with Sonia Rylands & Lea Gudmundsdottir
There’s a moment in a woman’s life when the old ways stop working.
Not because you’re broken — but because you’re ready.
This retreat is a gentle, powerful archetypal journey designed for beginners to medium-beginners: clear, embodied, trauma-informed, and deeply nourishing. We’ll move through four living archetypes — Mother, Catalyst, Princess, and Priestess — with a full day-and-night Priestess immersion to complete the initiation.
You’ll leave with more than inspiration. You’ll leave with practices, clarity, and a felt sense of self-trust.
There’s a moment in a woman’s life when the old ways stop working.
Not because you’re broken — but because you’re ready.
This retreat is a gentle, powerful archetypal journey designed for beginners to medium-beginners: clear, embodied, trauma-informed, and deeply nourishing. We’ll move through four living archetypes — Mother, Catalyst, Princess, and Priestess — with a full day-and-night Priestess immersion to complete the initiation.
You’ll leave with more than inspiration. You’ll leave with practices, clarity, and a felt sense of self-trust.


Landing, safety, and sisterhood.
Arrive, land, and exhale. We settle into our private beachfront home, meet the group, and open the container with gentle ritual, intention-setting, and the agreements that create safety, depth, and sisterhood.


Catalyst (day): Fire. Change. Courage. Sacred disruption.
This is the turning point—where you meet your edge, speak what’s true, and choose what you’re no longer available for. Boundaries, boldness, and clean action.
Princess (evening): Pleasure. Innocence. Desire. Tender worthiness.
In the evening we soften into the Princess—joy, beauty, and the permission to want what you want. A sweet landing after the fire, bringing the nervous system back into safety and receptivity.

Truth. Inner knowing. Sacred voice.
Day 4 is devoted entirely to Priestess: deep listening, ritual, and integration. We move slowly and intentionally—so your intuition becomes louder than your doubt.
In the evening, we complete the initiation with a culminating Priestess ceremony: being witnessed, anchored, and sealed in your inner authority.

Day 4 is devoted entirely to Priestess: deep listening, ritual, and integration. We move slowly and intentionally—so your intuition becomes louder than your doubt.
In the evening, we complete the initiation with a culminating Priestess ceremony: being witnessed, anchored, and sealed in your inner authority.
✔ 4 days of intensive archetypal training (April 8 - 11 2026)
✔ Deep transformational work including elements of:
✔ Expert facilitation by Lea Gudmundsdottir and Sarah Schill
✔ A sacred sisterhood of 13 women maximum
(Lea’s Lifestyle provides training and facilitation only)
WHAT'S INCLUDED AT THE ACCOMMODATION
✔ Luxury accommodation in double rooms at Hidden Cottages in Northern Iceland, surrounded by mountains, rivers, waterfalls, and endless nature
✔ Hot tubs for integration and relaxation
✔ 3 delicious homecooked meals daily (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
(Accommodation and meals are booked and paid directly with Hidden Cottages)
✖ Flights to Gran Canaria
✖ Transport to/from Makai Bungalows, but available upon request
✖ Optional Add-Ons
- Extra private support or pampering:
- For example: Reiki sessions,
Massages, Oracle readings,
Sound healing.
Our home for the retreat is Makāi Bungalows — a Norwegian-owned beachfront resort in Playa del Águila, Gran Canaria, created for calm, health, and deep rest. The resort has 25 intimate bungalows spread between lush gardens and the beachfront, with direct access to the beach.
You’ll stay in a private bungalow (single or shared), with space to rest between sessions. The bungalows are air-conditioned and include a living area with kitchenette and a private terrace.
Start: Day 1 at 12:00 noon (Thursday October 8, 2026)
Plan to arrive by 11:00 AM to settle in.
End: Day 4 at 15:00 (3:00 PM) (Sunday, October 11, 2026)
Book your departure flight after 4:00 PM or stay extra nights.
Option 1: Fly to Akureyri Airport (AEY) - 1 hour from Hidden Cottages
Option 2: Fly to Keflavik Airport (KEF) - 5 hours from Hidden Cottages
Transport Options:
If you're ready to take action and reclaim your power.
If you want to get to know your shadow parts and bring them home.
If you're done hiding and playing small to fit in.
If you're prepared to be held and seen.
If you're ready to be supported and celebrated.
If you're willing to be accompanied through the fire.
If you're ready to step into the woman you were born to be.
If you're looking for a quick fix or want somebody else to take over the responsibility for your life.
If you have a problem with community and open sharings.
If you want to keep hiding.
If you're a man.☺
You are not most women.
So, will you dare to believe in yourself and book a journey into the unknown?
What an epic story that might become!
We met in a profound healing space during a cold German winter, brought together by life or fate,
united from the beginning of an intense 8-day journey until the end.
Our encounter left us with the desire to explore this connection more and find out what could be birthed through us.

Lea is a seiðkona-in-training, priestess, and trauma-informed group facilitator rooted in Norse archetypes and ancestral land medicine.
Her path has led her through domestic violence, addiction, and deep soul wounds—and out the other side into a life of authentic priestess presence, sacred feminine power, and fierce grace.
Lea guides women's circles, transformational retreats, coaching sessions and festivals, creating sacred spaces where accomplished women awaken to their ancestral wisdom, reclaim their untamed truth, and step into sovereign leadership. Her work weaves together the medicine of the land, ancestral teachings, archetypal embodiment, trauma-informed presence, and the transformative power of sacred sisterhood.
She holds the container for women ready to move from surviving to thriving—to remember who they are beneath the noise, to honor their rage and their tenderness, and to rise as priestesses in their own lives.
Website: leaslifestyle.com
Instagram: @lea_s_lifestyle

Sarah Schill is a writer, screenwriter, storyteller and mentor. Her work lives at the intersection of mythology, storytelling, psychological astrology and Internal Family Systems (IFS), supporting women in trusting their inner knowing and having the courage to follow it.
Over the past twenty years, her path has led her through the worlds of writing, dramaturgy and healing traditions, including psychotherapy, family constellations, indigenous plant medicine, shamanic practices, breathwork, herbalism, meditation and Tantra.
She teaches mythopoetic writing classes, facilitates retreats and works one-on-one with women who are navigating creative thresholds, life transitions and the process of becoming more fully themselves.
Sarah believes that the most meaningful transformations begin at the moment we stop abandoning what
we already know to be true.
Her work is an invitation to listen more deeply.
What wants to come alive right now?
Website:
www.sarahschill.com
Instagram: @sarah_schill
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Early Bird Price:
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Book now and save. Early bird pricing won't last, and neither will the 13 spots.
Deposit: €500 to secure your spot (paid to Hidden Cottages).
This is an intimate, potent circle. Spots are filling fast.
When the circle is full, registration closes.
The Daughters of the North don't wait. Neither should you.
Please reach us at hello@leaslifestyle.com or mail@sarahschill.com
if you cannot find an answer to your question.
This retreat is for women who are ready to stop playing small, reclaim their power, and step into fierce, sovereign leadership. It's for women who are willing to face their shadows, embrace their wild truth, and be held in deep sisterhood.
You don't need experience. You need courage, openness, and a willingness to go deep. Lea and Sarah will guide you every step of the way.
We will keep an open dialog after the retreat holding the sisterhood alive. In addition to that you can always book sessions with one of us for further support. We are all about aftercare!
Yes! Extra nights are available at Hidden Cottages before and/or after the retreat. You can book that directly with Hidden Cottages after reserving your spot at the retreat
The deposit is non-refundable. Full payment is due 3 weeks before the retreat, and no refunds are given after that point.
Fly to Akureyri Airport (1 hour away) or Reykjavik Airport (5 hours away). There are frequent domestic flights between Reykjavik and Akureyri. You can rent a car, take a bus.
Cold! Iceland in October is winter starting. Expect temperatures around 0–5°C (32–41°F). Mix of rain, snow, wind, and occasional sunny days. Bring warm layers, but also prepare for unpredictable weather—it's part of the magic. This is the Aurora season starting.
This retreat is intense and requires emotional resilience. If you're new to deep inner work, we ask you to have an interview with us, just to check your status, and then come with an open heart and a willingness to be uncomfortable. That's where transformation happens.
The retreat schedule is full. If you want to explore Iceland, plan extra days before and/or after the retreat.
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