You have spent years being everything to everyone.

This is where you come back to you.

The new life — a chapter, beautifully curated

Your Velvet Passport creates intimate, beautifully held retreats for women who are ready to step away from the demands of everyday life, reconnect with themselves and begin listening to what they need now.

You do not need to have your next chapter figured out. You simply need to give yourself permission to pause.

 
 

The Retreat

The Self Love Retreat

date

12 to 16 November 2026

Location

Premalaya, Yallingup

Group

up to 16 women

Where you are now

You have spent years being the one everyone can rely on.

 

You are the one people depend on. You remember what needs to be done. You carry the worries, organise the details and keep life moving for everyone around you.

From the outside, you appear capable and strong. But inside, something has gone quiet. You can tell everyone else what they need, yet you struggle to answer the simplest questions about yourself.

What do I want? What do I need? What makes me feel alive?

Perhaps you are moving through separation, burnout, grief, an empty nest or a season of change you cannot quite put into words. Or perhaps nothing dramatic has happened at all. You simply know that the life you have been living no longer feels like your own.

You are not broken, and you do not need to be fixed. You may simply need the space to hear yourself again.

Woman resting on a daybed on a shaded verandah surrounded by bush
 

Introducing Velvet Passport

Your permission to pause, breathe and choose yourself.

Your Velvet Passport creates intimate retreat experiences for women who have spent years caring for everyone else and are ready to reconnect with the person they have placed last. You.

Each experience is thoughtfully created to help you step away from your responsibilities, soften out of survival mode and allow yourself to be cared for.

This is not about escaping your life. It is about becoming quiet enough to recognise what you want your life to feel like from here.

It is a passport back to your heart, your body, your voice and the life that still belongs to you.

Featured retreat

The Self Love Retreat

Five days. Four nights. One deeply important decision to choose yourself.

 

Set within the peaceful natural surrounds of Premalaya in Yallingup, The Self Love Retreat is an intimate experience for women aged 40 and over who are ready to rest, release and reconnect.

For five beautiful days, you will be invited to step away from the roles you carry and experience what it feels like to have someone else take care of the details.

You will move gently. You will breathe deeply. You will share beautiful meals. You will have time to rest, reflect, laugh, cry or simply be quiet.

There is nothing to prove here. You can arrive exactly as you are.

Retreat details

All of your five days, held.

 

Dates

Thursday, 12 November to Monday, 16 November 2026


Group size

An intimate group of up to 16 women


Location

Premalaya, Yallingup, Western Australia


Created for

Women aged 40 and over


Duration

Five days and four nights


Accommodation

Private apartment accommodation with your own bed. Book a whole apartment with your friends, or take one of three solo places in a shared apartment.

Your retreat experience includes

 

Four nights at Premalaya in your own apartment


9D Breathwork with Kelly from Bourne to Breathe


An evening sound healing session


Facilitated sauna and ice bath sessions


Three shared meals, including the welcome dinner and the final night dinner


Opening and closing circles


A gift to take home


Full use of the grounds, studio and deck

 
Yoga studio set up with mats and flowers ready for a class
Water being ladled over hot stones in a sauna

Everything is offered as an invitation. You will never be pressured to participate, share more than feels comfortable or push yourself beyond what you need.

The transformation

This is not about becoming someone new.

The woman you are searching for has not disappeared. She is still there beneath the exhaustion, the expectations and all the ways you have learned to put yourself last. The Self Love Retreat gives you the time and support to gently reconnect with her.

 

You may arrive feeling overwhelmed, uncertain or disconnected from yourself. Our hope is that you leave feeling clearer, lighter and more alive. Not with every answer, but with a deeper connection to yourself and the confidence to take your next step.

Safe. Loved. Belonging.

These are the feelings at the heart of every Velvet Passport experience.

You deserve to feel safe enough to soften.

Loved without having to earn it.

And surrounded by women who remind you that you are not alone.

Who this is for

This space was created for you if…

You have spent years caring for everyone else and are ready to care for yourself


You are usually the strong one, but you are tired of holding everything together


Your life looks full from the outside, yet something inside you feels missing


You are moving through separation, burnout, grief, an empty nest or another significant life transition


You want to reconnect with your confidence, clarity and sense of purpose


You crave rest without responsibility or guilt


You want to feel like yourself again


You are ready to choose yourself, even if you are still learning how

You do not need to arrive confident. You do not need to know anyone. You only need to feel the quiet pull that there may be something here for you.

 
Yoga teacher adjusting a woman in downward dog at Premalaya

What makes Velvet Passport different

You will be cared for before you even arrive.

 
Bright open plan living and dining area with sofas and a dining table

Choice without pressure

Every experience is an invitation. You remain in control of how you participate and how much you choose to share.


Intentionally intimate

Our retreats are intentionally small so you can feel known, supported and included. You will never feel like just another guest in a crowded program.


Space within the experience

Your days will not be packed from morning until night. There will be time to rest, wander, journal, connect or simply do nothing at all.


Qualified facilitators

Experienced facilitators guide the breathwork, yoga, meditation, sound healing and other specialised experiences, allowing you to feel safely supported throughout the retreat.


Thoughtful personal care

From your first enquiry to the moment you head home, Tee will be personally involved in your experience. Every detail has been considered to help you feel welcomed and cared for.

Tee, founder of Your Velvet Passport, seated and smiling
 

Founder

I created the retreat I once needed myself.

Hi, I’m Tee, founder of Your Velvet Passport.

For much of my life, I was the woman who could handle everything. I spent years caring for other people, raising my daughters, carrying responsibilities and making sure everyone around me was okay. Somewhere within all of those roles, I slowly lost touch with myself.

My own journey through change, healing and rediscovery taught me what can happen when a woman is given the space to stop holding everything together. I created Your Velvet Passport because I wanted other women to experience that space.

I do not claim to have all the answers. My role is to bring together experienced facilitators, create a thoughtfully held environment and make sure you feel genuinely welcomed and cared for.

It is the experience I once needed, created for the woman who may need it now.

An invitation

What could change if you finally gave yourself the same care you give everyone else?

Perhaps you would remember what it feels like to wake up without immediately thinking about what everyone else needs. Perhaps you would hear your own voice more clearly.

Perhaps you would feel lighter in your body, more trusting of yourself and more hopeful about what comes next.

You do not need anyone else’s permission. You are allowed to choose yourself now.

 

Join the community

A new chapter begins with you.

 

If you feel drawn to Velvet Passport but are not quite ready to book, you can still begin here. Join our community for thoughtful reflections, retreat updates and gentle reminders that your needs matter too.

You will also be among the first to hear about new retreat dates, experiences and availability.

Your Velvet Passport

Your Velvet Passport creates intimate women’s retreats designed to help you pause, reconnect and come home to yourself.

Based in Western Australia. Created for women ready to choose themselves.