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The third Friday and Saturday in September, December, March & June.

Apollo, the Sun God, is the force that turns raw potential into refined expression.

He takes what is vague and makes it precise, creating coherence from fragments, giving language to what is difficult to explain. He turns intuition into structure, allowing lives hidden within a person to become something capable of reaching others. This is the work of form. As a wellness practitioners you have great depth, sensitivity or the ability to facilitate profound transformation. What you often lack is the capacity to give those gifts a form that others can clearly see, understand and receive. The Apollo Retreats exist to change that. These quarterly retreats are dedicated to the discipline of refinement—helping you shape your ideas, your message, your teachings and your body of work into something clear, coherent and unmistakably your own. Because your work deserves a form equal to the depth of what you carry.

Day One: Essence

Essence is the irreducible truth at the centre of a person, an idea, a body of work, or a message. Before there are offers, frameworks, content, positioning or strategy, there is something more fundamental—a particular way of seeing the world, a recurring set of questions, a distinctive way of making meaning, and a quality of presence that runs through everything you create.

The clearer you become about your essence, the more coherent every decision becomes. Your message strengthens. Your teaching deepens. Your work begins to feel unmistakably your own because it is no longer assembled—it is expressed.

Day One is devoted to uncovering that centre. Before we concern ourselves with how your work is expressed, we return to what it is.

Day Two: Form

Form is the vessel that allows essence to be experienced by others.

The deepest wisdom in the world has little impact if it cannot be recognised, understood or received. Form is what translates the invisible into the visible. It gives shape to insight, language to intuition, structure to complexity and beauty to truth.

Every article, workshop, framework, conversation, brand, piece of writing or body of work is a form. Some forms obscure what they carry. Others reveal it with extraordinary clarity.

Day Two is dedicated to this discipline of refinement. Together, we'll shape the language, structure and expression of your work so that the depth you carry internally can be experienced just as powerfully by the people you are here to serve.

Retreat Schedule

Day One | Friday | 9-3:30pm

Essence

Opening Ceremony

9:00 – 9:50

Creative Brainstorming

10:00-10:50

Dedicated Writing Block
30 minute break

11:00-12:00

Practitioner Workshop

12:00-12:30

Essence Work

1:00-1:50

Reading + Discussion

2:00-2:50

3:00-3:30

Day Two | Saturday | 9-1:30pm

Form

Check-In

9:00 – 9:30am

Brand ID Work

9:30 - 9:50

Form

10:00-10:50

Practitioner Workshop

11:00-11:50

Project Writing Block

12:00-12:50

Quarterly Takeaways

1:00-1:30

Outputs

You will leave the retreat with greater clarity—not simply about what you want to create, but about the ideas, language and direction that will shape your work moving forward. By the end of the weekend, you will have:

  • A refined articulation of the essence at the heart of your work.

  • Greater clarity around your voice, perspective and the unique contribution you are here to make.

  • A clearer understanding of the core themes that will become your life's body of work.

  • A stronger visual and verbal identity that reflects the depth and quality of your work.

  • Significant progress on a meaningful creative project, whether that is a program, workshop, website, framework or another important piece of your work.

  • Personalised feedback and refinement from both Rachel and the group.

  • A clear roadmap for the next stage of your creative work.