NEW in 2026!
Alchemy of Creativity
Day retreats At Nectar Yoga
on Bowen Island
immersive art, journaling, movement and joy to mind your soul
In March
Pisces + The Divine Echo
Themes: Dreaming | Dissolving | Water | Soul Depth
WHEN
Sunday, March 1, 2026
1:00PM–5:30PM
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This half-day art and yoga retreat weaves together gentle movement, breathwork, meditation, and dream-inspired watercolour practice. Pisces invites us to soften, dissolve, and listen, turning inward toward imagination and intuitive knowing.
The afternoon begins with a flowing yoga sequence to attune the body to slowness and fluidity. Guided breathwork settles the nervous system before moving into intuitive mark-making, soft watercolour layering, and seascape-inspired expression. Ambient soundscapes support a quiet drift into creativity, allowing images and emotions to rise naturally.
No artistic experience is needed, only a willingness to follow where the water leads.
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For March/April
Aries + Stoking The Flame
Themes: Initiation | Spark | Courage | Fire
WHEN
Sunday, March 29, 2026
1:00PM–5:30PM
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
A dynamic half-day retreat blending fiery yoga, energizing breathwork, and bold expressive art. Aries is the spark, the first flame, the instinct to begin and this workshop channels that energy through the body and onto the page.
We begin with a heat-building movement practice to awaken vitality, encourage courage, and clear hesitation. Breathwork sharpens focus before you shift into gesture drawing and bold line work. Working with a live figure model, you’ll explore movement, instinct, and the power of unfiltered mark-making.
This is a day for risk-taking, expansiveness, and trusting your creative fire.
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In May
Gemini + The Twin Pages
Themes: Curiosity | Stories | Duality | Breath
WHEN
Saturday, May 24, 2026
1:00PM–5:30PM
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This reflective, expressive retreat blends breath-led yoga, journaling, writing prompts, and mixed-media art inspired by Gemini’s love of story and duality.
A gentle opening movement practice brings awareness to breath and curiosity. From there, you’ll explore poetry, journaling, and intuitive writing as gateways into image-making. Collage, printmaking, and text-layering techniques invite playfulness and experimentation.
Each guest receives a gifted journal and pen to continue exploring their stories long after the workshop has ended.
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In July
Cancer + Vessels of Belonging
Themes: Home | Nurture | Ancestral Waters | Memory
Sunday, July 19th, 1:00pm-5:30pm, 2026
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This nurturing art and yoga retreat honours Cancer’s themes of home, memory, and nourishment through slow movement, breathwork, and the creation of clay vessels.
Following a gentle, heart-forward yoga sequence, you’ll move into hand-forming Japanese-style tea cups—simple, handle-less, deeply personal. Using impressions from botanicals gathered on Nectar’s land, each vessel becomes a container for memory and belonging.
This workshop will be co-led by Sara Skuce of The Burrow on Bowen Island, who will guide both the hand-building of Japanese tea cups and the creation of a botanical-stamped clay pendant; all pieces will be professionally fired and glazed in traditional cobalt hues at her Bowen studio and ready for pickup or shipment four weeks later (shipping available for an additional fee).
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In November
Scorpio & The Art of Returning
Themes: Depth | Underworld | Shadow Work | Rebirth
Sunday, November 1st, 1:00pm-5:30pm, 2026
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
A transformative half-day retreat combining somatic movement, grounding breathwork, guided writing, and Kintsugi-inspired art.
We begin with a slow, stabilizing yoga practice to support the body as it moves toward inner depth. Through guided journaling, you’ll write a letter to love or loss, held gently before being released in a communal fire ritual. In the art session, you’ll create Kintsugi-inspired collage boards using ash, ink tones, and gold accents—honouring the beauty of repair and the power of rebirth.
The retreat ends with the creation of a tiny pocket altar, a symbolic container holding what you choose to carry forward.
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