Collective Pause Retreat: The Pause Between

This is a 3-day retreat with the option to book for all 3 days or just the day retreat.

Our Collective Pause Retreats are designed to:

• Create a healing sanctuary for bodies to rest, reconnect, and reclaim space through somatic and community-based practices.
• Interrupt cycles of burnout and trauma, offering intentional pause and nervous system repair in a world that often demands overperformance from marginalized communities.
• Honour Indigenous teachings that remind us of the interconnectedness of land, body, and spirit, and invite participants to engage with practices of reciprocity, respect, and cultural humility.
• Foster embodied leadership rooted in softness, self-trust, and community accountability rather than urgency and individualism.
• Integrate grief, joy, and resistance through movement, breathwork, collective processing, and cultural rituals that honour the fullness of our experiences.
• Provide trauma-informed space where participants can safely explore their own healing, unlearn harmful internalized narratives, and build capacity for sustainable advocacy and care.
• Model liberation in practice, reminding us that rest, joy, and collective care are not luxuries, but necessary acts of resistance and survival. Accessibility and Inclusion: We recognize that systemic barriers often limit access to healing spaces. To support equity and inclusivity, Indigenous participants and those from marginalized communities are welcome to reach out if cost is a barrier, as price offsets are available. Transportation can also be arranged for attendees in Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge who are concerned about the distance. Email: [email protected]

Info: Gentle welcomes, tea & grounding snacks. Participants settle into their rooms and explore the space.

Info: Guided somatic meditation, land acknowledgment, and intention setting.

Info: Restorative vibrations to soothe the nervous system and prepare for sleep.

Info: Slow, intentional breath and body-based practice.

Info: Exploring how trauma lives in the body and how to reclaim space, voice, and power.

Info: Art as a tool for ritual, memory, and embodied storytelling.
(All materials provided)

Info: Guided communal processing with ritual, drumming, and deep listening.

Info: Movement as resistance, rhythm, and cultural remembrance.

Info: Ancestral honoring, storytelling, spoken word, and reflective silence under the stars.

Info: Mapping your healing. How do we carry softness, power, and pause back into daily life?

Info: Parting gifts, resource packages, hugs, and collective gratitude.

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Port Dover, Canada

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