Ignite Retreat
Sep 20, 2012 - Sep 23, 2012
Stowel Lake Farm and Wellness Centre Saltspring Island

Spark the Fire of Creativity and Movement. Autumn Equinox, September 20-23, 2012 Unleash your energy, activate your inspiration, learn, stretch and dance into joy.

Experience the peaceful setting and deep beauty of Stowel Lake Farm, an organic farm and wellness centre on the south end of sun drenched Saltspring Island. Ignite your inner fire with creativity and movement. Find balance and soak up the abundance of the harvest season.

Connect with your breath, still your mind and indulge your body in a daily series of sensual, flowing Yoga Classes with Maria Filippone.

Get your body moving and feel the rhythm of the Groove Method with Sarah Smith.

Learn the practice of using hot beeswax, colour and encaustic techniques to create your own work of art with artist Maria Middleton.

Feast your senses with a field to table cooking class with Stowel Lake Farm’s Haidee Hart.

Divine your personal vision, deepen goals, and tap into the energy of your creative voice in a writing workshop with Danielle Janess. No experience is necessary to join in any of these options.

Flow Of Your Ignite Experience….

You will arrive on Thursday to Stowel Lake Farm from 3-5pm for registration and room placement. We encourage you to arrive on the early side in order to get settled before our first ‘Ground Down’ Yoga class at 5 pm. At 7pm that evening we will all come together for dinner and a wine and cheese Welcome Reception.

Friday and Saturday will be filled with movement, creativity, delicious food and pure appreciation of the farm’s stunning setting. This weekend is yours to create so it is up to you if you choose to come to all activities, or take some personal time to relax. The days start at 7:15 am with rise and Shine yoga and yummy breakfast to follow. The Encaustics and/or Cooking workshops will follow and span 3 hours.

Lunch is then served, after which you have personal time, can book a massage, or join in to a hike or Saltspring Market shopping excursion (Sat only). Later afternoon you can either join the writing workshop or do a movement session. Dinner then awaits. Following dinner there will be Groove on Friday and a bonfire on Saturday.

Sunday morning we come together for meditation, breakfast and then a sumptuous chocolate yoga class. Lunch will follow with a Goodbye Gathering to wrap up.

Inspirations