O P E N
Mindfulness & Yoga Retreat
Byron Bay
7 – 13 Feb, 2025
Join us for our 7 day mindfulness, meditation and yoga retreat.
O P E N
Life is fleeting and beautiful, yet so many of us are feeling fragmented and caught in the noise. You’re invited to pause, breathe, and reconnect to the bigger picture. This retreat isn’t about escaping – it’s about coming home to yourself. It’s an investment in the year ahead, shaping your focus and realigning with what’s important now.
Mindfulness is about more than sitting still and trying to quiet your mind. It’s about living each moment fully awake, seeing yourself and others clearly, and staying connected to the world around you.
Open to curiosity. To new perspectives. To slowing down. To silence. Open to presence. Open to change. Open to the big picture. Open to life.
For bookings please email our Retreats Coordinator Annabel at annabel@humankindstudios.com.au
Dates:
Fri 7 – Thur 13 Feb, 2025
Location:
Bundjalung Land, Byron Bay.
What:
7 day mindfulness and yoga retreat
Cost:
Options start from $2,199. Payment plans & subsidised rates available.
$500 deposit required to secure your spot.
For bookings please email our Retreats Coordinator Annabel at annabel@humankindstudios.com.
Your retreat
Welcome to OPEN, our 7 day mindfulness and yoga retreat full of presence, practice, and connection. Replenish your energy and reset your perspective over 7 days / 6 nights in an enchanted forest sanctuary.
Tessa Leon and Becca Gross will guide you to a rhythm of yoga movement, meditation, mindfulness, and reflection. Each day will include a deep yoga practice, varying between fluid vinyasa and subtle restorative classes. You’ll be guided through gentle meditative activities to help you attune to the beauty of this stunning landscape. Eat slowly, turn off your phone, and learn to pay loving attention to each moment.
You’ll be guided through journalling and contemplations to map your intentions for the year ahead. Learn practices for connection and delight. Wander down rainforest paths, watch the sunsrise over the ocean, relax by the pool or swim by moonlight in the warm summer air. Take a fresh way of seeing the world back home with you.
This Yoga Retreat includes:
-Daily vinyasa or restorative yoga practices
-Guided sitting and walking meditations
-Self and group enquiry activities
-Educational discussions
-Periods of silence
Location
We’ll gather on Bundjalung land, nestled in the lush sub-tropical rainforest of northern NSW above sweeping Tallow’s beach.
Our environmentally friendly centre offers tranquillity and immersion in the heart of nature. Bespoke artisan accommodation is set amidst fertile gardens with ocean views and sea breezes. Relax in a sunlounger by the pool, snuggle in cosy communal spaces, or wander through local forest paths.
This secluded retreat centre is a social enterprise committed to providing service for people from all walks of life to cultivate the best qualities of the human heart and live with wisdom, compassion, and insight.
Accomodation
A wide range of rooms are available, so you can choose what best suits your needs. Each space blends the borders between indoors and outdoors, giving you an immersive nature experience. The rooms feel like a part of the rainforest, surrounded by the songs of frogs and crickets and night and birds at sunrise. On a still evening, you can even hear the sounds of the waves rolling up from the ocean.
Rooms are exquisitely hand made and unique, filled with original pieces of artwork, and imbued with decades of spiritual practice.
You can choose a shared room, either booking with a friend or let us match you with a member of the community and make a new friend for life. There are plenty of single rooms available too if you prefer more space.
You’re invited to tread lightly in harmony with the land, using sustainable products and composting toilets.
Food
Three full banquet style meals will be served each day, as well as a light refreshments for snacks.
All meals will be clean and pure vegetarian food, and all dietary requirements can be catered for. We are lucky to have Head Chef Todd Stream Cameron serving us again for the week, renowned for his energetic awareness of high quality, contemporary, health-enhancing food. Todd comes from five years as head chef of Olivia Newton-John’s award winning Gaia retreat and spa.
This retreat will be alcohol and smoke free. There will be coffee available for those who desire it. All meals will be shared together in the beautifully handcrafted communal restaurant.
Pricing
Details:
Accomodation options start from $2,199. Each room is priced individually (per person) and varies based on the facilities. Details are listed below.
To increase accessibility, we also offer subsidised rates at $300 below the prices listed, for people who need financial support. Please let us know in your booking email if this is something that will serve you.
Your payment includes:
- 6 nights accommodation in our private oasis
- Delicious and nourishing breakfast, lunch and dinner each day (dinner only day 1, and breakfast only on day of departure)
- Daily guided practices of energising vinyasa or luxurious restorative classes
- Mindfulness activities such as journalling, stargazing, or walking meditation.
- Beach walks and forest hikes
- Educational sessions for personal inquiry and contemplation
*Flights and venue transfers are not included.*
(We recommend flying directly to Gold Coast airport. We’ll discuss transfer options from there with guests once booked.)
Check in from 2pm on 7 Feb. Retreat begins at 4pm. Check out by 11am on 13 Feb.
CANCELLATIONS & REFUNDS
- Payment in full is required to reserve your place. Payments accepted over the phone or in-studio.
- If you cancel your booking 3 months before retreat (before 7 Nov 2024), refund of payment will be given minus a 15% admin fee.
- If you cancel within 3 months of the retreat (after 7 Nov 2024), a refund (minus 15% admin fee) will be given ONLY if Human.Kind can fill your spot. If your spot cannot be filled, no refund will be given.
- If you cancel within 1 month of retreat (after 7 Jan 2025) no refund will be given.
- If the event is fully booked, a waitlist will be created and those people will be contacted first in case of a cancellation.
INSURANCE
We recommend you take out personal travel insurance upon booking that covers any losses prior to the trip due to cancellations or illness.
Rooms
Rooms are an eclectic and bohemian mixture of handcrafted artisan furniture set within Thai style timber floored houses and cabins. Each space contains exquisite attention to detail and unique artworks. As each space is so different we have done our best to describe and price the rooms accordingly.
Private Room w/ ensuite (2 left!)
$2,499 p/person
These bohemian rooms have a single or queen bed and your own ensuite bathroom. Perfect as a solo booking for those who enjoy their space, or book this room as a couple for just $2,099 p/person.
TO BOOK: Email annabel@humankindstudios.com.au to book. Please ensure you read all the T&Cs above.
Twin Share Room w/ ensuite
$2,199 p/person
Lush forest rooms with two seperate beds, and an adjoining bathroom ensuite. You can book with a friend, or come solo and we’ll match you with an appropriate person to share with.
TO BOOK: Email annabel@humankindstudios.com.au to book. Please ensure you read all the T&Cs above.
Spacious Triple Share Room w/ ensuite (sold out)
$2,199 p/person
A large and beautifully designed space with three beds, separated by dividers for a sense of privacy. Room has an ensuite bathroom for the use of guests only. Nestled in the forest below the dining room and only a few steps to the pool. Perfect to come solo and we will match you with new friends.
TO BOOK: Email the studio to express your interest. Please ensure you read the T&Cs above.
Single Private Room w/ shared bathroom (sold out)
$2,599 p/person
A spacious and luxuriously fitted room with a queen bed, balcony, and forest or mountain views. Adjacent to the dining room. Shared bathroom with one other guest via short hallway.
TO BOOK: Email the studio to express your interest. Please ensure you read the T&Cs above.
Semi Private Loft Bed w/ shared bathroom (sold out)
$2,499 p/person
Set inside one of the deluxe apartments, this bed is up high in a semi-private loft. Climb up to nestle into your king single bed. Bathroom is shared with the other 2 guests in the apartment.
TO BOOK: Email the studio to express your interest. Please ensure you read all the T&Cs above.
Cosy Private Room w/ ensuite (sold out)
$2,799 p/person
These sweet rooms are ideal for solo travellers who enjoy a cosy space to themselves. With a private entrance along the forest path and a single bed, you’ll have your own bathroom inside the room too.
TO BOOK: Email the studio to express your interest. Please ensure you have read all the details and T&Cs above.
Deluxe Double Apartment w/ ensuite (sold out)
$2,799 p/person
Perfect for couples or close friends, the rainforest loft has a luxurious queen bed, it’s own private entrance, and secluded treetop feel. Let us know who you’ll be sharing with upon booking.
TO BOOK: Email the studio to express your interest. Please ensure you read all the T&Cs above.
Meet the Facilitators
Tessa Leon and Becca Gross are leaders of the Human.Kind community. They are passionate about modalities that re-connect us to nature, ourselves, and one other. Informed both by ancient traditions and contemporary knowledge, they blend wisdom and compassion practices to guide potent experiences for people from all walks of life.
In this retreat, they will draw from Spiritual Ecology, MBSR, Insight Meditation, and Contemplative Sciences to support you in your unique experience.
Learn more about Tessa
Learn more about Becca
