THE MEDICINE WITHIN
HALF DAY RETREAT FOR YOUR BODY & SOUL
"If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be to simply learn how to breathe correctly." — Dr. Andrew Weil
"By changing patterns of breathing we can change our emotional states, how we think, and how we interact with the world." — Dr. Patricia Gerbarg
The Medicine Within | Half Day Retreat
Saturday 2nd May 2026
🕐 2:00pm – 5:00pm
📍 The Yoga Cooperative, Nash Street, Rosalie
Tune Your Inner Pharmacy
Your body already knows how to heal. It just needs you to remember how to listen.
✧ Conscious Gentle Breath-work ✧ Mantra & Chanting ✧ Sound Bath ✧ Guided Still & Moving Meditations
Science shows that specific breathing techniques can activate your parasympathetic nervous system within minutes, lowering cortisol, reducing blood pressure, and shifting your body from stress to restoration.
Chanting and mantra stimulate the vagus nerve, releasing nitric oxide (pain relief and anti-inflammatory) and oxytocin and serotonin your body's natural mood regulators and healers.
Meditation practices physically change the brain, increasing grey matter in areas associated with emotional regulation, focus, and self-awareness.
This is your inner pharmacy. And you hold the key.
"The breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts." — Thich Nhat Hanh
Your guide:
Chantal Roelofs — Yoga Therapist (1000 HR Master of Biomedical Yoga, Meditation & Allied Health) , 660-hour Master in Meditation Teaching, WomanSpeak Lead Trainer for Australia & co-founder of Restorative Yoga Brisbane
Investment: $150
Intimate gathering. Limited spaces.