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Befriending Ourselves Retreat: Cultivating Inner Connection Through Movement, Breathwork, and Meditation


  • Nectar Yoga 720 Gardner Lane Bowen Island, BC, V0N 1G2 Canada (map)
Befriending Ourselves Retreat

5 Days of Movement, Breathwork, and Meditation on Bowen Island  

February 3-7, 2025 

Join Jacqueline Wener for a transformative 4-night retreat at the Conde Nast Traveler acclaimed yoga and meditation centre, Nectar on Nexwlélexwm (Bowen Island), where winter invites us to slow down, listen deeply, and reconnect with the wisdom of our bodies. This is a time for profound healing and restoration.  

Through breathwork, meditation practices, dance, and kundalini yoga, we’ll cultivate a deeper relationship with our bodies and emotions. Journaling and group process work will provide space for personal reflection and group shares, creating a supportive environment for desired shifts. 

Our time together will nurture harmony and balance in your energetic system, offering an opportunity to open channels and invite energy to flow effortlessly. 

What’s Included: 

  • 5 days, 4 nights immersed in nature, including accommodation 

  • Nourishing plant-based meals 

  • Daily movement, breathwork (including deep breathing techniques), and meditation practices 

  • Contemplative personal practices and group process work 

  • Access to the Dome and Onyx Lodge for personal meditation, journaling, and quiet reflection 

  • Time to explore Nectar’s tranquil forested grounds, the perfect setting for deep inner work 

 Retreat Itinerary: 
 
Arrival on February 3, 2025 

  • 3pm: Check-In 

  • 4:00pm: Welcome Circle + Movement Practice 

  • 6pm: Dinner  

 
February 4-6, 2025  

  • 7:30am: Morning Yoga / Meditation Practice 

  • 9am: Breakfast 

  • 10:30am Lecture and Movement Practice 

  • 1pm: Lunch 

  • 3:30 pm: Group/ Individual Work & Somatic Practice  

  • 6pm: Dinner 

  • 7:30pm: Evening Practice

 
February 7, 2025 

  • 8am: Closing Circle 

  • 9am: Breakfast 

  • 11am: Check Out 

Jacqueline Wener 
M.AC., CCUG., M.A., KRI Certified Teacher 
 

Jacqueline has spent the past 30 years acquiring a multitude of skills and experiences that has helped her to navigate the raw beauty and chaotic messiness of life. She has explored, studied, and practiced the Eastern Wisdom traditions, including Chinese Medicine and Kundalini yoga. She has coached individuals and corporate teams and has practiced wholistic psychotherapy both individually and in group settings. She has also grown a conscious community through a daily practice offering.  
 
She's a student, a fellow traveler, a guide, and a teacher. Her offerings come from lived experience and are heart-centered, raw, and honest. 
 
Her passion is bearing witness as her clients and students step into their lives in alignment with their deepest truths. Jacqueline promises to show up unmasked, and take your hand as you navigate the waters of your own journey.