Way into Winter Retreat June ’25

Affectionately renamed card camp. A beautiful mix of our daily tarot cards that led us deep into conversations & discussions rich in meaning & sustenance, oh & speaking of sustenance; the local catering, farm to table soul food at its best. Back to the cards, (the other cards) there was so much bloody great raucous laughter over many rounds of playing cards by the fire at night & out on the lawn on sunny afternoons. Evening book club (opt in or out) made its first appearance on retreat, with more fire side chats over our chosen book Into the Magic shop.

Our mornings began with walks to welcome & relish the rising sun, crisp morning air that gave way to the most spectacular & sunny days. A silent rainforest trail called us to being each morning, transporting us beneath a spectacular canopy of trees & gentle streams that meandered with us on our journey through. Then, after our meditative group walk we would disperse to any one of the other trails on the farm. For those seeking more adventure & deep breaths into the lungs there was a 5km ridge line walk & then other trails more contemplative & at ease, such as the pontoon walk. These trails were so great, calling us in their own unique ways, a beautiful landscape to immerse into.

Trails map

We then gathered on the open lawn to move & to meditate. Organically, divining inspiration & energy from the trees, our shadows & whatever arose in the moment,  a permission to move without fixed narratives & directions, only ideas to bring to life the feeling state of the body, mind & spirit in deep & cohesive communication & connection. Then, breakfast beginning our day of soul food from our caterers Burbury whole foods. Local produce & our dining table laden with wholesome food to nurture & nourish our bellies across the days & into the nights.

Welcome Afternoon Tea

The days were for massages & winter sun bathing & of course our round table conversations inspired by the tarot card of each day. Through the imagery of the tarot & our conversations our story came to life. Beautifully as winter invites us, we had all the time to rest into the meaning & find links to our story we might have previously missed or overlooked in our fast & complex worlds. I want also to speak to the incredible sound healing session we had facilitated from Sound Healing Australia, just so layered & deeply restorative, deep healing through sound.

As always there is much to the retreat that does not get shared here, just moments, big & small that create this beautiful story. Again, it is an honour to move through this experience & share a way, a glimmer & a glimpse & then the return, back into the heart of the matter & the heart of ourselves. This yin space was everything it needed to be & that is always enough.

Our Winter Group

This was the first retreat where yoga was not an official part of the retreat experience, a conscious directional shift from my heart. I have a taurus sun, so I allow these shifts to be gentle, un rushed & purposeful, organic & allowing to happen in its own time.

Cards weaving a story line for all

All the winter love,