Dance Medicine Retreat

Join the founder of Dance the Medicine, Bernice Raabis, and SOMA's, Nadine Wildwood, for this DANCE MEDICINE RETREAT. We will weave dance, live DJ music, sound healing, and yoga together for a restorative getaway at the iconic Sentinel nature spa.

Immerse yourself in a full-day retreat, where together we sink into relaxation, eat delicious food, and dance, dance dance. Or better yet, treat yourself to an entire weekend retreat and let it all go.

Conscious free-form dance (Ecstatic Dance) has no choreography or steps, you don't have to identify as a dancer to join us. We invite you to come as you are. Our goal is to take you ― Inward, to connect with your body and settle in ― Outward, into connection with other dancers; sharing the simple gift of having a glorious human body that can dance. And ― Onward, emerging from the retreat satiated, having feasted on music, dance, delicious food, and each other's presence.

For those who join us for the day , you are invited to :

Includes: Retreat, 3 full Meals (Breakfast, Lunch, 2 Dinner) and access to the facilities on site.

• Arrive for a Slow Flow Yoga practice accompanied by an ephemeral live DJ set w/ DJ Boudicca.

• Breakfast with your new dancing friends.

• Morning Session: 3 hours of conscious (Ecstatic) dance, reflection, and art all accompanied by amazing music.

• Eat a hearty Lunch by the lake and refill your tank.

• Take some time to rest and digest.

• Afternoon spa time! Swim in the lake, soak in the tubs, relax in the sauna, or plunge in the cold pool.

• Sound Bath before dinner.

• Dinner with your dancing friends.

• Gather to go on an adventure! Dancing outside to a live DJ with Silent Disco Headsets.

• Dance as the sun sets and the crescent moon rises.

• Depart for home embodied and exhilarated.

••• If you are wanting to attend for the full day event, please note there is also an option to come after breakfast. In that case there is a second ticket price listed.

For those who want to stay for an entire luxurious weekend of dance and retreat we look forward to greeting you on the Friday afternoon:

Includes: Retreat, Accommodations. 5 Meals (2 breakfast, 1 Lunch, 2 Dinner and access to the facilities on site).

• Arrive Friday afternoon and settle in.

• Eat a healthy lovingly prepared dinner.

• Enjoy the Spa.

• Be bathed in the sacred sounds and healing vibrations of Tibetan Singing Bowls, handpan, and more, to relax and ready yourself for sleep.

• Retire to your cozy room for a good night's sleep.

• Awaken Saturday morning to the sounds of the lake.

• Be guided through a Slow Flow Yoga practice with Nadine, accompanied by DJ Boudicca, playing soulful sounds.

• Dig into a full healthy breakfast.

• Begin our day with an opening ritual and meet the group.

• Morning Session: 3 hours of conscious (Ecstatic) dance, reflection, and art all accompanied by amazing music.

• Lunch by the lake to refill your tank.

• Take some time to rest and digest.

• Afternoon spa time! Swim in the lake, soak in the tubs, relax in the sauna, or plunge in the cold pool.

• Sound Bath before dinner.

• Dinner with your dancing friends.

• Gather to go on an adventure! Dancing outside to a live DJ with Silent Disco Headsets.

• Dance as the sun sets and the crescent moon rises.

• Enjoy the sauna, hot tub, and cold plunge under the stars.

• Drift easily into sleep.

• Rise on Sunday morning.

• Wake up your body with a Morning Movement Session w/ Bernice who will be accompanied by DJ Wildwood.

• Enjoy your final delicious meal, a signature Sentinel brunch.

• Depart the Sentinel early afternoon embodied and rested.

You will be facilitated using the foundations of Relational Somatic Therapy, Movement Based Expressive Art Therapy, and Conscious Dance while harnessing the power of the group field. You only need to bring your dance clothes and swimsuit. We will take care of the rest. Come take a day out of time.

This retreat will be capped at 30 participants to keep it well-contained and intimate. You will bask in the Kootenay forest, swim in sacred waters, dance under the stars (and inside too), eat delicious & healthy locally prepared meals.

Does this day of pure embodiment and luxury sound like a great way to spend the day? or better yet the weekend?

Our hope is that you leave the retreat feeling transformed, ready to take action, and with purposeful direction, ready to dance forward in your life!

Accommodations:

• King Room – CAD $1,125.00
• Twin shared room (per person) – CAD $885.00
• Queen Room – CAD $1,015.00
• Glamping – CAD $825.00
• Sentinel Camping – CAD $745.00

• please note : a $300.00 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your booking
• once you secure your booking with your deposit, we will email instructions on how to move forward with booking your chosen accommodations.

YOUR RETREAT TEAM

✤ BERNICE RAABIS - Facilitator and DJ (Dance the Medicine) ✤

While now an experienced international teacher of Conscious Dance Leaders, Bernice began humbly in a small dance studio nestled in the Kootenay Mountains of Western Canada. Here she ran bi-weekly events for over 9 years; Dance Church, a multi-generational Sunday morning dance event, and Dance The Medicine, a weekly conscious dance class based on the principles of Soul Motion, Movement-based Expressive Arts and Somatic Therapy. By 2016 Bernice was working beyond her local community, she co-founded Ecstatic Dance International, began hosting successful trainings and events in Amsterdam, Guatemala and Portugal and eventually founded Dance the Medicine Team with the mission of infecting the world with dance in hopes that everyone, everywhere, would one day have a place to dance in community. While Bernice loves to DJ and plan transformative events, facilitating profound processes is the true work of her heart; using dance, art and ritual to connect and liberate dancers is most definitely her happy place!

✤ NADINE WILDWOOD - Sound Facilitator, Yoga Instructor and DJ (SOMA studio/venue) ✤

Nadine Wildwood is the owner/curator and facilitator of SOMA studio/venue, located in the heart of downtown Nelson, BC. She is the host and organiser of several healing and expressive arts events. She is passionate about collaborating and promoting local, as well as, visiting facilitators, teachers, artists,musicians of various disciplines and modalities. She supports the local arts community with her contemporary art gallery. A core belief for Nadine is that

Creativity = Health and Vitality in Community.

Nadine teaches Yoga and is a facilitator of Sound & Frequency medicine. Her weekly 90 min class, Sounds of Savasana incorporates a gentle Yoga flow, ending with sacred sounds of Tibetan Singing bowls, handpan and a variety of frequencies. Yoga opens the body to then receive the benefits of sound healing as they rest in a 30 min. savasana.

Her playful spirit and touch of sacredness brings an offering to her students that inspires their day on a deeper note.

Nadine also spends her time as an Ecstatic DJ, visual/graphic artist & bhakti inspired musician.