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Rewilding the Soul silent contemplative retreat


  • Gembrook Retreat 215 Beenak East Road Gembrook, VIC, 3783 Australia (map)

Rewilding the Soul is a silent contemplative retreat designed to help you experience yourself on the border of Boonwurrung/Bunurong and Wurundjeri Woiwurrung country as part of the land, and to encounter God in creation.  There will be short communal liturgies periodically throughout the weekend drawing from Christian and Quaker traditions.

You can arrive anytime from 4pm Friday. We will provide a shared meal at 6:30pm, retreat preparation from 7pm, and enter the retreat time at 9pm.

The retreat will finish at 9:30am Sunday. We will then share our experiences and have brunch together, finishing by 12noon. 

Accommodation options include David’s cabin, the caravan, the Tawny Frogmouth sleeping pod, the dining room in the Meeting House, and tent spaces. We will gather for our liturgies in the Meeting House meeting room.

We will provide Friday night dinner and Sunday brunch. BYO food for during the retreat, or you may choose to fast.

Cost sliding scale: $300/$250/$200/$150/$100

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