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An intimate, nature-led, movement arts retreat for curious souls to connect & play.
🌿 2-5th Oct 2026 • Northern Rivers, NSW
📍Sēlah Valley Estate on Bundjalung Country

Growing new roots 🌱One of the highlights of bringing PlayFest to the Northern Rivers is getting to know the community al...
20/08/2026

Growing new roots 🌱

One of the highlights of bringing PlayFest to the Northern Rivers is getting to know the community already here.

We love making new connections and slowly weaving some of those relationships into PlayFest too.

One of those new connections is Ruari, the human behind 🔥We drop it like it's hot!🔥 🔥🧊

We met him at the Sacred Hearts Gathering and immediately felt comfortable and inspired by his stories. Ruari will be joining us at Sēlah Valley — our beautiful new home for PlayFest — and bringing his mobile wood-fired sauna and ice baths for us to enjoy.

For Ruari, the experience goes beyond the physical benefits of hot and cold exposure. It’s about slowing down, getting out of your head, having a laugh, challenging yourself and sharing the experience with community.

In his words…

“I think sauna, cold water and a festival full of good humans is a pretty great combination.” 🌿🔥🧊

And frankly, we agree 😌

So cheers to these gatherings existing, cheers to making meaningful connections with some of the locals here, and cheers to new relationships becoming part of our retreat and the community we’re growing here.

It feels pretty surreal as the web continues to weave 🕸️💚

PlayFest Retreat · INSPIRE
2–5 October 2026
Sēlah Valley Estate · Northern Rivers NSW

Explore the retreat and join us via the links in our bio.



Photos: 🔥We drop it like it's hot!🔥 x

To all the newcomers here, welcome 💚There have been quite a few new faces joining our little corner of the web lately, a...
18/08/2026

To all the newcomers here, welcome 💚

There have been quite a few new faces joining our little corner of the web lately, and it’s lovely to have you here ✨ We’re excited to get to know you better.

If you’re curious about PlayFest but we haven’t met yet, The Midweek Exhale is one of the ways we can begin to connect before October.

Every Wednesday evening we meet online for an hour to breathe together, reflect and come back to centre so that we can return to busy weeks feeling nourished 😌

You don’t need to be coming to PlayFest to join us. It’s simply another way to be part of this community and practice together, wherever you are.

We’re gathering again tomorrow night at 8pm AEST💨

You can find all the details and join us via the link below.

https://www.agypsysedge.com/the-midweek-exhale-breathing-circle

With love,
Anna and the PlayFest Fam x



Photo: Will S x Breathwork Training Australia

Remembering why… 💚For the love of gathering, moving, playing, collaborating, learning and growing together.🌿 Ph...
13/08/2026

Remembering why… 💚

For the love of gathering, moving, playing, collaborating, learning and growing together.

🌿



Photo: Arkadiusz Kasperczyk x

11/08/2026

Coming at you a little raw today 💚

Following on from yesterday’s share, thank you to everyone who reached out, connected, and started a conversation.

Sometimes it’s hard to know if we’re being seen or heard in this big wide web of algorithms. So, thank you.

Tomorrow night we begin our first circle of The Midweek Exhale 💨

One hour each week to breathe together, get to know each other better, and re-centre in the middle of busy weeks.

A few of you have registered already — thank you and I’m really looking forward to breathing with you.

You don’t need to be coming to PlayFest to join us, and if you can’t make the live circles, you’ll receive the recordings to practise in your own time.

You can learn more and join us via the link in our bio.

I’ll see you tomorrow night. 🌘

Xo,

Anna

A little honesty from behind the scenes 💚PlayFest has always evolved through the practices, people and regenerative ways...
10/08/2026

A little honesty from behind the scenes 💚

PlayFest has always evolved through the practices, people and regenerative ways of living that we genuinely believe in.

Every PlayFest that has existed has been made possible by the people who chose to show up and be part of it.

We’ve always been a grassroots gathering. We’ve never had outside financial backing or sponsorship. PlayFest continues to exist because of the curious souls and playful tribe who choose to participate, contribute, share, and help ✨

This year, I’ve made the decision to back this community retreat personally and make sure our gathering goes ahead.

And I also want to be transparent about where we are.

Moving 800km from our roots and bringing PlayFest to a new home has meant growing new roots too 🌱

We’re rebuilding and weaving into a new community here in the Northern Rivers, while continuing to nurture the amazing connections that have grown around PlayFest over the years 🕸️

For us to continue sustainably, we need our community around us 💞

So if you’ve been thinking about joining us this year, we’d love nothing more than to have you with us 🤸

And if you would really love to be there, but there’s something making it difficult, please reach out. Our inbox is always open, and we’re happy to have a conversation and see if there’s a way we can support you to make it work 🤝

If you can’t join us this year but PlayFest resonates with you, sharing it with someone you think might love it would be so helpful and mean a lot to us too.

Every person who joins us, shares our work, follows along, collaborates with us, or helps connect PlayFest with someone new is part of how this web of regeneration continues to grow ♾️

For the love of gathering, moving, playing, collaborating, learning and growing together.

For all our relations 🤍
Anna and the PlayFest fam x

PlayFest Retreat · INSPIRE 🌿
2–5 October 2026
Sēlah Valley Estate · Northern Rivers NSW

You can explore the retreat and join us via the links in our bio.



Photo: ZaikodA x

A little something for our email community 💌Hey PlayFesters, if you’re already part of our email circle, keep an eye on ...
08/08/2026

A little something for our email community 💌

Hey PlayFesters, if you’re already part of our email circle, keep an eye on your inbox tomorrow.

We’ll be sharing something there with you first ✨

If you’re new here and would like to stay in the loop, you’re so welcome.

Our emails are where we share a little more of what’s happening behind the scenes, invitations, collaborations, gifts, PlayFest updates, and occasionally things we offer to our email community before sharing anywhere else.

It’s another simple way to stay connected and get to know us better, even if you’re not quite ready to join us at the retreat.

Feel free to join our email circle via the link below.

https://www.agypsysedge.com/email-circle

We can’t wait to meet you.

💚

PlayFest Retreat · 2026 🌿



Photo: sēlah Valley Estate

A weekly rhythm before we gather 💨PlayFest is more than a retreat.It’s a community that lives beyond the retreat itself....
05/08/2026

A weekly rhythm before we gather 💨

PlayFest is more than a retreat.

It’s a community that lives beyond the retreat itself.

This year, rather than waiting until our gathering in October, we’ve created other ways to connect and journey together.

Starting Wednesday 12th August, we’ll gather online each week for The Midweek Exhale.

A simple space to breathe together, slow down, reconnect, and become a little more familiar before we meet in person.

We understand life may be full, so there’s no pressure to make every live session.

If you can’t join us on a Wednesday, you’ll receive the recording, and if you join partway through the seven weeks, you’ll also have access to everything we’ve already shared.

The rhythm is there to support you, not the other way around.

Whether you’re planning to join us at PlayFest, exploring our community for the first time, or simply looking for a regular place to pause each week, you’re warmly welcome.

You can learn more about our Midweek Exhale, or begin with our free 4-Day Reconnection Experience, via the links in our bio.

With love 💚



Photo: Will S x

Introducing The Midweek Exhale 💨As PlayFest gets closer, I’ve been thinking about how great it would be if our community...
04/08/2026

Introducing The Midweek Exhale 💨

As PlayFest gets closer, I’ve been thinking about how great it would be if our community could connect beforehand.

So here’s an invitation…

A simple weekly rhythm.
To pause, exhale, centre, and get to know each other.

Starting Wednesday 12th August, we’ll gather online each Wednesday evening for The Midweek Exhale, gently leading us towards the retreat.

One hour to breathe together, regulate our nervous systems, reconnect with ourselves and one another, and simply arrive exactly as we are.

Whether you’re joining us at PlayFest this October, or simply looking for a regular space to slow down and reconnect each week, you’re warmly welcome.

My hope is that by the time we arrive at the retreat, we’ll already feel like we’ve been walking part of the journey together, and can simply enjoy playing more naturally.

If this feels like something you’d love to be part of, I’d be honoured to have you with us.

You can learn more, explore the circle, and join us via the link below. 🌿

https://www.agypsysedge.com/the-midweek-exhale-breathing-circle

Xo,

Anna



Photo: Will S × Breathwork Training Australia

Movement — not just exercise, but a relationship.Exploring strength without aggression.Balance, precision and agility.Ch...
03/08/2026

Movement — not just exercise, but a relationship.

Exploring strength without aggression.
Balance, precision and agility.
Challenge and safety.
Curiosity and surrender.

It’s listening, feeling, responding.
Supporting and laughing.

Playing.
Being silly.

Communicating without words.

That’s what movement unlocks. 🗝️

Every movement practice at PlayFest looks a little different.

Yet beneath them all, something is quietly cultivated…

Trust.

Trusting in our abilities.
Trusting in each other.
Discovering what becomes possible when we move together.

Come play with us.

PlayFest Retreat · 2026 🌿

Photos 1, 3 & 4: Arkadiusz Kasperczyk
Photo 2: Will S

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