4 Wellness Retreats To Inspire Your Wild Side

In our culture, there’s a lot of stimulation (media, busyness) but not a lot of time to process all that arises in our everyday lives. And we aren’t really taught to express our emotions or even release energy in healthy ways. The result? A number of repressed, frustrated adults out there, who need to learn to express themselves. We’re a very polite society here in Canada! If you’re feeling the desire to connect with your primal self, and express your wild side, here are four amazing retreats coming up that will empower and liberate you:

Jungle Dance Retreat in Bali: A week to move energy, connect with your Spirit and HAVE FUN, this Jungle Dance retreat in Bali led by the energizing Rachel Wainwright includes delicious food, daily dancing, beach excursions, and optional surfing lessons. This retreat is about dropping the armour, connecting with your body and soul, and returning to your essential, liberated being.

Dates: May 8-16, 2022
Location: Bali, Indonesia
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Feminine Embodiment Retreat to Bowen Island, BC: Ready to connect with your inner wild child? This four day retreat for women invites you to slow down and rest, connect with your body and feminine energy, tap into creative expression for your life and business, and connect into a community of like minded women. Led by the inspiring and super fun Shae Savage, you’ll leave recharged, empowered, and with a new network of lifelong friends. 

Dates:May 19-22, 2022
Location: Bowen Island, BC
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Phenoix Immersion Retreat to Mount Shasta, California: An invitation to elevate your healing and connect deeply with your inner child, this three day (truly transformational!) retreat is led by embodiment guide, Andrea Firpo, hypnotherapist plus medicine woman, Olga Lavr, and clairvoyant Odile Dell’Aquila, giving you an immersion into practices that will help you connect to your highest self  and access the confidence to live fully empowered. Happening at Mount Shasta aka the root chakra of our world, this women-only retreat also includes sound healing and sacred rituals and ceremonies. 

Dates: June 2-5, 2022
Location: Mount Shasta California
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Yoga, Meditation + Ritual Retreat with Mara Branscome on Cortes Island: Perfectly timed with the peak of summer, this retreat with the beloved Mara Branscome is for anyone who wishes to connect with their true self, no experience required! Located at the iconic Hollyhock retreat centre on beautiful Cortes Island, you’ll enjoy guided meditation, vinyasa and restorative yoga, movement practices to increase inner radiance, guided pranayama (breath work), outdoor shamanic practices, guided journal sessions, chanting and spirit circles. Expect lots of sharing, visioning, and fire ceremonies.

Dates: July 8-13, 2022
Location: Cortes Island
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And if you don’t want to travel but do desire to access and release emotions, frustrations, sexuality or desire, we’d highly recommend exploring embodiment practices like taking a jungle dance or kundalini dance class, doing a breathwork session to release stuck energy or screaming into your pillow! Not sure what you need right now? This Intuition Test is a helpful place to begin. —Monica Krake

Written for VITA by Monica Krake, founder of Head + Heart, your guide to living aligned.