Spring Pagan Women's Retreat

Join Us for an Empowering Pagan Women's Retreat in Iowa

Magical soul, have you felt the call to gather in community with likeminded individuals - your fellow witches, healers, pagans, wise folk, and other practitioners of earth-based spirituality and magic? To come together to celebrate the seasons and the rhythms of nature, to connect with the ancient magics of the land, to feel the presence of deities and spirits, to honor the wisdom of your innate magic, to gather in sacred rituals and circles, to be fully witnessed and celebrated for your unique magic?

I too have felt this call.

I am thrilled to make this dream a reality - and you are invited to join me at my Pagan Women's Empowerment Retreat in Allamakee County, IA from Thursday, May 15th to Sunday, May 18th, 2025.

Gather With Others to Honor and Share Your Magic

Here's some of the magic we'll be brewing up over the course of the weekend:
  • Learning new magical practices to incorporate into your routine and rituals
  • Grounding into our destination by exploring and honoring its natural beauty
  • Connecting with and honoring pagan goddesses
  • Celebrating and honoring the landvættir (land spirits) of our beautiful location
  • Sacred rituals, group energy work, meditations, and journaling sessions
  • Preparing (optional) and enjoying delicious meals together
  • A grounding and healing group drumming circle
  • A healing sound bath journey designed to fill your magical cup
  • Plenty of free time to connect, relax, and explore the area
  • A witchy/magical/fae/shield maiden inspired photoshoot
If you are a lover of paganism, animism, witchcraft, folklore, and mythology, then this retreat is for you.

When: Thursday, May 15th - Sunday, May 18th, 2025
Where: Harpers Ferry, IA
Ticket Price: $300.00
Spots Available: 0 out of 13 (Full)
In the event that someone cancels their registration, I can email you to let you know. If you'd like to sign up for the cancellation list, please click on the button below.
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Ticket Includes: Your indoor stay, dinner Thursday, all three meals for Friday, all three meals for Saturday, breakfast on Sunday, and activity/craft supplies.
Meals: Prior to the retreat, please let me know if you have any dietary restrictions or allergies. Snacks will be provided in addition to the main meals.
Payments: If you would like to attend and need to make payments, that's an option via Square invoicing. Please contact me so your spot can be saved.
Cancellation/Refund Policy: If you have to cancel for whatever reason, full refunds will be issued up until May 1, 2025 (two weeks prior).
Price: Please note that the price for the Spring retreat is slightly different than the Fall retreat due to the difference in venue pricing.
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Who is this Retreat For?

This retreat is ideal for you if:
  • You consider yourself to be a pagan (although, really labels are arbitrary)
  • You follow some version of earth-based spirituality
  • You're new to exploring paganism, mythology, folklore, and witchcraft and want to learn more
  • You're an experienced practitioner and wish to connect with others
  • You feel connected to the old ways while having a firm foothold in the 21st century
  • You are ready to or have been exploring your own magic
  • You feel connected to or want to learn more about Norse, Celtic, and/or Germanic deities and Spirits
  • You want to connect with other healers, witches, and medicine women

What Are the Intentions For This Retreat?

  • To further step into your power as a witch, healer, energy worker, or medicine woman
  • To connect and share space with other likeminded women
  • To deepen your connection to Spirit and to the earth through blóta (ceremonies)
  • To deepen or establish connections with Norse, Celtic, and/or Germanic goddesses
  • To further tap into, honor, celebrate, and utilize your power among other women
  • To engage in and experience healing, grounding, and nourishing ceremonies

Tour the Venue

We will be staying in a 2-story 6-bedroom cabin with 2.5 baths. Located just outside of Harper’s Ferry and close to the Harpers Ferry Boat Launch and Mississippi River, the cabin features: 
  • New bathrooms
  • Anew kitchen
  • An outdoor hot tub (available year round)
  • A covered porch
  • Private rear deck 
  • A covered outdoor hot tub
  • Brand new swimming pond with waterfalls
  • An outdoor firepit
In order to keep the rental fees low, and the ticket price low, the cabin does not provide bed linens. Please plan to bring your own sheets, towels, and pillowcases. As the event gets closer, bedroom arrangements will be made so you will know what size of sheets to bring.

Retreats With Intention

My Personal Code for Retreat Planning and Facilitation

  • I design and create retreats that are intended to promote relaxation, healing, and evolutionary shifts at the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical levels.
  • Before beginning any ceremony, I ask for permission from and inform the local land spirits.
  • I strive to create a retreat environment that is accessible and inclusive to women of all backgrounds and paths, ages (18+), abilities, and experience levels.
  • I let my intuition guide me in the creation of ceremonies, activities, and workshops for retreats.

About the Host

My name is Laina Pilkenton and I am so grateful to be hosting this retreat in my home state. I began my journey into spirituality by studying Core Shamanism, Andean Shamanism, Sound Healing, and Reiki. From there, I felt the call of the Northern tradition. And so, I began working directly with the Norse gods and goddesses prior to learning more traditional ways from a teacher. 

Certifications and Courses Include:
  • Ordained Minister through the International Assembly of Spiritual Healers and Earth Stewards Congregations
  • Certified Spiritual Healer through the International Assembly of Spiritual Healers and Earth Steward Congregations
  • Reiki Master Teacher, Usui Method
  • Rites of the Munay-Ki Practitioner and Womb Keeper through the Four Winds Society
  • Atma Buti Soul Medicine Sound & Vibrational School Sound Healing, Certified Practitioner
  • Sound Healing Academy, Level I Certified
  • Seiðr Norse Shamanism with Imelda Almqvist at Golden Light Healing Center
  • North Sea Water in My Veins Webinar Series by Imelda Almqvist: Witte Wieven, Huisgoden, Frau Holle, and Sinterklaas
  • The Wild Hunt Course by Imelda Almqvist
  • Meeting the Norns & Changing the Weave Course by Imelda Almqvist
  • From Futhark to Futhorc: The Anglo-Saxon, Northumberland, and Frisian Runes Course by Imelda Almqvist
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