The Course Overview
Embark on a transformative 12-week journey of re:membering who you truly are.
Discover the healing and liberating power of nature's elements alive within you. Through this collective journey, you will learn to connect and align with the elements, seasonal cycles, and energetic movements to experience a deeper sense of your authentic self and intrinsic belonging.
This course will be offered by Jae and is for Black women and women of colour.
We are continually in a state of becoming, as is everything around us. Life itself is a web of intricate connections, and this organic wisdom resides within us, often felt in ways that do not have words. Ancestral intelligence is encoded in our breath, blood, bones, and brains, yet it can sometimes feel elusive.
By cultivating the space and practices to access our indigeneity—who we were before societal expectations shaped us—we enter the sacred act of re:membering our true nature. The practice of decolonising is a body-mind-spirit process that empowers us to reclaim our personal agency, ancestral wisdom and spiritual authenticity.
What if you could alchemise your life experiences into your own freedom cheat code? This journey will support you chart a path of intentional transformation, towards becoming a cycle alchemist. With 2025 being a year of completion, purge, and release, and Pluto moving into Aquarius, we stand at a powerful crossroads. Amid collective loss, grief, anger and confusion of recent global events, hope prevails, prompting us to reflect on and connect with what truly matters.
Participants can expect:
Six 2.5-hour in-person sessions
One 2-hour online session
Guidance for daily practices to support integration
Resource list
Join us in a people-centered, community-focused, trauma-sensitive space to explore our healing journeys as offerings to the collective, ancestral, and planetary healing. Through a blend of ritual, African spirituality, somatic, creative and Yogic practices, you will uncover what lies within. Cultivate resources that help you keep your cup filled and practices that enhance your capacity for feeling, to embrace the fullness of who you are, as a part of an intra-connected world.
Course Content
6 bi-weekly sessions in alignment with the elements
Through two decades of healing practice, I’ve learned that our most challenging moments often call us to lean deeper into our practices and community. You are not alone in your feelings of loss or hope; this journey is designed for those seeking connection and authenticity in your relationship with yourself and others.
Welcome to your journey of becoming.
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practices for embodying community as we cultivate the container that will resource and support both the collective and individual journey
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practices for embodying curiosity through engaging whole body listening, experimentation and play
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practices for embodying courage as we tend to vulnerability, what lies within and boundaries
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practices for embodying connection as we explore transition, communication and relationship
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practices for embodying creativity to deepen receptivity and nourish authentic expression
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practices for embodying wholeness and exploring the qualities of spiritual coherence
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a final opportunity to gather in celebration of summer solstice to share how you have been integrating your journey, ask questions and receive collective insights. There will also be guidance for preparing a personal ritual practice to commemorate your journey and the sacred transition of solstice.
Course Dates
This course has been designed as a complete journey that builds session by session. It is highly encouraged that participants plan to attend all six of the in-person sessions. Participants should only book this course if they know they can attend a minimum of four of the in-person sessions.
In-person sessions will take place on six Sundays from 15:00 - 17:30 BST:
Sunday, 30th March
Sunday, 13th April
Sunday, 27th April
Sunday, 11th May
Sunday, 25th May
Sunday, 8th June
BONUS: Saturday, 21st June | 10:00 - 12:00 (online)
Book your place
Have questions?
Want to ask us a question about this event? Take a look through the FAQs to find answers to common queries. You are welcomed to reach out to us.
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People who identify as Black women or women of colour.
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Retreats are exclusive to Black women and women of colour to centre shared experiences.
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Sāmya Studios is not a barrier-free venue. Please get in touch to discuss your specific needs.
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You must be all-in for the entire retreat. It’s not possible to only book single classes. We emphasise creating a space in which sisters can exchange and build trust. This atmosphere would not thrive as well, if guests were changing throughout the retreat.
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Nurture - this level is a subsidised rate for those who are on a lower income
Sustain - this level covers the basic costs of the course
Nourish - by paying a bit more, this level supports access for all
You have the option to choose between the three tiers. Further, you can choose to pay a 50% deposit now and 50% closer to the course - at the latest 14 days before the course begins.
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You don’t have to be an advanced yoga practitioner at all. We welcome the humblest of beginners. We’ll provide different options to accommodate all levels.
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There are no refunds or exchanges for virtual and urban retreats. No exceptions. Transfers are available at the discretion of OYA Retreats.