Come Home
to Your Soul
This solstice, return to the ancient light within · She remembers.
A Summer Solstice Immersion · For Women · 10 Days · 9 Nights
She has been very responsible.
She has shown up. She has poured. She has been the capable one — the steady one, the one who holds it all together while quietly setting herself down.
She has done this beautifully. And somewhere inside all of that showing up, she has begun to lose the sound of her own soul.
Not broken. Not lost. Stifled.
There is a layer — a role, a version of you — that was necessary once and no longer tells the truth of who you are. You can feel it. The distance between the woman your life sees and the woman you know yourself to be in the quiet moments. The free spirit that has been waiting, patiently, for you to come home.
This retreat was created for that woman.
You are the
woman who...
- Has been living for everyone else and quietly wondering when it is your turn
- Feels the gap between who she performs in her daily life and who she actually is
- Knows her intuition is powerful — and has been too needed, too responsible, too busy to listen to it
- Feels the pull toward something she can't quite name yet, but trusts it completely
- Is ready to release what she has been carrying — not with force, but with grace and witnessed ceremony
- Wants to come home to her soul's expression — her true desire, her real voice, her sovereign knowing
- Senses, in her body, that something is ready to shift
And perhaps most honestly: you have been waiting for permission to take up this kind of space.
This is it.
Ogygia.
The island that holds you.
Homer knew it. He named this island Ogygia in the Odyssey — the island of the sea nymph Calypso, a place so transformative that the man held within it could not leave for seven years. Ancient scholars have identified this island as Gozo since at least 400 BCE.
The mythology always knew what the archaeology later confirmed: this land holds something.
The Ggantija temples — built in 3600 BCE, one thousand years before the pyramids — carry the Maltese word for Giantess. Ancient legend says Sansuna, a giantess, built them carrying her child on her back. Researchers studying the layout found something extraordinary: the temple is shaped like a woman's body. Rounded apses like a goddess belly. A temple of the divine mother, built for the solstice light.
For 5,500 years, women have gathered inside the body of the ancient feminine on this island.
You will walk those stones. You will feel what they have been holding, waiting to give back.
The longest light
is yours.
The summer solstice is not a date on the calendar. It is a mirror.
The day the light is at its fullest exists to ask one question: How much of your own light are you actually living?
Ancient peoples built their stone temples in alignment with this exact moment — including the ones you will walk on this retreat. They understood what so many of us are only now remembering: that the movement of the sun outside reflects the movement of the soul within.
The solstice is not about the sun.
It is about honouring
the ancient light in you.
You will have spent the first days releasing the layer that has been dimming it. And on Day 5, at the threshold of the year's longest light, you will wake before dawn. You will be taken to a sacred, secret place. As the year's longest light rises over this ancient island — emptied, open, and made available by everything that came before — you will meet yourself. Not the version you have been performing. The one beneath.
What unfolds
here.
This retreat is not a schedule. It is a living arc — designed to move you through something real.
You arrive carrying what you have always carried. Over the first days, through ceremony, session, breath, and the ancient intelligence of this land, you begin to identify it — the layer, the role, the version of you that has been faithfully performing while your soul waited. With great care and great witnessing, you begin to set it down.
On Day 5, the summer solstice rises. You wake before dawn and are taken to a sacred, secret location as the year's longest light comes over the island. You are empty enough, now, to be filled. This is the threshold at the heart of everything.
It is you — your intuition, your desire,
the ancient light within.
The remaining days are spent in the embodiment of it. You get acquainted with the woman who has been waiting beneath the layer all along. You learn the sound of her voice. You trust the compass of her knowing. You begin to walk as her.
You will leave feeling as though you have come home — because you will have.
✦ Six group sessions · One private hour with Erin · Ceremony · Ancient land ✦
She returns
as herself.
The woman who boards the plane home will look the same to the outside world. Same face. Same life. Same responsibilities waiting. She will feel different in ways she won't have words for immediately — and that is exactly right.
She will carry the ancient light within — not as a concept, but as a felt compass she trusts without hesitation. The layer that was muffling it will have been set down on an island that has been receiving women's offerings for five thousand years. What she releases there, stays there. That is the grace of sacred land.
She will carry the women from this circle — not as a group chat or a network, but as something far quieter and more permanent. The ones who witnessed her at the threshold. The ones who saw who she was when the layer came off.
Her intuition,
trusted.
She no longer second-guesses the compass in her body. She has learned to hear it — and to follow it.
Her soul's voice,
audible.
Her sovereign knowing, her true desire — no longer buried beneath performance. Alive. Embodied. Free.
Her life,
inhabited differently.
She returns not escaping her life — but changed in how she stands inside it. Lighter. Clearer. The free spirit finally given permission to lead.
Something shifted at the level where real things shift. Not because someone told her it would. But because she felt it happen, on an island that has been holding this kind of initiation for longer than history can record.
She came home. She remembers.
What is held
within the container.
Each element has been chosen deliberately. Together, they form the arc.
Erin
Chandler.
I am a spiritual teacher and channel. For years I have had the privilege of sitting with women at the most sacred, tender, and threshold moments of their lives — guiding them through the releasing and the remembering.
I did not plan Gozo. It came to me. My divine team said go there — and when I discovered this place, I understood immediately. This is not a retreat venue. It is a co-facilitator. The island holds what I cannot hold alone, and knows things about the women who step onto it that even they have yet to discover.
I will hold the container. The ancient intelligence of this land will work alongside us both. And the part of you that already knows why you are reading this — she has already said yes.
Erin ✦
Words from
the field.
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The island will
initiate you too.
The land is inseparable from the work. Each excursion carries something — history, mystery, beauty, and a kind of ancient knowing that cannot be taught, only received.
Exclusively yours.
Three houses, one circle.
Three centuries-old stone farmhouses, beautifully restored, and a dedicated healing cave shala — all within five minutes of each other, all held exclusively for our circle.
Traditional Gozitan farmhouses, centuries old, lovingly restored. Private pools. En-suite rooms. Mediterranean light through ancient stone archways.
A dedicated 4,000-year-old cave shala — exclusive to our group, used for ceremony, session, and the kind of stillness only ancient stone holds.
All three farmhouses and the cave shala are within a five-minute walk. The land between them is part of the experience.
All three farmhouses and the healing cave shala are reserved exclusively for our group — no other guests, no shared spaces within the properties. Each house is just minutes from the next, nestled within the ancient village fabric of Gozo, and entirely held for our circle for the full ten days.
This is not a hotel. It is a collection of ancient Gozitan stone homes — held entirely for twelve women and the work they came here to do.
4,000 years
of held silence.
Within the Samudra compound sits our dedicated healing cave shala — an ancient space that has held human ceremony, prayer, and stillness for four thousand years.
The moment you step inside, you will feel it in your body before you understand it with your mind. The stone absorbs sound. Time moves differently here. The air itself carries a quality of held witness.
We have exclusive use of this shala for the full ten days. Some of our deepest sessions, ceremonies, and private work will take place within these walls.
"The cave does not need to be explained.
It simply holds you."
Held within
this container.
✦ All that is included
- 10 days & 9 nights accommodation at Samudra Retreats, Gozo
- Brunch and dinner daily, with fresh snacks, fruit, coffee, tea and beverages throughout — all prepared by our private chef
- Round-trip airport transfer from Malta International Airport
- Six group sessions with Erin
- One private 60-minute session with Erin
- Cacao ceremony
- Solstice sunrise meditation at a sacred, secret location
- Morning yoga & breathwork at the private beach
- Exclusive use of the 4,000-year-old healing cave shala
- Guided tour of Gozo & the secret caves
- Visit to the Ggantija megalithic temples (UNESCO World Heritage)
- Private cruise — snorkelling, sea caves & the Crystal Lagoon, Comino
- Day trip to Malta — St Paul's Cathedral, the ancient catacombs & the silent city of Mdina
○ To arrange separately
- Flights to Malta International Airport
- Travel insurance (required)
- Personal spending & extras
- Visa fees if applicable
Malta is well connected from major European hubs and from North America via London, Amsterdam, or Frankfurt. Flights from Toronto are typically 10–12 hours with one connection. Travel insurance is required for all participants.
Choose your space.
This gathering has been designed with deep intentionality. Everything has been considered so that all you need to do is arrive — and allow.
Your Own Sacred Space
A complimentary Holy Fire Reiki session with a Reiki Master, gifted to you when you pay in full.
50% deposit to reserve your space (non-refundable). Balance due February 1st, 2027.
Shared with a
Dear Friend
A complimentary Holy Fire Reiki session with a Reiki Master, gifted to you when you pay in full.
50% deposit to reserve your space (non-refundable). Balance due February 1st, 2027.
Twin rooms are for two friends travelling together. Both spaces must be reserved as a pair — this option cannot be booked individually.
Space is held for 12 women. This retreat will not be repeated.
Everything you
need to know.
Your 50% deposit is non-refundable and secures your space in the circle. Should circumstances require you to withdraw after your balance is received (due February 1st, 2027), the balance payment is also non-refundable. This is why comprehensive travel insurance is strongly recommended for all participants.
Yes — travel insurance is required for all participants. We recommend a policy that covers trip cancellation, medical expenses, and trip interruption. If you need to withdraw for a covered reason, your insurer may be able to reimburse your investment.
Flights to and from Malta International Airport are not included in your retreat investment. Malta is well connected from most major European hubs and from Canada via London, Amsterdam, or Frankfurt. Once your space is confirmed, we will provide full logistics guidance.
Your round-trip airport transfer from Malta International Airport to Gozo — including the ferry crossing — is fully included. Simply share your flight details once you have booked, and we will handle everything from there.
Yes. This retreat is designed for any woman who feels the call — regardless of prior experience. What matters is not how many retreats you have attended, but the sincerity of your readiness. If something in you said yes when you read this page, trust that.
Yes. Our private chef prepares all meals with care and can accommodate most dietary requirements. Please let us know your needs when you register and we will ensure you are nourished throughout.
Twin rooms must be booked as a pair — both beds in the room need to be reserved together. If you have a friend who would like to join you, the Twin option is a beautiful way to share this experience. Otherwise, the Single Room is perfect for solo travellers.
Think light, natural fabrics — comfortable clothing for movement and ceremony, a layer for cooler evenings, swimwear, good walking shoes, and anything that feels sacred to you. A full packing guide and pre-retreat preparation will be sent to all confirmed participants.
She remembers.
Come home.
You felt something the moment you arrived here. That feeling is not accidental. This is the ancient light in you, recognising the call. This island has been holding women like you for 5,500 years.
There is a space in this circle with your name on it.
✦ Space for 12 women · 50% deposit to reserve ✦