Return to your element:
stronger in the water, steadier in yourself.

In Your Element: Ocean & Yoga Retreat

11 - 15 March 2027

In Your Element - Ocean Swim & Yoga Retreat

Thursday 11– Monday 15 March 2027 | Domu Retreat, Abel Tasman, Marahau

Are you craving an exciting adventure on the horizon?

You know that feeling of being in your element: clear, energised, and fully you. You also know how easily the demands of life can pull you out of it.

Join us for an unforgettable stay at luxurious Domu Retreat on the doorstep of the Abel Tasman between Kaiteriteri and Marahau. Immerse yourself in nature and azure blue ocean, enjoy daily practices to build your physical and psychological capacities, spend time with like-minded people, and reconnect with what truly matters to you.

Hosted by yoga teacher and somatic practitioner Freda Wells, and ultra-endurance swimmer, speaker and ocean advocate Jono Ridler, In Your Element brings together yoga, ocean swimming, somatic practices, breathwork, mindset coaching, hot and cold therapy, and immersive time in nature.

All change starts within, and this retreat offers you the space to create strong inner anchors to guide your mission and work ‘out there’, bringing meaningful change to the world.

Limited to only 12 participants, this retreat is designed to foster genuine connection and provide individualised guidance throughout the week.

Set in one of the world’s most extraordinary landscapes, this is the invitation you’ve been waiting for, to unlock the power of stillness, to reconnect with yourself, and to rediscover what truly matters to you.

When we're in our element, we find our flow.

The Experience

Air: Yoga, breathwork, and guided meditation to slow down and feel present
Water: Daily supported ocean swims in the crystal clear bays of the Abel Tasman
Earth: Coastal hiking and grounding somatic practice
Fire: Restorative sauna sessions, alongside mindset coaching with Jono to explore what you're capable of and how to meet challenge
Space: Guided reflection, meaningful conversation, exceptional food — and real space to simply pause and be.

The Setting - Domu Retreat, Abel Tasman

Domu is an intimate, luxury guesthouse overlooking the ocean of the Abel Tasman and Kahurangi National Park - featuring a 10-metre saltwater and magnesium pool, wood-fired sauna and outdoor cold shower for hot and cold therapy, spa, and yoga studio. Every detail has been considered. Domu offers breathtaking 360-degree views of the ocean and mountains.

The curated retreat is limited to 12 guests across 6 twin-share rooms, ensuring that the experience, teaching and conversation has the space it needs. This retreat also enables you to stay at Domu for significantly less than the regular pricing.

- Craving an ocean-themed adventure!
- Keen to deepen your self-understanding and cultivate practices to help you thrive
- Wanting more clarity, energy and connection to your own intuition
- Navigating a transition, need a reset, or want to explore what you're capable of
- Interested in accessing the wisdom and potential of your body
- Love ocean swimming
- Would love to learn how to support your swimming with yoga (no yoga experience required)
Earlybird from NZ$4,990 per person (twin share; private rooms available on request).
A night stay at Domu usually costs $2,100 - $2,300, so take advantage of this incredible deal to experience luxury for far less than the usual cost.
Includes:
- Accommodation
- Nourishing breakfast, lunch and dinner daily
- All swimming, yoga, breathwork sessions
- yoga mats included
- Workshops
- Domu's facilities (salt water and magnesium pool, wood-fired sauna, spa and outdoor cold shower)
- Optional group hikes
- Memories of a lifetime
Does not include:
- Optional extras (such as massages at Domu)
- Flights to and from Nelson
- Transfer to and from Nelson Airport (can be organised at additional cost)
Jono Ridler
Jono is an ultra-endurance swimmer, speaker, and ocean advocate. In 2026, Jono swam 1,367km down the length of New Zealand's North Island with a purpose: to raise awareness and mobilise 73,000 signatures to petition Parliament against bottom trawling. Finalist in SBN’s Transformational Leadership Award 2026. Fifteen-plus years of deliberately testing limits across world-leading expeditions, distilled into practical frameworks for building capacity and meeting challenge, in the water and in life.
Embrace this rare opportunity to spend time with someone who has taken himself to the edge of human endurance — and learn directly from what he discovered there.
Freda Wells
Freda is a yoga teacher, Somatic practitioner and wellness coach who is passionate about supporting people to thrive.
Freda has practiced yoga for over 25 years, and has been teaching for nearly 10 years. Freda loves seeing the transformation that yoga brings to her students.
As a yoga teacher, Freda is known for honoured yoga’s purpose: to guide students to develop self-understanding, to help alleviate unecessary suffering (“calm the fluctuations of the mind”), and connect people with their true nature. She does this by weaving yoga philosophy and psychology into her classes.
Yoga is a powerful tool to connect us with calm, intuition, agency and joy. Freda also brings 20 years of experience curating inspiring events, through her career in stakeholder relations, and most recently through the non-profit she founded: Goodlife Collective. Freda’s studies include BSc in Psychology, post-grad studies in positive psychology, Health coaching, and teaching yoga in schools.
- A deeply reset nervous system
- A renewed sense of calm and perspective
- Experience with a regular mindfulness practice to take with you
- A body that feels moved, stretched and restored
- The numerous health benefits of daily ocean swims
- New experiences, new connections, new friends
- A clearer sense of who you are and what matters to you
- Improved nervous system understanding
- And hopefully, a little more space to breathe.