Shambala Nature Retreat Center
our serene, eco-friendly forest venue for hire near Margaret River—perfect for retreats, seminars, trainings, and immersions
Retreat Venue Hire at Shambala Nature Retreat
a Nature Sanctuary for Inspired Gatherings, Transformative Immersions and Intentional Retreats
Nestled in the heart of Osmington’s native forest, Shambala Nature Retreat offers an extraordinary venue for retreats, workshops, and residential immersions. Surrounded by the tranquility of 118 acres of pristine bushland, our secluded sanctuary provides the perfect setting to inspire creativity, connection, and transformation.
While you’ll feel worlds away in this peaceful haven, Shambala is just 18 minutes from Margaret River and 30 minutes from the Southwest’s most iconic beaches and attractions.
Creative Venue Hire
Shambala is an ideal retreat venue for soul-driven entrepreneurs, creative CEOs, and holistic leaders seeking a nature-rich space for immersive workshops, team seminars, or transformational gatherings.
Whether you're looking to spark innovation, foster collaboration, or cultivate personal and professional growth, Shambala offers a sanctuary for meaningful connection and inspired creation.
Purposeful Design
Our Woodland Hive, yoga shala, and open-plan interiors are intentionally crafted to nurture collaboration, creativity, and connection.
Designed with sustainability and harmony in mind, these spaces provide the perfect backdrop for your vision to unfold while supporting the flow of ideas and deeper bonds within your group.
More Than a Venue
Shambala specializes in creating intentional experiences that go beyond traditional venue hire. Through our curated catalog of bespoke add-on offerings, we can enhance your existing program or craft custom experiences to meet the unique needs of your group.
Whether you need nourishing wholefood catering, workshops and activities to deepen the journey for your participants, or tailored ceremonies to mark a special occasion, our team is here to co-create with you. Let us lighten the load, freeing you to focus on what you do best while we help hold the space and elevate the experience.
Effortless Booking & Support
We’ve made it easy to secure your desired dates.
Explore our availability calendar and make a direct booking of our base package (entire venue incl. up to 12ppl.) via our booking platform.
From there, you can seamlessly organize additional add-ons with our team, tailoring the retreat to suit your vision.
How to Get Started
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Receive Our Retreat Venue Hire Information: Get all the details and current rates sent straight to your inbox.
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Explore Bespoke Add-On Experiences: Enhance your retreat with custom workshops, catering, and more.
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Contact Us to Discuss Your Vision: Let’s create something truly special for your group.
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Scroll to Learn More: Discover what makes Shambala the perfect venue for your retreat below.
Shambala Nature Retreat Center Surrounds
The area of our Nature Retreat Center is completely encircled by forest, offering complete seclusion and privacy. Next to the meeting house is a 35m diameter lavender maze, orientated on the Buddhist mindfulness practice, which is in bloom from December to January with thousands of bees humming away.
The yoga shala is located in a separate dwelling circa 50 meters from the Woodland Hive and the next two it is are 2x composting toilets (& additional dam water showers), which help us save thousands of liters of precious rainwater every year, as does our greywater re-use system which irritates the gardens and around the meeting house and shala.
The area also offers direct access to the adjacent state forest as well as to walking trails around our property leading through different sections of bush as well as fields in which our rescue menagerie of friendly cows and horses who call this place their sanctuary may greet you.
Click through the image gallery to get a visual feel.
Tour Shambala's Woodland Hive
The Woodland Hive (previously 'The Meeting House'), the main dwelling of our retreat center, has been designed and built eco-consciously in a way that can only be described as a luxury holistic retreat for like-minded seekers to enjoy this Paradise – a place for people to come together, meet each other, and themselves more deeply, relax, heal, restore and grow spiritually.
It has been designed, drawing from Steiner's architectural principles which inspired the octagonal shape and spiraling staircase, and is solar-passive (meaning double-glazed large windows catching the rays in winter keeping the entire space cozy, while it stays nice and cool throughout the hot summer months). It features a stunning central fireplace and an open plan design inviting meaningful connection, also through a luxurious yet minimalistic design. We have thought of everything you may need for a comfortable group stay in nature that allows you to unplug, while minimizing distractions and overstimulation through unnecessary technology. While you won't find a TV here, you won't miss it as you get lost in our library of thousands of books, enjoy a cup of tea watching birds, or having fun with board or lawn games.
As the intention of this land and space is to simply be. here. now. there is no WiFi, but reception with Telstra is good enough for hotspotting (weather dependent - keep in mind we are out bush!)
The surrounding "courtyard" features a woodfired pizza oven (to be used outside of fire-ban season only) and a long table setup perfect for communal meal- or creative time.
Woodland Hive Upstairs Mezzanine: Sleeping Alcoves
The upstairs mezzanie of the Woodland Hive features six private sleeping alcoves, sleeping a total of 10 to 12 people. These are divided by slidable eco-plywood walls and are either twin share or single: The first (1) and last (6) alcove - which is located right next to the upstairs bathroom featuring a basin, toilet and shower - contain one single bed each. The second and fifth alcove each hold one double bed (with comfortable ecosa mattresses) + one single bed; and alcoves three and four each hold two single beds.
Every bed nook has a bed side table, hooks & coat hangers and bedside lamp on its window sills.
The mezzanine is made from stunning marri timber floor boards and bush poles which have been sustainably harvested and milled right on the property.
If desired, an additional two day-beds (which are the same make us the upstairs jarrah bed frames) can be set up as beds with linen, upon request.
Embrace Our Sustainability Ethos:
Eco-Friendly Supplies & Practices
At Shambala, we’re committed to sustainability and ensuring our eco-friendly practices enhance your stay while nurturing the planet.
Eco-Friendly Supplies: We provide organic cotton linens and bath towels for your comfort. Each bathroom features natural hand soap, dishwashing liquid, and eco-friendly shampoos, conditioners, and soaps. We also offer organic period products, sustainable bamboo toilet paper from Who Gives A Crap, natural incense, and linen sprays. Our goal is to use and provide natural, eco-friendly options wherever possible.
Sustainability in Action: Our property follows permaculture and eco-conscious principles. We rely solely on precious rainwater and recycle greywater to nourish our garden beds. To support our sustainability efforts, we ask you to:
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Be Mindful of Water Use: Conserve water and use it intentionally.
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Avoid Chemicals: Refrain from bringing chemical-based personal care and cleaning products.
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Follow Waste Guidelines: Adhere to our composting and rubbish separation practices. If you’re enthusiastic, save food scraps for our ducks, geese, and chooks in the orchard!
Join us in our commitment to the environment, and experience a stay that’s as kind to the Earth as it is to you.
Explore Your Shambala Experience
When you’re ready to take the next step, click "Check Calendar & Book" to explore availability and secure your base package directly.
For detailed venue hire options and to craft a bespoke retreat experience, select "Receive Venue Hire Info" to have the latest information delivered straight to your inbox.
Still have questions?
Visit our FAQ section below or email us at hello@shambalanatureretreat.org—our friendly team is here to assist.
The Yoga Shala
Nestled amongst our marri and jarrah forest and next door to the Meeting House is our Shala.
A safe and sacred space to hold you,
ground you, nurture and open you,
as you journey through explorations of body, mind and spirit.
The Shala is around 90 sqm large, features timber flooring, two large roller doors opening the space up towards its foresty front yard in the warmer seasons, features 4 large double-glazed floor-height windows looking out into native forest to the west and has access to the attached tea kitchen and bathroom. The compost toilets are located right next door.
The shala features dimmable ceeling lights, large warm-light festoon fairy lights and of course – an abundance of plants! (as our plants keep shifting, multiplying and growing it is hard to keep up to date with photos!)
We provide the following yoga props: circa 12 organic cotton yoga bolsters, 12 natural tree rubber and jute yoga mats (these are not that slip proof for stronger yoga practice, most ideal for yin and meditation and stillness!) and circa 20 cork yoga blocks and cotton straps. Cotton blankets are also available, that are circa 120x150cm.
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FAQs
How many beds and bathrooms are there?
The Woodland Hive features 10 beds on its upstairs mezzanine: 8 singles, 1 queen, 1 double. An additional 2x single beds can be set up downstairs. Please opt in to receive our current venue hire information for more exact sleeping arrangement and larger group capacity details. The building holds two bathrooms, with a basin, toilet and shower each; one located upstairs, one downstairs. Circa 50 metres away are an additional two showers and two eco composting toilets, next to our yoga shala.
What are your current rates?
The package for our retreat venue hire includes the Woodland Hive, Yoga Shala and private surrounds. We have a two-nights minimum. Our current rates, along with local wholefood caterer referral list and all details you need to know to make your booking can be found in our current venue hire information, accessible via the button below. Why? Because some details are subject to more or less frequent change based on different factors and we'd rather keep all info easily accessible and updateable in one place, to avoid potential misinformation. :)
When is check-in and check-out?
Our usual check-in is 2pm; check-out 11am. Early check-in and late check-out can be possible and is charged at $60/hr.
How do I go about making a booking?
First step: download our current venue hire information via the button below. It'll be sent straight to your email inbox. Have a read, and once you're clear and have some preferred dates in mind, email our team - simply reply to the email you've received. From there it's a good old high-connection human-to-human communication process in which our booking coordinator will help you finalise and get everything organised. Once you've decided on your dates, we require a 30% deposit to secure your booking. If you're clear right away and giddy to get booked in asap, click the BOOK NOW button and secure your desired dates within minutes via our easy direct booking site.
Do you offer additional services that may be useful for my retreat?
Of course we do. Shambala Nature Retreat is part of our Shambala Awakening Hub and underpinned by Ayurvedic and holistic healing and living wisdom, based on the knowledge and experience, professional and personal practice of our founders, Anna-Lena & Andrew Diarmada. Andrew is a professional musician (Ands Diarmada on Spotify) who provides private concerts for your occassion at the venue and collaborates with his wife Lena in their "State of Flow" embodiment journeys, a fusion of guiding people into their bodies and inner anchoring through mindfulness, pranayama, gentle yoga, intuitive movment and savasana integration all accompanied by live music, culminating in sound healing. Lena is a yoga therapist, Ayurvedic root cause and holistic healing practitioner, ceremonialist and herbalist. She can offer bespoke integrative yoga sessions, cacao and custom rite of passage ceremonies, Ayurveda/mindfulness/deep ecology and other workshops tying in with your retreat theme. We also collaborate with a couple of local practitioners offering their expertise in Rewilding and Deep Ecology experiences on the land. There's a lot on offer that can be moulded to your desires and needs, yet is all subject to the availability of practitioners. Please enquire within and let's chat :)
Sustainability - What do I need to know (and go by)?
Our property and way of life is rooted in permaculture principles. It's our mission to reduce our footprint, give back to and live in harmony with nature as much as we can and inspire our guests to part-take. We are not connected to grid-water, and rely 100% on our limited, precious rainwater, hence ask you to use water mindfully and intentionally. We recycle our greywater to irrigate our surrounding garden beds and hence ask you to please refrain from bringing chemical personal care and cleaning products, which otherwise go straight into our soil. The land had been chemical free for over 30 years and we do our best to maintain that. Hence we provide natural toxin-free soaps, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, dishwashing liquid, etc. as part of the package. :) We ask you to please adhere to our rubbish separation policy: general waste, recycling, any food scraps into compost. There is signage above the bins to let you know what's what. Questions are always welcome. If this sounds draining to you, or like something you (and your group) cannot do your best to commit to, Shambala may not be the best venue for you.
Is firewood included, when is fire-ban and can we use the woodfired pizza oven?
Both the yoga shala and meeting house feature wood fires. Please note this Shire has a strict fire ban period from ca. Nov-May every year during which no open flames are allowed, which includes the woodfired pizza oven. We supply firewood during winter when fireban is lifted (May-Oct).
What's your cancellation policy
We require a 30% non-refundable deposit at the time of booking to confirm your reservation. Find our full policy here: https://shambalanatureretreat.lodgify.com/en/shambala-nature-retreat Bookings cancelled 60 days or more prior to the arrival date receive a full refund minus the non-refundable deposit. The deposit may be transferred to another date within the next 4 months. The new date must be rebooked within 2 weeks from the reschedule request. Bookings cancelled within 60 days of the arrival date forfeit the whole amount paid. For bookings cancelled within 60 days prior to arrival, a transfer of the deposit or amount paid to another date within the next 4 months may be possible, only if the original dates get rebooked. One reschedule per retreat is permitted. Please choose your dates mindfully. Your deposit can only be transferred to a new date of the same amount of nights as your initial booking.
Please note that by booking any of our services or hiring our venue you agree to the relevant terms and conditions.