November 6-8, 2026
Join us in beautiful Canmore, Alberta
A three day intensive healing retreat designed to go deeper than the symptoms
Go deeper than the symptoms. Beyond coping. To The Root
Reserve your spot today!
Have you ever found yourself wondering
"Why do I keep ending up here?"
I'm ready to explore
The same relationship patterns, the same work stress, the same feelings of overwhelm, disconnection, or being stuck.
To The Root is an opportunity to pause, step outside your usual environment, and explore what's underneath and why you keep repeating these patterns that make you so uncomfortable.
... You've learned to adapt. To cope. To push through. But sometimes the ways we've learned to protect ourselves become the very patterns that keep us stuck. Stuck in the relationships we repeat, the burnout cycle we can't seem to escape, or the anxiety and physical tension we can't quite explain.
To The Root is an immersive therapeutic retreat designed to explore the deeper beliefs and experiences that shape the way we move through the world. Long before we can consciously understand them, we begin forming beliefs about ourselves, relationships, and the world around us. These beliefs can continue to influence our thoughts, decisions, relationships, stress responses, and even how we experience our bodies.
This isn't a yoga retreat. It isn't a weekend of mindfulness exercises. And it isn't simply about taking a break from everyday life.
It's about going deeper. Bringing subconscious patterns into awareness and exploring the connection between your experiences, your mind, your nervous system, and your body.
What is at the root?
begin your journey
Things don't disappear because you've learned to manage them.
An energetic and physiological perspective that looks at patterns of imbalance throughout the body.
Traditional chinese medicine
Explore the relationship between physical tension, the nervous system, and your lived experiences thought body-based therapeutic work.
Manual
Osteopathy
Explore and process experiences and beliefs that may be stored in your subconscious and impacting you thoughts, emotions, and patterns
Accelerated resolution therapy
Four Practitioners, Multiple perspectives, one integrated experience
somatic and creative practices
Opportunities to slow down and connect with your body and process your experience beyond words
Meet Your Practitioners
At To The Root, we believe that true transformation lies in addressing how both the mind and body hold trauma. Our integrative approach combines powerful mind-body therapies to provide you with the space, support, and professional guidance to explore what is underneath the patterns you've been carrying.
Leave the pace of everyday life behind.
You'll arrive Friday evening to the beautiful space in 'CanMore Together'. We will settle into the space, meet your fellow participants and practitioners, and begin with welcome appetizers, a group meditation, and intention setting
Healing doesn't end when the session ends.
You'll have time to reflect on what you've discovered and consider what you want to carry forward.
The retreat will close with intentional integration and a closing experience designed to help you transition back into everyday life.
Over the course of the retreat you'll receive:
- Two ART sessions
- One Manual Osteopathy session
- One TCM session
Three Days to pause, explore, and integrate
Go to the root
- Three days of therapeutic and integrative experiences
- Two private ART sessions with a licensed Psychologist
- One private Manual Osteopath session.
- One private Traditional Chinese Medicine session.
- Group meditation and intention setting (no sharing required).
- Somatic and creative experiences.
- Dedicated time for reflection and integration.
- Welcome appetizers.
- Breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday.
- Carefully curated welcome gift.
- Optional small group connection and support.
What's included in your retreat experience?
Ready to dive deeper?
*Accommodation is not included, giving you the flexibility to choose to stay in a nearby hotel, Airbnb, with friends, or wherever is most comfortable. We will provide nearby accommodation recommendations so you can make arrangements that suit your needs.
Before You Join Us
Date: November 6th - 8th, 2026
Location: Canmore, Alberta
Early Bird Pricing (before September 30th): $1,199.00
Regular Pricing (after September 30th): $1,299.00
**Due to the limited number of spaces available and the advance commitments required for the retreat venue and practitioners, all retreat payments are non-refundable. We understand that unexpected circumstances can arise. If you are unable to attend, you may transfer your registration to another person with prior approval from the To The Root team.
Group size: 10 participants
Meals: Breakfast and lunch included
Reserve your spot
Your retreat experience may be eligible for coverage through your extended health benefits.
A detailed receipt will be provided following the retreat, which you can submit to your insurance provider for reimbursement. Coverage is dependent on your individual plan and provider.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Retreat will take place over the course of a full weekend; The retreat begins with an introductory evening, followed by two full days providing 2 scheduled ART sessions with a registered psychologist 1 scheduled Osteopathic session with a certified manual osteopath, and an acupuncture session with a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor. Finally, a group closing session will be held prior to your departure
The retreat will be held at the CanMore together located in Canmore, Alberta, approximately one hour West of Calgary. This beautiful location offers the privacy and comfort befitting of a therapeutic journey, self-reflection and peace of mind.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is a therapeutic modality that uses the evidenced based power of eye movement to regulate emotions and access your personal ability to voluntarily make changes to the way you think about certain things and resolve old stories and wounds that are guiding your behaviour. Your therapist will support you to work on your concern, while allowing you the control to choose the most meaningful solution as well as how much you choose to share or put into words - making this a gentle way to treat most concerns.
The benefit of attending an intensive therapy retreat is the opportunity to make a significant impact on your mental health and wellness in a short amount of time. Taking the time to solely focus on your presenting concern and support your body mind and soul in a wholistic way allows you to reach a deeper level of understanding, awareness and healing leaving you ready to move forward in a new way.
Having registered professionals lead the retreat, means that you can take advantage of your personal insurance coverage to offset the cost of your weekend.
Additionally, the cost of carrying our unhealthy coping strategies, and difficult life experiences is often high. Impacting the quality of our relationships, productivity in work and financial loss to various management strategies in the form of intermittent addictive behaviours, distractions, and coping mechanisms.
We encourage you to check with your insurance provider about your coverage for psychological, TCM, and osteopathic services. You will be provided with an itemized invoice following your attendance that can be submitted to your provider for reimbursement of the professional services included in the weekend.
Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Osteopathy, and Traditional Chinese Medicine are all effective in the treatment of a wide variety of emotional and mental health concerns including but not limited to traumatic experiences, anxiety, depression, unhelpful coping strategies, difficult relationship patterns and more. You will engage in an initial treatment session with your psychologist prior to the retreat to ensure that your concern can be addressed and to plan for the effective application of therapy.
- Those with special medical conditions such as pregnancy, heart conditions, ocular difficulties, or a history of seizures should consult a medical professional before participating in ART. An ART treatment may put you at risk due to the possibility of a heightened emotional reaction.
- If you are Actively considering suicide working through the emotions and discomfort of trauma work can activate distress levels and may prove to be unsafe in a retreat setting. If you are currently having suicidal thoughts or are worried about your own safety, please reach out to the Distress Centre at 811, or contact emergency care at 911 or your local hospital.
- If you are actively engaged in substance abuse or addiction this will compromise your ability to meaningfully participate in therapy. In the interest of your health and effective treatment we ask that you abstain from substance use for the duration of your therapy sessions at the retreat.
If you have concerns about your immediate wellness or suitability for the retreat environment, please contact Jocelyn or Shelley at www.emmauspsychology.com for a complimentary consultation.
The cost of the retreat covers all professional therapy services including your initial intake session, 2 ART therapy session, 1 osteopathic treatment, and 1 TCM session. Additionally, you will take part in professionally led group experiences including intention setting, and a closing and meaning making session. Additionally, the cost covers nourishing breakfast and lunch meals to support your connection and healing.
Get to the root of your presenting concern. with the support of registered psychologists, you will build an informed and compassionate awareness of the root causes of your concern and how it impacts your life today.
Find relief from the negative sensations, symptoms and images associated with your presenting problem, and reduce the intensity of the emotional response that these concerns currently bring up for you.
Reconnect with your own knowledge of healing. With the informed compassion of a licensed Doctor of Chinese Medicine and a trained Manual Osteopath you will be supported to reconnect with your own body and let go of stored emotional and physical tension within your body.
Transform your perspective about yourself, others and your past, letting go of resentment, anger and fear. Through the intentionally structured intervention of Accelerated Resolution Therapy, you will be guided through the distress of your concern towards a neutralized knowledge of your experience and an enhanced understanding of your own strengths, abilities and internal sense of peace.