cottage country · lakeside · 3 days

The Couples

Retreat

A carefully held relational sanctuary — for couples ready to feel and hear each other again.

Fri-Sun

May 15–17

$1515 / couple

ALL INCLUSIVE

Max 4

COUPLES

At the centre of this retreat is a guided heart-opening medicine experience designed specifically for couples. This powerful medicine supports emotional safety, empathy, and honest communication. It can gently soften long-held defences, illuminate relational patterns, and create space for clarity where there has been tension. For many couples, it becomes a turning point — not because it is dramatic, but because it allows them to truly feel and hear one another again. 

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Your journey from start to finish

  • Maximum 4 couples — intimate, deep, and carefully held

  • Private accommodation throughout

  • All meals and snacks, nourishing and unhurried

  • A guided heart-opening medicine ceremony on Day 2
  • Group breathwork to integrate the experience through the body

  • A prep call for both partners in the week before the retreat

  • A private integration session with each couple one week after

  • Optional IFS sessions with Nici and men’s work guidance with Steve

THE SETTING

Nature as co-facilitator. Our cottage home for the weekend sits by the water, a few hours outside Toronto. There is space to breathe, space to walk, space to sit quietly by the lake. The nervous system settles. When we feel physically supported and unrushed, emotional honesty becomes possible.

THE RETREAT

Three days together again

Day 1 — Arriving

We gather around the fire, meet one another, and settle into the space. No agenda to fix or solve — just slowing down, shifting from doing into being. The group container is opened with clarity and care, establishing safety and shared understanding for the weekend. We close the evening with The Story of Us — an opportunity to remember your journey together and mark the beginning of this shared chapter.

Day 2 — The Ceremony

Held within a carefully prepared ceremonial container, this heart-centred medicine supports emotional regulation, compassion, and clear expression. Many couples find it easier to speak difficult truths without escalation, and to listen without defensiveness. Couples spend the majority of the journey focused on their own partnership, with the broader group simply sharing the container. This is not group therapy — it is a respectful, intentional environment designed to support depth while maintaining safety.

Day 3 — Integration & Closing

The morning unfolds slowly. Gentle integration conversations, space to reflect and share. For those who feel called, a cold plunge to ground and refresh. Group breathwork to integrate the experience through the body. A nourishing brunch. Heartfelt goodbyes. The weekend closes not with intensity, but with steadiness — giving you space to return home connected and clear.

INVESTMENT

$1515

per couple

Shared or private accommodation. Payment plans available · just ask

EMAIL US TO BEGIN

WHO THIS IS FOR

This retreat is for couples who feel there is love and want to deepen it. You do not need to be in crisis. You do need to be willing.

UPCOMING DATES

May 15–17, 2026

GIFT ECONOMY

KEEP EXPLORING

BREATHWORK

THE WILD BREATH

TOUCH

BODY WORK

PERSONAL WORK

1:1 COACHING