{"id":46,"date":"2025-06-25T21:17:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2025-07-23T23:52:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T23:52:05","slug":"retreats","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/retreats\/","title":{"rendered":"Retreats\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"46\" class=\"elementor elementor-46\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-587b206 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"587b206\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f41851 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f41851\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RETREATS<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c183a47 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c183a47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c9dc0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60c9dc0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-008d994 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"008d994\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a312098 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a312098\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5db4c5f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5db4c5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd385c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd385c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Take a moment\u00a0<\/strong>to reflect, reground, revision and reconnect with your purpose and methods. Retreat.<\/p><p><strong>I facilitate and coach<\/strong>\u00a0Retreats that restore self, clear vision, energise networks and cultivate relationships of audacious, grounded and collaborative action.<br \/><strong><br \/>In these uncertain times,\u00a0<\/strong>leaders and changemakers are seeking clarity, reflection and shared visioning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a2e897 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a2e897\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfa9fb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cfa9fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Retreat-Lodge-1024x685.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-434\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Retreat-Lodge-1024x685.png 1024w, https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Retreat-Lodge-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Retreat-Lodge-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Retreat-Lodge.png 1213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f065ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f065ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Whether 1 or several days, I facilitate Retreats so teams and leaders can work deeply<\/strong>\u00a0with grounded, creative, intuitive, realistic, and tactical processes, and interweave their personal evolutions with strategic and structural innovation in their systems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cd967f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1cd967f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92174a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"92174a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba6abf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba6abf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u201c<\/em><strong>Christine\u2019s intuitive approach guided our team<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>on a journey<\/strong>\u00a0to develop a shared vision for our organization. She draws on a large wealth of knowledge and is informed by many different ways of knowing. Christine helps to\u00a0 make complex things simple and leads through her heart. Thanks for the creativity!\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p><cite><em>Heather Hay, ED, Foundation for Social Change, Strategic Development Retreat, Past VP Vancouver Coastal Health<\/em><\/cite><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d09f3a4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d09f3a4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f77e6bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f77e6bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>I lead activities for holistic system insights,\u00a0<\/strong>deep reflection, rippling curiosity, and intuitive connection, revealing synchrony in the collective. With grounded rituals, the witnessing of loss and anchoring of intuitive intelligence, groups can bring their full truths to light and create new stories, new possibilities, deepened partnerships and rippling systems uplift.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a0bb5a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a0bb5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11dd551 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11dd551\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>\u201c<\/em>Wow. One day, and I feel cleansed. Grounded. And ready.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p><cite><em>Participant in Root and Rise Day Retreat for Leaders, 2023.<\/em><\/cite><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f85fcb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f85fcb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbe39d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dbe39d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">RECENT RETREATS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63cd23b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63cd23b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Root and Rise Leadership Retreat,<\/strong>\u00a0Restoration and Creation through collective embodiment, witnessing, story visioning, rhythm and clown games. 2023<\/li><li>I<strong>ndigenous Women\u2019s Business Network National Annual Retreat, Facilitator 2021 &amp; 2022\u00a0<\/strong>Embodiment, Collective Movement, National Network Growth and Structural Strategy, and Land Rituals.<\/li><li><strong>First Nations Health Consortium,\u00a0<\/strong>Facilitator for 5 year Resilience and Community Engagement Strategy, 2022 \u201cThe best strategic planning process I\u2019ve ever experienced\u2026.\u201d<\/li><li><strong>Foundation for Social Change Staff and Board Retreat,<\/strong>\u00a0Using clown, story play, and land encounters to name FSC\u2019s new vision, purpose process and structure 2022<\/li><li><strong>Field Shift Leadership Incubators,\u00a0<\/strong>Multi-day retreats with change makers from across Canada building toolkits for conscious vision and action: Embodiment, systems mapping, clown and Constellations. 2019<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0313f7c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0313f7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f693e5e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f693e5e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39a9d39 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"39a9d39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"#\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img 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Business Network National Retreat, 2022<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5d20e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f5d20e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13e425b elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"13e425b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><a href=\"#\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_9554-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-438\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_9554-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_9554-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_9554-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_9554-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_9554-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Leaders mapping visionary stories at Root and Rise Winter Retreat, 2023<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-929068e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"929068e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4912-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/demo-ps.com\/christinespinder\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_4912-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Collaborating process and creating relationships at Field Shift Leadership Incubator 2019.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d212c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37d212c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<em>Banner Image: Echo Valley Ranch, BC, site of the Indigenous Women\u2019s Business Network annual Retreat.<\/em> 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