Retreats

The Red Tent or Moonlodge was a place where women would traditionally gather each month to meditate, consult oracles, share their experiences & channel wisdom for themselves, each other & the wider community. The Red Tent Moonlodge Retreat is a day to take time out for yourself and restore your balance and wellbeing. 

These one day women’s retreats, held each month in the tranquil forest of Mt Dandenong are facilitated by Tanishka, author of ‘The Inner Goddess Makeover’& director of the Star of Ishtar Mystery School. Tanishka specializes in teaching ancient women’s customs such as the monthly practice of the moonlodge.

What they include:

Your Red Tent Host, Tanishka

- meditation
- wisdom circle
- sacred ceremony & teachings
- oracle card divination
- lunar manifestation
- lunch, morning & afternoon tea

Optional extras include:
- pedicures
- manicures
- facials
- massage

Prices:
$120/$100 concession
3 visit pass $300 / $240 concession (save $60!)
Mother & daughter double pass $150

Additional Pampering Treatment Prices:
15 mins $17.50
30 mins $40.00
1 hr $70.00

Visit the Red Tent to nurture your soul or purchase a gift voucher for your wife, best friend or Mum to show her how much you appreciate everything she gifts you in your life. Ideal for teenage girls & women of all ages.

FAQ: Do I Have to Attend Every Month?

 

No. You can attend on the dates you can make it, that fit in with your schedule. Fortunately, the new moon falls on different days of the week making it flexible around your other commitments. For those who work full-time, you may wish to consider taking an RDO for mental health once a season. Obviously, the more you come the greater the benefits – especially in our relationships as the longer we leave processing our emotions, the greater the backlog & the more chance we have of someone detonating our emotional triggers. Those who attend all 12 moons will receive a certificate to honour their priestess journey to see & reflect upon all the faces of their feminine as illuminated by the moon sign each month.

Do I Have to Be Menstruating to Attend the Red Tent?

No. Whilst new moon is the most common time for women to be menstruating it is not a pre-requisite. All women benefit from this monthly practice of rest & replenishment whether they are still cyclically physically or energetically (post-menopause). It is however a condition that girls are of menstruating age to attend.

Who Benefits Most From Visiting the Red Tent?

Every Woman deserves a visit to The Red Tent to fill her cup so she may sustain giving to others the rest of    the month. So whether you are a mother who multi-tasks to meet her family’s emotional, psychological & energetic needs, working long hours in a high pressured, masculine corporate environment or a self-employed woman who works solo, meeting her client’s needs you deserve a break on a regular basis to meet your own needs. Equally, the Red Tent is beneficial for women who comfort eat or have body image issues, women wanting to regulate their fertility, empower their feminine sense of selfhood, access greater emotional support & learn more about the lunar cycle. As well as women transitioning through life changes such as puberty, engagement, pregnancy, separation, illness, menopause, bereavement or career change.

How Does Attending the Red Tent Enhance Tantric Partnerships?

When a woman attunes to her lunar cycle she enhances self-understanding & empowerment by processing her emotional high’s & low’s each month in a supportive & conscious space which reduces the amount of ‘acting out’ of unconscious emotional behaviour on her partner which is the main cause of dischord in partnerships.

Will the Red Tent Increase My Psychic Abilities & Intuition?

The new moon is when these inner feminine gifts are enhanced so by exercising these muscles women can better discern & identify their own inner guidance.

Where Are They Held?

At Tanishka’s tranquil temple home nestled in the tranquil forest in Olinda, in the Dandenong Ranges. N.B. Address & parking info given upon booking.

When Are They?

The new moon is the the beginning of the monthly lunar cycle, a time of emotional new beginnings & the astrological ‘power period’ for setting clear manifestation intentions. This is when our extrasensory gifts such as clairvoyance (clear seeing), clairsentience (clear sensing), clairaudience (clear hearing) & intuition (inner knowing) are also at their most heightened & coincidentally when most women are on their moontime (menses) when we feel inward. (N.B. You do not need to be on your moontime when you attend & women who have reached moonpause (menopause) are welcome to attend as the cycle continues energetically.)

Time: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm

2012 Moonlodge Dates

Monday, Jan 23         Tuesday, Feb 21         Thursday, March 22      Saturday, April 21       Sunday, May 20

Tuesday, June 19       Thursday, July 19      Friday, Aug 17                 Sunday, Sept 16            Monday, Oct 15

Wednesday, Nov 14         Thursday, Dec 13

Divine Accommodation Option: Spend a night or two at Wild Patch Retreat (opposite Tanishka’s temple home) to complete your Red Tent R & R!Wild Patch Retreat offers two luxury modern contemporary self-contained residences within a lazy five minute stroll from the Olinda Village at the top of the beautiful Dandenong Ranges. Cosy Coonara wood fires, expansive decks and huge Mountain Ash trees. Walk to the local restaurants or stay and enjoy the exquisite Belgian chocolates, home-baked bread, beautiful surroundings – you can hand-feed our exotic chickens (Callebaut lays fabulous blue eggs!) or wander down the path to the Wild Patch kitchens for some chocolate making – classes are available as a package with your accommodation.

You host, my chocolatier neighbour, Linda has kindly put together a range of special ‘Moonlodge package deals’ for those wishing to stay overnight in the forest in her luxury B & B!  To view rates for singles wanting tranquility or to make a girl’s weekend & book a Red Tent getaway for you & your favourite gal pals click here N.B. Bookings can be made simply online & are subject to availability.

Check Out These Special Discount Offers & SAVE!

3 x Visit Multiple Pass: $300 / $240 conc. (save $60!)

Mother / Teen Daughter One Day Attendance: $150

Red Tent Gift Certificate One Day Attendance: $100 Ideal for Brides-to-Be, new Mum’s

To Book: Simply fill in the booking form by clicking on this link to the booking page & then click on the link to pay either in full or a $25 deposit to secure your place!