Retreats with Kate and the Ocean are spaces where people are invited to return to themselves — not as a role, a responsibility, or an identity, but as who they truly are beneath all of it. In daily life, we carry many layers: parent, partner, professional, caretaker, protector. These layers are necessary — but they can also distance us from our own heart. The retreats exist to gently remove these layers, allowing each person to rest in their pure presence — a place where nothing needs to be proven, explained, or performed.

Heart of the work

At the centre of this work is the heart — not as an idea, but as a lived experience. When the heart is open, there is no need for defence, masks, or boundaries built from fear. In this space, people naturally return to their authentic self — their pure “I.” This state is not created. It is remembered. The retreat offers a container where this remembering can happen safely, slowly, and honestly.

🌊 Why the Ocean and Animals

 Matter Animals live without masks. They respond to presence, truth, and coherence — not to roles or stories. In their presence, humans cannot hide behind social identities or learned behaviours. We are met exactly as we are. This is why working in relationship with the ocean and its beings is so powerful. It invites people into a state of openness where the heart becomes accessible again — naturally, without force. Connection, when it arises, happens in this space of honesty.

Interested?

You don’t need to be a strong swimmer, a meditator, or someone with prior experience.  You only need a willingness to listen, respect your own limits, and meet the ocean with humility.  Each retreat is an opportunity to remember connection — not as something to achieve, but as something that is already present.
Rather than a fixed schedule, retreats follow a living rhythm that responds to:   weather and ocean conditions , group energy,  individual needs   natural cycles of rest and activity.   Participants are encouraged to arrive as they are — curious, unsure, experienced, or new.