Join us for a curated weekend with like-souled woman to gather, create, reflect, and reconnect.

Through therapeutic conversation, the grounding presence of creative practice, and shared experience, this retreat invites participants into a gentle process of meaningful reflection, embodied expression and authentic connection with self and others. Interweaving storytelling, weaving and claywork, alongside bodywork, deep connection to nature, and wholesome nourishment we will slow down and listen deeply — to ourselves, to one another, and to the wisdom in folk and myth stories with women at the centre.

Together, we honour the healing that can emerge when women are witnessed, heard, and held in authentic community. This women’s retreat offers a nurturing and thoughtfully held space to explore stories that have the power to shape us.

This retreat welcomes women who are navigating change, seeking renewal, longing for creative expression, or simply wanting space to pause and reconnect. It is an invitation to slow down, gather in circle, and return to the stories carried within.

No artistic experience is needed — only a willingness to arrive as you are.

Over the weekend, you can expect and invitation to experience:

• Therapeutic storytelling and reflective conversations exploring the Celtic myth of the Selkie’s lost Skin, and Serbian folk tale of the Woman who became a Fox

• Weaving and clay-based creative practices integrating stories with self-exploration

• Guided visualisations and mindfulness

• Nervous system regulation and grounding bodywork practices

• Opportunities for rest, connection, and personal insight

• A compassionate, trauma-informed group environment

Investment: $765

All inclusive weekend retreat 5pm Friday 14th August - 11am Sunday 16th August:

• Two nights twin share accommodation with linen and towels

• Nourishing home cooked and seasonal meals

• All craft weaving and clay materials will be provided

• Facilitated group conversations with Emma, an Integrative Counsellor and Primary Therapist

• Morning qigong, nature walks

• Transfers are not included, and optional massage treatments (additional fee)

Your facilitators

Emma is an Integrative Counsellor and Primary Therapist (PACFA-registered practitioner), and facilitates weekly women’s groups with storytelling at the centre of the work. She believes that stories hold the power to transform, heal, and reconnect us to ourselves and one another. Her approach is grounded holistically in expressive therapies and trauma-informed practice, weaving together somatic awareness, mindfulness, guided visualisation, nervous system regulation, breath-work, and therapeutic group process.

With experience supporting people at thresholds of change and transformation, she brings a compassionate and deeply attuned presence to this retreat, facilitating a gentle and supportive exploration through therapeutic conversation, storytelling, weaving and claywork. Her work is informed by fierce care for safety and connection, alongside qualities of deep curiosity, creativity, discernment and compassionate enquiry.

Phuong is the co-owner of Yama Ki and embodies seasonal living on property with her family. She practices shiatsu, qigong, martial arts and yoga. Phuong is an avid gardener, growing nutrient dense organic food, and loves fermenting and wholefoods cooking.In this retreat, she is brings morning qigong practices, guided nature walks, nourishing seasonal meals, and shiatsu bodywork treatments (optional extra).