Mari Altar Ceremonial Yearlong

for Adults

Ready for Time for You?

It is essential that we female folk, as keepers of rhythm, tune back into the ancient source of wisdom and knowing.

You are a fountain. How do you stay hydrated and able to feed all of your creative projects?

We are inviting you in to slow down, drop in, feel, listen, & pray.

We are inviting you to use the ancient technology of ceremony for healing and whole-ing.

Mari Altar Ceremonial Yearlong

for women* who are passed the adulthood initiation threshold**

September 2025 – August 2026

The Offering

By intention or through the path of walking on this planet and aging past their mid 30’s and up, this offering is for those who want to ground into ceremony and grow their ceremonial literacy and are squarely sitting in their adult or elder years.

We will gather as women* on the path of growth and transformation for four days each season.

Retreats include body & nature connection, ceremonial time with the elements, and time for integration, rest & rejuvenation.

We will take space for personal reflection & growth; to integrate, digest, nourish, and expand while being held and guided into ceremony.

Our ceremonial container is based in a Hebraic & Christian Lineage of The Mari Altar & The Kabbalistic Tree of Life.

We will explore how to utilize ceremony as a technology for healing and how to use our whole beings as vessels for prayer.

We are given the Gift of Creation, the Gift of Heart, and the Gift of the Mind. As we align our Spirit with the Earth and these Gifts, incredible shifts happen in our lives.

What We Offer

  • Art Work by Elena Pensky

    This Container Is Designed for You to...

    Slow down, drop in, listen, feel, & pray

    deepen your relationship to the foundations of ceremony

    deepen your relationship with nature & the elemental world

    grow your capacity for being a vessel for prayer & co-creation

    form community with others on this journey

  • This group is for you if you are...

    *In a female body & are comfortable identifying as a woman

    **walking as an adult in your life

    (mid 30's & up)

    comfortable exploring your female biology

    comfortable in nature & camping without the comforts of home

    yearning for a place and way to listen, emote, feel, and pray

  • Course Format

    Ceremonial Retreats will be held in Occidental, California at a private home.

    We gather from Thursday 4pm through until Sunday 3pm.

    In between retreat weekends we gather once/month online for council & wisdom shares.

    Retreat Dates:

    2025

    1st retreat: Sept 4-7

    2nd retreat: Dec 4-7

    2026

    3rd retreat: March 5-8

    4th retreat: June 4-7

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  • “Rachel Ruach Golden is bringing through ancient wisdom that our current times call for.

  • Her retreats have enough space for each person to engage the material at their deepest level so that they can connect with themselves, the natural world, their ancestry and the others in the circle.

  • I leave each retreat feeling refreshed, connected, and inspired."

    - Lauren Tolk, Mari Altar Ceremonial Group Participant

  • “It is a gift to work with Rachel! She is a gifted facilitator who brings a depth of experience and wisdom into how she teaches and guides.

  • “Working with Rachel has helped me to fortify and tend my relationship with the earth and spirit in ways I have been needing and longing for.

  • “I feel more connected and in tune with myself and life through the Mari Alter Ceremonial Group and through Rachel's steady, gentle, wise, and attuned presence as a guide."

    - Colette Virostko, Mari Altar Ceremonial Group Participant

Art work by Elena Pinsky

Reciprocity

Sliding Scale

$3,600 - Full Tuition

$2,800 - Supported

$4,400 - Generosity; support someone else’s journey

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION

$2200 until May 31st

*Payment in 4 installments is available

**Space is limited to 13 participants

***Register to secure your spot

The Mari Altar Yearlong inlcudes:

  • Deep Nature Connection

  • Kabbalistic Tree of Life

    Kabbalistic Tree of Life

  • Rest & Rejuvenation

  • Ceremonial Arts

    Ceremonial Arts

  • Harvesting & Handcrafting Offerings

  • Way of Council

  • Solo Fire Ceremony

  • Personal Practices

  • Somatic Resiliency