All The Way Alive
Spring Women’s Retreat
for women who feel the hum beneath the surface... and are willing to listen
All the Way Alive is a weekend gathering for women seeking to reconnect with their bodies, their truth, and the deeper pulse of life that moves beneath it all. Held on sacred land at Riverside Acres as Spring begins to take hold, this experience invites you into stillness, movement, and presence - not to become someone new, but to remember what’s already here.
This is a space for softness and wildness, silence and sound, grief and joy.
It’s a place to be with what is. Together.
There’s something shifting.
You’ve felt it - in the quiet moments, in the not-quite-rightness,
in the deep breath you didn’t know you were holding.
You don’t need to name it.
You don’t need to fix it.
You don’t even need to understand it.
You just need to show up.
This retreat is a space outside of time.
Not to escape - but to land.
To be in rhythm with what is already moving through you.
To follow the thread of desire, not for answers,
but for the beauty of not knowing.
We’ll gather where the river curves,
on land that knows what it means to remember.
We’ll move, listen, share, be still.
We’ll laugh, cry, rest, create, touch, be witnessed —
not to become something else, but to be here.
As we arrive, the ground beneath us will shift.
As we breathe, something will open.
As we are seen, something will return.
The experience
We’ll begin our time together on Friday, with arrivals between 3:00–4:00 PM. You’ll have space to settle in, walk the land, and arrive fully before we gather for our first shared meal and evening welcome.
From there, each day will unfold with a spacious rhythm - shaped by the land, the body, and the quiet wisdom of what wants to emerge.
Throughout the weekend, we will weave:
Morning practices including Kundalini Yoga, Breathwork, Meditation and Inquiry
Movement and ecstatic dance to connect to the body and the present moment
Restorative rituals like altar creation, writing, and shared reflection
Creative expression and essence photography, offering a space to be seen without performance
Nourishing touch and presence-based connection, inviting safe, gentle and consensual intimacy
Spaciousness and integration, with time to walk the land, journal, and simply be
We’ll close on Sunday at 12:00 PM, after a final morning together and a soft, heartfelt departure. (No lunch will be served on Sunday — light snacks and tea will be available before you go.)
This retreat is for women of all backgrounds who feel called to pause, to listen, and to return to themselves in a season of renewal. You do not need to know why - only that something in you is ready.
You’ll be guided by Caroline, and joined by guest facilitators offering Ecstatic Dance, Kundalini, and support practices throughout the weekend. Meals are included and will be simple, nourishing, and shared. This is an intimate retreat with limited space available.
The location - riverside acres
Website | 30 mins North of St. Albert AB
Just an hour north of Edmonton, nestled beside the Redwater River near Vimy, Alberta, you’ll find Riverside Acres - a 14-acre off-grid sanctuary created with love, reverence, and a deep connection to the land.
This isn’t just a venue.
It’s a living, breathing space where time slows down.
Where wild grasses, native wildflowers, and the wind moving through the trees are part of the conversation.
You’ll be invited to:
Walk the Labyrinth Path and the Poetry Trail
Ring the Ancestor Bell
Send a message through the Telephone to the Wind
Watch the sunset from the open-air Big Timber Pavilion
Rest in charming cottages built with intention and care
Taste the warmth of Glenda Jean’s Kitchen
Lay under a star-soaked sky, hoping to catch a glimpse of the northern lights
The land is held with love — from the notes tucked into the rafters to the stories whispered through every stone and timber. It’s a place where simplicity becomes sacred.
This is where we gather.
Where we remember.
Where we let the quiet speak.
the accommodations
There are 7 shared cottages on the land, each featuring:
1 queen bed
2 single beds
Cozy interior with seating and space for personal items
Access to shared washroom and shower facilities nearby
All cottages will be shared among 3 to 4 women, creating a beautiful opportunity for sisterhood, spacious presence, and shared reflection.
For those registering with a friend, you may request to:
Share a queen bed (at a reduced rate for both of you)
Be placed in the same cottage
If you’re arriving solo, you’ll be thoughtfully placed with other women based on preferences and space.
Prefer more privacy?
A small number of Bring Your Own Trailer/Camper spots are available for those who wish to stay on-site with more solitude. These will be offered at a slightly reduced retreat rate and do not include water/electrical services.
accessible pricing
We offer a sliding scale to honour a range of financial capacities. All rates include:
2 nights of shared accommodations in cozy cottages
All meals from Friday evening to Sunday lunch
All retreat programming, movement practices, guided rituals, and creative experiences
Essence photography and the option for individual portraits
Access to the land, nature trails, and spaces for rest and reflection
Sliding Scale Options
Abundance Rate – $777
For those with financial spaciousness who wish to support others and the sustainability of this work.Sustainer Rate – $666
Covers the true cost of the retreat.Community Rate – $555
For those who need support to attend. A limited number of spots available.
Additional Options
Share a Queen Bed with a Friend – $500/person
Must register together and request this option at checkout.Bring Your Own Trailer – $500/person
No power or water hookups provided. Includes full access to meals and programming.
Need More Flexibility?
We’re open to supporting women who feel deeply called to this space. If you need financial assistance or would like to request a payment plan, please reach out directly after registration opens. My e-mail address is hello@carolinestewart.ca
Your retreat facilitators
Caroline stewart
Caroline is a heart-led guide, space holder, and weaver of soul-rooted experiences. She brings over a decade of work in the realms of meditation, breathwork, visioning, and feminine embodiment - not as techniques, but as ways of living.
With a deep devotion to remembering what’s true, Caroline creates spaces that feel safe, raw, and sacred, where nothing needs to be fixed, and everything belongs. Her work is rooted in rhythm, ritual, and the body’s wisdom.
She believes in walking with the mystery. In slowing down enough to hear the quiet. In gathering not to become more, but to remember who we already are.
Caroline lives just outside of Edmonton on a small piece of land where she bakes bread, dreams big, and dances with the seasons. All the Way Alive is part of her living body of work, one strand in a larger unfolding called All the Way Alive - a book (coming soon!), a remembering, and a way of being.
michelle christine
Ecstatic Dance Facilitator | Website | @michelley_christine (IG)
Michelle is a visionary space holder and initiatory guide, weaving movement, energy work, and soul-rooted ritual into transformative experiences. She carries a deep love for the Earth, community, and the beauty of devotion in motion.
A certified Mayson Method™ practitioner, breathwork and ecstatic dance facilitator, ritualist, and event planner, Michelle brings both grounded presence and electric aliveness to the spaces she leads. Her work is embodied, intuitive, and rooted in a commitment to regenerative living.
She’s not afraid to get her hands dirty, to leap into the unknown, or to whistle while she works. Whether through dance, breath, or ceremony, Michelle creates openings — portals for reconnection, remembrance, and joy.
Based in Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton, AB), Michelle honours her roots in the lands of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations. She walks as daughter, auntie, mystic, Cancer Sun, Capricorn Moon, Leo Rising, and Manifestor — a unique blend of heart, vision, and fire.
Michelle’s presence at the All the Way Alive Retreat invites the body to speak, the spirit to move, and the soul to come fully alive.
samantha gotlib
Kundalini Guide & Morning Practice Facilitator | Sweetpea Cafe Website
Samantha is a mother, community builder, and space holder whose presence is both grounding and luminous. She brings deep care and intuitive strength into every space she’s part of — whether that’s guiding a morning practice, raising her family, or nourishing the hearts of others through her work at Sweetpea Café & Playhouse in Edmonton.
At Spring Retreat, Samantha will lead our morning Kundalini sessions — anchoring each day with breath, movement, and presence. Her approach is gentle yet powerful, inviting you to return to yourself and meet the day with clarity, vitality, and grace.
Samantha walks with integrity, warmth, and wisdom. Her offerings are less about doing it “right” and more about feeling what’s real — in the body, in the breath, in the moment.
She reminds us that even the smallest rituals can become portals of transformation.
monique campsall
Essence Photographer & Sacred Witness | @moniquecampsall (IG)
Monique is a visual storyteller, homesteader, mother, and lover of beauty in all its wild and ordinary forms. With a camera in her hand and her feet on the earth, she captures what is most true — the flicker of light behind the eyes, the stillness between breaths, the presence that doesn’t need to perform.
As a homesteader, Monique lives close to the rhythms of nature — tending to her garden, her animals, her children, and her creative life with equal reverence. Her photography is an extension of this way of being: honest, gentle, and alive.
At All the Way Alive, Monique will offer essence photography — not staged portraits, but quiet, intentional moments of being seen. You’ll have the opportunity to be witnessed in your truth, just as you are, held in beauty without expectation.
Her gift is presence.
Her medicine is seeing.
Susan dumais
Space Holder & Retreat Support
Susan is a devoted mother, friend, and presence-filled human whose grounded warmth is felt the moment she enters a space. She holds others with care, curiosity, and encouragement - a quiet cheerleader, an intuitive supporter, and a steady hand when things need tending.
At All the Way Alive, Susan will be offering behind-the-scenes support and presence throughout the weekend. Whether she’s tending the tea station, helping someone find what they need, or simply sitting beside you in stillness, Susan’s gift is the way she sees and supports — without needing to lead or be seen.
She is currently deepening her own path through the study of breathwork, and brings with her a willingness to learn, grow, and walk beside others as they do the same.
Her presence is gentle but strong, a reminder that sometimes the most powerful offering is simply to be there, fully.