WOMEN'S RETREATS | AERIAL HAMMOCK | PRIVATE CLASSES | SOMATIC | HEALING
dear wild woman...
We have a new date for 2026!
Escape the ordinary and step into something wild, beautiful, and deeply nourishing. Join us on lush land in Borehamwood, Herts for an overnight retreat where laughter meets ceremony, rest meets revelation, and let nature remind you of your strength, beauty, and belonging.
Here, you’ll dance barefoot, share stories under the stars, and awaken that untamed, radiant woman within, the one who’s ready to play, feel, and come alive. It’s time to reconnect, recharge, and rewild your spirit in the most magical way!
REWILD
Our beautiful Hertfordshire retreat, peacefully nestled on lush land in Borehamwood is housed in nature, where you can unleash your wild woman and engage with the earth, test your limits in our wood fired yurt, and find freedom, reflection and calm in the wilds.
Rediscover a sense of wildness, enhance your well-being, and find balance through practices that foster a deeper connection with nature and your own innate instincts.
RERESH
Our surrounding woodlands are your backdrop for ceremony and solitude where you are invited to rejuvenate in our wild spa - sweating it out in our sauna, taking a cold plunge/swim in our natural bio pool, and taking in the breathtaking views in our tree top meditation net 50 feet off the ground up a 500 year old oak tree (weather permitting and if the squirrels say it's ok.)
RECONNECT
Our Wild Women retreat takes you on a journey of the senses where you'll go full circle through the spectrum of emotions. We have to feel it to heal it! Expect belly laughs, releasing cries, intentional silence, play, dance, song, somatic movement and touch, healthy physical and emotional challenges, and lots of support and love from your fellow wild women and dedicated retreat hosts.
Get out of your head and into your body.
replenish
Foodies will be very well looked after here as each of your meals has been carefully selected to satisfy and nourish your body, mind, and soul. Ingredients, (where possible) are locally sourced, seasonal (many grown on the land itself), plant-based and absolutely delicious, and you will leave craving them for days after.
All of your meals are cooked and served from scratch on site by your own personal chef and include dinner, breakfast, lunch and dinner again before you leave us. Healthy and moreish snacks, teas and coffees will be available throughout your stay as well.
RESTORE
And when the sky dims and the stars emerge, you'll retire to your bespoke private, cosy, insulated and heated sleep pod, designed not just for rest but for earned recuperation.
Here you will find solitude in your surroundings, but with the comfort of your retreat sisters sleeping next to you in their own respective sleep pods, with the sounds of nature as your background playlist.
JESSICA ASHBY
Ground Based and Aerial Somatic Healer • Master Trainer • Sacred Space Holder for Women
Hi I’m Jessica, and I create nurturing, soul-led retreat experiences for women that blend creativity, somatic healing, and ongoing reflection, giving women who have an inner fire the space for it to ignite and glow brightly.
My retreats are inclusive and boundary-driven, rooted in clear values and thoughtful intention. I curate multiple holistic, sensory journeys that gently takes each woman by the hand while allowing them the space to discover her own truth.
With over 15 years of teaching and facilitating and a deep commitment to lifelong healing and learning, I’m compassionate, dedicated and a bit of a hoot.
Through my extensive training and personal practice in women’s circles, aerial yoga, Pilates, breathwork, creative expression, sound and voice activation, meditation, womb healing, consensual conscious touch, and somatics - and through years of working alongside masters in these fields, I offer a harmonious and intuitive blend of these practices to support profound personal transformation in the women I work with.
I create emotional safety through confidentiality and compassion, letting every woman know that it’s safe to be vulnerable, to cry, laugh, move, and release. I encourage openness, both verbally and physically, and invite each woman to show up not just for herself but also in sacred sisterhood, being of service to others as well as receiving the offerings for herself.
Through my work, women are guided to reconnect with the ancient wisdom of their female ancestors, understanding that they come from a powerful maternal lineage filled with resilience, intuition, and grace. I take pride in my authentic, balanced leadership, where I don’t simply facilitate; I participate. I am vulnerable, playful, and intuitive, with what others have described as “an edge” to my personality that keeps the energy light and grounded for all who are with us.
I would say I’m a fun-loving risk-taker who leads by example, showing women how to unlock their own courage and creativity. Having personally experienced grief and trauma, I’ve walked the path of somatic healing, movement, and sisterhood, using these tools to reclaim my joy and self-connection each time life throws me a wild card.
I celebrate life daily, living with immense gratitude and love, and I like think that this energy radiates through every retreat that I lead.
My work is primarily guided by the seasons and cycles of nature and womanhood, reflecting a deep respect for rhythm, rest, and renewal. This connection allows me to create spaces that feel organic, alive, and attuned to the natural flow of transformation within us all.
As an intuitive somatic healer and guide, I create environments where women rediscover joy, truth, and belonging and where magic naturally unfolds between those who dare to take a chance on themselves and each other.
"Our retreats are transformative for all who attend, (including me!) and I am so honoured to hold space for every woman that co-creates experiences with us as we journey together learning from each other. This is my soul work...Let's play!"
SOUND & CACAO WITH MADELEINE
Our Wild Women retreat would not be complete without our beautiful sound and cacao sister Madeleine Moore.
Using the power of frequency, intention, and sacred ceremony, Madeleine creates transformative experiences that support physical, emotional, and energetic wellbeing.
As a trained sound healing practitioner and ceremonial guide, Madeleine holds a nurturing and grounded presence, combining crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, chimes, drum, and voice to help others return to balance.
She will also guide us in a scared cacao ceremony through meditation and collective playful call and response song, respecting the origins of this native plant.
Cacao is a natural and ancient plant medicine, with a high concentration of vitamins, minerals and is a powerful antioxidant. Many indigenous people regard the Cacao Spirit as a feminine force and associate her powers with the emotional body, the voice and a way to communicate with Spirit.
The cacao spirit connects with the energy of the divine feminine, the emotional body, (the heart chakra) and the voice, (the throat chakra).
Mama Cacao holds the vibrations of kindness, unconditional love, and joy, allowing a loving connection with yourself and others.
“I believe healing doesn’t have to be hard, it can be gentle, beautiful, and sacred.”
RETREAT GUEST REVIEW
"I just got back from going to one of my favourite retreat experiences of all time - wild water swimming, sound baths, somatic movement, cacao, silence, stillness, tree hugs, happiness, wooden huts and the most special of wild women sisters. And that was just the first 12 hours!
Taking time out to put on my own oxygen mask and disappear off the the woods to refresh recharge and rekindle with the romance of putting my self in the hands of someone else for 36 hours at a retreat space I’ve always dreamt of in my head but didn’t know existed in Borehamwood, Herts 10 mins from where I live / grew up!
As I said to my boyfriend when I called him from the cutest wooden hut that was my bedroom, “OMG these guys are the real deal! No spiritual pseudo or egos ruling this retreat roost. Truly high positive vibes only here.”
I can’t recommend the space, the space holders, the sauna, the swimming pond, the snug sleep pods, the silent walk, the food, the family and safe cocoon they create highly enough.
Without sounding like a sales pitch - I promise you it isn’t, they really were just that good!"
- Katherine Walsh, Wild Women Weekend Retreat guest May 2024.
SEE WHERE YOU WILL SLEEP
Bed down and switch off in your very own cosy, insulated and heated private sleep pod complete with the sounds of nature as your playlist. Here you will find blissful solitude in your surroundings, but with the comfort of your retreat sisters sleeping next to you in their own respective sleep pods.
Each sleep pod is bespoke and comes with its own lights, heating, power supply and insulated blackout blinds should you wish to have complete privacy.
Please note, these are sleep pods and you cannot stand up in them.
Indoor bathroom facilities with areas to change are right next to the sleep pods and are lit and accessible all through the night, as is the dining area. We also have indoor and outdoor heated showers for your use throughout your stay as well.
✨ SPECIAL DISCOUNT OFFER ✨
Come with a fellow female and share a twin pod for a discounted price each
(Only two twin pods available for this offer.)