Our 2-day tween retreat is focused specifically on girls aged 10-12. As this is an increasingly common time of change, the girls learn about what's happening with their body, and how to feel connected to and strengthened by the changes, so that they can feel good about and celebrate the body they are in. The girls also take the time to explore, discover and celebrate the unique person they are growing into. We are often so focused on what's happening on a physical level that we forget that this is a vital time of identity formation, where the seeds of our potential are starting to sprout. The girls learn how to nourish this potential through listening and responding to their own inner passions, desires and dreams. This also builds confidence and self-love which enhances all parts of their lives.
Friendships and female mentors are a crucial part of this time, so we take time to learn and understand the key elements of healthy relationships, and the importance of role models and how they shape and influence our thoughts and behaviours.
The girls learn how to show up as a good friend, how to attract good friends, and get a toolbox of resources to help them to manage challenges and conflicts.
We do all of this through playful, creative sessions. The girls draw, move, create, connect with nature, journal, talk and eat delicious food. The hot chocolates are always a winner.
Your teachers
Meet Bec
Senior Yoga Teacher
Founder
3000+ hours + Anusara and Tantra trained teacher.
There's an intelligence to Bec's teaching that's hard to find elsewhere. Teachings from the heart, to train your mind, and reconnect you to your body.
You'll immediately feel the depth and breadth of Bec's training, which is made up of equal parts University and Ashram life.
With thousands of devoted students spanning the globe, Bec hooks people into yoga, and back into themselves, through her unique intricate teaching style.
Expect to grow enormously under her guidance.
Meet Dannielle Bell
Co-Founder (The Dragonfly Project) and Facilitator
Dannielle is an educator and Transformational Facilitator. She has worked in both Primary and Secondary schools for 16 years, teaching Drama, English and Integrated studies.
She has also been on her own personal development journey for over 20 years and studied a range of modalities, including Dance Therapy, Kinesiology and Biofield Healing Method and has recently completed Transformational Coaching and Facilitation Training in Feminine Power.
Dannielle has founded the business Wholehearted Inc which included The Dragonfly Project and facilitates programs that support personal transformation, for both adults and adolescents.
Dance and movement are at the core of Dannielle’s work as she has observed the power and wisdom that is accessed when we attune to our body. Having witnessed the shame and insecurity that pervades the culture of adolescent girls and the negative effect of cultural assumptions on their journey through puberty, their sexuality and their relationships with each other, she has felt compelled to create programs to support young girls to transform their old stories of disconnect and shame to empowerment and self-love.