The body was never meant to be perfected or aestheticised.
It was meant to be lived.

Shaped by the moving tides, by our blood, by the earth’s seasons.
Cracked open by our stories, our songlines, our grief and our joy.

The Body as Altar is a four-day immersion where women are invited into a slower remembering - to return to their bodies as home and as something that belongs to the earth, rather than the gaze.

Through rites of passage, ceremony, and movement, we begin to trace the ways we have learned to locate our worth in the shape of our bodies. How we have adjusted, refined, and negotiated ourselves in order to be seen, chosen, and validated - and instead descend into a deeper terrain of truth, returning to what lives beneath.

A collaboration between Eclectica Hub and Montana Lower, founder of InBluem - we merge embodied ritual work with self-devotional skincare across four ceremonial days together, to restore intimacy with the body as it is.

There is a quiet violence and betrayal of the feminine spirit, in the way we have been taught to live in our bodies as women.

In the ways we have been conditioned to measure our worth in inches, in the circumference of a waist, in the smoothness of our skin, in the subtle and relentless calibrations that shape how we come to see ourselves.

We learn, often before we can name it, to stand before our bodies not as something to belong to, but as something to continuously critique. As teenagers, we are absorbing countless signals - both spoken and unspoken - that tell us what is desirable, what is acceptable, what is enough. And in this relentless repetition, our worth becomes entangled with our appearance.

Over time, we begin to extract our worthiness from the eyes of others, learning how to shape and refine ourselves into something that can be received, desired, and approved by the outside world. And in doing so, our bodies slowly shift from being a place of inhabitation, into something more like a project. Something to be worked on, improved, assessed, and managed.

And yet, beneath this, there is a deeper knowing that cannot quite settle into this arrangement.

Let us ask you, how can you truly inhabit a body that you are still rejecting? How can you possibly step into the fullness of your magnetism when you are still keeping parts of yourself hidden, invisible, or camouflaged?

The Body as Altar is not interested in helping you feel better about your body within the same framework that created this separation. We are interested in undoing the ground where worth became bound to appearance, creating space to rewrite a new story.

Across this intensive, we move through ritual, ceremony, and embodied processes that burn inherited beauty standards, trace the ancestral imprints carried in the landscape of the body, and return the belief systems that were never yours to hold - allowing the skin-deep truth of beauty to emerge.

And from there, a different question can be asked - one that does not seek to fix or improve - but to reorient:

What would it mean to tend to the body not as something to perfect, alter, or reject - but as something to live in continuous devotion to?

This potent collaboration has been a long time in the making, and brings together two aligned approaches to the body - Eclectica’s work in embodiment, ritual and lineage, and InBluem’s philosophy of self-devotion through skin. Both Eclectica and In Bluem share an orientation that moves away from the constant pursuit of rigid beauty ideals and toward a more honest relationship with the body as it is, where the body is no longer something to fix - but something to listen to, tend to, and live within. This makes this collaboration a natural meeting point between embodied ritual and self-devotion, and an exciting opportunity to explore the body not as an object of improvement, but as a place of return.

Anna-Maria

Anna-Maria is the co-founder of Eclectica Hub and a ceremonialist, embodied leadership mentor and ancestral healing facilitator. Her work weaves visionary dance, ritual and lineage healing to guide women in reclaiming their voice, creative power and embodied leadership. She is devoted to creating spaces that support authentic expression, legacy work and deep connection within community. She is deeply attuned to the language of the body, guiding women to lead from instinct, sensation and the pulse of what is truly alive within them.

Co Founder of Eclectica Hub

Demi Lee

Demi Lee is the co-founder of Eclectica Hub and a ceremonialist, death doula, and facilitator of Family Constellations. Her work is devoted to the terrain of initiation -where endings, grief and the unraveling of identity become gateways into a deeper belonging to self and world. She weaves rites of passage, grief alchemy, plant medicine devotion and systemic healing to guide people through life’s thresholds with reverence and depth. She stands for the remembrance of ancient ways of living, where the body, the land and the unseen are honoured as living guides.

Co Founder of Eclectica Hub

Founder of InBluem

Montana Lower

Montana Lower is the founder of INBLUEM and is devoted to reawakening the body’s innate intelligence and connection to the Earth. With a background in environmental engineering and years immersed in activism, her work bridges ethical stewardship, ritual self-care and embodied healing. Montana guides women back into intimacy with their own skin, their rhythms and their inherent worth - beyond conditioning and beyond performance. Her approach is grounded in the philosophy of rewilding: a return to what is raw, honest, cyclical and true.

  • Body Reconciliation Practices

  • Fire Ceremony for Releasing Beauty Standards

  • Family Constellations for Body, Shame and Visibility

  • Exploring Ancestral Imprints Surrounding The Body

  • Mirror Work for Inner Intimacy

  • Rewilding and Returning Body to Earth

  • Working with Rose for Self-Reconciliation

  • Shedding Adornment Through Embodiment

  • Self-Devotion Rituals with InBluem Products

  • Embodied Movement & Intentional Choreography Beyond Performance

  • Voice, Presence and Being Seen

  • Video Project in Nature on The Body As Altar

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  • Return to The Body As Altar

  • Rewilding & Connection to Land

  • Video Project

  • Deepen in relationship with Elemental forces

  • Body Reconciliation Ceremonies

  • InBluem Self-Devotion Rituals

Imagine stepping into a space of up to 30 women - of different landscapes, ages, and sizes - and over four potent days together, feeling the unkind belief systems and subtle self-monitoring begin to soften as you are met without demand.

Held in the Northern Rivers, we move through ceremony, guided processes, and embodied work that bring you into contact with what has been sitting beneath the surface — the parts of your body that have been hidden, judged, or rejected, slowly being met in a different way.

Across the days, you are guided into practices that interrupt the constant self-monitoring - the reflex to adjust, to check, to position yourself in relation to an imagined gaze. As that grip begins to loosen, a different kind of confidence begins to take shape. One that comes from inhabiting the body and allowing your unique expression to be seen.

Together, we return to the understanding that the body is not separate from the living world. It carries history, holds the marks of where you have been, and continues to change, shaped by time and experience. Like nature, it was never meant to be stagnant or perfected.

You will be guided through simple, intentional movement and choreography that draw you into a more direct experience of your body, and on the final day, we enter an intentional video project together, where what has been lived is given form through movement and presence. This video is something you can carry with you, and something that extends outward as an invitation and permission slip for other women to too recognise and celebrate the depth, aliveness, and uniqueness within their own bodies.

  • Guided processes to explore and shift your relationship with your body, moving from self-critique toward a more grounded and honest sense of connection.

  • Ceremonial practices to identify and release internalised beauty standards and the pressure to meet external ideals.

  • Exploration of how your sense of worth has become tied to appearance, and how this has shaped the way you see and hold your body

  • Ancestral and family constellation work to uncover inherited patterns of shame, visibility, suppression, and body-based identity

  • Mirror-based exercises to recognise and soften resistance toward the features you carry, including those inherited through your lineage

  • Practices to release performance patterns, including the need to shape, refine, or present yourself in order to be accepted

  • Self-devotion rituals using InBluem skincare, focused on touch, presence, and reconnecting with your body as an altar.

  • Guided movement, intentional choreography and embodiment to support you in inhabiting your body more fully, rather than performing it.

  • A video project on day 4, capturing the depth of what we move through together - something you can return to, to remember the experience, and to offer as a legacy and permission slip to your daughters and granddaughters to celebrate their bodies in this way.

" When you embody all that you are, you become a living prayer for those still hiding. It’s a devotional act - an act of defiance in a world that taught you to shrink, and a ceremony of remembrance for the woman you were always meant to be”

Held in nature in the Northern Rivers, NSW surrounded by peaceful bushland.

DATES:
Thursday, October 1st 2026: 10am - 5pm
Friday, October 2nd 2026: 10am - 5pm
Saturday, October 3rd 2026: 10am - 5pm
Sunday, October 4th 2026: 10am - 5pm

LOCATION:
Northern Rivers / Byron Shire

FOOD & ACCOMMODATION:
Food and accommodation are not included in the immersion cost - the price covers facilitation and the body of work only. Please bring your own lunch each day. There will be dedicated breaks and space to eat on-site. You’re welcome to bring any snacks, tea, or comforts you need to stay nourished.

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It is important that you take the time to read the full Participation Agreement before enrolling. The Agreement outlines what the work involves, how we support your safety and wellbeing, and what your responsibilities are as a participant.
By completing your payment, you acknowledge and accept these terms. Because this work relies on your full readiness and commitment, we do not offer refunds for change of mind. This helps you honour the commitment you have made to yourself, even when resistance arises. Please make your decision with care and discernment, and only enrol when you feel prepared to participate with clarity and consent.

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Pay in Full: $1,600 AUD

Payment Plan (10 weeks): $1,700 AUD
10 weekly payments of $170 AUD

Extended Payment Plan (16 weeks): $1,750 AUD
16 weekly payments of $109.40 AUD
Available until May 31st to ensure all payments are completed prior to the immersion

All payments are in AUD.
(Australian residents +10% GST)

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By enrolling in this Immersion, you are making a conscious commitment to yourself, to us, and to the container we are creating together. Your place has been factored into our budget and requires significant preparation and resourcing - including staffing, venue, and material costs. It is therefore held exclusively for you.
We do not offer refunds for change of mind, including if you choose to withdraw from the Immersion at any stage. It is natural for depth work to bring up internal edges or discomfort; this is part of the process and not grounds for a change-of-mind refund. Once the container has commenced, your place cannot be reallocated or resold, and the financial commitments associated with your enrolment therefore remain in effect.
If you are unable to participate due to serious and unexpected circumstances outside your control - such as major illness or a genuine family emergency - you may apply to:
  • Transfer your place to a future offering, or
  • Offer/sell your place to a friend or nominated person, provided this occurs before the Immersion begins and is subject to our approval.
We may request reasonable supporting documentation so we can understand your situation. Approval of a transfer is at our sole discretion and depends on timing, capacity, and the nature of the circumstances.
If we are required to cancel or postpone the Immersion due to circumstances beyond our control, we will first attempt to reschedule within 6 months. If you cannot attend the rescheduled dates, or if the Immersion must be cancelled entirely, we will work with you to arrange an appropriate remedy in accordance with Australian Consumer Law.