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Retreat Programs

Follow a journey from stabilizing your nervous system, to releasing emotional blocks, integrating insight, reconnecting with the body, and emerging with renewed clarity and purpose.

Note: These non-therapy events are not a substitute for individualized therapy or medical advice.

  • Sound Bath with Awaken Dharma
    Sound Bath with Awaken Dharma
    2 days to the event
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 6)
    A 90-minute sound bath class to calm your nervous system, ease stress, and softly support emotional release. You’ll be immersed in soothing sound—no experience needed, just an open mind. $25 per class.
  • Breathwork with Krista Helman & Falen Reid
    Breathwork with Krista Helman & Falen Reid
    16 days to the event
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 6)
    A 90-minute class using simple, science-backed breathing techniques to calm your nervous system, ease stress, and gently support grief and emotional release. You’ll be lying or sitting comfortably while you’re guided step by step—no experience needed, just a willingness to breathe. $25 per class.
  • EMDR-GRIEF February 2-3, 2026
    EMDR-GRIEF February 2-3, 2026
    26 days to the event
    Virtual Training
    EMDR-GRIEF is a 2-day live virtual training, offering EMDR trained clinicians the opportunity to deepen their expertise in EMDR and grief work. $499
  • Yin Yoga & Sound Bath with Falen Reid
    Yin Yoga & Sound Bath with Falen Reid
    30 days to the event
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 6)
    A 90-minute gentle yoga and sound bath class to calm your nervous system, ease stress, and softly support emotional release. You’ll move and then rest in comfortable poses while immersed in soothing sound—no experience needed, just an open mind. $25 per class.
  • Breathwork Class with Krista Helman
    Breathwork Class with Krista Helman
    44 days to the event
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 6)
    A 90-minute class using simple, science-backed breathing techniques to calm your nervous system, ease stress, and gently support grief and emotional release. You’ll be lying or sitting comfortably while you’re guided step by step—no experience needed, just a willingness to breathe. $25 per class.
  • Sound Bath
    Sound Bath
    58 days to the event
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 6)
    A 90-minute sound bath to calm your nervous system, ease stress, and softly support emotional release. You’ll rest in soft lighting while immersed in soothing sound—no experience needed, just an open mind. $25 per class.
  • Breathwork Class with Krista Helman
    Breathwork Class with Krista Helman
    71 days to the event
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 6)
    A 90-minute class using simple, science-backed breathing techniques to calm your nervous system, ease stress, and gently support grief and emotional release. You’ll be lying or sitting comfortably while you’re guided step by step—no experience needed, just a willingness to breathe. $25 per class.
  • Women’s Self-Care Circle: Apr 13, May 11, June 8
    Women’s Self-Care Circle: Apr 13, May 11, June 8
    95 days to the event
    Trauma & Grief Institute
    A women’s circle focused on self-care, practical tools, and connection. Each session offers gentle discussion and strategies around themes like stress, anxiety, anger, and relationship challenges. This is a supportive group, not therapy. $75 registration is for 3 meet-ups, 2nd Monday of the month.
  • Breathwork Class with Krista Helman
    Breathwork Class with Krista Helman
    99 days to the event
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 6)
    A 90-minute class using simple, science-backed breathing techniques to calm your nervous system, ease stress, and gently support grief and emotional release. You’ll be lying or sitting comfortably while you’re guided step by step—no experience needed, just a willingness to breathe. $25 per class.
  • Sound Bath
    Sound Bath
    113 days to the event
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 6)
    A 90-minute sound bath to calm your nervous system, ease stress, and softly support emotional release. You’ll rest in soft lighting while immersed in soothing sound—no experience needed, just an open mind. $25 per class.
  • May 15-17, 2026 From Burnout to Balance
    May 15-17, 2026 From Burnout to Balance
    127 days to the event
    Lehlewa Lakeside Retreat
    Feeling overwhelmed, depleted, or stuck in survival mode? Join us on a journey of getting centred, letting go, gaining clarity, and reclaiming balance. Therapy-informed practices plus sauna time, yoga in the dome, breathwork, and evening campfires!
  • Sound Bath
    Sound Bath
    127 days to the event
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 6)
    A 90-minute sound bath to calm your nervous system, ease stress, and softly support emotional release. You’ll rest in soft lighting while immersed in soothing sound—no experience needed, just an open mind. $25 per class.
  • Sound Bath
    Sound Bath
    141 days to the event
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 6)
    A 90-minute sound bath to calm your nervous system, ease stress, and softly support emotional release. You’ll rest in soft lighting while immersed in soothing sound—no experience needed, just an open mind. $25 per class.
  • Breathwork Class with Krista Helman
    Breathwork Class with Krista Helman
    155 days to the event
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 6)
    A 90-minute class using simple, science-backed breathing techniques to calm your nervous system, ease stress, and gently support grief and emotional release. You’ll be lying or sitting comfortably while you’re guided step by step—no experience needed, just a willingness to breathe. $25 per class.
  • Sound Bath
    Sound Bath
    169 days to the event
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 6)
    A 90-minute sound bath to calm your nervous system, ease stress, and softly support emotional release. You’ll rest in soft lighting while immersed in soothing sound—no experience needed, just an open mind. $25 per class.
  • November 13-15, 2026 Autumn Shift
    November 13-15, 2026 Autumn Shift
    310 days to the event
    Lehlewa Lakeside Retreat
    Ready to gently let go and open up to what’s next? This autumn weekend offers mindful mobility, guided relaxation, reflection on the past, journalling, and simple release practices. Suitable for all bodies and life seasons; wellness-focused, not psychotherapy.
  • Women’s Self-Care Circle: Jan 5, Feb 9, Mar 9
    Women’s Self-Care Circle: Jan 5, Feb 9, Mar 9
    Trauma & Grief Institute
    A women’s circle focused on self-care, practical tools, and connection. Each session offers gentle discussion and strategies around themes like stress, anxiety, anger, and relationship challenges. This is a supportive group, not therapy. $75 registration is for 3 meet-ups, 2nd Monday of the month.
  • Honouring My Grief Over the Holidays with Art
    Honouring My Grief Over the Holidays with Art
    Nepean Creative Arts Centre (unit 7)
    A 90 minute art-based class for anyone carrying grief into the holiday season. Through guided art activities and shared reflection, you’ll have space to express your feelings and honour your memories. No art experience needed. $49

Evening Exhale

Bi-weekly, evening candlelit classes that blend sound, slow movement or breathwork, to help you release the week and settle your nervous system.

Supportive Groups

A supportive space to pause, reset, and learn practical mind–body tools like grounding, boundary-setting, and nervous system regulation to help you care for yourself in everyday life.

Art Groups

Guided creative sessions that use art-making as a way to explore feelings, honour stories, and find calmer ground—no art experience needed.

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