SOUL WORK RETREATS BY HELEN FORSTER
Spring Retreat 2027
Slow down. Reset. Refill.
DATES
10–13 September 2027
DURATION
3 nights
LOCATION
Continental House, Hepburn Springs
PLACES AVAILABLE
12 places
ACCOMMODATION
Single and twin-share rooms, all with ensuite facilities
What is included in the Spring Retreat
Luxury accommodation, including single and twin share options
Transformational women's circles and workshops focused on expansion, integration and wellness
Gentle daily movement to regulate your nervous system (yoga, breathwork, embodiment practices)
Nourishing plant-based meals prepared by a private chef (all meals, snacks and drinks included)
A range of restorative energy practices, including sound healing, yoga nidra meditation and chanting
Restorative time for meditation, journaling, solitude, laughter, or stillness
Daily cacao ritual
Unlimited access to the spa deck, including infrared sauna, heated spa and cold plunge
Time and space to rest, reflect, and return to yourself
A signature gift bag with offerings to continue your journey beyond the retreat
Opportunity to book additional treatments at own cost.
The Experience
Three nights at Continental House, Hepburn Springs, as the season turns.
Spring doesn't ask for much, just simply that you notice. The light staying a little longer. The first warmth on your skin. Something in you starting to stir after months of holding still.
Most of us miss it. We carry the heaviness of winter straight into the busy months and wonder why we never quite felt the change.
This retreat is a pause in the middle of that turning. Mornings restorative practice that wakes the body gently, breathwork that clears out what's grown stale. Afternoons are yours: the gardens, the spa deck, a book, a nap, a conversation that goes somewhere unexpected. Creative workshops make space for the part of you that doesn't speak in sentences. And each evening we share a nourishing offering, where what you've been carrying alone gets set down among women who understand.
By the third morning something has usually shifted. Not dramatically, spring rarely announces itself. But you'll notice that you are breathing differently. Lighter. More curious about what comes next.
Come as you are. Leave a little more yourself.
Experience Continental House, Hepburn Springs
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Meet our Our Retreat Chef Izzy Ross
Izzy Ross is a Melbourne-based plant-based private chef, retreat caterer and yoga practitioner offering thoughtfully curated food and wellness experiences.
Raised in northern Italy, her approach is shaped by seasonal cooking, sustainability and the belief that food is a meaningful form of care. With culinary training, experience across restaurants and cafés, and formal study in plant-based nutrition, Izzy creates vibrant, thoughtfully balanced menus that are both nourishing and refined. Expect plenty of colour, texture and flavour.
Through By Izzy Ross, she caters for retreats and private clients across Australia, drawing inspiration from her Italian roots, extensive travels, and ongoing connection to yoga and movement.
Meet your retreat host, Helen Forster
Helen Forster is the founder of Helen Forster Soul Work, a wellness and spiritual practice dedicated to creating safe, sacred spaces for rest, reflection, and transformation. Based in Melbourne, Helen has worked in the spiritual wellness space for over a decade, and all of her work is held with a deep commitment to presence and care.
At the heart of Helen's approach is the belief that nothing needs to be fixed or forced; only witnessed. Rather than offering answers, Helen creates the conditions for stillness, safety, and deep listening, so that what is already alive within each person has room to surface and be seen. Through breathwork, sound, ritual, retreats and circles, she holds space with quiet steadiness, allowing others to meet themselves fully; often for the first time in a long time. It is this gentle, unhurried presence that has become the heart of her work, and the reason so many return to it again and again.
Attendance is by application only
Ensuring every gathering holds the right energy for deep, safe work. If you're feeling the pull, that's usually the sign it's time.
You don't need another holiday.
You need a homecoming.
A Soul Work Retreat with Helen Forster isn't about ticking off sights or filling your days with activity for the sake of it.
It is a deliberate pause.
A sacred container designed to help you meet yourself again, fully and without apology.
Here's what women consistently discover when they say yes to that pause.
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Permission to Stop
Most of us don't realise how much we're carrying until we finally put it down. Whether it's the two days of intentional silence on the Deep Work Retreat or the slower, rhythm of the Spring Retreat, every schedule is built around one thing: giving you real permission to turn your awareness inwards. No phones demanding your attention, no roles to perform, just space to breathe.
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A Safe Container for Deep Release
Real transformation needs real safety. Every retreat is held with the kind of warmth and non-judgement that allows women to be vulnerable; often for the first time in years. This is where old patterns, buried grief, and past trauma get the room they need to finally move.
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Reconnection With Your Intuition
Somewhere between the demands of daily life, many women lose touch with their own inner knowing. Through ceremony, ritual, breathwork and stillness, retreat guests describe reclaiming a sense of self they thought was gone — and learning to trust that voice again.
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A Program Designed With Intention, Not Filler
Every workshop, ceremony, and quiet moment is sequenced with purpose, so you're gently guided deeper rather than overwhelmed. It's the difference between a retreat that entertains you and one that actually changes something.
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Nourishment on Every Level
Wholesome meals, herbal teas, beautiful accommodation, time in nature, and optional treatments (massage, facials, Turkish Hammam) mean the body is cared for as attentively as the soul. Healing happens faster when you're not running on empty.
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Genuine Connection With Other Women
You are never doing this work alone. Retreats bring together women who are ready to go deep, and there's a particular kind of relief in being witnessed; and witnessing others; without masks.
What past retreat guests are saying
Frequently asked questions about the Spring Retreat
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ABSOLUTELY!! lots of women choose to attend a retreat on their own so that they can immerse themselves in an honest and vulnerable experience.
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A $500 non refundable deposit is required to secure you place. The balance is due 3 months prior to your retreat. If you cancel after this period, you balance will be refunded less your deposit if you place can be filled with a suitable participant.
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Your retreat balance can be paid via monthly instalments and will be arranged once your registration has been completed.
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Due to the intimate nature of this retreat, all retreats are by application only. All applicants will be required to undergo a discovery call to make sure it is the right experience for you.
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All retreats are plant based with a range of herbal teas and snacks available.
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Our retreats are alcohol-free and drug-free spaces. This isn't about restriction — it's about creating the conditions for real presence, clarity, and connection.
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This retreat will begin at 5.30pm on the Friday and finish at 11.30am on Tuesday. You are welcome to arrive from 3pm.
Enquire about Spring Retreat 2027
Attendance is by application only, ensuring every gathering holds the right energy for deep, safe work. If you're feeling the pull, that's usually the sign it's time.