Join us as we decolonize wellness and experience healing in community.
Exhale into a gentle reset designed for healing and renewal. Soft & Sacred gathers a small group in our serene hilltop home overlooking the Pacific for yoga, somatic healing, sound baths, and Ayurvedic workshops, all nourished by healthy, holistic meals from our private chef.
We’ll move, rest, learn, and be held in community. Expect calm spaces, unrushed conversations, and practices that help you return to yourself.
Our Facilitators
Arpita Panday (she/her)
Kwakwaka’wakw mother, community wellness practitioner, and founder of Indigenous Yoga Collective, Jessica shares trauma-informed, culturally rooted yoga that honours Indigenous teachings on embodiment, kinship, and collective healing.
“I just wanted to say a quick thank you for such a wonderful weekend. Beautiful location, amazing people, wonderful practice and learning, and exceptional food! Already looking forward to the next time.”
Our Facilitators
Telisha Kuny (she/her)
Telisha is the heart behind Bee You Yoga, offering meaningful classes full of warmth, laughter, and care. They create gentle spaces to slow down, come home to your body, and remember you’re already enough.
Farah Nazarali (she/her)
Farah is a yoga teacher and communication guide who weaves together gentle, accessible practices with the wisdom of yoga and nonviolent communication. She creates embodied workshops that soothe the nervous system, soften conflict, and invite you back into inner stillness and harmony.
Soft & Sacred:
Sanctuary in real time.
Spring Retreat: May 16-17
Welcome a gentle reset with two days of yoga, somatic healing, immersive sound baths, and Ayurvedic beauty + health workshops — all paired with healthy, holistic meals from our private chef. We keep it intimate at 10 tickets per day, with calm spaces for rest, reflection, and community.
Guided by Arpita Panday, Rishima Bahadoorsingh, Kevin Yee-Chan, Jessica Barudin, & Satya Amrita Kumari Jehman, you’ll move, learn, and be nourished in an inclusive, trauma-informed, consent-based space.
Tickets: Day Pass (Fri or Sat) or Weekend Pass
Capacity: 10 spots only
Founder of Kailash Yoga & Ayurveda, Arpita centres yoga and Ayurveda as practical tools for healing and liberation, creating grounded, culturally rooted spaces of care for South Asian, African, and diaspora communities.
Jessica Barudin (she/her)
Kevin Yee-Chan (they/he)
Registered acupuncturist, qigong and yoga teacher, and former ballet dancer, Kevin blends East Asian medicine, somatics, and art to support aging well, nervous system regulation, and radical rest for all bodies.
Rose Cortez (she/her)
Rose Cortez is an arts-based Filipina-Canadian yoga teacher based on Lekwungen Territory (Victoria, BC). She blends movement, creativity, and ritual to help folks root into their bodies, honour their stories, and gently bloom in community.
Satya Amrita (she/her)
Vedic priestess and lifelong yogic practitioner, Satya carries the art of ritual, storytelling, and fire ceremony—creating grounded, heart-led spaces to release, call in, and remember your connection to the sacred.
Emmy Chahal (she/her)
Emmy Chahal is a trauma-informed yoga teacher, intuitive healer, and cultural educator of North Indian ancestry. She teaches at the crossroads of social justice and spirituality, creating spaces for intergenerational healing, emotional honesty, and reconnection to ancestral wisdom.
Rishima Bahadoorsingh (she/her)
Vocalist and educator rooted in Indian classical rāga and devotional chant, guiding simple sound and mantra practices that regulate the nervous system and reconnect you to beauty, devotion, and joy.
“Thank you so much for allowing me to be there, it really meant so much to me! I was so happy to have been a part of something so inclusive and welcoming. I am especially impressed of your ability to plan and execute it so seamlessly!
I think what you are doing is amazing work for the bipoc community as it creates a brand new space for us to express and celebrate our cultures and traditions. Thank you so much again! I would love to be a part of future retreats like this!”
Autumn Retreat: Oct 3-4
Settle into autumn with one or two grounding days of yoga, meditation, breathwork, somatic practices, and hands-on Ayurvedic self-care — all paired with healthy, holistic private-chef meals. We keep it intimate at 10 tickets per day, with calm spaces for rest, reflection, and community. Guided by Farah Nazarali, Emmy Chahal, Telisha Kuny, and Rose Cortez, you’ll be held by practices that help you ground, replenish, and return to yourself.
With Farah: Breath & Boundaries (yogic breath + communication for compassionate boundaries) and Reclaiming Touch (Ayurvedic self-massage/Abhyanga) — includes handout, body oils & essential oils, and self-care gifts.
With Emmy: yoga/meditation/pranayama + herbalism-infused workshops
Tickets: Day Pass (Fri or Sat) • Weekend Pass (Oct 3–4) • Pricing TBA
Capacity: 10 tickets/day