Join us in Bali for a week of herbal magic and sensory delight, held by a culture that reveres water, Tirta the source of all life! Experience flower baths in hot spring waters on the full moon, somatic herbal education and energetics, herbal poultice bodywork rituals, water temple blessings from the roots of a sacred Banyan tree and a pilgrimage to the shrine of the Queen of the Ocean. 

The space of ritual is a space of flow and openness. We welcome you into the soft energy of this island to reawaken your magic and refresh your connection to earth and spirit. Ritual is a practice, a pathway to realignment with the natural rhythms to which we belong. And, it can also be a carefully crafted sensory experience… a time so infused with intention, so sublime, so beautiful, that embodied shifts take place naturally. You’ll emerge from this week with a clear sense of your own magic and purpose connected to the earth. 

Expect an artful juxtapositioning of nurture-inward and blossom-outward programming — with the ever-present invitation to commune with yourself, and with the land. You'll have the opportunity to participate in embodiment and presencing practices, personal reflection, community-building, land-based inquiry, intuitive art-making, and play, as well as deeply restful contemplative experiences, an exploration of dreamwork and dream medicine, wildcrafting and art-making for actionable inspiration, transformative breathwork, and meditation.

Welcome to Summer Groove, an exhilarating celebration of sound, creativity, and movement nestled amidst the breathtaking beauty of Esalen Institute. Immerse yourself in a transformative experience that transcends the boundaries of conventional festivals, inviting you to explore the depths of your inner self while connecting with a vibrant, intimate community of like-minded seekers.

Celebrate your essential nature through the use of herbs, flowers, essences and oils. Enjoy a week of body-centered herbalism experienced through ceremony, song, herbal massage rituals and an introduction to eastern and western healing plants. Discover new ways to harmonize your life with the cycles of nature, finding joy and connection in the green growing world around you.

A month-long immersion at the Esalen Institute.

Nurturing a multidimensional sense of place at Esalen, its history and first peoples. Fostering relationship with Esalen’s foundational elements: its land and waters and developing self care and community care practices and rituals

An experience not to be missed at BaliSpirit Festival. This exploratory massage workshop lead by Ellen Watson, guides you into deeper states of embodiment with assistance from her international team of Touching Essence™, and Esalen® Massage and Bodywork practitioners. Micha Merrick is honored to share this practice with you alongside her revered teacher.

A delicious week in tropical Bali.

Engage in ritual together in the beauty way, honoring feminine nature with use of flowers, herbs, oils and stones, sound, story and song, setting a sacred safe space for intimacy, sharing and healing. Learn to use embodied herbal techniques in your practice: Herbal Poultice, infused oils, herbal smoke and flower baths.

Spanish language postnatal practices course co-led by Sandra Varas and Micha Merrick.

Quiero contarte que parir es una experiencia, sea una consciente o no, que te sacude y transforma. La mujer necesita un tiempo para integrar lo vivido y poder ir creando su nueva vida como mamá. Conocerse como madre. Dar espacio al reencuentro con su nuevo yo.¿Te gustaría aprender cómo cuidar el posparto para ayudar en esa transición a las nuevas mamás?

Aprende a diseñar clases de yoga seguras, creativas y llenas de movimiento para embarazadas y mamás con sus bebés. Este es un curso intensivo con herramientas imprescindibles para una maternidad saludable y natural. Aprenderás a empoderar a la mujer embarazada y a la futura mamá, reconectar con tu propia sabiduría y acompañar el embarazo, parto y crianza.

Learn how to design safe, creative and movement-filled yoga classes for pregnant women and moms with their babies. This is an intensive course with essential tools for healthy and natural motherhood. You will learn to empower the pregnant woman and the future mother, reconnect with your own wisdom and accompany pregnancy, childbirth and parenting.

Sandra Varas Teaches Prenatal Yoga and Micha Merrick shares herbal rituals and rights of passage.

Our retreat is located in Longeval, accessible from Lyon by public transportation. Surrounded by rolling hills, forest and gardens, it's the perfect setting to connect with a group of amazing women and nurture yourself as you learn to share this sacred healing art.

Course is taught in English with translation in French.

So often massage is considered a luxury spa service, only indulged in on special occasions, but in many original cultures healing touch is sacred, a necessary form of daily nourishment shared at home between family, friends and loved ones. Traditionally massage and transdermal herbalism go hand in hand.

Join Birthlight On Tour in Mallorca for our luxury Motherhood Yoga Training Retreat. Tap into femininity, learn to support women through pregnancy birth and beyond while taking in the beauty of the UNESCO world heritage Tramuntana Mountains.

Yoga for pregnancy, birth, postnatal and babies will be taught by the inspiring Sally Lomas who shares from 25+ years of prenatal yoga experience and a true depth of wisdom.

Micha Merrick offers an introduction to Thai Massage for Pregnancy as well as a ritual herbal abdominal massage for postnatal healing. Micha also leads specialized daily yoga classes and a powerful woman's circle.

Join a circle of openhearted sisters sharing Thai Massage and Herbal Poultice rituals for all stages of women’s lives. Learn techniques to support fertility, birth, postnatal and Menopausal transition with the use of Lunar yoga, healing touch and herbal compresses. Micha teaches alongside local prenatal teacher trainer Selma Schmid.

Our 5 day / 30 hour Teacher Training and Women's Retreat combines pregnancy, birth, postnatal, baby yoga and Thai Massage. Senior BirthLight teacher Sally Lomas will lead this training with wisdom and twenty five years of prenatal yoga experience.

Micha will share a women's circle and a fluid daily yoga practice and teach Thai Massage for pregnancy drawing on her training with traditional healers in Bali and Thailand. She will also teach a ritual herbal abdominal massage to aid healing after delivery.