Disconnect To Reconnect Silent Retreat at Nectar
December 8-12, 2025
Join us for a transformative 5-day Silent Retreat at Nectar. Align with the quietude of the late Autumn season, fostering inner gentleness and intuitive insight. Experience the beauty of the forest here on Nexwlélexwm (Bowen Island), as you immerse yourself in silence and simplification, allowing yourself the gift of conscious deceleration. This retreat invites you to disconnect from any electronic devices, creating space for a deeper connection with nature, yourself, and the present moment.
What the Silent Retreat Includes:
5 days, 4 nights of immersion in the natural, with private accommodation.
Day-long invitations for self-guided explorations into your inner landscape, embracing quiet and deliberate slowness that often opens doors to insights, inner wisdom, and nourishing clarity.
Simple, plant-based meals—a self-serve breakfast and lunch, culminating each day with a shared family-style dinner.
The Dome and Onyx Lodge provide additional sanctuary for personal practices, such as meditation, journaling, and reading.
Daily digital detox, allowing yourself an optional hour of digital connection during your otherwise intention to unplug.
The opportunity to explore the serene expanse of Nectar’s forested grounds, offering the perfect backdrop for your journey inward.
Those seeking additional guidance and support, the option for private conversations with Andrea Clark, co-founder of Nectar, to delve deeper into personal growth and self-discovery.
Contemplative Silent Retreat Itinerary:
The schedule for this retreat is intentionally pared-down for optimal space for undistracted reflection.
December 8-12, 2025
Arrival on December 8
3:00pm: Check-In
3:20pm: Property Tour
3:30: Welcome snack in Lodge
3:45pm: Guest Orientation + Guests surrender digital devices (optional)
4:30pm: Welcome Circle in Dome, Noble Silence Begins, Intro to Meditation, Gentle Movement
6:00pm: Dinner
7:00pm: Optional Digital Hour
December 9-11
8:00am: Morning Silent Meditation and gentle movement
9:30am: Breakfast
12:30pm: Guided Meditation + optional questions with Andrea (guests will sign up in advance and may be late for lunch if they need 1-1 assistance)
1:00pm: Lunch
4:30pm: Gentle Movement
5:00pm: Evening Contemplation, Sharing Circle
6:00pm: Dinner
7:00pm: Optional Digital Hour (dinner chef hands out phones/computers for use in lodge)
8:00pm Optional evening meditation sit in dome (self-guided, the last person in the dome unplugs lights and heaters)
December 12
8:00am: Morning Silent Meditation Circle
9:00am: Breakfast
10:00am: Noble Silence closes and sharing circle, recollect devices.
11:00am: Check Out
Accessibility and Sliding Scale:
In keeping with Nectar’s efforts to remain as accessible as realistically possible, the 5-night retreat is available at sliding scale to reflect your economic reality and capacity, within the range of $700-2,625*.
*The full retail value of this retreat is $2500. Contributions meeting or surpassing this amount significantly aid us in expanding accessibility to our facilities for all.
All payments are non-refundable and non-transferable.
