You are invited on a seven-day journey for women ready to release, reset, and remember.
This retreat is a descent into the sacred dark — the fertile void where truth, creativity, and feminine power are reborn.
You’ll be held in a sanctuary of sisterhood and ceremony, surrounded by nature’s beauty and depth. Together we’ll explore the medicine of darkness, where seeing becomes sensing, and life reorganizes itself from the inside out.
What You’ll Experience
Darkness Meditation — Rest deeply, regulate your nervous system, and awaken the sight that lives behind your eyes.
Lucid Dreaming & Dreamwork — Strengthen your relationship with the unseen, learning to receive insight through the language of dreams.
Shadow & Archetype Integration — Meet and embrace the hidden parts of yourself, transmuting fear and shame into freedom and love.
Creative Expression & Play — Move, write, sing, and create. Let your body become the brush and the prayer.
Nature & Nourishment — Luxurious glamping tents, nourishing meals, fireside rituals, hammocks, hot tubs, and long, unhurried evenings under the stars.
Why Now
So many women are realizing that performance and perfection no longer sustain the soul.
This is a call to return to the body — to surrender the striving, and let the Mystery move through you again.
When we enter the dark together, we find it’s not empty — it’s alive. It’s where intuition is reborn, creativity quickens, and true power takes root.
Women Who See in the Dark is for the woman who feels the whisper — the one ready to slow down, soften her armor, and remember what it feels like to be guided from within.
Your Guide
Araminta Barbour is an international transformational facilitator and lead faculty with the International School of Temple Arts (ISTA). Founder of The Sanctuary Guatemala and co-creator of Women Who See in the Dark, she brings over 25 years of experience in spiritual-sexual healing, shadow work, and shamanic facilitation across 30+ countries.
Hosted by Move in the Mystery
This retreat is organized by Julia Vieau, founder of Move in the Mystery. Julia is passionate about creating spaces where we can surrender to the Mystery, explore our depths, and come home to the wisdom of our bodies.
She is honored to bring Araminta’s powerful work to Austin — continuing Move in the Mystery’s devotion to curating transformational, embodied experiences that awaken remembrance and reverence.
Join Us
If you’re feeling the call, we welcome you.
This retreat is an invitation to rest in your darkness, trust your body, and remember that you are already whole.
Do you have questions or curiousities about this event? Get in touch with Julia at julia@exquisiteintimacy.com