Created and facilitated by Emmanuelle, this retreat brings a trauma-informed and evidence-based practices curriculum together with deep rest, gentle movement, connection, laughter,

and beautiful moments of simply being.

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Through psychoeducation, Mindful Self-Compassion, restorative Forest Flow, gentle breathwork, body-based practices, reflection and shared experiences, you will be invited to reconnect the mind with the body, the heart and the deeper self — always at your own pace.

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Island Alive owner Amy will guide you through her deeply restorative Forest Flow including:​

- Steam in a handcrafted six-seater cedar barrel sauna, with a vista window offering serene forest views.

- Soak in a wood-fired hot tub, under the canopy of towering pines.

- Plunge into an invigorating cold bath to awaken your senses and complete the cycle.

There is nothing you need to achieve here.

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You do not need to arrive with a particular story, a trauma history, or even know exactly what you are looking for.

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This retreat is for women who simply feel the longing to step away for a while, reconnect with themselves and experience what becomes possible when they finally have the space to listen within.

Who This Is For

This retreat is for women who feel called home to themselves.

Women who may be:

• emotionally exhausted

• burnt out from caring for others

• navigating grief, divorce or life transition

• healing relationship wounds

• carrying childhood trauma patterns

• successful on the outside but depleted within

• therapists, carers, helpers and healers who need holding too

• longing to reconnect with body, voice, boundaries and inner peace

You do not need a crisis to deserve restoration.

You only need the knowing that something in you is asking for more.

• Grounding and nervous system restoration

• Trauma informed workshops with Emmanuelle

• Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) practices

• Somatic healing

• Breathwork sessions with Daniella

• Three Island Alive curated workshops with Amy

• Sacred integration time

• Discussions, laughters and joy

• Sisterhood

• Delicious nurturing food

What you will experience

A Glimpse of the Journey

Day One - Ground
Arrive. Settle into your room.
Tea on arrival. Opening circle. Welcome dinner.
A gentle evening breath work to land softly.
 

Day Two - Soften and Remember
Trauma informed workshop. 
Mindful self-compassion (MSC) workshop.
Contrast therapy with steam-sauna,
wood-fire hot tub and optional ice bath. 
Dinner and nurturing integration time.
Discussion circle around the fire pit.


Day Three - Listen and Reclaim
The feminine voice workshop.
Inner truth. Body wisdom.
Forest Bathing workshop.
Consciousness breath work workshop.
Dinner and nurturing integration time.
Evening circle or dancing release.

Day Four - Embody and Return
Voice. Boundaries. Truth.
Listening to the body.
Contrast Therapy with steam sauna, wood-fire hot tub and optional ice bath in a serene native pine forest.
Dinner and nurturing integration time.
Evening around the fire pit.

Day Five - Integration & Closing circle.
Depart with a warm heart, clarity and tools, new friendships, and reconnected to the woman within.