Retreat: Wintering with Wild Plains Medicine – A Shamanic Retreat

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We pioneered wintering as an event in Australia.

This is a powerful medicine, especially when supported by nature and some extraordinary, unique tools.

This 2025 Wintering will have an intentional purpose of  ‘Rejuvenate, Reflect, and Reconnect’,
but also
“Being Heard By Others”

2025 – Cairns area retreat – with Cairns Airport pick-up and drop-off.

*Payment Plans Available from $100/per week

Sun 5pm , 20 Jul- Sat 9am 26 Jul
A Shamanic Retreat
Wintering Week – A hot springs retreat near Cairns Australia
Cairns, Northern QueenslandCairn
Wintering – Introduction
  • Imagine creating a space in your life where you can stop. To look and reflect on things without getting stuck. To turn around to go for what calls you at this time. That is the energy that this wintering supports.
  • Imagine how that might change your relationships, work, family and life.
  • Immerse yourself in the silence and peace of nature.
  • We imagine that with what you see and experience, you’ll come to a new sense of your origin and where that can go.

Wintering with Wild Plains Medicine – Why?

  • Wintering gets results when done away from your usual environment—free of expectations and yet fully supported.

A facilitated Wintering with Wild Plains Medicine allows you to:

  • A mature reflection, where you do not get bogged down in self-judging rumination. You are supported to move forward with a positive understanding of yourself.
  • Coming up to a space where you can blossom something that is uniquely yours, something meaningful, nourishing, free of the burden of purpose, free of expectation, something that opens your face, opens the wonder of life. To blossom something that you just are compelled to do.
  • Have your ‘own thoughts’, which are positively supported and developed.
  • Experience yourself deeper, in new ways with lasting clarity, rather than fleeting things that pass and you can’t quite catch them.
  • Create a space for self-understanding.
  • Start to/or resolve what bubbles up in your wintering week.
  • Move to a new consciousness of possibility or standing in your life.
  • You might come in chasing one thing but uncover something more you, more what you’re built for, having created the space, movement and resolve to act on it.

Each Wintering with us is unique.  It is unique because of the place and special people that this work attracts, but also nature. Brad, Caroline and Mother Sha-Riah always go and study an area. With permission, we use those things in nature that support:

  • a coming to terms with the self
  • a feeling for a new possibility
  • a new resolve
  • a movement with dignity
  • a balance
  • connectedness in the self and the wider natural world

Shamanic work always aims to harmonise things in nature and people in their contact. In our Naturistic Shamanic Tradition, we use the nature of people, nature around us, the nature of the self, the ancestors, the earth and elements to bring about more and more harmony. We do that by coming together, and connecting. We then commune with all these things to bring a-personal balance/harmony, resolve, and create a movement for new things. So all things should leave uplifted, dignified and more connected. You get to be a part of that wonder, this exchange with each other, and commune with some of the world’s most stunning nature.

Wintering 2025.
Cairns Airport – Pick-up and Drop-off*

Sun 5pm , 20 Jul- Sat 9am 26 Jul
Wintering Week – A hot springs retreat near Cairns Australia
Cairns, Northern Queensland 
– arrive Sunday, start Monday morning – finish Friday afternoon
– afterwards, people can stay overnight on Friday and meet for breakfast on Saturday, before departing.
“Experience the Power of Wintering 2025 – Rejuvenate, Reflect, and Reconnect
Join us for an unforgettable Shamanic retreat near Cairns, perfect for both beginners and seasoned personal development practitioners. Immerse yourself in the serene beauty of winter and harness its transformative power through our unique Naturistic Shamanic Tradition.
What’s Included:
– 6 days, 5 nights of shamanic exploration (Sunday arrival – Saturday departure) with all meals and breaks cater. BYO and prep your own dietary needs.
Accommodation & Food:
– Camping sites provided BYO tent etc.
– All nourishing meals and hot springs amenities
– Campfires
– For air travellers; tents are provided @ $50 (Basic hotel rooms ‘were’ $105/night if you opt out of camping, book yourself)
– Alcohol free event except for the Friday evening when we are complete
Shamanic tools and practices:
– Guided journey-work (2 family lineage trained shamans)
– Rune Circle
– The Lotus
– MindBody Constellations
– Forest Lore Labyrinth
– Plus more
Logistics:
– * Transportation from Cairns and Cairns Airport (Sunday noon) and return (Saturday afternoon)
– Optional early Monday Bus at own cost for flying into Cairns late Sunday arrivals
– Tents for fly-in participants @ $50 one time cost
Investment:
– Camping: $1,990 (unpowered – by design)
– No camping: $1,700 (book your own hotel-cabin room at the facility)
– Wintering veterans(Wilders): discount available, connect with Brad for details
– Hold your space with a $300 deposit, none refundable from July 1st if we cannot fill your booking.
– Tents for fly-in participants @ $50 one time cost
– Payment plans available
Highlights:
– Immerse yourself in Queenland’s best hot springs
– Reconnect with your inner self and nature
– Embrace the power of winter for clearing, growth, and deepening
– Experience guided shamanic practices and tools
– Experience being immersed in a shamanic tradition for a week
– Nourishing meals and amenities
– A supportive, like-minded community
– Plenty of time for rest, reflection, and self-discovery
Don’t miss this opportunity to nurture your soul and deepen your connection with yourself and nature. Spaces are limited to, so secure your spot today!