BMTT Australia Retreat with Dr Budi

Embodied Presence, Voice & Vitality for Everyday Life

5-Day Immersive Retreat | October 27–31, 2026 | Australia

Imagine walking into a room and feeling instantly at home in your body—your breath settled, your voice resonant, your attention available. People meet you differently. Conversations slow down. Listening deepens. You don’t need to assert yourself to be felt; your presence does the work. The BMTT Australia Retreat is a five-day immersion into embodied presence, vocal vitality, and nervous-system coherence—not for the stage, but for life. Through deep somatic practice, voice, movement, and relational work, you will cultivate a grounded aliveness that changes how you lead, connect, parent, teach, and move through daily encounters. This is not about fixing or performing yourself—it is about restoring access to a state of being from which clarity, resonance, and authentic expression naturally emerge.

This retreat is a non-performative, non-actor–focused immersion into Budi Miller Taksu Training (BMTT)—designed for artists, educators, leaders, therapists, healers, and seekers who wish to deepen presence, vitality, emotional intelligence, and embodied awareness in daily life.

You do not need to be an actor.
You only need curiosity, courage, and a willingness to listen to the intelligence of your body.

DR BUDI

Who is Dr Budi Miller?

Dr. Budi Miller is a globally recognized figure in the field of theatre and acting, with a career spanning over three decades across multiple continents.

Dr. Miller has coached performers across multiple mediums, including Michelle Williams for her Academy Award-nominated role in Brokeback Mountain and Jonathan Majors for Lovecraft Country (HBO), Creed III, and Ant-Man III (Marvel Universe). He has also worked with Julian Elijah Martinez (Wu-Tang: An American Saga). His work spans Broadway, HBO, Netflix, Showtime, and international film markets.

PhD University of Melbourne
Co-Artistic Director, The Theatre of Others
Directors of Advanced Training & Lead Teacher, Fitzmaurice Voice Institute
UNESCO Designated Master Teacher of Mask Work
Certified Bioenergetic Healer
Certified Theta Healer
Ordained Minister

Why I'm Hosting Budi for this Retreat

The backstory: Many of my students will have heard me rave about the PEM Method, a method involving the biomechanics of emotions. Originally developed for actors so they could access and express emotions authentically without having to psychologically traumatise themselves. It has many applications beyond acting, including helping us to experience increased authenticity, wellbeing and healthy relationship to ourselves and our emotions. And SO much more.

I was blown away by the introduction I had to PEM about 6 years ago and have been on a quest to find the right person to share this with our community.

And I boy have I found the right person.

Dr Budi’s has some serious street cred, travelling the world teaching his sought after method BMTT, which includes PEM elements.

He’s world class.

And more than that.

Budi is one of those larger than life characters, someone who is so fully themselves, dialled up to the max.

He embodies everything he teaches. Authenticity and presence oozes from every fibre of his being.

Just being around him, I feel more present, playful and relaxed at a deep nervous system level.

I am the first person signing up for this with a full body hells yesssss.

THE RETREAT

What this Retreat Is

This is not a performance workshop. This is training for being alive with clarity, resonance, and integrity.

BMTT draws from rigorous actor-training lineages and reorients them toward wellbeing, awareness, and human flourishing—freeing these practices from the demand to perform, produce, or impress.

Across five days, participants are guided through a carefully structured arc that integrates:

Voice, breath, and nervous system regulation
Somatic and organ-based emotional awareness
Embodied imagination and intuitive intelligence
Energetic release, grounding, and integration
Ritual, play, and deep rest

Core Practices You Will Experience

Fitzmaurice Voicework® (Adapted for Non-Actors)

Breath, sound, and vibration are used to:

Release held tension and habitual effort
Reorganize the nervous system
Restore access to authentic voice and expression
Support emotional discharge without analysis or storytelling

Voice is approached as a physiological and energetic function, not a performance skill.

Maskwork (Inner & Imaginal Mask)

Working without external performance goals, mask principles are used to:

Quiet habitual identity and social roles
Heighten sensory perception and listening
Allow emotion, impulse, and intuition to arise organically
Experience being “moved” rather than “doing”

This work is subtle, grounding, and often deeply liberating.

Michael Chekhov–Based Imagination Training

Imagination is treated as a somatic and spatial force, not a mental exercise.
You will explore:

How imagery affects posture, breath, emotion, and vitality
How to shift inner states freely and deeply
How imagination supports resilience, creativity, and autonomy

Deep Somatic & Organ-Based Awareness

Drawing in the accent practices of the Natya Shastra, Fitzmaurice Voicework, Jerzy Grotowski, Micheal Chekhov and elements of PEM, this retreat places special emphasis on the organs as emotional and energetic centers:

Liver, heart, lungs, kidneys, gut, and reproductive organs
Their relationship to fear, grief, anger, joy, desire, and grounding
Gentle practices that cultivate internal listening

This work supports emotional literacy, self-regulation, and embodied empathy.

Bioenergetic Healing & Energetic Integration

Drawing from bioenergetic principles, the retreat supports:

Safe release of stored emotional charge
Grounding through the legs, pelvis, and breath
Reconnection to pleasure, vitality, and ease
Integration rather than overwhelm

All work is choice-based, trauma-aware, and paced with care.

What You Will Leave With

Participants consistently report:

A quieter, clearer inner landscape
Greater emotional range without reactivity
Increased breath capacity and vocal ease
A felt sense of grounded presence
Renewed connection to pleasure, intuition, and purpose
Tools that translate directly into everyday life, work, and relationships

This retreat does not aim to “fix” you.

Who This Retreat Is For

Non-actors and non-performers
Artists in any discipline
Educators, facilitators, and leaders
Therapists, healers, and bodyworkers
Anyone seeking embodied clarity and self-improvement

No prior experience is required.

Structure

5 full days of guided training (Oct 27–31, 2026)
Morning somatic/voice sessions
Afternoon integration, reflection, and applied practices
Evening grounding or restorative work
Built-in rest, silence, and spaciousness

Ethos

This retreat is grounded in:

Decolonized approaches to training
Respect for cultural lineages without extraction
Somatic consent and agency
Depth without dogma
Precision without rigidity

DATES & LOCATIONS

BMMT Retreat with Dr Budi

October 27 – 31

Venue : Eyrie By the Inlet, Inverloch VIC

Join us at this very special location that has previously hosted the likes of Dr Christina Hall and Anthony and Freddy Jacquin and has been a special place where life long memories and life altering learnings are made. Originally a Ronald McDonald House, a place of respite for families, there is a history of good energy you can feel here.

Stunning water views

Coastal nature walks

Gym

Swimming Pool

Games room

Fireplace

A warm welcoming community of awesome humans like you who you will no doubt benefit from spending time with.

Pricing

Payment plan options available – just ask, secure your place with a non refundable deposit today

Includes:

Accommodation for 5 nights, PLUS 2 bonus nights: stay the night before the training commences and get settled in and enjoy a bonus night to celebrate when the retreat comes to a close on the Saturday night. Stick around on Sunday and explore or stay just for the 5 days of the training. Breakfast, tea and coffee and training materials provided. Community kitchen for cooking or just a short trip into the town of Inverloch for a meal.

Stunning water views

Coastal nature walks

Gym

Pool

Games Room

Fireplace

Pickleball and Basketball Court

A warm community of awesome humans like you with cool and interesting backgrounds and professions who you will no doubt benefit from spending time with.

Standard Room Singles Rate

Early Bird Fee $3495 book before February 28th

Full Fee $4495

Standard Room Couples Rate

Early Bird Fee $5995 book before February 28th

Full Fee $6995

Private 2 bedroom Villa, 1 Room Singles Rate

1 of 2 rooms in private villa with Queen Bed, separate ensuite, shared kitchen, lounge, TV and balcony

Early Bird Fee $3995 book before February 28th

Full Fee $4995

Private 2 bedroom Villa, 1 Room Couples Rate