A 9-day journey along the West Coast of Ireland for women who are ready to remember who they truly are. Reclaim the Witch within, heal your lineage, and empower your sacred rage and deep reverence in equal measure.
November 1 to 9, 2026 · Ireland's West Coast · Ring of Kerry, Galway, Donegal and the Hill of Uisneach
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Maybe the last year has been harder than you let on. Maybe you’ve moved through grief, a breakup or divorce, a career that no longer lights you up inside, fear or rage at the way the world isn’t working…somewhere along the way, maybe you went a bit numb. The joy, the whimsy, the open heart - it all feels a little out of reach.
Or maybe nothing is technically wrong…but something feels like it’s missing. Some part of you is yearning for more depth, more magic, more intentionality. Maybe you feel the call to deepen your connection with the earth, the elements, the land, and with other women just as powerful as you.
Maybe there’s a part of you that’s been hearing ‘Ireland’ - a call to the land, to the ancestors, to the lineage of this primordial place even if your ancestry hails from elsewhere. There is a calling inside of you that urges you forward, pulling you to something unknown and ancient...
This pilgrimage is the answer to that pull. Nine days moving up the West Coast of Ireland with a circle of kind, supportive, drama-free, magical women ready to reclaim all parts of themselves - fully human, fully divine, and fully ready to reclaim their Power.
This may be for you if...
If anything on that list awakened something inside of you, keep reading.
The Witch Wound
The reason so many women are scared to step into their priestess, scared to step into their power, is the witch wound. Through centuries of burnings, wise women were killed for exactly the gifts you are being called to reclaim. Sisters turned on sisters. Mothers turned on daughters. Anyone who stepped out of line was called a witch.
But remember what the word really means…
A woman who worked with the earth, the air, the fire, the water, with herbs and healing, with animals, nature, or spirit - you name it, she was burned for it.
That old fear still lives in our voices, in our silence, and in how we guard ourselves around other women. And if you want to do the deep work of healing it, where better than the home of Halloween, in the season the wise women called their own?
Time to do the brave work, so that your W.I.T.C.H. can rise.
This is not a tour with a few rituals sprinkled on top. It is also not a self-improvement bootcamp where you work on yourself for nine days straight.
It is a sacred pilgrimage, led by women not new to this type of deep work, shared in a circle of women who live for ritual and connection, and happening in a land steeped for thousands of years in deep, reverent magic.
At Samhain, the veil is extra thin, and the sacred sites of the West Coast are alive: ancient wells, fairy forts, high cliffs, and potent ley lines that act as activation points, waking the dormant codes of remembrance in us so we can finally own our power and lead. We don't visit these places as tourists. We create vigils for our ancestors. We listen to the teachings of the land and the elements.
The women who come on this journey are kind, open-hearted, and done with drama. No mean girls. No fashion show. No one putting on a performance. Just women who want deep connection over surface level, who want to laugh and be silly and play, and who want to be loved exactly as they are.
Ours is a playful path — spiritual, grounded, and rooted in right relationship with the land. You'll brush up against Celtic folklore and myth, practice rose ceremonies, vocal activations, and honor the elements with offerings and rituals. You'll commune with trees, leave gifts for the fae, and pay homage to the ancestors. Our path will lead us to the Hill of Uisneach itself, Ireland's mythic heart, for a Samhain celebration where the old fires still burn. Your inner child is (obviously!) invited too.
Six pieces of what we’ll do together.
On the night of Samhain, we land softly and gather for a proper traditional Samhain feast. We set places at the table for those who came before, honor our ancestors, and open the witches' new year together.
We make offerings, prayers, and hold ritual at Ireland's sacred wells and abbeys - including that of Brigid, the goddess known as the Mary of the Celts. We'll commune with Mother Mary herself at the Lady of Knock, her Irish apparition site, where we collect holy water and feel her palpable presence.
Throughout the journey you'll participate in rose ceremonies, ritual and land offerings, candle magik, vocal activations, and more — all touched by the folklore and myth of this land.
Fairy forts, oak forests, ancient ruins, rock formations, Atlantic coastal cliffs and breathtaking ocean views. We explore portals and sacred sites with wonder and whimsy, not a rigid checklist.
The witch wound turned sisters against sisters — here, in the company of real, heart-based women, we turn back toward each other. We heal the sister and ancestral wounds, and honor the earth, air, water, and fire beings.
We close the pilgrimage where it all began — the Hill of Uisneach, Ireland's ancient spiritual center and the meeting point of its five provinces, long regarded as the true root of Halloween itself. Here, kings, druids, and communities once gathered to honor their dead and mark the turning of the year. We'll do the same.
The journey moves from the Ring of Kerry in the south, up the West coast through Galway to Donegal, and back down into the heart of Ireland for the Hill of Uisneach. Below is the shape of the nine days.
Days 1 and 2 · Sunday, November 1 and Monday, November 2
Day 3 · Tuesday, November 3
Days 4 to 6 · Wednesday, November 4 to Friday, November 6
Days 7 to 9 · Saturday, November 7 to Monday, November 9
Woven also throughout these nine days: sacred wells, the Lady of Knock, ritual at Goddess / St. Brigid’s holy well and abbey, fairy forts, oak forests, ancient ruins, rose ceremonies, Celtic and druid rituals, candle magik, vocal activations, land offerings, late-night chats and homemade Irish cuisine.
A note on the pace: this is a pilgrimage, not a tour. Expect gentle hiking, time outdoors in variable weather, and a willingness to go with the flow.
The Land
We begin in the south, in the Ring of Kerry: home of rolling green hills, waterfalls, castles and the most magical ruins in Ireland. Muckross Abbey is here, with its famous 550-year-old yew tree. So are sparkling lakes and jaw-dropping cliffs. It is a soft, green place to land on the night of Samhain.
Then we move north with the Atlantic at our side. Galway, the hippie heart of Ireland, with its music and its pubs and its historic charm. Donegal, where the Slieve League sea cliffs rise higher than the Cliffs of Moher, where mountains meet lakes and charming towns, and where a stone ring fort still stands that legend ties to the King of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
And finally, the heart of Ireland. The Hill of Uisneach, the home of Halloween, where the Samhain festival gathers and where we celebrate the witches’ new year together.
After
You feel love, joy, and creativity moving through you again. The numbness has lifted. The grief and confusion and burnout that you arrived with have been met, honored, and released into the land. You remember who you were before the world and life got a hold of you, and you like her.
How we show up this lifetime reflects the unresolved wounds in our ancestral line, and when we heal, so do the seven generations behind and ahead of us. Whether or not you have Irish ancestral roots, Samhain is the most potent time of year to do this work. If not us to heal the wounds of our mothers' mothers' line, then who?
Life gets easier. More flow, more collaboration with the universe, more openness to receiving support, opportunities and miracles. An unwavering trust in yourself and your path forward. You are worthy of investing in yourself to become the woman you'll need to be for anything you encounter moving forward. The Goddess is calling the real-ones. Answer her.
Your Facilitator
Named one of the Top 100 Spiritual Influencers in 2023 and 2026.
Amber is not new to this work. A former TV host and NFL cheerleader turned spiritual awakening guide, she creates retreats all over the world and has spoken on stages around the world, where she is known for channeling messages meant for the exact women in front of her.
She is the author of two books: Stickie Affirmations to Live Your Purpose (2017), a #1 best seller on Amazon, and Rebel Ma: Leading the Feminine Revolution (2025). Her Instagram, @iamambervaldez, is featured in the 2026 Top Spiritual Instagram Influencers list. She has also been interviewed on NBC’s Chicago Today about the origins of Halloween, Samhain, and Ireland.
Your Co-Facilitator
Sara Sweeney is a coach for life's transitions, Reiki master, ritual artist, and longtime wilderness river guide who has spent 15+ years reading rivers and leading participants through rugged lands — before she experienced the deeper adventures that exist in navigating the wild terrain of the soul.
She weaves embodiment, joy, and reverence for nature and water into one practice of coming home to the body through ritual artistry and presence — navigating the waters within as we discover our own true nature. Her Irish heritage runs deep through counties Kerry and Donegal, her ancestors supporting and guiding us as we embrace the land of those who walked before her.
I felt lost. Now, I feel like I’m back on track and that it’s okay to share myself and be vulnerable.
Aimee
The biggest breakthrough for me is I feel like I can own myself and that I can trust myself.
Jodi Opsahl
This woman is such an indescribable blessing! Thanks to her I have found myself again and thus renewing the pursuit of my life’s purpose with passion.
Lourdes L.
Shared Room
€4,444
Shared room, shared bed
Shared Room, Own Bed
€4,888
Shared room, your own bed
Private Room
€4,999
Private room with private bath
Everything is taken care of from the moment the Retreat begins and ends.
If you believe in signs, love the moon, and feel pulled to Ireland, you belong. This pilgrimage is for women who aren’t brand new to spirituality, who have done some self-inquiry and self-development, and who want a safe, drama-free space to explore their gifts. You don’t need a title. You need an open heart.
No. It is a sacred pilgrimage rooted in Celtic, pre-Christian, and indigenous traditions: ritual, ceremony, ancestral work, rose magic, sacred sites, and sisterhood. There is gentle hiking and time in nature, but no yoga program, no wellness framing, and no plant medicine.
It is not a religious, scripture-based retreat. We work with Mother Mary and Brigid outside the context of the church, alongside the fae, the elements, and the old ways of the land. Women of all religions and creeds are welcome.
Most women do. Many are single, some are married, and nearly all arrive not knowing anyone. Lacking women to ritual and play with is one of the main reasons women come. You’ll leave with a circle.
Expect gentle hiking, cliffs, forests, and the occasional tree to climb.
You could, and you'd have a beautiful holiday. But there is a difference between visiting a sacred site and being taken into ritual at one: knowing which well to pray at, what offering to leave, what the land's stories mean, and doing it beside women who came for the same reason. You come home from a trip with photos. You come home from a pilgrimage changed.
The Threshold
Samhain West Coast Ireland Sacred Pilgrimage
November 1 to 9, 2026
Ring of Kerry, Galway, Donegal and the Hill of Uisneach
