The Reverie

10/19/2026

Give me all the fall vibes please 🍂🌲🧡

10/19/2026

There are only a few days left to book Śrī at the early bird rate ✨

This is such a special weekend to be bringing to The Reverie — not a Diwali-themed wellness retreat, but an opportunity to experience these teachings and practices with two women who carry a lived, cultural and devotional relationship to them.

Satya and Sarada will be sharing from lineage, family tradition, study and personal practice, creating a weekend that feels both welcoming to those who are completely new to Diwali and deeply rooted in where these traditions come from.

If you’ve been curious but wondering whether this retreat is “for you,” you do not need any previous knowledge or experience to attend.

Come curious.

Come ready to learn, participate, rest and receive.

Śrī: A Diwali Retreat with Goddess Lakṣmī
November 7–8 at The Reverie

Early bird pricing ends October 24.

Limited commuter and overnight spaces remain.
Booking through the link in bio.

10/19/2026

Words cannot express, but I’ll try.

Ts’iiyulh ch ‘u tu ni’ s-aamustham-mut (give thanks for what you have been given).

Today we give thanks.

To our elders and their teachings.
To the plants and the medicine they are.
To the land, Mother Earth and the living spirits all around us.

We sat in community and listened as Smulthun shared with us the messages we needed, passed down to him from his elders, that will now live through us as we continue this work.

Colonization has disconnected us. From ourselves, from each other and from the land.

This work is the medicine needed to heal us.

Decolonization is the future.
Plant medicine is the future.
Indigeneity is the future.

We’re forever grateful to Thomas and Candice for their willingness to share with us.

Huy ch q’u 🧡

10/16/2026

I’m really excited to be hosting the Decolonize Wellness workshop with Irene Lo this November at The Reverie 🖤🙌🏼

This weekend is an invitation to slow down, ask thoughtful questions, and explore how we can engage with wellness and spiritual practices with more context, care, and integrity.

Together, we’ll look at cultural appropriation, identity, power, privilege, colonial history, commodification, and what ethical participation can actually look like in real life, especially when things feel uncomfortable or unclear.

This workshop will be about curiosity, reflection, conversation, and being willing to look a little more closely at the spaces and practices we care about.

No prior experience is required, and you do not need to be a yoga teacher or wellness practitioner to attend.

November 14–15
The Reverie | Lantzville
Limited to 12 participants

Registration is now open.

10/14/2026

There is something powerful about gathering at a threshold.

A moment to notice what has been, what is ready to be released, and what we are making space to welcome in.

This November, we’ll gather at The Reverie for Śrī: A Diwali Retreat with Goddess Lakṣmī, a two-day immersion in ritual, reflection, light and sacred abundance.

Guided by Satya Amrita Kumari Jehman and Sarada Jagannath, we’ll explore Lakṣmī not simply as a symbol of prosperity, but as an invitation into beauty, nourishment, generosity, grace and a deeper relationship with flourishing.

Through sacred storytelling, mantra, pūjā, reflective writing, movement, silence, mandala creation and ritual, we’ll spend the weekend asking:

What are we nourishing?
What are we ready to release?
Where are we being invited to receive?
And what do we wish to tend more consciously in our lives?

This retreat is for those who feel drawn to experience Diwali with reverence, depth and intention and to step away from the noise of everyday life for a weekend of beauty, ritual and reflection.

November 7–8, 2026
The Reverie • Lantzville, BC

Weekend commuter and overnight options are available.

Early bird pricing is available until October 24, with limited spaces for this intimate gathering.

Reserve your place through the link in bio.

10/12/2026

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day 🧡

This Saturday, we gather in healing community with our elders and we sit at the feet to learn from the people of this land.

I’ve been looking forward to this day for a long time a full day with Smulthun, Thomas George Jr., and Candice Harris George, learning through making, listening, and being together around the plants of this place.

There will be cedar, sweetgrass, devil’s club, quxmeen, tea on the table, medicine being prepared by hand, and space for the kinds of conversations that we are blessed to be a part of.

About relationship. About responsibility. About how knowledge is carried. About how we gather, what we take, what we leave, and what we owe back to the land.

We’re almost sold out, and I’m so grateful for the people who have chosen to spend this day with us.

Saturday, October 17
10am–6pm
The Reverie, Lantzville

https://www.thereverievancouverisland.com/indigenous-herbalism

10/11/2026

Always book the shoot 💋

And always trust CAROL | BRAND IDENTITY & PHOTOGRAPHER 👌🏼

Was I scared? Hell yeah. Was it worth it? 💯

Because they exist now. Whether I post them or not, whether I put them or not. The option is there.

And I got to see myself in a way that I never have before.

Carol, you’re the bomb 🖤

10/09/2026

This will be so amazing! Can’t wait to host this gathering 🖤

This year I'm excited to celebrate Diwali and honour Śrī Lakṣmī with my dear sisterji, Sarada Pranav of MA Wellness and Yoga at the beautiful Reverie! It's going to be a very special sacred gathering! Details below. If this feels like a YES, sign up soon as there are only 12 spots available.
Early Bird Ends October 24th!
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Diwali is the seasonal celebration of illumination - a time to light our homes, dispel darkness, and make space for what we wish to welcome into our lives

At the heart of this retreat is Śrī, the sacred presence of Goddess Lakṣmī: beauty, nourishment, auspiciousness, abundance, harmony, generosity and grace.

Rather than approaching Lakṣmī simply as the goddess of material wealth, we will explore Śrī as a deeper principle of flourishing - reflecting on what allows abundance to enter and remain in our lives, what we nourish and value, and what we may be ready to release to create space for receiving.

Over two days, we will journey from the outer light of Diwali toward an inner experience of Śrī. Through the stories and symbolism of Lakṣmī, yoga asana and pranayama, guided self-enquiry, reflective writing and sacred ritual, we will explore our relationship with abundance, beauty and receiving. We will create a lotus flower mandala, enter into Lakṣmī Pūjā, chant the Lakṣmī Aṣṭakam, and light lamps as an embodied reminder of the light we consciously tend within ourselves.

Through silence, reflection and ritual, we will create space to recognize the abundance already present in our lives, and close with a golden milk ritual to gather the experience inwardly and carry the qualities of Śrī into our everyday life.
This is an invitation to enter Diwali as a celebration of light, and a practice of cultivating beauty, making space to receive, and consciously tending what we wish to flourish.

All are welcome.

YOUR WEEKEND RETREAT INCLUDES:
- Daily Śrī Lakṣmī-Inspired Asana & Pranayama Practice
- Storytelling, Symbolism & Mantra Chanting including Lakṣmī Aṣṭakam
- Lakṣmī Pūjā & Ritual Lamp Lighting
- Lotus Mandala Creation & Meditation
- Guided Self-Inquiry, Writing & Reflection
- Closing Golden Milk Ritual & Integration
- Time for Silence & Rest
- Four nutritious vegetarian meals
- Oceanview setting & onsite accommodation

**Early Bird Offer Ends October 24, 2026

**Only 12 Spots Available

--> JOIN US HERE: https://vedicpriestesstemple.com/nov-7-8-sri-a-diwali.../

10/07/2026

There is so much more to knowing a plant than knowing what it can be used for.

This gathering is about relationship with plants, with place, with the teachings carried through generations, and with the responsibilities that come with receiving knowledge.

We’re honoured to welcome Smulthun, Thomas George Jr., and Candice Harris George to The Reverie for a full day of Indigenous herbalism, land-based learning, storytelling, and hands-on medicine making.

Throughout the day, we’ll work with:

Devil’s club to make salve
Cedar to make essential oil
Sweetgrass to make room spray
Quxmeen seeds, also known as wild celery, for tea

Participants will make these preparations during the gathering and take them home at the end of the day.

Alongside the hands-on work, Thomas and Candice will share teachings around respectful harvesting, reciprocity, habitat, cultural protocols, responsible gathering, and what it means to be in relationship with the land with care.

October 17 · 10am–6pm
The Reverie, Lantzville

No previous herbalism experience is needed. Come ready to listen, learn, make, and deepen your relationship with the plants and teachings of this place.

Registration is now open.

https://www.thereverievancouverisland.com/indigenous-herbalism

10/05/2026

What does it mean to learn from plants with care?

This October, we’re welcoming Smulthun, Thomas George Jr., and Candice George to The Reverie for a one-day Indigenous Herbalism Gathering centred on relationship, reciprocity, respectful harvesting, and place-based learning.

Throughout the day, we’ll spend time with and take home devil’s club salves, cedar essential oils, sweetgrass room sprays, and quxmeen tea through hands-on preparations, stories, and teachings about how we gather, what we carry forward, and the responsibilities that come with learning from the land.

This gathering is for those who want to approach local plant knowledge with curiosity, humility, and respect.

October 17, 2026
10am–6pm
The Reverie, Lantzville

Registration is now open.