Discover Nectar Goods Boutique on Bowen Island: A Holiday Gift Guide for Yoga & Wellness, Retreats, Rituals, and Self-Care
The most thoughtful gifts are the ones that invite presence, moments to rest, reconnect, and feel closer to one another. This season, discover ways to give through experiences and meaningful goods that nourish body, mind, and spirit.
At Nectar Goods Boutique, our online and Bowen island shop, each offering is rooted in the rhythms of Westcoast island life, inspired by the forest, Salish Sea, and a slower pace. From hand-poured candles and botanical body care to wellness experiences that restore balance, every gift is chosen with the intention to bring calm and connection to the ones you love.
Whether you’re gifting an immersive retreat, a Mist Thermal Experience, or a small ritual for daily grounding, this guide was created to help you share the essence of Nectar: presence, nature, and care in their simplest forms.
HOLIDAY GIFTS: Daily Rituals
These wellness-inspired gifts turn everyday moments into mindful rituals. Made with natural ingredients, and inspired by the elements, each piece offers a way to bring the grounding essence of Bowen Island into your home, a perfect gifting idea women, men, and anyone who is craving extra calm, balance, and beauty.
Nectar Goods Coconut Soy Wax Candle
We personally think you’ll consider these the best rated scented candles! Hand-poured in small batches by a local artisan, our plant-based coconut soy candles offer up to 60 hours of clean burn time and fill your space with natural, grounding fragrance. Choose from evocative scents like Cypress + Oakmoss, Juniper + Fir Balsam, Honeysuckle + Rose Water, Vanilla Santal + Shea Butter, Citrus + Mokara, and Yuzu + Hinoki — each inspired by the nature that surrounds Nectar's land and crafted to bring warmth, serenity, and balance to your daily rhythms.
Nectar Goods Reed Diffuser
Infused with essential oil-based scents inspired by Nectar Retreat’s gardens and the wild landscape of the Pacific Northwest, our reed diffusers bring the essence of the outdoors into your home. Each refillable amber glass vessel includes three natural black reeds and an apricot kernel oil base, releasing long-lasting botanical aromas that gently renew your space. Available in three signature blends: Purpose (Cool Mint, Geranium, Wild Rose), Calm (Green Moss, Soft Wood), and Peace (White Peony, Orange Blossom). These diffusers invite stillness, grounding, and sensory connection throughout the season.
Homebound Tarot Manifestation Kit - Self-Discovery
Created by Homebound Tarot and thoughtfully curated for our Nectar Goods Boutique, this kit is a beautiful invitation to turn inward and build your vision for what’s ahead. Each set includes a tumbled blue apatite crystal for clarity and self-exploration, ten blue intention candles for creativity, protection, and forgiveness, a salt pot for safe burning, and a tarot reading to help guide reflection. Designed for ritual and renewal, it’s a meaningful gift for anyone walking their own path of self-discovery. Also available in other themes such as Abundance and New Beginnings, each kit offers a meaningful way to support personal growth and mindful ritual.
Homebound Tarot Bath Soak - Serene Ritual
Rooted in the warmth of forest resins and the nostalgic sweetness of wintergreen, this grounding soak carries a scent that's both curious and comforting, like something you forgot you once loved. Crafted with French green clay, coconut milk powder, and mineral-rich salts, it softens the body and settles the senses. A gentle ritual for coming home to yourself.
Mist Goods Radiance Mist
A grounding blend for body or space, this Radiance Mist invites you to connect with the natural elements through scent. Available in five elemental blends of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Ether, each spray offers a scent-filled way to restore harmony and reconnect within yourself. A simple daily ritual to pause, breathe, and find yourself in your element.
Mist Goods Body Lotion
Take the Mist Thermal Sanctuary experience home with you by adding this to your post-shower ritual. This hydrating blend softens and nourishes the skin while enveloping you in the delicate aroma of Jasmine Buds, Lavender Blossom, and Rose Petal. Infused with Argan oil, it replenishes moisture and restores suppleness, leaving your skin smooth, radiant, and lightly scented.
Hadaka Beauty Lucent Viel Face Mask
The Biocellulose BetaGlucan Face Mask delivers intense hydration and nourishment with BetaGlucan, providing up to 10× more moisture than Hyaluronic Acid. It soothes and rejuvenates skin, supports collagen, and improves texture for a plump, radiant complexion. Suitable for all skin types, this mask is also perfect for post-aesthetic care after lasers, microneedling, and facials.
Hadaka Beauty 24k Gold Eye Masks
Refresh and brighten tired eyes with the 24KT Gold Eye Mask. Powered by Hyaluronic Acid, Collagen, and Vitamin A, this hydrogel mask deeply hydrates, firms, and smooths the delicate under-eye area. The gold-infused hydrogel locks in moisture while maximizing absorption, leaving skin plump, radiant, and refreshed.
Nectar Goods Body Wash
A plant-based, aromatic gel wash with a distinctive, enlivening scent of Pine and Eucalyptus that cleanses the skin as much as rejuvenates the spirit. Containing botanical extracts of Korean Ginseng, Calendula and Aloe, daily use also imparts fortification and hydration to the skin.
Nectar Tea Company: Forest Air
Refreshing and stimulating, our herbal mint blend of both peppermint and spearmint leaves are harvested in the autumn, where their flavours are crisp and vibrant, reminiscent of our nature trails at Nectar Retreat Centre, and around Bowen Island. This herbal tisane is air and sun dried in small batches, revealing fresh menthol notes that can help unwind, while remaining present, making it suitable for sipping any time of the day or evening. Also available in other flavours.
Messengers From The Great Bear Oracle Cards
Messengers of the Great Bear Oracle deck was created by Sarah Hammond and Brenda Holmes. Together they share a passion for foraging a deeper connection, not only with their inner most selves, but also with the world in which they live in. One of the most beautiful aspects of connecting with our animal guides is the vast amount of wisdom they hold, and knowledge they can impart about our deeper selves. Their teaching this knowing is innate and intuitive within each and every one of us--we only have to rediscover it.
Recycled Seed Paper Journal
Thoughtfully handcrafted in Montreal, this eco-friendly journal is made with 100% recycled cotton covers embedded with wildflower seeds. So when its pages are filled, the cover can be planted to bloom anew. With 64 smooth, 70lb pages made from post-consumer recycled paper, it’s perfect for writing, sketching, or reflecting. A meaningful gift for those who cherish mindful moments and sustainable design.
gift experiences for couples AND Individuals
The most meaningful gifts are those that create lasting memories. Whether it’s stepping into the quiet of a yoga class, immersing in a seasonal event, or finding renewal in a Mist Thermal circuit, these experiences offer lasting nourishment for body, mind, and spirit.
Mist Thermal Experience
Give the gift of pause. Mist is a private thermal sanctuary nestled within a valley of towering conifers on Bowen Island, where guests move through the elements in a 90- or 120-minute thermal circuit of cedar saunas, cold plunges, and forest rest. A Mist Gift Certificate allows your loved one to choose their own date and time, an invitation to slow down, breathe deeply, and reconnect with what matters most.
Nectar Yoga Gift Certificate
Give the gift of choice, a moment of stillness, a night of rest, or a ritual to bring home. Our digital gift certificates can be used toward Nectar Experience stays, Nectar Goods boutique items, and private yoga classes. Whether you’re gifting a loved one time in nature or tools for daily wellness, this flexible option allows them to choose what speaks most to their needs.
Available in various denominations, each gift certificate is delivered digitally with a unique code that never expires.
Getaways from vancouver: A Silent Day Retreat
Give the gift of quiet. Led by Andrea and Satjeet, co-owners of Nectar Retreat Centre, this immersive half-day retreat invites participants to step away from the noise of daily life and into the gentle rhythm of stillness. Through guided meditation, restorative movement, and mindful breathwork, guests will rediscover calm, clarity, and inner connection.
Held within Nectar’s geodesic dome on Bowen Island, just a short ferry ride from Vancouver, our Silent Day Retreats offer a rare opportunity to reset, listen deeply, and experience the restorative power of silence.
If you’d like to gift this retreat, you can register on behalf of your recipient and enter your own email address at checkout to keep it a surprise. You’ll receive the confirmation details, which can then be shared with the lucky recipient.
Upcoming Dates: April 12th, 2026 | June 14th, 2026 | September 14th, 2026 | November 22nd, 2026
GIFT EXPERIENCES: 40-Day Sadhana + Nectar At Home
Give the gift of a fresh beginning. This January, join us on our new Nectar At Home online platform for a 40-Day Sadhana experience — a month-long guided practice designed to nurture both physical and spiritual well-being. Rooted in the Indian tradition of disciplined daily practice, Sadhana weaves together yoga, mantra, meditation, and reflection to create a steady rhythm of mindfulness and renewal.
Led by Andrea Clark, co-founder of Nectar Retreat Centre, this immersive online journey includes a live opening class, daily guided practices, mid-month reflections, and a closing community gathering. Participants will receive access to recorded sessions to revisit at their own pace, allowing for a deeply personal and flexible experience.
As part of this special launch, enrollment in the 40-Day Sadhana includes a complimentary 30-day free trial of the Nectar At Home Membership, with access to our growing library of classes and seasonal rituals beyond the program.
From Our Island Home to Your Home
From tactile rituals to transformative experiences, every gift in this guide was chosen to nurture a sense of calm and connection, both within and around you. Whether it’s the glow of a candle, a moment of silence, or a stay immersed in nature, each offering reflects the same intention: to slow down, restore, and return to what matters most.
Explore these gifts online through Nectar Goods Boutique, or join us in person at Nectar Yoga Retreat and Mist Thermal Sanctuary on Bowen Island. However you choose to give this season, may your gestures be grounded in care and guided by presence.
