Yoga & movement
Private yoga, including restorative or Yin yoga, Pilates and personal training.
Our retreats
Three ways to retreat.
Private, adults-only Sunshine Coast wellness retreats for one person or one couple, with time to rest at the heart of every stay.
Every stay begins the same way.
Your own apartment in our Maroochydore beachside base, a personal welcome from Deb or Ian, and plenty of unstructured time.
Each retreat has its own rhythm. Your stay is shaped around the retreat you choose, its length and what we learn about you before you arrive.
The beach retreat places more emphasis on bodywork and restorative experiences; the counselling retreat includes regular one-to-one counselling; and the holistic retreat centres on Ayurveda, meditation and traditional wellbeing practices.
Choose your starting point.
From the lightest to the most in-depth. Every retreat is personalised, and suitable elements can be combined. Not sure? We can recommend one. If stress or burnout is what’s driving this, start with retreats for stress and burnout.
Rest and restore
Private Personalised Beach Retreat
A private beachside retreat shaped around you, with restorative treatments, coastal experiences and plenty of space to simply be.
Explore the Beach RetreatCounselling at the centre
Counselling & Personal Reset Retreat
A private retreat combining one-to-one counselling, restorative wellbeing support and the breathing room to reflect, reset and move forward.
Explore the Counselling RetreatHolistic depth
Holistic & Alternative Retreat
A personalised retreat centred around Ayurveda, bodywork, meditation, sauna, nature and traditional wellbeing practices.
Explore the Holistic RetreatWe’ll shape the retreat for you.
Tell us about you
What you’re looking for, what interests you and what you hope to get from your time away.
We create your retreat plan
Deb or Ian put together a personalised plan for your stay, setting out what’s included and the price.
Make it right for you
Review it, ask for changes, and add extra experiences if there’s something you particularly want. 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.
Enough support that it matters. Enough freedom that it still feels like a retreat.
Whichever retreat you choose, your days aren’t a timetable. There’s time to sleep in, walk the beach, swim, use the sauna, sit on the balcony or courtyard, read, or do nothing at all. More on movement and fitness, fasting and cleansing interests, and choosing a length.
Arrive and settle
Find your bearings and ease into the coast.
Find your rhythm
A slow morning, the beach, and whatever your plan includes.
Leave some room
Read, rest, or enjoy an afternoon without plans.
A gentle last morning
Time to take it with you, with a departure conversation if you’d like one.
An illustration, not a timetable.
Make it yours. Optional extras
Once your retreat plan is created, you can add experiences like these. They’re paid extras rather than part of the retreat itself, and each is confirmed with its price, subject to availability. Beauty treatments, yoga, Pilates and personal training are arranged for you with local practitioners and come to you, rather than being run from a salon or gym on site. How movement and fitness work here.
Beauty & spa
Beauty and spa treatments with local providers.
More of what you love
Extra massage or bodywork, extra counselling, additional Ayurveda, and more coastal or nature experiences.
Sunrise, sunset & picnics
A sunrise or sunset experience on the coast, or a premium picnic or hamper.
Travel & celebrations
Sunshine Coast Airport transfers, apartment upgrades, flowers or a celebration setup.
Something else?
Ask us. If there’s something you’d love to include, we’ll see what we can arrange.
Food
Meals, your way.
Main meals from local providers can be part of any retreat, coordinated around your stay, or you can self-cater in your apartment’s full kitchen.
A few things you may be wondering.
Is this a group retreat, or can I come alone or as a couple?
It is always private: one person, or one couple, and never a group. Solo guests and couples are equally normal here. The apartments sit in a beachside resort with other residents and guests, so its pools, spa, sauna and grounds are shared.
Is the retreat adults only?
Yes. Beach Health Retreat is an adults-only retreat, for one person or one couple at a time. Quiet is a large part of why people come, and keeping the retreat adults-only is how we look after it.
Do you sell fixed packages, or do I design the retreat myself?
There are no set packages or tiers to choose between, and you don’t have to design anything yourself. Tell us what you’re hoping for and what interests you, and Deb or Ian write a flexible retreat plan for you, with the price set out before you decide. You can review it, ask for changes and add extras before anything is booked. In the planner you can also choose a customised mix to draw on more than one pathway, or start from “I’m not sure yet” and we’ll suggest a shape.
How are the three retreats different?
Each is a starting point, personalised around you, in the same private beachside apartments. The Private Personalised Beach Retreat is about rest, bodywork, coastal experiences and plenty of freedom. The Counselling & Personal Reset Retreat puts regular one-to-one counselling at the centre. The Holistic & Alternative Retreat is the most in-depth, centred on Ayurveda, bodywork, meditation and traditional wellbeing practices. Suitable elements can be combined.
Is there a set schedule?
No. A few things are placed through your stay, with plenty of free time for rest, the beach, the pool and the sauna.
Are meals included?
If you choose them. Main meals from local providers can be part of your retreat, or you can self-cater in your apartment kitchen. Your choice is reflected in your retreat plan and price. Read about food.
Who provides counselling, massage and bodywork?
Deb Pepperdine or Ian Trew, with the practitioner and approach agreed when you plan your stay. Counselling is not part of every retreat: it can be central, as on the Counselling & Personal Reset Retreat, an optional addition, or left out entirely. Massage and non-invasive bodywork can be included in the same way.
Can I use the sauna?
Enjoy time in the shared Sundeck Gardens sauna, with preparation and a personal introduction from Deb or Ian. We agree the timing as part of your retreat, around when the sauna is available.
Do I have to try fasting?
No. Fasting is never part of a stay unless you ask about it, and suitability is considered before anything is recommended. How food and fasting interests are handled.
Can I choose a particular apartment?
Tell us your preference, including whether you’d like a comfortable 4-star or a premium 5-star apartment. Apartments vary, and your apartment is confirmed in your retreat plan. See the apartments.
Where is the retreat?
At 70–78 Alexandra Parade, Cotton Tree, Maroochydore, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast between Brisbane and Noosa, across the road from the beachside park and Maroochydore Beach. Ask about a Sunshine Coast Airport transfer when you enquire.
What does it cost?
Your price reflects the apartment you choose, how many nights you stay, whether you come alone or as a couple, how you’d like to eat, and the experiences and extras you’d like included. Because no two retreats are the same, we quote each one individually rather than publishing a package price. Your retreat plan lists everything that is included and states the price; you can ask for changes, and nothing is booked until you decide.
What happens about deposits and cancellations?
Your retreat plan sets out the inclusions and the price before anything is booked, and the payment and cancellation arrangements for your stay are confirmed with you at that point. No payment is taken on this website, and sending an enquiry commits you to nothing.
Does the planner send an enquiry?
Yes. Your answers go to Deb and Ian by email. It isn’t a booking: they’ll be in touch to talk it through, and your retreat plan comes before anything is booked. You can also email [email protected] or call 0402 130 552.
Begin with what matters to you.
Tell us how you’d like the time to feel, and we’ll take it from there.
No payment to enquire, and no obligation.