Weekend Shamanic Medicine Journey
Mar 27 - 29, 2026
in the Blue Mountains
with Shaman, TedX Speaker Johnson Chong
& Assistant Facilitators
Become the Medicine that you Seek ...
The healing you’re seeking lies within you.
During this Friday to Sunday weekend in Australia, we will go on an accelerated healing journey by entering the mystical realms of energy.
If you’re already on a spiritual path, and looking to deepen your connection inwards, this retreat will give you the medicine you need.
Whether you feel stuck at a crossroads, or there is a dream within your heart that is waiting to be birthed, you will completely shift your perception of who you are by the end of this retreat.
Through sacred healing ceremonies, energy work, yoga, shamanic breathwork, drumming, live music, connecting to country, and connecting to your soul family, these experiences are all designed to help you release the energetic blocks that are keeping you from connecting to your innermost truth, wisdom and freedom.
Who this is for...
This retreat is for:
- Spiritual seekers who are still seeking on their journey towards Truth, Wisdom and Love.
- Individuals who know they have a higher calling, but haven’t found it yet.
- People at the precipice of a life-changing event and need guidance to move through the challenge.
- Individuals who feel like they’ve lost a piece of their innermost Self and want to get it back.
- People who are ready to awaken to their True Self and walk into their new life feeling completely free.
- A true and unbreakable connection with your authentic self.
- All the courage you need to take actions and make long lasting change in your life.
- A better understanding of your higher calling and become more purposeful in everything that you are.
- A stronger spiritual connection and routine to practice in your day to day.
- A resolve where you can weather any storm such that all negative people and situations will flow like water off a duck’s back.
What's Included
(Scroll to the end for Room Options)
-Pre-Retreat Zoom Orientation end of Feb
- Post Retreat Zoom Integration Call end of April
- Yoga Workshops
- A Shamanic Breathwork Journey Workshop
- A Powerful Full Day Shamanic Medicine Ceremony
- A Healing Fire Ceremony
- All Meals, Organic Farm to Table Nutritious Vegetarian Meals
- Support from a highly experienced trauma informed shaman & assistant facilitator
- Tea & Snacks
- Private Boutique Accomodations nestled in the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney, Australia
- Connect with likeminded people on the spiritual path
The Program
This is a snapshot of what experiences will occur over the weekend. There is an element of a flexible structure during the retreat, designed to keep you in awe, wonder and constantly present. All that is expected of you is to lovingly stay open and to receive all the beautiful healing experiences that come your way.
Yoga & Somatic Movement
Shamanic Breathwork
Shamanic Healing Ceremony
Healing Fire Ceremony
Live Music
Nutritious Vegetarian Meals
Bush Walks
Swimming
Your Guides on this Journey
Johnson Chong
Shaman, Best-selling Author, TedX Speaker
Johnson Chong is the best-selling author of Sage Sapien: From Karma to Dharma. He is also a TedX Speaker, shaman and the founder of SAGE Journey where he trains aspiring yoga & breathwork teachers. Through the synthesis of the most applicable teachings of yoga, meditation, breathwork, coaching and shamanic healing, his trainings are designed to help people quiet the mind, awaken the heart and free themselves of the roadblocks that keep them from living more authentically and joyfully. He has spoken and led workshops at companies like Unilever, Facebook, Nike, Macquarie, Insight Timer, UBS, UOB and more.
Johnson is also initiated as a paqo shaman of the Q’ero priests from the Andes Mountains, a Four Winds Energy Medicine Practitioner, a Spinal Energetics Practitioner and a Reiki Master. He is a native New Yorker, and currently is based in Sydney, Australia.
Phil Barlow
Live Musical Alchemist
Phil has a soulful voice that empowers and inspires. He is a dynamic artist known for his versatile performances. Blending heartfelt healing songs with earthy blues rock, he captivates audiences at both intimate gatherings and festivals. A passionate advocate for wellness, Phil also uses his music as a powerful tool for self-discovery and transformation. He is a firm believer that music can be a pathway to healing. As such, he shares deeply healing songs, music meditations and transformative poetry on his app ‘Peace Mind Music.’
You can find his 4 albums in all major streaming platforms. True Evolution (2019), Break Free (Fire, 2022), Break Free (Heart, 2022), Golden River (2024).
Eugenia Kromerinsky
Assistant facilitator,
Psychotherapy, Shamanic Mentorship
Eugenia is an integrative therapist, healer, and facilitator whose work bridges psychology, neuroscience, and shamanic wisdom. Through the synthesis of somatic therapy and shamanic breathwork, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, and energy medicine, her sessions are designed to help people release emotional blockages, reconnect with their bodies, and cultivate clarity, resilience, and self-compassion.
She has completed Johnson’s Level 1 Facilitator Training Program and is currently apprenticing with him in Shamanic Energy Medicine and Somatic Healing studies, where she continues to refine her ability to integrate modern therapeutic practices with ancient wisdom traditions.
Eugenia’s approach honors both science and soul—inviting clients to transform pain into purpose and to live from a grounded, heart-centered awareness.
She is based in Sydney, Australia, and works with clients both in person and online.
Jonathan Symonds
Assistant facilitator,
Chef, Counsellor, Shamanic Mentorship
Jonathan is a counsellor, coach, and energy medicine practitioner who bridges modern psychology with ancient wisdom traditions. Drawing from talk therapy, mindfulness, meditation, somatic therapy, and Reiki, he supports clients in transforming emotional and energetic blockages into deeper self-awareness and purpose. His work is grounded in the belief that healing is not about fixing, but remembering — uncovering the wisdom, resilience, and clarity that already reside within.
Jonathan is currently undergoing Johnson’s Level 1 Facilitator Training Program and is also furthering his studies through apprenticing in Shamanic Energy Medicine and Somatic Healing work. He continues to refine his East-meets-West approach, integrating counselling and energy work to help clients reconnect with their inner guidance and live more consciously aligned lives.
He is based in Sydney, Australia, and offers sessions both in person and online.
I loved starting the day with a good yoga practice and breathwork. You really feel so energised after that. I know quite a lot about nutrition already, but coming to the retreat showed me that there is so much more to learn. If I had to summarise this retreat in one word, it would be self-love.
Tammy Boh Calabro
Italy
We’ve done some many amazing things, rafting down rivers, going to temples and seeing so many fascinating things. We did a number of workshops every day, and the shamanic journeys were something I’ve never done before. You can actually feel the energy move through your body. I would happily do it all over again.
Deborah Travers
Sydney, Australia
The biggest highlight was my visit to the fertility temple, as I am currently going through a journey in that area. Through this trip, I really started thinking about this yin/yang balance. And my biggest takeaway is to shift my consciousness to more of my feminine side so that I have more balance.
Miki Hata
Sydney, Australia
Bhutan is magical and very beautiful. I came here with no specific things in mind. I didn’t know what to expect. I learned a lot about myself. I learned about the attachments, fears and my personality. It was enlightening for me, and now I am feeling freer from those attachments.
Cahê Toporowicz
Brazil
It has been really intense, but I feel that I can connect with my true essence now. During these 10 days, we did yoga, meditation, walked to sacred temples and connected inwards through shamanic journeys to clean our energy bodies. I would highly recommend this trip if you’re wanting to reconnect with your true inner self.
Mayra Andrade
Brazil
Johnson did an incredible job bringing a group of diverse people from multiple countries, and it’s just been a wonderful experience. I would highly recommend taking this journey with an experienced team of people like we have. It makes the experience so much richer to have the guidance of people who can bring the community together and make it relatable.
Diana Schmidt
North Carolina, USA
What I learned from some of the workshops that we were doing was that I am exactly where I need to be in my life. And that is something that I normally struggle with, comparing myself with others. I ended up in Bhutan for a reason. It had a very profound impact on how I look at my life.
Artem Gorobets
Sydney, Australia
The shamanic journeys were extremely profound for me. I feel like Johnson is truly a channel to the spirit world. What surprised me about this retreat was the connections with the people in the group. It was beyond my wildest dreams.
Sarah Bright
Sydney, Australia
What I learned about myself was how much fear I had before coming on retreat. But also how much strength and tenacity I have in going through this journey and these beliefs. I think this journey has been transformative. It has been really magical and heartfelt for me.
Joel Low
Singapore
What I found really healing is that Johnson was able to provide the space and compassion for me to let go of the family ancestry that was so abusive, without being invasive. He didn’t tell me how to do it, he allowed me to find it on my own.
Steffi Adams
Florida, USA
Accommodations
We will be sprawled across 200 acres in a World Heritage area a 2 hour drive from Sydney. During this retreat you’ll be staying in either a dorm (4 people in a room), twin share or a private cabin. The private grounds of this property are completely surrounded by the Kanimbla mountain range in the Blue Mountains. There are plenty of bush walks to explore, and not a neighbour in sight for miles. You will find plenty of private space to nestle into if you need alone time to write or process.
Private Cabins
Main House - Private Rooms & Dorms
Are you ready to uplevel your life?
Dates:
March 27 -29, 2026
Arrival Fri March 27 10 am
Departure Sun March 29th 12 pm
Exclusions:
• Travel to and from the retreat centre (Note: A what’s app group will form for the group to organize car pools).
Room Options:
Rooms are priced in AUD per person below and on first come first serve.
Limited to 16 participants.
• Dorm (4 in room) $1111
• Twin Share $1555 (per person) Only 3 rooms
• Private Cabin $1999
To secure your space, a $500 AUD non-refundable deposit is required to hold your spot.
Should your application not be approved, your deposit will be refunded.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are only 16 spaces available. A $500 AUD non-refundable deposit is required to book your spot via the link above (which incurs a 3% transaction fee). The balance is due 90 days before the retreat.
If you’d like to avoid the 3% credit card fee, please transfer to
SAGE JOURNEY PTY LTD
ABN 32 681 855 587
Comm Bank
BSB 062-014
Account 1083 0315
It’s perfectly normal for people to attend retreats alone. If you prefer a single room, we will honour that. If you want to paired with a new friend, please email us your preferences (i.e are you a light sleeper, do you snore, etc?). We will pair you with someone who we believe would be a good match for you. If 90 days before the retreat there isn’t a sufficient pairing, you will be asked to upgrade your room to either twin or single.
You can take a train to the Blue Mountains, followed by a taxi to the venue. You can also carpool with another participant in the retreat. There will be a group what’s app for those attending.
All the meals are included during the retreat. They will be organic vegetarian meals. Please let us know if you have any dietary considerations to sage@johnsonchong.com
Children and minors are not allowed on this retreat.
Complimentary Wifi will be available. Though, we highly encourage that you switch off your mobile devices during the retreat so that you can get the most our of this important time for yourself.
We ask that you commit to blocking out time for yourself and to be sure that you’re coming before you book. We also know that life is unpredictable. As with all our retreats, you are responsible for acquiring your own travel insurance in the event that life takes a left turn for you. Please click here to review our terms and conditions.
Cancellation in less than 30 days before the retreat (0% refund)
30-60 days before the retreat (50% refund)
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