Gather, Recharge, and Shake Together in this Inaugural Shaking Medicine Retreat
June 12-16, 2024
You are warmly invited to join our 2024 Shaking Medicine Retreat at Heartland.
This will be a wholesome in-person celebration of Shaking Medicine with a focus on embodying therapeutic tremoring and things that complement it.
This retreat is all about resetting your nervous system, coming back to your roots, being in community, building meaningful connections, having a supportive container to unravel, and embodiment. We will be diving into the art, philosophy, and science of Shaking Medicine and moving towards advancing our practice.
Some fundamental practices we explore around Shaking Medicine to keep it safe, playful, creative, and effective are meditation, Yoga, Qi Gong, breathwork, dance, sound journey, ceremony, and other somatic modalities. Some elements of this retreat will include adventure, fire, pristine nature, water holes, a spring-fed swimming pool, horses, bees (bee-ing with the bees in our healing bee hut), song, healthy food, and more.
Some special additional offerings that we have so far are Temazcal (Sweat Lodge), Sound Journey into Shaking Medicine, dancing and SM, Zenthai Shiatsu, and more to come as we refine the schedule.
We'll be immersed in the beautiful pristine natural environment of Heartland. Heartland has 22 acres to explore. Our main practice area will be in Tipi around a fire.
Nature is ideal for going deep into our instinctive mechanism of therapeutic tremoring since we are animals of nature.
Main Facilitator(s):
Dr Keith Motes, Founder of Shaking Medicine Foundation.
Uma Lovato, Shaking Medicine Teacher Trainer.
Additional support crew.
Time & Date: June 12-16th, 2024. Arrive from mid-day on the 12th (12-2 pm) for an evening opening ceremony at 6 pm. Depart mid-day on the 16th (11 am-1 pm) after the morning closing ceremony.
Contribution in $AUD:
Location: Heartland. Wilson's Creek in Byron Bay, Australia Hinterlands. More precise directions upon booking.
Schedule:
On each day, we'll have 3 embodiment classes, several discussions and group sharings, nature activities, self-reflection/meditation time, 2 shared community meals, options for bee therapy in our bee hut, time with our horses, optional add-on Zenthai Shiatsu bodywork sessions, and more. On the first day, we'll have an evening opening shaking ceremony. On the last day, we'll have a closing Shaking Medicine session and ceremony in the morning.
Meals:
- We'll have a shared kitchen community space with a fridge.
- Food: We'll cater two meals each full day; brunch and dinner. You may want to bring extra snacks/food if you want more. Let us know if you have specific dietary preferences, allergies, or needs.
- Water: We have an abundance of splendid natural spring water straight from Heartland.
- During the Fri, Sat, and Sun Lilium Cafe is available as an option, which has some amazingly healthy options and is within walking distance of Heartland.
Accommodation:
- Option 1 (Free): Bring your camping gear or campervan.
- Option 2 ($50 extra): Set up with some of our camping gear.
- Option 3 ($200 extra): Stay in one of our Bell tents. We have 2 available. This is good for two people if you want to share or a couple.
- Option 4 ($300 extra): Stay in the Hearthall upstairs bedroom. 1 available.
What to Bring:
- Bring warm clothes and comfortable clothes to move in.
- Bring a blanket, yoga mat, sheet or something similar to sit and lie on.
- A water bottle.
- Snacks, extra food, and/or niche foods you may need.
- Camping Gear, if you are not upgrading with some of our accommodation offerings.
Feel free to contact us with any questions.