GENESIS Retreat
GENESIS Retreat
Xenia Retreat Centre, Smith Rd, Bowen Island, BC, Canada
Up to 16 in group
Mar 13 - 16, 2026
Retreat Highlights
- A quiet, intimate space designed for deep inner transformation
- Three guided sessions per day to release stored emotion, clear old patterns, and reconnect with your inner truth
- A grounding integration circle to help you embody insights with clarity and steadiness
- Somatic practices to regulate the nervous system and restore a sense of inner safety
- Nature-based contemplations that invite stillness, presence, and intuitive connection
- Teachings that bridge the mystical and the scientific — clear, direct, and rooted in lived experience
- Encounter and gestalt constellations allowing you to be fully seen without pressure or performance
- A gently held container where truth is felt rather than taught
- A devotional, sincere atmosphere that supports honesty, healing, and renewal
About this Retreat
Your Guides
Bri Cheema is a facilitator of breathwork, somatic healing, and inner transformation. Her work creates quiet, sincere spaces where truth can be felt rather than forced — where individuals meet themselves with honesty, devotion, and the courage to become who they are meant to be. Blending grounded psychology with the mystical, Bri guides others into deeper presence, emotional clarity, and embodied self-return.
Details of this retreat
Energy work, breathwork, esoteric and consciousness teachings, yoga that straight to the ancient lineage that contains the origins of true body-mind integration, Gateless writing techniques to heal trauma, and collective group experiences that will blow your mind and open you to new ways of being, moving and living in the world.
This is how you move through hidden resin that contains the goldmine of who you are and so that you can break free and move forward in this wild world.
Join us for a weekend retreat that draw on esoteric and mystical traditions and spiritual scholarship that has largely been lost in a culture focused on the external domain.
This is how you move through hidden resin that contains the goldmine of who you are and so that you can break free and move forward in this wild world.
Join us for a weekend retreat that draw on esoteric and mystical traditions and spiritual scholarship that has largely been lost in a culture focused on the external domain.
Schedule
DAY 1 SAMPLE ITINERARY (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
9am OPENING // breathwork, energy work & sound
11am BREAK & NOURISHMENT
12pm EXPLORE // themes of the day through writing prompts, gestalt constellations and group work.
2pm LUNCH
3pm Teachings & Lessons
4pm Yoga & Meditation
5pm FREE TIME
6pm DINNER
7pm CLOSING // Ritual
9am OPENING // breathwork, energy work & sound
11am BREAK & NOURISHMENT
12pm EXPLORE // themes of the day through writing prompts, gestalt constellations and group work.
2pm LUNCH
3pm Teachings & Lessons
4pm Yoga & Meditation
5pm FREE TIME
6pm DINNER
7pm CLOSING // Ritual
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Bri Cheema, Xenia Retreat Centre, Smith Rd, Bowen Island, BC, Canada
Directions
****IF FLYING:
Fly into Vancouver International Airport (YVR) — the closest and most convenient international airport.
From YVR, take the Canada Line SkyTrain to downtown Vancouver, then the #257 Express Bus to Horseshoe Bay
.
***IF FLYING AND/OR DRIVING:
From Horseshoe Bay, take the 20-minute BC Ferry to Bowen Island (Snug Cove).
Once you arrive on Bowen, Xenia Retreat Centre is a 10–12 minute drive from the ferry. Taxis can be pre-booked, or carpooling can be arranged.
Fly into Vancouver International Airport (YVR) — the closest and most convenient international airport.
From YVR, take the Canada Line SkyTrain to downtown Vancouver, then the #257 Express Bus to Horseshoe Bay
.
***IF FLYING AND/OR DRIVING:
From Horseshoe Bay, take the 20-minute BC Ferry to Bowen Island (Snug Cove).
Once you arrive on Bowen, Xenia Retreat Centre is a 10–12 minute drive from the ferry. Taxis can be pre-booked, or carpooling can be arranged.
Accommodation
5 cottages with their own bathrooms and showers 2 yurts with shared bathrooms and showers
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
Xenia Retreat Centre
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
What's Included
- 1 full day immersed in the process at a private maloka
- 3 sessions of embodiment practice, workshops, group work (yoga, breath-work, sound meditation, ceremony and ritual)
- 2 hour private deep dive & integration session with Bri (DAY 2)
- All meals and snacks are local and organic where possible and prepared by a holistic nutritionist
- Afternoon workshops (gestalt constellations, group work, instruction & more)
- A library of tools to bring home
- Individualized energy work with Bri
- Breakthrough to a clearer, more authentic expression of yourself!
What's Not Included
- Ferry or transformation to and from the retreat centre