September Newsletter


Monthly Newsletter

Hello Dear Ones,

I’m so glad you’re here.

This monthly note is a way to stay connected to what’s unfolding at Twin Pond Sanctuary — upcoming gatherings, retreats, ceremonies, and other offerings you may feel called to join.

And if you’d like to learn more about Twin Pond Sanctuary or explore other ways to work with me, you can always visit www.twinpondsanctuary.com.

I’m grateful to have you here and look forward to staying connected along the way.

Marie Rose


September

Handpan & Voice Discovery Weekend

September 25th-27th, 2026

A retreat for anyone curious about the magical instrument that is the handpan. No experience needed, just curiosity and openness to explore.

Includes delicious catered meals.

Handpans will be provided for your use and will also be available for sale.

Accommodations available on site, shared or private rooms, for a small additional fee.

November

Inanna's Temple: Restoring the Divine Feminine for All Beings

November 13th-15th, 2026

Many of us feel the wound of separation—from nature, from ourselves, and from one another. I believe the medicine most needed today for all beings is the Divine Feminine, a wisdom that can help restore wholeness within us and our culture.
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For me, this medicine has come through Inanna and her ancient story, written over 5,000 years ago, the first story ever recorded, offering a profound blueprint and the antidote for the wound many feel today. Her journey is one of descent, transformation, and returning home. It is a journey we all must take at some point in our lives.
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Without realizing it I had been walking with Inanna my entire life. When she directly came to me, my life changed and I have since immersed myself in her stories and teachings and exploring her wisdom through embodied and mystical practice.
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Now I feel called to share this story with you.

Together, we will explore the medicine of Inanna through story, ceremony, movement, somatic practice, dreamwork, council, and connection with the plant realm. This is open to all genders, we all need this medicine.
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We are all on a journey to return home.
And we are all walking each other home.
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I hope you will join us.

January

Heart of the Darkness

A Retreat of Reverence and Re-imagination

January 7th-11th, 2027

Life begins in the darkness.

Great Hatun Inti, the Dark Sun, stands vast beyond all suns—offering limitless possibility.

In a world that is constantly illuminated, productive, and moving, we can forget the gifts of darkness: stillness, mystery, dreaming, fertility, and the deep wisdom that lives within.

Winter invites us to return to this ancient rhythm—to turn inward, listen deeply, tend the inner soil, and plant the seeds of what is ready to emerge.

This retreat is a guided journey into the vital treasures of the dark. Through ceremony, somatic practices, myth, archetype, dreamwork, creative expression, silence, and deep listening, Cynthia Bergh, D.C. and Marie Rose will invite you to explore your inner realms and reconnect with the wise one within.

Together, we will question the cultural stories that keep us separate from darkness and discover what becomes possible when we embrace it.

Come rest in the darkness.
Come listen.
Come dream.
Come remember what is waiting to emerge.

Join us for this sacred winter retreat and discover the gifts that can only be found in the dark.

By Appointment

Private Dreamwork Sessions

With Marie Rose

We all have within us a dream-maker, an inner wise one who knows our destiny, purpose, and meaning in our life. The symbols and archetypes in dreams come from nature and connecting with the language of dreams connects us back to nature, restoring us to wholeness, holiness.

Dreams are a place of exchange between what you know and what knows more than you. Dreamwork is a participatory exchange, a collaboration that generates wisdom and meaning in our lives.

For almost a decade I have studied dream work under Toko-Pa and the path of the Dreaming Way. My work also includes embodied presence and somatic based approach through my study in Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Experience Work. And I bring my animist training in Nature Mysticism to create a supportive and clear container to support the healing process that we are able to access through dreamwork.

If you are interested in working with me I would be honored to support you, please reach out to set up a session.

Sessions last one hour and can be done in person or online.

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