BLOSSOMING: 5Rhythms Dance & Embodiment Easter Retreat

 “There’s a joy blossoming in your heart. Don’t let the world trouble you.”

— MOOJI

BLOSSOMING invites you to move into the depth of your heart, where you can take refuge, enjoy time to simply be, and experience emotional renewal.

The maps of the 5Rhythms® movement practice over 5 days sets the framework to honour how the dark time has shaped you, gives embodied expression to what overshadows your inner radiance and joy, and gently encourages the petals of your heart and body to open.

Daily meditation, embodiment practices, and personal reflection supports the expansion of loving awareness inherent in your natural state of being.

As a community we come together to welcome new growth, and celebrate our creative life force and caring hearts. We will co-create a safe space to deepen our individual paths of healing and transformation in the spirit of openness, acceptance, and support.

Together we will dance for the healing of the collective heart of humanity and make our offerings.

The retreat takes place over Easter with a full moon on the first night. Rituals and time in nature will connect us with the seasonal cycles and the beauty of springtime.

Sessions will be held indoors and outdoors (weather permitting).

No previous experience is required to participate.

Everyone is welcome.

In between sessions you are encouraged to spend time integrating with journaling, resting, or enjoying the large perennial gardens and water features. If you want to be a bit more active, take a guided farm tour, or head off farm to hike in nature or swim in a nearby lake.

Optional body work sessions will be available throughout the retreat.

Stowel Lake Farm is a retreat centre, an organic farm and a community of families living together on beautiful Salt Spring Island, BC. For more information about Stowel Lake Farm click here: https://www.stowellakefarm.com/

What is included:

4 nights of accommodation of your choice ranging from private rooms to camping.

12 locally grown organic meals prepared by gourmet chef Kerry. The retreat cuisine is farm to table at its best, with farmers often harvesting produce minutes before preparation. Vegetables grown on the farm are used whenever possible. The meals are vegetarian with the exception of a salmon dinner on Sunday evening (vegetarian option available). Meals are served buffet style including options for dairy free, gluten free and vegan.

Daily 5Rhythms® movement sessions indoors and outdoors

Optional Morning Meditation, Yoga & Qi Gong

Saturday evening Cacao Ceremony & Song Circle

Special evening events including an Easter feast on Sunday

Live percussion

Optional farm tour

Optional body work (extra cost)

Complementary shuttle pick up from Fulford Harbour Ferry Terminal

Ferry and travel costs are NOT included.

If you need support booking flights or ferries, or finding a ride share, please contact us to make arrangements.

Retreat Cost:

A deposit of $350 is required at registration. We will be in touch to discuss the remaining payment. To be eligible for the early bird savings, payments have to be completed by January 15, otherwise the regular rates apply. Payment plans are available upon application.

Please connect with Bettina to discuss room or payment options (bettina@bettinarothe.com). We have a few partial scholarships and work crew positions available.

Rooms are assigned on a first come first serve basis. All rooms are cozy, elegant and clean with all amenities including comfortable duvets, heat, power, and towels. If you would like to share a room with someone specific, please let us know.

Cost:

Early bird registration savings are available until January 15.

Private (private room with shared bathroom): $ 1735/ $ 1795

Shared Deluxe (double occupancy w/ private bathroom): $ 1615/ $ 1675

Shared (double occupancy w/ shared bathroom): $ 1435/ $ 1495

Camping: $ 1195/ $ 1255

Off site: $ 1065/ $ 1125

Prices include accommodation tax 8%, and MRDT Tourism tax 2% and 5% GST. Prices are in Canadian Dollars (CAD).

Payments can be made via e-transfer to bettina@bettinarothe.com (preferred), cheque or via PayPal.

Cancellation policy:

Please note that all cancellations will incur a $100 administration fee. Cancellations after March 7th will receive a 50% refund. Because this is a residential workshop with individualized meal and accommodation planning, refunds cannot be issued for cancellations after March 23rd unless a replacement can be found.

Travel:

The workshop starts with dinner on Thursday evening. Please arrive between 3:00 – 5:00 PM to check into your room. The workshop completes on Monday at 1:00 PM after lunch.

We advise guests to make reservations for your ferry travel as this will be a busy travel weekend. Pick up is available from the Fulford Ferry terminal for walk-ons. Float plane pick up from Ganges can also be arranged.

Praise for Bettina’s Easter Retreats:

“I expected Bettina’s Easter Retreat to be good; I didn’t expect it to be amazing! The facilities and food at Stowel Lake Farm were excellent.

The retreat structure was brilliant—with the cacao ceremony, outdoor dancing at Ruckle Park, and the remarkable facilitation, we achieved new highs and deeper transformations day-after-day-after-day. Bettina and her team created a deeply loving and intimate environment for us to connect with ourselves and with one another.

This retreat was a 12/10—I can’t wait to go on another retreat with Bettina!”

— Jordan Bower

“First and foremost Bettina is a natural leader. Someone who leads with heart and mind balancing the two with wisdom and grace. Bettina is very gifted in building communities and creating sacred spaces.

Recently I joined a 5 day Retreat with her at Stowel Lake Farm. Bettina not only chose the ideal place for the theme, but also again created a space in which I was able to show up as who I really am. As a Life Coach, I know that this is the only place, from which a transformation is possible.

Using the 5Rhythms map Bettina led us through various layers, which have ultimately culminated in new shapes of ourselves.

Bettina designed the retreat in a way that everything was absolutely aligned with the theme: the beautiful farm, its community, their love to the land, the nutritious food, the music, ceremonies and so much more.

I am very grateful for all the magic and transformation I experienced during this incredible retreat.”

— Anna Mrozik

“Bettina holds an alchemical container that allows me to take flight. Her loving heart and strong embodied presence are the ingredients for making magic.

I loved all the parts of this Retreat including storytelling and hearing about the history of Stowel Lake Farm. All the touches for a nourishing, transformational experience were tended to. I am grateful.”

— Kirsten Vinge

“Thanks again SOOOO MUCH for this transformative weekend!! It was AMAZING!! All of it!! I still feel the glow from such an incredible high. Again please

Belonging

BELONGING ~ A 5Rhythms® Heartbeat™ Workshop

“The world has never been more connected, yet people are lonelier than ever. Whether we feel unworthy, alienated, or anxious about our place in the world – the absence of belonging is the great silent wound of our times.” – Toko-pa Turner, from her book “Belonging”

 We all long to belong. A sense of belonging is fundamental to our emotional health and well-being. Is it possible to uncover a deeply rooted sense of Belonging when we give ourselves the space to lean into these feelings of disconnect and alienation? Where and when do feelings of Belonging arise? Why are so many of us struggling to find our place in the world?

The 5Rhythms® Heartbeat™ map is rich and fertile ground for exploring these questions and the many aspects of our hearts that are present when we dive into the field of Belonging. Can we learn to be with and express our feelings of fear, anger, and grief that surface when we feel excluded, isolated, or alone? Can we accept and integrate our feelings of joy and compassion that are present when we feel connected to ourselves and our community? How can our hearts grow and expand if we land in a deeply embodied sense of Belonging? 

The container we co-create in this workshop will become the sacred ground for this work, allowing for vulnerability, expansion, growth, and pain to be witnessed, released, held, and valued in a safe, nurturing way. I invite you to meet me on the dance floor with your curiosity for exploring the field of ‘Belonging’.