ethos.
Our lives have so many layers, polarities and disruptions, making our lives perfectly imperfect. But how often do we see below this? Our retreats are about revealing what's for us to find beyond the layers of the daily hustle and bustle. Once we sit back, find stillness or let the elements of nature and our existence carry us, we can find space for consciousness. Consciousness to feel, to breathe, to connect, to move, to rejuvenate, to nourish, to grow. The fundamentals of our being. The fundamentals of our well being. And the fundamentals of citta collective retreats.
[ citta ] in Sanskrit is believed to be the seat of our consciousness. It is seen as the aggregate of thoughts, emotions, memories, perceptions, and other mental activities that make up our inner experience.
There are three aspects of our citta:
~ the thinking mind
~ the intellect
~ the ego or sense of self
Deepening the understanding of our citta can lead to greater awareness and control over the mind, allowing us to cultivate positive mental states and break free from negative patterns of thought and behaviour. When we choose to live, interact and act with consciousness, we invite purpose and intention to create a deliberate life. This choice can start with making time and space for ourselves — to search, explore, feel and find what could really mean 'being well'.
commitment.
citta collective curates the intersection between time, space, experience and consciousness through our retreats, day retreats and events. It is for each of us to then take home findings, answers, tools and dive into conscious habits and routines that can actually last and make a difference to the quality of our lives. We believe this phase is key for a sustainable change and thats why we support the ongoing learning and journey after retreats with our upcoming programs and events — because ‘we redefine retreats. and the way you continue to live each day.’
founder.
citta collective was founded by Elaine Koeber. Her roots strongly grounded in a passion for movement, nutrition, and holistic health, from childhood onwards. Growing up with ice baths and saunas being part of the culture; homegrown food and homemade teas being the medicine; and exercising and training being the healer and community glue. Venturing and exploring her own path through the branches of sports science, physiotherapy, pilates and personal training since 2011. Her private and group trainings, workshops and events expanded in 2023 into citta collective - a blend of her passions, reaching to share, inspire and change lives.
friends & collaborators.
We collaborate with a community of progressive advocates within different wellness and health realms to curate a broad range in our offering. We understand that one shoe doesn't fit all and we all have our own fields we are already drawn to or that spark interest in us to explore.
This is why our retreats are a result of a collective, bringing on board practitioners, brands, specialists, therapists and coaches who teach us what they have learnt, researched, and worked on over many years with their clients, and who are ready to share for a sustainable change.
keen to get involved?
responsibility.
Dedicated to taking care of our 3 homes - our body, our mind, our planet earth - we align our offerings and collaborations around our conscious, environmental and ethical values.
GIVING BACK
~ Offerings of wellness and wellbeing should not be a privilege, but available to those on various incomes. We are currently working towards a few projects to reach everyone in the community, for example offering regular mini retreat community classes in person and online - all on us. Please email us if you are interested to discuss what we can make work.
~ If retreat prices are outside what you can afford in one go, we are happy to organise a payment plan with you. Please don’t hesitate to speak to us directly.
~ As a business born in Australia, we understand the responsibility and importance of the approach and decisions we make as a person and as a business to help protecting the Australian endangered biodiversity. We recognise that there’s a long way to go before our ambitions become reality, but we can learn, adapt, push forward, make a small difference and hope that we encourage others on the way. With each retreat we are supporting a dedicated project with a selected organisation and will contribute 1% of your purchase towards this initiative. For specific details on every project, please see the individual retreat details here or contact us.
MINIMISING IMPACT
~ We consciously reduce the use of plastic during our retreats and events, and in our products.
~ We work together with catering chefs that celebrate and source from local farms, producers and growers who work towards a sustainable future through their form of agriculture. Our food offerings are free of refined sugar and all nasty add-ons that our bodies, minds and planet earth are happier without.
~ Our products are handmade and with the intention to reduce our footprint - no chemicals, based on natural ingredients, environmentally-friendly packed and shipped using Australia Post’s carbon neutral parcel delivery or in person.
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We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters on which we live and work, their ongoing strength in practicing the world’s oldest living culture and their deep connection to nature and community. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging.