Women’s Wisdom for Body & Soul Retreat

Date: Saturday 16 August - Sunday 17 August 2025

Hosts: Kirstie Cleary and Bridget Schaeffers

Time: 9am – 5pm

Venue: Taruna College, 33 Te Mata Peak Road, Havelock North

Investment: $499

Note: This is a 2-day non-residential retreat

 

“Be not ashamed, women …
You are the gates of the body, 
and you are the gates of the soul.”

— Walt Whitman

 

Women’s Wisdom for Body & Soul isn’t just a retreat; it’s a homecoming - a gathering of wellbeing teachings and embodied practices where women lift each other up, where your experience and story matters, and where you’ll leave feeling restored, inspired, and reconnected to the wellspring of feminine wisdom that lives within you.

Journey with us into a sacred space where your feminine wisdom is not only acknowledged but celebrated.

This two-day women's retreat offers you the rare opportunity to step away from the masculine-dominated world and sink deeply into the powerful intelligence that resides within your body and soul. In a world that often silences innate feminine wisdom, this is an invitation to reclaim and honour the knowing that flows through women when we give it space to emerge.

Your guides on this journey, Kirstie and Bridget, are experienced wellbeing practitioners who deeply understand and honour women's experiences. They've created a retreat that balances gentle restoration with powerful transformation.

Give yourself this gift of coming home to your body's wisdom — join us for a day of profound nourishment where you'll be seen, supported, and celebrated in a community of women who want to rekindle the flame of their feminine wisdom.

Come as you are … leave feeling transformed.

 

Join Us

This 2-day non-residential retreat is an intimate gathering limited to 20 women.

No previous experience is necessary.

 

This is for you if:

  • you’d like to melt away tension through gentle yoga and body-centred practices created specifically to nourish women's bodies.

  • you want to learn practical, accessible skills to access your body's wisdom even amidst the busyness of life's daily demands.

  • you feel disconnected from your intuition and want to learn to trust this dimension of yourself as your most reliable guide.

  • you’re curious about experiencing the goodness and gentle healing that comes from participating in an authentic circle of women.

  • you want to connect and align with the wisdom of your soul. 

  • you long to activate your feminine energy and return to your life feeling centred, inspired, and reconnected to your deep wisdom.

    • Circlework

    • Wellbeing teachings

    • Gentle yoga and body-centred practices

    • 4 bespoke Body & Soul Workshops  

    • Self-care rituals

    • Self-enquiry, reflection, story-telling, journaling

    • Time for deep rest

    • A supportive and inclusive community

    • Seated morning tea & lunch

    What’s not included:

    • Accommodation

    • Flights

    • Insurance

  • 2-day non residential retreat $499

 
 

“When a woman has owned her passionate nature, allowing love to flood her heart, her thoughts grow wild and fierce and beautiful. Her juices flow. Her heart expands.”

— Marianne Williamson

 
 

Magical, Enriching, Safe

Kirstie - Your knowledge and commitment to the group was such a joy. I thoroughly enjoyed the way you moved in and out of the circle, always coming in with a soft smile, a quote or some of your knowledge and leaving the same way. A true facilitator. I enjoyed the way you presented the subject as well, as we could reach our point of understanding at different stages. There was no pressure, no expectation. 

 ***

 Bridget - your flow of the yoga classes is totally my way of Yoga. Your words, a little poem reflecting back at the learning of the previous day, or moving forward to what is to come, are sincere, warm and with a smile in your voice. 

I believe that Bridget and Kirstie are a match made in the Universe. An amazing balance between knowledge, fun, awareness, and care.

— Lin

 
 

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