8:30am Breakfast

10:00am Morning Session

12:30pm Lunch and Break

3:30pm Afternoon Session (some days unstructured free time)

6:00pm Dinner

7:30pm Evening Session

*Retreat Sessions can include: Dance and Movement exploration (adapted to all levels and abilities) which offers a somatic embodiment journey into ourselves | Instruction in the 5Rhythms Movement Practice Heartbeat Map| Writing | Reflection | Partner and Group Sharing and Connections | Community Evening Gatherings. Any of the sessions can be free time to wander and explore the Farm or Salt Spring Island.

*A wide-ranging selection of phenomenal music is played that encourages your body (and heart) to move.

Q- Can I book a shared deluxe or private room if I am coming by myself?

A- You can come alone and still book a shared regular or deluxe room; we will take care of matching you to someone else who is looking for a shared room:)

Q- What kind of music do you play?

A- A wide-ranging selection of phenomenal music is played that encourages your body (and heart) to move.

Q- Do you offer payment plans to attend your retreat?

A- Yes, get in touch and let us know what room type you’d like to book and what you are thinking in terms of payment times and amounts. Full payment is due two weeks before the start of the retreat.

Q- I have balance issues and get tired easily, can I sit in a chair?

A- Yes, you can sit in a chair or lie down anytime as needed. Anne Marie is an occupational therapist and is comfortable with adapting for physical and mental health supports.

Q- How long are the retreat days? I.e. start and end times?

A- The days generally look like: 8:30am breakfast (Mealtimes are set by the Farm, because they need to manage all the cooking:) Approximately 10:00am morning session (about 2 hours, diving into the theme of the session.) 12:30pm lunch and break. Approximately 3:30pm afternoon session (about 2 hours, diving into the theme of the session) or some days unstructured free time. 6:00pm dinner. 7:30pm sometimes an evening session (may not be dancing, could be getting together for a chat in the upstairs ‘barn’, could be a movie, could be something else.

Q- Can I stay in accommodation off-site?

A- No, we are only accommodating on-site guests during the retreat. This is what we’ve done over the last four years at Stowel Lake Farm and it makes a positive difference. Participants appreciate being together like this and to really immerse in the retreat, including those Salt Spring Island residents who attend:)scription text goes here

“This retreat was absolutely amazing and the location (omg)! Being cared about in community, it was my first time to feel this. Thank you for creating this incredible space.”

"I think it should be mandatory to being a human on earth to be able to experience this work."

“This was an amazing retreat…it was the entire package: farm, people, music, interactions…every exquisite moment.”

“I loved all of it! Loved the music, loved the location, loved my room, loved the food. Sign me up!”

“It was awesome. A lovely group of people. It felt safe, easeful, fun and inclusive.”

“Thanks for being such role model of authenticity. So great to process emotions and also involve the body and cultivate freedom and joy.”

“Huge thanks to the team for a magical, magnificent retreat! I’m feeling so alive and I’m finding the magic in life again. It was awesome!”

“I would ABSOLUTELY come again!”

“It was cathartic, an incredible release. This was such a beautiful and freeing experience. I feel more spacious, free, wild.”

“I’ve never done 5Rhythms before and this seemed like a perfect opportunity to learn a new way of moving my body.”

“It was an unmissable opportunity to get back into my body after years of sedentary rest. I didn't expect it to be transformative and experience the belonging, the connection and release too. I am full of gratitude.”

“The inclusion, acknowledgement and encouragement was so life giving. I realized how isolated and disconnected I had become and the incredible medicine of moving my body. Thank you!”

“I was in awe the full retreat.”

"I feel more balanced and whole than I have felt in a long time. I remembered who I am, what I am, and am back on a good track. Thank you from the deepest place in my soul.”

“Thank you for all your beauty, wildness and skill. My heart is open, tender and pulsing.”

“It was VERY nourishing on many levels. The chance to dance and to rest and to be in such a beautiful place.”

"Thank you so much for this magic! I'm so grateful to be a part of it!!"

“It's been a long time (over 22 years I think) since I've done a retreat and it was a wonderful experience. Dancing sure beats silent meditation retreats; and the biggest takeaway for me is to look for more “movement" opportunities.”

“Thank you for the care you put into crafting these immersive experiences, from planning and logistics to music and dancing, to holding space for all the emotions that come up in so many people.”

“I am so grateful for the retreats - invigorating, cathartic, restful and restorative.”

“5Rhythms, the participants and Stowel Farm created a safe place for me to feel the music in my body. I danced for the first time in 11 years. And I have you to thank for allowing a place for me to explore what my body has to say!”

Anne Marie Hogya is fiercely committed to truth-seeking and to creating workshops that blend grounded practicality with wild, creative exploration. Her teaching is known for clarity, humor, compassion, and courage, offering spaces where people can meet themselves honestly and move with greater freedom. A registered occupational therapist with a master’s degree in Leadership and Adult Learning, Anne Marie brings more than two decades of experience in movement education. Trained directly with 5Rhythms® founder Gabrielle Roth, she is accredited to teach both the Wave and Heartbeat maps. Based in Victoria, Canada, she teaches locally and internationally, creating movement spaces that are alive with possibility.

About the 5Rhythms: The 5Rhythms is a dynamic movement practice—a body-based awareness practice—that ignites creativity, connection and community. The 5 Rhythms–Flowing Staccato Chaos Lyrical Stillness®–are states of Being and exploring them can lead us back to our real, vulnerable, wild, passionate and instinctive self. The 5Rhythms practice was created and developed by artist, theatre director and author Gabrielle Roth.