Touching The Bruise: A Grief Retreat with Chloe Hunter + Andrea Clark | Nectar Yoga

Grief lives in the body, showing up not only after loss, but also through love, change, and the hopes we have quietly carried. Touching the Bruise is a one-day grief retreat co-facilitated by Andrea Clark, co-founder of Nectar Retreat and Mist Thermal, and Chloe Hunter, a Threshold Doula and ritual guide who supports life’s sacred beginnings and endings.

This gathering offers a tender space to care for grief through gentle somatic practices, sacred ritual, and shared reflection, all held within the support of community and ceremony.

With guided movement, journaling, meditation, grief rituals, and time in nature, you will be invited to honour what has been lost and what still lives within you. You’ll have the chance to connect with the land, create personal offerings for the altar, and take part in practices including guided meditation, a rock and water release ritual, and a sound bath for integration.

This day is not about resolving grief. It is about making room to feel it, witness it, and discover a gentler way to move alongside it.

WHO IT'S FOR

This retreat may be for you if:

• you are grieving a lost job, opportunity, or dream
• you have experienced a painful breakup or divorce
• you are carrying a general sense of heaviness and fatigue
• you find it difficult to access your grief
• you feel ready to process some of the pain after the death of a loved one (a 6-month buffer from the time of death is recommended)

This may not be the right fit if your loss is intertwined with trauma, if you feel regularly destabilized by grief, or if you believe therapy is the next necessary step.

WHAT TO BRING

• A journal and pen
• Comfortable layers, including warm socks
• A sentimental item: a photo, trinket, or symbolic object representing a loss (person, pet, relationship, dream, etc.)
• Optional: a poem or quote about grief, a cozy item from a loved one (blanket, scarf, etc.), or your childhood comfort object

Pricing: $189 (+ tax)

Learn more about Chloe here.