Your Own Retreat

- Personal, Couple and Small Group Arrangements 

"You are permitting a return to yourself, and in that return you will begin to see yourself and your life with fresh eyes. For that return is a foretaste of the inner place of retreat which in truth is never far away - after all, it is none other than who you are" (Roger Housden, 1995).  

We co-create unique, soul-centered retreat experiences with anyone wanting quality time for being with nature and Self. These are held in a way that best suits you and your needs as a person, couple or small group. We can hold your own retreat with you at our retreat centre near Mt Warning and Byron Bay, or at suitable locations anywhere in Australia!

We bring quality guidance to your own retreat. This makes a retreat with us ideal for those who really want to experience the sacred through nature and their own soul. Part of our is to help you to see the teachings of what you are experiencing on retreat. We help you to encounter and contemplate your experiences, including any experiences of nature and your inner life. We regard each of your experiences as being directly relevant to your Self and your journey with life. The exploring and Self-discovery of your experiences is your inner work whilst on retreat. This creates a bridge and threshold crossing into the wilderness, mystery, depth and breadth of your own soul life. A retreat with Earth Institute can be a heroic journey into the Self.

Often those on retreat with us can be in profound change with significant endings, new beginnings, or both. Our retreats are, therefore, a time for real Self-care and immersion for these individuals. We are like soul companions and midwives enabling a real descent, soul retrieval and return to Self on these rite-of-passage retreats. Nature, especially the power, depth, way or spirit within nature, and your own sacred nature, is your true retreat guide throughout this kind of journey. We help bring light and understanding to your experiences so that the challenges can be held for the truth of what they are, as well as being a potential place for healing and transformation.

We often provide assistance, through sessions, in preparing for the retreat before you arrive and in its integration afterward. This helps ensure that the experiences of your own retreat are more effectively brought into your life as gifts from then onward. There are lots of different ways to retreat, and to prepare and make an effective return. Your style of retreat is best designed to match its purpose and your needs. We recommend you just give us a call so that we can talk about that with you.  

Fees for these 3 day (or more) retreats here near Byron Bay vary according to your retreat arrangements with us. As a guide a 3 day personal retreat ranges from $900 to $1400, a couple retreat from $1,200 to $1,800, and small groups from $1,800 to $3,600 not including airfares. Accommodation is clean and comfortable. If you are on a personal retreat you have your own cabin.