Nature in Me© Intuitive Painting Retreats
For Intuition, Wellness & Transformation
Next Retreat Dates:
October 23 – 25, 2026
Are you seeking answers to life’s questions? Needing solitude and self-inquiry? Experience Grasslands National Park in a unique way…through the potent process of intuitive painting. Alongside other like-minded expressives (non-artists and artists alike), immerse in a non-judgemental environment while you seek personal transformation through life’s challenges. We’ll draw from our dream world, acknowledge surfacing archetypes and navigate our inner landscapes within a safe, free, and richly creative nest. No painting experience necessary.
$565 with accommodations
FALL SPECIAL: $515 with accommodations
$335 without accommodatiom. Discounted accommodation available at Sky Story B & B or contact Diana regarding alternate accommodation.
Online option available for prior retreat attendees or upon consultation and some required reading.
acahk (big bright star): A Night Sky Experience in Grasslands
2:30 – 10:30 pm, Saturday, November 7, 2026
At Sky Story Studio, 103 1st Ave, Val Marie, SK
Register for this dark sky program, or register for the entire package including evening meal, accommodation, and breakfast. Both program and package registrations include time in studio, campfire stories, and night sky viewing with telescope. Package additionally includes one night accommodation, special night sky supper and organic homemade breakfast.
Starting at $145
Cactus & Lotus Wellness Retreat
Next Retreat Dates:
September 9 – 12, 2027
Journey beyond the cacti of life to feed your inner lotus! Join us in the vast solitude of the prairie grasslands for an immersive 3 (or 4) day retreat as we examine the prickly aspects within and cultivate introspection.
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.
Explore your relationship to yourself and the land through movement, meditation and intuitive painting.
Offerings with guest presenter Brenda Feuerstein
Next Date to be Confirmed.
Take a breath in Grasslands with internationally respected author and Yoga and meditation teacher, Brenda Feuerstein.
With years of experience supporting both novice and seasoned practitioners to develop wellness informed lifestyles, Feuerstein guides all registrants with knowledge, grace and compassion.
Nature in Me© MINI Intuitive Painting Retreats
A hands-on Introduction to Intuitive Painting
Watch for pop-up event!
An overnight retreat to pause and reset with like-minded individuals in a supportive environment. This mini-retreat will introduce non-artists and artists alike to intuitive painting, a unique and reflective creative process. Together, we will foster a sacred space to awaken creativity, navigate challenges, investigate dreams, and explore our inner landscape.
$385, includes one-night accommodation and breakfast.
Art materials supplied.
World Storytelling Day
Watch for 2027 dates to be announced.
Each of us is a living library of stories we do not even know we hold. It’s Val Marie’s 100th Anniversary so help us celebrate!
Join host Madonna Hamel, Val Marie’s finest storytellers (ages 12 – 82!) plus our guests, master storytellers Joseph Naytowhow & Kevin Wesaquate.
Limited accommodation, book early!
Nature in Me Intuitive Painting Online Drop-in Sessions
Watch for 2027 dates to be announced.
If you’ve attended a Nature in Me Intuitive Painting Retreat or have booked a consultation with Diana you are eligible to attend! Pre-register the day prior to ensure you receive the Zoom link. I look forward to painting with you!
Header photo by Diana Chabros
Home & Away
A Grasslands Guided Walk & Workshop
Watch for 2027 dates to be announced.
Join artists Joseph Naytowhow, Kathryn Ricketts & Diana Chabros for a special guided nature walk in Grasslands National Park followed by interpretive time in studio to distill our experience on the land. The day will include a heritage grain elevator introduction for context, fireside stories and an optional Tent Talk interview. Moderate physical effort. No art experience necessary! There is limited space.
$125/person, pre-registration required
Visions & Longings: A Retreat to Explore Land & Human Life Force
Watch for 2027 dates to be announced.
We are Nature! Through the concepts of natural law and darshan we’ll immerse for a weekend in how to know ourselves through the land.
