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Middleburg

October 2026 · From the archive

The inquiry

What is ready to be gathered, and what can we leave behind?

In October 2026, women gathered on a private working farm in Middleburg, among open land, animals and turning leaves. The gathering made room for instinct and honesty, held by an attentive structure that left space for what might emerge.

Harvest was both a season and a question. What had nourished us? What was ready to be gathered, and what could fall away? Breath, movement, touch and creative work offered ways to explore beyond conversation, with an unhurried rhythm that let us turn inward.

The group was part of the work. Women arriving from different lives became mirrors for one another through listening, witnessing and being witnessed. Alongside that depth was pleasure: long tables, firelight, beautiful rooms and unexpected tenderness with the animals. Less performance. More room to be met as we were.

Portraiture with world renowned photographer Jenna Jones offered another kind of witnessing: time to be seen through her attentive, artful eye.

The landscape

Open pasture, turning leaves and the quieter rhythm of a working farm shaped our time together. There were horses in the distance, the smell of wood and earth, cold air beside a heated pool. The landscape offered room to wander, listen and be in the company of animals.

The experience

Holotropic breathwork
Ketamine assisted psychotherapy
Ritual
Vitamin IVs
Acupuncture & bodywork
Somatic dance
Cacao & sound
Yoga & meditation
Art & sensory practice
Portraiture with Jenna Jones
Fire circles
Equine therapy
Play
Preparation & integration

From the published Fall Harvest Farm Retreat program. Practices varied by gathering and participation followed individual suitability and ongoing consent.

A horse running through sunlit pasture beneath autumn trees

A woman running beneath sunlit, wind-blurred trees, in black and white

A woman gently holding another woman’s head as she rests on a white mattress

Hands holding a painted horse with a red botanical border

Smoke rising beside a woman holding a feather, in black and white

Women listening to one another beneath a tree in autumn sunlight

A woman seated beside a window, holding her knee in quiet light

Candles, photographs, cards, a pomegranate and keepsakes gathered on an altar

A kava White Russian poured from a glass pitcher by candlelight

Two women holding each other close, in black and white

A woman wearing an eye mask sharing an embrace while resting beneath blankets

A smiling woman holding a bowl of food at the candlelit dinner table

Women seated on mats in a wood panelled room beneath tall windows

Hands beside photographs, a small horseshoe and a card arranged on a white mattress

A woman in a pale hat holding antlers among autumn trees

A smiling woman holding a rabbit close against her sweater

Black-and-white portrait of a woman smiling with her eyes closed

A woman dancing freely, her curls in motion, beneath a horse painting

Smoke curling from a dark ritual bowl held in a hand

Women moving freely beside a candlelit hearth, in black and white

A seated woman with her hands raised beside women resting beneath tall windows

Two women laughing together on a mattress with mugs of tea in morning light

Two women sharing an embrace beneath the dark wooden ceiling

Antlers, greenery and gathered objects arranged by candlelight

A tray of small bowls of warm food carried through the house

Black-and-white portrait of Marcela framed by dark leaves

Hands stirring a pot of cacao beside pumpkins, gourds and autumn flowers

Hands gently resting around the temples of a woman lying on a cushion

Two women sharing a long embrace in a softly lit room

A bowl of soba noodles with mushrooms, radish and toasted peanuts

Overhead view of a woman wearing an eye mask, her hands joined above soft blankets

A woman resting her hands on a chestnut horse’s forehead and muzzle

Bare feet lifting from a mat beneath a botanical patterned dress

A woman crawling slowly across the floor in a patterned dress, in black and white

An antler altar laid with candles before a glowing fire in a wood panelled room

A woman seated cross-legged in a patch of window light beneath a horse painting

A small dog standing in the farmhouse hallway beside a patterned rug

A woman standing in quiet attention beside candles and the hearth

A barefoot woman moving slowly between mats beneath tall windows

Women exploring perfumes at a sunlit table with scent strips and small bottles

Instinct in motion.

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Middleburg

The Space

A private working farm, with rooms across the main house, guest house and cottage. Long tables, quiet corners, a pool and a barrel sauna shaped life between gatherings.

From the setting of our past gatherings.

The Middleburg equine estate surrounded by pasture and woodland

The farmhouse framed by leafy birch trees, with blue pots beside the entrance

A stone farmhouse with dark windows and autumn pumpkins at its doorway

A bedroom with a tall upholstered headboard and exposed wooden ceiling beams

A brass horse and horseshoe door knocker on a dark painted cottage door

A sunlit dining room with floral curtains and a long candlelit table

A deep blue farmhouse kitchen with woven pendant lamps and flowers on the island

A cottage entry with exposed beams, equestrian artwork and a black wooden bench

Wicker armchairs by tall windows in a wood panelled room

A pale garden building with tall windows beneath a tree in autumn light

A bedroom with white bedding and a pale upholstered headboard beneath a high window

A bright guest-house living room with blue seating and windows overlooking fenced pastures

Mattresses and plaid blankets laid out beneath tall windows

A still pool reflecting a great tree and the fenced pastures beyond, seen through a window

A wooden barrel sauna beneath a pale blue sky in Virginia

The farm, among pasture and woodland.

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