18/06/2026
Why people cry on retreat?
We actively encourage people to feel safe enough to release emotion and "let it out".
Dan - I never cried. I felt like I needed to be a rock in the face of constant adversity and challenge. All that was happening was it was festering inside of me. I kept pushing this emotion down.
Ultimately, the pain that we hide away and push down will eventually bubble over into stress, depression, anxiety, and anger. Your outside world is how you internally feel on the inside.
I'd considered myself to be a masculine man, ex-forces, weight lifter, personal trainer, business owner... never cried or showed emotion.
Until one day, I went on this walk. No tech, nothing but myself. I cried, randomly. It was like a surge of emotion just started flooding out of me and it was totally unexpected. It was as if the universe was saying, "Dan, you can feel better, but you need to make the changes in your life to do that."
So I did. I started doing breathwork, cold therapy, sound healing, float therapy, meditation, and mantra. It changed my life. For some reason, all of these modalities of healing are considered "alternative" but, in actual fact, they can be the preventative medicine that stops you becoming unwell from stress related diseases in the first place.
When our guests cry, they release what they've been carrying for years. It's a purge. A lot of the healing work we do activates an emotional body inside you, and that body says, "It's safe to let this go now."
After that, a lightness envelops our guests. A wow moment. Everything about that guest changes. They look vibrant, young, well... it's like a snake shedding its old skin.
To unveil this version of themselves that has always been there, but has become so elusive that they couldn't find it for themselves.
