by: Jazmine Sachiko Ross
You've done the work. The therapy. The journaling. The morning routines. The courses about becoming your best self. And yet something still feels slightly off, like you're always one more habit away from finally arriving.
What if you were never broken? What if the exhaustion isn't from falling short but from the effort it takes to perform a version of yourself that was never really you?
Goto has been a refuge for the unperformed self for four hundred years. For six days, you step inside that lineage. Not to become someone new, but to return.
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Tsubaki Retreat
Four Japanese concepts, lived on the island where they belong
Not themes to learn about. Lived experiences to move through, in the Sachi way: less theory, more felt sense. Curated and guided by Jazmine, held by the island and its people.
MA
間
Create Space
The gentle pause in between. The quiet between breaths, the white space around a painting. Ma reminds us we don't have to be 'on' all the time, and that rest and silence are where we hear ourselves again.
GO-EN
ご縁
Held by people and place
The invisible threads that connect us, the people and chances that arrive at the right moment. En reminds us we were never meant to do life alone. We are held by our relationships, and by the land beneath our feet.
ARINOMAMA
あり のまま
Just as it is
Seeing yourself honestly, without trying to fix or improve. Not 'how do I become better?' but 'can I tell the truth about how I feel right now, and let that be okay?' The starting point for any real change.
JUNIN-TOIRO
十人十色
Ten people, ten colours
No two women carry the same story or the same body. There is no single 'right' way to be. This is the permission to show up as your full, unedited self, and to let that be your beauty.
We chose Goto for the lineage
Goto is a small archipelago off the coast of Nagasaki. Cobalt sea, volcanic coastline, quiet fishing towns, and wild camellia forests that keep blooming even when the weather turns.
A life can be concealed, and still remain intact.
For centuries, Goto was where people went when they could no longer live a divided life. When the Edo-period persecutions began, Japan's Hidden Christians crossed the water and built communities here, holding their truth in plain sight by hiding it inside the everyday. The land did the holding: remote coves, steep slopes, churches that still stand as evidence.
Goto is a small archipelago off the coast of Nagasaki. Cobalt sea, volcanic coastline, quiet fishing towns, and wild camellia forests that keep blooming even when the weather turns.
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The flower this retreat is named for
Source: Video by Roman Odintsov
The tsubaki, the camellia, blooms in the cold when almost nothing else does.
It doesn't wait for easier weather. It opens, quietly, in the season that asks the most of it. In Japan's language of flowers, the tsubaki carries meanings like quiet tenderness and pride, a self-respect that doesn't need to announce itself.
On Goto it is more than a symbol. Its women have pressed camellia oil from these forests for centuries, using it to anoint their hair and skin long before wellness became something you could buy. It is a living island industry, and the forests still bloom wild across the archipelago. For the Hidden Christians, the camellia became a secret emblem of endurance, blooming through everything that tried to erase them.
Not to become. To return.
The week, anchored by the island itself
Underneath all four concepts is the land, holding the week the way it has held people for centuries.Curated and guided by Jazmine, and brought to life day by day by a women-led, Japan-based on-island team.
間
MA
The Intelligence of the Pause
The power of a real pause. Time where nothing is asked of you.
We arrive. We slow down. Morning dance movement on the beach. Calligraphy with a local sensei, where the white space matters as much as the ink. At night we sit with the island in its quiet, under a sky with no light pollution, and watch the stars come out. You begin to hear what's underneath the noise.
ARINOMAMA
ありのまま
Just as you are
Telling the truth about how you actually are, without fixing it.
We walk the volcanic coastline and the wild camellia forests in the spirit of shinrin-yoku, forest bathing, with disposable cameras in hand. Your only invitation: find what is beautiful, exactly as it is. Photograph the moss-covered stone. The weathered fishing boat. No prompts. No analysis. Just your eye, the trail, and what calls to you. You'll create your own personal aroma blend, a scent anchor to support your journey. Movement workshop for practising embodiment. The first quiet conversations with the self-critic inside you.
ご縁
GO-EN
Abundance in Interdependence & Connection
being held by people and place, instead of doing everything alone.
We visit a local farm and harvest with our own hands, then carry it back and grill it together over an open fire. We embody "Itadakimasu": we gratefully receive the life that came from the soil, the rain, the farmer's hands, and now it becomes us. The circle completes.
There will be an uthentic relating session, where we witness and be witnessed by each other without fixing, without advice, without judgment. Just presence. The same quality of attention we gave the land, we give each other.
十人十色
JUNIN-TOIRO
Ten People, ten colours
Your way of being is allowed, even if it doesn’t match anyone else’s
Once we reconnect with ourselves and feel in our bodies that it is safe to be seen, we shine the light on the beautifully unique parts of us. We create our very own reminder to anchor us back home (to ourselves) by crafting a piece of jewellery out of coral, which grows in abundance around the island.
We celebrate under open June skies, and before you leave, you write a letter to yourself, which will be sealed and mailed to you 90 days later, when you might like a little reminder our in the wild.
Local Tours Hosted by Nomad Resort
Join Sachi's Online Containers for continuous internal xploration
*Like all living things, this programme may change a little closer to the time.
Why it matters
Held by the land, not staged on it
Goto's coral has formed in these waters for centuries; its women have pressed camellia oil for just as long. For 250 years, islanders preserved what was truest about themselves under conditions that demanded they hide it. We didn't bring a concept to a pretty location. The island was already living it.
A space you don't have to be strong in
This retreat is women-only, not as a rule but as a recognition. You have your own room. The onsen is there when you need to be alone with hot water and silence. The group is the container, not the obligation. Every space was chosen to answer one question: does this let someone finally exhale?
A rhythm built for rest
The schedule favours rest over productivity, so the body can remember that rest is not a threat but the safest place inside yourself. We hope you leave having remembered what it feels like to befriend your nervous system rather than be at odds with it.
Colorit Goto Islands
An intentionally designed space boasting ocean-front rooms, with onsen and sauna. Your own space when you need it, the group when you want it. A refreshing time and space to reconnect with your true self.
Held by a team who lives there
This retreat is held by a small team with one shared priority: that you feel safe, seen, and exquisitely cared for by the people and by the place. You're welcomed into an island community that already knows how to host, hold, and care, so you never have to figure anything out alone.
KANA
Island Community Manager
KEI
Local Anchor
CHARLIE
CEO, Nomad Resort
YU
Sachi
Jazmine Sachiko Ross
Certified Coach · TEDx Speaker · Facilitator
Jazmine grew up in rural Japan, British by blood, Japanese by upbringing. The only person in every room who was fully both, and fully neither. What she teaches now came directly from that: the lived experience of learning to stop performing and start returning. She curates the arc of the week, choosing the farmers, senseis, and makers you'll meet, and guides you through it alongside the on-island team. She is not here to guide you toward someone new. She knows the way back.
What women say about being in this space
Jazmine has the ability to see you in your authentic self and talks to that instead of all your shoulds. I felt safe, completely confident that whatever I share is not only understood, but that it's also okay. Not many people have that ability. I feel very privileged to have been in her space.
LARA - ITALY
Working with Sachi has been an incredible journey. They create the kind of safe, non-judgmental space where you can truly open up. Their sensitivity in navigating emotional territory, combined with their ability to connect the dots in your story, makes you feel deeply understood.
LAURA MAI - UK
What I loved most about the space Jazmine created was that it didn’t feel like a one-time emotional experience. It felt like a beginning. The reflections and questions I took away feel practical enough to bring into everyday life.
YU - JAPAN
To be honest I never thought staying in a island could be that cool, being surrounded by a local community always looking to help you and show you the island. They're open to foreign guests and they really care about keeping a strong supportive community.
SOLE - SPAIN
$2,500
Your accommodation at Colorit, ocean-front, with onsen and sauna, is covered by the city within this investment. Built into the price, not added on top. This is the founding cohort price. It won't come back.
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Beachfront Private room with ocean view. Includes access to onsen and sauna.
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Transfers to/from Fukue Airport & Port
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All workshops and facilitation across 6 days
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All meals featuring Goto-grown produce, intentionally selected by our local experts.
- Local Community Manager's support throughout the week
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Calligraphy workshop with a local sensei
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Mindful movement (Kalaripayattu) session
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Historic glass-bottom boat tour
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Camellia Oil Extraction Workshop
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Personal aroma oil blend workshop : a scent anchor you carry home
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Local Farm harvest & community BBQ
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Coral jewellery making : your 十人十色 keepsake
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Your letter to yourself, mailed 90 days later
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The Sachi workbook and morning movement playlist
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Ongoing access to the Sachi community and bonus content after the retreat
This retreat is for you if...
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You are tired of optimising yourself and ready to just be yourself
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You want a week that feels like deep rest and deep truth at the same time
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You are drawn to Japan, its philosophy, its food culture, its relationship with nature, and want to experience it from the inside, not as a tourist
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You are a woman who carries a lot, and you are ready to put some of it down
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You don't need to understand the Sachi framework in advance. You just need to be willing to feel it
This retreat is not for you if...
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You are looking for a structured transformation programme with a clear before and after
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You require a vegan menu. Our food philosophy is rooted in Japanese "Itadakimasu" culture: receiving and honouring the full life cycle of food. This is intentional and not negotiable. (Food allergies can be accomodated)
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You want to keep your walls up. This is a space that requires a willingness to be seen.
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