Creative Retreats
Where rest, nourishment and connection fosters creativity
These creative retreats —held in the relaxed and spacious setting of Peacemakers retreat center — are designed for you to explore your creativity at your own pace.
We will offer SoulCollage®, creative writing, Labyrinth, and the Playing Big resources of Tara Mohr. There will be delicious food, and 1:1 conversations if needed. Here you’ll create more lightness in your outlook on life, and your creativity.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
Whatever season you are inhabiting in the creativity cycle, you will be encouraged and supported. Summers will have a lot to show with high energy and output; Autumns may still be productive, but beginning to slow down, refining and celebrating; Winters will be going within to reflect, rest, pause; Springs will be dreaming, emerging, playing.
All seasons are needed for creativity and all are welcome.
Accommodation & Food
The Mother House at Peacemakers Retreat Centre is a historic homestead built around 1900. She is full of character and charm and has only two single rooms. All others are twin shares and we suggest you come with a friend if you prefer to know your room mate.
Each meal will incorporate fresh seasonal food that will be enjoyed in a leisurely fashion with fun and laughter and great conversation. An extension of our sessions together.
SoulCollage®
This process uses intuition, imagination and creativity as you make a small collage and then engage in a guided conversation with a partner. The flow of the conversation allows your inner wisdom to emerge from your collage in a safe and supportive way. All materials are provided.
Creative Writing
Creative writing can mean different things to each individual; we can become paralysed by the way others have defined it for us, whether through myth-telling, comparison, expectation or pressure. At other times we will seek a return to our unique ways of sparking creative energy, so we can engage with our writing in a refreshing and inspiring way. By recognising and connecting with the season we are currently experiencing, we can reduce our concerns around productivity and performance, and instead settle in to find out what might be stirring us to contemplate on, begin, continue or complete our writing
The Labyrinth
The Labyrinth is an ancient symbol patterned from the sacred geometry of the natural world, the spiral and circle. There is only one way in and one way out. All you need to focus on is where to place each foot on the path and notice the experience of walking.
Notice what you hear, smell, feel, see, sense, touch and notice how these may speak to you. A guided experience of walking the Labyrinth will be offered as a meditative walk to allow slowing down and reflection to allow creativity to percolate within you.
Tara Mohr
Tara Mohr leads women to “play big” in their lives in whatever way is most authentic. This approach isn't about hustle or hype it's about returning to your inner knowing, quieting the voice of fear, and learning to trust your own wisdom.
Shannon has trained with Tara and will be weaving some of her approach into our two days together.
BOOK YOUR SPOT
RETREAT DETAILS
This creative retreat begins at Peacemakers at 9am on Saturday the 2nd of May, and wraps up at 2pm on Sunday the 4th of May. If you want to visit Parakai Hot Springs after be sure to bring your togs!
The retreat is limited to 12 participants with a minimum of 8 required to proceed, so be sure to register early so you don’t miss out!
In the unlikely event we have less than 8 registered by April 27th you will be fully refunded - OR your payment can go towards a later retreat, your choice.
Should you cancel after April 27th no refund will be given.
We look forward to exploring creativity with you!