Somatic Shamanism & Energy Medicine Wheel - Serpent Medicine - Shed old skins

A four-part retreat journey held at The Acorn Wellness Retreat in the sacred landscape of Nidderdale near Harrogate, facilitated by Kay Louise Aldred www.kaylouisealdred.com @kaylouisealdred

Rooted in the teachings and archetypes of the Four Winds and evolved through my own gnosis, professional learning, lived experience and trauma-informed nervous system practice, this body of work is what I call Somatic Shamanism — an embodied and grounded approach to healing, reconnection and remembrance.

Each retreat day offers space to work deeply with one direction of the medicine wheel and its corresponding archetype, element and transformational themes.

Together, the wheel becomes a complete healing journey — returning you to the earth, your essence and the interconnected nature of life itself.

Retreat days include ceremonial cacao*, guided somatic and shamanic practices, reflection, meditation and a nourishing plant-based lunch.

While each retreat can be experienced as a powerful stand-alone journey, completing the full Medicine Wheel offers a deeper and more integrated unfolding through body, emotion, mind and heart.

Somatic Shamanism & Energy Medicine Wheel Serpent — Shed your old skins

Arrive 9:30am for welcome refreshments
Plant-based lunch provided
£110 per person

At the threshold of Mabon, the Autumn turning point, we enter a time of grounding, release and embodied recalibration — a return to the body and the wisdom of the earth.

Are you ready to activate your life force energy held in your root chakra and reconnect with your vitality, safety and sense of embodied abundance?

This Somatic Shamanism and Energy Medicine retreat weaves together ceremonial cacao*, deep embodied practice, guided somatic and shamanic practices, meditation, reflection, and shamanic journeying as we work with the archetype of the Serpent. The Serpent is the ancient force of nature within us — the intelligence that grounds us into Mother Earth and supports transformation through shedding.

Serpent teaches us how to release old identities, outgrown patterns and protective layers that no longer serve. It coils through the body as a force of renewal, supporting rebirth through grounded presence.

This is a powerful day for initiating change, stabilising the nervous system and returning to your natural vitality and flow.

*Please check with your GP or healthcare provider that ceremonial cacao is suitable alongside any medications, supplements or health conditions you may have.

Next Dates on the Somatic Shamanism & Energy Medicine Wheel:

Friday 30th October - Jaguar Medicine — Connect to Power

Friday 5th February 2027 - Hummingbird Medicine — Soul Light

Friday 9th April 2027 - Eagle & Condor Medicine — Union with Source, Within and Without