• It is for women who feel stuck depleted or overwhelmed and need to start taking the time to prioritise themselves.
• It is for women who are at a crossroads and know they need to make a change but are not sure of the next steps.

The Rise Up Retreat TM offers a kind safe and supportive environment with a step-by-step pathway including classes, seminars and workshops to help women transform life challenges into clarity and resilience. It is all inclusive of accomodation, all catering, classes, workshops, seminars and a take home manual and gift bag.

Many of the women who attend our retreats have been navigating a challenging period of time, we all have our stories big and small. This retreat offers kindness, courtesy, support and respect without judgement toward all attendees. We operate from a safe place of compassion and open hearted care. We arrive with the same intention. That we need to press pause and start looking after ourselves to build our own resilience.

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We all have a past and we do not sit in a circle and share our stories on this retreat.

The purpose of the retreat is to press pause on where you are and learn to start taking steps to help yourself build resilience and transform life‘s challenges.

• It is not suitable for women who are not ready to make a change or put some work in for themselves.
• It is not designed to provide one-on-one counselling services or intended to replace one on one counselling or therapy. However, for those suitable, we welcome women who would like additional support in a group environment.
• You don’t need to be good at yoga and there are no trophies for the best down dog.
• You don’t need to know how to meditate.
• You just need the willingness to take the step and say yes to prioritising you.

We do not take online bookings. We care about each and every woman on retreat, so we take the time on a one on one call to get to know you, find out what you need and if we offer suits you! Our retreats book out quickly and can only be booked with a connection call. We can also answer all of your questions on our call.

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This retreat has been developed over the period of five years following the loss of our son Baxter. I found myself transformed from a happy confident woman who was running my own successful  physiotherapy and teaching business, to an empty shell of my former self. It was during this time I realised I had spent many years looking after everybody else’s health, yet had no idea how to start looking after my own.

I ruminated in a place of grief, sadness, anxiety, resentment and brain fog for a long time before realising that I needed to make a change. I was depleted, overwhelmed, lacked confidence and motivation. I needed to take new steps in order to start living my life rather than just surviving my life.

So I re-trained. Using my passion for women’s health and my physiotherapy qualifications I also expanded to have a better understanding of grief, mind health, mindset, stress management, and motivation.

I searched the world over to help myself with courses, workshops and training to better understand my own mind health and to help myself move forward. This included walking on hot coals at a Tony Robbins event (yikes!) to qualifications as a mindfulness meditation teacher and the Dr Demartini facilitator training program.

I’ve taken the best pieces from what I have learnt and put it together in a simple framework to help women through life’s crap. A framework to help women build resilience, navigate life’s challenges and find the motivation to move forward with clarity, joy and enthusiasm again. A framework that combines the science of mind-health, practical tools to help women build resilience and all with the authenticity of a women who has walked your path. This framework is called Rise UP.

I began sharing and teaching this framework and soon realised that so many women, just like myself, have been navigated life‘s challenges and need a chance to be able to build resilience.

I’ve also discovered that grief has so many faces and forms for women. Relationship breakdowns, health problems, separation, career changes, loss. Giving too much and life wearing thin. Life tipped upside down and just not turning out as planned. Losing direction, confidence and motivation. It can feel dark. It can feel lonely. It can feel like you’re simply treading water and no one on this earth understands. Although our stories will be different, our pathways and steps toward navigating with resilience will be the same.

• We need the chance to press pause and start prioritising ourselves
• We need practical tools on how to regulate our emotions, manage stress, conquer self talk and build mindset and confidence
• We need to rediscover our strengths and find our own values in order to find direction, as well as the courage to step forward without self-doubt.
• We need simple steps to be able to set boundaries and create a pathway forward.

My early workshops for women were popular, however after spending many years enjoying yoga retreats in Bali, I knew that this information would be best presented in a more relaxed four day format. Where women also have the chance to press pause, connect and nurture themselves with the chance to create some time out. We can all benefit from pressing pause from time to time!

So the Rise UP women’s resilience retreats were born.

Women from all walks of life and backgrounds have loved this retreat to help them find clarity, confidence and courage once more. Women walk away with tools to help them navigate, time to reset and an action plan to help them move forward.

I’m often asked what is included in the retreat so here is an outline of our daily program and a summary of seminar topics. Each retreat does vary depending on the group needs, however the content and structure remains reasonably similar between each retreat. Please find the below sample to see how our retreats are structured.

Thursday

• 9 am: Welcome! Meet the team and gentle yoga class, introduction followed by morning tea.
• 10:30am; seminar content
• 1230 to 2.30pm: lunch and room check in.
• 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm: seminar and practical workshop content
• 4:30 pm Movement class with physiotherapist and pilates instructor Alix followed by free time and dinner

Friday

• Early morning movement and meditation followed by breakfast
• 8.30am – 12 noon seminar content and workshop material
• 12 noon to 5.30pm massage and relaxation time
• 5.30pm: Relaxation yoga class then dinner

Saturday

• Early morning movement and meditation followed by breakfast
• 9-12 noon seminar and workshop material followed by movement class
• 12.30pm lunch and relaxation time
• 3 pm till 5:30 seminar and workshop material
• 5.30 pm class followed by dinner

Sunday

• Early morning movement and meditation followed by breakfast
• Summary, wrap up, questions and planning for moving forward after retreat.

Seminar and workshop content in the Rise UP TM Retreat includes:

• Understanding the beliefs and self- sabotage habits that hold us back (and what to do about it!)
• Learning more about body health to build resilience- sleep, nutrition and exercise.
• Understanding how to manage stress, brain fog, mindset and self talk including practical tools to help improve your focus, clarity and mind health.
• Emotional regulation tips with easy practical tools to calm the emotional rollercoaster and reduce reactivity to feel grounded, calm and clear.
• Understanding your values and how to step toward what you value most! We often lose sight of what we value most if we have been prioritising everyone else for a long time. Then we lose direction and we lose ourselves. Getting clear on our values is an essential step for women!
• Easy tips to build and maintain motivation.
• Learn more about finding YOUR strengths and how to use them to help you build confidence.
• Selecting your state and discovering state changing techniques to help you find courage.
• Reframing life’s challenges to help build resilience and gratitude.
• Step by step guide on how to set boundaries (without apology or resentment!)
• Creating a pathway forward for yourself

All movement classes are lead by our qualified physiotherapy team. We love supporting your health. Our movement classes are at a relaxed pace without any pressure!

Like to learn more? Or just ask some questions? You can see our FAQs page here or simply book a call time with us!

Book a call here!

Niky Hamilton is a qualified physiotherapist with a passion for helping women with their health. She is also a trained Demartini facilitator, a master NLP coach, a mindfulness meditation teacher, a yoga teacher and presenter.

Learn more about her online program with this free resource to help women transform grief to resilience here

Listen in to the Synergy Women podcast here

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