Cactus & Lotus 3 (or 4) Day Wellness Retreat

Nature • Meditation • Art

Next Retreat Dates:
September 9 – 12, 2027

Celebrating 5 years of Cactus & Lotus Retreats! Whether you are a fledgling, or are returning to reunite with other former registrants, this year’s wellness retreat celebrates 5 years of rich exploration and transformation! Explore your relationship to yourself and the land through movement, meditation and intuitive painting.

Journey beyond the cacti of life to feed your inner lotus! Join nature inspired professional artist, traditionally trained yoga educator and longtime meditation practitioner, Diana Chabros, for this unique exploratory 3 (or 4) day small group retreat in Val Marie, Saskatchewan, near Grassland National Park! Using focused reflective walking, an introduction to a transformative intuitive art process and simple movement, breath and meditation techniques for insight, participants will gaze gently at our prickly aspects and peer into the pond of personal inquiry to discover what’s holding us back. Our inner lotus awaits! Rich benefits for a lifetime will be reaped from learning these humble yet profound take-away practices.

Your Retreat Package Includes:

3 days of enriching retreat experience
NEW! Optional preliminary day for hiking, (guided or unguided), and gentle breath and body workshop. Details TBC.
2 nights accommodation with breakfast at Sky Story B & B. Note: additional nights available for reduced rate.
Sacred circles, guided sitting and movement meditations
Guided intuitive painting sessions
Sacred smudge to start our self-guided walk into Grasslands
Guided labyrinth walk
Guided cultural tours of Heritage EcoMuseum and local Triple R Honeybee Ranch/Gardens, Heritage Elevator land/history tour (optional)
Healthy meals and snacks
Optional 15 minute post retreat follow up via zoom or telephone

Fee to honour the weekend: $1,045
Additional preliminary day with guided walk, body wellness workshop, lunch, and accommodation $335
Early bird $945 (PLUS preliminary day/stay if desired)
Non accommodation $645 (PLUS preliminary day/stay if desired)
All registrations include Friday lunch, Friday supper gift certificate for restaurant, Saturday lunch and Saturday potluck and nutritious grazing on Sunday. Also included are all materials.

Location: Sky Story Studio, 103 1st Avenue, Val Marie, SK and Grasslands National Park

Art, Yoga or Meditation experience not required.

Discover your inner lotus at the Cactus and Lotus Wellness Retreat in Grasslands

Journey beyond the cacti of life to feed your inner lotus at the Cactus and Lotus Wellness Retreat in Grasslands

See what other retreat participants had to say

“The Cactus & Lotus Wellness Retreat was a profoundly nourishing, regenerative and soulful experience for me. Diana held a beautiful, supportive group space for authentic, uninhibited, creative self-expression and personal discovery. Our contemplative time in the vast, rugged, pristine wilderness of Grasslands National Park cleansed and cleared my being with wordless awe, readying me to dive deeply into the intuitive painting process. The local outings were richly varied, interesting and enjoyable, the meals Diana provided were delicious and plentiful, and our accommodation in the Bison Wallow Guest Room was lovely. I highly recommend this retreat!”
– V. Murtha

“I love Diana and her compassion, patience, and ability to allow people to process and be their authentic selves. This is a safe environment.”
– Cactus & Lotus registrant

“Diana’s generous and open hearted facilitation of the retreat was coupled by lovely accommodation, sacred natural surroundings and great food. This deep & soulful experience reconnected me to my creative core. I hope to paint with Diana again!”
– S. Lang

“I registered for the Cactus & Lotus Wellness Retreat hoping for a chance to re-connect with myself and explore painting as a means of self expression after having spent the last few years caring for my young children and building my career. Shortly after I arrived I felt that I had [chosen well]: it was just the type of experience I was hoping for. The retreat allowed me to explore an inner conflict that I didn’t realize was holding me back, and I felt so much love and support from Diana and the other participants, even though we had never met before. The process of bringing my painting into the world was deeply emotional and I found myself shedding tears of truth and resonance at several points in the painting process and sharing circles. Now that the retreat is over, my overall perspective seems to have shifted. I have this calm, relaxed confidence and I am able to persevere through the process of bringing my painting to life [forward], with all of its unexpected revelations and wisdom. It has let me know I am capable of so much more if I just believe in myself and try.”
– A. Howell

‘It was an incredibly powerful weekend and I met lifelong friends. If retreats and weekend offerings such as Diana’s were common place we would live in a very different world.”
– Cactus & Lotus registrant

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Cactus & Lotus Wellness Retreats are hosted and facilitated by Diana Chabros, BFA, M.Ed, owner of Sky Story B&B/Studio. Diana is a professional land-based artist who has studied under respected Indigenous Knowledge Keepers and Elders (including her life partner) and Tibetan Buddhist teachers. She is also a traditionally trained Yoga educator and a longtime meditation practitioner.

Registrants will use reflective walking in the grasslands, simple breath and visualization meditations, dream inquiry and the unique practice of intuitive process painting to awaken creativity, navigate personal challenges, investigate dreams and explore their inner landscapes.