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🌿 The Experience
When life has been loud for too long, your body begins to whisper.
It says: slow down, breathe, remember.
This is your invitation to listen.
The Art Therapy Retreat is a one-day immersive experience designed to help you come home to yourself — through creativity, movement, breath, and gentle connection.
You don’t need to be an artist. You only need to be willing to feel.
Together, we’ll create a space where emotion can move safely, where creativity flows naturally, and where your nervous system finally exhales.
💫 What You’ll Experience
Somatic Flow & Breathwork
Begin with guided movement and mindful breathwork to ground your body and release stored tension. Feel your energy settle and your awareness expand.
Full-Body Mapping Art Journey
Lie on your yoga mat and trace your body’s outline onto paper. Using colour, texture, and intuition, you’ll express what words cannot — turning emotion into art and art into healing.
Nature Mandala Creation
Gather natural elements — shells, leaves, flowers, and stones — and co-create a mandala that embodies your inner harmony and connection with nature.
Witnessing & Sharing Circle
Experience the medicine of being seen and heard in a compassionate space. Through guided reflection and witnessing, you’ll rediscover your voice and sense of belonging.
Smudging Fire & Offering Ritual
We’ll close our day gathered around the flame — releasing what no longer serves, offering gratitude, and clearing our energy through sacred smoke.
This ritual acts as a symbolic return to clarity and lightness — a gentle closing to honour your creative rebirth before you go.
🌸 What’s Included
5-hour guided art therapy and somatic experience (11 am – 4 pm)
All creative materials: paints, brushes, large body-mapping paper, journals, and prompts
Somatic and breathwork facilitation
Yoga mats and protective floor coverings
Nature mandala materials
Nourishing vegetarian lunch, tea, and snacks
Sound system and curated music journey
Smudging fire and offering ritual for closing
🌞 The Details
📅 Date: Saturday, 11 January 2026
📍 Location: TBA -Coolum Beach region, Sunshine Coast
🕐 Time: 11 am – 5 pm
💰 Investment: $285 (Early Bird $255 until Dec 15) with Lunch provided
👥 Spaces: Limited to 18 participants
🕊 Who This Is For
This retreat is for you if you’re:
Ready to release emotional heaviness and reconnect with your body’s wisdom.
Longing for creative expression without judgment or perfectionism.
Feeling burnt out, anxious, or creatively blocked.
Craving stillness, beauty, and gentle self-rediscovery.
You’ll leave feeling grounded, inspired, and renewed — with artwork that reflects your journey and a sense of peace that lingers long after the day ends.
Spaces are intentionally limited to maintain intimacy and depth.
Join us for a day of remembrance — of your creativity, your softness, and your truth.
✧ Participant Reflections from Previous Retreats ✧
““I’ve always lived in my head. Even during yoga, I’d catch myself thinking, not feeling. Anxiety was my normal state — chest tight, jaw clenched, heart racing. I signed up for the retreat because I wanted to ‘do something creative,’ but what I got was a complete nervous system reset.
The combination of somatic movement and art therapy felt like remembering an ancient language. For the first time, I could hear my body speaking — through texture, colour, movement, breath. When I painted, I wasn’t thinking about what looked good. I was listening to what wanted to come through. That changed everything. I left the retreat lighter, softer and strangely powerful.””
““I signed up for the retreat without really knowing why — only that something inside me was tired of holding it all together. I’d spent years in therapy, talking and analysng, but still felt numb. When I walked into the space, it felt different. I didn’t have to explain myself. The body mapping exercise opened something I didn’t know was closed. I found myself crying as I traced my hands — not from sadness, but from finally seeing myself again.
By the end of the day, I looked at the paper covered in colour and realised: this was me. I came home that night and told my daughter, ‘I think I found myself again.’””