The Shamanu:
Sacred Union Retreat
A 7 Day Soul Journey Into Eco-Cosmic Belonging
July 11 - 17, 2025 | The Living Centre, Ontario
Awakening The Ancient Knowing Within You
What if the Earth is not a resource, but a relative?
What if the stars are not distant, but dreaming through you?
In a world unraveling, this retreat is a sanctuary. A remembering. A homecoming.
✦To the wild intelligence of nature that lives within your bones.
✦To the ancient wisdom of the stars that sings through your cells.
✦To the sacred union of body and Earth, spirit and cosmos
The Shamanu: Sacred Union Retreat is not just a gathering - it’s a soul initiation. To live eco-cosmically is to know we are both soil and stardust -body and breath, grief and grace. It is to feel your animal body pulsing with the rhythm of the stars, to sense the Earth dreaming through you. It is a path of embodied presence and visionary wisdom, where the personal becomes planetary.
Rooted Pillars of Experience
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Small Group Experience
This intimate retreat is limited to 8 participants, creating a sacred space for deep connection, personalized guidance, and heartfelt community. -
Primordial Movement
A daily practice of non-linear movement, breath, and sound awakens life-force energy. Participants move beyond habit into the intelligence of the body. -
Elemental Journey
Each day is guided by an element (Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether). These living forces awaken remembrance, insight, and transformation. -
Immersive Location
Held at The Living Centre in Ontario, where forest trails, lush gardens, ponds, and natural buildings create a sanctuary for deep connection and renewal. -
Daily Rhythm
Each day flows with movement, Earth Wisdom teachings, nourishing meals, and ceremony. The rhythm honors body, land, and spirit in cyclical harmony. -
Sacred Grief & Renewal
Ceremonies of release open the heart to ancestral memory, emotion, and healing. Grief becomes a portal to softness, clarity, and reconnection. -
Integration & Visioning
Reflection, sound journey, and shared circle help weave insights into embodied knowing. Visioning under the stars calls forth the path ahead with grace. -
Post-Retreat Support
Two follow-up video calls offer guidance, connection, and integration practices. The sacred container extends beyond the retreat into everyday life.
Included In Your Journey
Eco-Somatic Practices
Movement, Dance, Sound and Elemental Journeys, Sacred Theatre & Earth-centred Meditations.
Elemental Rituals
Reconnect with the power of the five elements through movement, ceremony, sacred song, and nature offerings.
Personal Insight & Reflection
Join Council Circles and Clarity Quests to awaken inner wisdom, deepen self-awareness, and foster a sense of belonging.
Guided Retreat Facilitation
Daily sessions led by Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera, founder of Shamanu: Earth Wisdom Teachings.
Guest Facilitators
Wisdom from experienced guides, including Ayurvedic and plant energetics elder Shantree Kacera.
Accommodations
Choose from private indoor space or bring your own tent for a nature-immersed stay.
Retreat Resources
Receive printed resources and guidance to help carry your insights into daily life.
Organic Plant-Based Meals
Enjoy nourishing seasonal brunches, dinners, and afternoon snacks prepared with love.
This retreat is for you if you feel the quiet stirrings of something ancient calling you home. If you sense the Earth whispering through your body, inviting you to remember your place in the great web of life.
It’s for those who are ready to move beyond surface living and into sacred alignment with nature, soul, and Spirit. For those longing to slow down, shed old layers, and reconnect with the wisdom that lives within their bones.
Whether you’re navigating a life transition, seeking clarity, or simply craving deeper connection, this retreat offers a space to be held, witnessed, and renewed.
Daily Schedule
Each day is a living ceremony, guided by the elements, grounded in the body, and held in sacred rhythm.
Retreat Dates
July 11 to 17, 2025
Meals will include a hearty organic plant-based brunch (10:30 am to noon) and dinner (5 pm to 7pm) with snacks served in the afternoon. Lunch & dinner are served on the day of arrival.
Woven Throughout
• Eco-somatic exploration
• Elemental rituals
• Primordial movement, dance, sound, and breath
• Nature-based meditation
• Council practice and shared reflection
• Personal mentorship and contemplative time
Eco-somatics blends somatic awareness (the felt experience of being in a body) with ecological consciousness, exploring the deep relationship between the body and the Earth.
Primordial Movement is a sacred remembrance, a return to the original pulse that birthed the stars and shaped the Earth. It is a living current that moves through the body. This intuitive, heart-led practice opens the gateway to both our cosmic and earthly origins. As a daily rhythm, it unravels layers of conditioning and invites us to move as life itself moves - fluid, cyclical, and elemental. This journey becomes a return to embodied wholeness.
Post Retreat Integration: To support you in integrating your experience we will have 2 online video calls following your retreat.
Day 1: Opening the Sacred Field
We begin with a welcoming ritual to fully arrive, meet the land, and attune to the inner and outer landscapes. Through eco-somatic practices, we open the spiral of this elemental journey of self-discovery. Rooted in the Shamanu Earth Wisdom teachings, we establish foundational principles that reconnect us to more interconnected ways of seeing, feeling, and being.
Introduction to Primordial Movement.
Day 2: Reclaiming the Wild Soul - Earth Element
We begin to journey into the untamed undercurrents that lie beneath domestication. Eco-somatic processes guide us to listen with the whole body as part of the larger body of the Earth. This restores a felt sense of belonging, reciprocity, and vitality. Earth DanceJourney and grounded rituals root us into the wisdom of the body and the steady presence of the Earth as a source of strength, stability, and guidance.
Day 3: The Waters of Remembering - Water Element
We descend into the fluid realms of emotion, intuition, and ancestral memory. Water rituals, playful movement, and the Water DanceJourney awaken the inner currents of the heart. A sacred grief ceremony honours what has been lost, softening what has been hardened and cleansing the inner rivers. Reconnecting with the Spirit of Water offers us renewal, release, and emotional attunement.
Day 4: The Fire of Transformation - Fire Element
We turn toward the alchemical force of fire, the great transformer. Solar attunement stokes the inner flame. Through shaking medicine, prayer, storytelling, and the Fire DanceJourney, we awaken passion, clarity, and life-force energy. In the fire offering ritual, we release what no longer serves and invoke the Spirit of Fire as teacher, purifier, and illuminator of truth.
Day 5: Air, Imagination, and Visioning - Air Element
We rise into the airy realms of breath, insight, and creativity. Breathwork, SoundJourney, the Clarity Quest, and the Air DanceJourney help clear mental fog, open perception, and invite inspiration. Beneath the night sky, we call forth personal and collective vision, dreaming with the stars to remember why we are here.
Day 6: Ether and Integration - Ether Element
We enter the spaciousness of Ether, the field of pure potential and divine presence. Through visioning circles, SoundJourney meditation and energy attunement practices, we begin to gather the threads of insight and allow embodied wisdom to surface. The Spirit of Ether invites us into soul remembrance, where we glimpse the interconnectedness of all life and begin to gently shape the way forward.
Day 7: Living the Union
We return to the field of Ether as a living space of Spirit and subtle connection. In this closing day, we draw together all we have touched through silence, guided practices, and shared reflection. The path ahead begins to take shape - not through effort, but through alignment with the essence of who we are. Integration becomes devotion, and our lives become the offering.
Meet your instructor
Lorenna Bousquet-Kacera
Lorenna is an Earth ceremonialist and Métis grandmother whose soul is woven with the ancient wisdom of the land. For 35 years, she has stewarded the sacred inter-arts traditions of Shamanu: Earth-Wisdom Teachings and WomanEarth, a path that blends eco-spirituality, cosmic philosophy, and embodied practices. A certified Permaculture educator, a Work That Reconnects guide, Ayurvedic nutrition expert, and Sevenfold Path of Peace instructor, Lorenna weaves together deep wisdom with transformative embodiment practices to awaken the spiritual force that both enlivens the Earth and stirs our deepest essence. Through her guidance, people reconnect to the sacred rhythms of life and step into their full potential with power, purpose, and a deep reverence for the natural world.
Join Us
This is a sacred invitation to remember the wild wisdom that lives within you. To move, listen, and reclaim your place as a living expression of the Earth.
We begin on July 11 and end on July 17 22, 2025 EST
Investment:
Tenting Accommodations: $2450
Private Indoor Accommodations: $2650
We offer flexible payment plans and partial work trade options.
If you feel called to join and need financial assistance, please reach out.
We’re happy to explore what’s possible.ble
✺ Frequently Asked Questions ✺
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Yes. Payment plans are available directly through our website via Afterpay. Afterpay allows new users to pay in installments for orders up to $2,000 CAD. If you've used Afterpay before, your limit may be higher depending on your account history.
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Shamanu is a seven-day elemental immersion rooted in eco-somatic practices, Earth-based rituals, and sacred embodiment. Rather than offering a series of workshops, this retreat unfolds as a living ceremony with each day guided by one of the five elements. With a maximum of 8 participants, it offers deep personal mentorship, intimate community, and a rhythm that supports transformation from the inside out. It’s not about escaping life, but about remembering how to live in alignment with the sacred pulse of nature and soul.
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No experience is required - just a willingness to explore, feel, and reconnect with your body, the Earth, and your inner truth.
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Eco-somatics blends body-based awareness with ecological consciousness, inviting participants into felt connection with the land and elements.
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You’ll receive a full welcome guide upon registration with a suggested packing list. We recommend bringing comfortable clothing for movement, layers for outdoor time, a journal, and any personal sacred items for the altar.
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Accommodations are simple, comfortable, and immersed in nature. You can choose from private indoor rooms or bring your own gear for tenting on the land. Both options offer direct connection to the natural surroundings and the healing rhythm of the Earth. Washroom and shower facilities are shared and thoughtfully maintained to support a peaceful, grounded experience. Meals are organic, plant-based, and lovingly prepared with seasonal ingredients — designed to nourish your body, clear your mind, and support your deep inner work throughout the retreat.
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We offer two online integration circles after the retreat to support your unfolding, reconnect with community, and ground your insights into daily life
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This retreat is a safe and sacred space for whatever arises. The practices are designed to be trauma-informed, body-honouring, and held with deep compassion. Emotional release, insight, and transformation are welcomed as part of the healing journey. Lorenna brings over 35 years of experience holding ceremonial space and guiding personal transformation. She is present throughout the retreat for one-on-one support, ensuring you feel seen, grounded, and gently accompanied as you navigate your inner landscape. You are not alone—this is a space of care, community, and deep listening.
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.