Soft Power Women's Retreat
Rest. Receive. Reconnect with Your Inner Wisdom.
Step away from the noise, and step into your softest, most powerful self. Experience deep nourishment, rest, and embodiment; so you can restore your energy, reconnect with your body’s wisdom, and return home feeling renewed and empowered.
Welcome to Soft Power, a restorative retreat designed by women, for women who are ready to rest, receive, and reconnect. You’ll learn to listen to your body’s wisdom, experience deep nourishment, and gently transform your self-care. If you’re longing for a gentle reset and a return to your most vibrant self, you’re in the right place.
Ready to claim your spot?
Early Bird Closes 11 August . Don’t miss out!
Imagine…
What if you could press pause on the outside world and finally listen to what your body, and your heart, are truly asking for?
Soft Power is your invitation to step out of striving and into receiving. It’s a space to drop the guilt, the “shoulds,” and the pressure to be perfect. Here, you’ll learn to celebrate your body, honour your needs, and embrace your natural rhythms.
You’ll be surrounded by women who see you, support you, and walk this journey with you. When women come together to share this journey, the nature of healing is amplified by the beautiful energy that is created.
Through gentle guidance, nourishing food, and deep rest, you’ll discover what it feels like to love yourself; fully, unapologetically, and with confidence.
This isn’t just a retreat. It’s a reset. A chance to remember your worth, reclaim your softness, and return to the world renewed, embodied, and empowered. You’ll feel safe, nurtured, and supported from the moment you arrive. Expect to feel lighter, more connected, and empowered to care for yourself, no matter what life throws your way.
Location
We are offering 3 nights accommodation in a peaceful yet quirky haven tucked away in the heart of West Cork, where you’ll be surrounded by restful silence and wild beauty. The perfect escape to unwind and reconnect.
What to Expect
Embodiment & Body Wisdom: Learn to listen to your body’s whispers and signals, deepening your understanding of where you are, physically, emotionally, and energetically.
Nervous System Regulation: Discover simple, science-backed tools to move from stress into a state of rest and healing. We’ll go beyond theory, helping you feel these shifts in real time, while understanding your coping strategies and how to move to regulation instead.
Pleasure, Pampering & Self-Love: Enjoy chef-crafted, nourishing meals, mindful movement, and plenty of time for relaxation. This is your invitation to slow down, savour, receive, and nurture self-love.
Nature Connection & Digital Detox: Unplug from screens and immerse yourself in the healing power of nature. Reconnect with what’s real and present.
Food & Self-Connection: Explore your relationship with food as a form of self-care and nourishment, letting go of old coping patterns, embracing true pleasure in eating and moving towards intuitive eating.
Manifestation & Purpose: Through guided sessions, step into your unique power, clarify your purpose, and open yourself to all the goodness life wants to offer. When we learn to lean into stillness, slow down and regulate our nervous system, the true magic can unfold.
Who is this for? Who is this not for?
Perfect for:
Women who crave rest, nourishment, and a new relationship with self-care
Anyone feeling burnt out, disconnected, or stuck in old patterns
Those ready to nurture their body and soul in a supportive community
Not for:
Those seeking a high-intensity fitness or productivity retreat
Anyone unwilling to unplug, slow down, or explore new approaches to self-care
Why this matters to us
We have both walked the path from self-doubt and burnout to deep self-love and peace with ourselves. It’s an ongoing daily practice which requires guidance, motivation and a desire to feel healthy inside and out. We created Soft Power to share these tools with you. We care deeply about helping women feel safe, seen, and celebrated in their bodies, because when you heal your relationship with yourself, everything shifts.
Why we are the right guides for you
Both Nicky and Fiona have been working for over a decade in holistic health, nutrition, and women’s healing. We’ve supported hundreds of women to move from self-doubt to self-love and confidence. We’ve been on our own healing journey’s, from chronic health issues to embracing our body’s. We understand what you might be facing, and have the tools to guide you through it.
‘What an incredible experience. Three weeks later and I still feel the warmth and refreshment that I received from going to this retreat. I still feel so much lighter and more at peace. The food was delicious and every meal was prepared with love and care. I 100% recommend going to the next one. The atmosphere created made each of us feel so welcome and comfortable. The girls went out of their way to engage us and encourage those of us with little experience. There was no pressure to do anything we felt uncomfortable doing. I loved every second and am already looking forward to the next one!’
Jenny
The Transformation You Can Expect
Soft Power isn’t just about rest, it’s about helping you break free from self-criticism, reconnect with your body, and build confidence that lasts.
Benefits:
Awaken Your Inner Healer: Learn practical tools and embodied practices that help your body shift into healing mode, opening the door for deep transformation, self-repair and self-love.
Heal on All Levels: Understand the mind-body connection and how tuning into your body’s wisdom can help ease symptoms, release stress, and support your overall wellbeing.
Empowerment Through Embodiment: Build confidence in your ability to regulate your nervous system and respond to life’s challenges with more ease and self-compassion.
Sustainable Self-Care: Leave with a toolkit of practices you can use at home;so you can continue to nurture your body, mind, and spirit long after the retreat ends.
Restored Connection: Reconnect with nature, your body, food, and a supportive community of women, reminding you that true healing & receiving happens when we slow down and receive.
“I have attended many of Nicky’s workshops and day retreats. Over the years she has invested so much in continuing to study and gain knowledge in the areas of nutrition and wellness and it shows as she has really gone from strength to strength in what she can offer her clients /retreat-goers. I've gone to a lot of retreats over the past few years and this retreat, for me, had it all. It was a weekend for the soul!.
The focus on food, enjoying eating and learning from Nicky's cooking really made this retreat stand out over anything else I had attended before. Nicky selected and prepared the most amazing food for us. Each meal was beautifully presented and had a lot of variety. We ate extremely well and we all looked forward to what surprises she had in store for us at every meal. It was an absolute treat to have had her cook for us and learn from her for a whole weekend.
There's something very special about women coming together to share stories and support each other. Nicky created a fun, safe space, which brought new people together. We all went home feeling nourished, well rested, well fed, with great memories of a lot of laughter, dancing and new friendships. Again - a weekend for the soul and I'm really looking forward to whenever the next one will be!”
Áine
What You Get When You Register
The Soft Power Experience: A weekend of deep rest, healing, and self-love
Embodiment & Nourishment Workshops: Empowering sessions to help you reconnect with your body and self-care
Nourishing Chef-Crafted Meals: Every bite supports your healing and self-care
Nature Immersion & Digital Detox: Unplug and recharge in a beautiful, tranquil setting
Sisterhood Circles: Heart-opening connection and support
Take-Home Self-Love Toolkit: Practices to keep you glowing long after you leave
Bonuses
Self-Love Ritual Kit – Tools for daily self-care at home
Private Group Integration Call – Post-retreat support to keep the momentum
Guided Audio Meditations – For self-love and stress relief
Recipe eBook – Nourishing meals for continued self-love
Don’t miss your chance, spaces are limited and filling fast!
Retreat dates: September 26-29 . Registration closes 20th September, Early Bird Closes August 11th
Join now and step into your softest, most powerful self.
Guarantee
Risk-Free Registration: Attend the retreat and, if you don’t feel more rested and connected, simply let us know within 7 days for a full refund. No questions asked.
Offer Breakdown
The Soft Power Retreat Experience
Embodiment & Nourishment Workshops
Chef-Crafted Nourishing Meals
Nature Immersion & Digital Detox
Sisterhood Circles
Take-Home Self-Love Toolkit
All Bonuses Included
Investment:
Single investment: €475
2-part plan: €245 x 2
Early Bird - Pay in full €440
We will offer 2 places at a discounted rate for women who can not afford the full price. Please fill in the application to apply.
Nicky Halliday, Holistic Health Practitioner & Chef
Nicky is a qualified Nutritional Therapist (Irish Institute of Nutrition and Health, 2011) and Natural Chef (Bauman College, California, 2013). After working as a chef in Dublin, she embarked on an adventure to Costa Rica, spending a year at Farm of Life Healing Centre, where she specialised in raw vegan cuisine and deepened her understanding of holistic health. During this time, Nicky healed her own cervical dysplasia and HPV virus within six months, and completed an apprenticeship with Cacao Magic Costa Rica, an experience that inspired her to share the heart-opening medicine of cacao in Ireland.
Combining her nutrition expertise with her culinary skills, Nicky authored “A Practical Guide to Cooking for Health,” a resource that’s brought inspiration and nourishment to kitchens worldwide.
For the past seven years, Nicky has worked as a freelance chef for healing retreats across Ireland, known for her artistic, vibrant, and deeply nourishing food. She also supports women as a Nutritional Therapist and Belief Coding® practitioner, particularly those navigating HPV and cervical dysplasia.
Nicky regularly facilitates workshops and retreats featuring Cacao Ceremonies, Shamanic Trance Dance, Song Circles, Connection, and Meditation, creating spaces for healing, embodiment, and community.
Fiona Loughran, the luminous force and wayshower of transformative and blissful experiences.
An intuitive guide in the realms of embodiment, empowerment and authenticity.
Holistic Breath-Centric Yoga, Divine Alignment Bodywork, and the potent Pyramid BreathPLAY Method - Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World.
Fiona gracefully creates delicious and colourful feasts in harmony with Mother Nature as a High VIBE - Private Retreat Chef.
"In the sacred space I craft and invite you to breathe, move, connect, and rest.
An enchanting environment unfolds, inspiring a life woven with a tapestry of magic for the mind, body, and soul. Each individual touched creates ripples of radiance, weaving a luminous thread through their lives and community.
Through the alchemy of transformational breathwork, blissful yoga, aligning pilates, Intuitive healing bodywork, divine oils, herbs, nature immersion/hikes, vibrant food, rituals, ecstatic dance, wild sea swimming + laughter, the rediscovery of your potential emerges — a radiant revelation of your glorious essence.
For over fifteen years, I've danced in the realms of teacher, trainer, guide, intuitive and therapist. As a Corporate Wellness Coach at two of the largest European IT headquarters, my canvas expanded and I took a leap of faith. From the shores of Ireland to the embrace of Balearic Islands Mallorca + Menorca, the spiritual embrace of Bali, and the serenity of Portugal, I've shared the multidimensionality of wellness. Aboard privately owned sailing yachts as a private chef, I meticulously craft experiences with an unwavering commitment to detail and heartfelt connection.
I offer you a holistic experience, an awakening of the senses, where empowerment, yumminess, and wholesomeness intertwine in a blissful dance.

The Rejuvenation
17 Days to Reset, Renew, and Reclaim Your Radiance
Join me on this transformative journey where ancient wisdom meets modern wellness. Together, we'll tune into your body's natural healing power through gentle cleansing, belief work, and sacred ceremony.

The Body Whispers Workshop
Tune into the Wisdom of your Body with this 90 Minute Free Workshop
Shamanic Trance Dance - Dublin (Copy)
Come and experience the deep and extraordinary Shamanic Trance Dance.
Open up to new levels of the unconscious, receive guidance, insights and creative flow.
The Studio Spiller Lane, Clonakilty

Heart & Rhythm Cacao Dance
Set your intentions with a Cacao Ritual; Meditation, Song, Dance, Connection & Sound

Awaken your Senses - Women’s Retreat
Welcome to Awaken Your Senses
A JOURNEY OF DEEP AND SENSUAL SOUL NOURISHMENT + EMBODIMENT AWAITS YOU.
A retreat intended to create space for you to luxuriate + awaken your senses
a delicious + rejuvenating experience for your mind, body & soul.
Join Fiona Loughran and Nicky Halliday, with over 30 years of combined experience in sensuality, embodiment, and empowerment, for a transformative retreat. Nestled in the divine wild nature of West Cork, this weekend is designed to invite you to slow down, ground you in the present moment, hold you in a supportive community and enjoy a truly blissful weekend over 4 days.
About the Retreat
Theme and Focus
After our beautiful opening on Friday evening, our intention is to bring you on a journey deep inside of yourself on Saturday to fully embody your true authentic self and to bring all of your senses to life. On day two we can then find a deeper connection to each other with some really beautiful connection practices.
Our retreat offers a plethora of experiences including sensuality, embodiment, empowerment, movement, food, cacao, dance, and guided massage. Inviting pleasure through awakening your senses, you will also learn healthy boundaries and find plenty of time for rest and play.
On this delicious retreat you will not only have one talented chef cooking your mouth watering meals, but TWO!! We strive to bring you the greatest healthy food experience you can imagine. We will even have a dine in the dark experience to become a more mindful eater and enhance the flavours of the delights we will be serving. We will also discuss our relationship to food, while enhancing your radiance and desire.
Schedule and Activities
Friday Evening
Arrival: Settle in with nourishing food
Welcome Circle: Opening circle with rose and hawthorn, transitioning from the busy mind to the heart space
Saturday - Connection to Self
Morning: Slow flow, breath-centric movement and deeply nourishing brunch
Afternoon: Time to rest and digest, transformational breath work, NLP sessions & blindfolded dance
Evening: Delicious dinner, creative chocolate making, and self massage.
Sunday
Morning: Kundalini Kriya Yoga, Kriya and dance
Afternoon: Connection Rituals, Boundaries and Awaken your Senses, Sauna/Walk
Evening: Delicious Dinner, dress up dance
Monday
Morning: Cacao Ritual for Self Love before a nourishing Brunch
Closing Circle: Reflect and integrate your experiences
Accommodation and Meals
Accommodation Experience comfortable and serene accommodations designed to support your rest and rejuvenation.
Meals Enjoy delicious, nourishing food throughout the retreat, including brunches, dinners, and snacks. Special dietary needs are accommodated to ensure everyone is well-nourished.
Special Offerings
Unique Experiences
Guided Massage: Relax and rejuvenate
Sauna: Unwind and detoxify
Cacao Ceremonies: Open your heart and enhance your creativity
Rituals: Connect deeply with yourself and the community
Pricing and Registration
Cost
Early Bird:€444 to be paid in full by September 8th
Regular: €495 to be paid in full from September 9th onwards
Early Bird Payment Plan: €222 x 2 paid before September 8th
Payment plans / reduced rates available on request
Booking policy
Full refund available up until 1st September (excluding booking fee of €20)
Half refund available up to 14th September (excluding booking fee of €20)
After 14th Septmeber there is no refund available
What’s Included
Accommodation
All meals and snacks
All workshops, sessions, and activities
Nicky Halliday, motivational holistic health practitioner & creative chef
Nicky is a qualified Nutritional Therapist (Irish Institute of Nutrition and Health 2011) and Natural Chef (Bauman College Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts California 2013).
In 2014 she created the fresh food deli and worked as head chef in the Hopsack Health Store for 3.5 years, which led to a nomination for the best “free from” restaurant in the Irish Restaurant Awards.
From there she went on an adventure to Costa Rica and worked as head chef at Farm of Life Healing Centre for a year, mainly focusing on raw vegan food. Here, she learned much more about holistic health and healed her cervical dysplasia and HPV virus within 6 months. She deeply connected to the plant medicine cacao while she was there, completing an apprenticeship with Cacao Magic Costa Rica and continues to share this beautiful heart opening medicine in Ireland.
Nicky then put her nutrition and lifestyle knowledge together with her cookery expertise and wrote a book called “A Practical Guide to Cooking for Health” which has been a help to many kitchens around the world.
Nicky has been working the last 6 years as a freelance chef for healing retreats around Ireland. Her food is artistic and truly wholesome, bursting with fresh vibrant flavours, while supplying the body, mind and soul with delicious nourishment.
Nicky also works as a Nutritional Therapist and a Belief Coding® practitioner, mainly with women who have been diagnosed with HPV virus and cervical dysplasia.
She also facilitates workshops and retreats with Cacao Ceremonies, Shamanic Trance Dance, Song Circles, Connection and Meditation.
Nicky has also worked with Inwardbound Celtic Psychedelic Psilocybin retreats as a chef and facilitator for the last 6 years and continues her studies in Shamanism.
Fiona Loughran, the luminous force and wayshower of transformative and blissful experiences.
An intuitive guide in the realms of embodiment, empowerment and authenticity.
Holistic Breath-Centric Yoga, Divine Alignment Bodywork, and the potent Pyramid BreathPLAY Method - Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World.
Fiona gracefully creates delicious and colourful feasts in harmony with Mother Nature as a High VIBE - Private Retreat Chef.
"In the sacred space I craft and invite you to breathe, move, connect, and rest.
An enchanting environment unfolds, inspiring a life woven with a tapestry of magic for the mind, body, and soul. Each individual touched creates ripples of radiance, weaving a luminous thread through their lives and community.
Through the alchemy of transformational breathwork, blissful yoga, aligning pilates, Intuitive healing bodywork, divine oils, herbs, nature immersion/hikes, vibrant food, rituals, ecstatic dance, wild sea swimming + laughter, the rediscovery of your potential emerges — a radiant revelation of your glorious essence.
For over fifteen years, I've danced in the realms of teacher, trainer, guide, intuitive and therapist. As a Corporate Wellness Coach at two of the largest European IT headquarters, my canvas expanded and I took a leap of faith. From the shores of Ireland to the embrace of Balearic Islands Mallorca + Menorca, the spiritual embrace of Bali, and the serenity of Portugal, I've shared the multidimensionality of wellness. Aboard privately owned sailing yachts as a private chef, I meticulously craft experiences with an unwavering commitment to detail and heartfelt connection.
I offer you a holistic experience, an awakening of the senses, where empowerment, yumminess, and wholesomeness intertwine in a blissful dance.

Cervical Health Support Call
This support call is for any women who have been diagnosed with HPV virus who feel they need some support. This will be a safe container to share anything you feel you need to get off your chest.
I have seen time and time again, when women come together to share and be vulnerable, incredible healing can occur. Come and witness the magic of women holding space for each other.
I will also answer any questions we have time for.
The cost is €28 and a zoom link will be sent to you after booking your place.
One lucky woman on this call will be chosen to join my Sacred Cervix course for free
Really looking forward to having another beautiful online gathering <3
Love Nicky xxx

Rise of the Serpent
Join us for Rise of the Serpent and a celebration of Irish artists.
We will drink indigenous Bribri cacao and even eat the white fruit which Nicky will be bringing home from Costa Rica.
Dance the night away with DJ sets from Elfe and Nicky and we will will also have some Irish songs to sing along to.

Cultivating Peace
Cultivating Peace through Cacao Ceremony, Kirtan Singing & Conscious Dance
Shamanic Trance Dance - Dublin
Come and experience the deep and extraordinary Shamanic Trance Dance.
Open up to new levels of the unconscious, receive guidance, insights and creative flow.
Leinster Cricket Club, Rathmines, Dublin
Cacao Dance with Dj Sets from Elfé & Nicky
We are really excited for this collaboration!
Nicky and Elfé are coming together to offer you an evening of cacao, music and dance floor fun.
Leinster Cricket Club, Rathmines
Shamanic Trance Dance - Dublin
Come and experience the deep and extraordinary Shamanic Trance Dance.
Open up to new levels of the unconscious, receive guidance, insights and creative flow.
Leinster Cricket Club, Rathmines, Dublin

Beyond
Beyond
1 day intensive
Shamanic Trance Dance & Aliveness Kundalini Activation
Lunch Provided
The Well, East Cork

Shamanic Trance Dance - Galway
Come and experience the deep and extraordinary Shamanic Trance Dance.
Open up to new levels of the unconscious, receive guidance, insights and creative flow.
There will also be cacao
A blindfolded sensual experience designed to “Awaken the Senses”
Ending with plant based snacks around the fire.
Shamanic Trance Dance - Dublin
Come and experience the deep and extraordinary Shamanic Trance Dance.
Open up to new levels of the unconscious, receive guidance, insights and creative flow.
Leinster Cricket Club, Rathmines, Dublin
Shamanic Trance Dance
Come and experience the deep and extraordinary Shamanic Trance Dance.
Open up to new levels of the unconscious, receive guidance, insights and creative flow.

Craic Ceol agus Cacao Women’s Gathering Slí na Bandé Co. Wicklow
This July I will be hosting a women’s gathering with Aoife Howe at the fabulous retreat centre Slí na Bandé, Co. Wicklow. We have all had the chance to journey inwards over the last year. As we reopen and we still can’t go to festivals or other large gatherings, I wanted to offer truly fun filled weekend of connection, song, dance, fancy dress, games, sharing, cacao ceremony, fire ceremony, sea swims, yoga and a chocolate making demo.