Returning to Self

About this event

Returning to Self ♡
— A day retreat, guided by Melissa Mintodjo & Lydia Elbertzhagen

For a day, we step away from the rhythm of everyday life and return to the quiet wisdom of your body. The body remembers what the mind may have forgotten. The body knows the way home. We simply need to become quiet enough to listen deeply and receive it all.

In a world that constantly asks us to think, achieve, respond and keep moving, this is an invitation to do the opposite.

To slow down.
To soften.
To listen.
To receive.

Through somatic healing & movement, breath, meditation, stillness and sound, we begin to notice what the body has been carrying. The tension that has quietly built up. The places where we brace, tighten or hold on, experience overwhelm because of too many stored emotions.

Rather than needing to understand or analyse everything with the mind, we give the body a pathway to move through & process what it has been holding.

With ceremonial Cacao we create a moment of intention, not asking ourselves what we need to achieve, but what we are ready to open ourselves to.

From there, we gradually journey towards stillness and deeper states of rest through restorative Yin Yoga, meditation and the immersive frequencies of Alchemy Crystal Singing Bowls.

This retreat isn’t about becoming someone new. It is about remembering who you are beneath the roles, expectations, accumulated stress and constant doing.

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A journey from movement into stillness.
From tension into release.
From holding into softening.
From doing into receiving.
From the mind, back into the body.

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Because the body already knows the way home.
Sometimes, we simply need to become quiet enough to hear it.

The Journey ♡
- Somatic Healing
- Intuitive Somatic Practices & Release
- Breath & Sound Meditation
- Humming & Chanting
- Cacao Intention Ritual
- Restorative Yin Yoga
- Alchemy Crystal Sound Healing
- Deep Rest & Integration
- Sharing Circle with Candle-lit Dinner

For the Day Retreat, we close our journey together around the table with an intimate, candle-lit community dinner, nourishing the body with a seasonal meal, while allowing space to connect, share and slowly return.

Come as you are.
Leave feeling softer, lighter and with a little more space within.

We look forward to welcoming you on this sacred day.

♡ Lydia, Melissa & Sayang Studio