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  • Single w/shared bathroom* – CAD $2,187.50
  • Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront* – CAD $4,210.00
  • Couple w/ensuite* – CAD $3,815.00
  • Couple w/shared bathroom* – CAD $3,420.00
  • Twin w/ensuite oceanfront* – CAD $2,107.50
  • Twin w/ensuite* – CAD $1,907.50
  • Twin w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,707.50
  • Three-share w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,502.50
  • Women Dorm – CAD $1,257.50
  • Women Dorm - Upper Bunk – CAD $1,257.50
  • Tent Site Single – CAD $1,232.50
  • Tent Site Couple – CAD $2,215.00
  • Glamping – CAD $1,157.50
  • Commuter – CAD $1,057.50
    • (All prices include CAD $932.50 base amount)

Date & Time Details:
Starts with dinner on Sep 6
Ends with lunch on Sep 11

6:00-7:00am Silent Meditation (self-guided) every morning*
6:45-8:00am Morning Harlequin Row on September 10*
7:00-8:00am Morning Yoga on September 7-10*
9:00-9:30am Garden Tour on September 9*
8:30-9:30am Breakfast
9:30-12:15pm Morning Session
12:30-1:30pm Lunch
Afternoon Off on September 9, Guided Nature Hike 1:30-4:00pm*, Lagoon Paddle 1:30-5:30pm**, Desolation Cruise 1:30-6:30pm**
3:00-6:00pm Afternoon Session
6:00-6:30pm Oyster Appetizer Beach BBQ on September 10*
6:30-7:30pm Dinner 7:30-10:30pm Bioluminescence Paddle on September 7**
8:00-9:30pm Evening Session on September 6

*Optional Activities
**Optional Activities with additional charge

Tiered Tuition: $465 | $565 | $665

Accommodation/Meals Range: $477.50 - $1,310/ 5 nights. Includes room, all meals, and Hollyhock activities (depends on accommodation choice). Does not include tuition. Excludes taxes and fees.

Scholarships: Most scholarships are 50% tuition, with a limited number of full scholarships available. Apply within your registration form. Click for more info.

Photo Credit: Amanda Mary Creative

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Create to Liberate

With Khari Wendell McClelland and Rebekka Goldsmith

September 6 - 11, 2019

Creativity is not reserved for the professional artist. Creativity is a means to meeting our individual and collective challenges, and cultivating joy. It can also be an incredible tool for group cohesion and community building.

Whether for your own personal development or for working with groups, we will explore themes and practices that engage body, mind, and heart. These activities will build a foundation for creative facilitation techniques and effective engagement with groups of people, as well as support your own personal creative growth.

There will be a mixture of large and small group-work, as well as solo time, with space for rest and relaxation in a beautiful natural setting.

During our time together we will:

  • Deepen our understanding of power
    • Explore different types of power
    • Locate where power sits
    • Explore breaking the rules that keep us small
    • Bring awareness to how power affects group dynamics, and how to shift this
  • Connect to tools of personal and collective liberation
    • Connect to gratitude, joy, and a sense of wonder
    • Connect to our strength, courage, and vulnerability
    • Connect to our creativity
    • Connect to our individual and collective stories
    • Connect to ritual and reflection
    • Connect to nature as a repository of wisdom
    • Connect to embodied knowing
    • Connect to deep listening
  • Use creativity as a method of facilitation
    • Learn how creativity can be a means to meeting our individual and collective challenges
    • Explore how to weave connection with creative exercises
    • Apply creativity to team-building and group cohesion

Presenter

Khari Wendell McClelland
Khari Wendell McClelland is an award-winning musician and sought-after facilitator who uses the arts and experiential activities for transformational learning. Originally from Detroit, Khari made his way to Canada over a decade ago and is currently based in Vancouver, BC. Khari’s passion for community service is clear, both in his…
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