https://thesacredvillage.ca/

A powerful, life shaping 3-day immersive experience where women gather to remember and retrieve their connection to the Sacred, within and without. This gathering is a celebration of our womanhood and an invitation to reconnect to our hearts, our roots, and the beauty of each other’s reflections. Through ceremony, music, dance, art, and nourishing experiences, we reawaken the ancient village way—where community holds, heals, and transforms us.

Here, we honour life and women in all her many phases—birth, maidenhood, motherhood, magahood, elderhood, death—embracing the cyclical wisdom of nature. The Sacred Village Festival is more than a gathering, it is a living prayer, a reweaving and rewilding of our feminine essence, an axis point where we can nurture the seeds of change and create the world we dream of for our children’s children. Together we are catalyzing necessary cultural change for humanity through personal transformation, community care, and guardianship of the Earth.

Dreaming Waters Gathering. An intentional coming together of women to spend time remembering ancestral ways of caring for ourselves, each other and the land. On the first two days we nourish ourselves and each other through sharing offerings like: basket weaving, fire making, natural dye crafts, yoni steaming, and herbalism. On the third day, we focus our energies collectively on stewarding the land that holds us during our gathering. Welcome home to the village, sister.

Kate will be running a Wild Goddess Portraiture workshop on Saturday afternoon.

https://www.wilderconnections.com/retreats

Join Kate for a workshop, potluck and interactive concert!

Join Kate for a song workshop, potluck and interactive concert.

Wild Belonging is coming back for another round this October! Lovingly guided by a diversely talented dream team of women: Carly Joynt (Wilder Connections), Laura Gilmour (Wild Muskoka Botanicals) and Kate Sutherland. These three have been running nature programs (and frolicking through the woods) together for 15+ years.

As the wheel turns us again towards the darker part of the year- through the harvest and the bright falling leaves, maybe you’re feeling this invitation- to let go, or take stock or hollow out or dance in something new. Whatever it is that's written on your heart this fall, you are invited to bring it here to feed the fire.

In community and on the land we'll explore, share what's on our hearts, sing, move, laugh, cry and connect. There is nothing fancy about this retreat- it's not a peak experience or a methodology to fix what's broken. It is a guided space for us to do what humans innately know how to: connect to each other, nature, and remember our belonging to this great whole.

We will gather in the early afternoon for a playful, guided community song circle experience. Learn some new songs and revisit old favourites in the spirit of feeling joyful and alive! Songs are taught orally and brought to life in the moment, as our voices weave together. No experience necessary, and all voices are welcome! The workshop will be followed by a break and a potluck. Folks are welcome to get a breath of fresh air wandering on the beautiful property, and enjoy a communal meal and celebration of the new Hope's Starlings album release - Roses & Ravens. After dinner Kate will offer an interactive concert experience, and perform many of the songs from the new song collection, as well as some favourite cover songs, and older originals. Expect some piano, guitar, and perhaps some looping magic!

Red Tent Gathering! Unleash your creativity through movement, sound, singing and art! Kate will be weaving in community song throughout this weekend gathering of diverse offerings. For details and to register, contact Ayrlie at wimmingirlz@gmail.com

This event is being run by Wilder Connections, and will be co-facilitated by Carly Joynt (Wilder Connections), Laura Gilmour (Wild Muskoka Botanicals) and Kate Sutherland (Yours Truly!).

You may have noticed, the idea of slowing down, striving less, and connecting deeply is not exactly encouraged by the dominant narrative- of course there’s nothing wrong with the fast lane, but do you ever wonder what might get lost in the modern hustle, far from the days of the village?

Whether you’re caught up in the grind, or carrying some inner storm, yearning to down regulate or needing to refresh with a new perspective, tending a connection to the land and to each other can can return us to ourselves, and provide powerful tools to navigate the wilderness within.

Details for this 3-day, guided retreat- in community and on the land:

When: March 21-24, 2024. Arrival before 9pm on Thursday evening departure after lunch on Sunday:)

Where: At a private cabin on Kennebec Lake, Arden Ontario

Why: To return home with greater clarity, more light and less to carry:)

For more information and to register, visit https://www.wilderconnections.com/retreats, or email Carly at carly.joynt.counselling@gmail.com

This book club meetings take place on the closest Sundays to the 13 new moons of the year, at 7 pm ET (Toronto/New York), starting January 14, 2024. See the event page katesutherland.ca/wild-women-reading-book-club for a list of exact dates.

The 13 Original Clan Mothers by Jamie Sams is a richly nourishing and empowering discovery journey for the Sacred Feminine, both for the collective and for the individual. Let's experience the wisdom of these teachings together, and imbue it with our own.

We will meet monthly via Zoom to discuss each chapter in turn.

Membership for the journey is a one-time payment of $45 for the year.

This time of lengthening days, brighter sun, warmer air, melting snow and thawing ground is when we lay our intentions down for the coming season of growth. We dream, we set goals and look ahead, and we do this in a balanced way, staying present in this important moment of holding and planting the seed with awakened consciousness and specific intention. Let us envision vitality, plan for supported productivity, and prepare ourselves for what lies ahead in the busy warmer months that will soon be upon us. Our creative, birthing energy is in full swing as we embrace the coming season with inspired motivation. Or, even if we're not quite there yet, we support each other in warming up those seeds so they open up and start growing.

We will create art, express ourselves in expansive body movement, sing together, enjoy delicious food, good company, all held in a safe container for deep sharing for the purposes of deepening our self-awareness and connection with each other.

Co-hosted by Sasha Padron and myself.

Dates: May 13- 15, 2022

Location: Hastings, Ontario

Cost: $300-425 sliding scale (includes materials, accommodations, coffee & tea and most meals). Please pay what feels both generous and affordable to you.

Feel free to share this invitation around. Spaces are limited, so remember to sign up soon!

Please register with Sasha at sasha.padron@gmail.com.

I look forward to visioning with you soon!

Join us for a weekend of heart and spiritual "detox" as we take a look at our inner landscapes, and explore how we continue to grow on our Human Journey.

Just as the winds of fall bring a change of energy to the world around us—in these parts we see leaves turning brilliant colours before the tree releases them to the ground—we too will respond to the moving of the seasons, as reflected by our inner natures. Let us consciously harvest the blessings of this past growing season, and work to let go of anything we’re ready to shed for the purposes of growth and renewal. Like the trees and those leaves—we will come to recognize the beauty of our lessons, before letting die what no longer serves us.

Lighten your heart, so that in a few weeks when the snow falls gently down to cover the earth, you are ready to let new seeds germinate, nourished by the wonderful “compost” of the previous season.

Our process will involve the practices of

Chi Kung and/or Yoga Asking good questions and journaling, Sharing, listening, and being witness to each other, Creating intentional art, Bringing our voices together in song for the purposes of connecting deeper, and supporting each other in our catharsis. Eating good food and enjoying beautiful fires! Energy exchange for the weekend: sliding scale $225 - $275 (includes some meals, snacks and hot drinks, and art materials)

This is an outdoor event, so bring a tent and warm clothes so you can stay the nights feeling ALIVE and COMFORTABLE!

To register, please contact Sasha Padron at sasha.padron@gmail.com

GET TOGETHER WITH COMMUNITY AND EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF SINGING Morning for Families 11-11:45 am - $25/individual, or $35/family

Join Kate in singing some new (and maybe some familiar!) nature songs. This portion will be a combination of performance, and participation in singing and use of props. We will do some animal-form movements and other activities to engage the senses as we explore our voices together.

Potluck Lunch Break - 12 - 1pm

Afternoon for Older Birds (age 15 and up) 1-4 pm - $35/person

Dive deeper into meaningful songs that can become powerful tools and positive mantras in your life. Kate will break down beautiful harmonies and multi-layer "good message" songs, and bring all voices together in the experience of song. Kate will also share the origin stories behind her and other songwriters' work, so that the accurate lineage can carry through as you go forward and perhaps share these songs with others.

When we sing with our truest voices, we can feel connection with everything around us. Kate will integrate self-exploration exercises and nature connection routine, which can help you on your own song-writing journey, and put you in touch with your true inner voice.

Bndfire - 4-5 pm Free

(weather permitting)

Let's get together for a casual song-share. Kate will hold the container for the circle, and everyone is welcome to bring a song or two to share. This is a good opportunity to practice your own song-teaching skills, and/or to just enjoy the age-old tradition of singing in community, around a crackling fire.

Deepen Your Relationship with Song over a weekend of focused and inspired mini-workshops, song sharing circles, time spent in nature, good food and good company. We will meet you where you're at, and gently push the edges of your comfort zone wider through witnessed and held song experience. Explore tools for integrating song into your daily life, as a connection practice for relating to the natural world and yourself.

You don't have to be a song writer, or experienced singer to attend. This workshop is for you and your voice, wherever you find yourself.

Energy Exchange: Early Bird (up to Jan 31): $295 After Jan 31: $335

Hello Friends!

Do you ever feel a rising within you, a glimpse-feeling of something powerful wanting to emerge into full expression? Perhaps it's accompanied by a sense of calmness, deep inner knowing, fear, restlessness, urgency, helplessness, joy, snippets of clarity and truth, or of surrendering to mysteries yet to unfold...?

Take Courage! Embrace your Beauty.

Join me in celebrating and exploring our Sacred Gifts & Responsibilities through song medicine, art, nature meditation time, body movement, heart-conversation and ceremony.

This gathering is open to anybody who identifies as being a woman. Please note that some of our discussion will likely enter the realm of the Sacred Gifts of the Feminine that are directly related to female biology-- e.g. Vision Medicine of Moontime, the Womb, and Childbirth.

The Rosseau Sanctuary offers beautiful space, both inside the spacious log house and in the nature surrounding.

Energy Exchange: $350 (includes delicious food and accommodations, art materials)

Early Bird discount: $325 (Register before October 1)

Space is Limited!

Lots of Love, In Sisterhood, Kate

Is there a bubbling well of song in your heart, wanting to emerge?

Are you interested in exploring moving song into the world by tapping into a deeper source of inspiration, beauty and connection?

This workshop is for you!

All voices welcome, no previous experience necessary.

Tickets Available Soon

I'm stoked and honoured to be joining as part of the facilitation team for this amazing event run by the 8 Shields Institute.

Please Join Us in beautiful central Tennessee, for a One of a Kind Experience with Special Guests Melanie DeMore, Victor Wooten and Jon Young, as we Create Community Around Nature and Music and Celebrate The Power in Every Voice!

Genius and creativity are accessible to all of us through practices of mindfulness in nature. Join us for a weeklong exploration of the ways in which we can develop our own artistic relationship with the natural world, receiving, through all of our senses, the elements that can form a song, a poem or a story. Expressing these elements, in small groups as well as the larger village, offers the ideal scene of bringing our creative treasures forth in a supportive community of practice. The invitation is there to catch, to share and to receive from others, practicing the art of deep listening. A team of skilled facilitators will guide our journey using the renowned and highly effective 8 Shields’ mentoring model to uncover the gifts of creativity and power that lie within each of us.

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