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HELD BY THE FOREST

A daintree Reset Retreat

October
2nd-4TH
2026

A nourishing rainforest escape to slow down, reconnect, and reset.

Through yoga, breath work, somatic movement, sound healing, and nature immersion, this intimate retreat offers space for rest, reflection, and genuine connection - returning you to balance, clarity, and ease.

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A Transformational Experience

An old soul who has mastered the art

of self care and teaching.

Treat yourself to her retreat you won’t be disappointed .

- Eva L

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about dari

Through Within by Dari, I create spaces for people to slow down, breathe deeply, and reconnect with themselves. These practices supported me deeply in my own healing journey, helping me find calm, clarity, and balance. And today I share them through yoga, breathwork, movement, and sound. My intention isn’t to fix or change you, but to hold a supportive space where your body can soften, regulate, and remember its own way back to ease.

What is somatics?

Somatics is the practice of developing a deeper connection with your body through mindful movement and awareness. Rather than focusing on how a movement looks, somatic practices invite you to notice how it feels from the inside. Drawing from yoga, nervous system regulation, breath, and gentle movement, these practices help release tension, improve body awareness, and cultivate a greater sense of ease, presence, and connection with yourself.

what is sound healing?

Sound healing is the ancient practice of using sound and vibration to bring the mind, body, and spirit into harmony. During a sound bath, crystal \ Tibetan singing bowls, chimes, and other soothing instruments are played to help your nervous system unwind and your energy realign. Each tone and frequency moves through the body, supporting deep rest, stress release, and emotional balance. There’s nothing you need to “do”. There’s no movement involved. You get to arrive, lie down on your mat, close your eyes, and allow the sound to guide you inward. It’s an invitation to pause, breathe, and come home to yourself. Benefits of Sound Therapy: -Deep relaxation & stress relief -Release tension -Energy cleansing & balancing -Improved mental focus -Enhanced meditation & mindfulness -Emotional release -Physical healing support -Spiritual connection -Improved sleep -Enhanced creativity & problem solving -Moments of clarity -Deep rest

what is breathwork?

Breathwork is the intentional use of the breath to support your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing. Different breathing techniques can create different responses within the body. In my sessions, I guide both down-regulating breathwork to calm the nervous system, reduce stress, and promote relaxation, and up-regulating breathwork to increase energy, focus, and emotional release. Each practice is thoughtfully chosen to support the intention of the session and meet you where you are. I would avoid saying breathwork "heals" or guarantees specific outcomes, but it's perfectly appropriate to describe its role in supporting nervous system regulation, relaxation, energy, and self-awareness.

Services

Dari offers a range of experiences designed to help you reconnect with yourself through movement, breath, sound, and nature. Her offerings include: * Weekly yoga classes * Somatics * Breathwork * Sound healing * Workshops & special events * Private sessions (1:1, couples & small groups) * Corporate and workplace wellness * Retreats * Virtual mini sound bath recordings Each experience is thoughtfully created to support nervous system regulation, cultivate self-awareness, and encourage greater balance, presence, and wellbeing. Whether you're looking to establish a regular yoga practice, explore breathwork or somatics, unwind with a sound bath, book a private session, or join a retreat immersed in nature, you'll be welcomed into a supportive space where you can move, breathe, rest, and reconnect—exactly as you are.

Don’t we all? 😉🫶🏻

#nervensystem #breathwork #soundhealing #retreat

For years I’ve been running everywhere, could barely catch my breath without being able to breathe properly.
Took me so long to realize that it’s because I’m always in a rush, always trying to turn off my brain at night with tv, and checking my messages first thing in the morning.

# In the past two years I’ve had a massive twist- moving to the other side of the world, where I choose to move slowly, live in synchronicity with nature, bring movement to my day to day on a regular basis, and noticing my breath as much as I can.

Move slowly, notice your heart, it will tell you everything 💛

Apparently, this is one of the most Googled questions about breathwork… so let’s talk about it. 👀

If you’ve ever found yourself crying in a session and had absolutely no idea why — you’re not alone.

And no, it doesn’t always mean you’re “processing something huge”.

1. Crying can simply be a nervous system response.
Your body can release built-up activation through tears, without there being one specific reason behind them.

2. Your breathing can shift your nervous system.
Rhythmic breathing can influence the autonomic nervous system, and tears can happen as your body moves from a more activated state towards relaxation.

3. You don’t always need to know why.
Sometimes the meaning comes later. Sometimes it doesn’t. You may simply notice that you feel different afterwards.

4. But release and overwhelm aren’t the same thing.
Tears can be part of a healthy release, but sometimes the nervous system can become overwhelmed. This is where having an experienced facilitator matters — knowing when to allow the process and when to help you come back to centre.

5. Be careful with the story your mind creates.
We’re very good at trying to explain everything. Instead of asking “What is wrong with me?”, try asking:
“What is here for me right now?”

6. Pay attention to how you feel afterwards.
Sometimes you’ll feel calm and grounded. Sometimes tired. Sometimes energised.
The experience isn’t about forcing a release — it’s about learning to listen to your body.

And if you cry?
Let the tears come. You don’t always need to understand them. 🤍

Elements Day Retreat | Aloomba
Link in Bio ✨

✨ Half the tickets sold in the first 24 hours! 🌊

I honestly didn’t expect this response… Thank you. 💙

Ocean of Sound is a one-of-a-kind underwater sound healing experience, held in the breathtaking surrounds of Cairns Aquarium.

Imagine lying back as crystal singing bowls fill the space, while rays of light dance through the water and marine life gently glides around you. A moment to slow down, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect with yourself.

📍 Cairns Aquarium
🗓 Saturday, September 6
🕓 4:00pm

With only half the tickets remaining, I’d love for you to join us before it sells out.

Book via the link in my bio. ✨🌊

#cairns #cairnsaquarium #soundhealing #crystalbowls #breathwork nervoussystemregulation wellness meditation visitcairns farnorthqueensland withinbydari

✨ A few simple practices for the Lion’s Gate | 8.8 🦁

Whether or not you resonate with the symbolism of the Lion’s Gate, it can be a beautiful reminder to pause, reflect, and choose how you’d like to move forward.

Here are a few gentle practices you might like to try:

🌿 1. Create a moment of stillness.
Take a few slow breaths and simply notice how you’re arriving today.

📝 2. Reflect on what you’re ready to let go of.
What habit, thought, or pattern is no longer supporting the person you’re becoming?

✨ 3. Set an intention.
Instead of focusing on what you want to have, ask yourself how you want to FEEL.

🌬️ 4. Breathe with purpose.
Take a few minutes to consciously breathe, allowing each exhale to soften tension and create space.

📖 5. Journal.
Ask yourself:
What am I choosing to say YES to?

🌱 6. Take one small aligned action.
Meaningful change often begins with one simple step.

💛 7. Spend time in nature.
Ground yourself, slow down, and remember you’re part of something much bigger.

🎶 8. Rest.
Finish your practice with a few moments of stillness, meditation, or sound- allowing yourself to simply be.

If you’d like to explore these practices in community, I’d love to welcome you to my Lion’s Gate Workshop on 8 August at my home in Fishery Falls.
Together we’ll move, breathe, reflect, journal, and finish with a deeply restorative sound healing.

Sometimes all we need is a moment to pause... everything else begins from there. 🤍

A morning to slow down, reconnect, and nourish yourself.

Take a short break from the busyness of everyday life and immerse yourself in a half-day retreat designed to leave you feeling grounded, refreshed, and restored.

Enjoy a gentle yoga practice, guided breathwork, sauna, hot and cold therapy, sound healing, time in nature, and meaningful connection in a beautiful outdoor setting.

Whether you’re craving rest, space to breathe, or simply a morning dedicated to your wellbeing, the Elements Day Retreat offers the chance to reset both body and mind.

The next retreat date is now open.

Follow the link in my bio to learn more and reserve your place. I can’t wait to welcome you. 🌿

Your nervous system starts responding to the cold before you even step into the ice bath.

If you enter already tense, holding your breath, or feeling rushed, your body is more likely to become dysregulated.

Instead, try this:

✨ 1. Warm up your body
Hop, march, or do a few star jumps for 30–60 seconds to increase circulation and prepare your body.

✨ 2. Shake the tension out
Give your arms, legs, and whole body a gentle shake. Let go of unnecessary tension before you enter.

✨ 3. Slow your breath
Take a few slow, deep breaths. Relax your jaw and shoulders, then step into the water with long, controlled exhales. Relax your body – Unclench your jaw, soften your shoulders, and avoid tensing up before you get in.

Enter slowly & stay present – Step in with control, keep breathing through your nose if you can, and focus on long exhales instead of fighting the cold.

Remember, an ice bath isn’t about proving how tough you are.

It’s an opportunity to teach your nervous system that it can remain calm and regulated, even in discomfort.

Save this for your next cold plunge. 🩵

Does anyone else feel different around the full moon? 🌕

Every month, when the full moon arrives, I notice a shift.

For me, it’s waking up in the middle of the night, vivid lucid dreams, old memories resurfacing, and fears or discomfort I thought I’d already moved through. Whether it’s the moon itself, the extra light at night, or simply a reminder to slow down, I’ve learned to listen instead of resist.

Around this time, I try to support my nervous system by:
1. Reflecting on what no longer serves me.
2. Grounding my bare feet on the earth.
3. Eating a light dinner.
4. Avoiding screens and blue light for an hour before bed.
5. Taking a few conscious breaths before sleep.

If you’ve been feeling a little emotional, restless, or overwhelmed these past few days, you’re not alone.

This Sunday, I invite you to join me for Breath & Sound—a gentle space to breathe, release what you’ve been carrying, regulate your nervous system, and begin the new week feeling lighter, calmer, and more connected.

Let me hold that space for you. 🤍

Link to book in bio. ✨

What actually helps your nervous system heal:

1. Clear your environment.
Your surroundings matter. A calm, supportive space helps your body feel safe.
2. Set boundaries.
The healthiest morning routine won’t outweigh relationships or situations that constantly drain your nervous system.
3. Do it before you feel ready.
Your mind will always imagine the worst. Taking small, imperfect action teaches your nervous system that you’re safe.
4. Trust where you are.
Instead of waiting for everything to be okay, practise believing that life is unfolding as it should.
5. Listen to your body.
Notice when you’re holding tension, and gently guide yourself back to calm through breath, movement, or stillness.
6. Choose differently.
Healing happens in everyday moments—when you respond differently instead of repeating old patterns.

Your nervous system doesn’t heal through perfect routines. It heals when the way you live, relate, and respond begins to change—one honest choice at a time.

We often think healing comes from doing more.

But sometimes, healing comes from being still long enough for the forest to do what it has always done.

To slow your heartbeat.
To quiet your thoughts.
To remind you that you’re part of something much bigger.

Held by the Forest isn’t a retreat packed with activities or a schedule to keep up with.
This retreat offers something different.
A place where nothing is expected of you.
Where the rainforest, the river, movement, breath, and silence gently guide you back to yourself.

Comment FOREST below and I’ll send you all the details for you to make that step, and take your well deserved pause.

The 3 main things that helped my (and can help your) nervous system heal:

1. Slow down.
We often walk fast to get somewhere, get dressed in a rush, or brush our teeth just to tick it off the list. Start to notice these moments. Give yourself a little more time and allow yourself to move more slowly.

2. Breathe.
Shallow breathing can be a sign that your nervous system needs a reset. If you notice yourself breathing this way throughout the day, take five minutes to breathe slowly in and out through your nose.

3. Process your emotions.
My favourite way is writing. Had an argument with a friend? Did your boss say something that triggered you? Feeling a bit flat today? Don’t sweep it under the carpet. Pause, process, and write down what happened, how it made you feel, and let the words flow onto the page.

We all have our different ways, all that is needed is presence 🫶🏻

Give yourself the gift of time.
Time for yourself, just at home, or in nature,
Listening so music, breathing, doing something just for you.
Remember that rest- is productive.

Sometimes, the most productive thing you can do, is just rest.
#soundbath #crystalbowls #aqurium #oceanofsound

I used to hate meditating.
I couldn’t stop thinking,
My body was sore,
and I truly just didn’t have the patience for it.
Allowing the breath to guide me into calm, quiet mind had been a process, but maybe that’s what will let you drop in- as it did for me.
Join me on our next meditation journey together, incorporating breath and healing frequency to this ancient practice of wellbeing ✨✨✨

Your rainforest retreat awaits.

3 days in nature, practice yoga daily, enjoy sound healing immersions every night, take a quiet nature walk, practice breathwork, enjoy grounding and healthy food, and truly just slow down.
A simple, yet healing experience.✨

If you feel that call to join this- don’t hesitate to reach out and ask me anything!!! 🫶🏻

Comment RETREAT below and I’II send you all the details👇🏼

Tell me if you feel the same in the comments🫶🏻
Here to hold space for you, and give you the tools to create your own practice.

Steal my morning routine. ✨

Before you reach for your phone or rush into the day, give yourself a few minutes to breathe, move, and check in with yourself.

You don’t need to meditate for 30 minutes to feel the benefits. This simple 5-10 practice helps regulate your nervous system, clear your mind, and set the tone for the day ahead.

How you begin your morning often shapes how the rest of your day unfolds.

Save this for tomorrow morning and give it a try. 🤍

Let yourself float through this sound 💙

Take a moment to slow down, soften, and be fully immersed in the healing vibrations, surrounded by the magic of the ocean.

Sometimes the deepest healing happens when we simply allow ourselves to receive. 🌊

Your body has been asking for a pause. 🤍

Join us this 25th of July for a nourishing day retreat designed to help you slow down, reconnect, and feel deeply restored.

✨ Gentle morning yoga
✨ Breathwork
✨ Sauna, ice bath & warm magnesium bath
✨ Time in nature on the most beautiful property in Aloomba

A day to breathe, reset, and return to yourself.

Comment “SAUNA” and I’ll send you all the details. ✨

To all my fellow space holders.
You are seen 🫶🏻

A few things I wish more people knew about Breathwork.

The next time you feel like Breathwork is “too much”, know that you’re not alone.

1. Sometimes it can feel like too much. And that’s okay. Maybe today wasn’t the right day for connected conscious breathing, and listening to your body is always welcome.

2. There is such a thing as too much, too soon. Breathwork isn’t about forcing an experience. It’s about meeting yourself where you are.

3. You can stop at any point. A safe Breathwork practice never asks you to push through or override your body’s signals.

4. Integration is just as important as the journey itself. How you feel after the session matters. A skilled facilitator will always create space for grounding, settling your nervous system, and helping you return gently.

5. There is no “right” outcome. Whether you cried, laughed, had a breakthrough, felt deeply relaxed, or simply felt… nothing at all. Every experience is valid. Breathwork isn’t about chasing a big release… it’s about building a safe relationship with yourself.

Save this for your next Breathwork session, or send it to someone who may have had an experience that didn’t feel safe.

With love,
Dari 🤍

Our emotions can be powerful… but they can also trick us.

They can convince us that we are our emotions.
That we are our thoughts.

And somewhere along the way, we can forget what it feels like to truly love—ourselves, those around us, and the beautiful world we are part of.

This is why I love cacao rituals.

Whether I’m sitting alone or surrounded by beautiful souls, cacao gently reminds me to soften. To open my heart. To be vulnerable. To simply be.

When combined with conscious Breathwork, it becomes a powerful invitation to release.
To let go of what has passed and no longer serves a purpose in our lives.
Cleaning out the scraps, even when it’s uncomfortable.
In creating that space, we make room for something new.
For more peace.
More love.
More of who we truly are.

Deep gratitude to @harmoni_rituals for this beautiful, grounding cacao. A sacred plant medicine that continues to support so many heartfelt journeys. 🤎🍫✨

All the little things I’m grateful for lately.
And if I forget- I remind myself that the moment I wake up in the morning is a moment to be grateful for-
and everything that comes afterwards is a privilege.
🤍

5 things I wish my students knew 🤍

1. I am never judging you.
Whether you’re flowing with ease, struggling, crying, laughing, resting, or simply being — I am not judging your experience. I come to each space with an open heart and witness whatever is present for you.

2. The space is safe.
You do not need to perform, prove, or be anything other than yourself. My intention is to create an environment where you feel held, supported, and safe to explore your inner world.

3. You are free to move as your body asks.
In my yoga classes, I offer guidance, not rules. Your body carries wisdom. If a different shape, movement, or rest feels right for you, I encourage you to honour that.

4. If you feel called to be there but finances are a barrier, please reach out.
I never want money to be the reason someone misses out on support, connection, or healing. If you genuinely wish to attend and can’t afford it right now, let’s have a conversation.

5. My intention is true healing.
Not fixing you, because you are not broken. Not creating dependency. My intention is to offer tools, practices, and spaces that help you reconnect with your own innate wisdom, resilience, and capacity to heal.

Thank you for trusting me to hold space for your journey. It is something I never take for granted. ✨

A wellness retreat in the most ancient rainforest in the world 🌿

Join us for a weekend in the Daintree to rest, relax and rejuvenate.
Surrounded by nature, you’ll be guided through yoga, breathwork, sound healing and nourishing practices designed to help you slow down, reconnect and return to yourself.

A chance to pause, breathe deeply and be held by the magic of the rainforest. 🌳🧘🏼‍♀️

Comment here “RETREAT” and I’ll send you all the details ✨

Yes! Sun is shining and yoga at The Pocket is back on ☀️
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