Sisters of the Elements

A Two-Week Collaborative Elemental Residency for Women

February 16th - March 2nd, 2027

About the Residency

Part spiritual retreat and part collaborative residency, this two-week experience invites us to explore the elements within nature, within our bodies, within our spiritual practices, and within our relationships with one another.

Sisters of the Elements is not an ordinary retreat. It is a living, collaborative residency bringing together five women, with each sister representing one of the five elements. Every woman will come to receive, rest, learn, and reconnect, while also contributing something meaningful to the collective experience.

Each sister will be invited to share an offering inspired by the element she represents. This may take the form of a class, workshop, ceremony, healing session, creative experience, storytelling circle, embodied practice, or a one-to-three-part series.

You do not need to be an expert or have a large platform. What matters is that your offering comes from an authentic relationship with your element and that you are prepared to share it with care, humility, and respect. Your gift may be rooted in professional training, creative practice, ancestral or cultural wisdom, spiritual study, or lived experience. We simply ask that you honor the roots of what you share.

What the Residency Will Include

During our two weeks together, the residency will include:

• Daily yoga, movement, and grounding practices

• Shared Accommodations

• Nourishing plant-based meals

• Medicinal plant education

• Intentional connection with the land and surrounding rainforest

• Tree climbing, stargazing, and birdwatching

• Temazcal

• A day devoted to silence and inward listening

• A 60-minute massage

• Elemental workshops, ceremonies, and offerings led by the women in the circle

• Spacious time for rest, reflection, creativity, and integration

The experience will be shaped not only by the planned schedule, but also by the women who are selected and the gifts each one brings.

Who Is Invited to Apply

This residency may be aligned for you if you:

• Feel a genuine and ongoing connection with one of the five elements

• Carry a practice, teaching, art form, healing modality, story, skill, or lived wisdom you feel ready to share

• Want to be both a participant and a contributor

• Are openhearted, grounded, collaborative, and willing to learn from other women

• Can honor different backgrounds, lineages, expressions, and ways of knowing

• Are willing to participate in a communal rhythm while also communicating your needs honestly

• Desire an experience rooted in connection rather than competition

The Commitment

Because this is a residency, we ask each selected sister to be present for the full two weeks and to arrive prepared to share her offering. We also ask that everyone participate in the shared rhythm of the experience, care for the spaces we use, honor consent and confidentiality, and help create an environment in which each woman feels respected.

You are not expected to lead all the time. Part of the practice is allowing yourself to receive, to be supported, and to enter fully into the offerings of the other sisters.

Investment and Payment Plans

The investment for Sisters of the Elements is $1,750 per person.

We understand that everyone’s financial rhythm is different, so payment plans are available. Selected applicants may choose to pay in full or divide the investment into more manageable payments leading up to the residency.

Our intention is to make this experience as accessible as possible while also honoring the care, preparation, meals, practices, and shared experiences that make the residency possible. Full payment-plan details and due dates will be shared with accepted applicants.

Your place in the residency will be confirmed after you receive your acceptance and complete the required registration and payment steps.

How Applications Will Be Considered

Five women will be selected, with one woman representing each element. Applications will be considered according to your relationship with the element, the intention behind your offering, your readiness to participate in a collaborative experience, and the overall balance of the circle.

This is not a judgment of whose gift is more valuable. The intention is to listen carefully for the combination of women and offerings that can create the most balanced and meaningful experience together.

Submitting an application does not automatically confirm your place. Selected applicants will receive the next steps for completing registration and preparing for the residency.