Nurturing Spirit Retreat

Sacred Fire: Awakening Our Inner Mystic
A Nurturing Spirit Retreat
Friday, Sept 18 – Sunday, Sept 20th
Stillwood Camp & Conference Centre, Cultus Lake, BC

Facilitators: Teresa Hanlon and Vickie MacArthur

Mysticism is a direct experience of the sacred – no church or clergy required…
Embracing mysticism in our everyday is a way of being more alive in the world,
an awakening to the interconnectedness between all things.
---Mirabai Starr
Join us for a weekend retreat as we experience the subversive wisdom and fierce compassion of the feminine mystics across cultural boundaries and spiritual traditions.
Discover your own inner mystic as you open to the stories of both ancient and modern-day mystics. Explore the essence of their teachings and practice:
- embodied wisdom connecting movement, music, breath, and stillness
- meditation and quiet reflection in nature
- contemplative prayer in both solitude and community
- active imagination using dreams, imagery, scripture and poetry
Connect to the natural stream of wisdom that flows through all life, and allow it to integrate the fullness of our humanity with the truth of our divinity, and so reveal the Love that ignites the sacred fire deep in our souls.
Bio’s
Teresa Elder Hanlon is a prayerful healer, retreat facilitator and spiritual director who was ordained a woman bishop with RCWP Canada in September 2025. A servant leader, she pastors an inclusive community both in person and by zoom. She holds an MA in sociology and Doctorate of Ministry from St. Stephen's College in Edmonton.
Teresa loves playing with children, reading poetry aloud, watercolour painting and making music. She is a mother of 2 grown sons and 4 grandchildren and lives with her husband Vincent on the coulees of the Oldman River near Lethbridge, AB ,Canada.
Websites: https://spiritualdirectorslethbridge.com/ liccf.ca rcwpcanada.ca
Vickie MacArthur is a writer, spiritual director, yoga & meditation teacher passionate about integrating embodied awareness, breath, and spirituality into everyday life. She believes in the healing power of community, creating sacred space to explore the deep inner work of yoga and meditation through her studio, Spirit in Motion Yoga, along with other spiritual communities.
Vickie teaches the “art of slowing down and listening deeply” to ourselves, to each other, to our planet, and to the Great Mystery that holds us all. With an inter-spiritual heart that embraces the oneness of all spiritual traditions, Vickie seeks to build bridges of shared practice and understanding through her writing, teaching, and retreats.
All meals, snacks and accommodations are included for $300 per person.
For more information and to see our retreat schedule, go to
Sacred Fire: Awakening Our Inner Mystic — Nurturing Spirit (CDN)