Womxn's Samhain Retreat
Thursday to Sunday, October 29-November 1, 2026
Embodiment . Healing . Transformation
Riversong Lodge, Vancouver Island
With deep gratitude and respect, we acknowledge the beautiful land where Riversong stands on the traditional and unceded territory of the Cowichan Tribes (the Hul’q’umi’num people)
You are warmly invited to join us in this self-care retreat for women and those who identify as women.
We welcome you and Her in all of Her diversity of expressions.
~ Registration now open ~
An intake is required to attend.
Please reach out to learn more!
As the earth turns toward winter and the harvest season draws to a close, we arrive at one of the year’s most potent thresholds. Samhain, the ancient Celtic festival that marks the transition into the dark half of the year, invites us into remembrance, gratitude, and renewal. It is a time to gather the harvest… not only from the fields, but from our lives. We pause to honour what has come to fruition, acknowledge the challenges that have shaped us, and offer thanks for all that has nourished our becoming.
As the veil between worlds grows thin, we are invited into deeper relationship with our ancestors, the unseen realms, and the great cycles of life, death, and rebirth that weave through all living things. This sacred threshold offers an opportunity to listen for the wisdom carried through our lineage, to reconnect with forgotten gifts, and to tend places within ourselves that long for healing and integration.
Rooted in the wisdom of nature’s rhythms, this retreat honours both the abundance of the harvest season and the descent that follows. Just as the earth releases its leaves and returns nutrients to the soil, we are invited to trust the transformative power of endings, rest, and renewal. Together, we will explore the fertile terrain of ancestry, shadow, grief, gratitude, and becoming, and how these can be a rich and regenerative ground from which new life emerges.
Held within a nourishing circle of women, this weekend invites a deep remembering of our belonging… to ourselves, to one another, to our ancestors, and to the living earth that sustains us.
What to Expect
Nestled among towering cedar and fir trees along the banks of the beautiful Koksilah River, Riversong provides a peaceful sanctuary for inner exploration, healing, and renewal.
Our weekend together will unfold through a blend of ceremony, movement, creativity, reflection, and community. We will gather in circle, engage in expressive arts and embodied practices, journey through ritual and medicine work, share nourishing meals, and spend time immersed in the wisdom and beauty of the natural world.
Periods of silence, rest, and contemplation will be woven throughout, offering space to listen deeply to what is emerging within.
Embodied self-care practices are integrated throughout the retreat to support a grounded and compassionate process of transformation. Supported by community, ritual, and nature, we create a container where healing can unfold organically and authentically.
This retreat is open to a small group of women who are committed to inner exploration. We'd be honoured to hold space for your deepening...
An intake is required to attend.
Please reach out to learn more!
What’s Included
Preparation group call
Loving and safe ceremonial container
Full day ceremony with forest medicine
Expressive arts SoulCollage process
Live music sound baths
Ecstatic dance journey
Activities to support feeling, expressing, being witnessed and held
Spaciousness to explore the adjoining river and forest, journal, take a bath or simply be...
Professionally catered delicious meals
Accommodation at the beautiful Riversong Lodge
One-on-one support as needed
Preparation and integration circle sharing & practices
Group integration call
Follow-up integration practices (and continued support if needed)
Registration and Intake
If you have any questions or are ready to reserve your place, contact Cedar. Please note, as part of the registration process, there will be a mandatory intake conversation.
Additionally, we have two important calls scheduled to support your experience at the retreat. These meetings are essential to building and maintaining our collective container. Please mark them in your schedule if you plan to attend: The preparation call is on October 26th, 6:30-8pm, and the integration call is on November 4th, 6:30-8pm.
Cost
Early Bird Rate until August 1st: $1555
Regular Rate after August 1st: $1666
Retreat cost covers comfortable accommodation (shared bedrooms and bathrooms) for three nights as well as three organic nourishing meals per day, designed to support your inner work: Thursday Dinner to Sunday Brunch.
A deposit of $444 is required to secure your place. Please send by e-transfer to Cedar at: cedarmathias@gmail.com Payment plans are available as needed.
Facilitators
Cedar Mathias, RRC, SEP is committed to holding a gentle, accepting, compassionate, and trauma-informed space that invites people to connect with their inner guide and healer. She brings somatic awareness and co-regulation, safe touch, and a calm and curious presence to all of her therapeutic work. She also brings the knowledge gained through over 3 decades of medicine experience, many years of mentorship in ceremonial spaces, and professional training as a Psychedelic Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, and Clinical Counsellor.
Heidi Erhardt, BA, Dharma Leadership has been a workshop leader, educator, dancer, and meditator for twenty-five years. She brings a sensitive trauma-informed approach to all of her work and is devoted to creating a safe container that generates trust, depth of presence, and transpersonal growth for individuals and groups. Certified in SoulCollage®, Heidi works with the collective unconscious and archetypal intelligence. She has thirty-five years of plant medicine and ceremonial experience in various countries and has been trained as a Reiki Master, Herbalist, Aroma Therapist as well as in Psychedelic Therapy.
Retreat Testimonials
A truly magical experience. Heidi and Cedar craft beautiful retreats, with such attention to every detail for the mind, body and spirit. I felt nourished, safe and supported to delve into my personal work and embraced within a circle of loving women.
-Marilyn, BC, Canada
Certified Hypnotherapist & Consciousness Exploration Facilitator
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This retreat was one of the best decisions I have made in pursuit of self-care and exploring my personal growth. Heidi and Cedar are professional, experienced, and create a loving and magical space that allows participants to feel connected and safe to explore, heal, and be cared for. I feel like it was the perfect gift to myself.
-Bonnie, BC, Canada
Teacher, Permaculture Trainer, & Education Consultant