The Stars Within – Women’s Heart Medicine Retreat

October 16–18, 2026
For-Rest Retreat

For-rest Retreat is located in Salmo, BC. Thirty minutes South of Nelson.

In ancient wisdom, we understand we are connected to the wind, earth, stones, rivers, and stars—that all life is singing through us.

You are warmly invited to join this women’s retreat and re-enter the cosmic map of your own remembrance. Immerse yourself in the feminine mysteries, holistic embodiment practices, and sacred ceremony as a pathway toward fulfillment, wellness, and authenticity.

Through the living constellation of your body temple, we gather in devotion to the sacred feminine—invoking vision, presence, and the many forms of the goddess within. You will be invited to reconnect with ancestral feminine traditions as we co-create a potent altar to anchor our shared ceremony and transformational journey.

Together, we explore ancestry, grace, laughter, ritual, grief, and the power of love (Munay). Guided by Andean cosmology, we meet the Chaska Runa (Star Beings) within and around us—revealing pathways home and igniting the beauty and miracle of life.

Practices include:

Body and Earth renewal movement
Heart-centered breathwork
Nervous system softening and activation
Nourishing the sacred seed (Wilka Muju) within

At the heart of our retreat is a Hummingbird Heart Medicine Ceremony with San Pedro (Wachuma)—a gentle yet powerful plant teacher that opens the heart with courage, joy, and deep remembering. Through this sacred space, we weave, breathe, dance, and sing—awakening creative expression and aligning with our highest path of healing.

There will be spacious time to rest and restore in the beauty of the land, with offerings such as forest walks, gentle yoga, sound healing, shamanic journeying, and evenings by the sacred fire.

This intimate retreat is a space to reconnect, soften, and return to the truth of who you are—held in the company of wise and kindred women.

Retreat Flow

Pre-retreat Intake form and Connection Call with Eva
This call is mandatory. The link to book your call will be in the sign-up email
Day 1- preparation
– Arrival 7 PM
– Preparation sharing circle
– Light snacks offered
– Evening mellow Hatha yoga
– Yoga Nidra & Sound Bath

Day 2 – Ceremony
– Light breakfast at 7:30AM
– Meet in the ceremony space at 8:30 AM
– Begin ceremony at 9 AM
– Space to be with yourself, share in circle, and be supported by facilitators
– Sound healing session and Shamanic journey
– Ceremony songs and song share
– Light snacks available near the end of ceremony
– Evening dinner around 7 PM
– Free time until bed

Day 3 – Integration
– Gentle yoga flow
– Breakfast
– Circle integration
– Gentle hike
– Sacred Earth Alter creation
– Lunch
– Closing Sharing circle at 1PM
– Sauna

Post Retreat

– Integration & Ongoing Support
– Optional post-retreat Zoom circle (one week later)
– 20% discount on 1:1 Shamanic Mentorship with Eva (60 min)
– Invitation to join the Apu Wauchuma 11-day integration container
– Additional one-on-one support available

Potential Experiences

A deepened sense of wholeness and self-integration
Healing and reconnection with feminine energy
Emotional release and renewal
Greater inner peace and alignment
Meaningful connection and sisterhood

Meet the Medicine

Hummingbird Heart Medicine is the plant of self realization and heart harmony and healing. This Master plant invites us to awaken our conciousness. This benevolent plant Ally is here to help us evolve both personally and collectively. San Pedro is the medicine of Love, the medicine of our hearts that invites us to always seek out the sweetest nectar, just as the hummingbird does.

We are the ones we’ve been waiting for, as prophesied in the Hopi prophecy.

Huachuma is here to support our intergenerational healing in the most beautiful and gentle way possible. The sacred master plants are conscious intelligent beings here to support all of humanity. These ancestral medicines have the best medicine for us to heal our hearts, bodies, minds, and spirits.

Eva is offering complementary connection calls to all participants prior to the retreat to answer any questions about the medicine or what to expect. Book your connection call with Eva.

The Yoga

Harmonize your inner and outer worlds through the transformative practices of somatic movement and yoga asana. Chevayo offers a sacred space where you can reconnect with yourself, cultivating a deeper understanding of the connection between your body, mind, and heart in gentle movement and yoga asana.

Discover the power of somatic practices that encourage mindfulness in every movement. Chevayo will guide you through techniques that enable you to listen to your body, release tension, and cultivate a sense of freedom and flow designed to honour your journey.
Discover breath as the bridge between the body and mind. Chevayo will interweave breath work techniques that enhance your practice, deepen your awareness, and promote relaxation. Allow your breath to guide you into deeper states of being and help unlock the wisdom held within.

Sound bath healing

Indulge in the mesmerizing experience of a crystal bowl sound bath at our retreat. This unique session invites you to immerse yourself in the soothing vibrations and resonant frequencies of crystal singing bowls and tuning forks, offering a multitude of benefits for your mind, body, and spirit through vibrational healing frequencies.
The sound of crystal bowls is known for its ability to penetrate deep into the body, promoting relaxation and a sense of peace. Feel the vibrations wash over you, helping to release stress and tension guiding you into a more profound state of awareness and connection.

Meet the Facilitators

Eva Eagle Tree

Eva Tree Blum is an Earth based Shamanic Energy practitioner, Ceremonialist, Mesa carrier, Reiki Master and Bio-dynamic CranialSacral therapist. She is a professional singer and songwriter with two original full length recorded albums, as well as the creator of Voice Alchemy sound healing techniques. Eva is a modern day Medicine Woman who carries the ‘Q’anchis Ilya’ -Rainbow lineage as received from medicine man, Master Puma Fredy Quispe Singona. She has been in the professional healing field for the past 25 years and loves to weave her modalities together to deeply empower and increase vibrational frequencies for healing and harmonizing Body, Mind and Spirit and to be of best service to her community.

Chevayo

Chevayo Roddick has 200 Hatha Heart RYT (Nelson BC) , 200 RYT Vinyasa Yoga (Tulum, Mexico). And continuing education in Anusara yoga alignment and Trauma informed yoga. She is a certified Sound Healer and Wilderness first aid attendant.
With an upbeat energy, she encourages students to develop an inner awareness of body alignment and breath during their practice in order to build a safe and strong yoga foundation.

Chevayo’ s offerings are intertwined with her diverse gifts, her unique off -grid upbringing and inspired by her love for the earth and all beings. Chevayo is passionate about helping people feel grounded and reconnected to their hearts. She hopes that her classes will bring you back home to yourself, help you feel the oneness of all things and reignite your love to move, breath and live a wild and playful life.

Johanna

Johanna developed a love of nature and trails while growing up in the Canadian Rockies, where she spent many years as a lodge chef and hiking guide, before moving to Colorado and eventually Salmo. Her lifelong dream has been to develop a property with trails and a gathering space where people can come to relax, be in nature and have space for personal growth. Johanna became a certified natural chef at Bauman College in Boulder, Colorado and is excited to prepare some delicious and nutritious food for the retreat.

The Accommodations

If you have your own camping unit, you are welcome to stay for no extra fee. The yurt is also available to sleep in if you bring your own bedding.
Book one of our onsite accommodations at a discounted rate when you sign up for a retreat.