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‘Hello Joy!’ First Bloom - The Playful Life Arts and Movement Retreat with Madelyn Mulvaney | Nectar Yoga Retreat


  • Nectar Yoga 720 Gardner Lane Bowen Island, BC, V0N 1G2 Canada (map)

‘Hello Joy!’ The Playful Life - Arts + Movement Retreat with madelyn mulvaney

may 22nd, 3:00pm-may 24th, 11:00am, 2026

WHERE
Nectar Yoga Retreat Center, Bowen Island, BC

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Join Madelyn Mulvaney, Luminous Studios Founder, on a playful wellness retreat exploring a creative  weekend at Nectar Yoga on Bowen Island in the sensual and joyful month of May. Connect to your own beautiful soulful self, enjoy a little restorative pleasure and elevate your social wellbeing by connecting to a cheery creative community.

Playful and uplifting, our retreat will explore creative art workshops (watercolor painting/woodwork/clay creations) in self expression along with journaling, breathwork, walking meditations/vision boarding and poetry - practices intended to re-awaken a connection to inner joy in the most 'springtime' way.

MEDITATION: Rest the mind

BREATHWORK: Emotional balance/stress Management/immune function/vitality

JOURNAL: Unearth deeper longings and shift/create your life with intention setting

CREATE: Connect to your innate spirit and voice and uplift your soul with play

NOURISH: Healthy, vibrant nourishment to supercharge your overall wellbeing

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Spirit of Spring Yoga Retreat with Liza Higbee-Robinson | Bowen Island
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