Tag: spiritual retreat

A New Name?

Those who have known me a while know I reclaimed my name, Shantel, a few years back. Yet at retreat the ladies who I hadn’t met had trouble relating me with my name they told me. And I’ve noticed recently I’ve been Shannii again as much as Shantel. During my magical visit to Avebury we

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The Time For Me is Now

This post coming to you from a little jungle town in Peru. This trip has had me in all the feels and I have been trying to figure out why? Its not the first time I’ve gone away solo so that’s not it. Its not even the first time I’ve been to this country so

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My experience at Mai Niti Retreat Centre Peru

Day 1 As we stepped off the plane onto the tarmac and walked to the entry doors of Pucallpa Airport the heat hit us instantly. There was no security. Just a couple of guards standing there telling us to go through the doors. We walked out the doors to be bombarded with taxi offers. I

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The initiation that felt like I dissolved into nothing.

I was gifted a deep initiation into the remembrance of who I am at the Awaken Retreat in Feb 2022. Something I’ve always known but to viscerally experience it in this way was beyond profound. And I am forever thankful for the ones who held me through it, who kept me grounded to this plane

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Thoughts before a Vow of Silence

I can already feel my ego freaking out. But what about this, you will miss this? And singing – how will you not be able to sing? You are going to struggle and probably quit so why even start? I could write so many more of the lovely thoughts that have visited since I announced

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“Touch me. Don’t stop.”

The last piece of my puzzle, of this particular journey, fell into place. I never realized how much I wanted to be touched by people now. I walked around giving touch to people and feeling really fucking happy. I was in my natural state. The one I’ve come to love and adore. And I felt

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