The Heartbeat Of
Wild Sanctuary Retreats
The Invitation
The world is loud.
Demands pull us in every direction.
Yet the invitation to consciously dwell in God’s Loving Sanctuary awaits us in every moment
Wild Sanctuary creates retreats that invite women to step out of the daily grind and remember:
ᐧ You are wildly loved by God.
ᐧ Your body, voice and presence matters.
ᐧ You belong.
In the quiet, you’ll remember who you are.
And more than that, you’ll remember whose you are.
We believe spiritual formation doesn’t require hustle or striving. These retreats are a place to be, rather than do; to feel safe in your own skin, and to tend to your soul through sacred practices, loving community, and embodied rest.
Wild and Sanctuary
Our name comes from a sacred pairing and tension we cherish: wildness and sanctuary.
We believe the soul needs both:
The wildness of Spirit— uncontainable, curious, alive, free.
And the sanctuary of sacred space— safe, reverent, tender, true.
Wild Sanctuary Retreats offer space and place where you can experience an older, wiser, and wilder way of living with God that’s more expansive and wonderful than we could have imagined. Where exploration of self and God are intertwined, where connection with creation beckons us to see the fingerprints of God all around us, and where you’re free to be fully yourself, resting in God’s love.
What We Believe
We believe in a loving, personal and communal God who meets us with tenderness and truth.
We believe in Jesus, God made flesh, who walks with us in our humanity and invites us into lives marked by peace, presence, restoration, and love.
We trust the Spirit to guide us gently, speak through silence, creation and scripture, and lead us into deeper wholeness.
We believe God’s love is the source of all truth— the light by which we discern, the grace by which we grow.
We believe every person is made in the image of God, deeply beloved, and worthy of sacred space to rest, return, and reconnect.
We honor the holy mystery, expansiveness, and beauty of a faith that is always unfolding.
We’re Kimee and Aelea— two kindred spirits who believe that God meets us in the sacred ordinary and the wild sanctuary of right now lives.
Together, we bring years of experience in yoga, spiritual formation, ministry, and soul care, along with a shared desire to create spaces of depth, gentleness, beauty and delight. Put simply, we are space holders for receiving and extending God’s love out into the world.
Our retreats are born from our friendship, our love of yoga and contemplative practices, and our desire to invite others into the kind of presence that heals and holds.
Meet Your Guides
Meet Kimee
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Meet Kimee ·
Kimee Shideler is a 500-RYT who intentionally creates a welcoming space where students can tend not only to the physical breath, but also the Spiritual Breath.
Full of curiosity and always looking to expand her yoga knowledge and wisdom, her certifications go beyond basic teacher training to also include Chair, Yin, Touch, and Trauma Sensitive. Her deep commitment to guiding her students to meet all parts of themselves on the mat with compassion and gratitude is evident in her classes. Kimee has been blossoming as a teacher since 2017 when she completed her training through Holy Yoga, a global Christ-centered registered yoga teacher training program.
Off the mat, Kimee is currently engaged with the 19th Annotation, The Ignatian Retreat in Daily Life. She enjoys being close to creation through hiking, paddling or just grounding her feet, and she also leads a Women In Nature group and a Book Club. Her favorite place to be is at home snuggling or playing games with her husband and three kiddos. You can find Kimee @sacredrhythmsyoga.
Meet Aelea
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Meet Aelea ·
Aelea Semenowich is a Spiritual Director, Life Coach, RYT-500 yoga teacher (M-HYI), and the founder of Wander to Wonder Soul Care—a space for intentional practices that nourish the soul and invite deeper connection with God, self, and community.
She is the creator of soul care yoga—a fusion of yoga, contemplative practice, and spiritual direction. Through movement, meditation, reflection, and sacred awareness, this practice nurtures the whole person and opens space for soul-deep connection. With a gift for asking tender, transformative questions, Aelea leads retreats, workshops, and contemplative offerings that honor the holy ordinary. Her voice—velvety and calming—makes meditation a space you won’t want to leave.
At the heart of her work is a desire to offer spaces marked by acceptance, authenticity, and the belief that the spiritual journey is not about going further, but deeper.
Aelea lives a life marked by enchantment and believes that life itself is a living prayer—one we enter through intention, presence, and awe. Off the mat, you’ll find her flying through the air in aerial arts, baking something sweet, or lingering beneath a starry sky, enchanted by the everyday ways God meets us. You can find Aelea at WandertoWonder.ca or @wandertowondersoulcare
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