Blue Mountains Writing Retreat 2026
Feb 4–6, Wentworth Falls
Clear your mind, open your heart, and let the words you’re longing to write finally flow.
Join Rose and her HeartWriters for a transformative creative awakening in the stunning bushland of Wentworth Falls.
Perfect for writers of any level, this retreat teaches the HeartWriting Method, ancient spirituality, writing mastery, and creative flow.
Rose is so much more than just a writer. She’s a gifted teacher of language and writing of 20 years, plus a spiritual guide ready to awaken your creative heart and help you get those words on the page.
Over three days we’ll sink deeply into writing workshops, heart meditation, sensory bushwalks, yoga, sound healing, sacral activation, and the simple joys of poetry, language and storytelling.
We’ll also have a special workshop on womb healing and its link to creativity and vibrancy, with meditation and massage – with our special guest womb healer, Jayne.
Reconnect with your words through silence, nature, & your creative heart.
Just a sweet 90-minute drive from Sydney, the mountains will offer you a cooler change from the city’s blazing summer, yet warm enough to float in the pool, immerse in nature, and write the words that have been bursting from your sacred heart.
Semi-Silent Retreat
Silence and space encourages that glorious state of heart connection and theta flow state. This sacred writing retreat is inspired by Vipassana Retreats, and Ava Irani’s Functional Spirituality Retreats, which are labelled ‘semi-silent’. Rose practises this every day to encourage more ideas to flow, and less anxious space-filling in her life and interactions.
Heart Nourishment
Our days and evenings will be filled with nourishing and inspiring activities for the heart, including writing workshops, movement and meditation, sound healing, sensory bushwalking, pool sunbathing, and glorious meals prepared by the famous Happy Buddha Chef.
Movement & Meditation
Gentle movement and deep meditation is the antidote to stuck energy and creative blocks. This retreat is designed to clear the clutter from the top layer of your consciousness, and from there, creative magic can happen – revealing words and ideas you’ve never dreamed of.
Poetry, Shamanism, Voice
On the Bali retreat, we explored the links between writing, healing and authentic voice through the lens of Toltec Shamanism. We’ll be exploring a related, intuitive theme using the craft of poetry to help you uncover your deepest writing potential.
Sacral Healing & Activation
We’ll have a bonus workshop on womb healing and sacral activation for creativity, with meditation and self-massage, with our special guest womb healer, Jayne. You even have the option to book in for a luxurious one hour womb massage.
Creative Community
It’s so important to connect deeply with other creatives who share in your values and heart. Bringing heart-centred writers together in healing, learning and harmony is a big part of HeartWriting’s mission.
Stunning Chalets
We have secured the chalet-style hotel section of Happy Buddha Retreat Centre, Wentworth Falls, as pictured. The grounds are surrounded by pristine Australian bushland, hosting a variety of stunning group circle locations, a large yoga room, and gorgeous nooks for private writing. There is a large pool on site, and vegetarian catering providing us nourishing meals three times a day.
Retreat Includes:
- Creative meditation & yoga
- HeartWriting workshops with Rose
- Womb healing session with Jayne
- Poetry night + cacao ceremony
- Retreat gift bag filled with Australian self-care products
- New book from the level 1 course
- Healthy vegetarian catering
- Sensory writing bushwalk
- Silent afternoon of writing
- Instrumental sound healing
- Large outdoor pool
- Ten Days of HeartWriting Course, valued at $199
- Editing of 1 x 1000 word piece
- $100 discount for the 8 week course
- Heart-led creative community
- Silence, nature & creativity.
It is a strong recommendation to follow the retreat with the level 1 online HeartWriting course. You’ll receive a $100 gift code to apply to the course after signing up for the retreat, or simply grab the exclusive bonus add–on at checkout.
Meet Rose Mascaro
founder of heartwriting, author of the heart writing handbook
Equipped with a Master of Arts in creative writing, a former career as magazine editor, a decade of spirituality and awakening, and working as a book ghostwriter… plus taking hundreds of students through her holistic and academic writing courses – Rose’s retreats are a gift of learning and awakening.
Merged with the signature magic of her registered HeartWriting curriculum, by the end of this retreat you will have several beautiful pieces of writing completed under Rose’s guidance.
After the retreat, Rose and Raeleen will also act as your editors, giving you light editing and feedback on a favourite piece of writing you’d like to submit.
Meet The Team
Rose
Rose is a published Australian author, magazine editor, book editor, English teacher, and yoga and meditation teacher with a decade of spirituality immersion. In 2019 she completed a one-year spirituality mentorship with Ava Irani. Rose holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing, and was an editor at Lovatts Media. Rose is qualified to teach a range of advanced writing techniques with a spiritual twist.
Jayne
Jayne is a womb healer and certified Womb Massage Therapist who specialises in supporting women to deepen the connection with their wombs, creativity and feminine energy. With a warm, nurturing presence and an intuitive approach, Jayne offers holistic bodywork that goes beyond physical touch. Her luxurious massage sessions support women to restore balance, fertility and creative flow.
Raeleen
Raeleen is our new editor. She was one of the first HeartWriters to join HeartWriting and has since completed a memoir under Rose's mentorship. Raeleen has taken every one of Rose's academic and spiritual classes and has been busy honing her editing skills over the last year. Today Raeleen helps Rose with editing and mentoring for students, and adds a heart-centred 'creative mama' vibe to HeartWriting.
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When & Where:
4th–6th Feb 2026, Happy Buddha Retreat Centre, Wentworth Falls
Arrive at 2.30pm on Wed the 4th Feb for a 3pm start. Our program finishes at 11am on Friday the 6th Feb.
Your Investment:
Standard room, twin share:Earlybird $1250 AUD [CLOSED Oct 1]Regular Price, Payment Plan $1310 AUD [UNTIL DEC 5]
Latebird, Upfront Only $1350 [Dec 5 – Jan 15 or until tickets sold]
Only 4 standard tickets left
Private room (1 x Queen Bed):Earlybird $1550 AUD [CLOSED OCT 1]Regular Price, Payment Plan $1599 AUD [Until Dec 5]
Latebird, Upfront Only $1650 AUD [Dec 5 – Jan 15 or until tickets sold]
Only 1 more private room left
Accommodation:
We have full hire of the renovated hotel section of Happy Buddha, featuring clean and comfortable boho chalet-style rooms. It really does feel like a treat to stay here.
TERMS AND CANCELLATIONS:
See the bottom of this page. Making your first payment means that you have agreed to our Terms and Cancellations Policy.
what's included
- Daily yoga classes
- Creativity meditations
- Writing workshops
- Heart circles + sharing
- Retreat gift bag
- One book from the level 1 course
- Healthy vegetarian catering
- Poetry evening with cacao ceremony
- Womb/sacral healing session with Jayne
- Sensory writing bushwalk
- Silent afternoon of writing
- Sound healing evening
- Large pool and optional spa services
AND: - Ten Days of HeartWriting Course, valued at $199
- Editing: 1 x 1000 word piece
- $100 discount to join the online 8 week course
- Option to book a massage or womb healing for an extra price.
draft itinerary
Wednesday
- 2.30pm Check in to your rooms
- 3pm Welcome and first workshop with Rose in the yoga hall
- 4.30pm Sensory writing bushwalk
- 5.30pm Free time
- 6.45pm Dinner
- 7.30pm Womb healing with Jayne followed by poetry with Rose
- 9.30pm Silence and Writing
Thursday
- 7.30am Yoga
- 9am Breakfast
- 10am HeartWriting Workshop #2
- 12pm Lunch
- 1pm – 3.30pm Silent writing on grounds
- 3.30pm Sharing time in hall
- 5pm Free time
- 6.45pm Dinner
- 8pm Sound Healing
- 9.30pm Silence and Writing
Friday
- 7.30am Yoga
- 9am Breakfast
- 10am Closing Ceremony
- Readings from journals + Heart Words Box
- 11am Goodbyes and group photos! Arrange to head to lunch with your new friends.
Meet Rose, your host
It’s a pleasure to connect with you! I’m Rose, a published writer, novelist, ghostwriter, magazine editor, book editor, and English teacher. I’m also a yoga and meditation teacher with a decade of spirituality immersion behind me and a one year spirituality mentorship training with Ava Irani (functionalspirituality.com). With a Master of Arts in Creative Writing, and former editor career at Lovatts Media, I’m qualified to teach you a range of advanced writing techniques with a spiritual twist.
What People Say
Raeleen
Rose always instinctively knows what's needed in her guided meditations and the collective energy of the group is pure magic! I have grown so much with Rose. My heart has opened and my writing? ... well, I've almost finished my book. Heartwriting in Ubud here I come!
Grace
I highly recommend HeartWriting for those who love learning with a spiritual lens and want to develop or mature their writing ability in a supportive space. Rose radiates with beautiful wisdom and has an authentic way of teaching that is articulate, inspiring, heartfelt and passionate.
Delys
The talented Rose shared so much of her vast knowledge with us and was very generous with her time and resources. I have wanted to get back to writing for many years but this course was the impetus to get my words moving again. I loved it so much I have enrolled in the advanced course!
Kelly
I cannot shout loud enough to anyone who is thinking about working with Rose that they need to run, not walk. It will be one of the biggest acts of self-care you’ll enact all year. There will not be a more well rounded or supportive course of its kind out there I assure you!
Alex
I attended the 2025 Bali Retreat – I wrote more than I had in the six months prior to the retreat over the three/four days. The practice for teaching writing is unlike most that I have investigated. I came home filled with confidence in my ability to write and with so many new ideas in my mind. I cannot recommend working with Rose more.
important info. cancellation policy
Full retreat terms and conditions here.
Accommodation
You will be sharing a room with another person, unless you book a private room.
Deposit, Pricing and Payment Plan
Your first payment in the payment plan is non-refundable.
[There is a grace period of 14 days after paying your deposit if circumstances change and you need to cancel. Refund may take 14 days.]
If for some reason you cannot attend the retreat, and you let us know at least 60 days prior to the retreat, your payments will go towards the retreat the following year.
If you are visiting Australia as a tourist, you must purchase travel insurance.
We highly recommend that all Australian participants take out domestic travel insurance that includes cancellation cover, to protect your investment in case of unforeseen circumstances such as illness, injury, or family emergencies. Please ensure your policy covers non-refundable retreat fees, as we are a small business which cannot be held liable for personal or force majeure events.
The full terms can be read here.
Transportation
It is the responsibility of our guests to arrange their own transportation to the venue. This includes booking flights, trains, and any other necessary travel arrangements.
Retreat Requirements
Mental health is a significant requirement. You must disclose any mental health issues that may impact your participation in the retreat, as we do not offer therapy in the program. Writing and sharing of personal stories may trigger emotional events for yourself or others.
You must be 21+ years of age to attend this retreat.
Contact:
Please contact rose@heartwriting.com.au for more information.