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HEY YOU, MOTHER...

You’re the one who holds it all… but who’s holding you?

Welcome to Alive & Free Mothers Retreat

You’ve been running on empty for so long that “fine” has become your default setting...quietly managing the mental load, keeping the peace, nurturing everyone else’s needs while your own slowly slip to the bottom of the list. Somewhere along the way, you stopped feeling like you. The spark dulled. The joy thinned. The exhaustion became bone-deep.

This retreat is your turning point. Three days where the noise drops, the pressure melts, and the woman beneath the mother finally gets to breathe. A space where you are cared for, nourished, and gently guided back to your clarity, your power, your softness… your brilliance. Because you’re not meant to just survive motherhood, you’re meant to feel alive in it.

Dates & Bookings

Upcoming Dates:

Thursday, 26 - Sunday, 29 November 2026

Mandurah, WA

OUR PHILOSOPHY

When a mother rises, everything changes...

Our philosophy is simple: you deserve a space where the pressure drops, your nervous system resets, and your brilliance returns. We create experiences that dissolve overwhelm, soothe the body, and bring you back into connection with your intuition, joy, and aliveness.

When you’re running on empty – juggling the mental load, absorbing everyone’s emotions, and quietly holding everything together – life starts to feel heavy, flat, and unsustainable. ​

Through restorative practices, grounded conversations, deep rest, and practical tools you can actually use at home, we help you move from burnout to clarity… from resentment to rejuvenation… from survival mode to a life that feels spacious, energised, and true. This retreat isn’t about escaping your life; it’s about remembering the woman inside the mother, and giving her the nourishment she needs to lead with confidence, ease, and light again.

What to Expect

Turn off your phone, step into the bush, you're here to remember what life is all about...

This retreat is for you if…

  • You’re craving more than just a break…you’re craving life.

  • You miss the version of you that was silly, sensual, and fully expressed.

  • You’re ready to shake off the dust of routine and feel deeply connected…to your body, to nature, to your people.

  • You want a weekend of firelight, barefoot dancing, belly laughs, creative play, and shared magic.

  • You know exactly which sister-friend you want beside you when it all comes alive again.

Come alive with pleasure and purpose as you dance, play, journal, laugh, take a sauna or simply enjoy the beauty of the 15 acre property.

LIVE A LIFE BY DESIGN

Rewild your joy. Reclaim your aliveness. Reignite your wonder.

Live workshops for embodied reconnection, nervous system repair, and playful liberation.

🌿Daily rituals

Barefoot movement, nature connection, spontaneous expression.

💬 Soul-sister circle

Heart-open sharing, story-weaving, truth-speaking without masks.

✨ Creativity & rewilding

Intuitive crafting, messy beauty, laughter that wakes your cells.

🔥 Firelight revelry

Singing, truth-telling, star-gazing with women who feel like home.

🧘‍♀️ Embodied expression

Movement, breath, play, improvisation - action that awakens and surprises you.

🍓 Incredible food

Nourishing, colourful, wholesome farm to table meals.

🌿 Growth & transformation

New tools to take home to continue your journey of becoming.

🛏️ Science backed

Everything we do is designed to maximise your personal growth journey.

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WHAT IS INCLUDED

You Get This and Much More...

4 days/3 nights beautiful private accommodation: Either your own king or queen room or share with a friend

Soul-stirring welcome ceremony to set the tone for magic

Intimate and nurturing setting with strictly limited numbers

Expert facilitators and mentors who understand the journey

Delicious, wholesome farm to table meals: Daily breakfast, lunch & dinner (2 x breakfast, 2 x dinner, 1 x lunch, afternoon teas, snacks...catering to various dietary requirements

Ceremony under the stars to remember your place in the bigger story and reconnect with your deeper purpose

Nature-Based Play & Improv to spark joy, spontaneity, and creative confidence.

Workshops, meditation, yoga and other activities to develop new skills and more self-awareness

Fire Circle Night for release, reflection, and the ancient medicine of women gathered around flame.

Breakthrough sessions that shift the needle (PRICELESS!)

Guided sauna & icebath

Sunrise Activation to greet the day with clarity, intention, and embodied presence.

Priceless connections with your new soul-driven bestie mums

Bush immersions and grounding practices to calm the nervous system and awaken inner steadiness.

Vocal expression to unlock creativity and emotional wisdom.

Optional extra discounted $90/hour professional body massage

Why THIS MATTERS?

Alive & Free is more than a retreat; it's a transformational experience, an opportunity to re-find yourself

Because caring for others is just one expression of your wild, beautiful self.
 Because routine can dull your sparkle, and joy wakes it back up.
Because you deserve to feel playful, sensual, curious, and creatively alive again.
Because this isn’t about slowing down and resting more - it’s about waking up.

Join us to embark on a journey of self-discovery, empowerment and connection.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

We see mothers as the emotional heartbeat of their families... and when a mother feels supported, connected and alive, the whole home shifts.

In these spaces, mothers can exhale, be witnessed, and return to the version of themselves that feels clear, powerful and deeply present.

Testimonials

What our clients say

According to survey results, a whopping 100% of our retreat participants have rated their experience as ‘AMAZING’. Here is what some of our participants have had to say:

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PICTURE GALLERY

What if you felt energised, grounded, and clear again? Yes… it’s possible.

Because you can’t pour from an empty cup… and yours deserves a refill.

Meet your hosts

Daniela Englmayr Trauma-informed counsellor · Somatic coach · Mum of four

Daniela has spent a decade helping women feel more peaceful, joyful and live - through retreats, one-on-one work, and crisis support with refugees, survivors of family violence, and teenagers in crisis. She has a 20-year corporate background managing high level teams.

"From stressed and anxious to deeply grounded, playful, and present — this is the work I wish I'd had."

YOUR ACCOMMODATION

Set into 15 acres of bush just an hour south of Perth...

A hidden pocket of nature close enough to reach easily… yet far enough to feel like a true escape. Where the city noise disappears and the bush wraps around you like a deep exhale. Wake to birdsong, soft morning light, and the kind of stillness your nervous system has been craving.

BOOK YOUR RETREAT

Extremely limited places Early Bird Pricing - book now

Just 8 spots left! Early Bird Pricing - save $300 until 31 July 2026.

$1,690

Shared Room Twin Share

$350

Shared Room Payment Plan

$350 deposit plus 12 fortnightly payments of $125.75

$2,090

Private

Room

$350

Private Room Payment Plan

$350 deposit plus 12 fortnightly payments of $162.42

Sample Schedule
A Glimpse Into Your Weekend

Day 1

The day you set
everything down.

The Arrival

  • Welcome , chai and something warm from the oven.

  • The Gathering : the outside world left at the gad

  • A long, unhurried dinner

  • Firelight, song, and the first real conversation

Day 2

The Unwinding

Slow on purpose.

  • A gentle waking with the sun

  • Breakfast, taken slowly

  • The Morning Circle, held by candlelight

  • The Fire & Ice Ritual: sauna, cold plunge, breathplay, repea

  • A long lunch

  • Cycle Wisdom & Intimacy: a conversation most women have never been invited into

  • The Long Soak: warm magnesium waters under open sky, nowhere to be and Dinner, then a gentle guided dance, unwatched

Day 3

The Remembering

The deep day.

  • Breath & movement as the valley wakes

  • Breakfast

  • Horse Whispers: they read what you can't say out loud

  • A long lunch

  • Beneath the Roles: meeting the woman beneath everything you carry

  • The Hands Ritual: a partnered massage with native botanicals

  • A celebration dinner

  • A sound journey to carry you to sleep

Day 4

The Return

Home, but lighter.

  • A dawn walk to the ancient thrombolites and the famous Giant

  • Chai and breakfast by the water

  • The Lightness: an hour of play and laughter, no skill or performing required

  • The Closing Circle

  • Farewell

LEARN MORE

Explore Our Retreats

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Emerging Sons Mother-Son Retreat

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Bloom Mother-Daughter Retreat

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