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~The EMBODIED Poet~
Creative Writing Retreat .
Join Katie Jolicoeur and Kirby Criddle for a one day writers retreat. Spend the day nestled amongst the pines and warmed by the fire as you explore your inner creative space. This retreat will cultivate the connection to your inner knowing - your truth - through various somatic practices, writing workshops and deeply nourishing food. This one day retreat is for women who want to explore themselves through the process of creative writing - a pathway to soul, a way of collecting bones of building and nurturing relationship to self, to spirit, to the world around us.
You do not have to consider yourself a writer to attend this retreat, whether you journal, are an avid writer or haven't picked up a pen in years you will find space within this retreat. Together with other women you will be guided through somatic movement practices, yoga nidra, writing practices and workshops around why creativity is a profound tool for healing. You will enjoy a warm home made meal and snacks, as well as tea made from local in season ingredients - nurturing connection to body and land.
Come sit with us around the fire and steep in your creative self.
This one day retreat is in person located in the pine trees of Parkland County AB, about 45 minutes west of Edmonton. We will begin our day at 10 am and wrap up at 6pm, please plan to be there for the entirety of the day.
Investment includes - movement practice, yoga nidra, two workshops, guided writing time, snacks, warm lunch, and ceremony.
Saturday October 25th, 2025
10am-6pm mst
In person in Parkland County, AB (45 minutes west of Edmonton)
$295
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During this retreat we will:
Guide you through somatic practices, both movement and rest - designed to guide you into deeper connection to self, to soul
Explore the connection between creative work and our nervous system and why writing and creative explorations are deeply nourishing
Guide you through writing explorations, time for you to create
Hold space for you to share and celebrate your work and your process
Be in sacred circle with other women and creatives
Our body and nervous system hold the key for transformation, it goes deeper than our cognitive mind.
This retreat is for you if:
You feel a pull to creativity and are unsure how to connect more fully to it
You enjoy writing, expressing or processing through the written word
You are craving a creative community - other women who are also observant and curious about the world around them
A day in the forest writing poetry and strengthening connection to soul, and self and community while being nourished by good food gets you excited
“I really loved the lecture when Katie taught us about the nervous system. I gained so much knowledge about the mind body connection with thought, holding space and with meditation.” - client