Tamara Gal-On
We Transform in the Dark
20th - 26th January 2024
Hvammsvik, Iceland
A retreat to welcome the dark and soothe the senses.
"Approaching in the dark, the windows of the hundred year old farmhouse are illuminated, the lights, intentionally left on.
This is a place that is attuned to the dark."
We are always trying to run from the dark. We try to push and power our way through winter darkness with string lights and candles and winter sun holidays.
But like intuition, winter darkness is not about powering through, pushing or forcing. The dark is a place of incredible intuitive power.
Whilst we grow in the light, we transform in the dark.
When you get caught up in repeated behaviour, underearning or not getting your projects finished; knowing you're not leveling up. When that happens, when that’s a repeated pattern, it’s probably your unconscious creating an emotional payoff.
Frustration, fear, powerlessness. Surrendering to your unconscious does not, ironically, create more of those issues.
It gives you the power to work with them.
Using water and deep winter we will start to accept the dark and our unconscious alike, transforming in it and stepping into a year where we can create effortlessness and joy.
In soft winter light in a 100 year old farm house in Iceland, I will be once again welcoming darkness, the unconcious and working with the sides of ourselves we deny.
We Transform in the Dark
Water
Water is a short cut to intuition.
At Hvammsvik we will work mostly in thermal pools and the onsite hot tub. All the water is warm and gentle...though you may need to wear a hat!
Darkness
This is not sensory deprivation!
In Icelandic winter, all lights are soft and dim, even the sun. This sensory cosseting is the perfect place to do deep inner work - no harsh lines or bright lights and fewer distractions.
Gentle Coaching
This is a trip to go inwards. This requires gentle coaching.
We will do the work at our own pace. Intuition will not be rushed. We will integrate quiet reflection into our practice with plenty of rest and delicious and nourishing food.
Career Serenity
Step into a year of career serenity.
Throughout the year you will feel yourself settling into a feeling of knowing - knowing what is yours to be done, knowing what is yours to be had. A year of effortlessness. A year of career serenity.
“My experience in Iceland has stayed with me. It’s interesting because although I left the retreat with a deep feeling of being more grounded, the tangible impact of the work I did there has manifested itself slowly, but consistently."
"I didn’t leave Iceland with any kind of to-do list, but it seems that what I did leave there with was a deeper energy shift."
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Hvammsvik Hot Spring, Iceland - 20th January 2024 - 26th January 2024
Where have you struggled with intuition? Hearing it? Trusting it? Acting on it?
Together we will see where we have stumbling blocks to taking inspired action.
Career Serenity
Water is a shortcut to intuition. In Iceland, we will start to accept the dark and our unconscious alike, transforming in it and stepping into a year career serenity. In the dark is where we can start to see our unconscious for what it is: an ally, a resource and a key to unlock acceptance of the things that make us uniquely and compellingly us.
For a limited time the full retreat is available for £3,750 (full price - £5,000). Please contact me for more information or to arrange a payment schedule.
If you would like to join me in 2024 or would like to receive more information via email, please fill out the contact form linked below.
PS: The magical hot spring at Hvammsvik has very deservedly been included in TimeOut's "23 Best Things To Do In The World in 2023" list.
We Transform in the Dark Includes
Accomodation and Food at the beautiful Hvammsvik Thermal Spring
Beautiful and cosy Icelandic farmhouse accomodation and all food and drink.
Pre-Retreat Preparation Package
Including a one-to-one session with Tamara and two group sessions.
Fivc Day Retreat
Deep work in warm pools or around the kitchen table that works with the darkness, not against it..
Pre-Retreat Preparation Package
Including a one-to-one with Tamara and three group sessions in the three following months.
*does not include travel to or from Iceland
"Just don't hesitate...do it - every cent you spend on it will come back to you in shapes you cannot even imagine"
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