Mens Alchemy

WHAT'S THE PURPOSE?

This is an intensive retreat like no other where you will transcend the protections that numb you, learn practices that evolve your ability to embrace all of life and embody the essence of purpose.

You will discover a deeper connection to your masculine roots, learn to cultivate your power and reignite that burning passion for life. Your presence will expand, your ability to connect to the core of your being will anchor and you will find the profound nourishment of being amongst a brotherhood who both celebrate and respectfully demand more of you, in service of life.

Move from aggression, self abandonment, blame and judgement to clarity, ownership and love.
Learn embodied tools and practices needed to uphold structures that sustain your vitality, willpower and drive for life.
Derive your sense of success based on how you show up instead of the need for more wealth, influence or domination.
Be shown how to hold space for your own feelings, find clarity in a busy mind and ask for what you need.
Understand integrity and commit to only what your deepest purpose asks of you.

Many men’s initial exposure to self-discovery and healing is something along the lines of, ‘well, that sounds great, but how the hell do I do that?’

Alchemy guides men who have intellectualised the *work* in the areas of masculine leadership, spiritual connection and emotional healing and shows them how to become an embodiment of it.

The ego will be challenged in safe environments while we hold a compassionate space for the unraveling of conditioned protection and transcendence of old defensive mechanisms that have become (consciously or unconsciously) destructive behaviours.

Alchemy will allow you to find clarity, direction and leave behind the burdens of life that seem impossible to place down. It's a rite of passage from self awareness to self mastery.

Transmuting old conditioning, negative patterns and sabotaging behaviours into self-leadership.
Taking charge of your mind, energy and emotions through the breath and embodiment practices.
Learn to lead your life powerfully from a place of integrity and love.
Dissolver barriers, protection, avoidance and intimidation patterns in relationships.
Cultivating respect for the earth, wilderness and reverence of the feminine.
Connecting with more subtle senses for inciting safety in and inspiring surrender.
Moving from reactivity, defensiveness, aggression and blame to ownership, humility and openness.
Alignment of your words and action with your purpose and truth.

On retreat:

Sweat lodge ceremony
Daily strong hatha yoga practice
Daily breathwork sessions for each: performance, emotional release and priming the nervous system
Rewilding workshop
Therapeutic breathwork journies
Ice bath and cold exposure practice
Soul retrieval and regression process
Seven workshop intensives
Fasted hinterland hike experience
Fire making workshop with Adam Kavanagh
Cathartic circle work
Ceremonial Rapeh
Guided meditations
Live sound healing
Noble silence and reflection
Feminine embodiment practices for men
Masculine embodiment practices for men
Evening reflections around the fire

Amber Hawken

I’m a classic fiery ginger. I come from country Australia and my not so kinder-surprise childhood including leaving home at 14 years old, gave me a skill or two in life that comes in handy for grounded guidance. I’ve worked with more than 25,000 humans in the last 10 years and have been holding retreats since 2012.

The more formal parts of my qualifications include:
A Bachelor of Medical Science, A Diploma of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner, Hatha Yoga Teacher, Meditation Teacher, Deep State Re-Patterning Therapist, Functional Breathwork Instructor, Therapeutic Breathwork Practitioner and a Practitioner of The Melchizedek Metho

Beanie Tompkins

Beanie is a professional Kinesiology practitioner, energy and sound healer, functional fitness and rehab trainer and holistic health and lifestyle consultant and the creator of the Soulfit Wellness Institute in Brisbane. She has spent the last 12 years assisting, educating and empowering people to make positive changes in their life for their best health and happiness on a mental, physical and spiritual level.

Kurt Iwaina

My name is Kurt Iwanina and I am a meditation teacher, intuitive energy and sound healer, musician, spiritual mentor, reiki practitioner and earth warrior. I work from a space of love, compassion and deep respect and honour for all life. In all my workshops, classes and ceremonies I pay my respects to our beautiful Mother Earth, to Great Spirit and source of all creation.

Adam Kavanagh

I’ve spent the last 4 years travelling Australia, living off grid practising survival hunting and primitive skills which lead me to feature in Discovery Channels’ Naked and Afraid – Africa. After years of thyroid problems and other health issues. I slowly began to strip my life back and started to return to a more primal way of living. Returning to nature has changed my life and helped me recover my health. I’m is a living breathing experiment of what it looks and feels like when we strip everything back to the basics and I now want to share my journey and help people rewild and reconnect with nature.

Josiane Santos

I’m a Brazilian artist born in Minas Gerais. She I’m the founder, heart, and face behind Incantaria projects, my art is gracefully expressed through movement and her knowledge of Afro-Brazilian culture, History, Mythology, Esoteric Astrology, Capoeira (Brazilian martial arts), and Spirituality. I have a very authentic way to integrate my journey and understanding of life into the work I do. My presence is powerful yet gentle, majestic yet humble. My work, besides being a contribution to genuine human connection, is a beautiful and purposeful service to the world.

Ian Cariaga

My focus is to help guide those who are willing to make a conscious movement towards making change and to extend the knowledge that has been passed onto me from my gurus and teachers over the last 26 years. I am willing to share that wisdom with anyone that is open to the science of yoga – the art of acquiring the utmost state of your body, mind, and conscious.