The Call of the Goddess: Exploring Sacred Grounds

There are places on Earth that hold a presence so vast, so ancient, that stepping into them feels like stepping into a dream, one that you’ve been trying to remember for lifetimes. Lake Eyasi is one of those places. A land untouched by time, where the elements still speak in their rawest form. The lake, shimmering like liquid silver under the African sun, whispers stories of origins and endings, of cycles forgotten and remembered. The wind carries the scent of something primal, something buried deep in the bones.

I traveled to Lake Eyasi with a purpose: to explore new retreat locations for the 2026 Women’s Retreat edition of The Goddess Trail. But as with everything on this path, the journey itself turned into something far more profound. This was not just about scouting locations. It was about listening. About feeling. About remembering.

A Land That Awakens What is Dormant

There is an unmistakable purity to this place. It is ancient, but not in a way that feels distant. It is alive. The land itself pulses with something untamed, something that stirs the body awake. Not just the body that walks and moves in this life, but the body that remembers. A body of fire and silk, of hunger and softness, of deep knowing and wild surrender.

I stood by the lake at sunrise, watching the first golden light spill over the water. It felt like an initiation. As if the sun itself was reaching into me, awakening something I had forgotten. A longing, yes, but not a longing for something outside myself. A longing from myself. A longing that had been waiting for recognition. 

This place does not ask you to seek. It asks you to remember.

To remember your wild fire.
To remember your sensual longing.
To remember your soft edges.

To remember that you are not just a woman walking this Earth. You are the Goddess creating this Earth.

The Photoshoot: A Portal into Presence

Part of my journey to Lake Eyasi was to do a photoshoot for The Goddess Trail. The process of being photographed, especially in a place like this, was an initiation in itself.

It is easy to get caught in the mind when a camera is present. To start thinking about how to be, rather than simply being. But this land does not tolerate masks. It calls you into raw presence. With every click of the camera, I found myself dropping deeper. Into my body. Into the elements. Into the space between movement and stillness. There was a moment, standing barefoot on the cracked earth, the wind teasing the edges of my dress, where I felt something shift. I was no longer performing. I was not trying to capture anything.

I was simply there.

Not thinking about the outcome. Not shaping the moment to fit an expectation. Just allowing.

And in that allowing, something beautiful unfolded. A dance between me and the land. A co-creation with the sun, the air, the earth beneath my feet.

This, I realized, is the essence of The Goddess Trail.

Not about becoming something.
Not about reaching an end result.
But about being in the unfolding.

A Retreat That Embodies the Goddess Life

This journey to Lake Eyasi confirmed what I had already felt stirring: the 2026 Women’s Retreat edition of The Goddess Trail will be unlike anything I have done before.

It will not be just a retreat.
It will be an initiation.
A homecoming.
A full-body remembering.

I will bring together all the elements that Goddess life has to offer, deep presence, sacred embodiment, sensual awakening, and communion with the wild, untamed spirit of the land.

This retreat will be for the woman who feels something stirring inside her, even if she cannot name it yet.
For the woman who longs to feel herself fully again.
For the woman who is ready to let go of the external noise and sink into the rhythm of her own soul.

Lake Eyasi will be the perfect container for this.

The Journey Ahead

In the coming weeks, I will be sharing more about this unfolding vision, both the online program and the extended retreat edition of The Goddess Trail.

This is an invitation.

Not just to come on a retreat.
But to step into something bigger.

To step into the life that is already waiting for you.

The Goddess is calling.
Will you answer?

Love,

Cindy