Retreats

For many years, a number of Vancouver Sacred Web Singers (SWS) have attended Carolyn’s workshops and retreats in Edmonton, Nanaimo, on Okanagan Lake and the Prairies, as well as other places in Canada and across the US.

Stunning view of Rivendell Lodge over-looking Queen Charlotte Channel and the Coast Mountain Range (photographer unknown)


For more than 2 decades, Vancouver SWS have been holding retreats once every 2 years at Rivendell Retreat Centre atop Cates Hill on Bowen Island.

The retreat space is fabulous and the views spectacular. For more information about the retreat centre, please feel free to explore Rivendell’s website.

Each retreat has an all-encompassing theme and, throughout the program, we sing songs that express that theme. We do rituals, spend time in nature, sit in quiet reflection, and eat sumptuous catered meals together.

Our retreats deepen our connection to the music, with ourselves, to the earth, with each other, to spirit. Feel free to browse the images/slideshows from some previous retreats below.

Our next 2-night retreat is booked for June 20 to 22, 2025. Typically, information about the retreat and a registration form are sent-out 4 to 5 months before of the retreat.

As always, anyone who has sung Carolyn’s or Norma’s music in the past is welcome to come to our retreats. If you’d like to receive the registration information, please do contact our director asap.

2023 Rivendell Retreat

2018 Bethlehem Retreat with Carolyn & Norma

Photos by Chris Mann

2018 Bethlehem Retreat (September)
The Whole Group
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