Join Amanda & Lauren for a Restorative 5 Day Nourish Your Nervous System Retreat: Reset, Restore & Rejuvenate: an educational & experiential retreat to develop practices for nervous system restoration and support.

What to expect:

The intention of this educational and experiential retreat is to approach your mind and body with the intention of helping to regulate, balance and restore your nervous system. We will spend time exploring the nervous system and stress responses so that you can practice regulation and resilience tools that you can take into your daily life. We will bring forward neuroscience, psychology, somatics and other teachings to help explain how the nervous system can be supported and what your personal practice can look like moving forward.

The workshops throughout the weekend are intentionally created spaces to guide individuals in an accessible and informed way to navigate, understand and learn about their internal world. We believe in walking alongside individuals as they build resiliency and agency to understand the workings of their own body and mind. Therefore this retreat includes a variety of different modalities, allowing us to become introspective and support ourselves from the inside out. We will explore embodied practices, nervous system support workshops and so muchmore.Whilst also exploring compassionate self-enquiry through journaling, poetry, and mindfulness.

We know each person’s practice and experience are truly unique and you are your own best guide. We incorporate a mental wellbeing perspective that centres invitation, choice, and curiosity so each person can explore in a truly empowered way. This immersive retreat is designed for anyone and everyone, no previous experience, knowledge, or practice is necessary- we will all be learning, exploring, and experiencing together but in very different and personal ways.

Retreat Facilitators

Meet your teachers:

Amanda Hanna (Director of SomaPsych TCTSY-F, E-RYT, YACEP, Yoga Nidra Trained, Certified Mindfulness & Meditation Teacher Trainer, Certified Holistic Nutritionist BAPsychMajor Socio minor, MA Psych Student). Amanda holds over 1000 hours of Yoga, Anatomy & Physiology Training as well as extensive training and experience in holistic nutrition, meditation, mindfulness neuroscience, and somatics, allowing her to develop a style unique to her. She is also a qualified Yoga Nidra teacher in the Satyananda tradition. Amanda holds over 500 hours in trauma-informed trainings, including social justice and inclusivity. She has a Bachelor’s majoring in Psychology and minoring in Sociology and holds regular Yin Yoga Teacher Trainings as well as 20-300hr Trauma Informed Facilitator Trainings. Every space- be it retreats, workshops, trainings, or other sessions- holds trauma-informed facilitation, neuroscience and mindfulness at its heart for empowered self-regulation.

Lauren Albans (Founder of JourneyYin). Lauren successfully completed SomaPsychs Trauma-informed 100-hour Yin yoga teacher training in 2021 and an additional 40hrs of trauma informed facilitation training in 2022. Complemented by extensive training in various somatic practices such as Sound healing, Cacao circles, Laughter yoga, and Shaking medicine facilitation. Lauren creatively weaves in the power of contemplation through compassionate journaling, poetry and vision boards. She went on to found JourneYin, a platform where she could incorporate all her offerings to the local community, including Myofascial release massage and reiki. Her passion lies in seamlessly integrating these embodied modalities to create supportive spaces, foster community connections, invite opportunities for individuals to regulate their nervous systems, to encourage the discovery of personal empowerment and equilibrium. Currently, she is progressing towards completing her 200 hours of SomaPsychs Embodied practices, social justice and system change trauma-informed modules and her Somatic dance/DJ teacher training by mid 2024.

How to Register:

Payment plans are available through the website below. Should you wish to set up a different payment plan, please email Emily at [email protected]. Payment plans are a binding contract between you, SomaPsych & JourneYin. The tiered pricing is inclusive of accommodation, catering, all workshops and cacao. TICKETS AVAILABLE SOON.

For more information: 

Please click here for a detailed information booklet where you will find our daily schedule and more.

Contact us:

www.journeyinnz.com | Instagram: journe.yin
[email protected] | www.somapsych.org | Instagram; soma.psych