10th January 2026

A oneday retreat style festival to reset, recharge, and reconnect.

Event Overview

We gather on Wadawurrung Country for the Big Exhale; a oneday retreat style festival for nervoussystem repair.

Experience a highvibe, sciencebacked, sensoryrich journey blending movement, sound, breath, stillness, and community connection; it’s a full day to reconnect with all the elements of wellness.

Spread across two immersive stages,The Big Top and The Yurt, you’ll roll out your mat for yoga, dive into breath work, switch off with sound journeys, and enjoy live music. All guided by handpicked,worldclass teachers, musicians, and facilitators. It’s a day to exhale deeply, find your rhythm, and share it allwith community.

In between yoga sessions and thought provoking talks, head over to the Wellness Village to fully relax and heal the body with a sauna and cold plunge. The Wellness Village is a dedicated space for handson healing and fullbody restoration. Onsite wellness practitioners offer personalised sessions in massage, acupuncture, naturopathy and nutritional medicine, facials, energy work, and other therapeutic modalitiescreating intentional, grounded, and transformative oneonone experiences.

Wander by theMindful Makers Market, discovering conscious brands, wellness and selfcare products and handcrafted ecofriendly creations.

Whether you’re here to stretch, sweat, clear your head, or simply soak up the atmosphere, Big Exhale is your invitation to pause, connect, explore, and finally exhale.

So come on and exhale with us…

Featuring Facilitators and Sessions from:

Rayne Watkin and Stephanie Jackowski

Torquay Arm Wrestling

Dawnbreak

28 Thursdays

It’s All Yoga

 

Venue Info

Torquay Common – Surf Beach Drive, Torquay, Victoria 3228

Dates and Times

Saturday January 10th 12pm-10pm

Community Partnerships

Keep posted for community partnerships offering you discounts as part of festival attendance. We’ll update this closer to the day!

What’s On

The Breath Haus

LSD (Long Slow Deep)

FLSD (Long, Slow, Deep) is a delicious 60 Minute Breathwork journey designed to activate your parasympathetic nervous system and unlock the healing power of deep relaxation.

DAWNBREAK - Dusk Set

Dawnbreak

Renowned nationally for their sunrise silent discos… experience a Dawnbreak Dusk Set; a festival-level DJ expereince blending high energy feel good tunes with connection, mindfulness and pure natural highs

Matty Lawrence & Kate Schmidt

More Than Happy

A guided workshop, practices and tools to embrace your true loves in life. Playful, inspiring and creative frameworks guided by Matty Lawrence Guided breathwork from Kate Schmidt. 

Zoee Marsh

Dance Remedy

Get out of your head & into your body. A guided movement class for everyone. No mirrors, choreography or experience needed. Led and created by Choreographer & Movement Director Zoee Marsh.

Rayne Watkin & Steph Jackowski

Soundscape Healing & Yoga Nidra

Breath and movement with guided Yoga Nidra, and Sound Healing.

Meditation Masterclass

Ryan Mannix (It’s All Yoga)

Understanding mindfulness meditation. Learn the techniques, understand the neuroscience and how such a simple daily habit can have profound benefits on your life and wellness.

Australian Armwrestling Federation

The Australian Armwrestling Federation is an organisation dedicated to the growth of the exciting sport of armwrestling within Australia. With the primary aim of achieving mainstream recognition and the status of a true strength sport, the organisation is working constantly to hold and promote armwrestling competitions of the highest possible level throughout Australia.

The future of Friendship

Steph Clarke (28 Thursdays)

Future of Friendship: Rethinking Connection for a Robot Rebellion

Sound & Breath: Exploring Energetic States

Zev Tropp featuring Prad Sen

Blending guided breathwork, meditation, mantra, and deep listening inspired by Himalayan Yog-Vedantic traditions

Yin & Sound

Ryan Mannix and Valli Maine

Valli Maine and Ryan Mannix are coming together for one special evening of sound healing and relaxation, join for a luxurious 90-minute south bath and Yin yoga class.

More to be announced...

Also at Big Exhale…

The Wellness Village

The Wellness Village is a dedicated space for hands-on healing and full-body restoration. With saunas and Ice baths on-site and wellness practitioners offering personalised sessions in massage, acupuncture, naturopathy and nutritional medicine, facials, energy work, and other therapeutic modalities — creating intentional, grounded, and transformative one-on-one
experiences.

Mindful Makers Market

The Mindful Makers Market will host a selection of curated stalls with health, wellness, and self-care products and latest technology, conscious lifestyle goods or apparel, plant-based foods, tonics, or elixirs and sustainable, handmade, or nature-aligned creations.

The Speak Easy Space

Step into The Speak Easy Space, a relaxed tent where you can share stories and connect with others. Throughout the day, facilitated women’s and men’s circles will take place, offering guided moments of reflection and community.

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