17th-22nd July 2027
Join wilderness guide, Laurie King, and nature constellations coach, Naomi Wilkinson on the beautiful Isle of Eigg, finding inspiration in the land for your own creativity.
The island is a place which invites imagination, nature connection and offers space and time for exploring inner and outer landscapes.
During the five-night retreat, we’ll encourage you to tap into your creative life-force, through holding space for solo time in nature, walks, ritual, group exercises and free creative time.
Do you have a project you are working on that you’d like to invigorate? Or perhaps you are at a point in life where there is space for more creativity and you’d like to explore that through nature connection?
What’s included
- Five nights of accommodation in a beautiful setting. The Glebe Barn overlooks rolling pastures, the sea and the mainland in the distance.
- Naomi Wilkinson will offer constellations*, exercises in small groups or the full group which allow you to explore personal questions and creative blocks or opportunities.
- Explore your relationship with the more-than-human with Laurie King, practice insight walks**, time alone on the land, and be guided with reflective questions and techniques.
- Free creative time.
- Time in circle to share your experiences/stories and recieve inspiration from the group, to enhance your creative process.
- Fully catered – delicious meals, teas and snacks, prepared by a local chef. We can accommodate all dietary requirements, to be confirmed when booking.
Rough Itinerary*:
Saturday – Arrival & Welcome
- Gather before dinner in opening circle to meet and to hear more about the week
- Evening walk to Kildonnan
Sunday – Meeting Eigg
- Meet the land on Eigg through walking and ritual – The woods and the caves
- Constellation group exercise, facilitated by Naomi- exploring how what Eigg means for our creative-life force
- Hear folklore and stories from the island to inspire your imagination.
Monday – Intention setting, Insight Walk & Journalling
- Set an intention question which will guide you during your solo time on the land
- Solo time on Singing Sands on the north side of the island.
- Journaling/free creative time.
Tuesday– Group exercises, Insight Walk & Storytelling
- Full group constellations, to support the group in their creative process.
- Spend 3.5 hours of time alone on the land, reflecting on your intention and practice the art of noticing, observing what nature has to teach you.
- Share some of your experiences of solo time with the group in circle in the evening. Laurie will reflect back what she hears in your story.
Wednesday – Integration & Free creative time
- Constellation paired exercise to support your integration – figuring out how to bring back what you’ve learned and discovered back home
- Free creative time to develop your creative projects in the afternoon
- Closing circle to share our ideas, creations and reflections
Thursday – Farewell
- Farewell breakfast
- Free time before the ferry to explore the island
*This itinerary may change slightly to adapt to wild island weather conditions and group processes.
-This retreat does involve 5km walks on uneven ground.
-Please note this is an alcohol and drug free retreat.
BOOKING
Shared room (2 or 3 people per room. You will have the option of mixed/female/male): £964 per person.
Twin room, just with your friend: £1104 per person. (If you’d like to share a room with a friend/s please specify their name on the booking form.)
There are no single rooms offered at this retreat due to limitations of space, but if you do have a need for a single room for a medical reason, do get in touch and we can see what is possible.
Booking open until 17th June 2027.
More information:
*What are constellations?
If you’ve ever found yourself thinking and talking over and over about a particular issue in your life, and yet it never seems to shift or change significantly, you may find constellations helpful. A constellation is an exercise which can be done in groups, pairs or solo, during which we tap into a deeper intelligence than we can access with our head alone. We work with the wisdom we access through listening to our body, intuition and emotions.
This process helps us have new insight into those stuck issues, so we can become more free and there is movement that feels healthy. There is often magic and joy in feeling new possibilities open for us, and clarity as we discover a way forward that feels right. Sometimes this happens through the constellation revealing something connected to the issue that is vulnerable for us, something we haven’t yet had space to look at. The constellator (Naomi) guides the process slowly with kindness and gentleness. Naomi and Laurie hold the group in such a way that there is care, respect and love present in the group. All this helps us see our issues differently and feel empowered in our lives.
We can participate in constellations through observing, or by representing someone/something for someone else, or by bringing our own issue to explore. There is choice and consent all the way through. You don’t need any prior experience of constellations to take part or receive benefit.
We often think the things we struggle with are very personal and unique to us, yet constellations remind us how interconnected we are, to each other and to the wider world. This experience brings a healing movement into our lives in the places we need it, helps us become more alive to the present moment, and helps us feel a loving connection with Life.
**What is an insight walk?
An insight walk is an experience which can help boost clarity, presence and self esteem. It can bring answers to some deep questions, or perhaps help you process a big change in your life. It can also help you develop your deep reverence for nature, allowing you time alone to reflect and just to be with the landscape, elements and non-human beings.
What it involves:
Intention/question setting. An intention helps define why it is you are doing the walk. It may be about helping you to mark or celebrate something you have already done, but it might also equip you with the understanding of who you have to become as you go through changes in your life.You might also like to pose the intention as a question to help guide you.
The walk. The walk will be 3.5 hours of solo time. During this time, you follow your body and your instincts. The main purpose of this time is to be and to let what happens happen without having a predetermined plan and any distractions. You will notice plants and animals, as well as other signs in the landscape that will capture your attention.
Story sharing: You will be invited to share your story, with the group as your witnesses. Your guides will offer some reflections. The purpose of this stage is for you to be seen and heard and for you to gain more clarity on what the walk meant for you.
Meet Naomi
Naomi is a nature constellations coach, facilitator and creative. She works with people one-to-one and in groups, supporting the flow of love and life by promoting good relationship with ourselves the systems of which we are a part.
She has trained and practiced extensively in coaching and facilitation using the Constellations approach alongside the leading UK practitioners within The Whole Partnership and The Centre for Systemic Constellations since 2016. Since 2012 she has lived a conscious, loving connection with the menstrual cycle informed by her intuitive connection with the land, indigenous wisdom teachings, and Red School. She gradually healed her own cycle and since 2021 has lead menstruality workshops. As a facilitator she brings deep holding and witnessing, along with creativity, playfulness and pragmatism.
Her nature connection coaching work has been featured on BBC radio, she has lead and spoken at women’s empowerment events including One Billion Rising and co-created the 2022 I Am Witch exhibition as part of The Silver Spoons Collective to heal intergenerational wounding from the Burning Times. She sings, fools, writes, wild-swims, attempts to play the guitar and embraces full-spectrum living.
what LAURIE brings
Laurie lives on Eigg and is a qualified Wilderness Therapeutic Practitioner, bringing practical skills like foraging with softer approaches such as sit spots, mindfulness and nature solos. She is also an artist who works with plants and a writer/researcher…you can read more about her on the About page.
Our Story & Approach:
Laurie’s passion for wilderness rites of passage; Naomi’s devotion to constellation work and cyclical living: these approaches to transformation found a way to combine in summer 2022 when the two women met and delivered their first Wild Well Beings retreat in a beautiful woodland in the Cotswolds, England. Since then they have gone on to deliver 10 seasonal retreats together.
Since Laurie moved to Eigg, their work together has shifted North and they delivered a Wild Well Beings retreat in Blackness, Scotland. They have now decided to bring their work to Eigg, with a different name, as part of the creative retreat series Laurie organises – still with the spirit of Wild Well Beings at its core.
Creating and connecting on the isle of Eigg 