DESERT SISTERS PILGRIMAGE
‘A RITE OF PASSAGE‘
Desert Camping under the stars, CONNECTION TO COUNTRY WITH INDIGENOUS ELDERS, DEEP REMEMBERING, SACRED WAYS
7 DAYS, 6 NIGHTS FROM JUNE 23RD - 28th, 2026
Here is what ‘DESERT SISTERS PILGRIMAGE’ is all about.
A Rite of Passage
There are moments in life when something within us knows it is time.
Time to step away from the familiar.
Time to listen differently.
Time to cross a threshold we cannot yet fully name.
This is not a retreat.
It is a pilgrimage.
The Call
This journey is for women who feel the quiet (or undeniable) pull toward something deeper—
a remembering, a shedding, a becoming.
A remembering not only of self,
but of those who came before.
The mother lineage that lives within your body—
in your blood, your bones, your breath.
Some will come with clear intention.
Others will arrive with only a feeling.
Both are welcome.
Because the call to pilgrimage does not begin with logic.
It begins somewhere older.
Who This Is For…
This pilgrimage is for women who feel called—
even if they cannot fully explain why.
Those who are meant to be here will feel it.
And while the mind may offer reasons to delay or doubt,
the deeper knowing tends to persist.
This is not about self-improvement.
It is not about becoming someone else.
It is about remembering who you are beneath the noise,
and having that truth witnessed.
For some, this may feel like a whole new beginning.
For others, a return.
The Three Pillars
Desert — Rewilding & Liberation
The desert is not empty. It is vast, alive, and uncompromisingly honest.
It strips away distraction and invites you into direct relationship—with land, with silence, with yourself.
Here, there is space to loosen what has been held too tightly…
and to remember what has always been true.
Sisters — Kinship & Relational Connection
You will not walk this path alone.
Within a circle of women, something ancient reawakens—
the echo of shared lineage, of daughters and mothers,
of stories carried across generations.
The waking of her daughters lives here.
Each woman arrives with her own story.
Together, a field of trust and truth is created.
This is not about fixing or advising.
It is about presence, reflection, and deep remembering through relationship.
Pilgrimage — Devotion & Threshold-Crossing
A pilgrimage asks something of you.
It is not passive. It is walked, felt, and lived.
Through intentional movement across land and inner terrain,
you step out of ordinary time and into a liminal space—
where identities soften, questions deepen, and transformation becomes possible.
Your retreat GuideS…
Eugenia Yallamas has been facilitating transformational experiences in many forms for 10 years. She is passionate about Energy, Elemental and Earth Medicine and our relational connection to all things. 'Leading With Love, Guided By Nature' is her 'mantra' and she embody's this in all aspects of her life to help others open to their own Heart awakening and experience life through deep interconnectedness.
She is an Acupuncturist, Herbalist, Quantum Health & Life Coach, Certified Gene Keys Guide, Qi Gong teacher, and Shamanic/Energy Medicine, Regenerative Practitioner and Rites of Passage Facilitator. Eugenia has been in service to many people on their life journeys as they move through all manner of wellbeing challenges, traverse turbulent life phases, honour important rites of passage and engage with true inner wisdom and ancestral connections through opening to their intuitive knowing.
The retreats Eugenia has facilitated have brought deep connection for all participants. The bonds created with the group are powerful , transformative and deeply loving. By being in a receptive state and allowing the flow of the experiences to move through us, we create magical experiences through group consciousness and Earth connection.
Robyn Katz….
Johanna De Ruyter…
Desert Dwelling…
Picture of awomen in the desert with Christine if we can get a photot or 2…
This 7-day rite of passage follows an ancient arc:
Separation
You step away from the known—
daily roles, responsibilities, and familiar environments.
There is a conscious leaving behind.
Transition (through the Liminal)
In the desert, the in-between begins.
Here, you may meet uncertainty, clarity, resistance, openness—
often all at once.
As you move through this passage, something older begins to stir—
the wisdom of cycles, the quiet pulse of lineage moving through you.
Transformation
Challenge and insight arise naturally in this space.
You are invited to meet yourself honestly—
to release what no longer fits and to claim what is emerging.
To feel the spiral of your own becoming—
not linear, but cyclical, alive.
The mother blood that gives you life
becomes not just history,
but presence.
Honouring & Integration
The journey culminates in a powerful witnessing ceremony held in relationship with
the Desert.
Here, each woman is seen and honoured—
by the circle, by the land, and by something far more ancient than words can fully hold.
You do not simply finish the pilgrimage.
You are received on the other side of it.
A guide for THE JOURNEY AHEAD…
Tuesday 23rd June
ARRIVE & GROUND IN ALICE SPRINGS
Settling into the hotel accommodation
Opening Ceremony
Deep listening teachings
Dinner
Yarning and circle sharing around the fire
Wednesday 24th June
ADVENTURE INTO THE DESERT - HAMILTON DOWNS
Breakfast
Bus trip to our desert location
Settling into Swag accommodation
Indigenous elders introduction and yarning around the fire
Dinner
Thursday 25th June
CONNECTION TO COUNTRY WITH INDIGENOUS ELDERS
Breakfast
Call to Country
Dinner and circle sharing around the fire
Friday 26th June
SACRED WALK & WATERHOLE
Sacred Walk to Stanley Chasm
Waterhole swimming
Lunch
Rest, opportunity for healings with Gina or massages (book in advance)
Dinner and sharing circle
Saturday 27th June
DESERT TRAVEL TO ULURU
Breakfast
Bus trip across the desert
Swim
Settling into accomodation In Uluru
Dinner
Yarning and closing circle
Sunday 28th June
SACRED CEREMONY, HEALING AND CONNECTION IN ULURU
Breakfast
Adventure to Kata Djuta?
Group Healing with Indigenous Elder
Dinner
Monday 29th June
FLY OUT OF ULURU … HEADING HOME
Breakfast and packing up
Closing circle
Leave for airport
Your investment for 7 days…
Early bird until end of April 2026 - $5000 + GST pp
Full price beyond April 2026 - $5800 + GST pp
($1000 deposit required to secure your place)
Minimum number of retreat participants: 15 women
Includes:
All travel transfers, accommodation, activities, cultural contributions, food, facilitation
Excludes flights
When we co-create sacred space to revitalise and reconnect, we amplify our personal and collective vitality exponentially. These retreats are designed to deepen our awareness and remember who we are and connect back to the source of our lives through unconditional love and connection to country.
In Love and Gratitude,
Your Guides…
Eugenia, Robyn, Johanna, Lucia
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