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 Shaking Medicine.

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 practices focused around therapeutic tremoring.

We will be diving into theory, concepts, movements, and modalities that are complementary to Shaking Medicine like meditation, Yoga, Qi Gong, breathwork, and other somatic modalities.

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), healthy food, and more.

Some special additional offerings that we have so far are Temazcal (Sweat Lodge), Sound Journey into Shaking Medicine, 2 x dance facilitators each weaving a unique dance/ shaking journey, 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: $850 AUD. Contact us to learn about our available 3 monthly payment plan.

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/excursions, 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 a mid-day embodiment session and an evening one, which will be part of our opening ceremony. On the last day, we'll have one closing embodiment session and ceremony in the morning.

Meals:

• We'll have a shared kitchen community space. 
• Food: We'll cater two meals each 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 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.