Richual Retreat

LAND

HONOUR

CREATE

LAND

CREATE

HONOUR

LAND — Return to Body

DAY 1

Finding Home Within

•⁠ ⁠Movement as Medicine: a guided feminine embodiment ritual

•⁠ ⁠Meeting the Wild: making your own herbal infusions with Wild Nettle

•⁠ ⁠Touch as Tending: sensory self-massage & nature bathing

The ache to land runs deep,

We arrive and devote our day to body

Earth body,

Women’s bodies.

In slowing down, we meet our senses

City urgency shaken free,

We become one with the pace of nature,

Our cyclical rhythm, remembered.

A moving meditation sheds skins that separate,

We take off the mask of modernity,

Sun melts an ancient ache.

Communing with water,

We soften into safety.

Our company, as women, the medicine.

LAND — Return to Body

The ache to land runs deep,

We arrive and devote our day to body

Earth body,

Women’s bodies.

In slowing down, we meet our senses

City urgency shaken free,

We become one with the pace of nature,

Our cyclical rhythm, remembered.

A moving meditation sheds skins that separate,

We take off the mask of modernity,

Sun melts an ancient ache.

Communing with water,

We soften into safety.

Our company, as women, the medicine.

DAY 1

Finding Home Within

•⁠ ⁠Movement as Medicine: a guided feminine embodiment ritual

•⁠ ⁠Meeting the Wild: making your own herbal infusions with Wild Nettle

•⁠ ⁠Touch as Tending: sensory self-massage & nature bathing

CREATE — Hands Remember

From a landed body,

Creation becomes inevitable.

We root, to bloom.

Hands shape clay into Goddess sculptures,

Vessels become the way to make a moment sacred.

To create is to be our most human selves.

Oils are blended with chosen scents.

Moulding, blending, squeezing, curating:

the process becomes the ritual.

Night brings whispers of magic and mystery.

Archetypal stories shared around the fire.

Feasting, feeling, celebrating.

What is created becomes a mirror of the inner world.

DAY 2

Creation as Communion

•⁠ ⁠Create with Clay: Goddess figurines and sacred vessels (cups) to take home

•⁠ ⁠Ritual Oil Crafting: make your own body oil with local fynbos scents

•⁠ ⁠Temple of Expression: an evening of stories, poetry + songs

CREATE — Hands Remember

From a landed body,

Creation becomes inevitable.

We root, to bloom.

Hands shape clay into Goddess sculptures,

Vessels become the way to make a moment sacred.

To create is to be our most human selves.

Oils are blended with chosen scents.

Moulding, blending, squeezing, curating:

the process becomes the ritual.

Night brings whispers of magic and mystery.

Archetypal stories shared around the fire.

Feasting, feeling, celebrating.

What is created becomes a mirror of the inner world.

DAY 2

Creation as Communion

•⁠ ⁠Create with Clay: Goddess figurines and sacred vessels (cups) to take home

•⁠ ⁠Ritual Oil Crafting: make your own body oil with local fynbos scents

•⁠ ⁠Temple of Expression: an evening of stories, poetry + songs

Do you remember me?

I am Earth Goddess, Mama Terra, Gaia of the Green.

On this day, we honour what has been forgotten.

We become our true nature:

As women, as nature.

Restoring reverence,

We mark the moment;

A portrait for each sister to take home.

Beauty as devotion,

Our worth, inherent.

How would we treat our bodies

if our bodies were the Earth?

Attention creates affection,

We anoint one another with oils,

We sip from our sacred vessels.

Our retreat closes in honour,

Ritual is the new rich.

HONOUR — Beauty as Devotion

DAY 3

The Beauty Way

•⁠ ⁠I Am Muse: portrait sessions with the incredible Alexandrina Fleming

•⁠ ⁠Earth Altars as Honour: we return our gratitude to the land for holding us

•⁠ ⁠Ritual and the Art of Living Richly: daily practices to imbue into your everyday life

HONOUR — Beauty as Devotion

Do you remember me?

I am Earth Goddess, Mama Terra, Gaia of the Green.

On this day, we honour what has been forgotten.

We become our true nature:

As women, as nature.

Restoring reverence,

We mark the moment;

A portrait for each sister to take home.

Beauty as devotion,

Our worth, inherent.

How would we treat our bodies

if our bodies were the Earth?

Attention creates affection,

We anoint one another with oils,

We sip from our sacred vessels.

Our retreat closes in honour,

Ritual is the new rich.

DAY 3

The Beauty Way

•⁠ ⁠I Am Muse: portrait sessions with the incredible Alexandrina Fleming

•⁠ ⁠Earth Altars as Honour: we return our gratitude to the land for holding us

•⁠ ⁠Ritual and the Art of Living Richly: daily practices to imbue into your everyday life

WHO IS THIS FOR:

For the city slickers and wild women.

For the mothers ready to receive.

For the grandmothers longing to share their wisdom.

For every women aching to reconnect -

to their bodies, to the land, to their sisters.

This is for the woman who longs to restore magic to everyday life,

to feel deeply resourced by the web of women,

by the beauty of artisanal crafting,

and by nature's intelligence.

Our intention is that you return home

with embodied rituals,

handmade artefacts,

newfound connections,

and a quiet, steady sense of who you are.

Having lived the transformative power of creating with your hands,

moving at the pace of the Earth,

and remembering the simplicity

of what truly matters.

WHO IS THIS FOR:

For the city slickers and wild women.

For the mothers ready to receive.

For the grandmothers longing to share their wisdom.

For every women aching to reconnect -

to their bodies, to the land, to their sisters.

This is for the woman who longs to restore magic to everyday life,

to feel deeply resourced by the web of women,

by the beauty of artisanal crafting,

and by nature's intelligence.

Our intention is that you return home

with embodied rituals,

handmade artefacts,

newfound connections,

and a quiet, steady sense of who you are.

Having lived the transformative power of creating with your hands,

moving at the pace of the Earth,

and remembering the simplicity

of what truly matters.

LOCATION

Diepklowe Nature Reserve, Botrivier South Africa

To enquire about accommodation options, payment plans, or any other questions you may have, please get in touch via our email below.

Spaces for Richual Retreat are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Payment plans are available upon request, and we’re happy to support you in finding the option that feels most aligned for you.

Enquire here: hello@nammuceramics.com

To enquire about accommodation options, payment plans, or any other questions you may have, please get in touch via our email below.

Spaces for Richual Retreat are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Payment plans are available upon request, and we’re happy to support you in finding the option that feels most aligned for you.

Enquire here: hello@nammuceramics.com

MEET YOUR HOSTS

Annette Muller is devoted to unlocking and exploring the wisdom that resides within our bodies and the natural world. As the founder of Wild Nettle, she is on a mission to return simple healing remedies to our modern world.
Annette has spent over a decade holding women’s spaces at global festivals and gatherings. Trained in somatics, birthwork, and the matriarchal traditions of Indigenous tribes, she weaves women’s ancestral ways as an act of reclamation and reconnection.
Her offerings are rooted in the intelligence of the body, and stretch into archetypal expression and play. As a storyteller and actor, she invites movement, myth, and a sprinkle of magic into her spaces - creating access points for those ready to embody and express the fullness of who they are.
Jade Ruijzenaars is the founder and mother of Nammu Ceramics and Clay Atelier, born in 2021. What started as a personal practice has since grown into a space for creating, teaching, and shared creativity.
Her practice is rooted in the transformative power of working with the hands, where touch becomes meditation, creation becomes ritual, and clay becomes a teacher of presence, patience, and care. Drawing from ancient pottery traditions, mythology, the feminine, and ritual, Jade works with wild clays and natural forms, embracing irregularity as a reflection of our earth and of ourselves. Through functional vessels and sculptural objects, she creates pieces intended to be held, used, and woven into daily rituals.
In her workshops and retreat spaces, Jade invites clay as a grounding and healing medium. It’s an entry point into stillness, expression, and the remembering of our innate creative power.

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LAND — Return to Body

DAY 1

Finding Home Within

•⁠ ⁠Movement as Medicine: a guided feminine embodiment ritual

•⁠ ⁠Meeting the Wild: making your own herbal infusions with Wild Nettle

•⁠ ⁠Touch as Tending: sensory self-massage & nature bathing

The ache to land runs deep,

We arrive and devote our day to body

Earth body,

Women’s bodies.

In slowing down, we meet our senses

City urgency shaken free,

We become one with the pace of nature,

Our cyclical rhythm, remembered.

A moving meditation sheds skins that separate,

We take off the mask of modernity,

Sun melts an ancient ache.

Communing with water,

We soften into safety.

Our company, as women, the medicine.

LAND — Return to Body

The ache to land runs deep,

We arrive and devote our day to body

Earth body,

Women’s bodies.

In slowing down, we meet our senses

City urgency shaken free,

We become one with the pace of nature,

Our cyclical rhythm, remembered.

A moving meditation sheds skins that separate,

We take off the mask of modernity,

Sun melts an ancient ache.

Communing with water,

We soften into safety.

Our company, as women, the medicine.

DAY 1

Finding Home Within

•⁠ ⁠Movement as Medicine: a guided feminine embodiment ritual

•⁠ ⁠Meeting the Wild: making your own herbal infusions with Wild Nettle

•⁠ ⁠Touch as Tending: sensory self-massage & nature bathing

CREATE — Hands Remember

From a landed body,

Creation becomes inevitable.

We root, to bloom.

Hands shape clay into Goddess sculptures,

Vessels become the way to make a moment sacred.

To create is to be our most human selves.

Oils are blended with chosen scents.

Moulding, blending, squeezing, curating:

the process becomes the ritual.

Night brings whispers of magic and mystery.

Archetypal stories shared around the fire.

Feasting, feeling, celebrating.

What is created becomes a mirror of the inner world.

DAY 2

Creation as Communion

•⁠ ⁠Create with Clay: Goddess figurines and sacred vessels (cups) to take home

•⁠ ⁠Ritual Oil Crafting: make your own body oil with local fynbos scents

•⁠ ⁠Temple of Expression: an evening of stories, poetry + songs

CREATE — Hands Remember

From a landed body,

Creation becomes inevitable.

We root, to bloom.

Hands shape clay into Goddess sculptures,

Vessels become the way to make a moment sacred.

To create is to be our most human selves.

Oils are blended with chosen scents.

Moulding, blending, squeezing, curating:

the process becomes the ritual.

Night brings whispers of magic and mystery.

Archetypal stories shared around the fire.

Feasting, feeling, celebrating.

What is created becomes a mirror of the inner world.

DAY 2

Creation as Communion

•⁠ ⁠Create with Clay: Goddess figurines and sacred vessels (cups) to take home

•⁠ ⁠Ritual Oil Crafting: make your own body oil with local fynbos scents

•⁠ ⁠Temple of Expression: an evening of stories, poetry + songs

The Beauty Way

•⁠ ⁠I Am Muse: portrait sessions with the incredible Alexandrina Fleming

The Beauty Way

•⁠ ⁠I Am Muse: portrait sessions with the incredible Alexandrina Fleming