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Roots of Resilience

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  • September 27, 2026
  • 10.30am – 5.00pm
  • Anam Kara Wellness

As the seasons turn and the light begins to soften, nature offers a quiet invitation: to slow down, to root down, and to rediscover the wisdom that has carried us through the autumn for generations. The transition of the annual season and the current season in your life.

Join Clinical Herbalist, Naturopath and Nutritional Therapist Colleen Kennedy for a full-day Living Apothecary Experience at Anam Kara, bridging modern science and DNA-informed insight with the ancient wisdom of herbal medicine and seasonal living, in pursuit of something Colleen calls slow ageing, not anti-ageing.

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What To Expect

  • Where Science Meets Seasonal Wisdom

    Begin the day exploring healthy ageing through Colleen's functional medicine and DNA-informed lens, discovering her philosophy of slow ageing rather than anti-ageing. Learn how simple daily choices, nutrition and seasonal living influence vitality at every stage of life.

  • Living Apothecary Workshop

    Taste seasonal herbal tinctures, discover the energetics of medicinal plants and explore how herbs have supported health through the changing seasons for generations. Together we'll take a gentle woodland walk to meet the plants and rhythms of the season.

  • Seasonal Organic Lunch

    Enjoy a nourishing seasonal lunch inspired by food-as-medicine principles, celebrating the abundance of autumn and the simple pleasure of eating well together.

  • Herbal Bathing Ritual & Sauna

    Sink into a deeply restorative herbal bathing experience, followed by time in the sauna to warm the body, soothe the nervous system and simply rest.

  • Seasonal Remedy Demonstration & Closing Circle

    Watch seasonal herbal remedies prepared by hand, gather samples into your own goodie bag throughout the afternoon and close the day together in a reflective circle, allowing space to integrate what you've experienced.

The Experience

Roots of Resilience is more than a retreat.

It is A Living Apothecary Experience — a day where ancient plant wisdom meets modern science, and learning becomes something you taste, touch, create and experience rather than simply hear.

Designed to awaken your senses and reconnect you with the natural rhythms that support lifelong health, this immersive day blends education, restoration and seasonal ritual into one deeply nourishing experience.

The Day

Morning

We begin by exploring healthy ageing through the lens of functional medicine, nutrition and DNA-informed health, introducing Colleen's philosophy of slow ageing rather than anti-ageing.

From there, you'll experience guided herbal tincture tastings before taking a gentle woodland walk to discover the medicinal plants, energetics and seasonal wisdom held within the landscape itself.

Midday

Gather around the table for a long, relaxed seasonal organic lunch inspired by food-as-medicine principles and the abundance of autumn.
This is a chance to slow down, connect with others and experience nourishment as nature intended.

Afternoon

The afternoon is devoted to restoration.

Enjoy a bespoke herbal bathing ritual and sauna experience designed to calm the nervous system and restore the body after the morning's learning.

You'll then gather around the apothecary as Colleen demonstrates the preparation of seasonal herbal remedies. Throughout the afternoon you'll receive handcrafted samples, gradually building your own take-home apothecary.

Closing

We finish together in a reflective closing circle with time for questions, conversation and integration.

Before you leave you'll receive your carefully curated apothecary goodie bag, along with a seasonal recipe booklet to continue your learning at home.

Following the retreat, you'll also receive Colleen's complete workshop notes as a beautifully presented PDF keepsake.

You'll Take Home

  • A curated apothecary goodie bag
  • Seasonal herbal remedies
  • A recipe booklet with space for your own notes
  • Practical herbal knowledge you can use immediately
  • Seasonal rituals to support healthy ageing at home
  • Colleen's complete workshop notes delivered digitally after the retreat
  • Inspiration to continue living more seasonally, naturally and intentionally

Meet Your Host

Colleen Kennedy

For over two decades, Colleen Kennedy has been exploring one simple question:
How do we age well?

As a Clinical Herbalist, Naturopath and Nutritional Therapist, her work bridges modern science — including functional medicine, nutrition and DNA-informed health — with the timeless wisdom of medicinal plants, Ayurveda and seasonal living.

Rather than chasing anti-ageing, Colleen believes in cultivating resilience, vitality and longevity by working with the body, not against it.

Roots of Resilience brings this philosophy to life in one immersive day, where learning becomes something you taste, touch, create and experience.

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