Rooted in Compassion: Movement and Mindfulness Practices

This immersive retreat offers a guided flow of meditation and movement practices in mindful self-compassion, including loving-kindness meditation, gentle yoga and self-massage for self-care, grounding body scan, walking meditation, and sensory awareness. This day of practice is supported by a sprinkling of poetry, guidance, and reflections from the teachers. Together, these practices support greater ease, kindness toward oneself, and embodied presence. To participate fully in gentle yoga involves the physical ability to get down and up off a yoga mat. All are fully welcome to attend the retreat. You are always invited to do what your body allows. Tim Burnett is Mindfulness Northwest's founder and a Senior Teacher. He brings his extensive teaching in Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and his work as a Buddhist teacher to the table along with his own journey towards knowing his emotions and learning how to be kinder to himself. Guest teacher Raizelah Bayen is a certified yoga teacher and massage therapist, with over 20 years of teaching experience in self-care and wellness workshops. Raizelah is the owner and director of Open Pathways Institute for Integrative Massage Therapy. As a yoga teacher and bodyworker, Raizelah is passionate about teaching embodiment as a path to self-knowledge, kindness, and presence. Our One Day Retreats are an immersion into silent, continuous, teacher-led practice. During this day of practice, we'll ask you to be as quiet as possible and let go of entertainments and distractions for the day. One Day Retreats are included in our 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindful Self-Compassion courses and offered for stand-alone sign up in the Retreats section of our website. Everyone with some experience of mindfulness and meditation is welcome to try a One Day Retreat. It can be a powerful and important way to explore mindfulness and compassion more deeply. If you are totally new to meditation, this day may be a challenge; however, all are welcome. For some, "jumping in" is a great way to start. Whether online or in-person, you will be guided in a sequence of meditation and mindfulness practices including: sitting meditation, the body scan, walking meditation (indoors and out!), gentle mindful yoga, and contemplative practices like the loving-kindness meditation. A great virtue of in-person retreats is the possibilities that emerge from taking a quiet day totally away from your usual routine and environment. Plus we've found some lovely sites to host our retreats. Be sure to bring your lunch, a blanket, and yoga mat and/or meditation cushion if you have one. We are able to bring some extra yoga / meditation gear to share, and all of our retreat sites have comfortable chairs for sitting. Online retreats are rich opportunity to integrate sustained mindfulness practice into your "regular" life at home. We do recommend having a conversation with the occupants of your home. While it's not reasonable to expect roommates, spouses, or children to be totally silent for a day because you'll be on retreat, sometimes a simple shift in routine to help you have a quieter, more protected space is possible. Saturday October 31, 2026 9:30 am - 4:30 pm PT Tim Burnett and Raizelah Bayen Semiahmoo County Park Cannery Lodge (Whatcom County) $150 - $230 (or $38 – $58/month) A well-balanced day of meditation and movement. It helped me slow down and decreased my reactivity to my life. If you want to slow down and get in touch with your inner needs, this is for you. Incredibly knowledgeable & awake & kind teacher, instant results, great to have class/community support. Zip / Postcode (optional) Country (optional) none selected Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Côte D'Ivoire Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongoli