• Single w/shared bathroom* – CAD $2,217.50
  • Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront* – CAD $4,270.00
  • Couple w/ensuite* – CAD $3,875.00
  • Couple w/shared bathroom* – CAD $3,480.00
  • Twin w/ensuite oceanfront* – CAD $2,137.50
  • Twin w/ensuite* – CAD $1,937.50
  • Twin w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,737.50
  • Three-share w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,532.50
  • Women Dorm – CAD $1,287.50
  • Women Dorm - Upper Bunk – CAD $1,287.50
  • Tent Site Single – CAD $1,262.50
  • Tent Site Couple – CAD $2,275.00
  • Commuter – CAD $1,087.50
  • (All prices include CAD $962.50 base amount)

Date & Time Details:
Starts with dinner on June 28
Ends with lunch on July 3


6:00-7:00am Silent Meditation (self-guided) every morning*
6:45-8:00am Morning Harlequin Row on July 2*
7:00-8:00am Morning Yoga on June 29-July 2*
9:00-9:30am Garden Tour on July 2*
8:30-9:30am Breakfast
9:30-12:30pm Morning Session
12:30-1:30pm Lunch
Afternoon Off on July 1, Guided Nature Hike 1:30-4:00pm*, Lagoon Paddle 1:30-5:30pm**
3:00-6:00pm Afternoon Session
6:00-6:30pm Oyster Appetizer Beach BBQ on July 2*
6:30-7:30pm Dinner

*Optional Activities
**Optional Activities with additional charge

Location: Cortes Island

Tuition: $595

Package Price: $1,072.50 - $1,910 / 5 nights. Includes tuition, room, all meals, and Hollyhock activities (depends on accommodation choice). Excludes Taxes and fees.

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Mindful Self-Compassion

With Megan Prager and Martin Thomson-Jones, PhD

June 28 - July 3, 2019

 Mindful Self-Compassion training teaches us how to develop the warm-hearted, connected presence we need during moments of difficulty.
Self-compassion provides the emotional strength and resilience needed to offer ourselves the same kindness and understanding we would offer a good friend. With self-compassion we can motivate ourselves with encouragement, forgive ourselves when needed, face and befriend our shortcomings, care for others while caring for self, and live more authentically. Research shows that self-compassion is strongly associated with greater emotional well-being, lower levels of anxiety and depression, healthy habits such as diet and exercise, and more satisfying personal relationships.

In this course, you will:

  • Practice mindfulness and self-compassion in daily life
  • Learn about the science of self-compassion
  • Learn how to handle difficult emotions with greater ease
  • Learn how to motivate yourself with kindness rather than criticism
  • Learn how to transform challenging relationships, old and new
  • Learn tools to manage compassion fatigue
  • Practice the art of savouring and self-appreciation

This program is an intensive skills-training program. It is a condensed version of the eight-week, empirically-supported Mindful Self-Compassion training developed by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff. MSC is an experiential journey—an adventure in self-discovery and self-kindness—offering periods of instruction, periods of practice (meditations, exercises, and written reflections), and periods of group sharing. This is not a silent retreat. Participants can expect to meet for two sessions a day, three hours each, with plenty of breaks and spaciousness for rest, reflection, connecting with community, or enjoying time in nature. Self-compassion can be learned by anyone, even those of us who did not learn these skills as children.

No previous experience with mindfulness or meditation is required. The program fulfills a prerequisite for becoming a MSC teacher. 

Presenters

Megan Prager
Megan Prager, MA, is Co-Founder of Mindful Labs and Compassion Programs Director at UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness. Megan is a Certified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Instructor (MBSR), a Certified Mindful Self-Compassion Instructor (MSC), a Certified Compassion Cultivation Instructor (CCT), a Compassion for Couples Instructor (CFC), and an Adjunct Faculty member…
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Martin Thomson-Jones, PhD
Martin Thomson-Jones, PhD, is a Certified Teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC). He first encountered loving-kindness meditation, one of the core elements of MSC, through Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in 2010, and found his way to Kristin Neff’s and Christopher Germer’s work from there. He took MSC from Chris and Kristin as…
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