Retreat three · Holistic depth
Holistic & Alternative Retreat.
A private retreat on the Sunshine Coast built around Ayurveda and traditional wellbeing practice, with bodywork, meditation, mindfulness in nature and guided breath and relaxation practice.
For people drawn to a traditional approach to wellbeing.
This is the pathway for guests who deliberately want an Ayurvedic and holistic focus rather than rest alone or regular counselling. It draws on Ian’s background in Ayurveda and natural living, and builds your days around it.
You stay in the same beachside apartments as every guest, with the coast close at hand — what changes is what your days are built around.
Looking for rest with some bodywork and plenty of freedom? Explore the Private Personalised Beach Retreat.
What’s included.
Your holistic retreat may include Ayurveda, bodywork, meditation, sauna, nature-based experiences and traditional wellbeing practices.
- Your own private apartment by the beach
- A holistic retreat plan shaped around you
- Ayurveda and holistic wellbeing support
- Ayurvedic massage and non-invasive bodywork with Deb or Ian
- Meditation, and guided breath and relaxation practice (breathwork)
- A hosted sauna setup in the shared Sundeck Gardens sauna
- Nature-based experiences on the coast
- A personalised routine to take home
- Food chosen around your constitution, needs and preferences: meals from local providers, or self-catering
What’s included for your length of stay is set out in your retreat plan, with the price, before you book. Yoga, Pilates, personal training and beauty treatments are optional extras.
Hosted by Deb and Ian
Natural living, meditation and the coast.
Ian’s background brings together Ayurveda, natural living and practical education, including permaculture. Deb’s background includes meditation, yoga, time in retreat settings, and work with people in wellbeing and community settings on the Sunshine Coast.
Two nights, or seven.
Longer stays allow us to go deeper, with more bodywork, meditation, Ayurveda and time to establish practices you can carry home.
- 2 nightsAn introduction: Ayurveda, bodywork, meditation and the sauna, with quiet time in nature.
- 3 nightsRoom for fuller Ayurveda and lifestyle work, and time to settle into a routine.
- 5 nightsDeeper Ayurveda, more bodywork and meditation, and time on the coast at sunrise or sunset.
- 7 nightsThe deepest retreat, with a personalised routine to carry home.
Immersive, but spacious
Traditional practice, at a coastal pace.
Ayurvedic routines, bodywork and meditation sit alongside time outdoors, rest and slow mornings, so your days feel meaningful without feeling full.
Food
Nourishment, chosen with you.
On an Ayurveda-focused retreat, food isn’t a fixed menu. Whether meals are arranged with local food providers or you self-cater, they can be tailored to you: your individual constitution (in Ayurveda, your natural balance of body and mind), your health and wellbeing goals, dietary needs and preferences, appetite, and the foods you genuinely enjoy. If a lighter cleanse or fasting approach interests you, let us know during your enquiry; suitability is considered before anything is recommended.
Shaped around you.
Tell us what you’re looking for and what interests you. Deb or Ian then put together a personalised retreat plan setting out what’s included and the price. You can ask for changes or add extras, and nothing is booked until you decide.
What you choose tells us what appeals to you. Deb or Ian take it from there and shape the stay around it. How your retreat plan comes together.
Optional extras
Add something extra, if you’d like.
Once your retreat plan is created, you can add private yoga (including restorative or Yin), Pilates, personal training, beauty and spa treatments, extra massage, counselling or Ayurveda, a sunrise or sunset experience, airport transfers or a celebration. These are paid extras rather than part of the retreat: each has an additional cost, subject to availability, and is confirmed with its price. There is no salon or gym at the resort.
A few things you may be wondering.
Is this alternative or holistic medicine?
This is a holistic wellbeing retreat rather than medicine. Nothing here diagnoses, treats or manages a medical condition, nothing is prescribed, and neither Deb nor Ian is a medical practitioner. What the retreat draws on is Ayurveda and traditional wellbeing practice — rest, bodywork, food, routine and time in nature. If you are under medical care, keep it in place; a retreat sits alongside it rather than in place of it.
Do I need to know about Ayurveda?
No. Curiosity is enough, and your plan starts from where you are. If you would rather start with a single conversation than a stay, an Ayurveda consultation can be arranged on its own.
Is fasting part of the retreat?
Only if it’s suitable and you want it. Tell us about your interest when you enquire; suitability is considered before anything is recommended.
Is yoga included?
No. Private yoga, including restorative or Yin yoga, is an optional extra.
What does it cost?
Each holistic retreat is planned individually, and the price is set out in your retreat plan before anything is booked.
What guests have said.
Guests on the setting and the room it gives you to slow down. Their words, shortened where marked.
“Everything at this retreat was amazing, relaxing, and refreshing. … the people, the water and beautiful landscape where phenomenal. Being a well-traveled person there’s not very many places you find that type of serenity. This is one of my favorite spots and I plan to return soon.”
“A wonderful rejuvenating experience -- after just one week I feel like a new woman! … Deb & Ian are compassionate and flexible, very dedicated to their clients’ happiness … Room was spacious and beautifully decorated. All my activities were personalised to suit my needs, and the beach air is such a blessing”
Begin your holistic retreat.
Tell us what draws you to Ayurveda and traditional practice, and we’ll shape a plan around you.
No payment to enquire, and no obligation.