Midlife, menopause and elderhood involve changes, transitions and challenges. Sometimes these are manageable experiences and at other times you may feel like you need the support of some reliable anchors.

Navigating Midlife and Healthy Ageing offers a series of retreats that provide practical resources and experiences for you to explore and feel supported during change, transition and challenge. This Course may assist you when life is flowing well to attend to your bodymind, hone wellbeing resources and kindle your agency. The Course may also support you when life feels bumpier, providing you with compassion, acknowledgment and anchors during change and transition.

In this Course you will have time and space to safely explore your experiences in a compassionate, non-judgmental and trauma-informed small-group environment. You will experience activities to increase calm, balance your nervous system and reduce stress. This Course is grounded in the knowledge and practice from somatic, contemplative and expressive therapies.

  • Harness presence, kindness, connection and rest to support you in times of stress and change

  • Develop self-compassion to nurture and support you during change, transition and challenge

  • Learn how you can safely navigate your experience at this time using an incremental approach

  • Reveal lifestyle supports that work for you

  • Develop your capability to move toward change and challenge with gentle self inquiry, somatic practices, storytelling and creative activities

  • Explore how your wisdom can adapt and guide you through midlife, menopause and elderhood.

ABOUT NAVIGATING MIDLIFE AND HEALTHY AGEING COURSE

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    • Navigating Midlife and Healthy Ageing has been curated for women experiencing midlife, menopause, elderhood

    • It is especially suitable for women who want to explore and engage with healthy ageing.

    This Course is appropriate to support women:

    • during peri-menopause and post-menopause

    • who have experienced health changes, such as managing illness or injury

    • dealing with wellbeing or life changes, such as work change, family change, dealing with a loved one’s illness or change in health, adjusting to bereavement

    • who choose to proactively attend to their health, wellbeing and way of life during midlife, menopause and elderhood.

    Navigating Midlife and Healthy Ageing does not provide group or individual counselling or psychotherapy. Individual counselling or psychotherapy are available separately to the Course and you are welcome to book an appointment if this meets your needs better.

    Navigating Midlife and Healthy Ageing provides experiences and resources that may support women to deal with change, transition and challenge. It is not suitable for all women, especially women who have experienced trauma and recent bereavement, and women experiencing acute mental health symptoms. Individual counselling or psychotherapy may be more suitable.

    This Course does not provide medical or psychological advice or treatment. If you are experiencing symptoms of illness or injury, or are in substantial distress, please see your doctor or treating health professional or psychologist.

    Please Contact Us if you are unsure about whether this Course is right for you.

    • 4 in-person afternoon retreats over 6-12 months

    We have chosen this format specifically to enable you to engage in self-care alongside your work and life commitments.

    Simply book the dates that suit you best.

    The 2026-2027 Retreats are:

    • Presence Retreat (3 hour Restorative Retreat)

    • Rest Retreat (3 hour Restorative Retreat)

    • Nurture Retreat (4 hours)

    • Glide Retreat (4 hours)

    You can experience the retreats in any order you choose.

  • Presence Retreat & Rest Retreat

    Select 2 dates

    11 October 2026

    28 February 2027

    18 April 2027

    20 June 2027

    1 August 2027

    October/November 2027 date to be confirmed

    Presence Retreat

    Grow your ability to be present and experience its soothing comfort.

    Rest Retreat

    Be gently and compassionately guided into soothing, restoring rest.

    Presence and Rest Retreats are 3-hour Restorative Retreats. Learn more

    Nurture Retreat

    Select 1 date

    1 November 2026

    21 March 2027


    Facilitate the art of compassion to welcome heart, safety and support in times of change, transition and challenge.


    Glide Retreat

    Select 1 date

    23 May 2027

    Harness your resilience to more flexibly experience change, transition and challenge. Gently and incrementally develop your adaptability and resources to move with life.

    Additional dates may be added for July - November 2027.

  • Navigating Midlife and Healthy Ageing Course (4 Retreats): $800

    Introductory Special

    $650

    Enter code at online checkout: EASE26

    This Special Offer ends 30 June 2027.

    1. You can pay the full amount online (excludes credit card and booking site fees)

    2. You can pay the full amount by direct debit (upon request)

    3. You can pay by instalments online with PayPal’s Pay-in-4 or request a longer payment period (administration fee may apply).

    To arrange instalments or direct debit payment please Contact Us.

  • Our Courses and Retreats are available for a small group of up to 8 people in-person at our Garden Studio in St Lucia, Queensland. The address is provided after booking.