Retreat Offerings
Fully Customizable
What We Offer
Fully personalized retreat for up to 2 guests only.
Fully customizable experiences, options include:
- Daily yoga & mindful movement
- Healing Mineral Pool sessions
- Counselling & coaching
- Whale watching & nature adventures
- Nourishing meals & cozy accommodations
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Our Retreats
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Yoga Retreat
Wellness Retreat
Healing Retreat
Women's Leadership Retreat
Discover the Deep Healing Retreat on Vancouver Island
Step into a sanctuary designed to nurture your body, mind, and spirit. This retreat offers a safe and supportive space for women to release old patterns, reconnect with their inner wisdom, and experience profound renewal. Through a carefully curated blend of movement, nature, soulful practices, and healing therapies, you’ll leave feeling lighter, more grounded, and deeply restored.
The Healing Retreat is a soul-deep sanctuary for women navigating heartbreak, grief, burnout, or spiritual transition. Here, you are held with care and compassion as you’re guided through emotional and energetic release and quiet re-alignment.
Each day is crafted with healing in mind and can be customized to include : one-on-one reiki and bodywork, grounding yoga, reflective conversation, and deep rest. You’ll also be invited into sacred rituals for releasing the old and calling in renewal—whether through water blessing ceremonies, moon rituals, or soul journaling.
This is a deeply personal, one-on-one retreat, tailored to meet you where you are—no need to perform, explain, or be anything but yourself.
Your Deep Healing Retreat Includes:
- Daily restorative yoga & guided meditation for inner balance
- Aromatherapy massage, reflexology, and Reiki sessions
- Nature immersion: walks along forests, shorelines, and quiet beaches
- Whale watching or other mindful excursions to connect with nature
- Journaling, intention-setting, and reflective practices
- Ceremonial and guided rituals for emotional release and renewal
- Nourishing meals inspired by local, seasonal ingredients
- Evening gatherings for heart-centered connection and storytelling
- Soul-based coaching and personalized guidance for transformation
- Quiet time for contemplation, creativity, and deep rest
Want to learn more about counselling services that are integrated into your retreat?
Elevate Your Leadership: Women’s Leadership Retreat
Your Leadership Retreat Includes:
- Mindfulness, meditation, and movement sessions to cultivate presence and focus
- Workshops on leadership, communication, and team empowerment
- Reflective exercises for vision-setting, goal alignment, and personal growth
- Nature-based excursions to reset perspective and foster creative thinking
- Peer networking and community-building circles with fellow spa leaders
- Farm-to-table meals for nourishment and mindful eating
- Guided practices to release limiting beliefs and cultivate confidence
- One-on-one coaching sessions for personalized guidance
- Quiet time for reflection, journaling, and integrating new insights
- Evening gatherings to celebrate achievements, share stories, and deepen connections
Want to learn more about coaching services that are integrated into your retreat?
Wellness Adventure Retreat
When you join a women’s retreat on Vancouver Island, you can expect a noticeable boost in energy, clarity, and inspiration from the very first day.
Each day is thoughtfully designed to balance relaxation with adventure, offering multiple excursions of your choice — whether that’s hiking along forested trails, paddleboarding across serene waters, whale watching, or exploring local culinary delights.
This flexible approach allows you to tailor your experience to your own rhythm, ensuring that every moment nourishes your body, mind, and spirit while leaving you feeling revitalized and empowered.
Your Vancouver Island Retreat can be customized to include:
- Morning yoga & meditation to start each day grounded
- Guided hikes through forested trails & coastal paths
- Whale watching adventures in the Salish Sea
- Stand-up paddleboarding or kayaking on serene waters
- Visits to local farm-to-table cafés & artisanal markets
- Relaxing time at Tighnamara Mineral Spa
- Journaling & mindfulness practices for reflection
- Evening gatherings for connection, storytelling & sisterhood
- Optional horseback rides along scenic coastlines
- Personal time for rest, reading, or soaking in nature
Yoga Retreat
“For the woman seeking quiet clarity through movement and breath.”
The Yoga Retreat is a sacred immersion into the power of embodied presence. Held in the natural beauty of Vancouver Island, each day offers space to drop into your body, breathe deeply, and realign with your truth.
Morning sessions include slow, heart-centered yoga flows or gentle Hatha, while evenings close with candlelit restorative or yin practice. You’ll also be guided through meditation, pranayama (breathwork), journaling, and intuitive movement to help unlock emotional energy and bring you home to yourself.
This is a soul-soothing journey for beginners or seasoned practitioners alike—because here, it’s not about the pose, it’s about how you feel.
Includes:
• Morning and evening yoga sessions (customized to your level)
• Meditation & breathwork instruction
• Gentle nature-based movement practices
• Journaling prompts for insight and clarity
• Herbal tea, reflection time, and nourishing food
• Optional private yoga + coaching session
client love
Life-Changing
"Vancouver Island Retreats has been a life-changing experience for me. The retreat was thoughtfully designed, and Melissa has a way of making everyone feel welcome and supported." - Suzanne T.
Absolutely Magical
"The retreats are absolutely magical. I returned home feeling refreshed and more connected to myself." - Abbey C.
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Your soul knows when it’s time.
Whether you’re seeking rest, renewal, or reconnection, Vancouver Island Retreats is here to hold you. Our intimate women’s retreats on Vancouver Island offer the space, support, and sacred stillness you’ve been craving.
Come as you are. Leave feeling nourished, clear, and deeply alive.
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Why Choose Us?
body, mind, spirit
Here’s why women choose us:
- Personalized, Private Retreats
Every retreat is tailored to your journey. Whether you’re navigating grief, seeking inspiration, or just craving rest—we meet you where you are, with compassion and care. - Led by a Soulful, Experienced Guide
Founder Melissa Horrell brings over 25 years of experience in wellness, leadership, and healing. Her warmth, empathy, and global perspective create a safe and sacred space for transformation. - Sacred Island Setting
Located on the wild and peaceful shores of Vancouver Island, the land itself is healing. Forest, ocean, and silence become your medicine. - Holistic Healing Meets Soul Work
We blend ancient wisdom—like yoga, reiki, and aromatherapy—with modern emotional and spiritual support. This is healing from the inside out. - Authenticity, Not Perfection
You don’t have to be “spiritual enough,” flexible enough, or healed to come here. You just need to be willing to show up as you are. That’s more than enough. - Because Your Soul is Calling
If you’re reading this, you’ve already started your journey home. Let us walk with you.
Because your healing deserves more than a checklist.
It deserves a sanctuary.
At V.I Retreats, we do things differently. This isn’t a big commercial retreat. It’s an intimate, intentional space designed for depth, softness, and soulful transformation.
You’re not just a guest here—you’re a woman being witnessed, supported, and gently guided back to your truth.
