JUNE 19th-23rd 2026 SUMMER SOLSTICE WEEKEND

wilder ways 2026

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Last year’s retreat opened something meaningful.

This year, we follow it deeper.

This Summer Solstice portal, we return to Campwell Woods to celebrate the height of summer. The same wild land, the same nourishing feasts and blissful rest, the same powerful holding.. now expanded into a fuller 4 day long immersion.

More magic, more embodiment, more medicine, more connection.

Wilder Ways unfolds as a deeply embodied journey, weaving somatic and relational practices that bring connection and aliveness with live medicine music and ceremony co-facilitated by Josie Cork and Ines Braddel who bring their incredible voices and instruments to accompany the entire experience— creating a sacred, spacious container to fully unplug, awaken and meet yourself in the wild.

This immersIVE retreat holds space for a woman to unfurl, explore, deepen and reclaim her fullest expression.

the land

For 5 days we will live in a magical, exclusive forest called Campwell Woods: a handcrafted eco-village nestled in a wild wooded valley just outside Bath. With cosy log cabins, yurts, a cob roundhouse and wood burning stoves, plus a wood-fired sauna and beautiful off-grid facilities, it’s a secluded, nature-immersed sanctuary that on our last retreat women named “the wild fairy forest where time stands still.”

You will stay in a uniquely hand crafted space (like the mushroom house in the photo) — it will feel like camping in the glorious wilderness but with comfortable beds with luxurious bedding, hot showers over looking the forest canopy and home comforts like wood-burning stoves and cosy corners to relax and hang out it.

Charged with love and nurture, this land is ready to hold our wild bodies.

EXPLORE THE VILLIAGE

so, why wilder ways?

Beyond the earthly pleasures of wild swimming, evening forest saunas, nourishing feasts and laughter amongst the forest canopy lies the heart of this journey: a deep reconnection to your authentic, truest self.

Wilder Ways this year is calling in the woman who is ready to fully unplug and remember her liberated essence.

The woman who is done skimming the surface of herself.

The woman who is ready to commit to an immersive, embodied, deeply transformational experience.

This is a return.. to your body, to nature, to deep self trust.

You will awaken, enliven and ignite over the portal of summer solstice and likely not leave the same woman.

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the experience

Connect to the full spectrum of your female human experience. The joy, grief, anger, celebration, tenderness, love.. here we let it all move through you. Facilitated with care and empowerment to help you release and feel what has been ignored or not allowed. You’ll learn how relate better to yourself and to others with loving practices that open the heart and connect the spirit.

❋ Somatic, embodiment and relational practices.

The heart of this experience is a deep return to the Earth — living amongst and within nature herself. Surrounded by land, trees, and open sky, your nervous system softens and recalibrates. Through elemental rituals and ceremony, you’ll reconnect with Mother Nature and receive the wisdom she offers when you slow down enough to listen.

❋ Earth based Ceremony & Ritual

Josie Cork and Ines Braddel will be woven throughout the entire experience, bringing the medicine of live music through ancient instruments and their deeply soulful voices. Women are inherently connected to voice and song, yet in modern culture that connection has often been silenced or forgotten. Through celebratory, heart-opening music inspired by traditions such as those of South America, we reclaim the power of our voices — awakening aliveness, activation, and a profound sense of togetherness.

❋ Voice, Medicine Music & Celebration
❋ Ceremonial spaces

Carefully held ceremonial spaces will be offered with the optional support of plant medicine allies, intentionally woven into the retreat to gently deepen perception, insight, and embodied awareness. These allies are not the focus of the experience, but are approached with respect and clarity— as subtle teachers that can soften defences, quiet the thinking mind, and open deeper layers of feeling and inner knowing.

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how we get wilder

  • Connect to nature

    Together, we deepen our connection to Mother Nature and the wisdom she can teach us.

  • Ritual

    Ritual is a way back to intentional living, every part of this retreat will feel ritualistic and deeply intentional.

  • embodiment

    Women are the keepers of life, the vessel of creation. Here we honour that. Connect to your life force, sensuality and power.

  • sisterhood

    sisterhood

    Create like-minded friendships with women who get you.

  • rest

    Live in a natural haven that soothes your nervous system and gives you the best night sleep you’ll ever have.

  • CEREMONY

    Connect deeper with yourself through a variety of ceremonies that awaken and open.

  • NOURISHMENT

    Wilder Ways, how we eat is part of the ritual: food is cooked with care, shared with intention, and designed to deeply nourish the female body, supporting the energy, vitality, and presence needed for the retreat experience.

  • music and celebration

    Feel the medicine of music, dance, song, frolic and belong in joy.

  • alchemise

    Explore your shadows, transform through somatic experiences and step into a more embodied, self led version of yourself.

what’s included

  • 4 nights of beautiful accommodation, exclusive forest venue and natural living (Friday afternoon- Tuesday departure anytime)

  • Transformational practices, feminine embodiment and relational group healing.

  • Yoga and sound healing

  • Forest sauna, wild swimming, forest bathing to support rest and regulation.

  • Vocal activations, live medicine music, singing and drumming

  • Plant medicine allies (Cacao and sacred mushroom, optional)

  • Elemental ceremonies, fire side singing and sharing, sauna ceremonies

  • Ecstatic dancing and somatic movement

  • Delicious seasonal food cooked by our talented retreat chef. Menu’s created with the female bodies needs in mind. Nutrient dense, seasonal, hearty meals. (breakfast, lunch and dinner)

  • Private WhatsApp group to create community and connection with the other women joining

  • Live zoom integration call a week after the retreat

  • Belonging in sisterhood, life long friendships and deeper connections

  • And plenty of cups of tea, biscuits and hysterical laughter

  • The possibility to connect with so many other women at such a deep level in such a short period of time and being put in condition to truly FEEL myself. I was already doing quite a bit of work within myself, but something big has definitely shifted since the retreat.

    - Elise (2025 retreat)

  • What drew me to this retreat was you, christine- the way you navigate directly from the source. the deep trust you embody, the practices you share - they resonate with something my mind, body and soul have been yearning for with such hunger. I feel, with every part of me that you will bring exactly what I need in the moments I need it most. And for that I'm deeply grateful

    - Ingrid (2025 retreat)

  • I’m taking away so many beautiful memories—the magic of the lake, the singing, the hugs, the laughter, and the joy of sharing dinner together, enjoying incredible dishes. But also the embodiment work stands out for me, where I felt safe to express myself fully, to cry, and to hold space for others in their suffering. These moments created a deep sense of connection and healing that I will carry with me.

    - Antonia (2025 retreat)

  • If you want to eat like a queen,sleep like a princess and feel like a sovereingn,this is your place,even tough you have to fly to arrive there

    - Eva (2025 retest, from Spain)

facilitators

christine cara

Christine is a guide for women, who creates loving and deep spaces where women are held to meet their fullest potential. Rooted in her own lived experience of transforming pain into sovereignty, Christine holds intimate, grounded, and powerfully accountable spaces where softness and strength coexist, and women reconnect to their voice, true expression and inner authority. Christine works as a somatic guide, mentor and yoga teacher who has been on a long path of her own healing journey—through childhood trauma, addiction, fertility, loss and motherhood —leading her her across the world to train with experts and healers.

Founder and facilitator

Josie Corke

Josie Cork is devoted to the path of music as a sacred gateway to healing, connection, and prayer. She shares medicine songs in ceremony, concerts, retreats, and festivals, weaving ancient instruments and soulful voice to open the heart and deepen collective presence. Alongside her musical devotion, Josie is in service to healing plant allies and facilitates sacred plant medicine ceremonies with integrity, reverence, and care.

Music and ceremony guide

Co-facilitator and music/ceremony guide

INES BRADDEL

Ines Braddel is an angelic presence who holds space with deep grace, intelligence, and care. With a background in psychology, training as a yoga teacher, and experience assisting psychedelic-assisted retreats, she brings both grounded understanding and gentle intuition to her facilitation. Devoted to the medicine of music and conscious space-holding, Ines supports the retreat with genuine warmth, steadiness, and heartfelt compassion, creating an environment where participants feel truly seen and safely held.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes if you cannot make the entire time, we would consider this. Just get in touch :)

  • It’s not camping — but it is immersive. You’ll be sleeping amongst the forest, fully surrounded by nature, while staying in beautiful cob houses, shepherd’s huts, cosy wood cabins, and yurts. Each space is warm and thoughtfully designed, with proper beds, soft bedding, and real comfort — offering the magic of being in the wild without sacrificing rest or ease.

  • The facilities are beautifully off-grid, with eco compost loos using sawdust and proper hot showers that open out onto the forest canopy. It’s a wild yet thoughtful set-up — simple, sustainable, and surprisingly luxurious. Pretty epic, honestly.

  • Campwell woods, is near Bath. Cherry Wood

    Oakford Lane

    Near Marshfield

    South Gloucestershire

    SN14 8FE

  • Bath train station is 20 minutes away and there is parking for those driving. We will organise car shares from London on the whatsapp group

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