wisdom. Through storytelling, embodiment, reflection, ancient and modern teachings, we will expand our minds, deepen our connection to self and the wisdom that lives within.

Afternoon

After a wholesome lunch, follow the path that calls to you. Wander through the forest in mindful connection with nature, experience a guided sauna ritual, walk the labyrinth, or immerse yourself in song. Each afternoon offers space for choice, exploration and personal journeying. Every day in the late afternoon or evening we journey together in our living temple for collective ceremony, again exploring the themes of Wild, Womb and Wisdom.

Evening

As the sun begins to set, we come together once more to share a nourishing meal before entering the magic of the evening. Alchemical Sound Ceremony, sister circles, wisdom sharing, sacred rituals and celebratory gatherings create opportunities for connection, integration, alignment and joyful expression. The day closes with time for journaling, rest and dreamtime.

Example day

Morning

Afternoon

After a wholesome lunch, follow the path that calls to you. Wander through the forest in mindful connection with nature, experience a guided sauna ritual, walk the labyrinth, or immerse yourself in song. Each afternoon offers space for choice, exploration, and personal journeying. Every day in the late afternoon or evening we journey together in our living temple for collective ceremony, again exploring the themes of Wild, Womb and Wisdom.

Evening

As the sun begins to set, we come together once more to share a nourishing meal before entering the magic of the evening. Alchemical Sound Ceremony, sister circles, wisdom sharing, sacred rituals, and celebratory gatherings create opportunities for connection, integration, alignment and joyful expression. The day closes with time for journaling, rest, and dreamtime.

“Broughton Sanctuary is the most beautiful environment for learning and connecting.”

Former retreat attendee

“Broughton Sanctuary is the most beautiful environment for learning and connecting.”

Former retreat attendee

Broughton Sanctuary

The retreat will be held here at the 3000-acre Broughton Sanctuary, just outside Skipton, at the foothills of The Yorkshire Dales, one of the most picturesque parts of the country. Established in 1097, Broughton Hall is a house of transformation, home to the Tempest family for over 900 years, and enjoys a rich history stretching back over the millennium.

The Sanctuary is also home to one of Britain’s most exciting nature recovery projects, a heartfelt commitment to address one of our deepest contemporary crises, based upon an extensive tree-planting and rewilding programme. This year in 2025, we welcome beavers to the Sanctuary alongside our native cattle and Iron Age pigs. Subscribe to our Rewilding Broughton Youtube channel to learn more.

Avalon, our state-of-the-art wellbeing retreat centre is the beating heart of the Sanctuary. With extensive indoor and outdoor resources the building exists to serve the inner voyage of mind, body, spirit. During your stay you may unwind in the state-of-the-art biophilic designed Pool Suite; including a clear 20-metre pool, steam room and sauna, plus hydromassage pool. Beyond the building itself, the Sanctuary grounds offer a chance to return to source, from meditation labyrinths, wild swimming reservoirs, a cosmic garden and much more.

We have a large variety of rooms available, whether in Broughton Hall itself, or throughout our eclectic collection of 20 stunning Retreat Houses, including converted barns, former coachhouses and gatehouses.

Rooming

The retreats offers a variety of accommodation across its collection of Retreat Houses and 16th Century historic home, Broughton Hall.

We have rooms for both Single Occupancy (SOR) and Double Occupancy (DOR), see the booking form below.

Please note: the images below are examples of the type of room you will be booking, all rooms are subject to availability.

Rooms in Broughton Hall

Broughton Hall, our Historic Home.

Broughton Hall Deluxe, Ensuite. Super King Bed.

Broughton Hall Deluxe, Ensuite. Super King Bed.

Broughton Hall Deluxe, Ensuite. Super King Bed.

Broughton Hall Superior, Ensuite. Super King Bed.

Broughton Hall Superior, Ensuite.

Broughton Hall Standard, Shared Bathroom.

Broughton Hall Deluxe, Ensuite.

Broughton Hall Deluxe, Ensuite.

Broughton Hall Deluxe, Ensuite.

Broughton Hall Superior, Ensuite.

Broughton Hall Superior, Ensuite.

Broughton Hall Premium, Shared Bathroom.

Rooms in Retreat Houses

The Manse, Retreat House Deluxe.

The Manse, Retreat House Deluxe.

Top Lodge, Retreat House Superior.

Redberry, Retreat House Superior.

Poverty Hill, Retreat House Superior.

The Farm House, Retreat House Superior.

Stable Cottage, Retreat House Standard.

The Manse, Retreat House Deluxe, Ensuite.

The Manse, Retreat House Deluxe, Ensuite.

The Manse, Retreat House Deluxe, Ensuite.

Top Lodge, Retreat House Superior, Private Bathroom.

Redberry, Retreat House Superior, Ensuite with Private Shower/Bathroom.

Redberry, Retreat House Superior, Shared Bathroom.

Redberry, Retreat House Deluxe, Shared Bathroom.

Poverty Hill, Retreat House Superior, Ensuite with Private Shower/Bathroom.

Stable Cottage, Retreat House Standard, Ensuite.

Stable Cottage, Retreat House Standard, Shared Bathroom.

Eden, Retreat House Superior, Single Bedroom.

Eden, Retreat House Superior, Shared Bathroom.

How to book

Sanctuary of She
4-night retreat
October 14-18, 2026

Please choose your accommodation from the form to the right. Choose from rooms in the Hall, or across our collection of Retreat Houses.

For any questions you may have, please email the Sanctuary team or call us on +44(0)1756 799608.

How to book

Sanctuary of She
4-night retreat
October 14-18, 2026

Please choose your accommodation from the form below. Choose from rooms in the Hall, or across our collection of Retreat Houses.

For any questions you may have, please email the Sanctuary team or call us on +44(0)1756 799608.

Location

Broughton Sanctuary is easily accessible by plane, car and public transport.

Broughton Sanctuary
Skipton, Yorkshire
BD23 3AE

3 miles from Skipton Railway Station
24 miles from Leeds Bradford Airport
55 miles from Manchester Airport

National Location

Road and Rail