Mid Winters |
Deep Rest, Reading & Ritual Retreat

Friday 9 August – Monday 12 August 2024
Brass Moon, Wooditjup / Margaret River

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When was the last time you felt deeply rested?

 

~ LAST TWO PLACES REMAINING ~

Slow mornings. Uninterrupted reading time. Hugs in cups. Sleep-ins. Nature soaks. Nourishing food. Sound of rainfall. Golden candlelight. Crisp forest air. Luxe comfort. Starry nights. Starting and finishing a book. Beauty beyond belief. Quiet time with yourself. Alone time with others. Resting your bones.

Join us for an immersive mid winters deep rest, reading and ritual retreat in a magical location nestled in WA’s South West region from 9-12 August 2024.

Winter is the season of doing less and letting go. A time to restore and replenish. To receive quietude and soul nourishment by going in. It’s nature’s pause button – and yours.

This is your permission slip to do nothing. No rules, no rush.

Anyone can be busy; the challenge is to be well rested.

Do you desire to be deeply rested this winter?

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The desire that drove you has relinquished.
There is nothing else to do now but rest
And patiently learn to receive the self
You have forsaken for the race of days.
— John O’Donohue

THE EXPERIENCE

You will be deeply rested and deeply nourished.

We will soak in the lush surrounds of Forest Grove National Park, immerse in rituals and ceremony, relish getting lost in a good book, eat delicious local and seasonal foods, warm your bones by the fire, explore elements of your inner life, and bond with good humans in an exquisitely curated weekend for you.

We designed the retreat that we’ve always wanted to go on.

Expansive days and cozy nights. Spacious ease. Togetherness when you want it. The solitude you’ve been waiting for. Timeless time. Finishing that book you can’t put down. Endless cups of tea. A scheduless schedule. Incredible food that makes you weep. Being held. Lush bedding. Naps and proper sleep. Fresh air that breathes you. The perfectly curated playlist. Scents that make sense. Trees. Trees. Trees.

You can do it all or nothing at all.

Soak in winter and the magic it beholds.

DEEP REST

We will be resting together with intentional pockets of time for resting alone.

Burnout is borrowing energy that you do not have. Rest is how you get it back. Rest is recalibration. Rest is how we repair and recover our spark.

We will be in full devotion to that ‘no time’ feeling. Normalising rest. Getting curious about who we are when we are not always doing. Fatigue and exhaustion are no fun. Learning to rest at a bone-deep level is one of the biggest gifts you can give yourself.

Let us make it easeful for you.

Time for solitude, napping, and wandering. Digital detachment. Being nurtured by nature and each other. The nourishing food you are lovingly made. The words and literary worlds that envelop you. The fire that keeps you warm. The rituals you experience. And the person that you truly are when you let yourself just ‘be’.

Adequate rest promotes stress release, encourages creativity, and strengthens your overall mental health and wellness.

Come rest with us.

The dream of my life
Is to lie down by a slow river
And stare at the light in the trees–
To learn something by being nothing
A little while…
— Mary Oliver

READING

A book is a portal into another world. Getting lost in beautiful words by a big window with a crackling fire and a mug of chai. That’s where you’ll be.

Whether you’re in a reading rut or an avid reader, this is your chance to indulge in continuous reading over a weekend. Tea on tap included.

Reading is for retreating into yourself, and this retreat is for reading.

The quiet contentment of falling in love with characters, being engrossed by an unputdownable story (yes, that is a word), and the grief of a book ending. This retreat is for book lovers and book lovers to be.

One good book can change your life. This retreat will show you how.

Come read with us.

You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend. — Paul Sweeney

RITUAL

Rituals are a reminder of the need for sacredness and true rest in our lives.

Rituals make the invisible visible with reverence.

Rituals are simple and profound.

You will experience rituals and practices that will enhance and bring awe to your everyday existence.

We will guide you in learning the game-changing rituals that have supported and transformed our lives, and you will be empowered to create your own.

This retreat offers invitations to receive the gift of tea in stillness, a ritual immersion into our sensory selves, tarot, divination practices, Irish blessings, the art of poetry, beautiful questions, outdoor fire ceremony, star gazing, and meal gathering to explore the magic of intention and your greatest potential.

Come ritual with us.

Tea is ceremonious because we make it sacred: we uplift it. And if tea, why not life? — Wu De

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THE SPACE

We literally gasped on arrival at the Brass Moon.

This magical venue is located 15 minutes south of Wooditjup (Margaret River) and will be our retreat cocoon featuring bespoke furnishings, plush couches, fireplaces, lots of natural light, evergreen gardens, and stunning views of the Marri forest. The Brass Moon is a fully off-grid venue and is committed to living in reciprocity with the earth and all its creatures.

The Row is equally as spectacular.

Four handbuilt stone cottages next door to the Brass Moon and accessible by a beautiful bush path connecting the two properties. The Row is your ideal winter rest cocoon featuring soft and comfortable bed linen, antique furnishings and art, woodburning stove, homely touches and towering forests at your back door. A calming abode that feels like an exhale. Your slow stay awaits. We are seriously obsessed with these beds – and can’t wait for you to join our sleep appreciation club.

Wow, wow. Wowwwww. Okay, WOW. WooooooAHHH. Wow. — Andjelka 

Hooly Dooly. — Tiff

THE FOOD

Lovingly made meals by foodies for foodies.

We will be celebrating the winter season that is with local produce and global flavours from India, South East Asia, Japan, Middle East, and the Mediterranean.

Jess and Zina from Sunny Peach Kitchen create incredibly nourishing and warming foods bursting with flavour and comfort. The menu will include locally sourced protein supporting local regenerative farming that gives back to the earth and soil, and inclusive of all dietary needs.

In short: you will be VERY WELL FED.

All meals are provided and premium reading snacks (because: life) are included.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. — Virginia Woolf

Well played Virginia.

THE DETAILS

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WHEN

Friday 9 August – Monday 12 August 2024

Arrive from 2.30pm and the retreat begins 4.30pm sharp on Friday.

Retreat ends at midday on Monday.

WHAT’S INCLUDED 

• Three nights’ accommodation at the Brass Moon or The Row cottages nestled in Forest Grove National Park, just outside Witchcliffe, Western Australia 
• All nourishing meals – breakfast, lunch, dinner and afternoon snacks galore. Coffee and tea will be available all day, self-serve. The food is seasonal, locally sourced and dietary requirements catered for
• Dedicated time for deep rest 
• Carved out reading time
• Tea ceremony ritual with Andjelka
• Ritual immersion with Tiff 
• Two life-enhancing ritual transmission sessions 
• Outdoor fire ceremony ritual 
• Two surprise sound experiences
• Stargazing session
• An “un-bookclub” book club on retreat
• Daily space for self and quiet contemplation 
• Outdoor walks to embrace nature 
• Curated experience of the winter elements
• Full permission to slow down and do nothing

We have moved so far so fast during the last two and a half-moons that we must now sit down and wait for our souls to catch up. — John Moriarty

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• How to listen to exactly what you need and the tools to implement this
• Learn the art of stillness and the joy of a pause to recalibrate your nervous system
• You will learn what ritual is and how to easily create your own for the rest of your life
• To experience awe and reverence in the ritual of tea ceremony
• Learn a five-minute daily grounding practice and lymphatic facial massage
• How to bring sensory awareness to your hands outside of using them for your phone, laptop and daily chores
• Skills in divination ranging from tarot, book divination, Irish blessings, and the learning to listen to your intuition
• An experience of expansive time and learning how to embrace a flow state without a clock
• The seven types of deep rest and how to let go of tension and blocks in your mind and body
• Remember or be introduced to the beauty and life-giving richness of reading (and actually finishing a book)
• How to eat with presence and gratitude
• Nature soaking; you will use this word again and again after this retreat
• The art of solitude and tending to your inner home
• The importance of community, connection and friendship
• A quotes, poetry and literature collecting technique
• The practice of beautiful questions as taught by David Whyte
• Ancient ceremonial gathering around a fire
• The clarity and vitality that comes with proper sleep
• That deep rest is not a privilege but a life non-negotiable that allows you to be your highest and best self

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HOW A DAY WILL FLOW

Silent morning time

​​Morning rest | reflection, journaling, nature soak

Winter warming breakfast

Tea ceremony ritual with Andjelka

Ritual immersion with Tiff

Nourishing lunch

Reading afternoon w/ surprise sound experience

Time to read, rest, wander, and just be

Ritual transmission session with Andjelka & Tiff

Wholesome dinner

Deep rest time

Optional: Stargazing session / outdoor fire ceremony ritual

A weekend to close down all your brain tabs…

Rituals cannot be uploaded or downloaded. They are sources of joy and stability in everyday life. Instead of the ceaseless quest for novelty embedded in scrolling, ritual offers the deeper satisfaction of mindful repetition. — Ted Gioia

THIS RETREAT IS FOR

• Exhausted souls who are mentally drained from living in a culture of constant doing, are wholly OVER IT and need an energetic reset 
• Curious souls who are craving space and time to replenish their energy and tend to their creative self
• Tired souls who just want to sleep and be fed in a forest sanctuary
• Overloaded souls who are yearning to be lavished with care, nurturing and guidance
• If you want to spend time in solitude (if you are rarely alone) or lean into community (if you spend a lot of time solo)
• If you have never been on a retreat and want an easy landing into one 
• If you have a desire to be deeply rested this winter / in your lifetime 
• Any soul who needs a permission slip to rest. We just signed yours.

People only know the work of working. They don’t know that the work of not working is the greatest work of all. They only know that everything comes from something. They don’t know that something comes from nothing. If they knew that something came from nothing, they would no longer enslave themselves to things.  — Te-Ch’ing

ROOM OPTIONS

The Brass Moon will be our retreat cocoon offering spacious and inspiring rooms to rest, read, ritual and dine together.

The majority of the accommodation is at The Row – a 5-minute beautiful forest walk from the Brass Moon. Each cottage has a fully equipped kitchen, dining and living space on the ground floor, shared bathroom and shower, wood burning stove, a private veranda looking into pristine bushland, and outdoor sitting space that backs onto the forest.

We have a variety of rooms available from a stunning fully private Rose Room, to king double bedrooms with a private toilet through to king single bed shared rooms.

Rose Room: Located in the gardens of the Brass Moon — a majestic space with timber floors, high ceilings, bespoke furnishings, lush bed linens and towels, and an ensuite with a bathtub. Sleeps 2 guests — PERFECT FOR FRIENDS — shared room with two king single beds, or can be set up as a king double bed for couple sharing.

King Double Bed Private: Located in the grounds of The Row — an elegant main bedroom with its own private toilet, antique furnishings, soft and comfortable bed linen and towels, and thoughtful touches. A cozy hideaway. Sleeps 1 guest.

King Single Bed In Shared Room: Located in the grounds of The Row — a charming mezzanine with privacy curtains, antique furnishings, soft and comfortable bed linen and towels, and thoughtful touches. Sleeps 2 guests – shared room with two king single beds. Can be shared with a friend or another guest.

If you would like to share a room with your partner or a specific friend, please inform us so we can arrange.

 

PRICING

Rose Room: $1,990 per person

King Double Bed Private: $2,220 per person

King Single Bed In Shared Room: $1,880 per person

To secure your deep rest, please complete the Welcome Form and specify your preferred room option.

We kindly ask for a 50% deposit or paid in full to secure your place. The remaining 50% is due 30 days before the start date of retreat.

Read our FAQs including Booking & Cancellation Policy for further insights. Watch the Retreat Live Q&A where we answer all your questions on the retreat!

~ LAST TWO PLACES REMAINING ~

Please get in touch with any questions.

Gradually, you will return to yourself,
Having learned a new respect for your heart
And the joy that dwells deep within slow time.
— John O’Donohue

Let’s deeply rest together.

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YOUR GUIDES

Andjelka & Tiff

We are bursting with excitement to share the invaluable practices and ways of being that are our souls!

Rituals are who we are.

Tiff is a natural nurturer who is happiest when tending to those around her. Her life is guided by the seasons and dedicated to ritual. Tiff basks in reverence and is the ultimate noticer – of the tiny and quiet, the mighty and profound. Tiff’s deets: Vedic meditator, a 4/6 Mani-Gen, Taurus sun, Virgo moon and Pisces rising. She will fill your cup to the point of overflowing with care, delight, and bringing you things before you even know you need them.

Andjelka is a tea lover who is 50% Irish moss at this point. A creator of sacred experiences, she serves tea in ceremonies and marries people as a celebrant. Andjelka is part of a Cha Dao lineage and sits with tea as a daily meditation practice to cultivate true presence and profound downloads about Outlander. Andjelka’s deets: a 1/3 Projector, Vatta dosha, Virgo sun, Capricorn moon, Libra rising, and lived a double Saturn Return. She is writing her first book about pilgrimaging, and all her current reads have food stains.

Collectively, they have 42 baskets between them and their love of hot chips is not on the elemental chart.

This mid winters retreat is a remembering of the importance of deep rest and an invitation to meet your most rested self – so you too can flourish.

Much love and until we meet,

Andjelka & Tiff

 

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What if I told you that if you simply mix starlight, solitude, silence and softness, you may just learn everything you’ve ever needed to know about everything you hadn’t known? — Victoria Erickson

CONTACT US

To book your place, please complete the Welcome Form.

Email deeprestplease@gmail.com with any questions about this retreat.

Rested, we are ready for the world but not held hostage by it; rested, we care again for the right things and the right people in the right way. In rest we re-establish the goals that make us more generous, more courageous, more of an invitation, someone we want to remember, and someone others would want to remember too. — David Whyte