Scotland
5th Annual Autumn Equinox Pilgrimage
A 16-day journey through ancient lands of song, stone & remembrance.
9th-24th September, 2026
Join the Waitlist Below
Have you felt the call to...
Experience the beauty & wild places of these sacred lands?
Commune with the ancient stones and healing waters?
Walk the land and journey with story, song & traditional ways?
On a Magical Journey
Join Lana Lanaia & special guests on our 5th annual pilgrimage through some of the sacred, wild and mystical landscapes of Scotland.
Video by Olivia Mater
Music by Lana Lanaia
At the heart of this journey is the simple call to be with land & kin...
We invite you to join us for a wild & magical 16-day journey through ancient landscapes, sacred sites, lochs, seas and skies – including gathering with a few special, ancestral tradition-carriers of song, story and craft.
This is a truly heart warming, life inspiring voyage, where dreams are woven into being, and deep beauty feeds the heart and soul as we walk, sail, sing, weave, offer, gather and share together within the sacred land & Isles of Scotland.
Days 1 – 7:
Ways of the Hearth - Shieling Immersion
A week of story, song, craft & ancestral wisdom with the Shieling Collective.
We will gather as a village, nestle close to the land, surrounded by mountains, waters and sky.
- Storytelling, Old Lore & Mythopoetics
- Ancestral Skills & Cultural Revival
- Ritual & Offerings
- Cèilidh & Song
- Craft Workshops
- Gaelic Song & Language Intro
- Gathering Around the Fire, in the Old Way
This week may include visits to:
- Loch Ness
- Culloden
- Clava Cairns
- Stone Circles
- Wild Rivers, Mountains, Forest
With Dougie Mackay, Peter Ananin, Bethan Bray, Tom Langhorne & more...
- Intro to Ancestral Tradition
- Storytelling with traditional Scottish Story-Carriers
- Processing a Deer & Cooking it in the Earth
- Wool Work - Carding, Spinning
- Gaelic Song & Gealic in the Landscape
- Singing, Song & Cèilidh
- Fire Making
- Making Traditional Offerings
- Ceremony & Ritual
- Highland Survival Skills
- Wild plant foraging & local foods
Please note: Itinerary is subject to change due to circumstances out of our control.
Days 8 – 16:
Pilrgimage in the Isles & Heartland
From our week nestled within the Highlands, we continue our journey to the North & West. We voyage across the sea and out onto the isles.
We will step into liminal space, attune with stilness, sound and starlight at sacred sites, and walk in ancient footsteps.
Listening, singing, offering, blessing.
- Isle of Lewis
- Stay at an Old Blackhouse Village by the Sea
- Callanish Stone Circles
- White Sand Beaches on the Isle of Harris
- Fairy Glen & the Isle of Skye
- Loch Tay
- Glen Lyon
- Schiehallion ~ Crystal Mountain
- Fortingall & Ancient Yew Tree
- & onwards from Glasgow we shall go...
with Lana Lanaia and others to be announced...
- Guided Journeys to Sacred Sites
- Song, Sounding, Cèilidh
- Connecting with Ancient Places & Liminal Space
- Autumn Equinox Ceremony
- Journeying & Dream Circles
- Offerings & Ritual
- Gatherings around the Fire
- Nights with the stars & moonlight
- Personal Time with the Land & Sea
- Cold Water Immersion in wild rivers, loch, sea bathing (optional)
- Local foods & Nourishing Meals
Please note: Itinerary is subject to change due to circumstances out of our control.
We invite you to join us for this pilgrimage journey in Scotland, visiting some of her sacred and beloved places, while creating space to listen & be with the land. Through opening our hearts and making simple offerings of gratitude, may we come closer to the wisdom and beauty of the earth.
May we offer our songs, and weave our stories & dreams...leaving only footprints and blessings behind us.
Lana Lanaia
Lana is a musician, and facilitator of retreats, ritual & healing spaces. She lives in the Scottish Highlands, and her lineage is woven through many lands.
Lana has been studying and working with earth wisdom traditions & sound healing for over 25 years. She has a deep love for these holy Isles of Albion, her ancient places & wisdom. She has spent many years journeying to sacred sites, living in wild places, questing and communing with the land, sea & sky.
Lana’s work, through retreats, ritual, and sound, is an invitation to return to wholeness, to reawaken the songlines of the soul, and to enter into deep communion with the Earth as a living, breathing being.
Lana will be guiding our pilgrimage; facilitating ritual, song weaving & journeying with sacred sites. She is also our minibus driver.
Hosts & Facilitators for Week 1: Ways of the Hearth – Shieling Immersion.
Sharing ancestral wisdom and deep connection with the land.
Dougie MacKay
Storytelling, Community Connection & Culture
Dougie is a native Highland storyteller with a passion for tracking key aspects of ancestral cultures through mythology, lore and story. A professional storyteller for over 12 years, he has been mentored by some of Scotland’s finest seanachies, seeking modern applications for these timeless tales.
His recent show ‘Animate Lands’ allowed a deep dive into the Fianna cycle, gleaning aspects of the older animistic culture once thriving on these islands. It was described as ‘a fresh and joyful take on Celtic lore and Scotland’s landscape’. In his “Myth as Medicine” course, he explores a cycle of northern myths with a group of students, tracking the treasure within each tale and offering exercises to journey with each story and touch the medicine within.
Bethan Bray & Peter Ananin
Ancestral Skills, Tradition & Crafting
Bethan is an artist and craftswoman, specialising in wild pigment painting, hide tanning and leatherwork, and working with ancient methods of land-based creativity to restore deep intimacy with place. She is devoted to Craft as ancestral remembrance, and to honouring both the practical and ritualistic aspects of making – Using hands and heart to connect in a tangible way to those who have come before us, and to the plants and animals with which we share this Earth.
Peter is a traditional tanner, teacher and craftsman focusing primarily on connecting people to our human and natural heritage through working with animal hides and other ancestral materials, as well as exploring Scottish folklore and how it weaves together the practical and the spiritual.
Together they run their small bark tannery from their home in the Highlands of Scotland, where they also run Ancestral Skills Gatherings and courses in Hide Tanning throughout the summer months – reconnecting people to place, and to ancient ways of being and working with the land. Tending to wild shrines is a deep love and ongoing act of devotion for them both, as is making traditional offerings and feeding their hearts and bodies with ancestral nourishment from the land on which they live
Tom Langhorne
Resilient Roots & Highlander Wilderness Skills
“That guy who runs around the Scottish Highlands, wearing a big blanket, swinging a stick about.”
Tom is a life long wilderness enthusiast on a mission to reconnect people to their natural and cultural heritage through the practice of wilderness living skills. In order to ground ourselves in the foundations of resilience.
Most people know him from his “Fandabi Dozi” YouTube channel, and video series on 17th Century Highlander survival. But he is also here to help you regain your attention from modern distractions, reconnect with your natural roots, gain control of your basic needs, fall in love with your land and nurture a sustainable future for yourself and the planet.
On his Youtube channel, Tom shares videos on survival, history, martial arts, philosophy, and his outdoor adventures in general. He also runs in-person events and courses.
Tom will lead a workshop drawing from his Resilient Roots & Highland Survival Skills programs.
Our Team of Space Holders & Nourishers through our Full 16-Day Journey
Mhaire Sinclair
Nourishing Foods, Hearth Tending & Song
The songs I share arise from my deep communion with the mountains, waters, flowers, and trees —living voices that continue to shape and guide me.
It is my joy and honour to walk this path of sacred service, to nourish and be nourished, as we gather to create, listen, remember, and sing the Earth’s stories together.
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Plus more special guests TBA...
- 15 nights shared accommodations
- 2-3 healthy & organic meals per day (except on travel days)
- 7-day "Ways of the Hearth Shieling Immersion"
- Storytelling with traditional Scottish story carriers
- Singing, Song & Cèilidh
- Guided journeys into ancient landscapes, sacred sites & animistic culture
- Simple Ceremony & Earth honouring rituals
- Listening with the Land practices
- Transportation throughout Scotland
- Airport pick-up & drop off from Glasgow Airport
Please note: Itinerary is subject to change due to circumstances out of our control.
- Airfare to and from the Glasgow airport
- Extra nights in Glasgow before or after the pilgrimage
- Personal, medical or trip cancellation insurance
- 6 personally bought meals, on travel days (restuarant or local shops)
- Gifts, snack & treats
Investment
Join the waitlist below to receive priority review of your application before we open applications to the general public on 22nd May!
Full 16 Day Journey – £3,700 GBP / $5,200 USD
Payment plans are available. USD price includes exchange rate fluctuations & currency conversation fees.
A Note on Worktrade
Crafting this pilgrimage is a labor of deep devotion, requiring immense time, energy, and resources. Because of this, we are only able to offer one partial work trade position this year:
– Professional Photographer
If you feel deeply called to this pilgrimage and have experience in this area, we invite you to apply by sharing your background & links to examples of your photography, email Lana here.
It may not make sense to the rational mind, but when the heart says "GO!" – Say YES!