This small house in Putty NSW has undergone a huge transformation into the cozy Magpie Nest cottage.
Book in for a productivity retreat where you’ll work on your book, overhaul your website, plan your year, or otherwise complete a large project. You’ll be inspired by nature, pampered by the hosts, and surprised by your progress.
When you’re ready for a VIP retreat, we’ve got many options for your deep rejuvenation. Let us know your choices: embodiment coaching, access to the private wilderness, walking meditation, a sound bath, a portrait session?
May 2026: we’re open! See all the details on the Putty Retreats site.
This is a small house but it’s not a “tiny house”, rather a full-size house with three bedrooms. Each bedroom has a queen bed with wool doonas and a private desk. Each bedroom has natural light via a window that opens (with flyscreen) and you can choose the south, west, or north view.
There’s a full kitchen with quality pots and many implements.
Separate toilet, and the bathroom includes a shower and separate bathtub. Giant fireplace and giant television, satellite internet, even some books and puzzles.
The luxury comes out in the bed linens, the soaps provided, and the plentiful Milo in the cupboard.
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Start the week with a focused ninety-minute workshop led by embodiment coach Mags Sheridan. Fully step in to your role as CEO using the Boss Moves system of gestures and gentle movements in combination with a word or phrase that’s powerful to you.
Using the mind-body connection means the learning is fast and it lasts.
Every part of the experience is custom to you. Topics covered could be visibility, consistency, patience, assertiveness … what quality do you need to amplify for better entrepreneurship?
Let’s work on it together!
Staying here is gorgeous any time. Staying for a retreat is magical because someone else is tending to you while you are fully focused on your project.
Bring your book outline, your sticky notes, your calendar, your storyboard, whatever you need to finally get that thing DONE.
Someone else is putting a plate of delicious food in front of you and someone else is washing up afterwards. Someone else can light the fire, bring in more wood, open the windows, start the kettle.
Someone else is taking care of all the things that might distract you, and this is why you’ll get more done than you expect.
All retreats include access to the remote Dark Arm Valley area. This is five hundred acres of protected wild land where you might spot one of eleven endangered species sharing the space.
We’ll take you on a half-hour ride over four-wheel-drive-only private track to visit the area. It’s incredibly special to be in a place so un-spoiled, and you might be surprised how delightful it can be to immerse.
I am a movement teacher and embodiment coach. I’ve been so lucky to call Putty valley my part-time home for nearly a decade, and I’m elated to share it with you.
I train people to embody the essential qualities of business ownership. “Embodying” your business aspirations means you feel it deep in your bones (or heart, or gut), and the right actions flow easily from that.
I’ll open and close the retreat week, giving structure and accountability for our goals for the week and the chance to celebrate what’s shifted. In addition I’ll lead a bespoke somatic skills training to help you feel the shift from frantic-busy-bee-in-the-city to the easy sort of productivity that happens in this special place. Being grounded means your priorities are clearer and so is your way there.
This workshop is pulled from my signature program for entrepreneurs, Boss Moves, in which you learn to embody skills like confidence, resilience, and momentum. This program combines cognitive and somatic coaching, using both the voice in your head & the wisdom of your body to get deep, lasting results quickly.
Embodiment coaching is having a conversation and then adding to it small movements of the body. These are small gestures, nothing athletic or vigorous, and adaptable to any level of ability. There’s almost always a little bit of dancing ‘cause I love that. It will be totally optional of course because you might not, and that’s truly okay. Please check out the free workshop on business visibility on this site to give it a try.
I’m also a watercolour painter and a singer and a birdwatcher and a sound bather and a lover of life. Can’t wait to meet you!
VIP retreats mean they’re custom designed just for you. You can choose full nature immersion and have walks and hikes every day, even a swim. You can choose a meditation focus with seated and moving meditation training plus a silent dinner. Entrepreneurs may want training on embodying qualities like persistence which are essential for business success. You can even blend your own mix from all the categories.
Putty is about two hours’ drive from Sydney or Newcastle. it’s in the very lower end of the Hunter Valley. It’s surrounded by nature including Wollemi NP, Yengo NP
Putty is not a town. There is a community hall and fire station but there’s no shops, not even petrol.
The catering will be cooked just for your group, and we will create the menu together during your pre-retreat call.
We can accommodate your dietaries including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, or low-FODMAP.
No yoga is involved! This type of embodiment work meets you where you are. Even the walks are optional. I’ll help you find ways to move that work with your body, whether that’s medical conditions or just what feels good to you.
No pets are allowed.
No four-wheel driving is allowed on the properties.
Environmental considerations may restrict what art supplies you use and how to wash up afterwards. Contact us for details.
What else?
Please do come to the Putty Valley to finish your project, learn meditation, explore embodiment, enjoy a sound bath, make art, and immerse yourself in nature deep in the bush at Dark Arm Valley.
Enjoy a glimpse of this beautiful location in the sound bath recording and nature sounds recordings below.
