7 – 10 August 2026. 

THIS RETREAT HAS REACHED CAPACITY

Sarah Bishop will offer a 3-day deep silent retreat “The Gifts of Silence”, with a 2-day option available.

This retreat is an invitation to step away from the noise and busyness of everyday life and enter the spaciousness of silence, stillness and deep rest. In the desert landscape of Campfire in the Heart, on Arrernte Country, we are offered a unique opportunity to slow down, listen deeply, and become attentive to the quiet movements of our hearts and the presence of God.

Inspired by the wisdom of the desert mothers and fathers and the rich heritage of the Christian contemplative tradition, this retreat gently explores silence as a place of welcome, healing, attentiveness, simplicity and transformation. Through extended periods of shared silence, participants are invited to discover the gifts that emerge when we allow ourselves to be still and fully present.

This silent retreat is for you if:
* you meditate regularly or have previous experience of meditation
* are seeking rest and replenishment
* are interested in deepening or reconnecting with your practice in a silent setting
* are inspired by spending time reconnecting with nature
* are willing to be challenged and be open to the healing experience of meditating with others

Retreat Guide
Sarah Bishop fell in love with silence when she first began a meditation practice ten years ago. She also fell in love with Campfire in the Heart when she attended her first retreat there five years ago and discovered the profound gift of the desert as a place of encounter, rest and renewal. Sarah has experience leading a variety of retreats and brings a background in chaplaincy and pastoral care. She is delighted to have the opportunity to share her two great loves—the wisdom of silence and the beauty of the desert—with others seeking a deeper connection with themselves, with God, and with the sacredness of life.

Sarah is a long term member of the World Community for Christian Meditation, and a board member of Campfire in the Heart.

Cost: Packages from $390 – $585

Price includes all meals and accommodation in a private room, for 2 nights ($390) or 3 nights ($585)

About the Deep Silent Retreat experience:

• After an introduction on the first evening we will enter into silence. Each morning there will be regular periods of meditation, times of contemplative walking concluding with evening prayer together.
• During a silent meditation retreat, we’ll find that our mind begins to slow down, to calm down, to become more clear and we begin to discover the natural state of the mind.
• During the silent meditation retreat, we will give up all use of digital communication – a digital fast.
• The most important element of an intensive retreat is silence. Firstly, the silence as the mind begins to settle down, becomes more clear and more manageable and secondly, the silence of the heart emerges – a silence beyond thoughts, beyond imagination.
• The intensive silent meditation retreat is also inviting us to enter more fully and simply into a direct experience that we have been entering in our practice of meditation for some time already.
• Participants are asked to read “What to expect from a silent meditation retreat” before attending an deep silent retreat or designing your own retreat.

NO. OF PARTICIPANTS Maximum of 5

ENQUIRIES: Sarah Bishop sarah@bluetardis.com.au