Feel the surrounding embrace of nature and deeply exhale. Explore somatic approaches to health and healing through the wisdom of inspiring teachers, healers, guides, and plants. Harness your own healing energy and strengthen your physical and mental health through the power of nature, mind, breath, movement and adventure.
Health & Healing
Presence, Play and Possibility
With Donna Martin and Shelley Winton
September 10 - 15, 2026
A gentle invitation to come home to your authentic self With the demands of living in a dynamically changing world, we sometimes lose track of what has heart and meaning for us. We can be swept along by the speed of change or expectations. What if we could slow down…
An Autumn Contemplative Retreat: Rooting, Unfurling, Letting Go
With Caverly Morgan
September 10 - 15, 2026
What does it mean to truly let go? What are we letting go of, and how? At the threshold of autumn, inspired by the natural world—a natural teacher—join Caverly Morgan for this contemplative and restorative journey. We will delve into the profound themes of rooting in presence, unfurling into embodied…
Presence Psychotherapy Training: Integrate Spirituality With Trauma Work (28 CE Credits)
With Michelle Lepak
September 10 - 15, 2026
Presence Psychotherapy is a comprehensive trauma treatment model that integrates spirituality, work with parts of the mind, and relational attunement to process the many layers and nuances of trauma. Presence Psychotherapy, rooted in evidence-based practice, is highlighted by US News & World Report for trauma healing and grief, is published…
Sacred Roots: Ancestral Healing Through Yoga, Breath & Ceremony
With Satya Jehman
September 28 - October 2, 2026
Held in the days of the harvest full moon and the yogic season of ancestral remembrance known as Pitru Paksha, this retreat is a sacred portal into healing, connection, and embodied renewal. Across cultures, this time of year has long been honoured as a season to remember, pay tribute to,…
Return to Stillness: A Yoga Nidra Retreat
With Kristyn Rose Foster
October 2 - 7, 2026
Step away from the pace of daily life and return to the quiet intelligence within. Held in the serene beauty of island life as the season turns inward, this retreat is a deeply nourishing immersion into Yoga Nidra, the art of conscious rest and “divine sleep.” As autumn invites a…
Fall Foraging + Outdoor Cooking
With Cheryl Chang and Candace Campo
October 11 - 15, 2026
Explore the forests and tidal edges of Cortes Island through your senses. Gather with Cheryl Chang, professional chef, and Candace Campo, Indigenous knowledge keeper and Talasay Tours founder, for a sensory experience that will weave together learning, foraging, and cooking. Together, we’ll explore the intertidal zone and the forest floor—reading…
Wintering: Rest, Reflection & Inward Practices
With Farah Nazarali
October 11 - 15, 2026
“Plants and animals don’t fight the winter; they prepare. They adapt. They perform extraordinary acts of metamorphosis. Winter is a time of withdrawing from the world, [and] that’s where the transformation occurs. Winter is not the death of the life cycle, but its crucible.”- Katherine May Step out of the…
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Levels 1-2 (Vancouver)
With Alina Frank & Dr. Craig Weiner
November 5 - 7, 2026
SFU Harbour Centre, Room 1400
Learn EFT, the most sought after energy psychology approach on the planet. Emotional Freedom Techniques or “The Tapping Techniques” are used by millions of people worldwide. These techniques can quickly and effectively resolve dysfunctional feelings, thoughts, behaviours and beliefs which can lead to challenges in relationships, health, right livelihood and…