A 2.5-Hour Somatic Sound Retreat with Dr. Michelle Greenwell & Ann-Marie Boudreau

This powerful retreat explores how posture, alignment, and the voice work together to support the body’s natural healing processes. Join vocal sound practitioner Ann-Marie Boudreau and movement/posture specialist Dr. Michelle Greenwell for an afternoon of discovery that will help you understand your body from the inside out.

Through guided movement, breath, and structured vocal resonance, you will learn how sound interacts with spinal alignment, diaphragm mobility, reflex patterns, and the subtle biofield. This retreat highlights how small postural shifts can dramatically change the way sound vibrates through the body—supporting relaxation, nervous system regulation, pain reduction, and emotional clarity.

What You Will Experience

• Explore how posture shapes your voice—and your wellbeing

• Learn gentle alignment strategies that enhance sonic healing

• Discover how vocal tones activate supportive neuromuscular and energetic pathways

• Participate in a posture-informed sound journey for whole-body recalibration

• Engage in partner or small-group resonance explorations

• Receive simple, meaningful home practices to continue your healing

This retreat is a beautiful next step for those who joined us in February, yet it also stands alone as a profound introduction to sound-supported postural healing.

Who This Is For

Ideal for those curious about somatic healing, vocal exploration, body alignment, Tai Chi, energy medicine, or personal wellness. No previous voice or movement experience required.

Date & Duration

2.5 hours

March 28 2:30 – 5 pm at the Bonnie Brae Club in St Peters on Toulouse Street

Cost: $35 plus tax

Tea on Tap for this event will be Symphony of the Earth from the Tea with Intention Series.  A citrus, cinnamon blend with rooibos that will support your journey of discovery. 

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Awakening the Spine, Spirit & Senses

Aug 16-23, 2026 | Mabou, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

Step into an immersive, land-based retreat that brings together movement, energy medicine, sound, art, and community in one of the most breathtaking regions of Atlantic Canada.

This 8-day retreat is designed for practitioners, facilitators, artists, and curious seekers who are ready to deepen their self-care, expand their energetic awareness, and experience learning that is embodied, creative, and restorative.

Cape Breton Island itself becomes part of the teaching — through ocean, forest, music, dance, and shared meals — offering a powerful container for renewal and insight.

What Makes This Retreat Unique

This is not a passive retreat — it is a living, experiential classroom.

Throughout the week, participants are guided through layered learning experiences that weave together:

• Touch for Health Five Element Theory

• The Spiritual Essence of the Spine

• BioEnergetic Wellness Formula (intention, awareness, activation, community, intuition)

• Tai Chi & gentle movement

• Dance & creative expression

• Sound healing & frequency exploration

• Intuitive painting

• Nature-based integration

• Introductory Therapeutic Touch (TT) practices for self-care and families

Each day builds on the next, allowing concepts to be felt, practiced, and embodied — not just understood intellectually.

What You’ll Experience

• Daily Tai Chi sessions in inspiring community spaces, studios, and outdoor locations

• Spine Resonance workshops exploring how frequency, movement, and the Five Elements support vitality, regulation, and healing

• Intuitive Painting as a gateway to insight, emotional processing, and creative flow

• Sound baths and music-based explorations for nervous system regulation and deep rest

• Trauma-informed movement and sound practices focused on gentle unwinding and safety

• Introduction to Therapeutic Touch principles for personal and family care

• Shared meals, beach walks, markets, music, and dance woven throughout the experience

You’ll leave with practical tools, embodied understanding, and renewed connection — to yourself, to community, and to the natural world.

Who This Retreat Is For

This retreat is ideal for:

• Wellness practitioners and facilitators

• Movement teachers, energy workers, and body-based therapists

• Artists and creatives seeking embodied inspiration

• Individuals navigating stress, transition, or burnout

• Anyone curious about energy, movement, and holistic self-care

No prior experience is required. All practices are offered in an inclusive, accessible way.

The Deeper Intention

At its heart, this retreat is about working together — developing new awareness, shared understanding, and practical skills that ripple outward into families, communities, and professional work.

You will be supported to:

• Reconnect with your body’s innate intelligence

• Understand the spine as a bridge between structure, energy, and spirit

• Experience how movement, sound, and art support healing

• Build community through shared presence and practice

Location

Various locations across Mabou, Inverness, Creignish, Judique, and the Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

Dates

Aug 16 – 23, 2026

Cost for the retreat:  $800 plus tax

Reserve your spot today.  Registrations accepted on a first come, first served basis.  Maximum of 15 participants.  Refunds will only be offered until July 1, with a $100 registration withholding fee.  After July 1, registrations can only be transferred, not refunded.  This exclusive package will be intuitively organized based on the participants and our general itinerary.  We look forward to bringing you an experience of a lifetime with music, movement, art, photography, herbs, soundscapes, landscape, dance, and the beauty that Cape Breton Island has to offer, all wrapped up in a daily lesson plan that invites new ideas, and training for self-care and client sessions. 

With a full team of presenters from Ireland, Scotland, Virginia USA, BC, and Cape Breton Island, you will have an immersion into the NeuroArts that will inspire your senses, spirit, and wellbeing like never before.  Stay tuned for the introduction of this amazing team in our blog. 

Accommodations are available for you at the beautiful Glendyer Bed and Breakfast: The Glendyer is an historic B and B in beautiful Mabou, Cape Breton. The Glendyer offers an idyllic country setting, Celtic heritage, and hot breakfast. NS Tourism #STR2526B1372. Just let them know Michelle sent you as we secured a special rate for the retreat.

(902) 945-2345

stay@theglendyer.ca

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Travel:

Flights are best to Halifax, although you can land in Sydney, Cape Breton.  Consider carpooling, and rent a vehicle for the week to provide you with your own transportation to the various venues and highlights.  There is so much to explore in Nova Scotia and on the island.

From Halifax to Cape Breton, and to Mabou specifically is 3.5 hours without any stops.  If you are taking a red-eye, you will need a nap before making the trip, Mount Tom has an energy that really pulls at tired bodies. If you choose to arrive a few days early, Halifax is an incredible port city to explore with many famous historical sites and a great music and museum scene.  If several wish to arrive early, we can help coordinate a house rental for people to enjoy the sites together with a reduced cost for accommodation.

If you choose to arrive to Sydney, it is a 2 hour drive to Mabou.  There are also several historic sites and the waterfront to explore if you are interested in the Fortress of Louisbourg and the Bell Museum in Baddeck on the way.

Flights home, please consider that the retreat will not finish until Sunday afternoon, so flights will be best in the evening or the next morning.  There are several hotels near the Halifax airport that have shuttles to the terminal.

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Expand your self-care practice with this unique online experience blending Tai Chi, intuitive music, art, nature, and intentional tea rituals. Symphony of Radiance brings together seated and standing forms inspired by Master Moy Lin Shin—including the 108 Moving Meditation, Sabre, and Lok Hup—to open blocked pathways, increase mobility, support circulation and lymph flow, and cultivate whole-body wellbeing. This series is ideal for beginners, those returning to practice, or anyone navigating pain, stiffness, or low energy.

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, CIH BioEW, guides you through posture power, integrative movement patterns, and the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula to support daily habits grounded in vitality and resilience. Intuitive musician Colin MacLeod of Scotland offers live soundscapes crafted in the moment to deepen inner awareness and accelerate transformation.

A remarkable creative team enriches the journey each week:

• Donna Hutchison – Harpist and wellness practitioner drawing from music therapy and vibrational healing

• Brenda Bowen Cox – Musical therapist with deep experience in neonatal, hospice, and palliative care

• Marian Egan – Energetic artist capturing class frequencies in symbolic, healing-infused artwork

• Tanya Levy – Nature photographer offering grounding images to connect you to the rhythms of Mother Nature

This series is framed through the Five Element Theory, exploring Ko and Shen cycles and nurturing new patterns of wellbeing through movement, sound, and imagery. You can find this information in the Touch for Health knowledge.

As a special addition, the Cape Breton Tea Company will host a Tea with Intention segment each week. Participants may purchase:

• The full set of teas and companion book for the complete experience, or

• A sample set of weekly teas to enjoy during class

No experience is necessary. Seated and standing options are available, and gentle 40% effort is encouraged for those with pain, injury, or low energy.

Join us for this life-expanding journey into movement, sound, art, nature, and intentional nourishment—a guided pathway to clarity, resilience, and inner radiance.

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The class will be offered for 8 week starting Wed, October 22 at 12 pm Atlantic, 8 am Pacific, and 4 pm in the UK, finishing December 10th.  The weekly gathering will be for 90 minutes and will include applications of techniques to explore during the week.

The cost is $450 plus tax.  You will need the Complete Edition Touch for Health textbook and your enthusiasm to explore.

For those of you with a Tai Chi background, you will begin to see the power behind the Tai Chi moves through the lens of the Five Element Theory and Dr George Goodheart’s discoveries of the organ, meridian, muscle relationship.  Personal skill development will be bringing your movement knowledge forward, especially whole-body movement.  For those who work with clients, this will provide you with the knowledge of how to apply homework and follow up that will sustain and expand the energy activations you create in your one on one sessions.

Please register as soon as possible so we can begin to align any questions and areas of challenge with the Touch for Health materials you may have.  This is your class to explore and grow.  We welcome your inquisitive mind and your out of the box thinking.

See you soon.

PS  Tea is always served at class, so get ready to learn more about the Five Element Teas from the Cape Breton Tea Company.  Our Teas with Intention will enhance your understanding of the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula that is the super power behind the whole system in Touch for Health.

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Dr Michelle Greenwell will highlight setting up your day for success through awareness, intention, posture power and integrative movement patterns using special exercises, Tai Chi patterns, and movement ideas.  She is joined by doctoral student, and intuitive musician extraordinaire, Colin MacLeod of Scotland who will be playing intuitively to the group and with the exercises to maximize the speed and agility of your transformation from chronic pain, stiff joints, and lower energy into vitality and resiliency.  Dr Greenwell will share the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula for successful daily habits, and together you will be empowered to engage in a wellness plan that meets you where your needs are and what you need to be inspired.

No experience is necessary.  Seated and standing options for movement will be offered.  This special group will grow in skill as you are nurtured for your personal needs and goals.

Course dates:  Tuesdays 12 pm Atlantic, 8 am Pacific, 4 pm UK.  September 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 18, 25, Dec 2 (no class on Remembrance Day Nov 11).

The original course was offered in the spring of 2025 with great success and insights and you are welcome to purchase this special series as an adjunct to this course, however, it is not a pre-requisite.

In our first series we explored movement through the award-winning program for Unwinding Trauma, created by Tanya Levy, Michelle and Colin and presented in Tenerife, Spain and San Diego, USA.  In this series we will be exploring the Essence of the Spine and its relationship to sound, muscles, and whole body movement. We will continue our exploration of the sequences in the 108 Moving Meditation by Master Moy Lin Shin, both seated and standing, as well as some special patterns from Sabre and Lok Hup. Each set brings us deeper into the tissue and organs of the body to improve circulation, lymph flow, joint mobility, clear minds, and building energy. Our special focus each week is to help you gain experience with being grounded, finding your heart center, opening your mind to new ideas, and transforming your life into vitality and resiliency.

If you have never taken Tai Chi before, this is a great starting place. If you have never done the Seated Form of Tai Chi, this will be a great introduction.  If you have movement challenges, this will provide you with the space to adjust as you need.  If you have pain, an injury, or low energy, we recommend that you do everything at 40% effort, small and light.  With time you will find your energy grow and you will be able to ease into the exercises as you learn about your internal mechanics of moving.

Thank you for signing up for this life-expanding course.  We are looking forward to meeting you.

Please note that if you send an e-transfer you need to add tax to the course fee.

For full resources for Colin MacLeod, you can go to www.celticfiddleguru.com or www.harmonicsforbusiness.com.

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With Dr. Gregory Webb, Touch for Health® Mentor

The Touch for Health Full Synthesis is Levels 1 through 4 with completion of the Full Workbook and Client Session notes.  This also includes review of all 4 levels at the conclusion to ensure the student is competent in both theory and practical application in a clinical setting.  Should a student wish to be assessed and apply for their instructor status, the next steps would be supported.

Online practice group and in-person applications are possible to achieve competency in all protocols and applications.

For further details about Touch for Health please review the descriptions.

Repeat students can enjoy this deep dive for 50% off the full price. CanBeWell members receive a 10% discount.

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For more information about Touch for Health, please follow the link to get a full description.

Level 4 will begin Saturday October 12th.  In person muscle monitoring will begin the class, and online classes will resume following that based on the needs of the class.  16 hours of study will be completed, as well as 5 case studies to move on to Assessment.

For those wanting to gain all 4 levels, plus advance with the movement skills added to the studies, please consider the full Touch for Health Synthesis program plus Dr Greenwell enhancements.

The photo shared is with Dr Michelle’s mentor, Dr Gregory Webb, and the Touch for Health posters behind.

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For more information about Touch for Health, please follow the link to get a full description.

Level 3 will begin Saturday October 12th.  In person muscle monitoring will begin the class, and online classes will resume following that based on the needs of the class.  16 hours of study will be completed, as well as 5 case studies to move on to Level 4.

For those wanting to gain all 4 levels, plus advance with the movement skills added to the studies, please consider the full Touch for Health Synthesis program plus Dr Greenwell enhancements.

The photo shared is with Dr Michelle’s mentor, Dr Gregory Webb, and the Touch for Health posters behind.

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All levels are welcome to join the class. Beginners too! We begin with the Tai Chi set and explore small movement sections of the set, then add Sabre and Lok Hup as time allows. Seated and standing versions offered throughout.

Membership dues collected 3 times per year, Jan, April and September. $65 for four months.  Payment can be made at class or by e-transfer.

Monday:

Hillsborough-Glendyer Hall
4738 Route 252
Mabou, NS B0E 1X0

9-10:30 am

Wednesday:

Inverness County Center for the Arts
16080, Nova Scotia Trunk 19
Inverness, NS B0E 1N0
(902) 258-2533

9am to 11am

Thursday:

Creignish Community Hall
2061 Ceilidh Trail
Creignish, NS B9A 1B7
9026231508

6:30pm to 8pm

Those with a Tai Chi Cape Breton membership can attend weekly classes in all locations: Inverness, Creignish, and Hillsborough-Glendyer.

Our Instructor, Dr. Michelle Greenwell, is a volunteer for this special program based on the wishes of Master Moy that all instructors teach from their heart.  She has been teaching from her heart for Tai Chi for almost two decades.

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For more information about Touch for Health, please follow the link to get a full description.

Level 2 will begin Saturday October 12th.  In person muscle monitoring will begin the class, and online classes will resume following that based on the needs of the class.  16 hours of study will be completed, as well as 5 case studies to move on to Level 3.

For those wanting to gain all 4 levels, plus advance with the movement skills added to the studies, please consider the full Touch for Health Synthesis program plus Dr Greenwell enhancements.

The photo shared is with Dr Michelle’s mentor, Dr Gregory Webb, and the Touch for Health posters behind.

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