Women’s Wellness Retreat

June 23-25 2023  

For the second year, women of all ages and cultural backgrounds are again invited to gather for the three-day Copper Cayuse Women’s Wellness Retreat. Held in the beautiful, traditional unceded territory of the Lil’wat Nation, it is focused on deepening our connection to the land and its inhabitants.

Book for 3-4 people and get 10% off. Must be booked together as a group to use code BC10

Book for 5-6 people and get 15% off. Must be booked together as a group to use code BC15

 

  • 1519/ pp + tax

  • Birkenhead/ Tenas areas

    • 2-nights tented accommodation

    • Wellness workshops (keep reading this page for details)

    • All meals

    • Professional guides

    • Trained mountain horses, tack, and helmet

    • Sleeping bag, cot, mats, tents

    • Towels and washcloths

 
 

Gather. Heal. Grow.

 

Our vision is to provide a safe space for women of all ages and cultural backgrounds where they may choose to exchange stories, knowledge and wisdom that we can use individually and collectively to regain balance, identify goals and move forward in the currently chaotic social landscape. 

As always, we choose to celebrate the horse because so many women experience an innate spiritual connection to and a deeply satisfying relationship with these gentle souls. This year we will explore the theme of reciprocity between horses and women by considering two topics: the energetics between them and how the movements of the horse affect human physiology.

At the end of our busy days, we shall come together around the campfire in the spirit of camaraderie, to share what we choose and to hold space for the presence, thoughts, songs and stories of others.  

More than anything else, Covid-19 presented us with the opportunity to connect to nature and reflect on the importance of this connection to our well being and survival. We at CCO acknowledge that climate change issues disproportionately affect Indigenous people and invite you to enrich your experience with nature, strengthen your bonds to it and partner with The People of the Land, the Líl’wat7úl to protect it in perpetuity.


 

Retreat Facilitators

  • Coach and co-founder of the Valley Therapeutic Equestrian Association, Pippa Hodge is an internationally respected physiotherapist specializing in pediatric rehabilitation on horseback (hippotherapist). Pippa will be facilitating workshops that introduce the basics of using the 110 multi-dimensional movements of a horse as a means of physical and mental rehabilitation.

  • Keeping a journal is an effective way to identify, categorize and analyze life experiences, reflect on their lessons and map our journeys through life. There is no right way or wrong way to journal - it’s a beautiful and accessible tool to have in your personal resource kit. Building from the wisdom of the Spiral of the Work that Reconnects, writer, community activist and chronic journal-filler Lisa Richardson will offer workshops to help you explore Journalling as a personal practice of unconditional positive self-regard and honouring the container of the body and what it’s telling us.

  • Holistic chef Alice Savage and holistic herbal therapist Evelyn Coggins, will collaborate to feed our guests one of the healthiest and most sustainable menus currently recognized by nutrition science. Participants will be given the tools to customize the menu based on their individual needs and goals.

  • We are also excited to present daily guided horseback rides, yoga with Crystal Conroy and individual Reiki sessions with Rachel Campbell. Holly Bikadi is offering plant medicine walks and Shawn Wallace will be our guide in the Women’s Fire Ceremony.

    Lyndsey Anic will demonstrate and interpret the energy exchange between horses and women during Equine Reki sessions. Monica Sander Burns will guide you through a forest therapy session that will explore the conversation between our external and internal landscapes and Lisa Sambo will share her journey of commitment to language revitalization in St’at’imc Territory.

    Saturday night’s musical entertainment will be provided by Chicks with Picks.