Being in Balance Retreat
Our next retreat will be held from the 13 - 16th of March 2025 at Boho Cartel in Crows Nest, QLD.
We will be welcoming new and returning healers and facilitators to bring you a whole new level of depth, love, and growth. Always coming from a nurturing and gentle place, this retreat’s focus is to discover the balance of soft and power in the divine feminine.
Rest, recharge and rebalance your life
Join us for a Women’s Retreat that gives you the chance to learn the skills to prioritise yourself. As women, filling our own cups is often one of the last things on our to-do lists.
But when we make time for intentional, loving activities that heal our hearts and minds, we break the cycles of burnout.
It took me years to learn to prioritise myself properly. But in that time, I’ve been able to feel the effects - not only in my own heart, but in how that has brought ripples of change in my family and community too.
It’s my heart to see you prioritise balance in your life
Because once you experience it, you’ll want the same for every woman in your world.
In case we’ve never met, I’m Cas Watene. You may have met me through the cake industry, but in the last year or so I’ve pivoted to focus on connecting with and supporting women in their healing journies.
Through women’s circles, retreats, and first luna circles, I’ve facilitated events that bring like-minded women together to encounter their divine feminine.
And in 2024, I’ve retrained as a Level 2 Reiki Practitioner to gently nurture women, helping them to reconnect and experience healing for themselves.
My highest priority is creating a soft and safe, nurturing environment for women to embrace the fullness of who they are.
The Leading Ladies
We’ll be joined a team of incredible women, who all have a heart to uplift and encourage others.
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Liz will be a facilitator at the retreat, running daily embodiment and meditation sessions for us.
“I am devoted to raising the collective conscious of women. When women come together to share, discuss, and hold space for one another, we create thriving communities. My mission is to hold space for women to fully step into their most authentic selves and embrace all parts of themselves.” Liz.
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Sunshine will be a facilitator at the retreat, offering 1:1 Soul-Energy Readings to deeply connect with your inner wisdom.
“I love encouraging women to realise the wisdom and healing they hold within themselves. For me, it’s all about guiding you to deeper levels of self-awareness and self-empowerment, so that you’ll trust your intuitive gifts and the wisdom of your soul.” Sunshine.
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Michelle, Mau and Raellen will be offering Lomi Lomi massage.
“We’re passionate about supporting you to consciously reconnect with your inner strength and remove blocks, to bring harmony and balance between the mind, body, and soul. Our approach is heart-centred, intuitive and supportive to guide participants to deep transformation.”
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Jo-Anne is returning this retreat to educate us about Australian Bush Flower Essences.
“I’m an intuitive energy healer who helps highly sensitive people find meaning in their experiences and release disharmonious patterns. During our workshop, we’ll focus on the chakra system and learn about the remedies that can support each chakra. I’m looking forward to supporting participants with a custom bush flower essence blend to help them in their journey.” Jo-Anne
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Linley will be running mini portrait sessions, to help see yourself through a lens of love.
“One of my greatest passions is photographing women and young ladies, to help build and restore their confidence and self-worth. Through my sessions, I help women feel beautiful within and to embrace the freedom of being uniquely who we’ve been created to be. We al deserve to find true beauty within ourselves.” Linley
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My daughters Callie and Lucie will each have a creative, intuitive offering for you.
Callie will run a crystal bracelet making workshop, where you can choose what you’re drawn to and she’ll teach you how to make your own bracelet.Lucie will be offering temporary henna tattoos on the hands or feet, featuring sacred geometry designs.
We are shaped by those closest to us, so I want my daughters to be surrounded by like-minded women who value healing. They each have something beautiful to share with the world and they’re eagerly preparing to participate in this special time with you.
Thursday
Arrivals from 4.30pm
Guests arrive at Boho Cartel and are welcomed with open arms. Cas and her facilitators will show you around the property and help you find your room. There will be teas on arrival, to help you settle in and get to know the other women joining us.
Welcome Dinner
Boho Cartel is preparing a wood fire pizza dinner, for a cozy and comfortable start to the retreat.
Cleanse and Intention Setting Session
Following dinner, we’ll gather in the bell tent communal area for a guided meditation with Cas, to ensure we start the retreat with a cleansing and intention setting session. This will set the tone for the evolution of the weekend.
Friday
Embodiment and Meditation
Kinesiologist Liz from Healing Elizabeth will guide us to drop into the softness of our divine feminine flow, to help us connect within ourselves and prepare for the day.
Breakfast
Enjoy a delicious breakfast with a view of the mountains. A selection of tea and coffee will also be available. After breakfast, there will be a flow of activities.
Bush Flower Essence Education
Jo will lead us in a chakra session before helping you create a custom bush flower essence to support your holistic health in your chosen focus chakra.
Lomi Lomi Massage
Throughout Friday and Saturday, each participant will have a Lomi Lomi relaxation massage. If you are in a massage during another session, we’ll find time to catch up on the session.
Lunch
Be nourished with a nutritious lunch, before an intentional afternoon.
Afternoon
Cas will lead us in an oracle card and meditation, using her favourite products which will also form part of your retreat gift. During the session you’ll drop into yourself and learn to start a routine of showing up for yourself daily.
Afterwards, Callie will run an intuitive crystal bracelet session, where you’ll choose crystals that align with your intentions. Callie will teach you to make your own bracelet to keep your intentions close to mind.
Dinner
Shame has no space here - we LOVE our food. Enjoy a hearty mexican fiesta together in the communal area.
Cacao Ceremony
On Friday evening, we’ll share in a cacao ceremony. Liz, Cas, and Sunshine will empart about the chakras, to consider how our energies might be in flow or in need of clearing.
Saturday
Embodiment
Liz will guide us for an embodiment session exploring the wild divine feminine.
Breakfast and Journalling
We’ll enjoy a delicious breakfast with tea and coffee available before some journalling. After breakfast, there will be rotational activities, as we each enjoy opportunities for deep relaxation.
Soul Readings
Sunshine is offering Soul Readings over Friday and Saturday, which are included should you wish to participate. During the session, you would uncover a unique perspective that empowers you to embrace your inner knowledge. Using clairvoyance and claircognizant channelling approach, she will tap into your energy, allowing the conversation to naturally flow towards the areas that need attention.
Lomi Lomi Massage
Each retreat participant will receive one Lomi Lomi massage, either on Friday or Saturday.
Relaxation
Enjoy the beautiful Boho Cartel with some time for connection, relaxation, a walk or a swim.
Lunch
We’ll come together to feast, before getting ready for our portrait sessions in the afternoon.
Portraits
As we are ready, Linley will run mini portrait sessions to help you see yourself through a lens of love. So often we hide behind the camera, but this is an opportunity to see yourself in the beauty and authenticity that the world loves you for. We’ll also capture a group shot at the end for our memories.
Candlelit Dinner
While we’re feeling dressed up and divine, we’ll enjoy a candlelit dinner from around 6pm, before we take a few moments to change and get comfortable.
Women’s Circle
Dressed down and comfortable, Cas will guide us through an oracle card and journalling activity, before an opportunity to reflect and discuss.
Sunday
Embodiment
Liz will guide us for an embodiment session combining the soft and wild divine feminine, to understand the duality that brings us in balance.
Breakfast and Journalling
We’ll feast on fruit platters and do some journalling, to consider where we are at now and what we can do moving forward to maintain balance.
Rest and Relaxation
Before heading back into the world, we’ve created time to relax, have fun, or rest - whichever you most need. Bring your swimmers, take a walk, or pull up a chair next to a friendly face.
Lunch
As we farewell our retreat, we’ll enjoy a boho picnic together as a final celebration.
Need-to-know details
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Your ticket includes three nights’ accommodation in a shared room, which is beautifully furnished with comfortable single beds and blankets.
All food and drinks will be prepared for you - if you have dietary requirements, you’ll be able to let us know when you book. We plan to serve hearty (including meat), delicious foods that will fill your tummy and warm your soul. It will be an alcohol-free event.
The experiences on the itinerary are all included, as well as time to relax and appreciate your stay.
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This retreat there are a number of options for your accommodation, however they are first in, best dressed. Choose from:
For a single bed in a tent of 5 people, retreat tickets are $1900 pp.
There are 3 tents of 3 people, each in a single bed. Those tickets are $2000pp.
SOLD OUT: There is then a private tent which can be configured as a King for one person at $2500 OR a twin for two people at $2200pp.
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For the first evening, we’d love you to come dressed in comfortable clothing as we settle in and set intentions.
On Saturday afternoon, we will be getting dressed up for our portrait sessions and candlelit dinner, so bring all you need to look and feel your best.
For the rest of the retreat, comfortable clothing is the brief. If you’d like to take a dip in the pool, bring your swimmers and a beach towel.
Bring your phone charger and any other everyday essentials like toiletries. Pop your favourite pen in your bag as well.
Bath towels will be provided, but please BYO beach towels if you want to swim in the pool. If you forget your own, they are available to hire at $4 each.
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The Retreat will be held at Boho Cartel, 587 Perseverance Dam Rd, Crows Nest, QLD, 4355.
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We invite you to join us from around 4.30PM on Thursday evening, until check out in the morning after brunch on Sunday.
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As part of your experience, you’ll receive a gift that will help you embrace the weekend and continue the transformation. A journal and oracle card deck will be part of your gift.
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We want it to be as easy as possible for you to participate in the retreat, but we understand that you also live life.
To make it as easy as possible to book this weekend, payment plans and Afterpay are available. Scroll to the bottom of this page for more information.
Ready to say yes to yourself?
Bookings for our next Being in Balance Retreat is will open to the waitlist on Friday 18th of October, 2024. We will be hosted at the picturesque Boho Cartel in Crows Nest, QLD, from 13-16 March 2025.
Payment plans are available with a $50 deposit, with fortnightly or weekly payments to suit your budget. Otherwise, you can book up-front in a 5 or 3 person tent.
Book your 2025 retreat today - over 80% of the spaces have already sold!