embodiment & sound retreat

Oceanic Body

rituals of deep time

May 9-11, 2025
Telunas, sugi island

Oceanic Body is a 3 day deep dive into the wisdom of the water within our bodies. A space to enter into a state of deep time that can shift the way we navigate the turbulence, and currents of life.

Modern way of life has coerced us towards the violence of rushing and pursuit of perfection. This drives us into daily distraction, and compounded tension that leads into chronic fatigue and long term dis ease. 

Deep time invites us into collective effervescence expressed through gathering with a shared intention, into our bountiful bodies and the wisdom it holds, and into nervous system health through nature, meditative sound journeys, and primal movement; as our ancestors once did.

Space held by trauma-informed facilitator and embodiment guide Chloe of Body as Earth and soundscapes meditative journeys with Dr. Foo.

Live over the water at the rustic yet tasteful Telunas, a secluded beach on Sugi Island, only a 2 hour ferry ride away from Singapore.

You are welcomed as you are. Join us in this deep time retreat: Oceanic Body to immerse in embodiment and sound.

Oceanic Body: Rituals of Deep Time

Overview Retreat

Date: May 9 (Fri) – May 11 (Sun), 2024 

Location: Telunas, Sugi island, Riau Archipelago, Indonesia
Just 50km, 2.5 hours ferry ride from Singapore

Inclusive of

Not Included

  • Transportation to Sekupang Ferry Terminal
  • Visa Fees 
  • Extended stay
  • Travel Insurance
  • Additional activities not included

Intentions

  • Collective care in practice
  • Entering a state of deep time
  • Restful rejuvenation for the soul
  • Learning practices for nervous system health
  • Immersing in the wisdom of nature
  • Time for solitude and deep contemplation
  • Embodiment as a tool for well-being
  • Sound as a supportive medium for meditation
  • Meet like-minded folks 
  • Reclaiming your sense of self
  • Unlearning conditions of perfectionism

Oceanic Body: Rituals of Deep Time

Retreat Program

Day 1: Offer

  • Ferry to Telunas
  • Somatic Soundscape
  • Water Ritual
  • Bonfire

Day 2: Expand

  • Somatic Soundscape
  • Ancestral Walk
  • Embodied Landscapes
  • Beachside Ecstatic Dance
  • Bonfire

Day 3: Integrate

  • Somatic Soundscape
  • Integration Circle
  • Ferry to Singapore

Accommodation

Telunas Beach

We will partner with Telunas Beach Resort, an eco lodge with private beach on the secluded Sugi Island of the Riau Archipelago in Indonesia.

The island is 50km/2.5hrs ferry ride away from Singapore. They work with locals and are passionate about environmental social impact along side conscious tourism.

Telunas is built entirely over the water and have expansive views, thatched roofs, and natural cooling provided by the natural ocean breezes.

Telunas intentionally does not offer WiFi. There are no televisions in the rooms. One of their unique distinctive is offering guests with a refuge from the hectic, incessant, over-plugged-in cadence of modern life today.

We offer two types of accommodation: overwater rooms and bungalow with balcony.

Discover more details about our accommodations:

Retreat Highlights

retreat highlights

Embodied Landscapes™

An embodied exploration enliven nature within.

A space to let the body speak before the mind. Through movement as a gateway, we’ll work with the intention to feel free in your body. 

We will begin with a somatic (body based) awareness practice, followed by opening the spine through simple yet effective spinal flow sequence. We will then be guided to transition into an intuitive flow. We close with a deep nidra and sound bath to bring the body into equilibrium.

Chloe is trauma aware and assures accessibility in movement for all bodies. 

Dynamic Dialogue Between Body and Mind

Embodiment is the practice of being fully present in your body, acknowledging its wisdom and intelligence. Movement is integral to embodiment, serving as a gateway to express emotions, release tension, and enhance the mind-body connection

In a world often dominated by cognitive or mental control, embodiment practices aim to shift the focus to a more holistic approach.

In other words, embodiment emphasizes the bidirectional relationship between the mind and body. It acknowledges that the body holds valuable information, emotions, and intelligence, and by tuning into the body’s signals, we can manage our mental states, decision-making processes, and overall well-being. Embodying a shift from mind control to a holistic integration.

This shift from mind controlling body (top to bottom) to a body integrated approach, where the body informs and guides the mind (bottom to top), is a fundamental principle in embodiment practices.

Embodiment is a journey from mind control to a harmonious integration, where movement becomes a profound tool for self-expression, emotional release, and holistic well-being allowing movements to guide our mind.

Learn more here

 

retreat highlights

Somatic Soundscapes

Sound frequencies resonate with the body’s natural rhythms, helping to move internal stagnant energy, and alter brainwave patterns. Sound elevates mood, improves focus, and creates connection to the inner self. While, somatic practices and guidance attunes us to the internal world of our bodies, bridging a deeper mind-body connection. This daily session integrates both the wisdom of our bodies through Somatics and the supportive healing frequencies of Sound.

Rooting our bodies through the sounds of Himalayan singing bowls, binaural frequencies, deep dronal synthesisers, and shamanic sounds. We progress to the lighter heart sounds of the harp, handpan and other melodic sounds as we allow our inner compass to resonate at its own pace.

Studies show that the collective energy of a group can amplify the positive effects of a meditative state, leading to long term deep rest and increased focused. Experience the transformative power of Somatic Soundscapes, where collective awareness through movement and music leads to deeper presence.

retreat highlights

Beachside Ecstatic Dance

Our beachside ecstatic dance combines the expansive beauty of the ocean with the liberating power of movement and sound. Dance has been used to foster deeper and sacred connections since the dawn of time through rituals across world cultures. Set against the backdrop of the sunset and the full moon, this dance creates a sacred ritual space to celebrate of life, unity, and the natural world.

Dr Foo is known for his seamless weaving of unique sonic journey harnessing over a decade of DJ experience across world genres, further enhanced by his vulnerability & sensitivity as a space holder, yogi and sound healer. While, Chloe opens and closes the dance to flow into deeper state of collective embodied presence together. Both DJ Dr Foo and Chloe have been working together for the past 3 years. 

Facilitators

Space Holders

Chloe

Chloe created Body as Earth, a space advocating for the wisdom of the body as a conduit for the deep change we seek in the world.

She is a certified somatic therapist and trauma sensitive advocate, as well as a community organiser, and movement artist.

She responds to the poly-crisis by advocating for ancestral animistic practices through her labor of bridging embodied wisdom to communities. Her work navigates the unwinding of collective trauma stored in the body. 

Chloe is a queer woman, neuro-divergent aware, and of Sindhi-Tagalog mixed heritage.

More on Chloe here 

Dr. Foo

Sek Sheng, also known by his artist name ‘Dr Foo’, is a conscious musician/ DJ & sound meditation facilitator who prescribes music for healing and integration of deeper aspects of the self.

Starting as an underground club DJ in Melbourne to immersing in yogic journeys worldwide, learning the power of sound for therapy. Bringing 10 years of deep sonic tapestry.

He believes that sound is a universal language that can re-awaken our innate connection with all, and serve as a sacred medium. His sound journeys weave therapeutic instruments with hypnotic electronic, and ethnic music across cultures; emphasising owning our darkness before true healing and expansion can occur.

Listen to his Insight Timer sound meditations.

Join this Experience

Rates & Booking

Oceanic Body: Rituals of Deep Time is a 3 day deep dive into the wisdom of the water within our bodies. A space to enter into a state of deep time that can shift the way we navigate the turbulence, currents, and challenges of life.

Be with us for this intentional gathering. We welcome you as you are.

Enjoy the Early Bird Perks :

All prices are in Singapore dollars

  • Private for 1 person
  • Queen bed and bunk bed to yourself
  • Sunset view

Regular rate effective from Feb 1, 2025

$1196

Early Bird Rate
Regular: $1,328

Book by Jan 31, 2025

  • Private for 3 persons, sunset view
  • 1 Queen and 1 bunk bed
  • Rate is for each person in a joint booking for  3 people

Regular rate effective from Feb 1, 2025

$709

Early Bird Rate
Total for 3 persons: $2,127
Regular: $2,364

Book by Jan 31, 2025

  • Private for 2 persons, sunset view
  • 1 Queen and 1 bunk bed
  • Rate is for each person in a joint booking for  2 people

Regular rate effective from Feb 1, 2025

$777

Early Bird Rate
Total for 2 persons: $1,554 Regular: $1,726

Book by Jan 31, 2025

  • Bunk bed for 1 person only, sunset view
  • Bungalow will be shared with one other person in the queen bed
  • Your booking will be confirmed once we are able to pair you with another participant for the queen bed

Regular rate effective from Feb 1, 2025

$763

Early Bird Rate
Regular: $848

Book by Jan 31, 2025

  • Queen bed for 1 person only, sunset view
  • Bungalow will be shared with one other person in the bunk bed
  • Your booking will be confirmed once we are able to pair you with another participant for the bunk bed

Regular rate effective from Feb 1, 2025

$848

Early Bird Rate
Regular: $948

Book by Jan 31, 2025

  • Room private use for 2 persons, sunrise facing
  • 1 Queen and 1 bunk bed
  • Rate is for each person in a joint booking for  2 people.

Regular rate effective from Feb 1, 2025

$658

Early Bird Rate
Total for 2 persons: $1,316
Regular: $1,476

Book by Jan 31, 2025

  • Bunk bed for 1 person only, sunset view
  • Room will be shared with one other person in the queen bed
  • Your booking will be confirmed once we are able to pair you with another participant for the queen bed

Regular rate effective from Feb 1, 2025

$673

Early Bird Rate
Regular: $748

Book by Jan 31, 2025

  • Queen bed for 1 person only, sunset view
  • Room will be shared with one other person in the bunk bed
  • Your booking will be confirmed once we are able to pair you with another participant for the bunk bed

Regular rate effective from Feb 1, 2025

$717

Early Bird Rate
Regular: $796

Book by Jan 31, 2025

How to Get there

transportation

This retreat is inclusive of transporation from Sekupang  to Telunas Beach Resort, Sugi Island, Indonesia.

We will be arranging a ferry boat for the group from Sekupang to Telunas.

If you travel outside our arranged schedule to Telunas Beach Resort, there will be additional costs that you will shoulder.

All participants needs to arrange their own transport to Sekupang, Batam, Indonesia.

How to get to Sekupang

Singapore Residents

You will need to book the return ferry to Sekupang, Batam, Indonesia. We have arranged transportation from Sekupang to Telunas Beach resort and will depart from Sekupang. Departure time to be confirmed. 

We recommend to book the ferry with Batamfast

We will share booking details upon confirmation. 

VISA REQUIREMENTS

Singapore Passport Holders are exempted for Visa.If you reside in Singapore and do not hold Singapore Passport, please check here for visa requirements

How to get to Sekupang

Other Nationals

If you are coming from another country than Singapore, we recommend to arrive in Singapore first and take the ferry with our group from Harbourfront (SG) to Sekupang (ID) or meet at Sekupang Ferry Terminal on 2nd May, 11am.

Alternatively you can fly to Batam, Hang Nadim International Airport and arrange transport to Sekupang Ferry Terminal.

Please keep us in loop of your travel plans, we can help you along the way.

VISA REQUIREMENTS

Singapore Passport Holders are exempted for Visa. If you reside in Singapore and do not hold Singapore Passport, please check here for visa requirements

Testimonials

Tangible Experiences

“Thank you to Chloe and Lisa for holding open one of the safest containers I’ve experienced yet. Really appreciated the range of topics covered, diversity of options to choose from, communities & spaces acknowledged / holding us as we explore, being sensitive to the realities of the staff supporting our comfort and convenience as we come together to do our work. Deep gratitude and best of wishes to all who pass through this magical container.” – Genevieve Ong, Singapore

“A sacred, humbling, healing, precious time and space for gathering to listen to inner voices and channel the wisdoms from those before me, Mother nature, and those around me in soulful community. A much needed reminder to prioritize what is important and recalibrate relationships to my self, the natural environment, and those around me. Thank you for facilitating, holding space, and creating communities of care.”

“Sensitive, joyful, nourishing, grounding solidarity building in a paradisiaque location infused with healing energies and tangible practices. Chloe is a wonderful facilitator and collaborator who has woven together a beautiful tapestry that we may drape lovingly on ourselves from time to time after the retreat.” – L.H, Theater Practitioner & Educator, Singapore

“This retreat was transformative, kind, and loving. It’s hard to find retreats and people I can trust to hold space for mental health practitioners like me. Chloe, the rest of the team, and the whole community are deep in love and in study, and are therefore trustworthy. I have come out of this retreat reawakened, more kind to my body, and with a stronger sense of belonging.” – Gabes, Psychotherapist, Educator & Community Organiser, Philippines

“Feeling spacious, embodied, and slowed. A strong sense of a return to myself and the resources I’ve already built. A lot that I’ve taken home with me that I don’t know how to articulate, but I trust is going to continue emerging in the coming months.”

“The Oceanic Retreat was spaciously structured such that there was sufficient time for my own decompression and processing, yet also programs like Embodied Landscape to anchor. I felt nourished and gained more clarity as a result of carving out a weekend for this retreat.”

“This is my first time attending a ritualistic retreat. Telunas resort is perfect, beautiful and quiet. Chloe’s approach in facilitating the exercises are just the right amount of time and self exploration. It really tune up my body, mind and soul.”

“Deeply validating for me as someone who has struggled with isolation (due to health co-morbidities/ alienation of Singapore life), to know that there are others out there who understand holistic worldviews & are trying to navigate it as best as they can.” – John

  • Spacious balcony
  • 36 square meter
  • Over the water with ocean and sunset views
  • Inspired by local Riau architecture
  • Includes one queen bed and one bunk bed
  • Bathroom, hot shower and toilet
  • No Wifi, No TV
  • No air conditioning, just fans, with a refreshing breeze and the soothing sound of ocean waves right beneath you
  • Virtual Tour of Bungalow
  • 24 square meter
  • Over the water with ocean, facing sunrise
  • Inspired by local Riau architecture
  • Includes one queen bed and one bunk bed
  • Bathroom, hot shower and toilet
  • No Wifi, No TV
  • No air conditioning, just fans, with a refreshing breeze and the soothing sound of ocean waves right beneath you
  • All accommodations are over the water with ocean views
  • Inspired by local Riau architecture
  • Includes one queen bed and one bunk bed
  • Bathroom, hot shower and toilet
  • No Wifi or No TV
  • No air conditioning, just fans, with a refreshing breeze and the soothing sound of ocean waves right beneath you

Price includes

  • 3 days 2 night overwater accommodation
  • 3 somatic soundscape sessions
  • 1 ecstatic dance
  • 1 embodied landscapes
  • 7 healthy local meals
  • 1 water ritual
  • 1 ancestral walk
  • 1 integration circle
  • 2 bonfires
  • Guidebook for preparation
  • Transportation Round Trip ferry Sekupang to Telunas, Sugi Island
  • Local taxes and service fees


Not included

  • Transportation to Sekupang Ferry Terminal, Batam, Indonesia
  • Extended stay
  • Travel Insurance
  • Additional activities not in the retreat itinerary


Bungalow versus Overwater rooms

  • Rooms have no balcony and Bungalows have a balcony
  • Room facing sunrise and Bungalows have sunset view
  • Room 24 square meter and Bungalow 36 square meter


No Wifi

Telunas intentionally does not offer WiFi. There are no televisions either. One of their unique distinctive is offering guests with a refuge from the hectic, incessant, over-plugged-in cadence of modern life today.

If you must be connected you can purchase a local SIM card (Telkomsel) at the Ferry Terminal or use a personal internet plan with data. Please note that due to the remote location of Telunas Resorts, the signal strength may be intermittent and unreliable.

Biodynamic Somatic Therapy in Singapore

Nov 27 - Dec 11, 2024

Biodynamic Somatic Therapy is a method of gently realigning the body’s dynamics to release tension, restore balance, and support holistic healing from chronic pain, stress, and emotional volatility.

Biodynamic Somatic Therapy (BST) is a gentle, hands-on approach that works with the body’s natural rhythms to reorganise from misaligned or overworked states into more fluid, available, and spacious states of internal harmony. 

Rooted in Craniosacral dynamics, BST focuses on the spine—the core of the central nervous system—helping to address chronic pain, fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, and the lingering effects of trauma.