Wild Creative
Medicine Woman Rising Retreat

A Sacred Initiation into Your Full Expression Era & Embodied Truth

July 17th–18th • Appalachian Mountains, Whittier, North Carolina

Answer the Call

The Awakening

Imagine stepping into a sacred circle of women deep within the Appalachian Mountains… where art becomes ceremony, expression becomes healing, and the parts of you long buried finally have permission to breathe again. To be seen, heard, witnessed.

There comes a moment in a woman's life when she can no longer abandon herself to stay accepted. And the truth is most women have been conditioned to suppress their natural born wildness to stay accepted, or "good." In doing so, they lose connection to their voice, body, creativity, and truth—feeling exhausted, disconnected, or stuck inside lives that don't fully align.

The Wild within is awakening now. The Cosmic Mother has returned—rising on Earth and within. It is time to remember and unite in truth. We came here for this.

The Wild Creative Medicine Woman Rising Retreat is a return to full expression. This is not just a regular retreat. It is a sacred initiation into creative expression and embodied truth.

This is a calling into deep remembrance, creative awakening, and the embodiment of the wild intelligent force rising within and in this sacred land.

Magic Creative Portal Awaits

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Embodiment & Ritual

Working with the elements through ritual, ceremony, and nature-based practices will invite you into deeper embodiment, creative flow, and inner remembrance.

Soul Essence Painting

You will be guided in an art ceremony to paint from your heart and soul, creating a potent medicine portal to take home to support your journey.

Song & Sound

Express through song, sound, dance, and open playful creative expression. Dance freely and share what lives within you in sisterhood.

Rose Ceremony

The spirit of the rose will be an ally through this journey. This ceremony is an invitation into the Dragon Rose Priestess lineage and the sacred wisdom of the rose.

Sisterhood

Unite with women who feel the call. Share, support, and amplify each other's truths in loving presence. This is a space of pleasure, aliveness, cuddles, and deep connection.

Full Expression Era

Step into your remembrance of who you are underneath everything you were taught to become. Return to freedom.

Art as Medicine & Ceremony

Soul Essence Portal Medicine Painting
Creative brushes

Your Soul Essence Portal

During this potent initiation, you will create a soul essence portal medicine painting through sacred ceremony—a visual manifestation of your inner truth and creative power.

This is not about technique or perfection. This is art as medicine and ceremony—allowing your wild, authentic self to express through color, form, and intuition in ritual space. Your painting becomes a sacred object, a mirror of your deepest truth, and a medicine you carry forward.

We are all artists. This retreat unlocks the inner artist within you—the one who has been waiting to rise, express, and create from your deepest truth.

Through art as medicine and ceremonial creation, you'll access parts of yourself that words cannot reach. You'll paint from the places that have been silenced, suppressed, or forgotten—and watch them rise in vibrant color within the container of sisterhood and divine presence.

"Your heart is the doorway. Your painting is the portal. Your brush is the key. Your truth is the masterpiece."

Sacred Ground

Retreat Property Aerial View in Appalachian Mountains
Retreat House at Twilight with Living Stream

The Ancient Cherokee Blue Ridge Mountains

Nestled in the sacred ancient Cherokee lands of North Carolina, surrounded by lush nature, living streams, and powerful mountain energy. These lands are known to be the Garden of Eden and a place of transformation.

  • Private property sanctuary
  • Living streams & waterfalls nearby
  • Fire pits for evening ceremony
  • Hot tub for relaxation & reflection
  • Cozy indoor spaces with fireplace
  • Comfortable beds & cozy resting spaces
  • Opportunity to extend your stay & explore

Meet Your Guide

Vanessa Mara
Vanessa Mara - Medicine Woman & Artist

Vanessa Mara

Vanessa Mara is a gifted medicine woman, embodied sound oracle, cosmic artist, expression activator, and sacred soul guide devoted to awakening others into the truth, creative power, and the medicine of all they are and came here to be.

From a little girl, Vanessa saw things beyond this realm and always had a creative heart. A natural playful free spirit, she understood instinctively that play is one with creativity—that joy and expression are sacred acts. Through immense challenges in this lifetime, art became her bridge back to herself, her key to healing and wholeness. It was her lifeline—her reason for keeping going through the most difficult times. In her 20s, when she rediscovered her love and passion for painting, singing, dance, and poetry, she found her way home to herself. Over the last 8 years, she has rediscovered her voice and now sings from the soul, bringing through the language of light—which is woven into all her work. She expresses her magic as a divine instrument in as many ways as she feels called to.

In 2013, she started painting from the soul and was shown the cosmic language and multidimensional ancient medicine that was coming through. This was not just art—it was ceremony. It was medicine. It was remembrance. Through this sacred practice, she unlocked abilities she never knew she had and discovered that we are art, and art is ceremony. Every brushstroke, every song, every movement is a portal to our deepest truth.

Through years of deep devotion, transformative initiation, incredible mentors, embodied practice, a spiritual life coaching certification, and lived rebirth, her work weaves together sound healing, intuitive guidance, somatic restoration, creative activation, voice reclamation, and cosmic shamanic healing arts. Her mission extends far beyond painting—it is about embodying full creative potential and expressing the unique magic each person holds. She assists others to unlock their ability to create from the heart, to bring through medicine for the world, and to remember that they too are living art.

At the heart of her work is the knowing that we are all creators—each with a unique magic to share with the world. We are not separate from art. We ARE art. And when we create from our truth, it becomes ceremony. She especially guides love leaders and visionaries home to their authentic expression.

Since 2020, Vanessa has held transformational spaces as a loving guide, sacred mirror, and safe space holder, supporting others in reclaiming their voice, reigniting their inner wildness, and embodying the fullness of who they came here to be.

Wild Creative Medicine Woman Rising is an invitation into deeper remembrance, embodiment, creative liberation, and the awakening of the medicine already living within you. This is where art becomes ceremony, and ceremony becomes your path home.

Retreat Pricing

Wild Creative Medicine Woman Rising Retreat

Choose Your Sacred Space:

Shared Space

$250

Cozy shared accommodation

SOLD OUT

Private Bedroom

$350

Your own private sanctuary

POPULAR

Individual Studio

$400

Private studio with fridge & bathroom

This is more than a retreat—it's a portal threshold of remembrance and activation.
A sacred initiation into your full creative expression and embodied truth.

  • 2 Days / 1 Night Sacred Immersion (July 17-18)
  • Soul Essence Portal Medicine Painting (take home)
  • Embodiment Practices & Divine Ritual
  • Rose Ceremony & Dragon Priestess Activation
  • Song, Sound & Creative Expression
  • Sisterhood Circle & Loving Presence
  • All Meals & Nourishment
  • Private Property Sanctuary Access
  • Fire Pits, Hot Tub & Cozy Spaces
  • Lifelong Sisterhood Connection
Step Into Your Full Expression Era

Ready to Begin Your Journey?

Fill out the application below and Vanessa will personally text you to book your alignment call.

Do You Feel the Call?

Be ready for warm, loving presence and deep aliveness in every way.

Answer the Call

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