SOUL WORK RETREATS BY HELEN FORSTER

Winter Retreat 2027

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Slow down. Reset. Refill.

DATES
18–22 June 2027

DURATION
4 nights

LOCATION
Continental House, Hepburn Springs

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PLACES AVAILABLE
12 places

ACCOMMODATION
Single and twin-share rooms, all with ensuite facilities

What is included in the Winter 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

Winter asks us to slow down; and yet so often we push straight through it, running on empty long after our bodies have asked us to rest.

This 4-night retreat is an invitation to do the opposite: to turn inward, replenish, and meet the season with intention instead of resistance.

Breathwork and yoga nidra guide the nervous system into deep rest, unwinding tension that's been stored for far too long. Restorative movement gives the body permission to soften rather than push, while creative workshops open a different kind of expression — one that doesn't need words to be honest. And in circle, held alongside other women, there's the quiet medicine of being witnessed and heard.

You'll leave not just rested, but recalibrated. Reconnected to your own rhythm, with more clarity, more warmth, and more capacity to meet the months ahead.

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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.

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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.

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You don't need another holiday.
You need a homecoming.

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • “Helen is a wonderful, warm, caring and skillful soul who curates the most beautiful experiences for all. Her yoga nidra and sound baths are amazing and she holds the space with real care. If you are looking for a truly sublime experience her retreats take things to the next level! Nourishing food, care, and deeply restorative and connecting activities.”

    -Hannah, Melbourne

  • “What a gift you are, the love and attention you bring to your retreats is amazing.

     This is my second and the magic was there again, so much magic, it’s hard to put into words. It’s a deep feeling of content and trust in myself. The word magical keeps coming to my heart, to have Helen open the circle starts the process. It builds and builds and you can trust that Helen has also done the work and knows what she is bringing to you. “

    -Kate, Sydney

  • “I have just come back from the most extraordinary Retreat run by Helen from Helen Forster Soul work. For 5 days we concentrated on opening our heart using breath work, meditation, silence, cacao reflection and lots more. It is one of these events that can only be truly experienced by experiencing it.

    Helen holds the space and all the participants with such love and reverence. I believe we all need these retreats to spend time peeling back the layers having space, time and love to do it in. “

    -Jo, Melbourne

  • “Helen holds a retreat space with so much love. Her empathy, vulnerability and strength come together, supporting and helping you work through challenges. Allowing you to find space to move forward.

    Oh, and I must mention the food. It nourishes you throughout your retreat, it is scrumptious ! I love your work Helen, you help so many people grow.”

    - Anna, Melbourne

  • “I was honoured to participate in one of Helen's retreat and it was seriously the best retreat I've ever experienced (I've done a few over the years in Australia and overseas). 

    Helen is an incredible facilitator. She guides you through the whole process respecting your boundaries and giving enough time to integrate. 

    Every single step of the retreat is designed to go deeper within yourself in a super safe space. My highlights were breath-work (OMG!), silent disco on the grass and nurturing food by our private chef. “

    -Ksenia, Melbourne

Frequently asked questions about the Winter Retreat

  • ABSOLUTELY!! lots of women choose to attend a retreat on their own so that they can immerse themselves in an honest and vulnerable experience.

  • 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.

  • Your retreat balance can be paid via monthly instalments and will be arranged once your registration has been completed.

  • 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.

  • All retreats are plant based with a range of herbal teas and snacks available.

  • 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.

  • This retreat will begin at 5.30pm on the Friday and finish at 11.30am on Tuesday. You are welcome to arrive from 3pm.

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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.