SUNDAY Nov 9, 2025 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Ancaster ON
"A Sacred Pause "
Women's Day Retreat
A Pause in daily life becomes sacred when it is more than just a break - when it is intentional, mindful, and connected to something deeper than routine.
with Wendy Ziemiak
Certified Yoga Teacher, Mental Health Practitioner
& Registered Nurse
Geared to women looking to step away from the known and familiar ways of being & doing to step into a day of reflection, connection & renewal.
A "Sacred Pause" is a moment of stillness that allows the nervous system to shift from stress and survival to safety, balance, and calm.Learn ways to notice and take care of your nervous system for your well-being (physical, social, emotional, mental, spiritual, and sexual).
The Sacred Pause Retreat is a day devoted to:
Tuning into your needs, honouring your true self, living & expressing your values, beliefs, emotions & personality with courage to show up in the world as your real self, even when it feels vulnerable.
Discover self-compassion, personal boundaries, heal your inner child and cultivate inner peace & joy.
Throughout the day we will explore practices and skills that help us understand and strengthen self-care as self-compassion, an antidote to guilt, sacrifice, resentment, shame or blame.
What this full-day retreat includes:
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Introductions and Intention Setting
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Pause to Tune into Your Needs-Guided Meditation & Journaling
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Gentle Yoga Flow
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Personal Boundaries without Guilt
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Lunch and refreshments include
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Excavating your Authentic Self
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Introduction to 'Breathwork' (Conscious Continuous Breathwork), a transformational technique for calm, clarity, ease and release.
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Restorative Yoga
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Guided Meditations for Inner Peace
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Closing Circle
Date: Sunday November 9th, 2025.
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: Mount Mary Retreat Center at the "Cottage"
Location: 437 Wilson St. E. Ancaster ON
PRICE: $150 CAD
"Self-compassion is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel"
- Eleanor Brown
Registration
"Sacred Pause"
Women's Day Retreat
Sunday November 9th, 2025
9:00am - 5:00pm
Venue: Mount Mary Retreat Center at the "Cottage"
Location: 437 Wilson St. E.
Ancaster ON
Price: $150 CAD
Lunch included
[Just 8 spots available]
Refund Policy: 50% refund is available until October 9th, 2025.
No refunds available for cancellations after October 9th, 2025.
Pictures from Past Retreats & Events
About Your Guide
Wendy Ziemiak
Certified Yoga Teacher, Mental Health Practitioner
& Registered Nurse
As a Yoga & Meditation Teacher and Registered Nurse with extensive experience in Mental Health, I offer retreats & self-care workshops to help women find greater self-compassion,
self-love and transform their limited beliefs into empowering life choices for self-care.
As part of my own healing and self-help I became a student of Yoga and Meditation and
started to experience ease in my mind and body. I learned to challenge my unhelpful thinking patterns that lead to anxiety and depression. I learned to disarm my inner critic and manage painful emotions through self-compassion practice. I gave myself permission to meet my
needs for self-care, meaningful connections, healing and inner growth. I learned to be
brave by facing my fears about financial scarcity, being lovable and being good enough.
This is now why I love helping women to create ease and peace and joy in their lives.
Join me for a women's retreat where you will learn these skills and practices that assist with healing, stress reduction and growing self-love and self-compassion within.
Credentials & Training
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Certified Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training
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Registered Nurse & Practicing Mental Health Practitioner
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Meditation Practice for inner peace and stillness
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Self-Compassion Practice for self-acceptance and self-love
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for resetting our beliefs
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Dialectical Behavioural Therapy to calm our big emotions
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Mindfulness Based Therapy to live in the present and reduce overwhelm
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Acceptance and Compassion Therapy when we cannot control our external world
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Internal Family Systems Model to gain more insight and honor our good and bad parts
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Roll Model® Method Therapy Certified using Therapy Balls for releasing body tension
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Certified Breathwork Facilitator