My Dream Come True - GoddessYoga Retreats Came ALIVE

By Bryony Wildfire

23/04/2016

“For the first time since I can remember, my heart was full and my mind was completely cleared of clutter”.

No words will ever be able to explain the experience of the feelings I felt during the first Goddess Yoga Retreat in April. I am lying in bed thinking and mind wandering 7 days after commencing the Yoga Retreat last Friday in the NSW hinterland. This week I have been listening to my body, which has been telling me to take it easy and rest after all the emotional work that I put into last weekend.

Every moment of each day this week I have been thinking and replaying moments of the yoga retreat in my head but this is the first time since Sunday that I have put pen to paper. I must say that I am still joyously overwhelmed with gratitude and love with the effects from last weekend. I will and wish to cherish this experience as the most fulfilling and uplifting experience of my life to date.

To run a yoga retreat has been a dream and ambition of mine for many years. To me, this was dream turned into reality. I have watched as my soul and mind has consciously shifted over the past 3 years when I was introduced to the yoga way of life through my first yoga retreat in Byron Bay. From this I made sense that yoga was not only about the physical practice, ‘Asana’ but actually a traditional, peaceful and meditative way of life. My spiritual journey intensified when I decided to study my Yoga Teacher Training in Bali 2 years ago where a tremendous shift took place. My passion for yoga and meditation grew and expanded immensely after this shift and has continued to expand every single day.

So for me running Yoga Retreats is an accomplishment that I am incredibly proud of. To be able to create a space for women and soon men as well to come and take time out to relax, reconnect and heal I believe is one of my life’s purpose. I know this because watching the transformations over the weekend of 17 beautiful women, my soul sung of joy.

To me, there is something so raw and empowering about a woman showing her flaws and vulnerability. In a space that is surrounded by the high vibrational healing components of the hinterland and open feminine energy, anything was possible. Miracles happened and magic was created. At times emotions were so intense all I could do was cry. I felt other peoples pain and suffering and at times my head throbbed uncontrollably but then I felt the energizing shifts and releases from the demons the women had been hiding and suffering with for years, even decades. I felt as I watched each and every woman look deep into their souls and find what it was that had been blocking them from achieving happiness and moving forward in their lives. For many this was a confronting and slightly uncomfortable short period of time. We shared many stories and the love and support I witnessed from these women left me speechless. For this was something you cannot plan, you cannot expect and you cannot control.

These moments filled my heart with complete and utter love and joy.

As I watched each woman acknowledge, release and begin to heal themselves It was like a dejavu, like I’d been here and seen this all before. I have been guided this whole time by the woman inside of me and this made me believe and have so much faith in my intuition, my guides (higher self) and faith in love.

I watched tears of sadness turn to tears of joy. I watched life’s transform in front of my eyes. I saw smiles and heard laughter that I’d never heard before. As I watched taking in and savoring each and every moment I felt deep crevices in my heart smothered with love begin to heal. For the first time since I can remember my heart was full and my mind was completely clear of clutter.

There is no doubt that energy is contagious, high vibes swept across the girls like we were all high on ecstasy. Joy and happiness exploded out of us all as everybody stepped into the women they wanted to be. Free of self doubt and fear and embodying self love and power. I never would have thought feelings like this existed naturally. I believe we all connected on another level, far more powerful than a regular earth connection. We felt safe, secured and loved and really what more could you ask for in life and the beauty is that all these things are found within. When you can begin to accept yourself as you are and love what you have then everything else in your life will become more meaningful. It starts with yourself, your mind and your thoughts. You really do have the power to change your world. Nobody can do it for you, you need to trust and believe and anything is possible. I know this, I believe in this because I have experienced this and I have seen this.

We teach yoga, we teach meditation. We teacher the power of self love and the importance of letting go. We guide you to the water but you heal yourself. This is the raw beauty of life.

My heart is full of gratitude knowing how each life was touched over the duration of the weekend. When I close my eyes and visualize the peaceful space I feel nothing but warmth and love. Love for each and every person that I feel so humbled to share the experience with. Love fo creating this vision and watching it come to life. The mothers that bought motherly love and support and provided us with their time to help us prepare and cook the vegetarian foods. Our angel that provided us with raw and clean treats and took the time to host a nutritional seminar and clean eating workshop and giving the time to talk and educate everyone on the importance of looking after your body from the inside out. And finally to the 12 incredible, empowering, beautiful and uplifting goddesses that attended the Goddess Yoga Retreat. I will forever be grateful for each and every one of you and your desire to heal and open yourself up and connect with each other and prove to yourselves that you are worthy, you are beautiful and you are capable of feeling love and happiness again.

I will hold unconditional love for you all, always for this bond is unbreakable.

I did not want to run Yoga or Wellness retreats for the praise of others or to make money.

No amount of praise or money could compare to the feelings I felt and continue to feel today. It will forever be a reminder that no matter how bad you may be feeling now or today, that you will not feel this way forever and you have the power within you to change that. You don’t need lots of money or special skills or requirements; you just need to be open and willing to have faith in the practice and in yourself.

One by one we can help each other. One by one we can change the world.

Bryony Wildfire xx