Stories
What people
find on the path.
From guides who chose a different life to participants who came home changed. The Away community tells its own story.
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Participant stories
From the land
Practice guides
Signal & science
Participant story
"I didn't know I'd been carrying that." Sarah's first ceremony and what came after.
A secondary school teacher in Melbourne tried a free new moon ceremony guide on a Tuesday night, alone in her kitchen. Six months later she was returning from a silence retreat in the Snowy Mountains.
From the land
What the first brassicas of the season teach you every single year.
Bec Morrison on the Bellingen Valley, the rhythm of seasons, and why she grows things.
Practice guide
How to do the new moon ceremony. A complete guide for beginners.
The full ritual — intention, release, fire and silence. What you need, how long it takes, and what to expect if it's your first time.
Signal & science
What five days in silence does to your nervous system. The data.
HRV, sleep, cortisol and mood across 38 silence retreat participants. The patterns are remarkably consistent.
Participant story
From accounts clerk to landcare practitioner. Priya's eight-month journey.
How a redundancy, a colleague's gift card and Away Newgrounds led Priya Anand to a landcare crew in the Snowy Mountains.