The Calm and Connect retreat integrates the 7 Living Essentials philosophy unique to the Holistic Living Training Institute (HLTI).
A combination of two focused retreats will incorporate two of the four elements: Fire and Water, fundamental to many wisdom traditions including Ancient Greece, Chinese and Yoga philosophies and Native American cultures.
The 'Fire' Retreat held from 4.30 pm Wednesday to 10 am Friday, gently and powerfully connects you to deeper realms of you: your higher self, your passion and purpose along with the freedom and liberation of your wonder child.
You are supported to empower your intuitive right brain, to illuminate and embrace the best version of you within your future vision.
The Fire element merges the energies of passion, purpose and meaningful new directions igniting desires and sparking creativity. Guided inner journeys, sound, breath, journaling, music, and interactive processes lovingly supported by others as you support yourself, are facilitated for you to clarify and generate your purposeful path.
The 'Water' Retreat held from 4.30 pm Friday to 10 am Sunday liberates emotional energy to create deep change: transforming core beliefs and releasing emotional blocks that stand in your way.
You will be supported within a sensitive, encouraging and nurturing space that is responsive to all aspects of you. The Water element embraces the fluidity of emotions, calmness, renewal, purification and flow. Pathways for transformation incorporate holistic processes that you can take home for self-coaching and personal evolution.
Tip: We encourage you to join us on a nature walk following your retreat (at the end of each 2-days) designed to provide a transitional space to consolidate your experience and ground before embarking on the next stage of your retreat (full retreat attendees) or your homeward journey.
What's Included
The Calm and Connect retreat packages: 4 nights (or 2)
4 Nights (or 2 nights) of deluxe accommodation Solo, Twin, King Bed Share. Retreat attendance option for non-staying participants.
All meals including morning and afternoon tea
10 (or 5) Holistic Living transformation workshops to illuminate, inspire and transform
Experience the workshops in the magnificent Geodesic dome immersed in the bamboo forest
Book ‘The Search’ by Alannah Dore (for those who already have 'The Search', 'Rethinking Love: Inside the Mind of a Family Therapist" by Claire Miran Khan)
Retreat Guide (for accommodation guests),
Visual notebook, Pen, Journal, Pastels
Early morning meditation, mindfulness and movement sessions (Optional)
Evening Enrichment Events: Building on the evolution of the day's workshops, the final workshop for 'Fire' will include a Sacred Fire Ritual (Thurs) and the final workshop for 'Water' a deeply nurturing 'Homecoming' experience (Sat) and more
Certificate of completion
7 Living Essentials - 6 modules online course will help you stay in touch with new friends in the weeks following and discover holistic self-coaching practices to reinforce your evolution
Pending booking suitability for HLTI book with a 10% deposit & payment plan to Dec 31st 2024. Scroll to the bottom of this page and Click the (no obligation) Apply Now button to register.
For those attending the full retreat a bonus 30-minute Body Nurturing session (Reiki or Energy Massage) is offered on Thursday.
For Day Attendees Arrive 8.45 AM Depart 8.30-9.00 PM
Your retreat will be a tranquil immersion within an eco-friendly, architecturally designed masterpiece retreat space (featured in Vogue and a film production). Contemporary Australian artwork, bespoke designer furniture, Zen garden, set within the mystical rainforest.
How will the Workshops run?
Compassion-based workshop experiences include a holistic living selection of practices incorporating qualities of the elements of Fire or Water. These include diverse approaches of Mindfulness, Breathwork, Movement, Timelining, Gestalt, Inner Child, Classical and Modern Meditation, Sound and Colour healing and more.
Calm and Connect is specifically designed to promote well-being and attract a life of abundance in areas you most want to focus on; Perhaps relationships, finances, health, spiritual fulfilment or something else.
Remember however as a holistic being when you focus on one area of your life, you bring healing and possibilities to others. Powerful potential for change lies deeply within you.
Alannah is supported by co-facilitators who have completed her full practitioner training and supported the Holistic Living Training Institute with their expertise.
Your Workshop Leader
Alannah Breen Dore
HLTI Founding Director, Alannah Dore, has seamlessly combined Eastern and Western methods for personal growth with her team for nearly three decades.
With ease, Alannah integrates holistic and family counselling, academia, meditation, mindfulness and Yoga expertise gained in the Himalayas in India. Guests are nurtured and empowered towards emotional wellness and holistic happiness.
Your Retreat Host
Alli Dore
Alli Dore, daughter of Alannah Dore, brings her own wealth of experience to the realm of personal growth and retreat enjoyment.
Alli has hosted vacationers on private yachts in the Mediterranean and Whitsundays and contributed to wellness retreats in Queensland.
Alli will be your smiling face to help you welcome each day of your life-changing 4-day journey.
Retreat Attendees shared their experiences (see Bali Retreat details)
Retreat Attendees August 2024
Itinerary
Day 1
Foundations for Transformation
04:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Arrivals, room check-in, tours.
04:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Welcome, Group Meditation, get ready for dinner
06:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Dinner
07:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Workshop I (Fire)
8:30 PM onward
Wind Down, Personal time and Bed
Day 2
Higher Self
7.00 AM – 8.00 AM
Easy Himalayan Yoga (Joints and Glands), Meditation (optional)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Workshop II (Fire)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Morning Tea and/or personal downtime
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Workshop III (Fire)
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Workshop IV (Fire)
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Afternoon Tea, Optional holistic living activities and Free Time
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Group Meditation
6.00 PM
Get ready for dinner.
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Dinner
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Workshop V Enrichment Event (Fire)
9:00 PM onward
Wind down, Personal Time and Bedtime
Day 3
Creating Miracles
7.00 AM – 8.00 AM
Intuitive Yoga, Meditation (optional)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Affirming Future Vision (Fire)
HLTI Living Essentials course
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Grounding Walk (optional - recommended), Departure for 'Fire' only attendees, Massage Appts
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Morning Tea, personal downtime, holistic living activities (optional), Massage Appts
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch
1:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Personal downtime, holistic living activities (optional), Free Time, Massage Appts, Afternoon Tea,
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
New Arrivals for 'Water' Retreat, check-in, Tours
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Group Meditation, Welcome and Gratitude
6.00 PM
Get ready for dinner.
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Dinner
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Workshop I (Water)
8:30 PM onward
Wind down, Personal Time and Bedtime
Day 4
Self Empowerment
7.00 AM – 8.00 AM
Sun Do, Meditation (optional)
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast:
9:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Workshop II (Water)
10:30 AM - 11:00 PM
Morning Tea/or Personal Time
11:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Workshop III (Water)
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Workshop IV (Water)
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Afternoon Tea Break, Optional holistic living activities and Free Time
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Group Meditation
6.00 PM
Get ready for dinner.
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Dinner
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Workshop V Enrichment Event (Water)
9:00 PM onward
Wind down, Personal Time and Bedtime
Day 5
Self Commitment
7.00 AM - 8.00 AM
Holistic Movement and Meditation
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Packing and prepare for departure.
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Reflect & Celebrate, Intentions for moving forward, Farewell
HLTI Living Essentials course
10:00 AM
Departure
Location
Soma, Byron Bay
Nestled in the lush rainforest of the Byron Bay hinterland, SOMA is an oasis of peace and tranquillity. Just 10 minutes from the bustle of Byron Bay, this purpose-built retreat offers 22 acres of serene natural beauty which feels a world away from everything.
Accomodation
The luxury of SOMA retreat world of wonder and harmony. Only 10 minutes from Bryon Bay township it could be light-years away.
With an ensuite to each architecturally designed room, King-size beds can be shared. Some availability on split twin share rooms.
“We want people to feel at home, share communal meals on our seven-metre-long dining table, share stories around the fire pit, receive teaching in the exceptional geodesic dome swim in the freshwater infinity pool and walk through the lush bamboo and lychee forests” — SOMA
Calm and Connect
Retreat Package Rates
Full Retreat Package King Bed ( 4 nights)
Per person
$
3390
Private room (CODE Applicable)
'Fire' or 'Water' Retreat Package for Day Attendance Only*
Per person
$
895
*Excludes accommodation
Full Retreat Package Twin Bed Share (Limited Availability) ( 4 nights)
Per person
$
1695
Full Retreat Package for Couples Sharing King Bed - 2 people total $3390 (CODE Applicable for Couples)
Full Retreat Package for Day Attendance Only*
Per person
$
1295
*Excludes accommodation
'Fire' or 'Water' Retreat Package (2 nights)
Per person
$
1695
Private Room
Click the (no obligation) Apply Now button and complete the questionnaire to register your interest. This will include a phone call at your preferred time indicated in the questionnaire with Alannah the retreat leader (again no obligation) to see if we are a good fit for your needs. Pending your successful application pay in full for a 10% discount, or place a 10% deposit and settle the balance via an individualised payment plan by December 31st 2024. *Please note, your deposit is non-refundable after 7 days however it is transferable to a future retreat.
FAQ
What type of accommodation is available?
The retreat mostly caters for couples or two friends per King or Twin beds. There are some options for individual bookings so let us know if this is your preference.
Is there internet?
Yes, there is internet and details will be provided when you arrive.
Are there ensuites?
Yes, every room has an ensuite.
What is the workshop space like?
There are multiple spaces that we utilise to suit the nature of the workshop or activities. For communications and connection experiences designed to support emotional wellbeing a more enclosed space works better.
There is also a geodome which is a magical space with a see-through dome surrounded by nature, perfect for meditation and movement. Like a large lounge, there are various seating options and plenty of cushions and blankets for comfort.
Are all rooms close to the main building?
The rooms are all part of the main building and the natural freshwater pool.
