Welcome to ‘Embodied Intimacy’ - Golden Bay, New Zealand
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 five 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.
What Embodied Intimacy offers is a Somatic Authentic Relating Laboratory,
for you to experiment and evolve in your ability to relate to yourself and others.
When, Where and Investment?
When: Wed. 24 March - Sun 28 March, 2027
Where: Tui Treefield Events Park, Golden Bay, South Island
Investment:
Standard: $890 NZD
Under 25s: $590 NZD
Pick up from Nelson Airport by request
Camping is included in the ticket price.
Room bookings are available by request.
Retreat + Training bundle
5-Day Journey 24 - 28 March +
Movement Spaceholder Training 31 March - 5 April
The ‘5-day Embodied Intimacy’ (a prerequisite for the training) plus the ‘6-day Movement Space holder Training’ altogether for a total of $1,870 (instead of $2,290). Under 25s: $1,790
Embodied Freedom continues to grow by offering the ‘Embodied Freedom Movement Space holder Training’.
If you’re curious, please book a call with Sybille - 0210402261
What’s included in Embodied Intimacy?
Daily ‘Embodied Freedom’ Movement Practice Deep Dives
Each morning you’ll drop into guided somatic movement spaces designed to awaken through conscious movement, music, exercise, self inquiry, and presence.Afternoon Integration & Practice Sessions
Throughout the afternoons, you’ll have facilitated sessions to deepen and actively practice what’s been explored earlier in the day. These spaces are designed for real-time experimentation with authentic self-expression, boundary setting, emotional literacy, and relational skills in an encouraging group environment.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.Camping Accommodation & Nourishing Meals
Your ticket includes four nights of camping and three nourishing vegetarian meals each day, Allowing a fully immersive live-in experience that encourages unplugging in nature and meaningful connection with yourself and others. For extra costs we can book you a room in a house nearby.Optional Daily Yoga, Sauna & Hot Tub
Additional optional wellness offerings are available every day 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.
You will journey this transformative space with others who dare to be real, forming a community of courage, authenticity, and love.
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
Meet the facilitator
This 5-day immersion is held and curated by Sybille Biedert, alongside her team of space holders.
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.
She 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 ‘Open Floor Movement Teacher’ accreditation and her extensive training in ‘Possibility Management’, she uniquely weaves these modalities together creating profoundly transformational and bold spaces that offer 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
Tui Treefield Events Park - Golden Bay, NZ
The Tui Events Park is nestled between the Abel Tasman National Park and Wainui Beach, about 2 hours from Nelson Airport, easy accessible by shuttle.
With the nature setting that brings nourishment and inspiration, magic happens. The Tui Events Park has attracted people from every corner of the globe over the last 40 years, adding to the collective wisdom, expressions of art, stewardship, connection, service, and wellbeing.
The Tui Events park is situated across the road from Tui Community and is held and maintained by that intentional community to create a space for the wider community to come and learn about ways to live together more harmoniously with each other and the planet.
See more on the Tui Website here - https://www.tuitrust.org.nz/eventspark
“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 would also be brilliant, as then you have someone to carry on the culture at home.
Since the workshop is limited to 50 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. Our exercises are not based on gender and are not designed in a heteronormative way. We focus on human connections.
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No, all of our guests arrive on Wednesday and stay until Sunday. We start together and finish together.
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Attendees arrive from 1pm - 2.30pm on Wednesday. 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 March, please contact admin@embodiedfreedom with any questions you have.
With love from the Embodied Freedom Team