A Women's Nature Immersion Retreat

Awakening
with Heart

Three days to soften, remember, and return home to yourself
August 7–9, 2026 Roberts Creek, BC Women's Circle · Private Venue
Reserve Your Place
The Invitation

A weekend held by land, water, and women

Step out of the noise and into the rhythm of the forest. Over three unhurried days on the Sunshine Coast, you'll be guided through breath, movement, ceremony, and deep rest — gently regulating your nervous system and reconnecting with the wisdom already living in your body.

This is a space to be nourished, to remember who you are beneath the burnout, and to carry that coherence home into your life, your work, and your relationships.

✦
Held By

Your Guides

Loretta Cella

Loretta Cella

Cohost & Facilitator

Loretta Cella is a certified HeartBreath™ Therapist, Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and author of with Heart. With more than 20 years of experience, she guides individuals and leaders through burnout, nervous system dysregulation, and life transition using an integrated approach rooted in breathwork, somatics, heart coherence, and nature-based healing.

Abby Hildebrand

Abby Hildebrand

Cohost & Facilitator

Abby is a trauma-informed Breathwork Facilitator based in North Vancouver. Trained in the Pause method and HeartBreath, her work is rooted in nervous system safety and a deep belief that healing happens in community, creating the conditions for women to release what they have been holding and remember who they are.

Dionne Paul

Dionne Paul

Special Guest · Sechelt Nation Medicine Woman

Dionne Paul is a proud member of the Nuxalk Nation and shíshálh Nation. Her ancestral name, Ximiq, translates to the first eyelash of sunlight that comes over the mountain to greet everyone in the morning — a name she carries into her work as a plant medicine woman, Coast Salish weaver, and artist with a Master's degree from Emily Carr University. At the retreat, Dionne leads the opening ceremony and earth-based nature art experience, grounding the circle in deep connection to the land and its living wisdom.

The Retreat Flow

Three days, gently unfolding

Arriving + Opening the Heart
4:00 PM

Arrival + Camp Set Up

Arrive slowly. Settle into the land, your sleeping space, and the rhythm of the weekend. Tea and light refreshments available upon arrival.

5:00 PM

Opening Ceremony with Dionne Paul

A grounding and heart-opening welcome led by Dionne Paul, Sechelt Nation Medicine Woman — including smudge, intention setting, connection to the land, and opening circle.

5:45 PM

Heart-Centered Meet + Greet

Gentle connection practices and introductions to begin weaving community, safety, and presence together.

6:30 PM

Nourishing Farm-to-Table Dinner

Wholesome, grounding food shared in community.

7:45 PM

Gentle Breathwork + Meditation Ceremony with Loretta + Abby

An evening of nervous system settling, heart coherence, breath, sound, and guided meditation to soften the body and prepare for deep restoration.

9:00 PM

Integration + Quiet Evening

Fire, tea, journaling, connection, silence, or rest under the stars.

Awakening + Remembering
7:30 AM

Optional Morning Tea + Quiet Reflection

A slow start to the day with tea, silence, journaling, or nature wandering.

8:30 AM

Yin + Heart Activating Meditation

A grounding yin and meditation practice designed to awaken the heart, regulate the nervous system, and deepen body connection.

9:30 AM

Nourishing Breakfast

10:30 AM

Old Growth Nature Immersion Walk

A guided forest bathing experience focused on presence, relationship with nature, intuitive listening, and learning to communicate with the wisdom of the trees and land.

12:00 PM

Journaling + Somatic Coaching Integration

Reflective coaching prompts, self-inquiry, nervous system awareness, and guided integration practices.

1:00 PM

Nourishing Lunch + Rest

2:30 PM

Nature Art Experience with Dionne Paul

Creative expression and earth-based art practices connecting story, spirit, and nature.

3:30 PM

With Heart: Aligning to Your Values in Life + Work

A transformational session with Loretta exploring coherence, values, and nervous system patterns — moving from survival, burnout, anger, and disconnection toward alignment, truth, and joy.

4:30 PM

Creative Values Integration with Abby

An embodied and artistic exploration to anchor personal values, intention, and vision into form.

5:30 PM

Ocean Dip + Steam

Restorative contrast therapy and connection with water, breath, and body.

6:30 PM

Picnic Dinner in Community

8:00 PM

Cacao + Sound Immersion Breathwork Ceremony — Awakening the Heart

A deeper ceremonial evening of cacao, breathwork, sound healing, emotional release, expanded consciousness, and heart activation and alchemy with Loretta.

9:30 PM

Fireside Connection Circle

Stories, reflection, music, laughter, integration, and sacred connection around the fire.

Returning Home to Yourself
8:00 AM

Optional Steam + Creek Plunge

— or —

Beach Meditation + Ocean Dip

A final morning practice to awaken clarity, vitality, and grounded presence.

9:30 AM

Nourishing Breakfast

10:30 AM

Coming Home to Your Heart in All Your Relations

A closing workshop exploring how to carry coherence, truth, boundaries, softness, and alignment back into daily life, relationships, work, and self.

12:00 PM

Lunch + Integration Time

1:30 PM

Closing Ceremony

Final reflections, intention anchoring, gratitude, next steps, and community closing.

3:00 PM

Departure

Deepen Your Experience

Optional Add-Ons

01

1:1 Energy Healing Sessions with Loretta

02

CBD Massage Treatments

03

Private Somatic Coaching Sessions

04

Integration Support Sessions

05

1:1 Vision and Strategy Session with Abby — turning your retreat intentions into a grounded, heart-aligned action plan

What You'll Carry Home

Every participant will leave with

✦

Greater nervous system regulation

✦

A deeper connection to self and nature

✦

Expanded clarity and consciousness

✦

Heart-centered community connection

✦

Personalized next steps for aligned living

✦

Tools to support sustainable healing and transformation

The grounds at Roberts Creek
Sunset view from the property
Ocean and mountain view through the trees
Investment

Your place in the circle

Thirteen women. One transformational weekend.
This retreat is intentionally intimate — once it fills, it is closed.

Early Bird  ·  Closes July 15
$650 CAD
Early Bird Price
$750 CAD
Regular Price · After July 15
Reserve Your Spot

Payment plan available

1

$200 deposit to hold your spot

2

First instalment
July 1

3

Final instalment
July 22

What's included
✦

All sessions, ceremonies, and practices across the full weekend

✦

Friday welcome dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner, Sunday breakfast and farewell lunch

✦

Two nights camping at a private property in Roberts Creek, BC — location details shared upon registration

✦

Guided old-growth forest walk, ocean swim, and nature immersion experiences

✦

Cacao ceremony with ceremonial-grade cacao

✦

A personalized integration and empowerment plan to carry home

A scholarship spot is available for a woman who feels genuinely called but for whom the investment is a true barrier. If this is you, reach out — we hold space for you too.
abby@wellnesscreek.ca

Join Us

Come home to your heart

Spaces are intentionally limited to hold a safe, intimate circle. Reach out to reserve your place or to ask anything you need before saying yes.

August 7–9, 2026 Roberts Creek, BC Private venue · Location details shared upon registration
Reserve Your Place Ask a Question