Wybalena Farm Retreat
Relax - Reconnect - Rejuvenate
Join Dana and Dee for 4 days and 4 nights at Wybalena Organic farm to relax, rest and retreat in this secluded, stunning location surrounded by natural beauty.
Enjoy a rejuvenating mix of yoga, breathwork, and meditation twice daily, with plenty of time to explore the surrounds and hang out with wonderful people. Revive yourself with waterfall hikes, swims in a magnesium pool, infra-red sauna sessions, lay in the sun, read a book, take a nap. Return home rejuvenated and nourished from the inside out.
Next Retreat: 22 - 26 May 2024
Who is this for?
For anyone wishing to pause & reconnect
You’ll be supported with twice daily yoga practice and nourishing delicious meals. Immerse yourself in practice, discover more about yoga & philosophy, and reconnect with an old friend or make new ones. All sessions are optional so you can go with the flow, hang out, and enjoy the nature around you.
The details
Location
“Wybalena” means a place to rest and is a stunning 170-acre farm located at The Pocket in the Byron Bay hinterland. A purpose-built private retreat centre, this property oozes serenity which makes it the perfect location for our yoga retreat. For those travelling from afar, Gold Coast airport is a 35 minute drive and Ballina airport is a 40 minute drive.
Rooms
Beautiful farm style accommodation ranging from basic twin rooms to Scandinavian inspired, oak floored cabins and deluxe king bedrooms with ensuite and bath. The main house and cabins have been carefully designed to make the most of the stunning views and the tranquillity of the property.
Everything you need for the perfect time away. Yoga hall with stunning views of the farm, large banquette style dining table, large open plan kitchen, cosy lounge room with open fire and library. Magnesium swimming pool, infra-red sauna, fire pit and farm walking trails of varying distance.
Amenities
Nourishment
All meals are included during your stay. Enjoy a glass of wine at the end of the day or with dinner.
“I truly loved the entire experience.”
“Going away somewhere beautiful with beautiful people where you don’t have to think about anything and can just focus on feeling and being in the moment is a true gift to yourself. I am so glad I chose to attend and grateful to you girls who put so much thought into what was included.
You struck the perfect balance of opt-in activities and downtime. The yoga was next level nourishing, the food was too, as well as being incredibly delicious.
Above all I think it was the connections we all made with each other that left me literally speechless when it came time to say goodbye.”
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Itinerary
Early morning bliss balls + fruit provided
7:30am – 7:50am Meditation & breathwork
8am – 9am Morning Yoga – invigorating flow style class suitable for all levels of experience, finishing with a deep, relaxing savasana.
9am – Breakfast
11am-1:30pm Free Time
1:30pm – Lunch
2:30-4:30 Free time + afternoon snacks provided
4:30pm-6pm Evening Yoga – wind down the day with yin, restorative, myofascial release, mantra or meditation.
6:30pm-8pm Dinner
*Check in at 3pm Wednesday 22 May with evening yoga beginning at 5pm.
*Check out 10am Sunday 26 May. Morning yoga & farewell breakfast included.
Optional activities to participate in will be organised during the free time.
Your hosts
Dana Diament
Dana Diament is the co-founder of Lennox Yoga and has a passion for education. She has a strong interest in anatomy and physiology and aims to inspire students to use yoga as medicine by incorporating both eastern and western perspectives in her teaching.
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As a Yoga Medicine Therapeutic Specialist, she has a wide variety of experience working with people 1-on-1; her specialities include back and hip pain, recovery and addiction, anxiety and depression, pregnancy and post-natal.
Dana has helped 450 people become yoga teachers, personally mentored over 100 new yoga teachers, and taught on teacher training programs all over the globe.
Her online classes are available on Yoga Medicine Online. She is the editor of Well Being Yoga Experience and has contributed to Yoga Journal, Yoga Digest and Wild magazine.
Dana came to yoga as a teenager and developed a regular practice initially for the mental and emotional benefits she experienced of finding clarity, gaining confidence, and connecting to a peaceful place within. Her love for functional anatomy came later on, through healing injuries and her mentorship with Tiffany Cruikshank. Her teaching weaves together her two passions – intelligent anatomical sequencing and wisdom drawn from philosophy – to create classes with a three dimensional focus on health and wellness.
Dana has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Cornell University and an associate’s degree in Graphic Design from Parson’s University in New York. Born in Israel and raised in New Jersey, she has found her true home in Lennox Head, Australia, where she is the owner of Lennox Yoga & Wellness Centre.
Dee Walker
Dee Walker is the founder of Lennox Yoga. Yoga has been part of my life for over 28 years. Growing up in Ballina in the northern rivers of NSW I have always felt a deep connection with nature. If I’m not in the yoga studio you can find me submerged in the magical waters of the ocean.
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I began a physical practice of yoga to compliment my sporting career in Sydney in 1995 and very quickly started seeing the benefits this practice both on and off the field. This led me to deeper self-inquiry and also to look at the traditions of yoga and why it made me feel as good as it did.
I pushed my body to its physical limits over the years. Sport was my life and my true love became endurance events, marathons, iron man triathlon, open water swimming – always amazed at what my physical body was capable of if I could get out of my head and connect with my breath.
Over the years my love of travel, yoga and a curious mind took me on many adventures around the world.
I completed my first yoga teacher training in Boulder Colorado in the USA with Core Power yoga in 2005 and went on to teach and work at a beautiful little studio in Aspen. This experience solidified my love of all thing’s yoga, during this time it became very clear to me that it was my calling to share the gifts of yoga with others. I continued my education, teaching and work in the yoga industry in Edinburgh UK. During this period I Spent 3 months in Spain gaining a deeper understanding of the human body by becoming a certified “Master personal trainer” with the Australian Institute of Fitness. I returned to Australia in 2010 with my wonderful husband to start a family.
With toddler and new borne in tow in 2012 I completed my 200hour teacher training with Power living yoga in Bondi Junction Sydney, began teaching wherever and whenever I possibly could. Small group classes, large gym classes, outdoor classes and for power living themselves. Late in 2015 my family and I relocated back to Lennox Head where the dream of opening a studio began……..
It was on trip to the north of India 2019 sitting by the Saraswathi River. I had a clear vision of the space I needed to create, to connect and grow for the community of Lennox Head and beyond.
I simply want to share my knowledge and the teachings of yoga to help others connect to themselves, to one another and to nature. To share the joys that yoga has brought to my life with others. I’m a smiley joyful, compassionate sharer!
Rooms
Cabins
Cabins include a living room with kitchen, dining area, lounge and TV. There is an A/C in the living room and pedestal fans in the bedrooms. Ultimate seclusion and additional facilities.
2 Bedroom Cabin with Queen & Double bed $2350.00 pp
1 Bedroom Cabin
Sharing Rate with King Bed or 2 Single Beds $1950.00 pp
Single rate with 1 King Bed $2450.00 pp (have it all to yourself)
The main retreat area is a large architecturally designed farm house with four bedrooms, stunning 20 seat dining table, large caterer’s kitchen, lounge room and wrap around decks that open onto a magnesium swimming pool, infrared sauna and tropical gardens. The House will be more social.
House
Private Room with Double Bed & Shared Bathroom $2200.00 pp
Private Room with King Bed & Ensuite with Bath $2350.00 pp
Private Room with Queen Bed & Ensuite $2300.00 pp
Mango Rooms
Located in a separate building near the main house, these are small, stylish rooms with air conditioning and ceiling fans. If you’d like privacy, don’t require a lot of space to spread out, and still want to be close to the action, this room is for you.
Private Room with Double Bed & Ensuite $2150.00 pp
Guest Wing
The Guest Wing adjoins the main house and contains three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The rooms are modest, clean & comfortable with ceiling fans in each bedroom.
Shared Room with 2 Double Beds & Shared Bathroom $1750.00 pp
Single Room with 1 Double Bed & Shared Bathroom $1900.00 pp
Pricing
| Building Name | Room/Bed | Bathroom | Price |
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| Cabin | Private Room with 1 King Bed | Ensuite | $2450.00 pp |
| Cabin | Private Room with 1 Queen or 1 Double Bed | Shared between 2 | $2350.00 pp |
| Cabin | Shared Room with 1 King Bed or 2 Single Beds | Shared between 2 | $1950.00 pp |
| House | Private Room with King Bed | Ensuite with Bath | $2350.00 pp |
| House | Private Room with Queen Bed | Ensuite | $2300.00 pp |
| House | Private Room with Double Bed | Shared | $2200.00 pp |
| Mango | Private Room with Double Bed | Ensuite | $2150.00 pp |
| Guest Wing | Single Room with 1 Double Bed | Shared | $1900.00 pp |
| Guest Wing | Single Room with 2 Double Beds | Shared | $1750.00 pp |
Included
4 nights accommodation
Breakfast, brunch, and dinner, and snacks–vegan, vegetarian, omnivore options available
8 yoga, breathwork, meditation classes
Yoga mats & props provided
Firepit, gardens, pool & sauna
Not Included
Travel to & from the retreat center
Travel Insurance
Massage or Spa Treatments
Payment & Policies
Payment Plan
Pay a $600.00 Deposit to secure your spot. The deposit is non-refundable and non-transferable.
Balance due by 1 March 2024
After paying your deposit, please contact us to set up a custom payment plan.
Cancellation Policy
Cancel before 31 March 2024 and receive a 50% refund.
Strictly no refunds from 31 March 2024.
Travel insurance is highly recommended to support you in the event of injury, sickness, or other cancellation.
