GO BIG and come home - Art & Wellness Retreat - Sunshine Coast, BC
GO BIG and come home - Art & Wellness Retreat - Sunshine Coast, BC
Lund, British Columbia, Canada
Up to 13 in group
September 27 - 28, 2025
Retreat Highlights
- GO BIG and come home Retreat - Sept 27-28. – Lund, BC
- Have you ever made big art? Like I mean BIG? Without an agenda, without force, without trying to make it “look good”? Following simply the flow of our bodies and enhancing what emerges from the lines of our movement?
- Experience a transformative somatic immersion and journey into big, authentic gestural movement on canvas in the beautiful Upper Sunshine Coast.
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Sarah has a Masters in public administration and an honours degree in cultural anthropology and peace studies. She is a trained mental health professional as a climate aware, environmental arts therapist, and is a professional member of the Canadian Art Therapy Association and the Climate Psychology Alliance.
The foundation of her work is grounded on being brought “under wing” by Indigenous Elders (of the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples) who encouraged her to explore and embody the indigeneity found within her ancestral traditions from Scotland, Ireland and England, which she has done so for the last 20 years. Sarah is also an active outdoorswoman you can find kayaking, fishing, hiking, surfing, climbing and processing wild game. She is a lifelong practitioner of ancestral and eco arts.
Details of this retreat
Have you ever made big art? Like I mean BIG? Without an agenda, without force, without trying to make it “look good”? Following simply the flow of our bodies and enhancing what emerges from the lines of our movement?
Experience a transformative somatic immersion and journey into big, authentic gestural movement on the beautiful Upper Sunshine Coast. Working with the medium of art therapy & gestural movement, art therapists Julie Herman-L. and Sarah West are delighted to invite you to TAKE UP ALL THE SPACE YOU NEED during a two-day art & wellness retreat.
During our time together, we want you to feel TAKEN CARE OF. And that, honestly, it feels luxurious. We’ll be creating in the oceanside Tidal Arts Gallery amongst beautiful gardens, with high quality art materials and offering local, wild harvested meats and local, organic foods for lunch and refreshments both days.
Experience a transformative somatic immersion and journey into big, authentic gestural movement on the beautiful Upper Sunshine Coast. Working with the medium of art therapy & gestural movement, art therapists Julie Herman-L. and Sarah West are delighted to invite you to TAKE UP ALL THE SPACE YOU NEED during a two-day art & wellness retreat.
During our time together, we want you to feel TAKEN CARE OF. And that, honestly, it feels luxurious. We’ll be creating in the oceanside Tidal Arts Gallery amongst beautiful gardens, with high quality art materials and offering local, wild harvested meats and local, organic foods for lunch and refreshments both days.
Schedule
During our time together, we want you to TAKE UP ALL THE SPACE YOU NEED. On the floor. On the walls. In the gardens. By the sea.
On our first day, we’ll start small and teach you the fundamentals of this practice. We’ll sink into meditative, gestural movement and large mark making indoors with oil pastels. We’ll sit back, breathe, eat and see what emerges from our bodies’ lines. With paint, we’ll amplify what we’ve seen.
On our second day, you can stay indoors or take your creation outside. We’ll move with our paintings, and welcome the intelligences found within our bodies and the natural world to further inform what may emerge.
At the end of it all, you roll it all up and either toss it, or bring it home with you to sit in your closet or hang on your living room wall. Because your creation certainly won’t fit on your fridge.
We’ll be together from 9am - 4pm both Saturday and Sunday.
On our first day, we’ll start small and teach you the fundamentals of this practice. We’ll sink into meditative, gestural movement and large mark making indoors with oil pastels. We’ll sit back, breathe, eat and see what emerges from our bodies’ lines. With paint, we’ll amplify what we’ve seen.
On our second day, you can stay indoors or take your creation outside. We’ll move with our paintings, and welcome the intelligences found within our bodies and the natural world to further inform what may emerge.
At the end of it all, you roll it all up and either toss it, or bring it home with you to sit in your closet or hang on your living room wall. Because your creation certainly won’t fit on your fridge.
We’ll be together from 9am - 4pm both Saturday and Sunday.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Earthen Vision, Lund, British Columbia, Canada
Directions
You can get to the end of the road a couple ways. We’re located 1 ferry ride away from Vancouver Island or two ferries north of Vancouver, and you’re guaranteed a scenic drive in. Flights to Powell River from most major cities in BC are also available.
We’ll be happy to talk you through a plan to get here.
We’ll be happy to talk you through a plan to get here.
Accommodation
Program Price
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
small group setting, in the gorgeous Tidal Arts Centre in Lund, British Columbia
Bright windows, large white walls, wood flooring, bursting gardens and an ocean view.
Bright windows, large white walls, wood flooring, bursting gardens and an ocean view.
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
We will feed you local, wildly harvested meats and local, organic foods for lunch and refreshments. Likely salmon and venison.
What's Included
- transformative somatic immersion and journey into big, authentic gestural movement.
- two full days of guided art making in an oceanside art gallery and outdoors
- expert and experienced guidance by professional art therapists, members of the Canadian Art Therapy Association
- high quality art materials
- local, wild harvested meats and local, organic foods for lunch and refreshments both days.
- a professional photo of you and your creation to hold close to your heart
- certificate of completion for wellness practitioners
What's Not Included
- airfare, transportation
- accommodation
- breakfast, dinners
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