Retreats & Workshops

Forest Bathing & Foraging at Earlydawn Farms

Join Ronna and Julie Walker at Earlydawn Farm for an unforgettable one-day getaway tailored for nature lovers like you!

Immerse yourself in the serene beauty of the forest and rejuvenate with a forest bathing session to start the day. Followed in the afternoon by a foraging expedition to gather edible and medicinal pants and how best to ethically harvest. It’s a hands-on experience that will deepen your connection with nature and provide you with a unique knowledge. To end our day, enjoy a foraged tea using the bounty of the forest. There will be enough to take some home as a gift from the forest.

This full-day retreat is Saturday, June 14, 2025

Dawn and Bruce Kay, are the founders of Early Dawn Farm. They feel privileged to raise dairy goats and sheep in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains where they host a multitude of workshops. Their forty-acre farm is an hour’s drive northwest of Calgary, Alberta.

Julie Walker is the owner and program director for Full Circle Adventures. As a professional naturalist and hiking guide of 30+ years, her current focus is delivering wild foraging programs all over Alberta connecting people to place through stories, ancient wisdom and food!  Julie’s vision is to engage and educate landowners, gardeners, foragers and the outdoor recreation community, about the value of preserving intact wildlands and growing native foods.

4-day Restore & Renew Retreat

with Geeta Stilwell & Ronna Schneberger

September 11th – 14th,   2025

Golden – BC – Canada

Allow yourself time to slow down, rest, restore, transform and renew

The Restore and Renew retreat is a nourishing opportunity for you to slow down and restore and renew your body, mind and soul.

It weaves together Forest Bathing experiences, yoga, embodiment practices, circle work, deep listening and journaling. These practices support you to remember what it feels like to listen to your body and to trust it’s innate wisdom and support you to renew at your own unique rhythm. 

If you gave yourself a chance to rest, what would that look like and feel like for you?

A journey of deepening into the healing power of the natural world and conscious and deliberate restoring and renewing practices.

This retreat is for anyone who is feeling tired and overwhelmed with life and would like to take some time away for self-care and a profound immersion in a stunning location. 

Geeta Stillwell is a forest therapy guide and a trainer of guides at the ANFT. She is a teacher and mentor, and her passion is to guide other human beings on their journey to health and relaxation.  Geeta brings with her 20 years of embodiment experience and 10 years of Forest bathing guiding and teaching. She carries an honest intention of sharing the resources and practices that have supported her personal transformational life journey with nature and the body.