2025 Women’s Wellness Retreat

Julie is a soulfully inspired wellness practitioner that offers sound therapy, meditation, movement, and breathwork experiences. She has a passion for wellbeing, soulful community connections and all things music and nature!

She discovered the realm of sound therapy and it’s therapeutic benefits through her own journey of processing grief - attuning to present moment awareness and naturalness of being through breathwork, meditation, and movement initially with soulful sound tracks.

With a deeply rooted love of music and wellbeing at the heart of it all, curiosity and inspiration flourished leading her into deeper exploration of the vibrational realms of singing sound bowls, chimes, gongs, rhythmic drumming, ukulele joy and even the power of transformation through our own voices.

She offers creative, dynamic personalized wellness sessions and workshops. At this years retreat, she will be doing a sound bowl session with us.

Lisa Richardson is a newspaper columnist, essayist and community resilience advocate, on a mission to learn how we become future-steaders, instead of future-stealers - cultivating the tools, practices and patterns to bring forth a culture, and a world, we’d be proud to leave to future generations.

A co-founder of Pemberton’s agritourism event, the Slow Food Cycle Sunday, instigator and co-facilitator of the Active Hope Climate Squad, and prolific freelance writer, her writing has been translated into multiple languages, appeared in a wide range of lifestyle publications, and earned her the title of “Pemberton’s Favourite Writer” since 2007. 

Lisa has been leading the Women’s Retreat journalling workshops since our inaugural offering in 2022 and has only grown more passionate about its potential as a tool for self-care. She has since offered workshops in a varied range of settings from back country horse camps, to yoga retreats, to public libraries, to resilience camps for women firefighters.

Our resident New Yorker who now calls Squamish home, Jeanine is a creative director and brand strategist in the outdoor, active, and wellness industry. She founded RANGE in 2012—where she defines trends in apparel, footwear, and gear for the world’s biggest brands.

Her background in trend forecasting, paired with her mission to close the loop between people, product, and planet has allowed her to develop a unique approach to executive facilitation and a personal desire to create actionable frameworks for change.

Coming from a long line of naturalists she has an intrinsic connection to the outdoors and a deep-seated love for Mother Nature. Bringing her passion for creation together with her intuitive approach to holistic strategy, she led a workshop called Visual Mapping - Goal Setting with Intention.

Monica Sander Burns is a certified Forest Therapy Guide helping to reclaim embodied relationships with nature as the foundation of human and ecosystem vitality.

Weaving together somatic practices, meditation, sensory awareness techniques, and the latest scientific insights, Monica’s work offers a remedy for the spell of separation and loneliness.  

Monica’s own forest journey began suffering from corporate burnout, anxiety, and climate grief.  She retreated to the coastal mountain rainforests of British Columbia in the unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh and Lil’wat First Nations, where she encountered the transformative healing power of Nature. 

She now leads nature therapy programs and workshops for businesses, non-profits and community groups helping them create resilient, regenerative and inclusive cultures that sustain and nurture.

Lisa is a Cultural Student Success Facilitator at Tśzil Learning Center, helping students to learn Ucwalmícwts, the traditional Lílwat language. Capilano University is truly honoured to offer courses and programs through Ts̓zil in partnership with the Líl̓wat Nation, who own and operate this post-secondary facility.

Lisa worked for seventeen years as an Early Childhood Educator and has recently added Level ll Reiki skills to her frontline worker’s toolkit to be better able to meet people where they are at and support them in their journey.

Lisa has been facilitating sessions in Ucwalmícwts language revitalization at the retreats since they first were offered in 2022.

Brenda is a passionate artist dedicated to the pursuit of creativity, connection, and self-discovery. With over 20 years of experience in hair, makeup, and nail artistry, her work has been featured in numerous magazines and trusted by a diverse range of clients, from film and television celebrities to catwalk models, brides, and organic farmers. Her artistry extends beyond beauty, capturing the world through photography as a way to preserve light and time without alteration.

A devoted mother of twin boys and partner to her true love, Brenda is also a committed yoga student and teacher, gardener, and advocate of cold-water immersion. She believes in the transformative power of cold-water rituals, guiding individuals toward deeper self-awareness and resilience. Rooted in the ancestral and unceded territories of the Lil’wat and St’at’imc Nations, she is honored to explore pathways of self-discovery with others.

At the core of her work—whether in beauty, photography, or wellness—is a commitment to fostering connection and helping individuals feel beautiful from the inside out. With deep gratitude for every opportunity, Brenda is excited to share her wisdom and experiences at the upcoming retreat with Copper Cayuse Outfitters.

Kúkwstum̓ ckacw – Thank you.

Chicks with Picks was founded in 2003, in Pemberton, B.C., Canada by Sue Stearns

In 2023, Chicks with Picks celebrated their 20th Anniversary of group guitar classes for women, and performances from the Pemberton Chicks with Picks Ensemble!

Chicks with Picks have performed more than 200 shows including local fund raisers, International Women’s Day, Markets and Retreats.

Sue believes that “Music is Medicine” and that making music should be fun! The teaching method is “song-oriented”, focusing on playing songs while learning the basics in order to see tangible results, regardless of ability.