Creative Goddess Retreat
Join me from November 1st – 3rd at the beautiful Oyster Bay Resort in Black Creek.
Creative Goddess and Dark Scorpio Moon Retreat
Under this Dark Scorpio New Moon on the first weekend in November we will gather together in Sacred ceremony, sisterhood and creation to connect deeply into your sacral chakra and womb space and connection into your intuition and Inner Goddess.
Join me from November 1st – 3rd.
Under this Dark Scorpio New Moon on the first weekend in November we will gather together in Sacred ceremony, sisterhood and creation to connect deeply into your sacral chakra and womb space and connection into your intuition and Inner Goddess.
The Divine Creative Feminine is calling YOU.
And she is calling to her sisters and daughters from all over the planet to reclaim a nurturing and intimate relationship with her from deep within themselves.
She is calling because she knows EXACTLY what we need as we move into these times of massive change and transformation.
She is calling you to tap into your sacral chakra, the water element, your womb space and your creative and intuitive center.
She is calling you forth to boldly step into your full spiritual ad creative power.
Each woman has her own very special affinity with the sacred feminine which is universal in nature but also expresses itself in ways that are extremely personal and unique.
If you are feeling CALLED, then this retreat is for YOU.
Regulating Your Body and Soul Through Artistic Creation
In the hustle of our daily lives, finding balance and harmony within ourselves, our lives, and with the natural world can sometimes feel like a distant dream. Yet, the key to this equilibrium lies in the simple act of turning towards nature—not just as a place to escape to but as a source of inspiration and a medium for healing. I believe deeply in the profound connection between nature, art, healing, and well-being. Through activities like drum making and painting, we invite you to explore this connection, creating art inspired by the beauty of nature while regulating your body, mind, and soul.
Regulating Your Body and Soul Through Artistic Creation
In the hustle of our daily lives, finding balance and harmony within ourselves, our lives, and with the natural world can sometimes feel like a distant dream. Yet, the key to this equilibrium lies in the simple act of turning towards nature—not just as a place to escape to but as a source of inspiration and a medium for healing. I believe deeply in the profound connection between nature, art, healing, and well-being. Through activities like drum making and painting, we invite you to explore this connection, creating art inspired by the beauty of nature while regulating your body, mind, and soul.
The Healing Power of the Moon, Nature and Art
Nature has always been a wellspring of inspiration for artists, poets, healers, witches, herbalists, and creators throughout history. Its boundless beauty and intricate designs offer endless possibilities for creative expression. More than that, engaging in artistic activities inspired by nature can have a therapeutic effect, helping to reduce stress, improve mental health, and promote a sense of well-being. It’s a process that not only feeds the soul but also helps regulate the body’s response to the pressures of modern life. We can connect this even deeper to the cycles and rhythms of the moon and tap even deeper into our creative centers under this New Moon in Scorpio.
Embracing Nature’s Rhythms
We are Women, we are cyclical beings, we are creative and create life, and we are a part of nature—we are not separate. Participating in these types of artistic endeavors allows us to sync with nature’s rhythms, fostering a deeper connection with the environment, our cyclical nature, and within ourselves. It’s a reminder that we are part of a larger ecosystem, and by creating art inspired by nature and the seasons, we honor that connection, finding balance and harmony. We encourage you to embrace this time as a pathway to self-discovery and well-being. Saying YES and allowing yourself the space and time to explore these creative expressions that are deep within you, that want to be seen, heard, and felt. In doing so, you’re not just creating art; you’re embarking on a healing journey, one that brings you closer to nature, to art, and most importantly, to yourself.
Embracing Nature’s Rhythms
We are Women, we are cyclical beings, we are creative and create life, and we are a part of nature—we are not separate. Participating in these types of artistic endeavors allows us to sync with nature’s rhythms, fostering a deeper connection with the environment, our cyclical nature, and within ourselves. It’s a reminder that we are part of a larger ecosystem, and by creating art inspired by nature and the seasons, we honor that connection, finding balance and harmony. We encourage you to embrace this time as a pathway to self-discovery and well-being. Saying YES and allowing yourself the space and time to explore these creative expressions that are deep within you, that want to be seen, heard, and felt. In doing so, you’re not just creating art; you’re embarking on a healing journey, one that brings you closer to nature, to art, and most importantly, to yourself.
Our Sacred Space
We will be staying at the beautiful Oyster Bay Resort for this retreat. Oyster Bay Resorts is located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, between Campbell River and Courtenay/Comox on the Island Highway 19A. All the chalets have an ocean view of Georgia Strait where we will go and spend some time in meditation and reflection by the ocean to tap deeper into the water element. Cabins have two beds, one bathroom, and a kitchen and living space and will have 2 people per cabin. For more information, visit Oyster Bay Resort.
Who Is This Retreat For?
A Goddess Retreat is a magical experience for any woman. Perfect for solo travelers, friends and family, mothers and daughters—everyone and anyone who identifies as a woman is welcome. We incorporate various spiritual modalities along with art and creative projects—no art experience necessary—that will fill our time with laughter, love, focus, connection, and community. Transformation is inevitable. You will access or deepen your creativity and strengthen your connection with your spiritual practice. Something special and joyful happens when women come together in a positive, supportive space. I have witnessed so many amazing women blossom and bloom into their true, authentic selves. If this resonates with you, book now, as space is limited.
What Can I Expect At This Retreat?
This retreat is the perfect opportunity to fully embrace the fall season, honour the scorpio new moon and surrender into the darkness to allow whatever is no longer serving you to go. This weekend will allow you to escape the stresses of daily life and find inner peace and tranquility while also tapping into your creative and intuitive center. We will focus on the dark moon, the water element, our sacral chakra and our intuitive and creative nature . It will feature a unique blend of yoga, yoga nidra, meditation, journaling, oracle card reading, ceremonial cacao, ritual, art, drum making, song circle, nature therapy, ocean walks, and chakra balancing workshops. There will be time and space to relax and let go, to embrace the pause and stillness that fall brings, helping you find deeper peace, balance, and clarity within yourself.
Offerings at the Retreat
✔️ Sacred Ceremonies
✔️ Journaling
✔️New Scorpio Moon Circle and Cacao Ceremony
✔️ Sharing Circles
✔️ Small, Supportive Group of Women
✔️ Daily Yoga, Meditation + Yoga Nidra
✔️ Drum and Beater Making Workshop
✔️ Sacral Chakra, Intuitive, Playful, Creative Workshop
✔️ Group Oracle Card Reading
✔️ Beautiful Ocean View
✔️ Local, Nutritious + Nourishing Meals
✔️ Nature Therapy + Free Time to Rest, Relax and Recharge
✔️ Group Reiki Session
✔️ Closing Drumming Circle with your own Drum and Songs
✔️ Small Intimate Group With 2 Space Holders
Meet Your Retreat Hosts
Lena Watt
Lena is a Yogi, an adventurer, a Moon Goddess and a Kitchen Witch at heart. She is a Yoga Therapist, Somatic Movement Guide, Reiki Healer, Energy Worker, Circle Guide, Natal Chart Reader, Retreat Leader, Ayurvedic Wellness Coach, writer and a lifelong learner. She values the sacredness of life and tries to sprinkle ritual into her daily life. Sharing some of these rituals with others explodes her heart, just as much as moving, breathing and connecting with herself and her community in circle.
She teaches ancient wisdom through practical, embodied practices in our modern world. Hoping to help unveil the innate knowing that we are all ENOUGH, we are all WHOLE and COMPLETE exactly as we are, we are all ONE, we are all LOVE. All of her previous wisdom, healing, experiences and practices have culminated together in the creation of this cyclical living, empowered goddess deck. She is a new mom, step-mom and cat mom.
Corinne Donnelly
Corinne Donnelly is a drum maker, painter, and tattoo artist originally from Clearwater, BC, now residing on Salt Spring Island, BC. She has been building and painting drums for six years, a craft she learned from Erik Jensen.
Corinne creates hand drums and drum beaters of various sizes using materials such as buffalo, elk, deer, cedar, maple, red rosewood, ash wood, rabbit, mink, coyote, cow, birch wood, arbutus, hawthorn, and hazel wood. Her unique style often includes crystals and precious stones wrapped in leather for drum handles, sometimes adorned with furs and beaded details.
Corinne is inspired to make drums as tools for healing and connection. The joy and healing energy that emanates from each person she creates a drum with is her ultimate inspiration. The materials themselves also inspire her; the process is intuitive, with each material speaking through feeling. This practice has significantly enhanced her subtle listening skills. The divine flow of this work reassures her that it is deeply rooted in her being.
Her design inspiration comes from geometry and mandalas, animals and botanicals, and ornamental details. For custom drums, much of the inspiration comes from a client’s intentions and desires.
Instagram: natures.drum / _coco_ink
Email: corinnedonnelly1@gmail.com
The Sisterhood of Goddess Retreats
As we gather and connect in sisterhood, we are building a community of strong, open-hearted, mindful, and empowered women.
Since I was a little girl, I have felt a deep calling to connect and gather with other women—in circle, in art, in sport, in nature, in play, and in support and love.
My hope is to create a safe and welcoming space for ALL women to feel this bond and connection with like-minded sisters. This is a space where you can come home to your heart and be your true, authentic self.
Why the Empowered Goddess Retreat?
Gathering and connecting with other women is a natural and important part of healing and growth. To be seen, heard and understood by other women instead of in the energy of competition, judgment, envy, guilt or fear.
Let’s release the old, outdated ways of being and the societal conditioning that tells us to play small, that we are not whole as we are, that we are not enough and too much at the same time.
Let’s step deeper into our truth, our whole, embodied, intuitive, unapologetic selves and take our power back.
You are Love
You are Light
You are Beauty
You are Intuitive
You are Nature
You are Whole and Complete
You are Enough
You are the Sun, Moon and all the Cosmos
You are a Maiden, Mother, Witch, Queen, Wise Woman and Crone
You are already what you were seeking
You are an Empowered Goddess
Join me for the Creative Goddess Retreat.
Retreat Cancellation Policy
RETREAT CANCELLATION POLICY
The cancellation policy below will apply for all cancellation scenarios, with no exceptions. This cancellation policy has been designed to be as compassionate as possible if plans change, whilst also understanding our commitment to and cancellation policies with students.
Please note that because Inner Compass Yoga & Ayurveda Retreats are limited to a small number of attendees, to allow for a more personable, intimate, private experiences, our cancellation policy is in place to help guests and us work together sharing expenses that may arise from unexpected cancellations.
- HOLD DEPOSITS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE FOR ANY REASON for all-day, weekend and weeklong retreats. This amount will vary depending on the place of the retreat and the time of the retreat. Usually between 20-30% of total price.
- Weekend and Week Retreats – Full balance due 40 days before retreat start date unless otherwise noted.
- Day Retreats – Full balance due 7 days before the start date of the retreat unless otherwise noted.
- Weekend and Week Retreats – Cancellation requests submitted after balance due date and before and including 30 days before retreat start date, 50% of total amount (minus deposit) will be refunded. Within 29 days of your retreat: sorry but no refunds will be given, no exceptions. You can transfer your retreat to another person or family member, but this needs to be done and completed by you and communicated to the retreat leaders.
- Day Retreats – Cancellation requests submitted after the balance due date and before 3 days of the retreat are eligible for 50% of the total amount (minus deposit) will be refunded. Sorry but no refunds given, no exceptions within 3 days of the Day Retreat. You can transfer your retreat to another person or family member, but this needs to be done and completed by you and communicated to the retreat leaders.
- In the rare event of a cancellation due to dangerous weather, Natural disasters, political unrest, or acts of god, any refund provided will depend on Inner Compass & Ayurveda Yoga Retreat receiving a refund from the venue. Inner Compass & Ayurveda Yoga Retreat cannot compensate participants for airfare, hotel and travel costs incurred.
- Any refunds allowed will incur a 5% processing fee.
No one books a retreat with the intention of cancelling it, but unexpected events do occur, so please consider purchasing travel insurance (see below) and it is your responsibility to read and understand our cancellation policies. Exceptions cannot be made for any reason, including weather, injury/illness, or personal emergencies. No refunds or credits for failure to attend or failure to complete the retreat, or for arriving late or leaving early.
We recommend that you purchase your own travel insurance. We encourage you to purchase trip cancellation insurance in order that your trip fees will be covered should you or your family have a medical problem prior to your trip or while on the trip.
Trip insurance should also be purchased to cover medical expenses in the event you have an accident while on the retreat. Most travel insurance must be purchased within 30 days of the start date. We reserve the right to cancel retreats with inadequate participant interest, in which case all money paid to Inner Compass & Ayurveda Yoga Retreats will be refunded, minus the processing fee.
Notification of cancellation for this reason will occur at least 1 month prior to retreat start date. Inner Compass & Ayurveda Yoga Retreats cannot be held responsible for any personal expenses, such as airline tickets due to changes in itineraries or retreat cancellations.
DELAYS AND OTHER UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES
There will be no refunds nor discounts for arriving late, leaving early, flight cancellations, travel delays or illness. For additional protection due to any unforeseen circumstances, it is highly recommend that all participants purchase travel insurance at the time of booking the retreat or 30 days before start date.
TRAVEL INSURANCE
Travel insurance can protect participants against participant cancellation, Inner Compass & Ayurveda Yoga Retreat cancellation, lost or delayed baggage, medical expenses and the cost of repatriation should the participant become ill or injured. It is strongly recommended that all participants purchase travel insurance, including a ‘cancel for any reason’ option in order to protect them against the rare chance of cancellation.
RETREAT CHANGES
Inner Compass & Ayurveda Yoga Retreat reserves the right to make any changes deemed necessary by its team, leaders, or teachers and will make sure these are clear and communicated to all attendee’s via email.
TRAVELER VALUES & GUEST CONDUCT POLICY
While Inner Compass & Ayurveda Yoga Retreat provides a high level of customer service, our traveller is someone who is easy-going and amenable to change in the diverse and the sometimes unpredictable challenges that come with travel. It is your responsibility to ask questions and research the Country that you are travelling to, to better understand the culture and way of living. To practice Ahimsa first, love and non-harming, so we can be kind, compassionate and respectful to the local people, their culture, religion, way of living and environment.
In signing up for a trip/Retreat with us, you agree to the following:
- I am open minded, flexible, inherently curious, and enjoy indulging in the moment.
- I find joy in stepping outside of my comfort zone, open to trying new things, and I am curious to explore a culture completely different from my own.
- I keep a beginners mind, and I am open to learning new things about myself, others and places daily.
- I understand that this is more than just a “site-seeing vacation” and these Retreats are a place for healing, self-inquiry, self-love, mindfulness, connection, growth and learning. We value each lesson that comes with being out of our day-to-day lives, take changes with an open mind, and value the connections made on the trip with other guests, people we meet, new cultures, and with ourselves.
- I have read the full itinerary and looked at the style of accommodations. If you need any changes or supports you need to reach out to Inner Compass & Ayurveda Yoga Retreat 30 days before the start date to make requests.
- I understand the retreat I’ve chosen will include physical activities like yoga, walking or hiking. I agree that I am physically fit enough to participate or agree that if I choose not to participate in a planned group activity then no alternative plans will be made or paid for.
- I understand that I am visiting a culture different than my own and things may run differently than they do back at home; things like meals may take longer to be served, the type of food will be different, how its cooked and prepared may also be different. I will be open to and patient with these cultural differences.
- I understand that last-minute changes to the itinerary or accommodations are always possible, especially if there is any unusual weather (but I know the Inner Compass & Ayurveda Yoga Retreat team will communicate changes beforehand, whenever they can).
- I also understand that, sometimes, things happen—flights are delayed, bad weather kicks in, I will do my best to be prepared and go with the flow.
- I understand that I can opt out of any activities on the itinerary, whenever I want. I do encourage you to try to participate in all of the activities/practices and workshops that you can. (But I will make sure to communicate this clearly to the retreat leaders.)
- I understand that if issues come up on the trip, I will let my Retreat Leader know so any concerns that I may have can be addressed and worked through.
- Inclusivity is the name of the game, and everyone can sit at our table regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity or religious or political views.
- I give permission for photos and short video clips to be taken for the use of advertising by Inner Compass & Ayurveda Yoga in the future. If you are asked to give a video testimony, you can opt out and say no, but if you agree that can be used in the future online and in advertising.
You agree to accept the authority and decisions of our retreat leaders, and guides whilst taking part in your Retreat. If in the opinion of any such person(s) or any other person in a position of authority (such as, for example, the retreat leader, or hotel manager), your health, level of fitness or conduct at any time before or during a retreat is endangering or appears likely to endanger the health or wellbeing of yourself or any third party (including any other clients of ours or leaders) or the safe, connected progress of the retreat, you may be excluded from all or part of the retreat without refund. This will also be the case where it is discovered that you have committed a criminal act (such as causing damage). In this case we will not meet any expenses or costs incurred as a result of the Retreat nor refund you for any unused services.
When you book with us, you accept responsibility for any damage or loss caused by you or any member of your party. Full payment for any such damage or loss (reasonably estimated if not precisely known) must be made direct to the accommodation owner or manager or other supplier or to us as soon as possible. You should ensure you have appropriate travel insurance to protect you if this situation arises.
Any clients who have taken part in racist / offensive / abusive or any other form of discriminatory or threatening behaviour to any of our clients, staff, the company or to any third party will be excluded from the Retreat and will receive no refund for any missed services or accommodation. They will also be excluded in any other future Retreats and reserve the right to cancel any future booking with no refund or compensation.
QUESTIONS
For any questions or comments about this Cancellation Policy, please contact: innercompassyoga7@gmail.com.