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Wolf and the Rose Retreat, an initiatory journey to bring forth your divine creations, 9thโ€“13th December
Dreaming Woods ยท Northern Rivers ยท Ten places
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What will remain when your bones return to the earth?

Will your song echo through the valleys? Will your words light the way home? Will your art be the story whispered in the winds?

Or will they be buried with you?

You feel them moving within you, the hum deep in your bones, the flames coursing through the blood of your ancestors. The ache, the burn, the yearning to let your soul, your passion, your fire erupt through your being.

And you know what stands in the way: the fear, the resistance, the wounds and the shames that don't let you fully express in this world.

This is five daysโ€ฆ to go into the depths and meet those parts, to pull them up by the roots and transmute them.

As the channel clears, more comes through: more from your soul, more from the higher realms, more from the unspoken and unseen worlds. What you do with what surfaces will define who you are when your bones return to the earth.

A journey back into connectionโ€ฆ with the land, with ourselves, with our ancestry, with the tribe.

What will remain when your bones return to the earth?

Who this is for

This is for you ifโ€ฆ

This isn't about manifestation, this is an alchemical initiation to become who you truly are, and what you're here to bring through.

What you will experience

The Journey

Over five days on the land, you move through a single arc: from the world you arrived in, down into the depth of your being, and emerging an open channel of creation.

Arrival and Shedding

You land on the earth and leave the world behind, phones down, roles set aside. Fire at dusk, you begin to empty and the journey begins.

The Descent

Together we go into what lives underneath: the grief, the ancestral weight, the fears and shames that have kept your voice silent. The tender, honest heart of the work, where the true voice is roused from the blood and the earth of you. Not always comfortable, but held the whole way through.

The Opening

As the channel clears, something begins to arrive, not reached for but received. Through breath, voice, ceremonial tea, and poetry from the deep place.

Giving It Form

All that you receive, a song, a melody, a poem, a prayer, a wordless sound from another realm, begins to take shape, worked alongside the others and held by the circle.

The Offering

Each person brings forth the gifts they received, to be witnessed and captured. Together we weave a single collective prayer into being. We close the circle and return to the world an alchemist, a light bearer, weaving this reality with truth and love.

What you carry home

The outcome

What else is there

Also included

The Bathhouse

Full use of the sauna, magnesium spas, and cold plunge, woven through the days.

The Nourishment

Breakfast, snacks and a true Spanish dinner cooked by Neri's mama each night.

The Land

Four nights at Dreaming Woods, or join us daily from nearby.

The land

Held by Dreaming Woods

A solar-powered sanctuary in the Northern Rivers hinterland, cabins and a studio woven into the trees, a bathhouse, and a fire that anchors the nights.

The container breathes between the bathhouse, the fire below, for the night's openings and offerings, the tea house and the space beneath the canopy. And the land itself carries the rhythm.

Dreaming Woods cabins under the stars
Before you apply

This will ask something of you

No prior experience is neededโ€ฆ you don't need to be a trained musician, a published poet, or a seasoned meditator. What helps is some relationship with your inner world and your body. What's essential is willingness.

You are always sovereign here. If you need to step outside, lie down, or sit out an exercise, you canโ€ฆ met with care, not judgement. Nothing is forced.

And we ask you to come knowing this is an initiation, not a workshop. Discomfort will arise; old material will surface. What we invite is not endurance, but the willingness to stay with yourself when it gets tender. Take the space you need, then come back.

Are you willing to journey to the depth of your being, to bring forth your gifts?
Are you willing to stay face to face with what blocks and restrains you from your fullest expression?
How deep are you willing to go?
Within the vortex

Phones are set down for the weekend. Beyond the few moments that truly matter, we keep the container a digital detox, so nothing pulls you from the field while you're in it.

Those who hold the fire

Your Facilitators

Neri and Odelle

Neri Rosso

Musician ยท Ceremonialist

Neri Rosso is a musician and ceremonialist whose roots stretch across the coasts of Europe and deep into the sacred lands of South America. A 13th-generation musician born Edward 'Nery' Rosano in Western Sydney to a Spanish mother and Uruguayan father of Indigenous Charrรบa descent.

His musical career spans nearly two decades, from Sydney's electronic underground alongside Justice, Kavinsky, and Bloody Beetroots, to touring the national hip-hop circuit with Mobb Deep, Tech N9ne, and Onyx. Whether it's a festival stage or a sacred circle, he brings the same thing, full presence, ancestral rhythm, and an energy that pulls the room into one pulse.

Odelle Wolfenden

Songstress ยท Soul Activator

Odelle is a wild Earth songstress and spoken word channel for soul remembrance and heart awakening. She has facilitated many containers centred around vocal liberation, ceremonial fire rituals, choir temples, and supporting people to sing their souls alive.

Her voice carries a quality that gives people permission to open, to drop beneath the surface and let sound move through them without performance or judgement. It is this gift for creating safety within wildness that makes her facilitation so effective in healing spaces.

What are they saying

Testimonials

I've traversed my share of inner terrain, sat with various teachers & tasted life from the banquet of abundance. I keep coming back to the various offerings and flavours of Odelle & Neri. These two raw, authentic, wabi-sabi artists & creators model reverence, expansion, playfulness, depth, heart & so much more. I'm often transcended, transformed, and always supported when I'm in their containers!

Kooki

As I flow with the currents of the river of life, I am blessed to encounter such rare & magnificent buoyant vessels as Odelle & Neri. At the confluence of kindness, courage, kookiness & creativity you will find them, with open arms, hearts, & effervescent life-force zest, ready to guide you through your comfort zone & into the infinite unknown ocean of your own true potential with grace, sincerity & playful humour. ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ’Žโค๏ธ

Travers

Always good to co-create with Odelle and Neri in their supportive and non-competitive containerโ€ฆ highly recommended for anyone looking to emerge from the chrysalisโ€ฆ

Rod

You guys rock and I wanna keep rocking with you. Count me in. I don't ever book anything so far in advance, but this is a no brainer.

Sean

I have travelled the world and I know GOLD when I see it. I'm very loyal to an amazing vision, you could probably advertise a burnt-toast afternoon tea at this point and I will still book, knowing it will be magical. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Daniela

My journey with Odelle and Neri has been incredible. The safe space they hold and creative energy they bring is deeply moving. The depth, confidence and range in my voice has greatly improved. My growth in clarity and connection to self and spirit is humbling. Forever grateful.

Honey

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Your investment

Choose how you'll stay

Every place includes the full five-day journey, your captured offering, all meals, and the land. Stay with us, or join daily from nearby.

PlaceEarlyFull
Off-siteProgramme only ยท coming daily
$850
$1,000
Shared cabinA queen, shared with one
$1,175
$1,325
Shared studioThe largest space, king bed, shared
$1,250
$1,400
Private cabinA cabin to yourself
$1,500
$1,650
Private studioThe studio and its king bed, all your own
$1,650
$1,800

Early-bird pricing until 30 September. Pay in full, or spread it with an early-bird payment plan. Coming with friends to stay on the land together? Tell us in your application.

What will remain when your bones return to the earth?

If you have been yearning to bring more of you into the world, this is your invitation. Ten spots. This is an application process to ensure this journey is suitable for you.

Begin your application

Wed 9 โ€“ Sun 13 December 2026 ยท Dreaming Woods