Top 10 Wellness Retreats for Women
Check out these female-owned retreats in 2023/2024 that emphasize wellness, spirituality, and sisterhood!
A girl’s trip is always a fun idea, but sometimes they can leave you feeling more drained than rejuvenated. If you’re itching for a trip you can do with the girlies (or where you can meet some new gal pals) that’s going to fill up your cup rather than empty it, consider going on a wellness retreat! A wellness retreat is a girl's trip meets Eat, Pray, Love. You get the excitement of travelling, the warmth of good company, and the revitalization that comes from soul searching. Wellness retreats bring women together through conscious, heart-centered experiences.
What better place to truly honour the power of sisterhood than on a female-led retreat? These 10 wellness retreats, emphasize wellness, spirituality, and sisterhood. Facilitated with love and intention, not only will these retreats guide you toward developing a deeper relationship with yourself, but they’ll also help you connect deeper with the women around you. Travel to a beautiful, energetically potent location to form genuine connections, make lifelong memories, and be nourished in mind, body, and soul. If you’re seeking a retreat that’ll provide you with nourishing food, hearty discussions, deep belly laughs, adventures, cleansing movement, and wellness practices that’ll enrich your life, these 10 female-owned retreats have got you!
1. Soul School
At the top of our list (duh) is our very own love child. Soul School is the Hogwarts for humans. The place to go to unlock your divine superpowers. Soul School retreats provide a sacred container for you to discover and embrace your feminine power. We push women to become the leaders, healers, and visionaries they are by helping them uncover the gifts they already possess. Soul School retreats are led by a team of talented women, proficient in a number of modalities, from yoga to energy healing to herbalism to somatic sex. Our upcoming women’s only Ayahuasca Yoga Retreat is taking place in the Sacred Valley of Peru February 1-10 2024. This all-inclusive biohacking and detox spa retreat focuses on resetting the body, mind, and spirit. Set in the magical sanctuary of Munay Sonquo, you’ll have access to luxury spa amenities, such as a pool, hot tubs, detoxing salt cave, herbal steam room, dry and infrared saunas, ice bath plunge, and temazcal sweat lodges. You also have the option to sit with ayahuasca for a plant medicine journey in the last few days of the ceremony with a trusted Peruvian shaman. Book today to join us for a journey that’ll level up your life!
2. Cosmic Serpent Retreats
Cosmic Serpent was founded in 2021 by bombshell Australian sisters Taylor and Georgia Hunter. Combining their creative and spiritual passions, Taylor and Georgia lead mystically charged retreats that have been described as “creatively curated community gatherings that initiate a collective movement towards higher vibrational living.” Cosmic Serpent retreats take you on a transformational journey infused with movement, reiki, human design, astrology, and music with an emphasis on living in alignment with energy and practicing radical self awareness. Taking place in Ubud, Bali November 19 - 24 2023, their Radiance Yoga, Movement & Reiki Retreat will be a unique sensory experience that will connect you to your luminous essence. During the retreat, you’ll explore elements of the cosmos to connect back to your true essence and use movement alchemy to shift stagnant energy and make space for creative manifestations. There is also the option to enhance your retreat experience with 1:1 offerings, such as a human design reading, reiki energy alignment, or an astro portraits photoshoot.
3. Obsidian Retreats
Led by virgo sisters Jade Montana and Jaclyn Erer, Obsidian Retreats are fueled by 3 goals: to provide you with the opportunity to explore the depths of the unknown, to help you embrace your truth, and to help you release what no longer serves you. You can expect to encounter profound growth and self discovery on an Obsidian Retreat while being led through magical practices, including movement, breathwork, self-exploration workshops, sound healing, and hot and cold exposure. Obsidian’s upcoming Mexico 2023 retreat is centered on the theme of clarity. Spend 7 days (October 21-28 2023) in the healing mountains of Tepoztlan Mexico seeking clarity and cleansing your mind, body, and soul. On this retreat, you’ll learn how to identify and release energetic blocks and self-sabotaging behaviours and gain practical tools that’ll help you become a magnet for manifestation.
4. Evolve Retreats
Evolve Retreats are led by BC based yoga and pilates teacher Mikaela Millington. Mikaela creates inspiring and supportive experiences that draw you inwards and help you press pause. Mikaela’s retreats are created with the intention of providing opportunities for self reflection and finding a deeper sense of community and friendship. You can join Mikaela October 25-27 2023 on her Bowen Island retreat, set in Nexwlélexwm, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Squamish Nation in British Columbia. Escape the city buzz, retreat into nature, and breathe in the fresh air at this yoga and relaxation retreat hosted at Nectar, a beautiful retreat centre on 20 acres of forested land. Nectar’s onsite amenities and offerings, which include a hot tub, walking meditation trail, and hammocks, will help you settle into relaxation. You can also book a 1 hour massage with Nectar’s massage therapist. Each retreat day will start with what Mikaela calls “Magic Mornings”, a restorative morning fuelled by yoga, guided journaling, and intention setting. On Mikaela’s Bowen Island retreat, you’ll also participate in evening yoga sessions and group activities, like a group hike.
5. Salvaje Wild Woman Retreats
If you feel a fire burning inside you that’s just yearning to come out, what you need is to take yourself on a Salvaje Wild Woman Retreat. Salvaje is Spanish for wild, savage, undomesticated – precisely everything these retreats are about. Salvaje Wild Woman Retreats take you on a transformative journey to discover your wild essence, release self-imposed limitations and societal expectations, and let out the wild woman within. The next Salvaje Wild Woman Retreat is taking place January 30 - February 3 2024 at the Tribu Retreat Centre in Todos Santos Mexico. This quaint town in Mexico’s Baja California Sur, set between the desert and the sea and backdropped by the Sierra de Laguna mountains, is a powerful location that’ll remind you of your own inner strength. Guided by a team of multi-talented women who have taught all around the world, you’ll learn to nourish your soul and uncage your wild through yoga, meditation, sound healing, and stimulating workshops. You’ll also have access to Tribu Retreat Centre’s amenities, which include an infinity pool, rooftop perch, and hammock lounge.
6. Exhale Yoga Retreats
Exhale Yoga Retreats was founded by Rachel Wainwright, a yoga teacher, life coach, and the creator of Jungle Dance, a primal movement practice. On an Exhale Yoga Retreat, you’ll encounter people uniting to create a higher frequency of good vibes. Exhale Yoga Retreats bring together people who are ready to evolve to a higher state of consciousness and live more in harmony with themselves. Their next retreat, the Jungle Dance Retreat, is taking place September 10 - 21 2023 on Siargao Island in the Philippines. This retreat is designed to connect you to your intuition and move you from limitation to liberation, using primal movement as a tool to express yourself and shed the layers that are holding you back. The retreat will be taking place at Soul Tribe, an eco-conscious resort, where you’ll have the opportunity to go on adventures around the island, surf, and arrange activities like private yoga sessions, life coaching, massage, and more.
7. Wild Woman Retreats
Wild Woman Retreats are led by our very own soul sister Hannah, the mastermind behind Rewild the Soul. Set in the wildest rainforest sanctuary in Costa Rica, the Wild Woman Retreat will help you deep dive into what it means to rewild and become your most radically empowered self. At a Wild Woman Retreat, you can expect to explore your inner and outer worlds through feminine embodiment workshops, somatic practices, meditation, forest bathing, journaling and self reflection, plant wisdom, cacao ceremonies, ecstatic dance, tantra, astrology, moon gazing, and more. Hannah’s upcoming Wild Woman Retreat is being held March 24-30 2024 at the Tiskita Jungle Lodge in Costa Rica, a sustainable, family run, boutique eco resort just a short walk from the spectacular surfing beach of Pavones on the untouched southwest coast. This dreamy location will immerse you in the natural world and reconnect you to the rhythms, cycles, and elements of nature.
8. The Limitless Leader Retreat
Soul School YTT grads Sophia DiMuccio and Elena Masarelli are holding their first retreat this fall and we couldn't be more proud. Inspired by the theme “Comfort & Discomfort”, The Limitless Leader Retreat blends travel adventure with empowerment work in a quest to push you outside of your comfort zone and help you grow as a leader. The Limitless Leader Retreat will be taking place November 14-24 2023 at The Seed Habitat Guatemala, where you can enjoy lakeside volcanic views and explore the colonial city of Antigua. Activities include everything from leadership workshops to salsa dance lessons to an overnight hike. Unlock what you’re capable of, lean on sisterhood, and strengthen your mindset at this retreat designed to spotlight feminine leadership.
9. Sacred Souls Retreats
Based in Ontario, Sacred Souls Retreats are led by 3 soul sisters who want to give you the tools to feel more grounded in this busy world. Sacred Soul’s holistic immersive healing experiences will help nourish you and renew you, allowing you to breathe deeper into your body and surrender to joy. Sacred Souls Retreats are curated with a variety of spiritual practices and energetic, emotional and somatic modalities that serve you the perfect amount of connection, release and self care tools. These include offerings like yoga, meditation, breathwork, sound baths, Qigong, reiki, group connection workshops, and plant medicine. The next Sacred Souls retreat is taking place Sember 22-24 2023 in Huntsville, ON.
10. Renew Wellness Retreat
Head to Renew Wellness Retreat and you’ll find Soul School matriarch Sierra. Sierra is one of the facilitators at this all-female all encompassing wellness retreat. Renew Wellness Retreat offers a curated selection of wellness techniques, from yoga and meditation to sound healing, breathwork, and self-development workshops. Each technique serves as a catalyst for renewal, guiding you towards a state of inner balance and well-being. Renew Wellness Retreat’s upcoming retreat is taking place October 30 - November 5 2023 in Puerto Escondido, Mexico at an eco-friendly sanctuary. Your retreat will include daily yoga, accommodations, daily meals, and all wellness practices, including temezcal, cacao ceremony, sound healing, and self development workshops.