Holding Space for Yourself
A retreat with Heather Plett
12 - 15 October
“Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do so not only for ourselves but for the many others whose lives we touch.” – Parker Palmer, Let your Life Speak
Join Heather at Welcome to the BIG House for a long weekend and REALLY learn what it means to care for yourself. Step away from your obligations, your loved ones, and your stress, to enter a comfortable, safe, and sacred environment where you experience what it means to be cared for by the land and your companions. This provides a platform for better self care.
It is not selfish to focus on your own well being. In fact, it’s an act of generosity and commitment to make sure that you are at your best before you support others. Other people in your life will get much more effective, meaningful, and openhearted support from you if you are healthy and strong and well supported.
This retreat is about the important work of holding space for ourselves. When we hold space for ourselves, we become stronger, more creative, more courageous, and more in touch with our own intuitive, spiritual selves. We make better contributions to society and to our families, our minds think more clearly, we are able to make healthier decisions, and we develop greater resilience for when challenges show up.
Holding space for ourselves includes:
- practicing self-forgiveness and self-compassion
- setting healthy boundaries
- practicing mindfulness
- learning to let others hold space for us
- finding sources of inspiration and comfort
- practicing healthy detachment from other people’s stories
- finding creative outlets for processing our experiences and emotions
We will learn to hold space for ourselves in a three-fold way:
Community: gathering in circle to share stories, open our hearts, and learn from each other
Sacred space: receiving the gift of the land, the creatures, and the sacred space of the BIG House as they hold space for us
Connection to self: learning personal practices that help us hold space for ourselves (journal-writing, creative expression, labyrinth-walking, etc.)
Together, we will work to make it both a safe space for vulnerability and trust and a brave space for personal growth and hard questions.
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Looking to hold space for others in a meaningful, heartfelt way? Then Heather's second retreat at Welcome To The BIG House might be what you are looking for. This retreat will be held on 18-22 October and there is a special price if you would like to attend both retreats.
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Testimonials from Heather's retreats last year....
"The Writing with an Open Heart workshop with Heather Plett was a most delightful and empowering event. Among 20+ other women I found my ‘writing muse’ could come along side me and still be safe and secure. It has been a part of me for many, many years, as for various reasons it had remained silent. The invitation was to open my own heart and invite a long awaited, hidden companion, to finally come out in the open. The space of the Circle Way provided a beautiful process in which hearts, dreams, hurts, wounds, as well as delights, joys, laughter and lots of hope for writing in the future could be shared in a most gentle, holding container of love and respect." - Rhonda
"The Writing with an Open Heart workshop with Heather Plett was a most delightful and empowering event. Among 20+ other women I found my ‘writing muse’ could come along side me and still be safe and secure. It has been a part of me for many, many years, as for various reasons it had remained silent. The invitation was to open my own heart and invite a long awaited, hidden companion, to finally come out in the open. The space of the Circle Way provided a beautiful process in which hearts, dreams, hurts, wounds, as well as delights, joys, laughter and lots of hope for writing in the future could be shared in a most gentle, holding container of love and respect." - Rhonda
Workshop Prices
Holding Space For Yourself:
Full price: $1,595 including GST
Includes accommodation, and all nourishment
Commuter price Holding Space For Yourself
Full price $1,295 including GST.
If interested in both of Heather's retreats, a total of 9 days:
Full Price: $3,395 including GST after 1 October
Commuter Price for both retreats
Full price: $ 2,690
Please click here for the Registration Form..
If you would like more information on Welcome To The BIG House please check out our Information Pack Here..
Location
Welcome to The BIG House is located in the beautiful Noosa Hinterland on the Sunshine coast, Australia. We offer a safe sacred place for people to rejuvenate and heal.
Accommodation including GST
$110 per person/night, twin share, before and after the event. A very limited opportunity is available for your own room with ensuite or own room with shared bathroom during the workshops. Extra $95 per night with ensuite, or $75 with shared bathroom. For participants attending both retreats, we offer you a special price of $85 a night, twin share, if you wish to stay in-between workshops.
Nourishment
Nourishment is sourced mainly from our own organic vegetable garden, or sourced from other local growers. Nourishment is vegetarian, with vegan and gluten free choices. Please ensure to let us know of any dietary requirements.
Holding Space For Yourself:
Full price: $1,595 including GST
Includes accommodation, and all nourishment
Commuter price Holding Space For Yourself
Full price $1,295 including GST.
If interested in both of Heather's retreats, a total of 9 days:
Full Price: $3,395 including GST after 1 October
Commuter Price for both retreats
Full price: $ 2,690
Please click here for the Registration Form..
If you would like more information on Welcome To The BIG House please check out our Information Pack Here..
Location
Welcome to The BIG House is located in the beautiful Noosa Hinterland on the Sunshine coast, Australia. We offer a safe sacred place for people to rejuvenate and heal.
Accommodation including GST
$110 per person/night, twin share, before and after the event. A very limited opportunity is available for your own room with ensuite or own room with shared bathroom during the workshops. Extra $95 per night with ensuite, or $75 with shared bathroom. For participants attending both retreats, we offer you a special price of $85 a night, twin share, if you wish to stay in-between workshops.
Nourishment
Nourishment is sourced mainly from our own organic vegetable garden, or sourced from other local growers. Nourishment is vegetarian, with vegan and gluten free choices. Please ensure to let us know of any dietary requirements.
