Join us for a day of slowing right down, on the eve of the Winter Solstice, in a stunning natural setting. Attune and reconnect with your true nature while creating your own intentional aromatherapeutic perfume to carry with you into the renewal of the new season. Exploring a tactile form of meditation through basket weaving.

Start the day with an hour of slow flow yoga beneath the elm tree with Ayla followed by a Winter Solstice embodiment meditation to awaken your creative power and an exercise to attune to your body's innate wisdom and Scent Journey with aromatherapist and energy healer, Theme Rains. You'll create your own personal intentional perfume made with 100% pure certified organic bioenergetic essential oils and learn how to apply it to key acupressure points to reduce stress and evoke wellbeing. The Scent Journey is expertly crafted to support you to embody and connect with your inner knowing. You’ll learn how to feel and ‘listen’ to your body’s innate intelligence as you journey to a blend that perfectly resonates with your true self and present moment intention.

After a warm and nurturing vegan lunch and a walk around the beautiful grounds, we'll be lead by Kelly Evans from Ecosophy Sustainable Arts through a 'Coiling with Raffia' workshop.

This workshop introduces a simple and relaxing basketry coiling technique, using sustainably harvested and eco-dyed raffia; as a form of tactile meditation. Tactile meditation focuses on slow, repetitive hand motion as a powerful means of reducing stress, calming the nervous system, and improving focus and clarity. The bonus is that you learn to make beautiful vessels, and in the process unlock and explore your own creativity. You will leave with the skills and materials to continue this practice at home.

Date: Sunday, June 20th, 2021

Time: 9am-4pm

Venue: Forest Farm, Tintenbar (Byron Shire)

Investment: $195

Giving Back: Proceeds for use of Forest Farm go to native bush regeneration and 4% of profits from ticket sales go to fund education for disadvantaged kids.

Take Home: personalised intentional perfume made from certified organic bioenergetic essential oils and weaving kit.

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS

Theme Rains

Founder of Synthesis, the Heart of Organics – an award-winning skincare and well-being company. Theme created Synthesis as a way to share all the life-positive healing modalities that have touched her life, with the intention to nurture, uplift, and restore others in their journey of personal discovery and flowering. Synthesis products and treatments are used in the world’s leading luxury eco spas and retreats.

Theme has two decades of experience in the Healing Arts, including Yoga, Meditation, Aromatherapy, Astrology, Energy Alchemy, Herbalism, Ayurveda, Counselling, Psychotherapy, Organic Skincare and Health-food formulation, energetic meridian work, and healthy, conscious living that have added the layers to her holistic offering – Synthesis. As well as founding and running heart-centered, for-purpose businesses, she has been facilitating retreats and one-on-one transformational sessions for 20 years.

Kelly Evans

Kelly Evans has been an educator and facilitator for the past 25 years, first teaching Japanese language and cultural studies, before transitioning to lecturing and coaching in academic literacy and learning skills. Growing up in a family of artists and creatives, the creative process has always been a normal part of life and a means of achieving balance.

Ecosophy Sustainable Arts is Kelly’s emerging, purpose-driven business uniting her skill as an educator and facilitator, with her love of sustainable fibre arts, and lived experience of the restorative power of the creative process. Through employee wellness packages, and private and community workshops, she shares sustainable fibre arts processes to alleviate stress and cognitive fatigue, and to stimulate creativity.

Ayla Perrin

Ayla is a certified Hatha/Ashtanga yoga teacher of over 3 years. Working also as a holistic personal trainer and mind-body eating coach. She is passionate about guiding women back into their bodies.

Ayla will be guiding you through a 1-hour slow flow journey to bring you into a deep state of presence and connection to start your day.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the Bundjalung land upon which we live and work.

We pay respect to their Elders, both past and present.