Welcome to Sacred Springs retreat!
A Kootenay cultural retreat
Honoring the healing waters, land, and indigenous wisdom!
June 5-7 2026
The Spa at Halcyon, Nakusp, BC
Step into the sacred embrace of the Kootenays, where healing waters flow and ancestral teachings echo through the land. Sacred Springs is a deeply immersive cultural retreat rooted in indigenous traditions, creative expression, and the natural rhythms of the earth.
Surrounded by the majestic peaks and Sacred Springs, participants are invited to reconnect with the land and themselves through powerful practices. Including:
- Medicine pouch making - Craft your own pouch infused with personal intention and traditional teachings.
- Traditional Dancing - Learn about the sacred healing dance and its deep cultural significance.
- Beading circle - Sit in community and create beaded art guided by indigenous wisdom.
- Foraging walk - Explore the gifts of the land and learn respectful ways of gathering.
- Drumming & song - Experience the heartbeat of the drum and the spirit it awakens.
- Mandala medicine - Colour mandalas to honor balance, healing and reflection.
Guided by indigenous knowledge keepers, and artists, this retreat is a space for ceremony, learning, and transformation. Whether you come to heal, create, or listen deeply to the land, Sacred Springs offers a sanctuary to remember your connection to all things.
- Land-Based Connection: Set in the powerful and healing landscape of the Kootenays, this retreat taps into the sacred energy of the mountains and springs - more than just a backdrop, the land is a teacher and healer.
- Culturally Rooted: Guided by indigenous knowledge keepers, every activity is offered with cultural authenticity, respect, and a focus on ancestral wisdom.
- Creative and Ceremonial Blend: Few retreats offer such a powerful integration of sacred arts (beading, drumming, mandalas) with healing practices and traditional teachings.
- Embodied Healing: Through traditional dancing, drum circles, and nature-based rituals, participants engage in movement and rhythm that foster emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual wellness.
- Community & Ceremony: The retreat fosters true connection -between participants, with the land, and with cultural practices- within a circle of respect, storytelling, and ceremony.
Itinerary
Day 1
4 PM - Check-in
5 PM - Welcome Gathering, smudge and sharing circle
6 - 8 PM - Drumming The Heartbeat with Pamela
8 PM - Free time
10 PM - Private Sound Bath while floating in the mineral pools
Day 2
8:30 - 11 AM - Spa - Spa Treatment 30 mins each will include a facial and cedar, pine or sage essential oil and swim
11 AM - Breakfast
11:30 - 1:30 PM - Medicine Pouch Design with Delree
1 PM - Lunch
2 PM - Forage with Alex
3 - 5 PM - Bead Work with Alex
5 - 7 PM - Dinner
Day 3
8 - 9:30 AM - Yoga and Mandala Medicine Wheel with Pamela
9:30 - 11 AM - Traditional Dancing with Delree
11 AM - Check out
Group size: Limited to 13 Attendees!
We're excited to introduce our esteemed hosts for this event:
Pamela Joy Howse
Pamela enjoys guiding others on transformational journeys through mindfulness, movement, and rhythm-using drumming as a sacred tool for healing, connection, and energetic release.
She offers a grounded, heart-centered space where you're invited to reflect, realign, and reconnect with your inner wisdom.
Alex Ibbotson
Alex blends traditional Métis beadwork with land-based education, often drawing inspiration from local plants on her nature walks. Her intricate designs honour family stories and ancestral teachings, and she shares her knowledge through workshops, coaching, and cultural consulting.
Delreé Dumont
Delreé, known as Wâpiski Kihéw Esquao (White Eagle Woman), is a renowned pointillism artist from Onion Lake Cree Nation. Her intricate works depict wildlife and Western Canadian landscapes, celebrating and preserving Indigenous culture. Delreé is devoted to sharing her culture, inspiring others, and leaving a legacy of creativity and resilience.
Together, we will guide you through a series of workshops, therapeutic sessions, and meditative practices designed to rejuvenate the mind, body, and soul. Join us for this extraordinary journey to reset and reconnect at the Sacred Springs Retreat.
