Health & Healing

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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.

Yoga session at Hollyhock Retreat Centre

Wild Mushrooms and the Mycology of Consciousness

With Jim Gouin and David Sumerlin

October 16 - 20, 2024
Save the world, one mushroom at a time. Fungi, particularly mushrooms, offer powerful, practical solutions to enhance both human and ecosystem health. Through lecture, discussion, and foraging: Learn easy-to-grow cultivation methods using a hands-on approach. Gain the skills to identify at least twenty-five species of mushroom, both wild and cultivated. Delve…

Wim Hof Method, Breathwork and Your True Nature

With Cian Dalton and Carolyn Schmidt

October 16 - 20, 2024
"We are so successful at being comfortable that comfort is becoming the enemy of success" - Wim Hof Using the Wim Hof Method and other practices, we will explore our TRUE NATURE as human beings, stripping away the layers to reveal our most authentic powerful selves. Optimize your health using…

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Levels 1-2 (Vancouver)

With Alina Frank & Dr. Craig Weiner

November 15 - 17, 2024
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…

2025 Canadian Psychedelic Summit

With Hollyhock Leadership Institute and Kim Haxton

August 13 - 17, 2025
Cortes Island
Pre-register for the 2025 Canadian Psychedelic Summit!  What to Expect Led by facilitator and ceremonial practitioner Kim Haxton, our time together will center the embodied knowledge of Indigenous peoples, creating space for ceremony, storytelling, and connection with ourselves, one another, and the natural world. With these foundations in place, we…