5-Day Disconnect To Reconnect Silent Retreat

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Up to 13 in group
Date
May 12 - 16, 2025

About this Retreat

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When:
May 12-16, 2025


Disconnect To Reconnect Silent Retreat at Nectar

May 12-16

Join us for a transformative 4-night Silent Retreat at Nectar. May ushers in the early light of summer—a season of growth, vitality, and renewal. Align with this transformative season's quiet, reflective energy, fostering inner gentleness and intuitive insight. Experience the natural beauty of the forest here on Nexwlélexwm (Bowen Island), as you immerse yourself in silence and simplification, allowing yourself the gift of conscious deceleration.

This retreat invites you to disconnect from electronic devices, creating space for a deeper connection with nature, yourself, and the present moment. Let the gentle warmth of summer guide you inward as the forest around you awakens with life.

What the Silent Retreat Includes:

5 days, 4 nights of immersion in the natural, with private accommodation.
Day-long invitations for self-guided explorations into your inner landscape, embracing quiet and deliberate slowness that often opens doors to insights, inner wisdom, and nourishing clarity.
Simple, plant-based meals—a self-serve breakfast and lunch, culminating each day with a shared family-style dinner.
The Dome and Onyx Lodge provide additional sanctuary for personal practices, such as meditation, journaling, and reading.
Daily digital detox, allowing yourself an optional hour of digital connection during your otherwise intention to unplug.
The opportunity to explore the serene expanse of Nectar’s forested grounds, offering the perfect backdrop for your journey inward.
Those seeking additional guidance and support, the option for private conversations with Andrea Clark, co-founder of Nectar, to delve deeper into personal growth and self-discovery.

Contemplative Silent Retreat Itinerary:
The schedule for this retreat is intentionally pared-down for optimal space for undistracted reflection.

May 12-16, 2025

Arrival on May 12

3:00pm: Check-In
3:20pm: Property Tour
3:30: Welcome snack in Lodge
3:45pm: Guest Orientation + Guests surrender digital devices (optional)
4:30pm: Welcome Circle in Dome, Noble Silence Begins, Intro to Meditation, Gentle Movement
6:00pm: Dinner
7:00pm: Optional Digital Hour
May 13-15
8:00am: Morning Silent Meditation and gentle movement
9:30am: Breakfast
12:30pm: Guided Meditation + optional questions with Andrea
1:00pm: Lunch
4:30pm: Gentle Movement
5:00pm: Evening Contemplation, Sharing Circle
6:00pm: Dinner
7:00pm: Optional Digital Hour (dinner chef hands out phones/computers for use in lodge)
8:00pm Optional evening meditation sit in dome (self-guided)

May 16

8:00am: Morning Silent Meditation Circle
9:00am: Breakfast
10:00am: Noble Silence closes and sharing circle, recollect devices.
11:00am: Check Out

Accessibility and Sliding Scale:
In keeping with Nectar’s efforts to remain as accessible as realistically possible, the 5-night retreat is available at a sliding scale to reflect your economic reality and capacity, within the range of $700-2,625*.

*The full retail value of this retreat is $2500. Contributions meeting or surpassing this amount significantly aid us in expanding accessibility to our facilities for all.

All payments are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Schedule

8:00 – 8:30am
Morning guided meditation
8:30 – 9:30am
Morning yoga lesson
9:45 – 10:45am
Vegetarian breakfast
10:00 – onwards
Explore Bowen Island & Book Add-On Services
4:30pm - 5:15pm
Additional Afternoon Yoga Class
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change

Getting Here

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Directions

We are a ten-minute drive from Snug Cove, where the ferry docks on Bowen Island.

No vehicle? Take the local bus (280 Bluewater). Just tell the driver you would like to be dropped off at Nectar Yoga “just before Adams Road.” The bus runs on a semi-consistent basis—check timing before your trip. Walking from the cove takes 45-60 minutes, and hitch hiking is legal on Bowen Island.

We have free parking available on site labeled by numbers. Please pick any number but try to park tightly so we can accommodate everyone.

Accommodation

Whichever accommodation you choose, the moment you step into your room, you know you’ve entered a safe place to unwind and relax. Each space is imbued with its namesake stone’s positive vibrational properties and colour accents for support, grounding and attunement to the natural world.

Non-Accomodation option: Enjoy all the included practices and nourishing meals of our 5-day 'Disconnect to Reconnect' silent retreat—ideal for Bowen Island locals or those seeking a moderately lower-cost option. Please note: accommodations at Nectar Yoga are not included in this option.
TRUE COST Aimed at those who can cover their basic living expenses and have some extra money for non-essential items.
BALANCING Designed for individuals with greater earning capacity due to factors like education, gender, socioeconomic background, asset ownership, or other advantages. This ensures that our services remain accessible to those in need while relying on applicants' honesty to function effectively.
ACCESSIBLE Reserved for community support, providing access to those experiencing financial difficulties who wouldn't be able to join otherwise.

Venue & Amenities

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Free Wifi icon Free Wifi
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Pool icon Pool
Towels icon Towels
Free Parking icon Free Parking
Kitchen icon Kitchen
Tour Assistance icon Tour Assistance
Hot Tub icon Hot Tub
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Cafe icon Cafe
Restaurant icon Restaurant
Fitness Center icon Fitness Center
Yoga Studio icon Yoga Studio
Housekeeping icon Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent icon Bicycles For Rent
Situated on 20 forested acres of land mid-island, we acknowledge that we live on the island of Nex̱wlélex̱m (known as Bowen Island in colonial times) on unceded Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory.

We are a purpose built retreat centre imbued with a lot of love. We know you care about the highest quality group experience, and so do we! It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to Nectar Yoga Retreat.

Meals

Menu Types

After our morning practices, you’ll meet in Onyx Lodge and gather around our long harvest table to enjoy breakfast. Every vegetarian breakfast is prepared with love and intention.

What's Included

  • 2-night Accommodation
  • Daily Vegetarian Breakfast
  • Daily Yoga + Meditation

What's Not Included

  • Ferry cost to Bowen Island
  • Travel to/from Nectar Yoga

Customer Reviews

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Deeply rejuvenating!
The forest around the Nectar property is absolutely magical. The entire event was so deeply rejuvenating and the surrounding natural beauty supported that experience.

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Macrame workshop
Super fun a amazing workshop, I learn fast because Sarah explained everything very good 🤩🥳 thank you

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Life-Changing 'Ah-Ha's' Simply from Breathwork
Levels of awareness brought to a whole new level, through something we do every second of the day. Thank you Andrea and Nectar yoga for an experience of a lifetime that I've now shared with groups of friends who are feeling the same benefits and gratitude.

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Nectar yoga silent retreat
I enjoyed the silent retreat at nectar yoga very much and look forward to coming back to attend another one. Andrea and Sat did an amazing job guiding us through a silent day. We learned many different techniques and meditation methods to take home with us. I thank them for their knowledge and gift in sharing. If you are looking to learn something new or improve your existing practice in a beautiful environment with experienced teachers this is your retreat. Highly recommended this to anyone.

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Phenomenal experience!
We did the silent retreat with Andrea and Sat and it was a phenomenal experience. I’ve been to more than 15 yoga/meditation retreats (locally and abroad) and I have to say this was by far the best I’ve experienced.

The programming was extremely well laid out and clearly thought through down to the most minute detail. Andrea has a wide depth and breadth of knowledge and communicates this in a way that is very understandable to all levels of students. Her instruction is very clear, and she has very calming and soothing way in her guidance of the classes.

Physically, the space is stunning, the facilities are clean, stylish, yet warm and cozy, and the surroundings are beautiful and serene.

Highly recommend Andrea and Sat’s Nectar Yoga!