• Morning meditation or visualisations with oil annointing, meeting the body exactly where it is

• Restorative yoga and somatic practices, woven through each day as a gentle recurring invitation to come home to yourself

• Meditations and guided stillness as a practice of return

• Sacred circle where we witness eachother in the full honest truth of where we actually are

• Aroma Point Therapy, the heart of our practice together (see below)

• Time in the winter forest when the body wants to move. Rest when it wants stillness. We follow what is true as it emerges.

This is a living retreat. We follow the thread of what is alive, in the group, in your body, in the collective field.

What wants to move will move. What wants to be seen will rise.

Just arrive, and we'll meet you there.

Aroma Point Therapy is the heart of our practice together

At the centre of The Great Exhale is a practice that has profoundly shaped both of us personally, and that we have been studying and living together for years: Aroma Point Therapy.

This is a simple yet deeply potent practice of applying specific essential oils to specific acupuncture points on the body. Each oil carries its own energetic and emotional signature, its own inner nature and frequency. Each point connects to pathways within the nervous system and the energetic body. When thoughtfully combined, they create shifts that are subtle and simultaneously profound, moving through the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual planes in a way that very few practices can reach.

In the retreat container, we work with the oils as plant allies as living intelligences to be listened to. They help recalibrate energetic boundaries, gently release what is ready to move, and reweave the inner landscape with more safety, trust, and coherence. Women consistently describe experiencing a quality of remembrance through this work, as though something essential that had gone quiet inside them begins to speak again.

Over the four days together, this practice becomes something more than a technique. It becomes a language. A way of listening to your body and responding with genuine care. And it is one you will carry home with you, long after the forest has released you back into your life.

A note from Gro & Claire

We come to this work as women who have lived it from the inside. We are as much students as we are guides. As much in the journey as we are holding it. And that is precisely why this space feels the way it does because nothing here is performed, and nothing is manufactured. It is real, it is alive, and it is held with our whole hearts.

We would love for you to be one of the women who will join us in the forest this February.

Spaces are limited to 20 women. Questions are welcome, reach out to us directly and we will be glad to connect with you. (e-mail: gro@grotilperle.no)

What women carried home from our last retreat together

Thank you so much for holding such beautiful space for us. I have felt safe and held, but also free to be me and to go at my own pace. I came here with a hope of slowing down and nourishing my nervous system. But I have experienced so much more than this.

Thank you for such a heartwarming experience. I really so much needed that processing time where being just yourself in an emerging togetherness is normal and welcomed. I met so many inspiring women, had a laugh, great talks, great food, cool sauna and cold dips. Loved all the amazing oils, protocols, meditations, heart ritual and your presence. thank you thank you thank you

Thank you so much for a wonderful retreat. You guided us through everything in such a beautiful and gentle way. Thank you for seeing each person’s individual needs and allowing each of us to be exactly where we are in our own journey. I felt seen, met, and held, and I have gained so much from these days. The way you work together is so beautiful and calming. The setting here at Søsætra is incredible. I would gladly come back.

Thank you so much! For the opportunity to receive such beautiful nourishment for body, mind, and soul in this fantastic retreat space. There has been such a lovely balance between activity and reflection, contemplation and rest. The meditations, the oils, and the music were like balm for the soul, bringing up memories and things I thought I was finished with.

Thank you Gro and Claire for holding such a safe and caring space for this journey with warmth and empathy.