Your nervous system knows when it needs to come home.
Less noise. Less performance. More breath. More truth. More presence.
In this era of deep uncertainty – what Francis Weller calls The Long Dark – the body asks for something different. Something honest.
Wild Breath is a 2-night immersive breathwork retreat held on the wild edges of Venus Bay, Victoria. Nestled beside the Tarwin River estuary at the All Space Nature Retreat, it’s open to all genders and held to just 8 participants – intimate by design, not by accident.
Here, depth is possible without overwhelm. Spaciousness and intensity coexist. Integration is built in.
This is not about productivity. It’s about arriving – fully.
All food, accommodation and guidance is provided.
This experience is about intentionality, not productivity. All food, accomodation and guidance is provided.
About this workshop:
Across the weekend, you’ll be guided through several carefully held, varying breathwork journeys, each inviting access to different layers of yourself – emotional, somatic, imaginal, and instinctual.
The work is grounded and clearly held, contextualised by the Animas Valley Institute’s Wild Mind Map of the Human Psyche, offering a shared language for understanding inner experience and supporting meaningful integration.
This workshop experience is about intentionality, not productivity.
There are no efficiency gains to be made – no outcomes to optimise – only a steady invitation to listen, to sense, and to respond honestly to what is alive in you.
Between sessions, there is time – real time – to soften, rest, and land.
You’ll wander through coastal bushland, sweat and restore in the sauna and/or spa, bathe in the estuary, participate in deep imaginal journeys that invite insight beyond words. There will be space for reflection, journaling, and quiet connection, both alone and together.
Nourishment is central to the experience. You’ll be fed beautiful, nourishing vegetarian meals thoughtfully crafted to support and reflect the depth of inner work being undertaken.
This is not a retreat about fixing yourself. It is an invitation to remember the wholeness that is available and alive beneath the surface.
To breathe with intention.
To listen to the body’s wholeness waiting to arrive.
To meet the wise terrain of the inner and outer wild world while being held, supported, and witnessed.
This is an intimate weekend intensive with all food, accomodation and guidance provided – $1,295.
Some previous experience of Breathwork is helpful but not essential.
Logistics:
- Dates: Friday evening, to Sunday Afternoon Aug 28-30
- Place: All Space Nature Retreat – 816 Lees Rd Venus Bay Victoria (2.5 hours South east of Melbourne). All food and accomodation is provded – camping is available if preferred.
- Investment: $1,295
Lead Facilitator:
David Mallard is a uniquely experienced trainer, coach, mentor, guide, adviser and consultant. David is a member of the Soulcraft ANZ Inc. leadership council, and is co-founder and President of Melbourne Men’s Group Inc. He is also a level 1 graduate in the professional Wild Mind Training Program of the Animas Valley Institute of Colorado USA. David has been a Rebirthing/Breathwork practitioner for 23 years (certified in 2003 by Diane McCann and Robert Mathews (RIP) of Beyond the Ordinary Pty Ltd), holds a Cert. IV in Training & Assessment, a Mental Health First Aid certificate and has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
He also has extensive senior executive leadership experience having worked closely with Boards, CEO’s, executive leadership in large, complex organisations, and in leading and transforming teams. Over the journey, David has facilitated, coached and guided people in hundreds of personal growth meetings, workshops and seminars. David is inspired by the ‘moments of grace’ that arise from guiding people into a place of personal insight and transformation – this inflection point is where ‘his great joy meets the world’s great need’. David is a recent recipient of CPA Australia’s ‘President’s Award for Excellence – Distinguished Service’ with a specific focus on Human Development and Mental Health.
Co Facilitator:
Shane Galloway is a facilitator, educator, and long-time men’s work practitioner with over a decade of experience supporting individuals and groups in deep personal and collective transformation. Shane serves on the leadership team and council of Melbourne Men’s Group Inc, where he has supported and co-facilitated programs including Awakening the Conscious Man and Knowing the Conscious Man workshops. Over this time, he has also participated in and supported numerous breathwork experiences and workshops, developing a strong respect for breath as a gateway to embodiment, insight, and healing.
Shane is a full-time adult educator and holds a Cert IV in Training and Assessment, First Aid and Mental Health First Aid, bringing clarity, structure, and care to learning environments that invite depth as well as safety. He is a committed student of the Animas Valley Institute and has completed several of their intensive programs (including the 12 day Animas Quest), grounding his work in nature-based, depth-psychological, and imaginal approaches. He is passionate about dismantling outdated masculine stereotypes, restoring authentic community, and supporting people to remember their deep entanglement with the living world. Shane’s facilitation weaves together breathwork, deep imaginal practices, and engagement with the wild, instinctual dimensions of the human psyche – creating spaces where insight, responsibility, and belonging can emerge.
