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Shamanic Embodiment

December 4 - 7, 2026

Staughton Vale, Australia

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Hosted By

Geoff Berry

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3 nights, 4 days

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15 person retreat

Highlights

  • Guided Journeys on Beautiful Country

  • Ritual Experiences

  • Building Relationship with Totemic Teachers

Details

Shamanic Embodiment: Where Earth, Soul & Spirit Speak Are you ready to answer the call to an embodied retreat in earth-rooted medicine? With online sessions of personalised support added to this long weekend immersion, you will find your medicine ways. This is an invitation to deep listeners, seekers, and those with wild-hearts that don’t fit into the current paradigm and see the need for transformation beyond the limiting structures we were socialised to accept. Join us in a sacred space and move through your personal thresholds, heeding the call that is pulsing in your body, emerging in your dreams, and whispering in the wilds …

Location

Staughton Vale, Australia

Staughton Vale is a quiet rural locality in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by open farmland, rolling hills, and natural bushland. Located within easy reach of the You Yangs and Brisbane Ranges, the area offers a peaceful countryside atmosphere with opportunities for walking, wildlife spotting, and enjoying wide scenic views. Its secluded setting and slower pace make Staughton Vale a calming location for nature-based stays, wellness retreats, and restorative getaways.

Venue

Baanya Biami

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BAANYA BIAMI, meaning Camp of Great Spirit, is a name remembered by thousands of children in Victoria as a place of Adventure since the 1980s. In 2013, Jeffrey Brook purchased the camp to create a Place of Purpose for people to reconnect with the bush and so reconnect with themselves. Located in a tranquil valley adjacent to the Brisbane Ranges National Park, Baanya Biami is 150 acres of bushland with Reilleys Creek flowing through. The accommodation and facilities are unique in their design, with their construction over the decades honouring the environment around them. Bridges over the creek lead people on a gentle meander further into the bush where creek flats, bush spurs and the extraordinary gentleness of the bush await to be discovered. Longer hikes into the Brisbane Ranges are possible from Baanya Biami. Baanya Biami has a gentleness which is felt by all those who visit. It is a place to disconnect from the fast pace of life and technology. It is a place to reconnect with our Earth, the bush, each other, and ourselves.

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Garden

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Free Parking

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Accommodation

Private Room

5 Rooms Left

Private room for 1

$1,056 USD total

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Each participant will have a room to themselves. Private accommodation in spacious cabin-style rooms.

Meals

Meals provided

Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

Diets catered

Vegetarian · Gluten-free · Dairy-free · Nut Allergy Friendly · Diabetic Friendly

Mostly vegetarian, 3 meals a day catered.

Schedule

Exercises include guided journeys to connect with the spirit of place, group rituals designed to facilitate connection with totemic teachers, a dawn ceremony to honour the sun and universal light, embodied experiences of “felt-sense” awareness, using myth and symbolic ritual to re-story relationships with the land, drawing on both facilitator’s work in ecopsychology and ancestral wisdom traditions. The final schedule will be confirmed in response to the needs of the cohort and the atmosphere of the bush venue as the weekend begins.

Testimonials

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Geoff bridges the gap between academic and spiritual teachings seamlessly, in incredible, transformative workshops. Through his skilled facilitation I was able to access deep states of meditation and delve into the shadow areas of my unconscious to bring light and clarity to some patterns and habits that were keeping me stuck. Geoff is a gifted, intuitive teacher who draws from an impressive knowledge base spanning many years. Highly recommended.

Clare Lovelace, Australia

Having recently sat on an eco-retreat with Geoff, I have full confidence in recommending his spaces for those seeking transformation, connection, and discovery. His humility, depth of wisdom, embodied knowledge and ability to hold and navigate space are great gifts, that I feel privileged to have been able to drink from the waters of.

Al Jeffery, Australia

Geoff is adaptable and open, warm, and encouraging; noble and logical attributes from someone who has sat deeply, attuning to nature as he has. Geoff really walks the walk. I was utterly inspired by Geoff the whole retreat, his whole spirit shining in this work. The practices were fun and profoundly engaging, and grounding.

Julie Stevens, Australia

The wisdom, experience and intelligence with human psyche and life which ensured I felt extremely safe working through the process … this was the best investment I’ve made in myself!

Natalie Oakley, Australia

Incredibly inspiring, profound and pioneering work. An unbelievably powerful gift. When we take time to listen to ourselves and the world around us, anything is possible

Briony Tronson, Australia

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Host

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Geoff Berry

Sydney NSW, Australia

Geoff Berry is the Australian Representative to the International Ecopsychology Society (IES) and director of Nature Calling, an official IES School that delivers the International Certificate in Appl...

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English

Teaching for 6 days

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What's Included

Accommodation

A full weekend of ceremony and instruction, starting on Friday afternoon (4th of December 2026) and ending with a Closing Ceremony late on the following Monday morning (7th of December).

A pre-retreat online session (2-hours), to introduce Eliza-Beth and Geoff and outline many of the practices we will explore together

A post-retreat integration session (2-hours), to check in with what is landing with you, provide expert tips on keeping the magic alive, and offer ongoing support for your journey.

Not Included

We will not be using plant medicines or drumming circles.

Flights and transportation

FAQs

Guest requirements

  • Some experience with the concepts or practices of the shamanic arts are advised. Please contact the facilitators to discuss if you are unsure.

Cancellation policy

The remaining balance for the retreat is due 14 days prior to the start date. If this balance is paid earlier than these 14 days, you are eligible to cancel and receive a full refund of this remaining balance, provided you do so at least 14 days before the retreat begins.