Welcome to ‘Embodied Intimacy’ - Northern Rivers, Australia
Move, Feel, Heal and Be Real
A multi-day immersion designed to empower your self-inquiry & interpersonal connections through somatic practices, mindfulness and community.
Embodied Intimacy is designed to create a brave space together to enhance your creativity and your presence.
We slow down, listen to the body, and focus on authentic human connection. Think of this as a practical and fun multi-day immersion that is offering a bold approach to being in touch with your own heart.
Over the four days you’ll explore a deeper “yes” to your life, discover more resources to be in connection with yourself and a closer relationship to your feelings - the source of your own radiance.
Through guided embodied exercises, you will walk away with actionable tools for your everyday life, the possibility to communicate more honestly, become more assertive and be more in touch with what you want.
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When we speak about intimacy here, we mean:
Authentic human connection - with yourself, with others, and with nature.
Presence without story - meeting someone or yourself in the now, without masks or roles.
Vulnerability and courage - sharing what is real for you.
Embodied connection - discovering your physical, emotional, mental, archetypal, and energetic bodies to deepen your presence.
A doorway to transformation - not a goal, instead a space that opens and can be experienced at any time when spaciousness and logistics drop away.
We practice intimacy through embodiment; bringing generous attention to all five bodies, moving, listening, and being present. The more you inhabit yourself fully, the more authentic your connection with others become.
What Embodied Intimacy offers is a Somatic Authentic Relating Laboratory,
for you to experiment and evolve in your ability to relate to yourself & others, as well as join a community.
When, Where and Investment?
When: Thursday 2nd - Sunday 5th July, 2026
Where: Northern Rivers, Australia
‘Arcoora Arts and Ecology Training Ground’
Investment:
Standard - $995
Standard (Camping) - $905
Under 25 - $845
Under 25 (Camping) - $775
Payment Plans Available
Investment Breakdown:
Facilitation Fee - $550 (Under 25)
Facilitation Fee - $700 (Standard)
Accommodation (Rooms) - $180
Accommodation (Camping) - $90
Food/ Caterer - $115
What’s included?
Daily ‘Embodied Freedom’ Movement Sessions & Exercises
Each morning we’ll drop into guided somatic movement spaces designed to awaken all your bodies through conscious movement, music, exercises, self inquiry, and presence. These spaces are designed for real-time experimentation with authentic self-expression, boundary setting, emotional literacy, and relational skills in an encouraging group environment.Throughout the afternoons, we’ll have facilitated sessions to deepen and actively practice what’s been explored earlier in the day.
Evening Group Sessions & Celebrations
Evenings are for deeper feeling-based connection, reflection, and embodied relating. These sessions create space to share insights and practice clear expression within a culture of presence and community empowerment.Accommodation & Nourishing Meals
Your ticket includes three nights accommodation in private or shared rooms (camping option is available).
‘Arcoora’ allows a fully immersive experience that encourages unplugging in nature and meaningful connection.
Three nourishing vegetarian meals and morning tea each day.Optional Daily Yoga, Massage and Kinesiology offered on site
Additional optional wellness offerings are available for relaxation, nervous system regulation, and integration of the work.
What We Practice Together:
Embodiment exercises - dance & relating practices
Inhabiting yourself more fully
Tools to identify and explore the blocks that are in the way of your authenticity
Cultivation of presence
A deepening of connection to self & your purpose
Collective spaciousness
An online integration space (telegram group chat) - This space offers continued connection with the group. The spaceholders will be available for one on one coaching and healing spaces.
6 week Follow Up Course - Embodying Intimacy
Optional (but highly encouraged)
This six week journey is a resource to deepen your practice of what you explored at the immersion. It is to empower you to continue building your capacity for intimacy and authenticity - with yourself and all your relations.
Over these six weeks, you’ll receive a weekly package designed to;
Deepen the embodiment of your being and of intimacy.
Keep you moving and building relationships with your 5 Bodies - Physical, Energetic, Mental, Emotional & Archetypal.
Implement the new possibilities discovered into your daily interactions
Investment: Sliding Scale of $190 - $350
You will journey this transformative space with others who dare to be real, forming a community of courage, authenticity, and love.
Meet Sybille, the facilitator
This 4-day immersion is held and curated by Sybille Biedert, alongside her team of spaceholders.
Sybille is dedicated to her space holding and creation of ‘Embodied Freedom Movement Practice’. Being a bold and dynamic community weaver, she has been delivering workshops and retreats for many years. Embodied Freedom focuses on clarity towards one’s purpose, establishing healthy boundaries, embodiment and empowerment of each participant.
Sybille has a wholehearted commitment to hold space for personal, collective and multi-generational transformation. She is a dedicated edge-worker and movement lover. With her 23 years living in an intentional community, her ‘Open Floor Movement Teacher’ accreditation and her extensive training in ‘Possibility Management’, she uniquely weaves these modalities and experiences together creating profoundly transformational and bold spaces that offers people practical life tools that are easy to implement in daily life.
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Open Floor International is a global nonprofit organization that encourages people who are committed to using embodied movement and dance to foster more authentic, emotionally intelligent, and resilient individuals and communities. Open Floor International serves and connects Open Floor and other movement teachers and practitioners, professionals from a wide variety of fields, and community members, as well as our financial supporters and all those who contribute their time, expertise and other resources to achieve our vision.
- Text from ‘Our Mission’ on the ‘OpenFloor International’ website.
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Possibility Management is about recognising which thought patterns, emotional entanglements or blockages stand in the way of your full expression.
This modality empowers people with practical life tools that are easy to implement into daily life. Some of these tools include; establishing healthy boundaries with conscious anger practise, clarity towards your purpose, the changing of old stories, a deeper understanding of the complexity of our being and centring into your authentic self.
The Venue
‘Arcoora Arts And Ecology Training Ground’ - Northern Rivers, Australia
Arcoora is a former Buddhist Meditation Centre (Vajradhara Gonpa), so the majority of the infrastructure was built by them, and their essence has certainly been left in many ways. It is now a non-for-profit community organisation for trainings, workshops, retreats and festivals that align with its values of nature connection & regeneration, community and self-transformation.
What Arcoora offers to ‘Embodied Intimacy’ is a peaceful setting amidst the lush forest that surrounds the retreat centre.
Aftermovie of Embodied Intimacy, NZ 2026
“Its a place to practise and explore whats happening inside me, so I can take it out into the world”
“Sybille weaves a space where we are pushed to our edge, and theres still safety to be there”
“If you love to move and want to see how much you can grow, I’d really encourage you to get along to this and feel the freedom.”
Frequently Asked Questions
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Many people come to Embodied Intimacy without knowing anyone. Our focus is on the individual. The majority of attendees fly solo, and attending alone gives you the chance to meet and connect with more people. However, attending Embodied Intimacy with a partner or friend would also be brilliant, as then you have someone to carry on the culture with at home.
Since this retreats capacity is 40 (MAX) attendees, everyone gets to know each other very quickly. This makes it an ideal multi-day workshop to attend if you don’t know many others or anyone at all, as the schedule is intended to foster group cohesion and connection, as well as self-discovery.
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Over the years we have had all levels of fitness and all different ages attend - and we are accommodating of this, including chairs in the movement spaces. We encourage you to go at your own pace, in a physical sense. This space focuses on inner navigation rather than high energy expression (even though this is also welcomed).
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Yes, we welcome individuals of all sexual orientations and gender expressions. We focus on human connections.
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No, we create the space together from start to finish.
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Attendees arrive from 12pm to 2.30pm on Thursday.
The opening of the space is at 3pm.On Sunday, the event will finish at 4pm, you are welcome to stay and assist with the venue pack down.
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Please email admin@embodiedfreedom.co.nz
We welcome you to Embodied Intimacy in July, please contact admin@embodiedfreedom with any questions you have.
With love from the Embodied Freedom Team