After lunch, the work deepens and widens. With the body already connected through the morning and the rhythm of the Conference well established, attention turns toward sustained engagement, integration and lived application. This is a time when insights gained earlier are carried further, tested, embodied and shaped through practice.

These afternoon sessions invite commitment to a thread, whether through movement, land-based work, creative process, relational inquiry or focused learning. Some sessions ask for immersion and continuity, others offer contained spaces for reflection and recalibration. Together they support translating experience into deeper knowing and recognising how learning settles through the body, relationship and inner life.

Sessions continue to run concurrently, and you’re invited to choose what you’re ready to stay with. Many women attend one session per block, while others rest, walk or take quiet time. This balance of engagement and pause remains intentional.

Session length: 90 minutes

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We gather in a small circle (12 people only) to slow the pace and return to making as a practice of presence. Working with natural fibres such as Bangalow Palm inflorescences, grasses and foraged materials, we explore weaving as an intuitive, meditative process that values curiosity over control and process over perfection. With only a limited number of places held, the space remains intimate, allowing attention to settle and hands to work at their own rhythm.

As we weave, touch, repetition and flow become a quiet conversation between body, material and inner state. There is no pattern to follow, only an invitation to listen and respond to what is in front of us. The act of making becomes a place of restoration, reflection and grounded awareness.

Together we remember the intelligence of the hands and the ancestral knowledge carried through fibre and form. Each woman leaves with a woven piece shaped by stillness, attention and her own unfolding story, and with a renewed sense of creativity as a source of healing and connection.

We gather to walk Country in a way that honours the old people and the living presence of land, water, sky and stars. Guided by Boorroo Spirit, a proud Walbunja Wawarrawarri woman of the Dhurga and Dharug language groups, with Wiradjuri and Darkinjung bloodlines, we move slowly and attentively, learning what it means to listen rather than interpret.

Together we practise walking with respect, awareness and restraint, noticing how Country speaks through place, pattern and relationship. Attention is given to how we orient ourselves on this continent, how we hold story, and how responsibility and belonging are shaped through presence rather than possession.

This is not a lesson in information, but an invitation into deep listening. Through walking, pausing and shared reflection, we are asked to soften certainty and allow Country to lead. The experience invites humility, gratitude and a renewed sense of relationship with the land we move upon and are held by.

We gather for an earth-centred, heart-led exploration of seven wise herbs that guide us back to the body’s innate healing intelligence and grounded inner knowing. Together we slow the pace and listen for how plants speak when attention and presence are restored.

Moving in the spirit of collaboration and shared learning, we journey with seven plant allies that support rooting and centredness, clarity of mind and purpose, strong boundaries and self-trust, heart-opening, truth and compassion, and authentic self-expression. Each plant is met through its traditional uses alongside its energetic qualities, inviting connection through touch, taste, scent, sight and felt sense.

Through sensory exploration, reflection and conversation, we experience each herb as a teacher, offering insight into how plant allies support balance, clarity and connection across all levels of being. The circle honours reciprocity between women and the plant folk, grounded in respect, gratitude and shared earth wisdom.

We come together to explore what it means to build and sustain women’s work in ways that are ethical, relational and liveable, no matter the niche. In a landscape shaped by hustle culture, personal branding and extractive models of success, many women find themselves burned out, conflicted or quietly compromised.

Together we examine the unseen costs of mainstream business culture, particularly for women whose work is relational, embodied, creative or care-based. Attention is given to pacing, reciprocity, boundaries, pricing, visibility and authority, and how these are shaped by nervous system capacity, social conditioning and internalised expectation. Rather than offering formulas or strategies, this space supports discernment and choice, helping us recognise what is sustainable for our bodies, values and lives.

This shared inquiry invites a reorientation toward business as a practice of integrity rather than performance. We consider how work can be structured to support longevity, clarity and enoughness, allowing women to remain resourced while contributing meaningfully to their communities and fields.

We turn toward midlife desire and pleasure as living, changing expressions of self. As bodies, hormones, relationships and identity evolve, desire can feel quieter, stronger, unfamiliar or confusing. Many of us carry these changes privately, wondering if something is missing or wrong. Here, we meet that terrain together, with honesty and care.

As certainty softens and understanding grows, new possibilities begin to open. We explore how intimacy and pleasure can shift in nuanced ways, inviting deeper sensuality, confidence and connection on one’s own terms. Rather than returning to what once was, attention is given to what is emerging now and how aliveness may be rediscovered through curiosity and choice.

This shared space weaves sex education, gentle embodied practice and time for personal reflection. Everything is invitational, with no expectation to share or perform. The intention is to leave feeling more informed, more at ease and more connected to pleasure, agency and possibility in midlife.

After lunch, the day moves into a shorter, more contained rhythm. This final session block is held as a space for integration, expression and focused inquiry as energy begins to turn toward evening.

These sessions are offered concurrently and run for a shorter period, inviting presence without over-extension. With no Kids Camp available during this time, children are welcome to attend sessions alongside their carers. All offerings in this block are appropriate for shared attendance, except for Boobalicious.

This session block holds the same lineup on both Friday and Saturday, allowing continuity and choice across days. Some women choose to revisit work, others follow a different thread, and some simply arrive where they are drawn. You’re invited to trust your capacity and choose accordingly, knowing the weekend is designed to meet you through rhythm rather than completion.

Session length: 60 minutes

We gather in ceremony to awaken voice as a living expression of truth, presence and power. Through sound, breath and embodied attention, we enter a grounded and resourced state, gently unwinding the tension and contraction often held in the throat, chest and body. Together we soften patterns of silence, people-pleasing and ancestral memory, allowing space for what has been held back to loosen and release.

As the body settles and the field clears, we reconnect with the clarity and strength that naturally lives within the voice. We move into vocal activation through breath, vibration and resonance, inviting sound to rise without force or performance. Ceremony songs, received through healing work, are shared as vibrational medicine, and voices are woven together in shared rhythm and remembrance.

This is a collective space of liberation, embodiment and sisterhood. We leave more connected to our own sound, more at home in expression, and with a renewed sense of voice as something sacred, relational and alive.

We come together in midlife to turn toward longing for love, intimacy and joyful play as vital forces, rather than indulgences. We gather in a held circle, opening shared space through ritual and attentive listening, allowing honesty and presence to shape the field.

Together we take time to name what is stirring, giving language to emerging desires while gently noticing the emotional, relational or practical edges that may be present. Attention is also given to recognising the resources, capacities and support already within reach. From this grounded place, we draw on collective wisdom, sharing insight and imagination to explore how more lightness, pleasure and connection might be consciously invited into daily life.

This shared inquiry supports clarity, courage and movement, without urgency or performance. We leave feeling seen and resourced, carrying practical ideas and renewed permission to pursue joy, intimacy and play in ways that feel true, relational and alive.

We turn toward the voice as an ancient instrument of comfort, connection and care. Across cultures and centuries, women have carried the practice of singing to those who are dying, unwell or vulnerable, using simple song to ease pain, express love and accompany moments of transition. This lineage speaks to both the social role of women as caregivers and the deeper, mystical power of the voice to hold tenderness and presence.

Together we enter an embodied exploration of this form of singing. Through gentle voice practices, visualisation and shared sound, we connect with our own ancestral female lines and archetypal images of the Mother. The music is simple and soothing, offered not as performance but as devotion. We sing together in community, blending voices in an act of care, remembrance and love. Some sacred lullabies learned here may be shared in the Saturday evening concert.

We turn toward the perimenopausal transition as a time of profound physical, mental and emotional change. Rather than something to endure or override, this phase asks for attentive support and long-term care. Together we explore how herbal medicines can act as steady companions through this transformation, easing symptoms while laying foundations for the post-menopausal years ahead.

We consider key herbal allies that can be woven into daily life to support bone, brain, heart and hormonal health, not only in response to change, but in service of future resilience and vitality. Attention is given to how these plants work gently and cumulatively, strengthening systems over time rather than forcing short-term fixes.

This shared exploration offers practical understanding alongside a wider view of perimenopause as a meaningful threshold. We leave with clearer insight into how herbal medicine can support continuity, stability and wellbeing through this important life stage and beyond.

We turn toward menopause as a journey into wholeness, a spiralling passage of reflection, trusting, allowing and surrender. It is a time of undoing and re-patterning, where what has been gathered, missed or learned is brought into view, and a deeper wisdom begins to crystallise. Together we explore menopause not as loss, but as ripening, a pause before dawn where beauty, clarity and lightness of being quietly emerge.

Drawing on Ayurvedic wisdom, we consider practical and natural ways to support balance of body, mind and soul through this transition, tending wellbeing, nourishment and lifestyle in service of the decades ahead. Menopause is held as a human pause, not only a women’s process, inviting union of self and a return to inner authority.

As this threshold unfolds, we are invited to come out on our own side, receiving the crown of wisdom that belongs to this life stage. This is menopause’s deeper mission: the remembering of self in full and unapologetic bloom.

We gather in Sacred Space to reconnect with the sensuality, wisdom and aliveness of the breasts as a source of pleasure, nourishment and embodied knowing. Many women discover that cultivating a conscious relationship with this part of the body can support breast health, sensitivity, confidence and heart-centred pleasure. All breasts are welcome here, regardless of size, shape, sensitivity, or whether one or both breasts have been removed. Sensation, connection and pleasure remain available in many forms.

Together we explore gentle, empowering somatic practices using awareness, breath, movement and touch to deepen relationship with the body. We also reflect on breast anatomy, wellbeing and the understanding held in ancient cultures about breast energy and its role in vitality and self-love. As pleasure ripples through the body, we notice how embodiment supports emotional connection and self-trust.

This session has the option for nudity, but is not compulsory. Children are not allowed to attend this session today. You’re invited to bring cushions, a shawl or sarong, and a willingness to meet your body with curiosity, tenderness and care.