Space
A 4-day immersion for women exhausted by outward striving — and ready to come home to the wise, whole, spacious woman they truly are.
Byron Hinterland | October 15–18, 2026
Akasha — the fifth element— is not emptiness. It is the field of pure potential where, when nothing more needs to be added, truth reveals itself. You are not here to become someone new. You are here to remember who you always were.
You have held so much for so long.
You have shown up — for your work, your family, your responsibilities, your roles.
You have been strong when it was needed, present when it was asked, capable when it was expected.
And somewhere in all of that giving… you lost the thread back to yourself.
Not because you did anything wrong. But because no one ever taught you that you are allowed to take up space too.
This is your invitation to stop seeking outward — and come home to yourself.
This is your invitation to claim your space.
Welcome to Space!
As you enter this ceremonial and spacious container, effort begins to soften. Time loosens its grip. The nervous system settles into stillness. The many strands of your journey begin to weave themselves into coherence.
Through Prana Vinyasa, deep meditation, ritual, sound and silence, reflection, and sacred witnessing, you will:
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Integrate the wisdom of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air
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Anchor transformation beyond the mind, into the body and nervous system
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Access deep inner listening and truth
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Claim your inner authority without force or performance
Akasha teaches us that Space is not emptiness — it is pure potential.
That when nothing more needs to be added, truth reveals itself.
That you are not here to become someone else, but to remember who you are.
This is not simply a retreat. It is a rite of passage.
A sacred pause where the old self is honoured, the new self is welcomed, and your path forward clarifies from within.
You will leave feeling whole, spacious, grounded in presence, and deeply aligned — carrying a sense of completion, trust, and quiet confidence into your life.
It is the moment you remember:
You are the space that holds it all.
This Retreat Is For You If…
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You have been everything to everyone — and have quietly lost yourself along the way
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You are successful on the outside— and yet something essential feels missing on the inside
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You are exhausted not simply from doing too much, but from being too far from yourself for too long
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You are in transition — leaving a career, a relationship, a version of yourself that no longer fits
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You feel a persistent, undeniable pull toward something deeper — and you are ready to follow it
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You know the life you have been living is not the whole of who you are
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You are done shrinking, done striving, done waiting for the right moment
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You are ready to stop seeking outside yourself for answers you have always carried within
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You crave space — real space — in your own life, your own body, your own voice
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You don't need to have it all figured out — you just need to be willing to arrive
What Changes in 4 Days
This is where you:
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Stop second-guessing yourself
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Start expressing what’s true for you
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Reconnect with your inner authority
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Learn to hold space for yourself — no matter what life brings
You don’t leave lighter.
You leave clearer, stronger, and more fully yourself.
How you return home
You return home able to:
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Speak with clarity and confidence
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Make decisions without overthinking
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Take up space — in your relationships, your work, your life
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Create space for what truly matters
Your Invitation
If you can feel it… that pull, that quiet knowing — this is your moment.
Not later.
Not when things calm down.
Now.
When you reconnect with Space
You stop contracting to fit into roles, expectations, and patterns that no longer define you.
Your inner world becomes clearer, quieter, more spacious — and from that space, you begin to hear yourself again.
Your voice returns. Not louder — but truer.
Your truth stops feeling complicated, and starts feeling simple.
You no longer need to overthink or hold everything together in your mind.
There is space to breathe. Space to choose. Space to be.
And from that space… something powerful shifts:
You stop reacting to life — and start responding from presence.
You stop shrinking yourself — and start inhabiting your full expression.
You don’t just manage your life anymore — you take up space within it.
And something even deeper changes…
You no longer feel like you are moving through life on the edges of yourself.
You feel centered in your own experience — grounded, present, fully here.
Not pushing. Not performing. Not holding back.
But occupying your life fully.
With that comes a deep sense of expansion — the kind modern life rarely allows.
A quiet, steady knowing that:
You are allowed to be seen.
You are allowed to take up space.
You are allowed to speak, choose, and express yourself fully.
No justification. No shrinking. No apology.
The qualities of Space begin to live in you:
✨ clarity
✨ presence
✨ expansion
✨ grounded self-expression
✨ inner authority
You feel yourself moving from the inside out —
clear, spacious, anchored in who you are.
And because you take up space…
you finally meet yourself fully.
The Cost of not claiming your space
When you don’t allow yourself to take up space…
Life doesn’t stop — but you start to contract within it.
It shows up as:
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a voice that stays unspoken, even when something inside you wants to say more
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a sense of always holding yourself in, filtering, editing, containing
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a mind that never fully switches off — constantly managing, anticipating, overthinking
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a feeling of being “present” in your life, but not fully in it
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a subtle shrinking — making yourself smaller to keep things comfortable
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a quiet sense that there is more of you… but it doesn’t have room to land
Life becomes full… but not spacious.
Functional… but not fully alive.
Held together… but internally compressed.
You lose touch with the part of you that knows how to express freely, choose clearly, and stand fully in your truth.
Many women keep searching — for the right tools, the right clarity, the right next step — yet still feel something essential is missing.
Not because they are broken,
but because what they are truly longing for cannot be solved by doing more or understanding more.
It requires space.
Space to hear yourself again.
Space to feel what is true.
Space to stop overriding your own inner voice.
Space to fully inhabit your life — instead of managing it from the outside.
It must be reclaimed, embodied, and lived — from the inside out.
Our key elements
A Nature Immersion
Nestled in the ancestrally grounded Byron Bay hinterland, Nest is an acreage of gentle sloping land, heritage protected national rainforest and abundant native wildlife.
The property offers a beautiful and serene environment to rest and rejuvenate. The nighttime is just as magical with mesmerising star gazing and moon bathing.
There are many hidden spots where you can take time to be with yourself and immerse in silence, share meals in the dining-lounge room with magnificent views to Mount Boogarem.
Nest is located in Main Arm, NSW, and is honoured to be held by the ancient lands of the Minjungbul People who are part of the Bundjalung Nation.
Embodiment Practices
At the heart of this work is Elemental Prana Vinyasa Yoga — a living, breathing practice developed by Shiva Rea that reconnects you to your own life force.
Prana Vinyasa is not about perfect poses or pushing the body.
It is a rhythmic, intelligent movement practice guided by breath, sensation, and inner awareness — moving from the inside out, rather than performing from the outside in.
This practice teaches you to listen.
To feel energy move.
To honour your natural rhythms and inner timing.
A profoundly transformative practice.
Nourishment
Nourishment is part of the practice.
At the retreat, food is not a break from the experience — it is woven into it. You’ll be nourished with wholesome, plant-based, earthy meals prepared slowly and intentionally, in alignment with the Water element and the principle of ahimsa.
This is grounding, warming, nourishing food that supports your nervous system, digestion, and energy, so your body feels safe, held, and deeply fed.
Meals are shared with presence, allowing you to receive without rushing, guilt, or distraction.
For many women, this alone is profoundly healing — a remembering of what it feels like to be truly nourished, by the land, by care, and by life itself.
The Power Of Sound
Sound is one of our most ancient healing technologies. Long before words, it was used to calm the nervous system, open the heart, and restore inner harmony.
In this program, sound healing and sacred music are woven throughout the journey as a direct pathway into presence and release. During retreats, sound allows the mind to soften while the body lets go — gently dissolving tension and emotional residue held beyond words.
We also learn and chant mantras together. Chanting is not about performance, but resonance. As voices join, breath synchronises, hearts attune, and a deep sense of belonging emerges. Over time, these sacred sounds become grounding companions — offering clarity, courage, and connection during times of transition.
Sound reminds us that healing doesn’t always come through effort.
Sometimes, it comes through listening — and being moved from the inside out.
The Power Of Community
This life is not meant to be done alone.
Step into a living community of women — where you are met exactly as you are.
We share joy and laughter, depth and vulnerability.
Both are medicine.
Here, we hold a space where women can speak honestly — without fixing, comparing, or rushing.
Being seen and witnessed softens the nervous system, dissolves shame, and restores a deep sense of belonging.
This is the power of real community:
to be held while you change, and to remember you were never meant to do it alone.
Testimonials
Alice, QLD
Dorothee: you have such a compassionate, nurturing heart. Just love being held in the space you provide. Your simple flowing sequences have reignited the delicacy and juiciness of the water practices into my home practice again. And your voice is exquisite! From another realm. Pierces the heart and all thought just melts away.
Desiree, QLD
I would absolutely recommend and I have been telling everyone how fantastic it was. I would definitely go again too. I’m feeling so in my body, and even though it was a bit of a shocker jumping into work world the next day I have noticed I’m much more intentional in all my movements and awake and aware of all the moments and the ripple effect of being present to my life and that of others in my world.
Jodi, QLD
I have walked away from this retreat feeling more connected with self and feel like everything makes so much more sense now. It's like a few missing puzzle pieces have been found. I would highly recommend it to any woman that needs to find themselves in the "busyness" of life. This, to me, is self-love and that is essential.
"Dorothee's retreats are deeply nourishing for the soul and nurturing for the spirit. What sets Dorothee apart is her extraordinary attention to detail and the thoughtfulness she brings to every practice. Her genuine love and care create a magical atmosphere that allows for profound connection and renewal. I'm immensely grateful for her gifts and the beautiful space she creates. Dorothee is a truly exceptional guide whose presence alone inspires healing and joy."
Chantal Roelofs
Womenspeak facilitator, Yoga Teacher, Life Coach
Nicole, NSW
Amazing... Life Changing! What you do Dorothee is kind of indescribable! So much Healing. So much support. So much wisdom!!
Jo, QLD
Dorothee holds deep reverent spaces. Her ceremonies and week end retreats are deep, lovingly powerful and leave the land with an afterglow for days. Dorothee holds a wealth of knowledge and wisdom, highly intuitive, has the. most amazing voice and so much more. I simply love everything about her.
Evie, QLD
If you haven't gone to one of Dorothee's retreat, do yourself a favor and sign up! Those are powerful potent transformational and loving spaces... Just go!
Investment
A 4-Day / 3-Night Immersive Rite of Passage
Private Accommodation: $3,100
Shared Accommodation (2 women per room): $2,800
From June 1st, investment increases to:
Private: $3,500
Shared: $3,100
Early Booking Gift
Reserve your place before May 30th and receive a complimentary private 1:1 energy healing session with Dorothee (valued at $175).
This is an opportunity to begin your journey before the retreat even starts — or to deepen and integrate it afterwards.
Available:
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Online via Zoom
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In person (if available)
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Or during your retreat experience
WHAT YOU STEP INTO
This is not simply a retreat — it is a carefully curated, deeply held 4-day immersion designed to guide you through a full elemental journey of transformation.
Across four days, you are supported to move from contraction… into clarity, expression, and grounded expansion.
Your experience includes:
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Daily Prana Vinyasa yoga journeys (Earth, Water, Fire, Air + Space)
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Restorative practices for deep nervous system reset
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Guided meditations and embodiment work
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Sound healing journeys to integrate and soften
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Intimate women’s circles for truth, connection, and witnessing
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Fire ceremony and ritual for release and transformation
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Creative and integration sessions to anchor your experience
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All meals are gluten-free and dairy-free, thoughtfully prepared on site by a private chef using seasonal, high-quality ingredients.
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1 x massage during the retreat
(or optional energy healing session instead — your choice)
This is your time to receive, soften, and allow your body to integrate the work on a deeper level.
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED
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Travel to and from the retreat venue
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Flights, transport, or car hire
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Additional personal snacks outside of provided meals
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Optional extras not listed in the retreat program
AN INTIMATE EXPERIENCE BY DESIGN
Spaces are intentionally limited.
Not as a marketing tactic — but to preserve the depth, safety, and quality of the container.
This allows each woman to be fully seen, supported, and guided through her own unique process.
PAYMENT TERMS
Securing Your Place
A $500 non-refundable deposit secures your spot in this intimate experience.
If booking within 30 days of the retreat start date (from September 15th, 2026), full payment is required upon registration.
Remaining Investment
The balance is due 30 days prior to the retreat (by September 15th, 2026).
Payment Plan
To support ease and commitment:
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$500 deposit upon booking
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50% of the remaining balance due by July 15th, 2026
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Final balance due by September 15th, 2026
Important
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All payments are non-refundable
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Payment plans must be completed prior to the retreat
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Your booking is a commitment to the full retreat experience
A DIFFERENT KIND OF YES
This is not just a financial investment.
It is a decision to create space — in your life, your body, and your voice.
To step out of holding it all together…
and into being fully held, supported, and expressed.
Price in AUD. From June 1st, investment increases to: Private: $3,500 Shared: $3,100
Full Payment required for bookings within 45 days of the retreat start.
Meet your river guide
Dorothee Marossero
Founder of Fearlessly Yourself, Women Empowerment Coach, NLP Master Practioner, Yoga Teacher, Pranic Healer, Rite of Passage Facilitator.
Dorothee Marossero is a guide and space-holder for women ready to step off the hamster wheel and return to their inner wild wisdom — transforming disconnection and self-doubt into embodied leadership, vitality, and deep self-trust.
With over 20 years in high-paced corporate environments, Dorothee brings a grounded understanding of leadership, responsibility, and real-life complexity. Her journey led her to reintegrate embodiment, intuition, and inner wisdom alongside structure and strategy — not by leaving one world behind, but by weaving them together.
She is a certified Hatha, Yin and Prana Vinyasa yoga teacher, NLP Master practitioner, empowerment coach, advanced pranic healer, facilitator of rite-of-passage experiences, and trained in Dare to Lead (Brene Brown's leadership training). Her work blends embodiment, mindset, and nature-based practices to support sustainable, lived transformation.
Dorothee creates spaces that are potent, real, and deeply human — inviting women to reconnect with themselves, the natural world, and a way of living that feels aligned, alive, and true.
Meet your co-hosts
Throughout the journey, Dorothee is joined by a curated circle of exceptional collaborators, including a meditation teacher, drum circle facilitator, sound healers, and a plant-based chef — each offering their unique medicine in service of the whole.
Kellie Ulyate
Founder and creator of Create Space For You, Holistic & Intuitive Coach
After 18 years navigating the corporate world, she stepped off the path that looked right from the outside, and began the deeper journey inward. That crossing over is now the heart of everything she offers.
Through her practice Create Space for You, Kellie weaves business strategy with mindfulness, meditation, and embodied self-inquiry — guiding women back to the truth of who they are beneath the roles, the striving, and the noise.
At the SPACE retreat, Kellie will hold your daily morning meditations — gentle, grounding openings that anchor you in presence before the day unfolds.
She will also facilitate a creative integration session designed to help you move beyond the analytical mind and reconnect with the part of you that knows without thinking — your creative, expressive, unfiltered self.
This is not art class. It is remembering.
During the retreat, you may also book a private Reiki or astrology session with Kellie — an intimate opportunity to go deeper into your own story and what is seeking to emerge.
Cherie Wright
Founder and creator of Chi-Ki Whole Foods
Cherie began her whole food catering life in the 90’s via macro-biotic and yogic life styling.
She has ridden the waves of many dietary styles over the years and offers a range of exciting foods that support both joy and nutrition.
Cherie is also a skilled body work practitioner, offering Ka Huna and Zenthai Shiatsu from her home-based practice in Brisbane.
With a licensed kitchen she hosts wellbeing days which include catering and massage.
Retreat catering has a special place in her heart and rest assured you will be welcomed with scrumptious smells and a warm smile.
Why This Is Different Than Other Retreats
Many retreats offer beautiful practices.
What makes this experience different is not just what we do — but how and why it’s held.
It’s a re-patterning experience that meets women at the level of the nervous system, the body, and lived reality.
✨ A carefully woven facilitation team
This retreat is held by multiple facilitators, each deeply rooted in their own embodied practice — not performing, not overlaying, but co-creating a coherent field.
Each modality supports the others. Nothing is random.
✨ Prana Vinyasa Yoga — not just movement
This is not a “flow class”.
Prana Vinyasa works with:
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rhythm
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breath
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sensation
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nervous system regulation
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and elemental intelligence
It invites you out of your head and into your body in a way that is grounded, intelligent, and deeply respectful of where you are.
✨ Sound as nervous system medicine
It allows your system to settle, release, and recalibrate.
This is where integration happens.
Where the body receives what the mind cannot process.
✨ Ritual, sharing, and true presence
This is not surface-level sharing.
The circles are held with depth, safety, and maturity.
No fixing.
No spiritual bypassing.
No pressure to speak.
Just women being witnessed — and witnessing each other.
This is where belonging becomes real.
✨ The land is not a backdrop — it is a participant
Nest is not a backdrop.
The land holds the pace, invites slowness, and reminds the body how to soften.
You don’t visit this place.
You enter into relationship with it — and that relationship continues beyond the day.
✨ The difference you’ll feel
Women don’t leave saying:
“That was nice.”
They leave saying:
“I feel different in my body.”
“I’m calmer — and it’s not effort.”
“I know where I stand again.”
“I feel like myself.”
This is what happens when practices are intentionally sequenced,
when facilitators are deeply embodied,
and when the container is built for lasting change — not momentary relief.
The flow of our time together
THURSDAY — ARRIVAL + EARTHING
2:00pm — Arrival
Arrive, settle in, receive welcome snacks, and gently land into the Nest.
4:00pm — Opening Circle
We open the space together through intention, presence, and connection as the group begins to weave.
5:00pm — Earth Prana Vinyasa
A grounding, nourishing practice to arrive fully in the body, reconnect to stability, and root into the land.
7:00pm — Dinner
A shared seasonal meal to nourish and arrive into the retreat rhythm.
8:30pm — Evening Sound Bath (30 min, PJ session)
A gentle sonic immersion to soften the nervous system and ease into deep rest.
FRIDAY — WATER: FLOW + JOY
6:00am — Sunrise Meditation (deck)
A quiet awakening with breath, presence, and morning light.
7:00am — Water Prana Vinyasa
A fluid, embodied flow to awaken creativity, sensuality, and emotional freedom.
8:30am — Breakfast
10:00am — Waterfall Hike
Nature immersion and connection with the living element of Water.
12:30pm — Lunch
3:00pm — Creative Integration Session
Free expression through creativity, reflection, and inner exploration.
5:00pm — Sensual Embodiment Practice
Awakening aliveness, pleasure, and embodied presence.
6:30pm — Dinner
SATURDAY — FIRE: POWER + TRANSFORMATION
6:00am — Sunrise Meditation (deck)
7:00am — Fire Prana Vinyasa
A dynamic, energising practice to awaken inner power, clarity, and embodied authority.
8:30am — Breakfast
9:30am — Free Time + Optional Massages
Space for rest, integration, and deep replenishment.
1:00pm — Lunch
3:00pm — Sharing Circle
A held space for truth, witnessing, integration, and connection.
5:00pm — Heart Opening Restorative Practice + Sound Healing
Deep nervous system restoration and emotional integration.
6:30pm — Dinner
8:00pm — Fire Ceremony
A transformational ritual of release, intention, and inner ignition.
SUNDAY — SPACE: EXPANSION + INTEGRATION
6:00am — Sunrise Meditation
7:00am — Space Prana Vinyasa
A light, expansive practice to open breath, voice, clarity, and presence.
8:30am — Breakfast
9:30am — Closing Ceremony
Integration, celebration, reflection, and anchoring of the journey forward.
10:30am — Pack Down
11:30am — Goodbyes
Note: this is a draft schedule and the final schedule will be emailed a few weeks prior to the retreat.
At the threshold of forgetting & remembering
We are living in a time of profound contraction — not only from nature, but from ourselves.
From our voice.
From our truth.
From the space we are meant to take up in our own lives.
In the speed and demands of modern life, it becomes easy to stay contained — to move through days without fully arriving in them, to speak without fully expressing, to live without fully inhabiting ourselves.
And yet, within this contraction, something is quietly calling us back.
Not as a concept to understand — but as a lived experience to return to.
The Space Retreat arises at this threshold — as a 4-day rite of passage for women who are ready to expand beyond self-limitation and step into full, grounded presence.
Not by becoming more.
But by allowing more of themselves to be here.
Through elemental practice, embodied movement, voice work, ritual, and deep inner inquiry, you are guided back into relationship with space — both within yourself and in the way you show up in your life.
Space to feel.
Space to speak.
Space to choose.
Space to be fully seen.
This is not about leaving your life behind.
It is about learning how to inhabit it differently — fully, clearly, and without shrinking.
Investment
A 4-Day / 3-Night Immersive Rite of Passage
Private Accommodation: $3,100
Shared Accommodation (2 women per room): $2,800
From June 1st, investment increases to:
Private: $3,500
Shared: $3,100
Early Booking Gift
Reserve your place before May 30th and receive a complimentary private 1:1 energy healing session with Dorothee (valued at $175).
This is an opportunity to begin your journey before the retreat even starts — or to deepen and integrate it afterwards.
Available:
-
Online via Zoom
-
In person (if available)
-
Or during your retreat experience
WHAT YOU STEP INTO
Your experience includes:
-
Daily Prana Vinyasa yoga journeys (Earth, Water, Fire, Air + Space)
-
Restorative practices for deep nervous system reset
-
Guided meditations and embodiment work
-
Sound healing journeys to integrate and soften
-
Intimate women’s circles for truth, connection, and witnessing
-
Fire ceremony and ritual for release and transformation
-
Creative and integration sessions to anchor your experience
-
All meals are gluten-free and dairy-free, thoughtfully prepared on site by a private chef using seasonal, high-quality ingredients.
-
1 x massage during the retreat
(or optional energy healing session instead — your choice)
This is your time to receive, soften, and allow your body to integrate the work on a deeper level.
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED
-
Travel to and from the retreat venue
-
Flights, transport, or car hire
-
Additional personal snacks outside of provided meals
-
Optional extras not listed in the retreat program
AN INTIMATE EXPERIENCE BY DESIGN
Spaces are intentionally limited.
PAYMENT TERMS
Securing Your Place
A $500 non-refundable deposit secures your spot in this intimate experience.
If booking within 30 days of the retreat start date (from September 15th, 2026), full payment is required upon registration.
Remaining Investment
The balance is due 30 days prior to the retreat (by September 15th, 2026).
Payment Plan
To support ease and commitment:
-
$500 deposit upon booking
-
50% of the remaining balance due by July 15th, 2026
-
Final balance due by September 15th, 2026
Important
-
All payments are non-refundable
-
Payment plans must be completed prior to the retreat
-
Your booking is a commitment to the full retreat experience
A DIFFERENT KIND OF YES
This is not just a financial investment.
It is a decision to create space — in your life, your body, and your voice.
To step out of holding it all together…
and into being fully held, supported, and expressed.
Price in AUD. From June 1st, investment increases to: Private: $3,500 Shared: $3,100
Full Payment required for bookings within 45 days of the retreat start.
Cancellation Policy
Your place at this 4-day retreat is reserved especially for you and requires advance planning, preparation, and commitment.
For this reason, all bookings are non-refundable.
If You Are Unable to Attend:
30 days or more prior to the retreat start date:
Your payment may be transferred to another retreat or event (subject to availability), provided written notice is received at least 45 days before the retreat begins.
Less than 30 days prior to the retreat start date:
Due to the preparation, planning, and limited spaces, transfers are not available. Your booking remains non-refundable and non-transferable.
Transfers
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Valid for 12 months from the original retreat date
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Can be applied toward another retreat or in-person event of equal value
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Non-transferable to another person unless agreed to in writing
Retreat Cancellation (by organisers):
In the unlikely event that the retreat is cancelled by the organisers, you will be offered:
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A full refund, or
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A transfer to a future retreat or event
This retreat will only proceed with a minimum of 5 participants, and may be cancelled if this minimum number is not reached.
Thank you for understanding that this policy allows us to create a deeply held, well-prepared, and intentional experience for every woman in the space.
Note: This retreat is part of the wider program "Wild Remembering · Wise Becoming" , a 9-month immersive rite of passage for women that weaves nature, embodiment, retreats, and empowerment coaching to help you step out of exhaustion and disconnection, and back into your power, your rhythm, clarity, and vitality. You can join the retreat on its on, or join the 9 month program anytime throughout the year here.