Retreats

A Meditation and Yoga Retreat offers participants an immersive experience focused on inner peace, holistic wellness, and self-discovery.  These retreats provide a sanctuary for individuals to disconnect from the hustle and bustle of daily life and reconnect to their internal world on a deeper level than daily life often allows.

Mindfulness Meditation, Breathwork and Yoga Day Retreat

Many of us move through life carrying stress, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, and self-limiting patterns that can feel difficult to shift.

Often these experiences are not only held in the mind — but within the nervous system and body itself. I will be offering a 1 day immersive retreat with my colleague and good friend Hien Tran (Doctor of Chinese Medicine and Yoga and meditation teacher) to help navigate and heal these patterns within the mind, hearts and bodies. 

This is the first day of a 2 day program. The second day will go a little deeper with addtional offerings that are body based with a additional support based on chinese medicine principles. Both are stand alone days, so you are welcome to come to one or both.  

                      Mind–Body Connection Retreat
A Day of Healing, Nervous System Regulation & Inner Reconnection

This immersive one-day retreat at the Vine and Branches Retreat Centre set in beautiful surrounds on 10 acres in the inner east of Melbourne, offers an opportunity to slow down and reconnect.
Throughout the day, we’ll explore practical and compassionate ways to work with stress, emotional patterns, and the deeper beliefs that shape our inner lives.

This retreat is designed as an experiential journey, moving from understanding → awareness → transformation → integration.

Together we will explore:
How stress and anxiety become held within the body and nervous system
Practical tools for emotional regulation and grounding
The relationship between thoughts, emotions, physical tension, pain and core beliefs. We will also explore key core beliefs underlying most psychological and emotional suffering and utilse compassionate approaches to identifying and transforming these.

Ground and self soothe with a nourishing tradtional chinese tea practice

Meditation and Chinese medicine self healing practices for cultivating inner steadiness and healing.

Drawing on Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic therapy, Chinese Medicine and Buddhist principles and philosophy along with mindfulness based practices, participants will be gently guided to explore the different “parts” of themselves that may hold stress, fear, self-criticism, perfectionism, overwhelm, or emotional protection.

No previous experience with meditation or yoga is required.

Where: Vine and Branches Retreat Centre (Upper Tempelstowe)
When: 2nd August 2026 

Time: 10.30am- 4.30pm

Includes nourishing lunch & refreshments
Places are limited to 18 participants. 

Warmly,

Virginia & Hien

About the Presenters:

• Virginia Golding is a psychotherapist and meditation teacher with over 20 years experience facilitating workshops and retreats in Buddhist meditation, philosophy and western psychology. Virginia has been a student and practitioner of Buddhism and the Advaita Vedanta traditions for over 25 years, studying in both India and Australia under a number of teachers, and currently with of Yangten Rinpoche (attendant to His Holiness the Dalai Lama)

• Hien is a Doctor of Chinese/East Asian Medicine, Acupuncturist, Yoga and Meditation teacher, Bodyworker and Pranic healer with over 20 years experience supporting holistic health and wellbeing.

  Her work integrates Eastern and Western healing approaches, combining movement, breathwork, therapeutic touch and energy-based practices to support the nervous system, emotional wellbeing and the natural flow of Qi. Drawing on East Asian Medicine principles, she helps participants understand the connection between mind, emotions, physical health and overall wellbeing.

  Hien has a Bachelor of Health Science degree in Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine, a Bachelor of Arts degree,  RYT 200 and RYT 300 Advanced Yoga Therapy training, Certificate IV in Remedial Therapies, Pranic Healing and  Zero Balancing
  

• Cost: $222.00

• Address: Vine and Branches - 27 Bonds Rd, Lower Plenty. Vic 3093.

• TBA

• TIme: 10.30 to 4.30pm

Frequently asked questions

• Those with mobility difficulties can easliy access the venue

• A wholsome vegetarian and gluten free lunch is provided along with a light snack in the breaks.

• There is ample free parking onsite