We are not meant to give endlessly—we are meant to be held too.

Join us for a nourishing day of creativity, sacred resourcing, connection and care. This full-day retreat, Tending To Our Sacred Vessel, is designed for community and earth-tending folx who give generously to the people, places, and causes they love—and who are ready to receive in return. We will be amidst the energy of the Harvest Moon and its invitation around gratitude, culmination and transition.

Together, we’ll step into a co-created space where ritual, embodiment, and creative practice invite us to reconnect with and honour the sacred vessel of our being—this wise, wild body-spirit that holds so much. Through a rich weaving of eco-somatic practices, creative expression, storytelling, and ritual, we’ll explore how to stay resourced—drawing from the earth and the ethers—as we tend to our lives, our gifts, and one another. Our intention is to cultivate a space where inner wisdom is honoured and where we can attune in nourishing and playful ways as we move into the more grounded energies of fall and beyond.

Together, we’ll shape and mold clay into vessels— a container of your making to affirm your creative power, hold your prayers and nurture your inner sanctuary. Through shared ritual, we will bless our vessels , transforming them into a talisman of support to carry forward on our path. Come, and quite literally, fill your cup—with intention, beauty, and the potency of your magic.

This retreat is for you if:

• You’re a caregiver, space holder, activist, artist, organizer, healer or community-minded soul - who gives a lot & longs to feel more sustained and held by the web of life

• You feel or long for connection to the land, your ancestors and the unseen threads that bind us

• You’re craving a space where your complexity, tenderness and strength are fully welcomed

• You’re open to being in community with other beautifully messy, magic-making humans

• You desire to integrate more ritual and creative practice into your daily life in meaningful ways

Themes We’ll Explore:

• Harvest, Gratitude & Nourishment – attuning to what we’ve grown and what has grown us

• Embodiment & Eco-Somatics – inviting the wisdom of our body-spirit & body and land as one

• Sacred Support – resourcing ourselves through group intelligence, ancestral connection, and togetherness

• Creativity & Ritual – making meaning through art and creativity

Our Time Together Will Include:

• Gentle somatic & eco-somatic practices

• Guided reflection & visioning

• Embodied ritual & ceremony

• Playful creative expression (no art experience needed!)

• Time in community + on the land

• Light refreshments & snacks - please bring a lunch of your choice.

Investment:

Supporter Tier - $141

For those with financial privilege or stability.

By choosing this rate, you’re helping to subsidize access for others and support the facilitator(s), space, and time it takes to hold this container.

Sustainer / True Cost Tier - $121

For those with reliable income and the ability to meet basic needs.

This tier reflects the actual cost of the event. Choosing this rate helps cover expenses and sustain the offering.

Community / Accessible Tier - $101

For those with less access to wealth or experiencing financial hardship.

This rate is offered in the spirit of economic justice, mutual care, and trust. No explanation is required. No one turned away for lack of funds. If the above tiers are still not accessible to you and you wish to join please contact us and we are happy to find a mutually supportive arrangement.

Refund policy:

We understand that plans can change, and we want to make this process as smooth as possible for you.

-If you need to cancel 10 days or more before the event, you'll receive a full refund.

-If you cancel 3-9 days before the event, you'll receive a 50% refund.

-Cancelllations made within 3 days of the event are non-refundable.

Registration:

Space is limited to 13 participants to keep the retreat intimate.

Venue:

Togetherland Art Gallery

7628 St Margarets Bay Rd, Ingramport, NS B3Z 4A4

https://maps.app.goo.gl/wiVu1wJbnZMpGhiQ6

Accessibility:

The venue is partially accessible with a ramp at the entrance of the main building and the washrooms are down a flight of stairs.

Facilitated by:

We come together as facilitators rooted in embodiment, eco-somatics and creative practice, with a shared passion for building spaces of belonging, healing, and beauty.

natty abdou– I am a community facilitator, cross-pollinator, artist, reiki practitioner and life-long learner. I support the co-creation of spaces for reflection, learning, creative expression and play - embracing a vision of social justice and healing from the inside-out. I believe in the power of participatory, embodied, ancestral and arts-based practices as portals for our body wisdom to emerge in service of personal, collective and systemic transformation. www.weavingconnections.ca

Kerri Landry– As an ecosomatic practitioner, artist and facilitator, Kerri Landry weaves embodiment practice, creativity, and nature-based ritual to support growth, connection and renewal. She is devoted to guiding people in the service of support, care or creation to root into body and earth as sources of nourishment, wisdom and belonging. https://www.radiantfloressence.com/

Come as you are. Leave with your cup filled.

We invite you to join us—not to become something new or something more, but to remember what it feels like to be deeply resourced, to rest in your own wisdom, and to feel yourself held in the wider web.