Are you yearning for some time out to nurture your writing dreams? Have you started a story from your life but don’t know how to finish it? Are the stories rolling round and round in your head starting to drive you bonkers? Is it your turn to be nurtured at last and spend some time playing with the stories of your life?
Come and join us on retreat in beautiful Springbrook in the Gold Coast hinterland, high in the hills surrounded by giant trees, rainforest and pure mountain streams. Write up a storm with the guidance of 4 craft workshops, relax with yoga and meditation, feast on delicious home cooked meals, connect with other writers in a beautiful location and have a whole weekend where all you do is write and dream and sleep and wander and perhaps have a swim or a massage. Sound like heaven? It is!
Come along and regain your love of writing and life at the next Relax and Write Retreat From midday FRIDAY 4 April – 3 pm SUNDAY 6 April 2025
Join like-minded writers in a fun and supportive environment discovering just how much some deep relaxation can ignite your imagination and get you writing again. Relax and unwind with gentle morning yoga sessions and be inspired by innovative workshops to help move those stories out of your head and onto the page.
“I feel transformed, as a writer and as a human being.” Bianca Millroy – writer and retreater.
The program includes two yoga sessions, four workshops to get you writing, plus advice on submitting your work. Included in the cost is two nights comfortable single accommodation with bathrooms shared between two, plus delicious vegetarian meals and snacks and a special readings night around the fire.
“The fully-catered retreat environment was comfortable and stress-free. An atmosphere that encourages, motivates and inspires.” Gay Liddington – writer and retreater
Connect with other creative people in a beautiful, peaceful location and remember your creative self. No more putting your dreams on hold. Treat yourself to this special weekend nurturing your writing spirit. You deserve it! The program includes two yoga sessions, readings night and four creative writing workshops.
RETREAT PROGRAM: All activities are optional
FRIDAY 4 April 2024
ARRIVAL from midday
4 pm – Meet and Greet
4:30 – 6:30 WORKSHOP 1– Your Stories – out of your head and onto the page
6:30 DINNER
SATURDAY 5 April
7:15 am – 8:30 – Gentle morning yoga and breathing
8:30 – BREAKFAST
10:00 am – 12:30 pm – WORKSHOP 2 – Character and Dialogue in memoir
12.30 pm – LUNCH
1 – 4:00 – FREETIME and FEEDBACK SESSIONS
4 – 6:00 pm – WORKSHOP 3 – Writing from start to finish – developing a plot and a plan
6:00 pm – DINNER
6:45 – 7:30 pm – Readings around the fire
SUNDAY 6 April
7:15 – 8:30 – Gentle morning yoga and breathing
8:30 – BREAKFAST
10:00 – 12:30 – WORKSHOP 4 – Where and how to submit work, goal setting, questions and collage
12:30 – LUNCH
3 pm DEPARTURES
Bodywork treatments are also available at extra cost with our wonderful, wise and gifted healer, Monique Do Goey.
Sound like the perfect way to get you writing again? Reboot that writing mojo and join us in April!
BOOK IN by PAYING YOUR DEPOSIT HERE.
Drop me a line first to make sure there are still places available. Prices start at only $600 (unwaged) for the fully inclusive weekend! $750 for those working or comfortably off. This includes your accommodation and all meals! Plus a weekend of memoir workshops tailored to suit your needs and yoga sessions to unwind and relax.
Any questions just drop me a line. I so hope you can come along and connect with our ever-growing supportive and loving gang of writing folk. Writing can be a lonely business, but it doesn’t have to be. Come along, write up a storm and find your tribe!
Hope you can come. We always have a wonderful time! Don’t wait too long, places are filling fast with repeat retreaters.
Lots of love
Ed 🙂 xx
Edwina Shaw 