Sacred Body, Sacred Earth:
Living on Life-Force Retreat
A 7 Day Elemental Immersion with Lorenna & Shantree Kacera
August 22 - 28, 2025
Where Earth’s Wisdom Meets the Temple of Your Body
Welcome to a sanctuary for soul and soma, a week-long immersion where ancient elemental wisdom meets embodied practice. Rooted in the living traditions of Ayurveda and eco-somatic practices, this retreat invites you to awaken your life-force, the primal, animating energy that flows through all of creation.
Through earth-rooted movement, sacred ceremony, breath, Sound Journeys, seasonal cleansing, and regenerative plant medicine, you’ll explore the living balance between stillness and action, receptivity and expression, a dance of elemental embodiment that nourishes both your inner wildness and grounded purpose..
Set in a lush, life-giving landscape, this experience is a sacred return to your vitality, your inner knowing, and your place within the great web of life.
Living eco-cosmically means remembering: you are Earth and sky, body and breath, grief and grace, root and reach. It’s to feel your wild, wise body pulse with starlight, and knowing the Earth is dreaming through you, to sense your feminine depths and masculine clarity in sacred union.
Here, the personal becomes planetary. This is a space to soften and let go, to rise and reclaim - to reawaken your body as both temple and tool, a vessel of Earth’s intelligence and cosmic rhythm.
To come home to your body is to come home to the Earth - one breath, one movement, one sacred remembering at a time.
What to Expect
Awaken your inner radiance through the revitalizing power of herbal allies and the regenerative wisdom of plants and trees.
Herbal Radiance & Renewal
Embody eco-somatic primordial movement, dance, and breath to reconnect body and Earth
Eco-Somatic Practices
Elemental Rituals
Participate in elemental ceremonies, Air, Fire, Water & Earth to purify and strengthen your vitality.
Engage in renewal practices designed to support your unique mind-body constitution and personal path of healing.
Personalized Renewal
Awaken Your Vitality
Activate daily practices that awaken and circulate your life-force energy through movement, breath, and ritual.
Accommodations
Settle into your sanctuary: shared or private spaces designed to nourish rest, reflection, and connection.
Elemental Blueprint
Explore the Five-Elemental Ecology blueprint as a foundation for embodied living
Enjoy seasonal, organic, and vibrant plant-based meals paired with herbal tonics that support deep nourishment and vitality.
Organic, Plant-Based Meals
As part of your journey, you’ll also receive a 1.5-hour private session with Lorenna or Shantree after the retreat. This includes your Ayurvedic constitutional chart, crafted during the immersion, to support your continued journey into vitality, balance, and connection.
You’ll Leave With:
A renewed sense of purpose and soul-aligned direction
Tools to support your vitality through daily elemental practices
Personalized Ayurvedic insights and seasonal rhythms
Deepened embodiment and a felt sense of interconnection
Practical ways to live a regenerative, life-force-centered lifestyle
Daily Schedule
This is your invitation to be reborn. Radiant, rooted, and ready.
Welcome home to the Sacred.
Each day centres around one of the five elements, followed by integration and emergence, offering a rhythm of deep embodiment, rest, ritual, and renewal.
Retreat Dates August 22 - 28, 2025
6:30 AM: Sunrise meditation & elemental breath to ignite life-force
7:30 AM: Herbal tonics & eco-somatic movement to awaken energy flow
8:30 AM: Nourishing, Earth-based breakfast
10:00 AM: Morning teaching: Elemental wisdom, embodiment practices
12:30 PM: Midday meal + rest/nature integration
2:30 PM: Ritual, sacred tree journeys, creative embodiment or diagnostics
5:30 PM: Integration time or optional 1:1 sessions
6:30 PM: Dinner infused with bioregional vitality
8:00 PM: Evening fire circle, ceremony, or sound temple journey
“The elements are something to remember, to feel,
to become. This retreat is your invitation to feel
deeply, wildly, sacredly alive.”
Day 1: Arrival and Grounding
Theme: Rooting into Life-Force
Opening welcome circle, eco-somatic grounding, Ayurvedic elemental flow overview, and a fire ceremony to release what no longer serves.
Day 2: Sensory Awakening
Theme: Feeling Life-Force in the Body
Embodied movement for sensual presence, water ceremony, emotional flow through plant allies, and a nighttime sound journey.
Day 3: Reclaiming Vitality
Theme: Igniting the Inner Spark
Solar breath & movement, sacred tree energetics, personalized diagnostics, fire ritual to activate purpose.
Day 4: Expanding Awareness
Theme: Breathing with Life-Force
Expansive breathwork, plant teachings for clarity, botanical support for nervous system balance, evening stillness under stars.
Day 5: Deep Listening
Theme: Attuning to the Wisdom Within
Stillness, subtle body awareness, plant spirit communication, sound temple and dream journey.
Day 6: Embodied Integration
Theme: Weaving Life-Force into Daily Life
Movement, reflection, elemental mapping, Earth mandala creation, council circle.
Day 7: Emergence and Return
Theme: Living from the Source
Sunrise eco-somatic ritual, final circle, Earth offering ceremony, and sacred closure.
Retreat Investment
Shared Cabins
Shared Accommodations
in One of Our Cabins
Early Bird (by July 20, 2025):
$2,200 CAD
Regular:
$2,400 CAD
Private Room
Private Indoor Accommodations
in the Quest House
Early Bird (by July 20, 2025):
$2,400 CAD
Regular:
$2,600 CAD
Couples Room
Private Indoor Accommodations
in the Quest House or Strawbale Studio
Early Bird (by July 20, 2025):
$4,400 CAD
Regular:
$4,800 CAD
A $500 deposit holds your spot.
We offer flexible payment plans.
If you feel called to join and need financial assistance, please reach out.
We’re happy to explore what’s possible.
Accomodations
All meals (Ayurvedic/plant-based/local
Daily practices & guided sessions
Elemental Ceremonies (water/fire/earth)
Herbal elixirs, plant meditations
Integration tools & post-retreat follow-up
Travel and taxes are extra.
Included in each package:
Your Guides
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Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera
Lorenna is a visionary eco-somatic guide and ceremonial facilitator with over 30 years of experience weaving the wisdom of Earth-based traditions, feminine embodiment, and elemental alchemy. Her work awakens the intelligence of the body and deepens our felt relationship with the living Earth. She is the founder of Shamanu: Earth Wisdom Teachings and a passionate advocate for soul-rooted, regenerative living.
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Shantree Kacera, R.H, D.N., RH
Shantree is an Ayurvedic ecological medicine practitioner, educator, and energetic herbalist with over 50 years of experience guiding thousands toward vitality through plant-based medicine, Ayurvedic energetics, and regenerative ecology. Co-founder of The Living Centre and international author of Ayurvedic Tongue Diagnosis, his work bridges ancient traditions with bioregional wisdom to empower others to live in harmony with the elements and their unique nature.
✺ Frequently Asked Questions ✺
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This retreat is for those ready to deepen their relationship with body, Earth, and spirit. It’s open to all levels of experience. Whether you’re on a healing path, seeking clarity in your purpose, or feeling called to awaken your life-force, this space is for you.
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Yes. We offer payment plans both through our website and by personal arrangement.
You can use Afterpay at checkout to split your payment into interest-free installments. For most new users, Afterpay allows payments for orders up to $2,000 CAD, and your limit may increase over time depending on your account history.
Since this retreat may exceed the Afterpay threshold for many participants, we also offer custom payment plans on a personal basis. Please contact us directly - we’re happy to work with you to make the retreat accessible.
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No prior experience is necessary. All practices are guided gently and respectfully, with adaptations offered. This is not about performance - it’s about reconnecting to the innate wisdom of your own body and the Earth.
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The retreat is held at The Living Centre, a lush sanctuary nestled in nature. Accommodations include shared or private rooms in eco-conscious cabins or the main house. Meals are organic, plant-based, and sourced locally, designed to nourish body and spirit.
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Eco-somatic practice is a body-based approach that explores the connection between your inner experience and the living world around you. Through movement, breath, and sensory awareness, you begin to feel the Earth not as something outside you, but as something you belong to, move with, and are shaped by.
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Sacred Earth, Sacred Body is a week-long immersion that weaves Ayurvedic wisdom, eco-somatic practices, seasonal cleansing, and sacred ceremony into a cohesive, embodied journey. Each day follows the rhythm of a specific element - offering a progression that deepens awareness, vitality, and connection.
What sets this retreat apart is the integration of personalized care with collective experience. Participants receive a private 1.5-hour post-retreat session with Lorenna or Shantree, including an Ayurvedic constitutional chart to guide their continued path.
Set in a lush natural sanctuary, this retreat offers not only tools for self-care but a lived experience of ecological belonging, elemental ritual, and soul-rooted purpose. It’s an invitation to remember your body as a vessel of Earth’s intelligence and live in harmony with the natural world.
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Yes. Each day includes spacious time for rest, reflection, nature walks, journaling, or optional one-on-one sessions. The schedule is designed with a rhythm of effort and ease to support deep integration and nervous system regulation.
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Your Ayurvedic constitutional chart is a personalized map of your elemental makeup (doshas) and energetic tendencies. It’s crafted during the retreat based on observation, dialogue, and diagnostic tools. It provides lifelong guidance for balance, nourishment, and alignment with the rhythms of nature.
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You can register directly through our website (see just above this section on this page). Space is intentionally limited to create an intimate, spacious container for deep work and connection. We recommend securing your place early.
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We work with gentle, bioregional plant allies through teas, tonics, infusions, and sensory rituals. These are not entheogens or psychedelics, but supportive herbal medicines used to nourish the body, calm the nervous system, and deepen presence.
Still Have Questions?
If something is stirring or you’re feeling the call but aren’t quite sure yet, we welcome you to reach out. We’re here to listen, clarify, and walk with you as you explore if this journey is aligned.