'Breathwork & Brushstrokes'
Experience healing breath & artful wholeness
in a nourishing intimate day retreat.
Saturday, November 25, 2023
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Light of the Prairies Retreat Center
(22115 Mun 51 N, Lorette, MB ~ 15 min SE from Wpg South perimeter)
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Takeaways;
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Learn and practice wholistic tools to support with yourself through the busy season ahead
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Find stillness and ancestral connection to support going inwards
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A connection to flow and play through creative expression
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Release stored stress, emotion and tension to tap into a felt sense of freedom
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Experience authentic connection with yourself, others and Creation
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Nourishment through food, community and nature
This event is open to all. No previous experience with breathwork or art is necessary.
What to expect
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Opening intention circle & smudge
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20 min gentle, guided somatic movement to connect with your body
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40 min Conscious Connected Breathwork with recorded music, live drumming, light touch (with permission), support as needed
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Lunch
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90 min Artistic creation time with Kisa MacIsaac
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Time in nature for integration (14 acres including duck pond and labyrinth)
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Tea & cookies
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Closing circle
Conscious Connected Breathwork has been used in ancient cultures as medicine for 'dis-ease' and to gain insight into life and our role within it. This gathering is an opportunity to find a slower, more conscious space within and tap into your creativity to balance the pace of the season.
$175 Early Bird Rate (until November 12th)
$198 November 13th onwards
1 scholarship seat for those experiencing reduced income ($90)
(to claim this spot email get@leemaespence.com)
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Advanced registration and payment is required.
Max 12 participants.
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The fine print:
~ Although facilitators are trauma-informed and trained in working with trauma & sensitivities, group sessions are very powerful and NOT suitable for people experiencing severe psychological conditions or symptoms.
~NOT suitable for 2nd/3d trimester pregnancy or those with heart conditions, glaucoma or kidney disease.
~No refunds ~A waiver is required to participate
Meet Your Hosts
Lee Mae Spence
Lee is a proud Ininew Metis Iskwew. She is an independent consultant, facilitator, student breathwork facilitator and advocate who bridges the liminal space between Indigenous knowledge and practices with the goal of creating a more interconnected world. She carries teachings from Knowledge Keepers and Elders and has a bachelor of Recreation Management and Community Development from the University of Manitoba.
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Kisa MacIsaac
Kisa (she/her) is Métis with family ties to manitow sâkahikan, the Métis community of Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, Treaty 6. She also is part settler (Scottish, European), and calls Treaty 1 her home since moving to Winnipeg as a teenager. Kisa is a mother of three children, an artist, educator, and workshop facilitator. She has been leading wellness through art workshops since 2015 - sharing how art brings stillness, peace and healing, connection to culture; a powerful way to be free, to feel in balance, to be wild and courageous: art is medicine.
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Joy Onyschak
Joy is a Somatic Practitioner, Circle Way Host and Conscious Connected Breathwork Facilitator. She has 400-hr Numa Breathwork facilitation training, (including advanced training working with trauma sensitivities) and 13 years experience leading groups and individuals back home to themselves. She offers her services primarily in 1:1 settings, and co-hosts community breathwork events and intimate retreats.
She is a mother of 2 young adults and her cat, Hobbes.