Calling in Our Women & Men, Brother and Sister's

'A retreat that gently dissolves what no longer serves you and supports the emergence of who you are becoming.'

Relationship & Community Focus

• The Relating Retreat

• Sacred Connection

• Together We Rise

• The Village Gathering

• The Courage to Connect

• Human Nature

A Journey into Healing, Relating & Human Connection

A trauma-informed, community-led wilderness immersion for Men and Women seeking healing, connection, belonging, and transformation.

This retreat welcomes those who have experienced loss, heartbreak, grief, isolation, relationship challenges, addiction, mental health struggles, or simply a longing to reconnect with themselves and others.

Held in nature and guided by compassion, honesty, vulnerability, and accountability, participants are invited into a safe container where they can explore what it means to be fully human.

Together we cook, share meals, tell stories, walk the land, sit around campfires, move our bodies, swim in rivers, laugh, cry, learn, heal, and remember what community feels like.

Nature becomes Our greatest teacher.

Community becomes Our Medicine.

Retreat One: Returning to Self

(Weekend One) September 4 5 6th

Safety • Awareness • Belonging

Creating safety within ourselves before creating safety with others.

Topics include:

• Nervous system regulation

• Trauma awareness

• Building emotional safety

• Consent and boundaries

• Mental health conversations

• Neurodivergence awareness

• Grief and loss

• Self-compassion

• Embodiment practices

• Mindfulness

• Community agreements

Activities:

• Opening circle

• River immersion

• Guided yoga

• Breathwork

• Wilderness walks

• Campfire storytelling

• Men's circle

• Women's circle

• Paired exercises

• Somatic movement

• Ecstatic dance

• Silent reflection

• Shared meal preparation

Retreat Two: Relating & Relationship

(Weekend Two) September 11 12 13th

Connection • Vulnerability • Intimacy

Learning how to relate with honesty, courage, compassion, and integrity.

Topics include:

• Healthy relationships

• Attachment styles

• Masculinity and Femininity

• Love and connection

• Communication skills

• Conflict resolution

• Boundaries in relationships

• Sensuality and intimacy

• Conscious sexuality

• Trust building

• Emotional articulation

• Community care

Activities:

• Relating workshops

• Consent role-play exercises - Experience performace with live Shibari 

• Paired communication practices

• Embodied Movement sessions

• Ecstatic Dance with DJ Pablo Gascon from Spain

• Nature Quests & Bushcraft - with Ixchel Luna Sun & Special Guest Facilitator

• Campfire council - with Ixchel Luna Sun & Pablo Gascon

• Group sharing circles

• River swims

• Men's and Women's Business - with Ixchel Luna Sun & Pablo Gascon

• Sweatlodge Temezcal

• Sacred Fire - Meeting between Two Fires

• Tobacco Ceremony & Shared Altar 

• Closing ceremony

Community Living Principles

This is not a retreat where participants are served.

This is a living community.

Together we:

• Prepare meals

• Cook together

• Wash dishes together

• Set up shared spaces

• Pack down shared spaces

• Tend campfires

• Care for the land

• Support One another

Everyone contributes.

Everyone belongs.

Everyone matters.

Core Workshop Themes

Feeling Safe Within Yourself

• Nervous system awareness

• Emotional regulation

• Self-trust

Feeling Safe With Another

• Consent

• Boundaries

• Communication

• Trust

Men's Business

• Healthy masculinity

• Emotional expression

• Purpose

• Brotherhood

Women's Business

• Feminine wisdom

• Boundaries

• Cycles

• Sisterhood

Grief & Loss

• Death

• Separation

• Divorce

• Identity loss

• Life transitions

Mental Health

• Depression

• Anxiety

• Burnout

• Addiction and coping mechanisms

• Neurodivergence

Conscious Relationships

• Romantic relationships

• Friendships

• Family dynamics

• Community belonging

Embodiment & Movement

• Yoga

• Somatic Movement

• Ecstatic Dance

• Breathwork

• River immersion

Nature Connection

• Bushwalking

• Wilderness awareness

• Solo reflection

• Earth-based practices 

The Wilderness Within is an invitation to step away from the noise of everyday life and into a community of courage, compassion, and authentic connection.

Together we honour loss. 

Together we celebrate life.

Together we explore what it means to be human.

Held by nature, supported by community, and guided by love, we learn to meet ourselves—and one another—with greater honesty, tenderness, and respect.

Not to become someone else.

But to remember who we have always been, before the world told us who we should be

Looking forward to YOU joining us on the Wilderness Immersion 

Limited places 100 in total

6 Core Facilitators

40 Dorm Beds partioned as Men & Women,

Camping & Vanlife parking on the open grounds with fenced perimeters, gates closed each night.

This is a Non Drug & Non Alcohol Retreat

Location

Big River Forest Retreat

Eildon - Jamieson Road, Eildon

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Contact Details

Self Love Forest Retreat Team

Northern Rivers NSW