Byron Bay Spiritual Development Retreat
11 to 16 May 2011
WELCOME to our spiritual development retreat. We are sure you will have a great time and learn lots as you immerse yourself in 6 days of spiritual bliss. You are with like-minded souls and this is a time to really ‘be yourself’ and discover the full potential of who you truly are – a magnificent soul!
Day One - Wednesday
This morning the group will assemble at Brisbane Airport where you will be met by Helen Barnes, your facilitator, healer, and nurturer, ready for your drive to Byron Bay. We will arrive in Byron in time to have lunch (own expense) and familiarise ourselves with the lovely township of Byron Bay. Drive time to Byron is approximately 2 hours.
Mid afternoon we will drive and check in to our accommodation Byron Bay Cottages – Talofa (www.byronbaycottages.com.au) which is set in tranquil surroundings in the delightful Byron Hinterland on the Old Bangalow Road between Byron Bay and the delightful historic village of Bangalow. Our accommodation is located approximately 10 minutes from both townships and is self-catering in individual cottages sleeping up to 5 in each cottage.
Following time to settle in we will meet for a Welcome Get together and Opening Meditation. Dinner this evening will be at a local Bangalow restaurant (own expense).
Day Two - Thursday
Today begins with a communal breakfast at our accommodation followed by the first of our spiritual sessions:
Core Belief Re-patterning
We all come into each incarnation with lessons to learn and so bring
with us core beliefs that will support that particular learning or learning’s.
This morning we are going to dig in and find out what beliefs we have
running at this time that are holding us in limitation. Once we have
established this, we are in a position to release these ‘outdated’ programmes
that are running unconsciously in our lives and make way for new beginnings.
Helen will channel Light Language to release discordant energy that is
holding us bound to these beliefs so that we may be freed from them.
After our workshop, we will transfer to Bangalow for lunch (own expense) and afterwards some free time to explore Bangalow township which is a lovely heritage town with many restored Federation Style Buildings and an array of quality shops and cafés.
Dinner (own expense and weather permitting) will be a beach picnic followed by a meditation.
Day Three - Friday
We will start today with a morning walk along the beach to prepare us for a full day of spiritual exploration. After breakfast Helen will facilitate the first of three spiritual sessions:
Past Lives
Healing
As we enter each incarnation we bring with us unresolved and
unfinished business from our past incarnations. This usually mirrors
some issues we are experiencing in this lifetime. We also have positive
aspects of past life energy that we wish to reclaim and integrate into
this incarnation. In this afternoon’s workshop we will work to release
and reclaim the past life energies that support re-alignment with our
soul’s purpose.
We will break for lunch (at our accommodation) and then continue with the second of our spiritual sessions:
Being Your Authentic
Self
As we grow spiritually it is important to live in alignment with
our truth. Very often we are living within the framework and conditioning
that has been imposed on us by others and are therefore living in our
‘heads’ rather than our hearts. Living in our hearts is the only pathway
to real happiness and so finding our authentic selves is vital to our
personal spiritual ascension. In this session Helen will lead you through
a process to find your innermost authentic truth and help you to make
the changes to live in alignment with your truth. This session has the
potential to change your life forever!
Our final spiritual session for the day will be:
Reclaiming Your Personal Power
Very often we give our
power away by being the victim and not taking full self responsibility
for everything that happens in our lives. We are creator beings (a spark
of God) and are co-creating everything in our lives. We must take full
responsibility for everything that happens to us by coming fully into
a state of personal empowerment. We are all spiritually powerful beings
and yet, to fully manifest that power, we must first reclaim our personal
power in all that we do.
This evening we will have dinner at a local Byron Bay restaurant (own expense).
Day Four - Saturday
After breakfast we will drive to Crystal Castle, set in the Byron Hinterland. Crystal Castle hosts a café, crystal shop, gallery and beautiful gardens. We will have time to walk the labyrinth and the gardens, shop and relax in the café. This is a very peaceful spot and walking the labyrinth is a magical thing to do. We will have lunch (own expense) at the café at Crystal Castle and after lunch head back to our cottages for our afternoon session:
Our afternoon session is:
Higher Frequency Recoding/DNA recalibration
Having
spent the previous days healing that which no longer serves us, we are
ready to do some re-engineering on our Light Bodies, recalibrating our
DNA to higher frequencies and reconnecting the broken circuitry that
holds us in the limitation of the 3rd dimension. We will work with the
Galactic Federation to attune ourselves to higher dimensional energies
in preparation for earth’s ascension in 2012. Individual energy work
will be facilitated by Helen on each participant.
Dinner will be at a local restaurant in Bangalow (own expense).
Day Five - Sunday
Today will be a relaxed day to allow time for the deep spiritual work of the previous ones to fully integrate.
After breakfast we will drive to Byron Bay where the popular craft and produce market is held on the 1st and third Sunday of the month. Covering an area of a few acres and arranged in orderly rows, the market offers a vast array of handcrafted wares, locally-grown produce, and artworks of every kind. It's best to get there early and allow a few hours to take in all the stalls, indulge in some fresh nourishment and feel the culture. We will have time to meander through and enjoy the atmosphere of these famous local markets where there is an enormous array of eclectic stalls selling everything from produce to clothing to jewellery to arts and crafts, music and local characters on display. These markets are extremely popular and people come from far and wide to enjoy the ambience.
And, if the markets are not your thing, or if you manage to exhaust them, then there is the township of Byron Bay which offers a fascinating range of shops featuring everything from metaphysical goodies to household concepts to quality fashion. There is plenty to satisfy the most accomplished shoppers!
We will return to our accommodation mid afternoon for some rest and relaxation. Pre-dinner there will be a final group mediation and Helen will channel individual insights for each participant as closure to the work undertaken on this retreat.
Dinner (own expense) will be at a local Byron Bay restaurant.
Day Six - Monday
This morning we will rise early and depart for Brisbane Airport to catch our return flights home. Having made wonderful new friends and experienced the joy of spiritual reunion we will return home with much love, joy and peace in our hearts. And so it is.
Throughout this retreat, there is time to relax and enjoy the peaceful surroundings of the Byron Bay Hinterland. While every effort is made to follow the itinerary as above, Helen works in a state of surrender and flows with the group’s energy as to what is most appropriate. For this reason events may change and times may alter. Expect the unexpected!
Investment: A$1395.00 per
person (twin share accommodation)
Single supplement available on request.
This price is based on a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 participants.
Included in this price is accommodation on a twin room, bed and breakfast basis, all transportation, spiritual facilitation by Helen and entrance fee to Crystal Castle. Lunches and dinners and items of a personal nature are not included. Airfares and travel insurance are not included and you will need to make your own arrangements for these – please note the group arrangements will commence at 10am on Day 1 at Brisbane Airport. Please note that accommodation is subject to availability and may be subject to change in which case similar accommodation will be arranged. All efforts will be made to utilize the accommodation named in this itinerary.
Byron Bay is truly a metaphysical mecca with many practitioners offering a wide range of modalities. If you would like to have a healing or reading during this retreat, Helen will be pleased to arrange this for you.
For more information contact Helen on helen@kolmysteries.com