November Women's Gathering Jervis Bay

For women who are craving a slower, more spacious day in nature to reconnect with themselves, participate in a mindful ceremony, and explore something in their life from a new perspective.

Join me for a small women’s circle on my flower filled property where I’ll share two of my favourite practices: Tea Ceremony (Cha Dao) and Systemic/Family Constellations. We’ll sit in ceremony, work with the medicine wheel as a compass, and use simple embodied mapping practices to explore what is happening beneath the surface in our lives... and what might be gently wanting to bud.

You get:

• time away from your usual roles and responsibilities

• a calm, held space to listen to yourself

• simple practices to help listen and look at situations differently

• connection with like-hearted women in nature

My hope is that women leave this day:

• carrying one or two simple seeds of insight they can tend over the coming weeks,

• feeling reconnected to their own inner compass,

• more grounded in themselves,

• and more connected to self, nature, and other women.

If that sounds like something you’d like to feel, there’s a place here for you.

DATE: 27th September

TIME : 9:00-3:30pm

PRICE: $95

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What is Tea Ceremony (cha Dao)?

In this gathering, we share tea in the spirit of Cha Dao, the “Way of Tea”, an Asian tradition that treats preparing and drinking tea as a simple path of presence and connection. We sit together in quiet, unhurried ceremony, letting the warmth of the bowl, the rhythm of pouring, and the taste of the tea help the body settle and help us arrive together. The invitation is to experience tea as a kind of gentle medicine for the day. Tea Ceremony can help us to feel present, connected to nature and to ourselves.

What are Systemic Constellations?

Systemic constellations are a way of mapping the “bigger picture” around a question or pattern in your life, using people or objects to represent different elements of the situation. By placing and moving these representatives in space, it becomes possible to see hidden dynamics, loyalties, and relationships that are often hard to grasp just by thinking or talking.

This experiential process can reveal what might be wanting attention, where something is out of place, and how a small shift in perspective can open up more clarity, choice, and flow.

You can use constellations to explore many different things, as long as they matter to you ... relationships with others, your work, your purpose and passions, or different parts of you. It’s a beautiful way to gather more information, sense into how you feel about something, and gain a little more clarity about what’s next.

During this retreat, we’ll use this practice both in smaller, individual‑focused processes and, if it feels right, in group inquiry. We will see what wants to emerge. I love this practice so much and I look forward to sharing it with you.

What to expect on the day

• Tea ceremony to arrive
  We begin by slowing down with a mindful tea ceremony, supporting us to settle, arrive and open our listening.

• The medicine wheel as a map
  We’ll use the medicine wheel to gently orient to different aspects of life and cycles of change, sensing into where you are now and what might be emerging.

• Small group process
  We will work in small groups to explore something we choose to working with an embodied constellations process. Everyone will have the opportunity to explore something of their own.

• Shared lunch
  We will eat lunch together. Please bring a simple plate of food to share.

• Group constellation using embodied mapping
  If there is appetite, one or two women will have the chance to explore a personal question more deeply through a group constellation. Everyone usually learns and feels something through these shared constellations. Alternatively, we can continue with individual or small group processes if that's how we feel.

• Integration and closing
  We’ll close with time to reflect, name what you’re taking away and gently integrate the day together.

Who this is for

This circle is for women who feel drawn to slow down, be in nature, and explore themselves in a gentle, experiential way in community. You might be curious about tea ceremony or constellations, or simply interested in gathering with other women to listen, reflect, and sense what’s present beneath the surface of your life. You don’t need to have a big “issue” to work on.

The day is for women who value depth and subtlety, and who are open to embodied practices, shared silence, and seeing familiar situations in a new way through ceremony, mapping, and group process.

The group will be small (up to 6 participants)

You’re warmly welcome to come along and experience the work.

Accomodation

If you’d love to join but live out of town, we have some comfortable accomodation available on the property.

Options:

• Queen room ($80 per night)

• Twin share room ($55 per person per night)

BYO towel/sheets or sheets available at additional cost

Saturday night dinner (option)

Your are welcome to join us for dinner on Saturday night at a restaurant in Huskisson if you would like.

About Jax

Jax Wechsler is a trauma‑informed facilitator, somatic coach, and lover of nature and tea ceremony. Her work weaves together systemic constellations, tea ceremony (Cha Dao), and simple body‑based practices to support clarity when life feels unclear or in transition. Alongside Aluna Gatherings, she teaches people and organisations about trauma‑informed practice and nervous system literacy, always with an emphasis on slowing down, listening more deeply, and meeting life with a little more clarity and care. She lives amongst the gum tree on acreage in the Shoalhaven with her musician husband, Scott, two kittens, chickens and Erica, our visiting emu neighbour.

Testimonials

What others have shared about their experience with Tea Ceremony

“I really enjoyed the quiet spacious stillness and taking the time to slow down into mindfulness. The simplicity of the tea ceremony was a beautiful practise to anchor in to a meditative space.”

- Gina

“A beautifully curated and meditative experience to delight all the senses. I walked away feeling peaceful and alive.”

- Marion

What others have shared about their experience with Constellations Circles


"My experience of the Systems Constellations event was of being warmly welcomed into a quality of connection and relationship with a group that allowed for a depth of personal exploration and of celebration. I left the session feeling embodied and grounded in my being and delighted from the experience of being closely connected and supported by the community. Thank you."
- Johanna

"The Systemic Constellations workshop was immensely valuable for me. Being able to feel, see and respond to my challenges in the cocoon of the intimate group and trustworthy container they generated has already shifted so much which seemed blocked."
- Robyn

"Wow! What an incredible experience. I went in without any expectations and not really knowing what Systemic Constellations was, only a vague idea based on what I knew about family constellations. I was just really curious. From the first practice, which was a simple paired practice, I was so surprised about how tangible the experience was. When we moved into the larger group constellations, seeing and experiencing how profound they were for us all, whether it was about a system we brought or a system that we were representing a part of. I saw how revelatory this practice is and what it can do for each of us. I will definitely be returning."

- Jen