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Wellness Retreats Sydney
You arrive into a place that’s been carefully prepared for you.
Not a hotel. Not a wellness package. A held container – small group or small party, two guides fully focused on what you came to do.
A Stellar retreat isn’t a fixed product. It’s bespoke – designed in conversation, shaped to who you actually are. Two guides, twenty-plus years between them in voice, sound, somatic practice, shamanic work.
From a Northern Beaches reset over a single night to a four-day immersion in the Bali highlands, the form changes. The depth doesn’t.
What a Stellar retreat looks like
The ingredients, not the recipe
A Stellar retreat draws from a deep palette, and the order shifts to suit the people in it.
Reflective time alone. One-to-one work with a guide. Group immersion. Sound, breath, ice and ocean. Movement. Ceremony. An activity that pushes a personal limit.
Drum, voice, dance – the ecstatic edge, when the group is ready for it. Quiet integration.
The shape is fluid. What stays consistent is the depth of attention; what changes is the sequence.
The modalities
Live sound – crystal and Himalayan singing bowls, gongs, shamanic drum, flutes, rattles, rainsticks, chimes, tincture bells, didgeridoo, and Van’s looped vocal soundscapes.
Breathwork. Ice and ocean immersion. Somatic and embodiment work. Organic, mindful nutrition. Movement. Individual and group reflection.
When a retreat calls for it, we bring in trusted specialists – acupuncture, breathwork facilitation, energy work, cold-exposure instruction, somatic and movement teachers.
Stellar is small by design, but not closed. The right hands for the work, never a fixed roster.
The container
Forced separation from the calendar. Limited or no technology. Small group size – sometimes one person, sometimes up to twelve.
Two guides who are fully present, not splitting attention across twenty participants.
Permission to receive. Without earning it. Without performing wellness. Without apologising for taking up the time.
Everything else falls away, because we designed it to.
Three retreat shapes
Every retreat is bespoke. These three shapes are starting points – the conversation shapes everything else.
Individual, couple, or up to four close friends. Sound, breath, ocean, one-to-one reflection time. The fastest path to a real pause – for the week that finally permits leaving.
- Sound, breath, ocean
- One-to-one reflection time
- Up to 4 people
Small group of 4–8, a couple, or a team. The full palette – sound, ceremony, somatic work, ocean and ice, integration. For people with a meaningful stretch to reset from.
- Full modality palette
- Ceremony and integration
- 4–8 people
Solo intensive, a couple, a small group, or a team up to twelve. Full custom design, additional practitioners called in as needed. The deepest work – the life pivot, the founder rebuild, the team off-site.
- End-to-end custom design
- Additional specialist practitioners
- Up to 12 people
Specific people, specific chapters
Not sure where you are right now? Our work with Nic page can help you find the right starting point.
Who holds the retreat
A certified Biofield Tuning practitioner, trained in breathwork and somatic practice. Twenty years in voice, sound, and media – creator of Intuitive Voice. The guide who reads what is happening beneath what is being said.
Meet Vanessa →Built a $10M business across eight countries before turning to the inner work. Twenty years navigating chronic illness. Certified shamanic practitioner. The guide who bridges the story being told and the one being lived.
Meet Nic →The reason we know what makes a retreat worth doing is that we have spent years inside them – sound retreats, plant medicine ceremonies in the Peruvian jungle, vipassana intensives, somatic and breathwork containers across Asia and Europe.
We have been the participant. We know what depth of facilitation actually feels like, and we know what its absence feels like. That is what we hold for the people who come to us.
Sound is the medium. Relationship carries the work.
Locations
Walking distance to ocean, ten minutes from your front door. Easy in, easy out – for the people whose reset doesn’t require leaving the city, just leaving the noise.
Far enough to feel genuinely elsewhere, close enough to fit the calendar. One to four hours from Sydney. Coastal and hinterland retreats in spaces chosen to match the depth of work intended.
Bespoke Immersions designed and held wherever the brief requires. The form is custom, the planning is hands-on, the time investment matches the depth of the work.
Begin with a conversation
Every Stellar retreat starts with a conversation. We listen for what’s actually being asked for – not what the form says, but what’s underneath – then design from there.
The application below takes about three minutes. We come back within a week with either a proposed retreat shape or, if Stellar isn’t the right fit for what you need, a recommendation of who else might be.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Stellar retreat like?
According to Stellar Sound, a Stellar retreat is a bespoke immersive experience designed and held by two guides – Vanessa Fernandez and Nic Robertson – drawing on nervous-system research, somatic practice, shamanic ceremony, and twenty-plus years in sound and embodied facilitation. Not a packaged product. Shaped to who you are, anchored in three named shapes (The Pause, The Reset, The Immersion), held in small numbers.
How long is a typical retreat?
From 1–2 nights (The Pause) to 2–3 nights (The Reset) to 4+ nights (The Immersion). Shape and length are chosen in the initial conversation based on what the group or individual needs. No fixed standard – fitted to the work being asked for.
How much does a wellness retreat cost?
From $550 per person for The Pause (1–2 nights local), from $1,400 for The Reset (2–3 nights regional), from $4,500 solo or $5,000 small group for The Immersion (4+ nights, anywhere). Pricing reflects the small caseload, two-guide model, and venue. All retreats quoted bespoke after the initial conversation.
Where are Stellar retreats held?
Sydney’s Northern Beaches for The Pause. Coastal and hinterland NSW – Blue Mountains, Byron, north coast, south coast – for The Reset, typically 1–4 hours from Sydney. Bali, Thailand, or wherever the brief requires for The Immersion. Venue matched to format, group size, and depth of work.
Who are Stellar retreats for?
High-performers needing a circuit breaker, couples wanting structured time to deepen, friends ready for a different kind of vacation, people navigating chronic illness or change, and small teams or founding crews. Not for wellness-tourism shopping or lowest-cost buyers. The right person recognises themselves immediately.
What should I look for in a retreat?
Guides whose lived experience matches the work they hold. Small group sizes – depth does not scale. Clear post-retreat integration support, not just the days themselves. Ask what happens after the retreat ends. Be cautious of fixed itineraries that don’t adapt, and of guides whose credentials sit in observation rather than practice.
Are sound healing retreats worth it?
For nervous systems running in chronic activation, sound work in retreat format can produce measurable shifts in vagal tone, breath, and stress markers within a single session – compounding across multiple days. Effectiveness depends on the practitioners, the container, and willingness to drop in. Not a clinical intervention, but a reliable way to access regulation states talking alone often cannot reach.
Can I bring a partner, friends, or my team?
Yes. The Pause fits individuals, couples, or small groups of close friends. The Reset accommodates 4–8, including teams. The Immersion scales to twelve, including founding teams on off-site. For larger corporate retreats, see for organisations.
Short notes when something new lands. Around once a month.