Retreats & Facilitation
Experiential spaces that build trust, deepen connection, and support meaningful momentum for teams, organizations, and communities.
Ricky-Lee designs and facilitates retreats, board sessions, team experiences, and community gatherings that help people slow down, reconnect, reflect, and move forward with greater clarity.
Informed by Nuučaan̓uł values, lived experience, relational facilitation, somatic awareness, storytelling, nature connection, and reflective practice
How I Facilitate
Most groups do not need more information. They need stronger trust, more honest conversation, and an environment where people can participate with care.
That is the work I do.
Through reflective process, embodied practice, group dialogue, and careful attention to relational dynamics, I help people slow down, arrive more fully, and engage with one another in a more honest and useful way.
I do not come in with a rigid formula. I come in with clear intention, strong facilitation skill, and the ability to adapt in real time to what the group, space, and purpose require.
This work is informed by lived experience, psychology, Indigenous worldview, movement, time in nature, and the ongoing practice of returning to what is real.
Rooted
A 2-Day Retreat Experience for Teams, Boards, and Communities
Rooted is a two-day experiential retreat designed to help groups rebuild trust, deepen connection, and move forward with greater clarity.
Drawing on Indigenous worldview, relational facilitation, somatic awareness, storytelling, nature connection, and reflective practice, Rooted creates space for participants to slow down, reconnect, and strengthen the foundations needed for meaningful work.
Best for: Boards · Leadership teams · Indigenous organizations · Youth-serving organizations · Community groups · Wellness retreats · Teams navigating transition, burnout, conflict, or realignment
Outcomes: Stronger trust · Clearer values · Deeper self-awareness · Improved communication · Renewed energy · Practical next steps
Available formats: Two-day retreat · Full-day team experience · Half-day Grounded session · Conference workshop · Retreat guest facilitation · Movement-based reflection session
For organizations exploring a board, team, or community retreat, this one-page overview shares the format, fit, outcomes, and next steps.
Ways I Facilitate & Lead
Team & Group Facilitation
Experiential sessions designed to strengthen trust, communication, and relational cohesion within teams, leadership groups, and organizations.
Team building and relational connection
Leadership reflection and alignment
Group dialogue and facilitated conversation
Space for honest, useful engagement
Workshops & Group Experiences
Interactive sessions that invite reflection, discussion, embodied experience, and meaningful participation.
Connection and belonging
Wellness and self-regulation
Confidence and personal growth
Purpose, values, and direction
Retreat Facilitation & Leadership
Half-day, full-day, or multi-day experiences that support reflection, restoration, integration, and group development.
Wellness and embodiment practices
Group reflection and integration sessions
Opening and closing circles
Structured and responsive facilitation throughout a retreat
Selected Retreat & Facilitation Experience
Recent work includes board retreat design, multi-day retreat leadership, meditation facilitation, education conference facilitation, embodied practice, and group-based leadership.
Selected experience includes:
Mułaa / Rising Tide Surf Society Board of Directors Retreat · Supernaturals Retreat · Dreamstill Slow Fashion Fair · Tapestry Education Conference · Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week Team Retreat
This work is also informed by immersive retreat practice, freediving, nature-based experience, and 300-hour yoga teacher training completed while backpacking Southeast Asia.
Facilitation in Practice
A closer look at how Ricky-Lee supports teams, communities, and retreat spaces through grounded facilitation, relational connection, and responsive leadership.
Mułaa / Rising Tide Surf Society
Board Retreat Facilitation
Mułaa / Rising Tide Surf Society invited Ricky-Lee to support their annual team and board gathering through grounded facilitation, reflection, and relational connection. The intention was not simply to move through an agenda, but to create a space where participants could arrive more fully, strengthen trust, and reconnect with the deeper purpose behind their work.
Ricky-Lee designed and facilitated a reflective group experience that supported openness, honest conversation, and a stronger sense of relationship within the team. His approach combined careful room awareness, gentle structure, embodied presence, and an ability to help people feel welcomed, heard, and supported without forcing the process.
The experience helped the group slow down, connect beyond surface-level roles, and build a stronger foundation for shared work moving forward. Participants were invited into reflection, conversation, and relationship-building in a way that felt natural, grounded, and meaningful.
“Working with Ricky-Lee has been a deeply grounding and meaningful experience for our team. His facilitation style created space for genuine reflection, connection, and openness to emerge naturally amongst our team, ultimately bringing us closer into relationship.”
— Rachel Greening, Co-Founder, Mułaa / Rising Tide Surf Society
Supernaturals Retreat
Multi-Day Retreat Leadership
As part of the Supernaturals project, Ricky-Lee guided a retreat weekend designed to support reflection, connection, and community healing. The retreat brought participants into a shared space where they could slow down, connect with themselves, and build deeper relationship with one another.
Ricky-Lee’s role required care, responsibility, adaptability, and strong emotional presence. He supported the arc of the weekend through facilitation, reflective prompts, group connection, embodied practice, and grounded leadership. Rather than imposing a rigid structure, he paid attention to the needs of the room and helped create an environment where participants could feel safe enough to reflect, share, and reconnect.
The retreat became a meaningful space for personal insight and collective connection. Participants left with deeper reflection, renewed relationship, and a stronger sense of being held within community.
“Ricky-Lee guided the workshop weekend with great care and responsibility, providing a space for participants to connect both with themselves and with each other in community healing.”
— Claudia Skunk, Key Creative and Impact Producer, Fashionable Productions Inc. / Supernaturals Project
Common Engagement Formats
90-minute facilitated session
A focused experience for conferences, teams, or communities seeking reflection, conversation, and renewed connection.
Half-day team or leadership experience
Designed to support trust, communication, alignment, and a clearer sense of direction.
Full-day retreat or off-site
A deeper facilitated experience that can combine reflection, dialogue, embodied practice, and structured group process.
Rooted: 2-day retreat experience
A signature retreat format for teams, boards, and communities seeking deeper trust, clearer values, renewed energy, and practical next steps.
Multi-day retreat facilitation
For organizations, communities, and retreat environments seeking a stronger arc of connection, integration, and meaningful change.
What People Experience
What people often experience in these spaces:
“Ricky-Lee has a grounded and calming presence that allows people to feel at ease almost immediately. His ability to create a safe and open environment makes it easier to reflect, connect, and grow.”
“Ricky-Lee is a real leader whom I have witnessed lead diverse groups to success in administrative, strategic, and emotional tasks. He has a rare combination of intelligences that allow him to build teams toward common objectives with honesty, tact, and compassion.””
Who This Work Is For
Best fit includes:
Organizations and teams
Boards and leadership groups
Retreat hosts and wellness spaces
Schools and youth programs
Indigenous organizations
Community and cultural initiatives
Groups navigating transition, growth, or realignment
This work often supports:
Stronger trust and communication
Greater self-awareness and clarity
More honest conversation
Renewed direction and shared momentum
Practical next steps
A stronger foundation for future work
Each experience is tailored to the group, environment, and intention of the space.
Let’s Create Something Meaningful
I’d love to hear about your group, your goals, and the kind of experience you want to create.
Whether you are planning a board retreat, team session, community gathering, wellness retreat, or multi-day experience, we can shape a format that fits the people, place, and purpose.
