Primordial Waters Retreat

Renegotiate Perinatal Attachment Disruptions & Birth Trauma

July 19-24, 2025

Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan

A 6-Day Transformational Water Rebirthing Retreat In Sacred Waters

At times, the continued healing of our entrenched beliefs, stress, and trauma requires mysterious and extraordinary measures.

Join us for a wildly uncommon and evocative journey back to the space of the womb as we gather to lovingly tend to our birth stories and the way that they have molded both our unique and common life experience.

Deeply experiential, we will come together to discover and clarify how your first human birth left physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and relational imprints that live on as your core limiting beliefs and foundational expectations and anticipations that control your life. Rooted in experiences that preceded your verbal and conceptual capacity, transforming these perinatal imprints requires approaches that go beyond simply talking about what happened. In one way or another, it requires bravely returning to the source of your human life; to viscerally enter the realm of what has sometimes been referred to as “rebirthing.”

What To Expect:

This is your opportunity to explore and transform some of the deepest origins of stress and trauma; right back to birth, ancestral origins, and beyond. We will take the space and time to:

Learn about the ways your birth may have impacted and uniquely formed you.
Cultivate understanding of the psychology around birth, conventionally, mythically, and transpersonally.
Experientially explore perinatal developmental movement patterns, how they may have been disrupted during your conception, gestation, birth, and post-birth, and how they can be repaired and/or reawakened in you.
Contemplate and meditate in specialized ways that support discovery and the renegotiation of perinatal stress and trauma.
Journey expansively with the catalyst of Nūma Breathwork to support the navigation, processing, and resolution of beliefs and stored emotional energy adopted perinatally.
Immerse deeply within the mineral rich waters of Manitou – both within the warm waters of the spa and the cooler waters of the lake – to reawaken the journey of birth, gradually releasing and transforming a lifetime of stress and trauma, and awakening new possibilities within yourself, your relationships, and your experience of life.
Slow down and regulate, supporting a trauma-sensitive approach to your healing.
Connect deeply with, offer conscious support to, and be lovingly supported by other caring, kind, compassionate, curious, and playful human beings that share in your excitement for adventure, transformation, and authentic human relationships.

Being reborn is not the domain of one tradition or a single, special person. It is for everyone. Here is your creative opportunity.

Registration

Investment: $1,695.00

Please note: Accommodation is not included in the retreat cost.

Meet Your Guides

Dive into a realm where wisdom meets wonder, guided by four passionate facilitators who bring years of experience, deep knowledge, and a heartfelt dedication to your journey of transformation.

Trevor Yelich

Embark on this adventure with Trevor, a leader in transformative breathwork and psychotherapeutic practices. Trevor's approach weaves together the art and science of breathwork, psychology, and contemplative practices to support individuals in navigating their inner landscapes. His work is dedicated to fostering environments where deep healing, growth, and self-discovery flourish.

Allison Bachmier

Allison helps humans connect with their bodies and minds, exploring what seems to be a restriction, limitation, or tension and curiously exploring the information it holds while holding space for embodied awarenesses and transformation.

With degrees in Anatomy and Psychology and immersing herself in medical school, a personal health crisis led her to explore consciousness-based medicine, including BodyTalk. Allison’s evolving expertise spans breathwork, somatics, and trauma healing, integrating approaches such as Hakomi, Bodynamics, Somatic Experiencing, and Internal Family Systems. She teaches internationally, runs a full-time private practice, and offers workshops on personal development.

Learn more about Allison here.

Erin Wyllthawk

Erin has been a clinical counselor for over 15 years, and with each passing year, her love for the work deepens. Life’s twists and turns have given her a richer understanding of herself and fueled her desire to be of service to others. Her favourite thing about sitting with humans is the intimate way she gets to hear the complex and fascinating stories that shape each person’s life.

Working from a relational, attachment-based perspective, Erin believes therapeutic growth is rooted in the strength of the relationship. She blends Emotion-Focused Therapy, Parts Work, somatic techniques, and clinical hypnotherapy to help clients reimagine themselves and create a new of experiencing their world.

Alison Demeter

Alison is passionate about being a supportive companion to those who embark on the healing journey within, helping them rediscover the fullness of who they’ve always been. She weaves Numa Perinatal Trauma & Breathwork training, her experience as a certified Core Energetics practitioner, and her background as a Numa Breathwork facilitator, Recreation Therapist, and Vocal Coach.

Known for her “maternal” quality, Alison’s ability to offer deep love and care, even to those she’s just met, makes her the perfect fit for being in service for those exploring the profound realms of birth, death, and rebirth.

Learn more about Alison here.

Attending The Threshold Of Birth, Death, & Rebirth

“A threshold is not a simple boundary; it is a frontier that divides two different territories, rhythms, and atmospheres.

Indeed, it is a lovely testimony to the fullness and integrity of an experience or a stage of life that it intensifies toward the end into a real frontier that cannot be crossed without the heart being passionately engaged and woken up.

At this threshold a great complexity of emotion comes alive: confusion, fear, excitement, sadness, hope.

This is one of the reasons such vital crossings were always clothed in ritual.

It is wise in your own life to be able to recognize and acknowledge the key thresholds; to take your time; to feel all the varieties of presence that accrue there; to listen inward with complete attention until you hear the inner voice calling you forward: The time has come to cross.”

- John O’Donohue

Location:

Manitou Springs Resort & Mineral Spa, Manitou Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada

Accommodation:

Please make arrangements to stay on-site at the hotel to help ensure everyone stays connected throughout the retreat. For more information and to book your accommodation, visit Manitou Springs Resort & Mineral Spa here (https://manitousprings.ca/). We have reserved a block of rooms for the retreat, so when booking, please mention that you are attending the Nūma Breathwork Retreat to receive our fixed group rate.

Please note: Accommodation and food are not included in the retreat cost.

Cancellation Policy:
We understand that life can change unexpectedly, and we are committed to supporting you with flexibility and care throughout your journey. If you need to cancel your registration, cancellations made 15 to 30 days prior to the event start date will receive a 50% refund. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer refunds for cancellations made less than 14 days before the event, as arrangements have already been made to reserve your space.