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A Forest Immersion on a Greek island

3-9 September 2025

Gather with us on an enchanting homestead of private land deep in ancient forest nestled between two mountain rivers on the remote mystical Greek island of Samothrace.   

~

in the silence of the whispering grandmother
you discovered there was no such thing
the breath louder
the river roaring
birds chiming
dreams blurring reality
and the whisper grew
through the starry night
arriving with the dawn
inviting a longing
for something buried deep
a calling
a cry
long forgotten
waiting patiently
waiting ever so softly
to be felt 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Immersion

a time out of time forest pilgrimage

3-9 September 2025 

An invitation and descent into a living, breathing expression of deep listening in the enchantment of an ancient Forest.  Our immersion will be held on a beautiful off the beaten track permaculture homestead nestled between two mountain rivers.  

We will gather over the September full moon and total lunar eclipse on the small mystical island of Samothrace in Greece.  A land which stones, roots and waters hold many stories from those who have pilgrimaged here throughout time.

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Are you listening deep into the quiet roar of your heart

And beating of the earth

In that pause between the breaths

What is here to meet you in the unknown

Underneath the doing and dogma

The echo chambering voices and collapse

Where the souls of your feet breath in the composting of life

Come, enter the forest with your listening bodies

A doorway into truth and presence

A calling into being 

Make a prayer and dissolve

In the slow down

Weave into the fabric of life being nature

Where separation meets illusion

Dreaming truth in mirrors

An invitation into The Wild

We will be breathing, living and eating within the Forest - our Guide and Host.  A weaving of explorations and practices to support a deeper listening and inquiry.  This is a journey of being with the relationship of where the edges of you meet life.

This immersion is for the one who wants to explore the crevices of inner being, where you meet with the nature teacher.  The deepest intimacy with yourself, where the only distractions are those which live within. 

Our anchor for this journey will be the homestead and land in which we will be dwelling, devotionally nurtured by its human guardian, Amit and the nourishing meals created with love by our wonderful chef, Charlotte.  We will be consuming mainly from the land, from plants seeded in the spring by Amit and his support team.  A food forest eco-system.  A place of symbiosis and interconnectedness with the natural world.  Throughout our week together, we will be co-creating the experience with the land.  We will offer practices and invitations as we move with the motion of the Forest, deep listening and ourselves.  

Come offer your heart and being to the land.  Sing to the waters.  Hum with the bees.

After the ecstatic aliveness of the Summer, this is a meeting of the axis of the seasons, just before the autumn equinox at the start of the eclipse season leading us into the darkness of the winter months.  

This is an intimate immersion and places are limited.

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We will be synching to Forest Time. 

There will not be a set schedule or timetable. 

This is a pattern disruptor from regular life, an offering of radical discontinuity.

Moving with the energy and mystery of the forest and our group.

We will be guiding from the knowledge of this land and from the unknown. 

From the whisper.

This is a fall.  This is a descent.

Into Listening. 

Into Being.

 

Sleeping In The Forest

"I thought the earth remembered me,
she took me back so tenderly,
arranging her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed,
nothing between me and the white fire of the stars
but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths
among the branches of the perfect trees.
All night I heard the small kingdoms
breathing around me, the insects,
and the birds who do their work in the darkness.
All night I rose and fell, as if in water,
grappling with a luminous doom. By morning
I had vanished at least a dozen times
into something better.”

― Mary Oliver

ELEMENTS

Silence ~ Forest bathing ~ Somatic movement ~ Breathwork ~ Night journeying ~ Permaculture ~ Ceremony and ritual ~ Circles ~ Dream weaving ~ Foraging ~ Creative expression ~ Ceremonial Cacao ~ River bathing ~ Liberation

As we are moving with the emergence of the group and energy of the Forest, elements will be offered as felt.

 

THE ISLAND OF SAMOTHRACE

An island of myth, initiation, mystery and wild nature.  A temple of being.

Full of centuries-old plane trees, olives trees, rivers, freshwater pools (Vathres) dug in rock over millennia & pebbled beaches set against the rocky mountains filled with the scent of thyme and oregano, the island offers a mystical and enigmatic atmosphere. 

Homer wrote that Poseidon, the god of the sea sat on the top of the Fengari mountain (meaning "moon" in ancient greek) to watch the Trojan War.  Locals believe that Harmonia, the goddess of harmony was born and married on the island.  Once an island of great fame, travellers came from afar to be initiated at the Sanctuary of the Great Gods.  And the land holds many more stories.  

 

ETHOS

The ethos of the immersion is to invite you to listen deeply and connect to your heart, truth, wisdom & body in the mystery.  To meet in devotion with the natural world.  To nurture and offer your hearts and gifts.  To take time to travel into the depths of being and tune out from as much of the outside world as is possible.  To have space to experience fully the symbiosis of the human world and the external nature.  The island has much medicine to share and sometimes we are invited to slow down so that we can feel, hear and receive.

"I have been on a deeply transformational & re-wilding journey with this island over the past five years.  My time living here has brought me into more empowerment, embodiment and connection with truth.  A deep sense of trust in nature and all that is.  I guide from my heart,  intuition & experience supported by the many human, animal and plant teachers living on the island."  Rose

 

SLEEP AND OUR NATURE HOST

We will be staying on a beautiful homestead deep in the forest between two rivers on the island.  Sleeping under the stars in comfortable bell tents on the land.  This is a rustic and rural immersion to invite you into the deepest relationship with the natural world.  To meet intimately the nature within us in its nakedness, we will invite very little between us and the night air.

The land has been devotionally lived on for the past 4 years by our host Amit Toledo.  After feeling a deep calling to the island, having spent some time looking for the land he would call his new home, the moment he stepped onto this land, it spoke strongly to him.  Within a short time he had created a permaculture farm hosting seekers who come and experience perhaps a different way of life.

We will be embracing the elements and re-wilding our bodies and beings with support from: an outdoor solar heated shower; eco-compost toilets; fresh mountain river; wood-fired river-view sauna; outdoor kitchen and mountain view outdoor hot tub. 

A unique opportunity to feel deeply into the relationship between the land and ourselves. 

TESTIMONIALS

Alex

This wasn’t just a retreat, it was an immersion. A deep remembering.

Rose didn’t just take us to beautiful places on the island of Samothraki, she introduced us to them. Each place felt like a living, breathing being with its own essence, its own medicine, its own message and conversations to be had, with the energy that lived in each space.

We weren’t there to do, but to be, to listen, to feel, to receive.

At times I found myself wondering what practices we might do that day, what rituals or movement or teachings might unfold… and instead, we were invited into nothingness. And in that “nothing,” I received everything.

At times I found myself wondering what practices we might do that day, what rituals or movement or teachings might unfold… and instead, we were invited into nothingness. And in that “nothing,” I received everything.

One day, Rose led us to a hidden waterfall. We climbed barefoot over sun-warmed rocks, feeling the earth beneath us, shedding our layers—both literal and unseen—as we reached the pools. There were no instructions, no talking. Just an invitation into silence.

We slipped into the cool water, let it hold us. We played, freely, joyfully—with the waterfalls, with our naked bodies, with the sun and the dragonflies. Movement emerged like song. Stillness came like prayer.

It was wild, ancient, and sacred. A homecoming.

When was the last time you spent hours, without words, without clothes, just being… with women, rocks, waterfalls?

No agenda. No performance. Just presence. And if you can’t remember … or if you’ve never experienced it. Please gift yourself that.

Rose’s connection with the land is intimate and reverent. It’s as though the island speaks to her, and through her, to us. She doesn’t lead with control, she follows the whispers of the earth, of where the island tells us we need to go and we get to walk with her.

I fell in love with Samothraki. It’s the most healing place I’ve ever been. So much so that I returned for six more weeks. She is medicine. And even when I’m not there, I’ve regularly felt her as a resource, from a distance.

I’ve never been in a retreat like this before.

To be held by nature, truly… is to remember there’s nothing left to fix. Nothing more we need to do.

Just be. And let it in.

Wild Island Retreat

Frances

I was fortunate enough to spend time on the untouched Greek island of Samothraki in 2023 on Roses’ summer solstice retreat. 

I was in awe of how in tune Rose was with her intuitive nature and her trust to be in the art of flow. This was demonstrated in the retreat schedule whereby there was time and space for the mysteries of the island to unfold naturally. This left me feeling unbelievably excited to see what magic would be revealed as we went from one day to the next. 

Her grounded yet loving presence weaved its way throughout the tapestry of the retreat resulting in a container that felt not only held but incredibly nurturing. The sense of joy and ease I felt whilst being on retreat with Rose is a testament to the spaces that she holds. It was nothing short of magic and Samothraki will forever be a place that stole my heart.

Wild Island Retreat

Tiina

Rose is a weaver of soft, shamanic and tender places. She transmits the deeply wild feminine current with full force but in the container of her enourmous heart it all becomes safe, exquisite and transformatively healing medicine. I know few people who are bold enough, raw enough, honest enough to visit the most challenging corners of humanness and bring back such nourishing medicine of empathy and holding for the benefit of others. You can trust her to be gentle with your heart. Always.

Solstice Samothrace

Isabel

Did you ever want to slow down and focus on the basics of life again? Then Amit's place is perfect for you. This was my first workaway and he set the standards pretty high. He answered all my questions and helped me settle in. There is a lot of room for communication if something feels off or you want to work on something else. Also you will never be hungry as he cooks nice meals every day. The other review describes the place and work very well. The island is breathtaking, untouched and mystical. Amit is the kindest and most empathetic person you will meet. He has a very unique approach to combine science and spirituality. I also got to meet his amazing friends. They are open minded and hearted. I will keep these three weeks in my heart. I can just encourage you to go see and feel the magical forest for yourself.

Amit's Homestead

Juliet

Rose held the most safe and sacred space, enabling us to feel secure , to truly relax, open, and be unafraid to look inside the landscape of our inner world….to ask questions without demanding answers of our deepest inner feelings longings hopes desires. Having been quite nervous on the way to the Fort, within moments of arriving I felt grounded , curious about the journey and unafraid to share. The molecules within began to bounce, talk to each other, so that I felt integrated and at one with the world outside whilst connected to self, no sense of “ otherness” , immersed in the beauty of nature. Feet planted on warm safe solid Mother Earth. Insides smiling at the breathtaking beauty of the earth the air the sky the sea that surrounded us . A fire in my belly kindled, stoked..freeing flowing grateful. The surroundings so incredibly beautiful…the ice cold morning sea swims the warming sauna, the time the space to reflect. The incredibly comfortable luxurious bed ! The breathtakingly incredible plant based food with which we were nourished heart soul and body. Walking barefoot in the grass, breathing deeply of the pure air, eyes wide at the vast sky, beckoning to possibilities for growth , repair , healing energy.

 All the journeys and practices Rose led us into onto and beyond I am so grateful for , and as I sit now in the urban landscape of the city , I can still access those feelings of wonderment openness gratitude and love. Rose led us on journeys which opened my heart, soul, body, holding a space within which everything was allowed and welcome. Mindful at all times of the deep emotions these practices can bring up, Rose led with such beautiful tenderness, and held us in a place of reassurance and safety. Following these at times very moving experiences she took great care to help us come back to ourselves,  closing with the warmest nurturing ceremony during which we were able to wrap and encircle ourselves with protective light. I was constantly surprised and grateful for all the small touches , gifts given with such gentleness…from crystals to dream seed cards. After just two nights and three days I felt as if I had been in her presence for an incalculable amount of time. A space carved out of time in the beauty of nature and human embrace. Thank you Rose  

The Wild Artist

Esteban & Louise

We spent 10 days with Amit, and it was a wonderful, enriching experience with him!
If you come across his profile, don't hesitate to contact him for a chance to discover his magnificent island. Amit is a very cheerful person who will teach you new ways to respect and understand nature by taking the time to share his expertise with you.
He is a very cultured and passionate person with whom you will enjoy spending time.

Amit's Homestead

Nikki

I arrived on a sunny Friday afternoon slightly nervous not knowing what to expect and at the same time I had an absolute understanding that somehow I was not meant to be anywhere else. Every moment that unfolded from the very first moment I met Rose reassured me that I had been right to listen to my intuition. I felt so held in the space that Rose had created and so very safe. Physically safe as well as emotionally and spiritually. From Rose’s non-linear movement session, to Shelley’s breath work practice, to the extraordinary food that Charlotte created in the kitchen, every moment felt like it was sprinkled with magic stardust. The attention that was given to every detail was astounding and so very special. Rose’s ability to feel into the group and intuitively know what we all needed was magical. After a gruelling few years it was the miracle I had prayed for. Thank you so much Rose!

The Wild Artist

Andrea

Rose is a truly special soul. She has a gift for seeing the artist as a true individual, and has a deep respect for not only the nonlinear creative process, but has a unique ability to encourage the individual within a mix of guidance and silence. So in some magical way you feel like the sessions are tailored directly to you because of her deep respect and encouragement for an individual's expression, but equally the others sharing in the session give this special feeling of community and strengthened intensity to the practice. She's just really special.

Creative Soul Session

Tom

I've spent 2 weeks at Amit's place with a friend, and it was wonderful. Samothraki is very unique. From the splendid waterfalls to the ancient ruins. From it's atmosphere to it's people.  Amit's land is surrounded by beautiful and truly magical looking forests and rivers. It's very peaceful and cosy. You can hike (30 min) to breathtaking waterfalls up the river, to a dry spot that has a magnificent view over both mountains and sea.  The river just outside his place is a gamechanger for physical work during hot days.
Amit is a very interesting, cultivated and good vibes person. I feel I could have learnt 10 times more from him if I had stay longer. I enjoyed a lot speaking with him. We met his friends that are (like almost every people I met on this island) very kind and openminded.  That was by far the best workaway I had and an experience I'll never forget.  So please, treat yourself and discover the life here, it's amazing.

Amit's Homestead

Emma

I landed at Polhawn a little ungrounded, I’d arrived home a few days before from a speedy trip abroad so felt tired and in all honesty, in need of my home comforts.

I soon realised that Rose weaving her magic was exactly what I needed; from the moment I arrived the fort with its beautiful architecture, gardens and unbelievable feeling of a safe refuge was balm to my soul.  The days were carefully curated and gradually a sense of ease and relief from the outside world became normal. 

As a group we were truly spoilt with the most amazing food prepared with enormous love and care by Charlotte; it felt ritualistic.  We were offered practices to enrich and nourish and understand our inner worlds from both Rose and the wonderful Shelley…  too many to list but the overall takeaway was one of peace, acceptance and calm.

I honestly took over a week for the inner peace to dissipate; I turned my radio off both at home and in the car and found myself drawn to solitude and meditative walks.  Of course, real life finds its way back in eventually but there is still within me an echo of the retreat and one I will nurture and cherish.

Thank you to Rose, Shelley and Charlotte for the most amazing couple of days, I will definitely return.

The Wild Artist

Saleen

What I remember most clearly from the womb journey, was the overwhelming sensation of softness and safety i felt afterwards, like i had found a lush garden inside of myself that had been long forgotten.
To realise i was capable of feeling this sense of safety so deeply in my body was such a joy and a relief because it taught me i carry this safe place inside of me and can reconnect with it regularly no matter what is happening around me.  The journey allowed my body to start gently moving out of stress and survival mode and into my own centered, grounded self.  Thanks rose.

Womb Journey

Mark

The attention to detail regarding my personal stay and the attentiveness within the activities was really special and thoughtful. The location is absolutely stunning - perfect for whatever you are feeling and dealing with.   Rose, Shelley and Charlotte are just wonderful, compassionate and extremely competent to not only create, but guide us through their respective specialisms. It all came together so cohesively giving me a wonderful experience to recharge and re-connect with myself. Thank you! I’m really looking forward to the next.

The Wild Artist

Paula

I am so glad I joined;  my first experience of a retreat and I was anxious but loved every experience. Rose and Shelley created a safe space, no pressure to share or feeling of judgement. I feel I have gained tools to start the journey to find me again. The weekend exceeded my expectations, and I met some special souls. Charlotte created food and tastes like I have never experienced before. I feel as a whole nourished, a stunning venue, tranquil-nature-sea swimming-sauna watching dolphins pass through.. a weekend of memories I will always cherish. Paula 💓

The Wild Artist

Daisy

A big thank you for the best time over the weekend. It was such a special experience and taught me things I will keep forever! Yourself, Shelly and Charlotte are seriously incredible force and hope we all cross paths again in the future!  Haven’t stopped telling people how transformative it was so pls let me know if you ever hold a retreat again! So much appreciation to you and I seriously miss that sauna!

The Wild Artist

Hannah

I absolutely loved the Wild Artist retreat you created. It was a joy to be held with such integrity by you three wonderful humans. Shelly's got a beautiful, insightful, experienced & trustworthy sense and I felt very safe being held in process with her during the transformative breathwork.


The retreat was indeed everything I had hoped it would be and more. I was touched by the way Rose held space so beautifully for us all and allowed us to just be as we were - in all the messy, primitive processing. It was indeed the right retreat at the right time for me. Connecting to the space and nature in the simple explorations she created for us was wonderful. I loved the movement sessions and the journey Rose took us on, the work felt quite deep and profound and yet light at the same time.


The nourishment was just beyond words, I have not felt so cherished and look after with food for a long, long time. Charlotte is a magnificent treat of creativity with flavour combinations, textures, colours and ingredients galore, exceedingly delightful to be receiving such abundance and joy of plant-based nourishment.  The entire 3 days was so beautifully put together, with thought, intention, integrity and creativity, it was an absolute treat to be part of it, I can't wait for the next one.

The Wild Artist

YOUR HOSTS

Rose Wicksteed ~ Guide

Coming from 20 years of creative work with actors and directors in the film and television industry, Rose has spent the past 14 years participating and studying holistic modalities including Non-Linear Movement Method; Ceremonial Cacao facilitation; Sacred Womb Ceremony; Shamanic Breathwork; Evolutionary Astrology and Somatic Trauma Therapy.

During the transformational year of 2020, she left the city and immersed herself in a deep dive exploring the relationships between creativity, spirituality, the natural world and the artist: the dance between the different worlds she is a part of.  Rose has studied many spiritual teachings from buddhism to esoteric but she does not attach or follow any one spiritual dogma.  She prefers to draw on many teachings and share from a place of humility in how to listen to life, surrender to the flow, move into more authenticity and truth and create from the heart.

Her immersions offer a re-wilding of the self, to ignite the inner elements, to inspire and transform.  Weaving expression through the body, mind, soul and spirit through elemental teachings.  Drawing heavily on lessons from the natural world and our relationship to it. Rose loves inspiring souls to remember their truth and the original spring of their art, through listening deeply to life.  Her love story with Samothrace is five years old or perhaps many lifetimes.

Amit Toledo ~ Host

Having spent many years travelling around the world alongside creating his own wine label, eight years ago Amit found himself on the Greek island of Samothrace.  Enamoured by this mountainous rock in the Aegean sea, he discovered (after some years of searching) an enigmatic mesopotamia of land with a century old stone house.  His vision: to create a home and a place which others could come and stay, work in the garden, commune with the trees, whisper to the river and experience and learn something of an antidote and refuge to modern life.  A place to remember and feel.  To nurture and be nurtured.  To be with the raw depths and truth of what it is to be human.  To experience a more connected and sustainable way of living. 

Each year he welcomes travellers to this magical land deep in the ancient forest, which he has transformed into a permaculture homestead.  Growing vegetables, fruits and herbs to eat and creating from what she offers: an old tree which fell in the river transformed into a bench; an animate rock finds it's new home as a lamp base; flutes made out of olive wood arms.  As much a soul of the land as the land is of him,  together they offer guests a truly immersive dwelling experience, with great generosity and animacy. 

Charlotte Roy ~ Chef

Charlotte Roy was the first vegan to reach the quarter finals of MasterChef UK, in 2024, impressing the judges with both flavour/texture combinations and her creativity. On leaving the competition, she spent three months interrailing around Europe, seeking out new and innovative ways to prepare and present food, culminating in a stage as a chef in one of Copenhagen’s top restaurants (and holder of a Green Michelin Star). Since then she has spent time working on plant-based menu development at a high-profile London caterer, and thrown herself into running supper clubs, retreats and pop ups, both as collaborations or solo.

Charlotte is also a qualified psychotherapist with a deep interest, and passion for, the relationship between what we eat and how we feel. Food has the power to bring out the child in us, stir up memories or immerse us in nostalgic feelings. When it comes to retreats, the food and how it’s presented can make a real difference to the flow and sense of togetherness we can create and that’s exactly what Charlotte works to build – a nourishing, sometimes playful and always delicious experience for all.

www.instagram.com/theplantbasedadventures

Shelley Blaze ~ Breathwork & Support

Shelley is at the core of her work a "space holder."  Whether as a breath and sound facilitator or in her everyday life, her passion is creating spaces where others can heal and grow.  Her journey, shaped by challenges and valuable lessons, has brought her to where she is today.  Shelley has always been drawn to exploring the deeper layers of emotions, behaviours, and how the internal world shapes the external reality.  As an empath, she has learned to embrace her sensitivity, which she now views as one of her greatest strengths in the work she does.

Her path has led her through years of self-exploration, supported by incredible healers and transformative experiences.  Throughout her journey, Shelley has felt a calling to help others reconnect with their true selves and nature.  It is an honour for her to facilitate this process for others, and she remains dedicated to continuously learning, growing, and evolving—just like the energy that flows through all of us.

www.shelleyblaze.co.uk

PRICE AND ENROLMENT

975 € EUR  or  825 £ GBP

Includes all elements, three meals per day and shared accommodation in bell tents.

There may be an option to stay in a single tent for a supplement fee, limited number. 

Local Resident Price: if you live on the island please contact Rose directly.

Financials:  The immersion is priced to be accessible for those who want to join.  If you don't have the financial means to attend the immersion and feel a strong call to be here, please reach out.  If you have more financial abundance you are welcome to offer an additional donation.

To Enrol: Please fill out the enrolment form: here and schedule a connection call.

A non-refundable deposit of 250 € EUR or 200 £ GBP is required to secure your place on the immersion with the remaining amount due 1 month prior to the start.  Payment is via bank transfer. 

Travel and Logistics: Your Guidebook

Not included: Travel to Samothraki, Additional nights accommodation in Alexandropouli or Samothraki, Travel insurance. 

Arrival and Departure: The immersion will start at 6pm on 3rd September to align with the ferry (see guidebook) but we highly recommend arriving at least 1 day earlier to the island so that you have the opportunity to to acclimatise.  We will finish on the 9th September by 2pm so that those departing on that day can take the 4pm ferry.

Disclaimer: This immersion is not a substitute for therapy or medical treatment. If you have a history of mental health issues or medical conditions, please consult your doctor or mental health care practitioner and share the details in your enrolment form.

Staying Longer: We highly recommend staying longer on the island after your immersion and are happy to suggest places to stay.

Nature Quest: If you would like to stay longer on the island and immerse more deeply, there will be an additional offering across the Autumn Equinox (22 September). The 3rd annual Nature Quest in Samothraki (5 days with 2 nights solo and fasting in nature).  Please reach out if you are interested in this.

Questions: Any questions to: [email protected]