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Women's Beltane Retreat


  • Riversong Retreat Centre Renfrew Rd. Shawnigan Lake, BC Canada (map)

Women ~ Embodiment ~ Transformation

✨ Calling all maidens, mothers and crones ✨

You are warmly invited to join us in this self-care retreat for women and those who identify as women, in all her diversity of expression.

Are you curious? Seeking to explore yourself more deeply? Are you hungry for some full-bodied expression through voice, creative arts and song? Are you longing to access your true personal power? 

Join us for a juicy weekend exploring Beltane's vibrant and sensuous energy. Beltane invokes both the growth of spring renewal and the celebration of summer's fire. Tis the time to stir our seeds, deepen our roots and stretch our limbs to the light!

Embodied self-exploration and self-care practices are the theme. Ritual and ceremony are the sacred catalysts. Nestled in a cedar and fir grove along a beautiful running river, nature cradles us as we deepen our connection to ourselves and one another.

This retreat will include:

  • Loving and safe ceremonial container

  • Two journey days supported by plant allies

  • Cacao ceremony

  • Expressive arts SoulCollage process

  • Live music sound baths

  • Ecstatic dance journey

  • Activities to support feeling, expressing, being witnessed and held

  • Spaciousness to explore the riverfront and forest, journal, take a bath, or simply be... 

  • Delicious organic meals 

  • Lodging at the beautiful Riversong Lodge

  • One-on-one support as needed

  • Preparation and integration circle sharing & practices 

  • Group preparation and integration call

  • Follow-up integration practices (and continued support if needed)

Please read full event info HERE.

Registration Information

Early bird pricing is $1111 until March 8th, and $1333 after, and includes accommodation for 3 nights/4 days at Riversong Lodge and deliciously catered meals tailored to your dietary needs.

Email me at cedarmathias@gmail.com with any questions or to register. An intake is required to attend. Please inquire about financial aid if you are in need.

About the Facilitators

Cedar Mathias, RRC, SEP is committed to holding a gentle, accepting, compassionate, and trauma-informed space that invites people to connect with their inner guide and healer. She brings somatic awareness and co-regulation, safe touch, and a calm and curious presence to all of her therapeutic work. She also brings the knowledge gained through years of mentorship in ceremonial spaces, and training as a Psychedelic Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and Clinical Counsellor. 

Heidi Erhardt, BA has been a workshop leader, educator, dancer, and meditator for twenty-five years. She brings a sensitive trauma-informed approach to all of her work and is devoted to creating a safe container that generates trust, depth of presence, and transpersonal growth for individuals and groups. Certified in SoulCollage®, Heidi works with the collective unconscious and archetypal intelligence. She has thirty-five years of plant medicine and ceremonial experience in various countries and has been trained as a Reiki Master, Herbalist, Aroma Therapist as well as in Psychedelic Therapy.

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