Naked Power: reveal the goddess within
with Carly Mountain, author of Descent & Rising: Women’s Stories & the Embodiment of the Inanna Myth & Berlin-based Ritual Photographer Jaqueline Louan.
The first circle sold out in a matter of hours. So due to popular demand a second circle has been added. Click button to secure your place today.
AN ONLINE & IN PERSON COURSE for women who are ready to EMBRACE & REVEAL their POWER
Bloom like a night flower
Spilling her radiance everywhere
Undress your wildest nature
Submit to the descent & feel yourself rising
Let your erotic power effortlessly guide you
See and be seen.
Become who you are and have always been.
A Mythic Journey into the Artistry of Feminine Power & Creativity.
Dare to Reveal the Vulnerability & Strength Inside of You.
This is an invitation to enter a community of women who are ready to unapologetically embody their power.
A space to delve deeply into creativity, movement, play, ritual, poetry and embodiment within a circle of female support and presence.
Reveal your naked power. No pushing, no holding back.
Following the mythopoetic map of the Inanna myth down through the seven gates of your body and the body of your life, we will explore what power feels like, how you shy away from it, how you revel in it, how you fear it and how it brings you to life.
What does it mean to become naked? To strip ourselves of the false ideas and ideals that have held us captive and uncover our innate vulnerability and strength.
The Feminine is not weak, or only soft, she is multifaceted, complex, wild, sometimes fierce, always loving. Embodied power is the flexibility to be and respond as you are, moment to moment. Can you give yourself permission to be all that you are? And all that you long to be?
Together we will…
Undress our voices – the sounds and words that have been longing to be heard
Undress our desires – can you dare to feel your want and trust and follow it?
Undress our vulnerability and our strength – the nature of Feminine power is found in the communion of opposites, in the embracing of paradoxes.
Undress our relationship with our bodies – women are constantly encouraged to be at war with our bodies. We have the power to end the conflict. Unveil the power and beauty of your body as she is – unedited.
Evoke the goddess that you are.
REMEMBER. RECLAIM. RECONNECT.
“We do not escape into art- we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.”
Anaïs Nin
The ritual photoshoot….
A journey to the depths of the underworld of your being, a place where you will welcome all that you are, and all that is longing to be revealed. Become intimate with the goddess inside you, let her become your radiance and your guide.
Step into a hallowed space with flickering candles, thick flowing fabrics, fruit and flowers. Dimmed lights dancing on naked skin. A space to celebrate your unique shape, your body, your essence. To love yourself a little bit more. Or heaps more. To feel the blessing of your own embodiment. Your wild and tender, instinctual and unapologetic nature.
In a circle of sisterhood, we are banging the drum for you.
Make love to the unseen realms and weave them into art.
It will be a ritual, a celebration, a prayer.
DATES & PRICES
Opening Circle Online Wednesday 19th March 6 – 8pm GMT
3 Day Non-Residential Retreat 4th – 6th April in Sheffield including Ritual Photoshoot with Jaqueline Louan
Online Circle 23rd April 6-8pm BST
Closing Circle Online 29th May 6-8pm BST
Additonally each woman will receive
*25+ digital group pictures & close-ups just for private use.
*2 or more mystical, faceless images for online use (we will clearly announce these)
* a few pictures of just you and your embodiment of your Feminine power
£425 Earlybird if paid in full by 13th January 2025
£475 Full – final payment due on 19th February 2025.
There will be 2 groups running together of 12 women per group. Both groups will share the Opening Circle and April circles for a beautiful big group energy.
The in person weekends and closing circles will be in two separate groups of 12 women only for a more intimate sharing and connection.
£100 non-refundable deposit required to secure your place. Click button below to book now.
Inanna initiates us into a new relationship with power
The descent takes us into the depths of the underworld where we are stripped of our power and reckon with our powerlessness. Through this right of passage we are initiated into a new embodied paradigm of ‘power with’ rather than ‘power over’. Paradoxically, through meeting with all the ways we are powerless, we become more intimate with power in a whole new way.
Many of women’s embodied experiences are invisible, ignored or denigrated.
A central theme of the Inanna myth is being witnessed and this is a core thread of this course.
You are a living, breathing mythology.
Now is the time to tell the stories of our bodies.
Feel our losses and our longings.
Be witnessed and witness each other.
And reveal our naked power.
And RISE.
THE JOURNEY
Each Circle hold a teaching of the myth about our embodied relationship with power.
Opening Circle Online – The Power of Choice
In Person Retreat
Day 1 – The Inanna Myth – Entering the 7 gates
Day 2 – Erotic Power – Power Play & Honouring the Stories of Your Body
Day 3 – Banging the Drum – Rising Witnessed a Ritual Photoshoot with Jaqueline Louan
Online Circle – Sacrifice & Taking Responsibility for Power
Online Closing Circle – Compassion & Completion
MEET YOUR SPACE HOLDERS
Carly Mountain
Carly Mountain is a psychotherapist, a psychosexual somatic therapist, sacred space holder, breathworker and writer. She brings twenty years of holding and exploring sacred embodied practices. Her book Descent & Rising: Women’s Stories & the Embodiment of the Inanna Myth explores women’s real lived experiences of descent and rising, and familiarises us with a process of female psycho-spiritual growth often overlooked in patriarchal culture.
Carly specialises in beholding people as they traverse the depths of initiation; both in therapy, breathwork and within courses that support women to remember, reclaim and reconnect with the wisdom encoded in their flesh and bones – the wisdom of the Earth incarnated inside of us. So that we can live a sensual, naturally abundant, erotically inspired life.
Jaqueline Louan
Jaqueline Louan is an artist for the human heart.
She is a muse that sees the muse in you and wants to awaken your ever-flowing oceanic nature. Her creations are a fusion of ritual and photoshoot, with the intention to dive deep into the mysteries of existence and to elevate the love for our human form and flesh. She weaves threads of enchantment and knows how to spark that flame in your soul that is here to burn in devotional prayer. Her knowledge of dreams, shamanism and visions invites you to embrace your intuition and serves as an inspiration for her creative process.
ready to join us?
Yours is the power to say yes.
Scroll down for FAQs and more detailed information including cancellation policy.
FAQs
How long are the sessions?
Timings are as follows
Opening Circle Online Weds 19th March 6-8pm GMT
Non- residential retreat in Sheffield, UK
Begins Friday 12-6pm
Saturday 10.30 – 5.30pm
Sunday 11.30 – 5.30pm
Rising Circle Online Wednesday 23rd April 6-8pm BST
Closing Circle 1. Online Thursday 15th May 6-8pm BST
Closing Circle 2. Online Thursday 29th May 6-8pm BST.
I am currently struggling with my mental health and am in a significantly destabilised place is this retreat for me?
This work is about power and the disruption of old habits and defences that we employ to obfuscate our power. To work with this we need to be in a stable and safe enough place to be disrupted and vulnerable. Therefore this work is not suitable for anyone who is currently dealing with acute mental and/or physical health issues and/or anxiety. Please ensure you are in a safe enough place in your life to work with the material. If in doubt please email Carly mountaincarly@gmail.com directly to check in.
Will there be nudity?
This course is all about female liberation and embodied creativity and some nudity will be encouraged in parts of the retreat. A core theme of the retreat is exploring your relationship with your body and nakedness within a supportive container of women. There are so many insidious narratives that undermine our relationship with our bodies.
Being together with other women and witnessing each others nakedness has the power to alchemise shame and help us remember our innate beauty and power. And not only that, LOVE IT!
No one is obliged to get completely naked. Your choice is your power.
That said, I would say that a desire to work with your nakedness and what that reveals to you is required for this work. So if you are very uncomfortable with nudity this course is probably not for you (unless you are ready and resourced enough to meet that edge in yourself). All women, at all ages and stages of life are welcome.
What is a Ritual Photoshoot?
A ritual photoshoot is a creative process of being witnessed as the creatrix and muse that you are. A key part of the Inanna myth is nkaedness, revelation and being seen. Jaqueline will bang the drum for your rising and use the ceremonial holding of altar and lense to support you to reveal what is ready to emerge, within the held support of a circle of sisterhood.
Will the photos be shared on social media?
There are clear agreements about photo usage to ensure your privacy is 100% protected. We will provide all women a contract with clear agreements around use of photographs that you can read and agree to before booking.
What is your cancellation policy?
A £100 non-refundable deposit is required to hold your place.
Earlybird payment due by 13th January 2025.
Final payments due from all participants by 19th February 2025.
If you cancel before 31st January we will refund all but your desposit. After 1st February if you cancel, unfortunately we will not be able to offer any refunds unless we can fill your place. So please make sure you have asked any questions before you sign up.
No refunds can be given once the course has started even if you decide the course is not for you. Thankyou for your understanding on this.
Do I need to have read Carly's book to do this course?
No. You are absolutley welcome to join this course without having read Carly’s book.
Though the course accompanies the book beautifully so if you can get hold of a copy I would obviously say, yes buy one! But it is not a pre-requisite for taking this course.
What do I need with me for the sessions?
You will need a journal, pen, lunch and snacks to keep you going through the retreat. And you will receive a welcome email with lots more information after you sign up.
I am in Therapy with Carly Can I Sign Up to This Course?
This course is not suitable for anyone who is currently in therapy with Carly.
Is this a Therapy Course?
No. Though Carly is a qualified psychotherapist, she is not in the role of therapist in this course. In this course she is a sacred space holder. If you feel you need therapy, it would be better to seek out 1:1 support from a qualified practitioner.
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