A 2-Part Online Sanctuary - 30th NOV/ 1ST dec, 2025
When was the last time you actually exhaled…
felt the Earth beneath your feet…
felt the interconnecting thread of community supporting you…
felt vitality FOR what you’re here to create?
You've been holding your breath.
Not literally - though maybe that too - but energetically. Spiritually. Creatively.
Holding it together. Holding space for everyone else's resistance.
Holding onto the magic you know is possible whilst navigating fashion & textile systems that have really, barely any room for it.
When was the last time you actually, deeply exhaled?
When did you last have space to slow down, to reconnect to your eco-systems, your visions, to connect into that remembrance of why you began this work in the first place?
This immersive online retreat is that space.
This is not another workshop where you learn more things to do. Not another framework to implement.
This is an online sanctuary. A space to connect, let go, envision, and breathe—in community.
This is sanctuary in two forms:
A solo space where you can sit back and receive at your own pace, in your own time.
A collective gathering where you'll be witnessed, held, and reminded you're not alone—a chance to practice, share and integrate with other big-hearted fashion-textile change-makers.
THIS IMMERSIVE RETREAT IS FOR YOU IF:
💚 You work or study in fashion-textiles and are creating change in the industry (or aspiring to).
💚 You're tired & creating change from depletion—and the cognitive dissonance is crushing.
💚 You crave spaces that aren't extractive. Where you can actually breathe. Where slowing down is valued, not dismissed.
💚 You know there's a deeper way forward but you've lost connection to it somewhere along the way.
💚 You're craving to reconnect—to your magic, your vitality, your creative life-force, the why beneath all the doing.
💚 You need someone who actually gets it. Who sees the invisible labour. Who understands what it costs to stay true to yourself in systems that don't value what you know.
“In a world that often pulls us away from ourselves, Ania shows how to reconnect with our intuitive wisdom and spiritual grounding. The deeper we connect to our truth and intuition, the more gracefully we can navigate these times. And when we honour the rich inner worlds we carry, we contribute to a richer, more connected outer world.”
- previous client
WHAT YOU'LL LEAVE WITH
✨ Space to breathe.
✨ Reconnection to why you're doing this work.
✨ Regenerative practices you can implement.
✨ The knowing that you're not alone in this work.
✨ A felt sense of what regeneration actually feels like.
✨ And whatever else wants to emerge through this collective experience.
This two-part journey is designed to allow you space through solo inner work and an opportunity for collective witnessing & co-creation. Both are necessary.
WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
I'm not here to give you a to-do list.
I'm not here to tell you to "just do more self-care."
I'm not here to teach you how to be more productive or efficient or strategic.
I'm here to create space.
Space where you can finally put everything down. Where the pace is slow enough to notice what's actually true. Where you're held, not fixed.
Where you can reconnect to what you already know - but maybe forgot or were told didn't matter.
This retreat is regenerative by design.
Not just in what we explore - but in HOW we're together.
PART 1:
SOLO ACTIVATION
60-minute guided journey (pre-recorded).
3 days before the live Community Gathering, you'll receive this intimate recording.
Complete it in your own sacred time—whenever and wherever your body feels most receptive.
I'll guide you through:
Grounding practices to arrive into your body.
Concepts & practices to start moving from extraction to regeneration in your change-work and your life.
Contemplation prompts to prepare you for the live gathering.
And more.
This is a solo inner journey before we gather together live.
An opportunity to slow down, to see, feel, and reflect, with yourself first.
PART 2:
COMMUNITY GATHERING
90mins-live gathering (this will not be recorded)
3 days after you receive your activation, we gather live on Zoom to practice, share, and witness together. Just as our ancestors used to sit and gather around a fire, we will do the same, metaphorically. This is a sacred & intimate space and as such this part of the retreat will not be recorded.
We'll:
Ground together through shared practices building on the activation.
Share in circle what emerged from your activation.
Experience collective witnessing (you're not alone in your change work).
Spend some time envisioning how to move forward with our change-work in more regenerative ways.
And leaving space for whatever wants to emerge between us on the day.
This is collective integration & imagining.
When was the last time you actually exhaled…
felt the Earth beneath your feet…
felt the interconnecting thread of community supporting you…
felt vitality FOR what you’re here to create?
WHY I'M HOLDING THIS SPACE
I know this exhaustion intimately.
I've burnt out multiple times trying to create regenerative change from extractive states. I've left "dream fashion jobs" in London and Paris because staying meant sacrificing my vitality and integrity. I've felt the crushing dissonance of trying to implement sustainability while my own life was completely unsustainable.
What is barely talked about in our industry and what I’ve come to know is that: We cannot create regenerative systems from an extractive state.
It’s what we’re creating…
AND
It’s how we’re doing it….
The transformation we're trying to create in the industry? It has to start with us. Not as another thing to "do"—but as a way of being.
Implementing more just and regenerative systems for fashion-textiles, should not be at the expense of your well-being and vitality.
Instead your well-being and vitality actually can fuel your work in the world.
Because if we’re completely depleted & disconnected, what’s the point in any of this?
The magic held within fashion-textiles wants you to feel vital, excited, expanded, nourished and connected for your work in the world. Trust me, it does.
For nearly over 20 years I’ve been working within the fashion-textile industry and academia—including my doctoral research in pluriversal fashion-textiles and years of inner transformational work.
I'm holding this journey because I get it. I see you. I’ve been there. Completely exhausted & disconnected from the magic that drew you in.
This retreat is a little step in a different direction. Space to explore different yet very familiar possibilities.
This is about exhaling. Creating space. Reconnecting. Remembering.
JOIN US
The Activation: Sent 27th Nov (complete anytime before Community Day)
Community Gathering: Sunday 30th Nov/ Monday 1st Dec
Time: 8:00 AM AEDT Monday 1st Dec (Sydney/ Melbourne)
Your local time:
🇬🇧 London: 9:00 PM (Nov 30th, Sunday evening)
🇲🇽 Mexico City: 5:00 PM (Nov 30th, Sunday evening)
🇺🇸 Los Angeles: 3:00 PM (Nov 30th, Sunday afternoon)
🇳🇿 Auckland: 10:00 AM (Monday morning)
Where: Zoom (link will be sent closer to the event).
Container size: Limited to 20 participants so that everyone can be seen.
INVESTMENT: $45 USD
What's included:
60-minute Activation recording (lifetime access).
90-minute live Community Gathering.
All practices and frameworks.
Having you as my guide and teacher offered me the opportunity to approach the material world through a holistic-approach lens based on ancestral wisdom.
You guided me to remember the wisdom of my heart, body, spirit, and mind.
I felt like I was returning somewhere I can call home.
I couldn’t recommend this enough for other creatives who would like to challenge obsolescent, long-established mindsets of how a creative business should work and are ready to explore new possibilities”.
- previous client
FAQ’S
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The Activation is accessible to everyone globally—you complete it in your own time. However, the Community Day is a live-only experience (not recorded) due to the intimate sharing component of the container which can only happen live. There are 2 x times offered for the Community Gathering to accomodate various schedules. If you truly can't make either time, you'll still receive the Activation recording which offers deep value
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No. This is intentional. Some things are to be experienced not captured. The intimacy and vulnerability of the sharing circles requires that what's shared stays held within our container. However, the Activation is recorded and yours to keep forever.
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That's okay. Do the best that you can. Even partial completion will prepare you for the gathering. Trust your timing. And you can always return to the full Activation afterward—it's yours for life.
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This journey is designed for fashion-textile practitioners, educators, consultants, researchers, and leaders. The examples, language, and context assume this industry.
However, if you work in an adjacent field (design, materials, sustainability, etc) and the description resonates deeply, trust that. You are welcome to join but please be aware of the above.
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You'll receive a thank you email with resources to continue your integration. If you're feeling called to deeper, sustained work, I'll share information about my 1:1 work I offer through regenerative journey’s. And this two-part experience is completely valuable on its own.
🌿 A NOTE ON ACCESSIBILITY:
I'm committed to making this sanctuary accessible.
If $45 still feels financially prohibitive and you're genuinely called to this journey, email me at [ania@aniazoltkowski]. I have a few sliding scale spots available for those in marginalised communities and in financial hardship.