🌙 The Wild Ember Gathering

The Fire Beneath the Leaves

There comes a moment when the curated life feels too small.
The calendar, the roles, the polished image — they all hold pieces of you.
But they are not you.

The Seat of her fire

Midlife often brings disconnection from our bodies — through menopause shifts, people-pleasing patterns, or simply years of living outside ourselves. My intention is to help you open a door with reverent permission to reconnect with your desire and vitality — not as something “lost,” but as something ready to be witnessed and claimed.

You know it. You can feel the stirring — the part of you that is raw, alive, untamed.
The ember that never went out, though the world told you to be more palatable, more perfect, more pleasing.

You don’t need another program.
You don’t need another escape.
You need intimacy. Presence. A container that speaks to who you already are — and dares to draw out what you have not yet let live.

That is what The Wild Ember Gathering is.

This is not a retreat for everyone.

It is a one-day luxury immersion — only 8 women — designed for the woman who is resourced, discerning, and unwilling to settle for surface-level.

Here, you will not be asked to perform.
You will not be asked to fix or to hustle for worthiness.
You will be met as you are. Witnessed in silence. Opened by fire.

 And, invited into ceremony, movement, stillness, and the company of women who move with desire as their compass, rooted in presence as their deepest luxury.”

Every detail has been curated with intention:

• Seasonal flowers and sacred objects chosen to carry the vibration of this gathering.

• A sensory meal that nourishes beyond appetite.

• Rituals that mark the threshold between the life you’ve been living and the deeper one calling you forward.

• Ceremony and practices centered around the pelvic bowl as a holy place of vitality, intimacy, and self-trust.

This is luxury not in its superficial sense — but in the depth, the intimacy, and the exclusivity of being fully held.

When you leave…

You will not walk away with a workbook.
You will not walk away with a list of things to do.

You will walk away with something rarer:

• A vow whispered into flame that anchors you to yourself.

• A knowing of your body’s wisdom that cannot be unlearned.

• A clarity that will ripple into your choices, your relationships, and your life.

You will leave different. Not because you became someone new, but because you finally allowed yourself to be who you’ve always been.

I’m Darcy, your host of Salt & Smoke Retreats

I’m Darcy — midlife guide, retreat leader, and ember-tender. I help women shed what no longer fits, spark the fire within, and step unapologetically into who they’re becoming. Through Salt & Smoke Retreats, I create space for women to burn away the old, reclaim their power, and embrace the wild, vibrant self waiting on the other side.