Easter Retreat: Comprehensive Craft Therapy Amidst Nature

Discover a transformative retreat experience where you will indulge in soothing craft activities, mindful walks, and gratitude meditations in the serene beauty of nature. Throughout this retreat, you will experience how to create scented candles, make your own home fragrance, create beeswax food wraps to preserve your favourite food longer, make beautiful resin jewellery, and explore herbal tea tasting, all while staying in a beautiful Cottage accommodation and enjoying healthy vegetarian meals provided by us. You will also have the opportunity to take home the candles, home fragrances, beeswax food wraps, resin jewellery and herbal tea blends that you create during the retreat.Join us over this 2 nights 3 days retreat in the Hunter Region, only at 3.5 hours' driving distance from Sydney. Immerse yourself in the tranquil surroundings of the Australian wilderness as you unwind and rejuvenate over a craft therapy. Let the gentle activities guide you towards relaxation and inner peace, allowing you to connect with yourself and your surroundings. Relax, rejuvenate, and restore yourself with this comprehensive retreat which includes various craft experiences, healthy vegetarian meals, mindful meditations, and 2 nights' accommodation in the beautiful French Cottage by the side of Hunter River.HOW IT WORKS?Over this coming Easter Holidays, you drive on your own from Sydney or surrounding to the Hunter region where a Beautiful French Cottage awaits your 2 nights 3 days accommodation. You will stay with a small group of like-minded people together with whom you will indulge into various craft activities, mindful walks and gratitude meditation. The cottage accommodation is absolutely stunning! It's a little bit Retro, a little bit Boho, totally adorable, and fully functional. It has 4 bedrooms to be occupied by participants based on their preferences - single occupancy, double occupancy with a partner or a friend, or shared occupancy with some other retreat participant. Everyone uses the Kitchen and the Bathroom as a shared facility. You participate in the Craft and Meditation sessions as per the schedule below while also allowing yourself a couple of hours during the day to explore the surroundings should you wish to. For all Craft sessions, you will have your Craft Kits readily available as well as all the required craft supplies and tools. Healthy vegetarian Dinner will be served on both nights of your stay and you will be cooking your own breakfast with the supplies like eggs, breads and cereals made available in the shared Kitchen. Here’s a glimpse of what to expect during your Craft Retreat:Day 1 @ Fri

• 04.00 - 05.30PM | Check-Ins
• 05.30 - 07.00PM | Afternoon Craft @ Herbal Tea Tasting & Blending (Craft Kit provided)
• 07.00 - 08.30PM | Dinner - Healthy Vegetarian Meal
• 08.30 - 09.00PM | Break
• 09.00 - 10.30PM | Night Craft @ Beeswax Food Wraps Making (Craft Kit provided)

Day 2 @ Sat

• 07.00 - 07.30AM | Aum Chanting Meditation
• 07.30 - 09.00AM | Morning Rituals & Cook your own Brekkie (Supplies provided)
• 09.00 - 09.30AM | Break
• 09.30 - 11.30AM | Scented Soy Wax Candle Making experience (Craft Kit provided)
• 11.30 - 12.30PM | Mindful Walk by the side of Hunter River
• 12.30 - 01.00PM | Lunch - Healthy Salad Bowl
• 01.00 - 04.00PM | Free Time
• 04.00 - 04.30PM | Afternoon Tea
• 04.30 - 06.30PM | UV Resin Jewellery Making Experience
• 06.30 - 07.00PM | Break
• 07.00 - 08.30PM | Dinner - Healthy Lentil Soup with vegetables and Rice
• 08.30 - 09.00PM | Break
• 09.00 - 10.30PM | Reed Diffuser Making (Craft Kit provided)

Day 3 @ Sun

• 07.00 - 07.30AM | Gratitude Meditation
• 07.30 - 09.00AM | Morning Rituals & Cook your own Brekkie (Supplies provided)
• 09.00 - 10.00AM | Check-outs

Should you wish to read an outline of how each of the Craft workshops look like, please see Vishakha's relevant individual craft listings for the same. You take home the candles, beeswax food wraps, resin jewellery and herbal tea blends that you would have made.Experience the uplifting vibrations that nature and craft activities can bring to your well-being. Treat yourself with this retreat to take some time off, or gift it away to your partner and friends as well. At the end of your retreat, you will leave feeling refreshed and restored, with your crafted creations as a reminder of the peaceful moments you enjoyed in the heart of nature.PLEASE NOTE:

• This retreat is suitable for individuals, couples and small groups with people above 14 years of age.
• Bathrooms will be used as a shared facility during your stay.
• Towels and toiletries will be provided.

Please note: Public dates for this experience require at least 4 guests to run. In the unlikely event that we don't reach this number, we'll cancel the class; in this case we'll inform you and allow you to get a refund or reschedule, so please watch your email/SMS one day prior to the experience. Day 1 @ Fri

• Welcome Pamper Pack Handmade essential oil bath soaps, facial wipes, and a personalised throw printed with each participant's name on it.
• Afternoon Craft Herbal Tea Tasting Kit for each participant (8 to 10 loose-leaf herbs to taste, printed instructions with properties/benefits of each herb, 6 x herbal blends recipes, tea infuser, a jar of "Immunity" blend to take home).
• Night Craft Beeswax Food Wrap Making Kit (100% cotton cloths cut in the right size with zig-zag edges, beeswax, strings, and packaging boxes).

Day 2 @ Sat

• Morning Craft Scented Soy Wax Candle Making Kit for each participant (100% natural organic soy 464 wax, coconut bowl, wicks, wick stickums, candle fragrance oils, wick holder, wooden pegs, bamboo stirrer, mercury thermometer, printed instructions, pre-recorded video, and decorations like dried lemon wedge, petals, calendula flowers etc).
• Afternoon Craft Resin Jewellery Making Kit for each participant (UV resin, dried flowers, additives, UV lamp, packaging box).
• Night Craft Reed Diffuser Making Kit for each participant (fragrance oil, base, wooden stirrer, glass jar, diffuser sticks, packaging box, labels).

Day 3 @ Sun

• Crafted Creations You're taking home all your craftwork i.e. the candles, home fragrances, beeswax wraps, resin jewellery, and herbal tea blends you created during your retreat.
• Thank You Gift You'll be taking home the personalised throw rug with your name that you would have enjoyed during your stay with Joe, as a parting "thank you" gift.

Accommodation You'll be provided 2 nights' comfortable accommodation as per your room preference - single occupancy, double occupancy with a partner or a friend, shared occupancy with another participant - in a beautiful French Cottage by the side of Hunter River.Meals You'll be provided healthy vegetarian meals - lunch and dinner - low in carb and high in protein on all days of your stay. You will also be provided supplies to make your breakfast every day (eggs, bread, butter, cereal, oats etc). The kitchen comes with a fridge, microwave, induction cooktop, kettle, toaster, rice cooker, spatulas, pots, pans, cutlery, plates, bowls, glasses, quite everything required for light cooking.Toiletries You will be provided the towels and toiletries required to support your 2 nights' stay. Read more details