Radiance Retreat 2022
For healers, seekers and creatives.
In 2022 I planned, produced and hosted a womens wellness retreat on beautiful Bowen Island. I decided that retreats would be a perfect combination of my skills and passions and experiences. In January I decided to host the retreat, and it came to life at the end of June.
MOVE + CONNECT + CREATE + REFLECT
It was held at woman owned Xenia Retreat Centre. The centre has a series of rustic cabins that sleep 2-5 people, a massage hut, meditation zen den, beautiful yurt, stone circle atop a hill in a meadow, and a delightful lodge for meals and lounging. The lake is a short walk away, and you can visit a 1000 year old Douglas Fir named OPA or the rock labyrinth. Literally everything about this place is intentional!
Check out the TRAILER
Below is the itinerary of the retreat so you get a feel for the magic contained within it.
FRIDAY June 22, 2022
Your Arrival
Be greeted with the sweet scent of freshly cut grass and overturned soil. Upon arrival you will be shown to your room and given a brief orientation of Xenia. If it is light out, you will be encouraged to walk the Labyrinth and explore the grounds to settle in. If you’re lucky, Angelyn the creator of Xenia will be around to regale you with stories of the land and her life. Thursday dinner is not included so come after dinner and before 9pm.
Welcome Circle with
Suzanne & Martine
Suzanne Rushton, host and newly certified yoga instructor, will open the container, ground us and lead a sharing circle.
Kundalini Dance with
Martine Kleissen
Dance to remember your radiance, illuminate your spirit and transform your life. Learn to live in embodied wholeness as you dance the rainbow grids of your shadow and your luminous light.
“Spacious explorations in movement, creativity and spirituality”
“What does radiance mean to you?
We like to be a little witchy and a little crafty. ”
SATURDAY June 23, 2024
Saturday morning Suzanne taught partner yoga in the yurt, followed by breakfast. The meals were provided by The Rooted Table, an amazing catering company owned by the one and only Hilary Brent. Our chef was Georgie and you can see the delicious meals she prepared for us. We dined like Queens.
We had free time on Saturday until Laura came to teach us finger painting.
You should see our masterpieces. Mine is hanging on my wall!
I painted a fern.
PARTNER Yoga with Suzanne
Saturday before breakfast we will have a guided radiant partner yoga sequence in the yurt with Suzanne. This will connect us to ourselves and each other. This practice is healing and promotes greater awareness and consciousness.
MORNING free time for play, rest or healing sessions
After a delicious breakfast where we welcome new friends, take a moment to enjoy the space. Settle in. Journal, wander, ponder, meditate. Pet animals, walk the labyrinth, have a private healing session with one of the facilitators or visit the lake.
LUNCH by the Rooted Table
LEARN how to see with Laura
(finger painting)
Let your eyes take a break and feel with your soul. Laura will show us how to see colour, and ourselves, differently. Move beyond your preconceptions of what it means to be creative, discover new ways to observe, and get a little messy with paint. I really want to call this ecstatic painting.
FOREST Bathing and
Photo Shoot with Suzanne
Have your radiant portrait taken in the field or forest, Suzanne will be photographing you in this pristine natural setting. More of a lifestyle shoot, you can use these images for your social media, website, or elsewhere as a memory of your radiant experience.
After painting, I did mini photo shoots for everyone. They had a choice of OPA or field with horse. The rest of the time they had free time to forest bathe, visit animals, meditate, read or anything they chose. A main thing I wanted to create for people was space. Space to be and connect.
After dinner
SOUL Session, Akashic Records
and Sound Healing
Martine, the Goddess of Light, will ground us with her melodies, and channel us inwards. Harmonize the subtle energies of the physical, subconscious and energetic levels of your body, mind and spirit for your most graceful and harmonious healing.
Saturday evening we had a sound bath combo with Akashic Record reading by Martine. Ida Cummings was on site to capture the moment, like this one with her drone.
After dinner we had a fire and enjoyed hearing stories from Angeline, the owner and creator of Xenia.
SUNDAY June 24, 2022
MEADOW Partner Yoga
Bright and early, we held our final partner yoga class outside in the meadow atop the hill in the stone circle. Bliss!
RADIANT Reels with Ida
We build energy by learning new things and using our authentic voice to capture our experiences and share them in a way that is meaningful to us. Sunday we get our tech on and work in groups to create radiant reels with Ida’s guidance.
The whole weekend was magical and I will definitely use the experience to plan future nourishing experiences for people.
