Retreats + Ceremonies + Groups

Rita’s gatherings are a spontaneously inspired response to participants and rigorously structured settings that enhance safety and connectivity, deepen education and promote resourcing to explore personal issues and group dynamics. They highlight the need for independence, dependence and interdependence.

Preparation for journeying can include somatic meditation, diad work, experiential practices, Compassionate Inquiry, reflection on music and poetry, physical explorations, and group sharing and communication. Her vocabulary is vast. She draws on her own direct knowledge and that of her mentors: the late Carol Anne Bickerstaff, Gabor Maté and Sharon Stanley (and many others) and incorporates her years of attending personal development workshops. With her background in dance, theatre and performance she creates group learning and exploration is that is unique, respectful and transformative.

If you want to expand your consciousness, care for your self, family and community and be an agent of change on this planet, consider attending one of her offerings. She is dedicated to the humane and caring practices that honour the direct knowledge and wisdom of participants and this extraordinary earth with are privileged to live on. She encourages a thoughtful lifestyle that preserves the environment and honours diverse cultures, races, genders and inheritances. 

For more information and to be in a curated group, please schedule a 20 minute consult with Rita via Calendly or contact Karen Pickles at karen@brillianthealingsystems.com

“Rita is a world-class facilitator of somatic group healing work. In my life there have been very few people, who have been able to navigate my inner protectors to help me heal from childhood trauma. Rita’s presence, intuition, knowledge, and experience allowed me to drop into myself and heal yet another layer. I feel extremely fortunate to have worked with her and her compassionate team.”

- TM Participant 2024

“Wise Night is truly a very special and life changing experience. Rita curates the most beautiful, authentic, sacred and safe space for healing and self-inquiry. She brings her full and complete presence in combination with her open heart to ensure every participant feels seen, heard and supported as they enter a realm of vulnerability and transformation. Rita has a rare and unique ability to “tap in” and guide participants through their layers in order to bring forward their true essence of self. Throughout this journey, I was able to be witness to my own ego and the “story” of what I tell myself I am and need to be. I experienced an ego death of sorts and freedom from my own conditioning through absolute trust and surrender to the experience. It was magical!”

– Wise Night, Group Participant 2020

"In my 20+ years of participating and offering group medicine gatherings, Rita’s Women’s Retreat stands out as magnificently exceptional. Rita and her team weave a delightful, deeply congruent somatic experience that respectfully, but assuredly, invites inner transformation. There is nothing that cannot be held in kindness and gently healed in this profound container. A deep bow to you all.”

-Tricia, Participant 2024