WINTER EVENTS & RETREATS
REST, RECEIVE, REFLECT AND RECONNECT
Winter is a time for rest and deep inner work. The season of Winter invites us into a time and space of rest and contemplation. The shorter days, and colder, quieter months are our perfect time to turn inward, nurturing ourselves and connecting deeper with our truth. Taking time to embrace the stillness of winter, helps us to recharge and prepare for the new growth that spring brings. This is a beautiful season to engage in meditation, journaling, reading, and even cozy, quiet time by a crackling fire and warm light to inspire the connection deep within.
Feb 27-March 2 2026
JOIN US AT EPONA RISE RETREAT CENTRE WINTER 2026
REST, RECEIVE, REFLECT AND RECONNECT TO NATURE AND ANIMALS
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REST, RECEIVE, REFLECT AND RECONNECT TO NATURE AND ANIMALS ☀️
Winter 2026, we are travelling to the beautiful Sun Peaks area of British Columbia for a soulful weekend Wellness retreat.
Inspired by winter, it invites us into a time and space of rest, replenishment, and contemplation. This season invites us to turn inwards, nurturing ourselves and connecting deeper to our purpose and healing. The mountains, the grasslands, the forest, the herd of 28 horses, and the farm animals are ready for us to arrive in their Sacred Space for a transformational weekend.
Our facilitators, Hillary and the horses, are ready to share their energy and wisdom and are opening their space to receive us for our retreat weekend.
Join us for “An Experience With a Purpose”
WHEN?
Winter Feb 27- March 2 2026
WHERE?
EPONA RISE RETREAT CENTRE in Hefley Creek, BC
EVENT SUMMARY: Intuitively Led by Raya Karin & Her Facilitator Team
Step away from the noise of everyday life and into a sacred space designed to deeply nourish your mind, body, and soul.
As you join Raya Karin and her carefully curated team of heart-led facilitators, you’ll be guided through a retreat experience that is both restorative and transformational — a vacation with purpose, intuitively led and aligned with the natural rhythms of winter.
This retreat is for you if you’re ready for growth, change, healing, and soulful connection.
It’s for you if you’re longing to unplug, slow down, and reconnect — to nature, to your truth, and to the deeper parts of yourself that have been waiting to be heard.
Retreat is a sacred container, suspended outside of time and space, where the ordinary pauses and the extraordinary begins. Here, you’ll explore new holistic practices, experience intuitive healing modalities, and gather tools to bring balance and clarity back into your everyday life.
Throughout the journey, you’ll shed old layers and beliefs that no longer serve you. You’ll rediscover your inner strength, your creativity, and your capacity for joy. You’ll leave this space feeling seen, heard, validated, witnessed, and deeply nourished — carrying with you a renewed sense of purpose, peace, and connection.
THE SETTING…
Nestled in a mountain valley close to Sun Peaks BC is Epona Rise Retreat Centre. A beautiful and sacred destination for nature inspired wellness retreats. Amongst the mountains, forest and grasslands, and the season of winter you will find a peaceful, quiet, nurturing space to gather and connect during your retreat weekend. Enjoy a crackling fire, beautiful meals around a large farm table, looking out the amazing floor to ceiling windows at the snow covered landscape. Cozy cabin accommodations, beautiful views, a beautiful lodge to gather, the land to explore, and experience the energy of the horses as they hold space for guests.
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE RETREAT PACKAGE
HEALING MODALITIES AND ACTIVITIES
Opening circle-Closing circle
You will be experiencing sound journey’s with Shawn of New Earth Healing Centre
Nourishing, beautiful foods with the wonderful Justina
Nature Guided Sessions with Raya
Daily meditations with Raya and/or Shawn
Journaling and releasing with cozy fireplace energy
Guided Creative Art Therapy Activity
Beautiful treat of a Horse Healing Journey with Hillary of Epona Rise.
Connecting and interacting with nature and the amazing 28 rescue horses on the land
More will be added too
BOOK YOUR DISCOVERY CALL TODAY!
Let's get you on the list, this retreat is filling up fast
An EXPERIENCE WITH A PURPOSE!! the most amazing gift you will give yourself!
This retreat will leave you feeling nourished, inspired, with a new bounce in your step, and a fresh appreciation for all of life!
ABOUT YOUR FACILITATORS
MEET JUSTINA RAYA AND SHAWN+ SURPRISE FACILITATORS TBA
Horse Healers- The Herd
🐴 Healing with the Herd of Horses
In the quiet stillness of winter, among snow-covered fields and mountain air, a sacred herd awaits. Each horse carries a story of resilience — once rescued, now free to live, breathe, and teach through presence. Here, healing happens without words.
Through the deep wisdom of the herd, we learn to trust again — to soften the walls around our hearts, to breathe in sync with another being, and to feel what it’s like to be seen without judgment.
As you step into the field, the horses mirror your inner landscape. They sense your truth, your fears, your longing for peace. They invite you to slow down, regulate your nervous system, and reconnect to the authentic rhythm of your body and soul.
This is not about riding or performance — it is about relationship. The kind that heals trauma through attunement, safety, and embodied presence.
Together, we remember what it feels like to belong — to ourselves, to nature, to the moment.
Let the herd show you what your soul has always known: that you are strong, gentle, powerful, and deeply loved.
Shawn Durocher
Meet Shawn, Reiki Master, and the creator of the New Earth Healing Center. Shawn’s passion is to help people remember who they are on a soul level and step into a deeper embodiment of who they came here to be.
With a multi-modality approach to healing, Shawn combines his mastery of working in the energetic realms with his own transformative journey of turning darkness into light and his ever-deepening path into the frequency of the rose. Shawn creates safe, loving spaces where deep healing, spiritual awakening, and soul expansion can occur.
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SUPPORTING OUR JOURNEY
Opening of the directions, setting up ceremonial space
7 - 432Hz Crystal Singing Bowls
32” Mercury Gong
10 - Handmade Tibetan Bowls from Nepal
Native American Drums
Drone Flute
Rattles
Rainsticks
Chimes
Crystal Pyramid
Ocean Drum
& More!
Justina Probst
Justina is our Retreat Meal Facilitator Extraordinaire
Intuitive Creations By The Season Supporting the healing journey through soulful foods
Justina is a lover of life and freedom/connection in all aspects, including nutrition. She is deeply connected to nature and grows her own food. She puts passion and love into gardening, harvesting, preserving, cooking, creating, and sharing colourful, wholesome, nutritious foods. The journey of healing intuitively through colours, textures, and flavours speaks deeply to her. She is very rooted and connected to the seasons and elements of nature and loves exploring and creating with her two sons.
Guided by her intuition Justina takes us on a sensory journey with beautiful foods that truly support the mind, body and soul in a wholesome way.
Raya Karin
Intuitive Guide. Nature-Based Therapist. Space Holder for Transformation.
I’m Raya—a heart-led retreat facilitator, intuitive life coach, and nature-based wellness practitioner with over 25 years of experience in the healing arts. My journey began in traditional therapy spaces, but my soul always knew healing could be deeper, wilder, and more embodied.
So I followed the whispers of the forest, the rhythm of the seasons, and the wisdom of the elements… and created sacred retreats where real transformation happens.
Each retreat I offer is rooted in nature’s cycles and held in spaces where you can exhale, soften, and be witnessed in your wholeness. These are not vacations—they are soul journeys. Whether we’re walking barefoot by the ocean in Haida Gwaii, gathering by a fire in the mountains, or sitting in quiet circle with horses at our side, you are held with deep presence and care.
I work with women who are navigating burnout, grief, transition, and soul-searching. Helpers and healers. Mothers and daughters. Leaders and seekers. You do so much for others. My retreats are where you come to receive.
💫 If you’re longing to reconnect with your truth, your joy, and your deeper purpose—I welcome you with open arms.
Let’s walk this path of healing together.
With love,
Raya Karin
Founder, Raya’s Wellness
Intuitive Life Coach | Retreat Host | Forest & Nature Therapy Guide
BOOKING OPTIONS
CHOOSE YOUR GETAWAY PACKAGE
8 COZY BOUTIQUE CABINS FOR GUESTS
Private Accommodation
If you love your own private space and need to recharge on your own then this is for you. There are a limited number avail of these.
$2599
*Price in CND per Spot + Tax
Contact about Payment Plans. All payments are due 30 days prior to the event.
Shared Accommodation
If you have friends who want to join you or your open to making new soul friends then this is a great option for you.
$2099
*Price in CND per Spot + Tax
Contact about Payment Plans. All payments are due 30 days prior to the event.
ALL INCLUSIVE except travel is up to the participant. Fly, Drive solo, or carpool to Kamloops then up to Sunpeaks, and from there to Heffley Creek to the venue.
Non- Refundable Deposit required to book your spot
Private Deposit $650 | Shared Deposit $525