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How I travelled to Bali with a capsule wardrobe in one carry on luggage bag

in Uncategorized on 03/03/20

I have recently returned from a much anticipated Immersion Retreat in Bali. It was all the things – relaxing, exhilarating, challenging, tiring, uplifting, healing and euphoric – I share a reflective piece on some things I learnt about myself below. The 8 day immersion was jam packed full of fun and challenging activities like yoga, meditation, surfing, pottery, hiking volcanos, breath work and ice baths. I had to laugh, I even managed to find an op shop too. And yes I did buy something 🙂 

I wanted to travel light and easy, so I set myself a challenge to pack a capsule wardrobe and only take one carry on bag.

Benefits: 

#1 Save money – I didn’t have to pay extra fees for checked-in luggage. 

#2 Save time – upon departure checking in I jumped in the short queue and got through to my gate quicker to relax. On arrival I didn’t have to wait at the carousel to get my suitcase could just walk straight through to customs from the plane. 

#3 No overwhelm or headaches – because I had limited wardrobe choices and a few items that all mixed and matched together picking outfits each day for activities was a breeze.

Watch the video HERE to find out exactly what I packed.

Reflections from my recent Bali retreat…..I recently posted this on my social media profiles and it struck a cord with many women so I thought I’d share it here with you too in the event you may resonate with what I share. 

‘What does it mean to be woman on International Women’s day?

Who am I?

This question was asked of me last week on Immersion in Bali. I proceeded to answer I’m a daughter, sister, friend, lover, single mum, ex wife, business owner. Then the question was asked again

Who am I without labels? It was hard to answer I started to cry who was I without labels?? For years I grew up ashamed of my femininity, my womaness I learnt from a young age that showing emotion and crying were signs of weakness and to survive in a man’s world you just didn’t do it. I had to be one of the men in my adolescence pulling my weight with farm work, driving tractors, even hunting and gutting animals for our family to eat. For years I suppressed my femininity (at a physical cost too) to be in my masculine to fit in with my family and my career driven life. I slowly started to embody my femininity but it took many years. Last week on Immersion I had a number of powerful experiences that really helped me embody my sensuality and femininity.

Needless to say today when I answer the question Who am I without labels? I am infinite wisdom, embodiment, pure love, divinity, radiance, strength, depth, free spirited. I am woman.

Hit reply to this email and share with me any capsule wardrobe travel ideas you have or your thoughts on being a woman.

Have a beautiful week! 

Much much love to you!

Rachel x

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Rachel Prest
Director & Founder at Raid My Wardrobe
Rachel Prest is founder of Raid My Wardrobe. In 2010, she founded a preloved fashion event for women to refresh, recycle and reinvent their wardrobes. She began this blog in 2016 as a way to inspire, educate and encourage her community with more sustainable ways of fashion shopping, styling and creating. When she's not doing a wardrobe makeover or planning the next event you'll find her down at the beach, hiking or mountain biking in the bush or hanging out with her friends and her kids. Rachel is based in Newcastle, Australia.

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