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Still Point Retreat at Sun Ranch, March 2026

Still Point Retreat at Sun Ranch, March 2026

LUME
March 5 - 8, 2026

Welcome to Still Point, Lume’s third retreat. Join us for four days and three starry nights of reading-led reflection, meditative movement, restorative treatments, and nurtured moments, all shared within the beauty of Sun Ranch's surroundings.

Inspired by the idea that in every turning world there is a still point, this year's offering grew from the essence we experience each time we gather for a Lume retreat: spaciousness. This is a time to find stillness in a moving world, and take it with you.

Each day is anchored by gentle movement and East Asian therapies with Aleisha and Patchula of Machiya, weaving Qigong, acupuncture meditations, and their signature Shiatsu Yin practice. Afternoons offer space for facials, bodywork, swims, sauna, and rest. Evenings invite connection, conversation, and contemplation with our two-part workshop anchored by our chosen book, A Life of One's Own by Marion Milner.

More details on our program, workshop, and collaborators will be shared in the coming months. For now, you’ll find further information on accommodation, optional extras, and our wellbeing partners, Machiya, below.

Payment plans are available, please contact us to arrange.

Your investment includes:

• Three nights accommodation at Sun Ranch during the high season
• All meals, plus snacks, and optional natural wines with dinner 
• All our classes and workshops
• Transfers to and from Ballina airport if required
• Full use of the Sun Ranch grounds including the sauna, ice bath, pool and all its amenities

    Extras available to book ahead:

    • 1 x 90 min Lume Sun Ranch Facial $450
    • Machiya East Asian Bodywork 

      All the beautiful details of our retreat will be posted below, and of course you are welcome to email or call us with all your questions.

      Call: + 61 283 848 411

      Email: hello@lumesydney.com.au

       

       
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      "At the still point of the turning world... there the dance is."

      T.S ELIOT

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      3 NIGHTS STAY AT SUN RANCH

      WORKSHOPS & WELLBEING

      MARKET FRESH MEALS

      Two-Part Workshop

      Words To Live By: A Life Of One's Own

      Our retreats have at their heart a shared experience based on our chosen book. Over two nights we gather to unpack the lessons, messages and memories found between the pages. A Life of One’s Own, by Marion Milner is our choice for 2026.

      Published in 1934, A Life of One’s Own details Marion's seven year journey to discover what it is that made her happy.  Published five years after Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, it’s less a political or societal statement and more of an emotional, mindful offering, steeped in rigorous observation, disarming honesty and what have proved to become timeless insights.

      We will be exploring its themes of blind thinking, searching for a purpose and how to keep a journal that serves you (a journal isn’t much good if it only records feelings, it should be a motive for experiment as well as observation).

      Marion’s distillation of the value of her years of observation, which led to her becoming a renowned British psychoanalyst, is as clear a road map to happiness we’ve ever come across. It’s less a hero’s journey and more a route to developing a more vivid power of perceiving than ever before.

      Once you have finalised your booking for our 2026 Retreat we will send you Marion Milner's book, accompanied by a Loco Love Chocolate, for you to enjoy together.

      DAILY MOVEMENT SESSIONS

      Wellbeing by Machiya

      For our gentle movement and wellbeing across the four days, we're delighted to be in the capable hands of Aleisha and Patchula from Machiya once again. The pair expertly blend the familiar with the unexpected, shaping a deeply memorable experience. You can expect acupuncture infused meditations, Qigong, and their signature offering of Shiatsu Yin.

      Shiatsu Yin

      This practice combines Aleisha and Patchula's extensive knowledge of both yoga and shiatsu massage incorporating acupressure, muscle meridian stretching and a slow paced style of yoga for an incredibly therapeutic class.

      Acupuncture Meditation

      A deeply calming practice combining guided breathwork with a single acupuncture needle placed at the third eye. Designed to quiet the mind and rebalance the nervous system, this session invites stillness and presence from the inside out.

      Qigong

      A slow, flowing movement practice that supports the circulation of Qi (energy) through the body. Grounded in East Asian medicine, this session restores vitality, calms the mind, and strengthens the connection between breath and body.

      Private Sessions

      In your free time you’ll have the option to book a 1-hour private session with Aleisha and/or Patchula from Machiya during your free time. These treatments are available to purchase ahead of time, or on Retreat.

      Aleisha offers floor based Japanese Shiatsu with optional Cupping & Gua Sha and Patchula, a TCM Doctor, will offer Acupuncture with bodywork, Cupping & Gua Sha for full body release.

      Accommodation

      Sun Ranch is a 70s-inspired 11-acre Californian ranch just outside Bangalow filled with the tiniest of touches and broadest of brush strokes to create a true escape.

      We have three styles of accommodation for you and your friends or family to choose from for your stay — Rambler Rooms, Sun Ranch Barns or the Private Suite.

      There are four ultra-chic Rambler Rooms, each of which sleep two, and offer private access to the Rambler Long House Pool, a private bathroom and your own outdoor shower. 

      The off-grid Sun Ranch Barns, of which there are six, sleep up to four across two bedrooms, and include a bathroom with sky windows, your own kitchen, living and dining space, and the most inviting daybed by the fire.

      The Private Suite is a spacious one-bedroom lair, which sleeps two, and offers a full kitchen, fireplace and full bathroom with a bath.

      While the six Sun Ranch Barns are off-grid and self-sufficient, and the Rambler Rooms use hybrid solar, battery, and minimal grid power, the entire estate runs solely on rainwater.

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      Rambler Room Private Pool

      Rambler Room Private Pool

      Barn Bedroom

      Barn Bedroom

      Barn Deck with Outdoor Shower

      Barn Deck with Outdoor Shower

      Barn Living Room

      Barn Living Room

      Barn Bedroom

      Barn Bedroom

      Barn Kitchen

      Barn Kitchen

      Barn Bathroom

      Barn Bathroom

      Barn Deck

      Barn Deck

      Private Suite Living Room

      Private Suite Living Room

      Private Suite Bathroom

      Private Suite Bathroom

      Private Suite Bedroom

      Private Suite Bedroom

      Rambler Room Pool with Outdoor Showers

      Rambler Room Pool with Outdoor Showers

      Rambler Room Bed

      Rambler Room Bed

      Rambler Room Bathroom

      Rambler Room Bathroom

      THE EXTRAS

      There'll be plenty of free time so you can lie by the pool, take a sauna, plunge into an ice bath, explore and commune.

      For something extra our head of treatments, Marina, will be giving her deeply transformational facials on-site at Sun Ranch. Choose to add on the 90min facial we specially created for our retreat to complement the beautiful environment.

      We only have limited spots available for treatments so make sure you book early.

      THE FOOD

      We’ll enjoy a daily menu, offering three full meals, created from an abundance of market produce with fresh flavours.

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      Two People Sharing a Rambler Room with one King Size Bed (Cost Per Person)
      Two People Sharing a Rambler Room with one King Size Bed (Cost Per Person)
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      Two People Sharing a Two Bedroom Barn (Cost Per Person)
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      One Person in a Rambler Room (inc. single room premium)
      One Person in a Rambler Room (inc. single room premium)
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      Two People Sharing a One Bedroom Private Suite with a King Sized Bed (Cost Per Person)
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      Sun Ranch Facial
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