Women of the Well: 5-Day Wellness Retreat for Christian Women
With Taylor Marie Daniels, Melanie O'Driscoll
Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14
Join us in the beautiful garden of Ireland, Co. Wicklow, for an interdenominational, intergenerational retreat on the feminine presence within Scripture and the Book of Nature. This week will be both contemplative and experiential with quiet time, along with shared group activities and discussion.
Drawing from the Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Charismatic traditions, in this 5-day retreat, we’ll consider the feminine presence in the Bible. Taylor and Mel will facilitate an experiential exploration guided by selected scripture, dream work, contemplative prayer and time in nature.
In our time together, we’ll explore the Creation Story of Genesis and Eve alongside the Woman at the Well, Mary Magdalene and Mother Mary. In these 5 days, each woman will be invited to journey with a biblical woman. Through our contemplation and sharing, we’ll remain open and curious to each of these shimmering historic women and see where the Spirit guides us.
Throughout our time we’ll sit in circle with the community of gathered women from all generations. We facilitate in a way that honours all the wisdom inherent in each woman’s lived experience, named and unnamed.
The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” John 4:15
Perhaps as we find the woman in the Bible, we’ll find more of ourselves too…
This retreat is suitable for women of all stages of life. Our programme is designed to facilitate intergenerational connection that adds meaning and depth to each participants life.
If you have been on a religious path all your life or are newly returning to your Christian faith – you are welcome.
This late summer retreat will be a time to connect with like-minded women and to rest in nature. Join us and take in the joy, beauty and abundance of our Organic Farm and gardens. After a week in our retreat centre, we know you will leave feeling rejuvenated, reinvigorated and deeply nourished.
Details
DATES
August 25-29, 2026
LOCATION
An Tairseach
CATEGORY
5 Day Residential Retreat
FEE
Residential €750, Non Residential €475
Taylor Marie Daniels
Taylor Marie Daniels, RN-BSN, SEP; Founder, In Rooted Bloom LLC, is a trauma-informed Psychiatric Nurse and certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP™). With over a decade of study in diverse healing modalities, she provides a holistic, embodied approach to nervous system restoration. She integrates the intersection of Christic faith—viewing the body as the temple of the Holy Spirit—with somatic practices, supporting individuals in expanding their capacity for personal relationship and encounter with God's loving presence as an ever-available extended nervous system. Approaching her work with awe and trust in the body's inherent intelligence and healing capacity, Taylor finds deep joy in holding ceremonial spaces, teaching, and serving at international retreats and online programmes.
Melanie O'Driscoll
Melanie is a group facilitator with over 15 years’ experience working with groups in an engaging, dynamic way that encourages active participation and experiential learning.
Using a variety of team building and group dynamic techniques and practices, Mel specialises in working with groups to co-create safety where authenticity, honesty and courageous curiosity are allowed to flourish in the Veritas spirit of Truthfulness. After a life changing encounter with Christ, Mel’s interfaith journey grew roots in the Irish Catholic Christian tradition through rosary prayers in Irish and pilgrimages to holy wells and sacred sites across Ireland and Europe. Using ceremony, storytelling and ritual, she helps people to meet the land – the body of Earth – well, cultivating right relationship with place, self and other. Mel is passionate about creating space for encounter with land-based wisdom that Celtic Christianity offers us and how it can help us engage with the polycrisis of our time.