meet your hosts

Why We Created The Return

After decades of working with thousands of people through acupuncture, massage, yoga, sound, and energy healing, we started to notice something. So many people came to us wired and weary. Tired in their bones. Holding it all together. Running on empty, thinking they just needed a massage… or an adjustment… or a better plan. But really, they needed space. Real, meaningful, no-pressure space to pause.

We also heard gentle echoes from others who had been to retreats before-
“I thought it would help… but I felt a bit out of place.”
Or, “It was beautiful, but I came home even more exhausted.”

So many well-intentioned retreats are packed with things to do; leaving little room to just be.

A retreat that asks nothing of you. That honours individuality and doesn’t push a schedule or path. Where you can join the yoga – or sleep in.
Sit in silence – or laugh over tea. Float in the magnesium pool – or contemplate under the stars. Where being exactly as you are is more than welcome… it’s sacred.

This isn’t a place to “improve” yourself. It’s a place to come home to yourself. Because real healing starts in rest. And sometimes, the most powerful thing we can do is stop… and listen.

With love, Dee + Tanya


Meet Tanya Kane

acupuncturist • energetic healer • shamanic wisdom

Tanya is a heart-centred healing practitioner weaving together more than a decade of experience in acupuncture and Chinese medicine with intuitive bodywork, Reiki & energetic healing, sound therapy, aromatherapy.

Tanya works in a gentle Japanese style, blending acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion, myofascial release techniques, and Qi Gong to address physical tension, emotional stagnation, and energetic imbalance. She is deeply intuitive and trained in Mayan Abdominal Massage, yoni steaming, and fertility/pregnancy support; bringing spacious healing into every woman’s cycle and beyond.

With Tanya, every session is highly personalised and nurturing. She holds space for the full human experience; body, mind, spirit… helping each person return to their own natural flow. Her deep care cultivates trust, which allows profound tension release and emotional recalibration.

Her presence is gentle and wise, grounded in compassion and immense respect for your individual healing journey.

Tanya will be holding space for you with healing bodywork sessions, deep wisdom & a shamanic drum journey.

Danera Wilkinson

yoga instructor • bodyworker • soul nurturer

Danera (Dee) has spent over 30 years guiding bodies and souls back to rest. As a massage therapist, yoga teacher, birthworker and sound healing practitioner, her work is rooted in deep care, intuitive presence, and the knowing that every person carries their own unique rhythm and wisdom.

Dee has been teaching yoga for over 16 years, with a focus on accessible, inclusive, and deeply nourishing practices. Her approach is never about performance – it’s about remembering yourself.

Through movement, stillness, sound and touch, Dee offers spaces where people feel safe to soften, release, and return home to their bodies.

Dee says: “in all that I do, I lead with compassion. I honour individuality. I hold space without judgment.”

The Return isn’t about fixing or changing who you are. It’s about creating the conditions for you to feel more you.

Dee will be guiding you through your retreat with daily yoga, intuitive massage treatments and sound healing.