Somatic Authentic Relating Retreat

Ignite & Embody your Aliveness

A 5 day journey to enliven your skill of relating & negotiating; be encourage to explore & transform how you relate to your feelings &
arrive in the moment in all your bodies, the emotional, physical, mental, archetypal & energetic.

What Embodied Intimacy offers is a Somatic Authentic Relating Laboratory, a place for you to experiment and evolve.

The more you go from thinking to feeling, the quieter your mind will become 

Go on an adventure to listen deeply & be empowered to dance into the unknown parts of yourself. Embodied Intimacy is a community-building incubator nestled near Abel Tasman National Park.

Dive into a playful and transformative journey at Embodied Intimacy, a relating laboratory where you’ll explore the magic of connection, sharpen your relating skills, and soften more into the beauty of who you really are.

Set in a serene location with great food and a warm atmosphere, this experience goes beyond polite conversation and superficial answers, cutting through the conventional roadblocks to meet in the present moment.

A journey that’s both fun and transformative, offering a bold, direct approach to unfold yourself.

In this event when we speak about "intimacy," we mean authentic connection—the kind that allows you to truly see and be seen (Into me you see). When we speak of "sexual energy," we’re talking about your aliveness, your inner fuel for creativity and vitality.

Through this journey, you’ll explore a deeper "yes" to choose life and your body, and more connected to yourself and others.

When: Wed. 25 March - 29 March, 2026
Venue: Tui Treefield Events Park, Golden Bay, South Island
Student Ticket: $490 until age 25
Ticket: $790
Pick up from Nelson Airport by request
Camping is included in the ticket price.
Room bookings are available.

What you will get in Embodied Intimacy?

Embodied Intimacy isn’t just a journey—it’s an invitation to inhabit yourself more fully. Throughout five days of deep connection, you’ll experience:

  • Five-Bodied Embodiment
    Engage your physical, emotional, mental, energetic, and archetypal bodies through movement, music, and somatic presence.

  • A Transformative Space - Communication Upskilling for your Relationships
    Intimacy here is a living practice—not an endpoint—where presence replaces striving, and transformation unfolds naturally.

  • Igniting Inner Aliveness
    What is it anyway? Experience somatically how your Radiance is connected to your feelings.

    You’ll journey with others who dare to be real, forming a community of courage, authenticity, and love.

Cultivating presence; Deepen your connection with yourself & your purpose;
Explore blocks that are in the way from being authentic;
Enjoy ‘empty being spaces’, relaxation with a mixed of ages and gender;
Integration for 6 weeks, with your team by your side on a telegram group & long-term follow up

New possibilities and ideas come up naturally in a space of emptying out.

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.
— GARETH 2018 PARTICIPANT

Whats included?

  • Daily Embodied Freedom Movement Practice deep dives

  • 4 nights camping (upgrade to private or shared rooms available)

  • 3 nourishing vegetarian meals daily

  • Evening group sessions & celebrations

  • Optional yoga, hot tub & sauna everyday

  • and so much more

Beautiful outdoor venue & great facilities
Tui Treefield Events Park

The Tui Treefield Events Park is nestled next to the Abel Tasman National Park - 5 minutes to the beach. With the support of a beautiful setting that allows stillness combined with wonderful food, beautiful people, and lots of spaciousness. We will create magic that allows unplugging and transformation.

Something precious in the time and world we are living in.

In this nurturing and inspirational space, magic happens. It has attracted people from every corner of the globe to add to the collective wisdom, expressions of art, ritual, stewardship, connection, service, and wellbeing.

The maturity of the programs offered in the Tui events park is founded on a great need for change in the world. Many people have contributed to the global vigil; changing people’s lives, creating awareness and teaching others.

The atmosphere under a growing canopy of trees is tangible and recognized as a very special place. 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.

This intimate journey, designed for a group of up to 50 people, is based on engaging all five bodies—physical, emotional, energetic, mental, and archetypal. This journey moves you through every layer of your human ‘beingness’. Through movement, conscious dance and embodiment, you’ll shift from the story that intimacy is a goal to the understanding that intimacy is a space where transformation naturally happens and how to create it.

Click below to dive deeper into what Embodied Intimacy is.

Join us for a journey that’s both fun and profound, offering a rare opportunity to explore intimacy in a way that engages your entire being and enriches every aspect of your life.

Feedback from ‘Embodied Intimacy’
Annual 5 day Journey in March in the Treefield Events Park

Its a place to practise and explore whats happening inside me, so I can take it out into the world
— Camila
Sybille weaves a space where we are pushed to our edge, and theres still safety to be there
— Jen
A safe place to really go deep into who you really are, your fears, what your angry about... Getting to know people in an intimate way that is not sexual
— Theo

Frequently Asked Questions

The magic that happens here is what everyone deserves to do
— Mikis
The opportunity to really live, with all the danger, the beauty, the sadness, the anger and the fear
— Adrian

Experience a range of different modalities with Sybille:

The event weaves together the modalities of Possibility Management & Open Floor Movement practise through partner and group exercises.

The 5 days are designed to connect you with your body, your feelings, your creativity and your presence.

I really healed things that didn’t settle with me in the past - I can consciously bring up anger and use it - I can hold boundaries
— Madison

This movement immersion is delivered by Sybille Biedert and her skilled team of spaceholders.

Sybille Biedert is a bold and dynamic community weaver dedicated to holding space for personal and collective transformation, specially for women. Having just celebrated her 50th year, Sybille does not hold back in her pursuit of empowerment. With over 10 years of experience holding workshops, trainings, and classes, including at festivals, she is an accredited Open Floor Movement teacher and the creator of the Embodied Freedom Movement practice. Her workshops and retreats, such as Embodied Intimacy and SoulHum, focus on emotional literacy and embodiment, guiding participants toward deeper self-awareness. Her extensive training in Possibility Management enables her a trauma-informed approach.

Read more about Sybille

Sybille - 0210402261 - sybille@embodiedfreedom.co.nz

Integrate & Rejuvenate Team

To deepen your connection to your different bodies you have the option for Yoga, Sauna’s & hot tub’s.

You can also book individual massages. These will be available in the integration space at an additional cost, as well as relaxing in nature where you can unfold and integrate what has been discovered.

You have a safe space to implement all the tools. 

In the evenings there will be sessions to connect with your feelings that provides a deeper opportunity to share, practice authentic and clear self-expression. 

Holistic Massage Treatments

Jooske offers Mindful Somatic Energy work, Holistic Massage Treatments, she teaches Courses and workshops and supports at retreats.

Her deeply attuned treatments are a result of her life experience and love for her work and are beneficial for deep trauma healing. 

Her approach allows the wisdom of the body, mind, and soul to surface. It can shift the physical energy of the body and/or activate the sensation of deep release, relaxation and bliss. A loving held space with attuned touch and presence are her specialty… from there she invites you to allow your mind to surrender and be open to healing.

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We welcome you to Embodied Intimacy in March, please contact admin@embodiedfreedom with any questions you have. With love from the Embodied Freedom Team

Through movement you will practise the skill of negotiating intimacy in the physical, emotional, intellectual and energetic Body,
to create deeper connection and experience vulnerability.

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