A Personal and Private Land-Based Boutique Retreat

Hiraeth
n. (Welsh) A spiritual longing for a home which maybe never was. Nostalgia for ancient places to which we cannot return. It is the echo of the lost places of our soul’s past and our grief for them. It is in the wind, and the rocks, and the waves. It is nowhere and it is everywhere.

Frame Your Intentions

This retreat is an opportunity to return to your source, to what feeds and nourishes your life: the land.

Take a pause to remember the authenticity of who you are, so you might come to know where you are going.

This is a time to return to your original landscape, your body, while being with the magic and mystery of the land, a time for inquiry and integration at your pace.

This is an invitation to step into a collaborative container, a precious journey that is co-designed to best support your intentions and vision.

A unique trauma-informed and therapeutic retreat opportunity awaits your vision and commitment. Imagine being on the land, open sky, warm sunshine, river bubbling by, and mountains framing the skyline while engaging in a guided therapeutic journey co-designed and framed by your intention!

Your experience might include…

Embodied Mindful Movement practices

Experiential learning through land-based activities
Engaging with mindfulness and meditation
Accessing resources to support your nervous system
Therapeutic education and counselling
Slowing down and orienting to pleasure
Somatic experiencing inquiries and explorations
Guided reflective journaling
Body mapping
Supported self-designed rituals
Medicine walks and mirroring

This retreat is for you if…

You’re feeling stuck and looking for a breakthrough
You are navigating grief, and a quiet witness for this process could contribute to integration
You’re at a point of transition in your life

Going to the land within a supportive container can provide what is needed, a space for both solitude and companionship, to wonder and process out loud, to engage with embodiment practices and drop into your authentic wisdom and knowing.

I am excited and immensely grateful to provide these guided experiences in the Bow Valley, Canmore, Alberta!

“I have had the absolute privilege and fortune of being able to co-facilitate a 100 hr immersion with Nicola, and I’ve learned the most from her in the way she holds space for people. I believe Nicola not only holds space for people to fully be themselves, but creates a container where people’s highest selves emerge.”

— Lydia Zamorano, Facilitator and E-RYT 500

About this retreat

This experience is co-designed to best support your inquiry and intentions

Many health care benefits cover the therapeutic sessions as I am registered social worker - check to see if this might be available through your insurance.
Our time together is spent outdoors with the land, engaging in the participation of more than the human world
Time is ensured to support space for solitude, companionship, embodied practices, and integration