Nourish your spirit to lead and to heal
Women lead – whether as a parent or president. Within the spectrum, many women find that in the process of striving to achieve, they develop only a part of themselves, leaving vital aspects behind. In the midst of the ‘doing’ that attains significant achievement, women report that their wellbeing is compromised and they feel alone, burnt out, disconnected or empty.
By contrast, research and our work show that ‘who’ you are ‘being’ as you live your life as a woman can nourish your emotional health, support your personal growth, heal others and empower the people in your life to flourish and thrive.
Our Strong Women Desert Retreat will nurture your presence as a leader and healer, whether at home or at work or both.
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Leave behind your phone, Facebook and responsibilities as a woman. Feel the demands on your time fall away, replaced with space for you. Sink your toes into red ochre sands, rest in the warm glow of the campfire, and immerse yourself in desert calm, rest under the luminosity of the Milky Way. The space is held for you to enter the present moment and let go into the desert world.
This is an opportunity to develop and practice your ability in the inseparable arts of healing and leading. Explore your ways of:
- reconnecting with your own power
- drawing on your innate, intuitive knowings to support your spirit
- changing the rhythms of your own energy to benefit the people in your life
- developing greater sensitivities in the art of listening deeply within
- receive healing from others and practice the art of healing for others
- practicing mindful awareness of the surroundings to nourish your soul.
This is your time to explore your direction, clarify, reflect and recharge your energies for the things that really matter for you in your life and work.
Spend time on your own in quiet contemplation or conversation, take restorative walks, explore more fully in the circle of women what matters to you, or do your own thing. There is no agenda, but everything happens. We will all learn from each other. There are opportunities for individual coaching and healing, and opportunities to play, laugh, dance and cry – whatever you need to do to rest in your own authenticity.
Many women have shared that their experience has led to:
- life changing insights that have led to new pathways and greater flow
- strengthening of emotional health as a female leader
- personal healing practices that benefit your own spirit and the energetics of your family and team
- clarity around previously difficult decisions and greater compassion.
Retreat leaders
Sue Gregory
Following a calling from the land, Sue Gregory, moved her busy city leadership coaching and holistic health practice to Central Australia where she immersed in the desert, working together with traditional indigenous healers. Spending time in solitude, it became clear to her that ancient healing practices and time on country have many gifts for leaders, and women in particular. With the support of elders, the Strong Women’s Desert Retreat has emerged from this process. Sue is a director of Healthy Outlook (www.healthyoutlook.com.au) and a Fellow of the Global Leadership Foundation.
Heather Rose Tucker
For Heather Rose Tucker, sitting on, listening to, and being with country brings her home. As an experienced health professional and facilitator, she enjoys working with children, young people, women and families in Darkinjung country on the NSW Central Coast. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Dances of Universal Peace, Interplay and yoga are amongst the many skills she practices to nourish herself and others.
Testimonials
The land is truly beautiful and it was great to switch off, slow down. I feel I have been given an awakening, a realisation of the true power within me, as well as the permission to shine. Wow! Mel Jacobsen, Do Lectures
My healing session, under the glorious Milky Way, with fire ablaze in the background felt like the blowing of a steady breath of fresh air all over my body, between my skeleton and skin. This made me feel afterwards like I could run up a mountain a few times; a new lightness had reached through me. Simone Garland, mother
As a CEO searching for work-life balance, the experience has provided me with a deep calm and strength in healing my inner core. Colleen MacDougall, CEO
Accommodation and travel
This retreat will be 4 days and 3 nights. We will be staying at the beautiful Ross River Resort, 80kms from Alice Springs. You have the option of staying in their comfortable cabins or camping in the natural beauty on grassed sites around the resort. We will all use the historic homestead as a base, while venturing out onto country in 4WD vehicles and visiting special sites in the traditional Eastern Arrernte lands. Should you choose to stay in a cabin, you will have your own private cabin with ensuite which includes air conditioning.
Your investment below includes all meals, accommodation for three nights and transport throughout the trip. Flights to/from Alice Springs are excluded.
If you are flying in, we recommend you arrive the night before, or by 12pm on Friday, September 22. We will set off from Alice Springs around midday. Return flights should be booked for later afternoon on the Monday or sometime the next day.
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Investment
The registration fee for this retreat is $2500 + GST for cabin accommodation, or $2200 + GST for the camping option.
You can register and pay using the form below. If you wish to pay by invoice or arrange a payment plan, please contact us. Booking through this website will only allow you to pay by credit card.