Upcoming Date and Location:
November 7-10 2024, The Pocket Northern NSW - Bunjalung Country
Online support container for pre cleanse and integration opens three weeks prior to retreat date.
A 4-day retreat for sacred relationships.
A co-ed experience for couples and individuals.
This retreat is available to all individuals regardless of identity and sexual orientation.
It is an experience of healing, activation and embodiment of aspects all humans possess.
There is a depth of healing in community not attainable in individual practice.
We are put on this earth to master connection.
Genuine.
Clean.
Deep
Connection.
Our shared Mother, desires us to lead with love.
Live truthfully, openly and on purpose
and in community.
Sound simple?
It’s a formula to heal the world.
It’s Alchemy.
How we relate to one another, ourselves, mind, feelings and soul in the current culture of the modern west is a far cry from loving purposefully and with giving back in mind.
Most of our models from the last hundred years have been built on codependency.
Not just in intimate relationships, but in friendships, work and community.
With the rise of entrepreneurship, the heroes' lonely journey, dragging a team behind them, the "acceptable" way to function, is for the sake of 'service of the others'.
Nuclear family units, expected to get by without support.
Healing, blurred by power struggles.
Those in service getting lost in the role of healer.
Alchemy reinstates the role of guide, with as little interference as possible while reactivating relationships with soul and the innate.
NOW IS THE TIME to restore vitalism and wholeism in the consciousness of leaders and healers.
Wholism (Everything is inter-connected)
Vitalism (Self-healing and Self regeneration)
Often, when we enter into a relationship, we are faced with the true depth and intensity of our wounding and, inversely, the magnitude of our potential awaiting in healthy, healed and purpose-filled relationships.
It is not until we spend time with our family, have children or consider the shift from Maiden to Mother and Man to Father that we are humbled by the imprint of unlove we carry from our forebearers.
Even those who have explored deep layers of their conditioning see this arise, and so it should. Without it, we wouldn't know where to begin to go deeper. Ultimately, we are shown the exact place where we can enter to heal and restore a kind of love that is sacred, purposeful and, most of all, fun.
Most of us have one or maybe two Elders who modelled a healthy relating and an untamed love in relationships. They also likely held the vision of community in your family.
All other relationships were likely how they've been for the last few hundred years.....
- co-dependant and controlling
- conditional in love
- reactive
- heavy with cultural roles and expectations
- sexually and emotionally oppressed and repressed
- removed from sacredness
- separate from community
- void of space to be free to explore individuality
- without foundational purpose and sacred commitment
The more humans moved away from nature, away from the rituals and rites of their ancestors.
The more 'God' was made into a source both outside themselves and to be feared should you not follow the 'rules'.
The more reciprocity with nature was rare and outside of cultural norms.
The more connection with Spirit within or outside certain guidelines became feared and shunned.
We were left with Communities split into small pods and eventually, the ways that used to support our maturing, growth and evolution on a mental, emotional and spiritual level,
were severed from the way we live.
Co-dependance and all it's collateral decimation of unconditional love, became the norm.
Adults became children on the inside, unable to relate with depth, maturity and love.
Longing for belonging.
We learned as a culture to seek externally what resides within.
Alchemy Kinship will teach you ways of relating to create a genuine sense of love freedom, safety, purpose and passion within your relationships.
When understood and embodied, these ways of relating can seamlessly be shared with your loved ones, community, Mother Earth and the greater web.
Beyond couple relationships, lies our one with MotherEarth, and Spirit.
Shame and controlled based method of spiritual teachings, where 'God' exists outside of us with rules of good and bad, turned a sacred and infinite resource of life force into something to feel scarce and fearful about.
We now see resistance, disrespect and even the refusal of connection with the universal energy alive in all things. This feeds the powerlessness and victim consciousness alive within humanity.
Domination of Ancient Cultures and their land, wisdom and People normalised power-dynamics, stealing, control, lack of responsibility and taking more than required without care of long term consequence. Reciprocity and right relationship with each other and the Earth was forgotten.
Yep, we are bringing deep connection with Spirit and relationship to Mother Earth into the healing of our intimate relationships.
It's big work and it starts with us. will do this in stages.
Alchemy, the original (Women and Men separate), is about healing the relationship with yourself.
This is about healing how we relate in sacred partnership, and as an extension, within community, Spirit and the Earth/Country.
TOGETHER WE WILL:
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Transform damaging habitual patterns of relating into new, freeing, and depth-evoking skills in all relationships
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Become the transmission of powerful, loving wisdom that carries into your words, actions and work in this world
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Open through mental and emotional limitations to experience new terrains of consciousness
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Move, breathe and feel in ways that metabolise lower energies and allow for playful states of being
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Use reactive relationships patterns and repeat challenges as forms of mutual spiritual growth
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Inspire exploration and fullness in your relationships by endlessly opening as who you truly are
KINSHIP
Alchemy Kinship is an advanced retreat welcoming previous attendees of Alchemy who are ready, their partners and individual who has significant experience in personal healing and spiritual practice (see below for the application process for the latter two).
We will first focus on healing, evolving and expanding your capacity to love deeply and relate in a way that allows others to expand and grow.
This Alchemy will work with familiarity from our Women’s and Men’s retreats, but the topics and workshops will all gravitate around partnership, connection to Country and communion with Spirit.
Relating in a genuine way, armour down, minds open, hearts ready and connected by the thread of source in each individual, is healing and regenerative in nature.
Because in this human experience,
human contact, human connection is visceral.
It is felt.
It is palpable.
It is present.
Here and now
And that is why gathering together in a group,
being seen in a group,
being heard in a group,
contributing to a group
is exceptionally powerful.
THIS IS COMMUNITY IN PRACTICE.
Particularly when it is with a core intention.
To steward a new way of existing together on this Earth and turning the tide our children
(and their children) will benefit from.
The intention underpinning this work is the re-introduction of Eldership in community.
Relating is a vastly expansive topic, not exclusive to our intimate partners, but extends into everything, everywhere, all the time..
We will dive into the relationship beyond our sense of identity.
We will embody what it is to have purpose, love and trust
rooted in something far deeper, and with more permanency than our minds and emotions.
Beyond our wounds, we will explore the subtle bodies of vibration, frequency, energy and beyond to understand the cycles of evolution within ourselves, our relationships and our collectives.
Alchemy is a balance between human wisdom, spiritual connection, activation and nourishment.
Through the use of ceremony, ritual and workshops, we will ground the lessons into our lives to evoke a deeper, more devotional way of being with ourselves.
Including the greater web with which we are all connected...
THE PROCESS
Below are the 4 steps of the process, with our retreat in the middle.
PREPARATION
INITIATION
The Immersive Retreat, see below for the finer details.
INTEGRATION
We finish with two online group masterclasses, and two easily digestible online programs. These support the practical and sustainable application of what you learned, shifted and recalibrated on retreat into your life, family, community and work.
ONGOING COMMUNICATION (OPTIONAL)
You will be guided through a process over dinner on one of the retreat evenings translating into a framework for connection across the next 6 months. This will be held by the participants in your group. All will be revealed by the end of day four, when the felt experience of going from ‘strangers’ to friends (sometimes becoming closer than family), as you collectively move through some of the most powerful shifts of your life to date..
EXPERIENCES & WORKSHOPS
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Embodiment work of both aspects, masculine and feminine.
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Somatic experiencing and real time re-patterning of defensive reflexes and fear.
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Energetic expansion and breathwor practices increase our range of relating through compassion, understanding, love and service.
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Yarning work in both small group and with partners (a way of communication and listening dating back to the roots of Ireland and Indigenous Australia).
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Catharsis through movement, breath, music, sound and writing.
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Silence and integration, alone with nature.
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Circle work around the fire.
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Rites of passage protocols for shifting inner paradigms.
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Blindfold work for subtle sensing.
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Energetic holding, listening and sensing in communication.
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Process work in partnerships, small groups and live. One-on-one when it arises.
Techniques of intuitive emotional release and mental poise encouraged and practiced throughout the weeks together from pre-retreat to post-integration.
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Couple work
And some practices we’ve never shared live…
We enter into Ceremony in right relationship with those who respectfully hold the wisdom of each medicine via initiation or direct lineage.
Breath work journeys, multiple styles and sessions.
Drumstalks in nature.
Traditional sweat lodge ceremony
Traditional Afro-Brazillian embodied movement.
Strong traditional daily Yoga practice.
And more...
Coming together is not new.
In fact, it is the ancient future spoken by the ancestors of this Earth.
This work is sacred,
It is powerful
It is necessary.
Alchemy Retreat and Program Inclusions
- Four days and three nights at Luxury Accommodation at Wybalena Organic Farm, Northern NSW (We begin 9am day one and finish at 4pm on the fourth and final day)
- Access to a sauna and magnesium pool
- Four online (replays available) group masterclasses and coaching calls.
- All meals are cooked by our private in-house chefs. We have vegan and vegetarian options available.
- 14 day pre retreat cleanse protocol, with daily schedule of nutrition, gut health guidelines, evening routine, breathwork and emotional regulation practices.
- Six weeks of unlimited facilitator support in our private online community
- Lifetime access to a private membership platform with 2 x integration programs and a library of resources including:
- Post-retreat Integration video series x 4
- Relationships integration online program unconscious dialogue guide, communication and intimacy practice and written enquiry for relational healing (of the past or current relationship/s) to support a smoother transition.
- Over 15+ guided practices and techniques for routines and rituals including breathwork practices, meditation, emotional healing techniques and embodiment practices
- Transport via carpooling from airports or drop off points within 90 minute radius of our venue
Our Facilitators
AMBER HAWKEN
I have been facilitating deep healing as a holistic behavioural therapist bringing an integrated approach of somatic trauma therapy, deep state re-programming, conscious breath awareness, mindfulness and meditation through various styles of process work.
My qualifications include Deep-State Repatterning Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, Certificate in Somatic Trauma Therapy, Transformational Breathwork, Pranayama within the Ancient traditions of Hatha Yoga, Functional and Performance Breathwork and Meditation.
Each offering I make is a culmination of my life as a woman, a mother, a partner, a holistic therapist, a facilitator of sacred spaces, a Retreat Leader and above all labels, a seeker of Truth.
KURT IWANINA
My name is Kurt Iwanina and I am a meditation teacher, intuitive energy and sound healer, musician, spiritual mentor, reiki practitioner and earth warrior. I work from a space of love, compassion and deep respect and honour for all life. In all my workshops, classes and ceremonies I pay my respects to our beautiful Mother Earth, to Great Spirit and source of all creation.
BEANIE TOMPKINS
I am a qualified Kinesiologist, Rehab Trainer, Sound Healer, Teacher and Mentor. It is my Dharma in this lifetime to assist as many beautiful humans as possible to not only see their truth, their worth, their greatness. But also to live in a no-bullshit, unapologetic, caring, compassionate and mostly wholesome, awakened life! I'm talking about a life where you live without anxiety, self-doubt or the words of others swimming around in your head. Through my personal healing of previously unprocessed abuse and 20 years of anxiety that I flipped and transformed, I have gone on to support over 2,000 people to live a balanced life in alignment with their truest potential.
RYAN POPE
Ryan Pope is a chiropractor, breathwork instructor and holistic health and lifestyle coach. He is the CEO of Powerhouse Mind Body Chiro, a multidisciplinary wellness centre on the Gold Coast in Australia and Becoming The Mountain, a mentoring and events business focused on preparing men physically, mentally and emotionally for their rite of passage into fatherhood.
Ryan facilitates mindfulness, and men’s work and co-facilitates at Alchemy, a multi-modality healing and transformational retreat for men and women. His focus is on creating balance and harmony in self, life and relationships through nervous system regulation, acceptance and commitment therapy, self-reflection and mastering daily practices.
ADAM KAVANAUGH
I've spent the last 7 years traveling around Australia. My off-grid lifestyle of hunting, fishing and bushcraft caught the attention of Discovery Channel. They featured me on 'Naked & Afraid', which was an extremely challenging and rewarding survival experience.
My travels began after facing a string of health issues. I had discovered stripping life back and getting back into nature really helpful in my healing journey.
Now I enjoy taking people into the wild with me, sharing my experiences and knowledge of nature and bushcraft.
APRIL CARRETT
April is our honcho/chief/managing director. There is no chaos that she cannot turn into organised calm. With over 15 years experience in the project management and administration space, April is skilled in team organisation, and getting the job done. April excels in bringing the best out of a team in order to maximise efficiencies and planning, to bring a project back into the black and back on schedule.
JOSIANE SANTOS
I’m a Brazilian artist born in Minas Gerais. She I’m the founder, heart, and face behind Incantaria projects, my art is gracefully expressed through movement and her knowledge of Afro-Brazilian culture, History, Mythology, Esoteric Astrology, Capoeira (Brazilian martial arts), and Spirituality. I have a very authentic way to integrate my journey and understanding of life into the work I do. My presence is powerful yet gentle, majestic yet humble. My work, besides being a contribution to genuine human connection, is a beautiful and purposeful service to the world.
IAN CARIAGA
My focus is to help guide those who are willing to make a conscious movement towards making change and to extend the knowledge that has been passed onto me from my gurus and teachers over the last 26 years. I am willing to share that wisdom with anyone that is open to the science of yoga - the art of acquiring the utmost state of your body, mind, and conscious.
BENNY WALLINGTON
I'm a writer and connection architect designing experiences that unlock the value in individuals and groups. I believe better questions are what we need to thrive, whether it's 'was it worth it?' after a big night on the sauce or a series of date night / toolbox / boardroom questions that form the pulse of a resilient team.
I've written a book of questions, built an app for a better way to booze and disrupted a few federal elections. I'm currently learning to farm organically and building a tiny home in Currumbin Valley with my co-author and beautiful partner Jacqueline.
Who this is for
Alchemy Kinship is only open to previous attendees (with the exception of partners of previous attendees who are ready to walk the fires of transformation with us), or those who have done an exceptional amount of personal healing and are aligned with the above.
These people can apply and will have an interview with one of our core team to assess their reliability and readiness.
While it is not a retreat on your relationship, your relationships will transform as a result of our time together. We have often been asked to bring a mixed group together, and this is the time. If you feel the call please read on.
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FAQ'S
Is this for couples?
What do you mean by advanced work?
I have not attended Alchemy but I have done some healing work. How will I know if I am ready?
My partner has some core healing to do and wants to come, what then?
Hey, I'm Amber Hawken
I am grateful to live on Kombumerri Country of the Yugambeh speaking mob and was born on Gangulu land, both like all of the lands in Australia, unceded.
I have been facilitating deep healing as a holistic behavioural therapist bringing an integrated approach of somatic trauma therapy, deep state re-programming, conscious breath awareness, mindfulness and meditation through various styles of process work.
Alchemy is the deepest work I am honored to serve. It has changes me as a Woman and Facilitator and continues to do so.
We’ve had more than a thousand people move through this work and I remember the journey of every single one. This work impacts those who serve at it, as much as it does those who attend. I am grateful for your presence here and the commitment of all those who have attended in the past. It is an enormous piece of work that my entire year and my family's life is planned around.
Across 8 years it has become a process of purification for anyone and everyone involved. I created it with the intention to hold a space where there was honest, down to earth ritual and ceremony work that was accessible to everybody.
I believe every human on earth would benefit from this work, including myself and those who facilitate. This is work that aims to restore the innate healer and re-awaken the dormant aspects of our spirit in all of us. It is a renaissance with the most essential part of our being.
My qualifications include Deep-State Repatterning Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, Certificate in Somatic Trauma Therapy, Transformational Breathwork, Pranayama within the Ancient traditions of Hatha Yoga, Functional and Performance Breathwork and Meditation.
Each offering I make is a culmination of my life as a woman, a mother, a partner, a holistic therapist, a facilitator of sacred spaces, a Retreat Leader and above all labels, a seeker of Truth
“We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land - whose cultures and customs have nurtured, and continue to nurture, this land - and I would like to pay my respects to Elders past, present and future.”
