5-Day Silent Contemplative Retreat

Name: 5-Day Silent Contemplative Retreat
Start: 2024-12-16T15:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-12-20T11:00:00-08:00
Location: Nectar Yoga Retreat

Schedule

Mon Dec 16 2024 at 03:00 pm to Fri Dec 20 2024 at 11:00 am

UTC-08:00

Location

Nectar Yoga Retreat | Bowen Island, BC

Join us for a transformative 5-night Contemplative 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.
What the Contemplative Silent Retreat Includes:
6 days, 5 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.
Session 1— December 9-13, 2024
Arrival on December 9
3pm: Check-In
5pm: Welcome Circle + Evening Contemplation
6pm: Dinner
7-8pm: Optional Digital Hour
December 10-12
8am: Morning Silent Meditation Circle
9am: Breakfast
1pm: Lunch
5pm: Evening Contemplation and Sharing Circle
6pm: Dinner
7-8pm: Optional Digital Hour
December 13
8am: Morning Silent Meditation Circle
9am: Breakfast
11am: Check Out
Session 2— December 16-20, 2024
Arrival on December 16
3pm: Check-In
5pm: Welcome Circle + Evening Contemplation
6pm: Dinner
7-8pm: Optional Digital Hour
December 17-19
8am: Morning Silent Meditation Circle
9am: Breakfast
1pm: Lunch
5pm: Evening Contemplation and Sharing Circle
6pm: Dinner
7-8pm: Optional Digital Hour
December 20
8am: Morning Silent Meditation Circle
9am: Breakfast
11am: 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 $400-$3500*.
*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-transferrable.