What if you didn’t have to wait for inspiration to connect to your deepest urge to create? Sense Writing merges somatic principles with the art of writing to help you tap into the rich landscape of your stories, memories, and imagination — whether you already think of yourself as a writer or simply want support […]
Health & Healing
Tarot for the Wild Soul
Meet the Tarot and yourself with deeper presence, compassion, and soul. Developed by bestselling author and intuitive Tarot teacher, Lindsay Mack, Soul Tarot® is a system of learning for humans who desire to read tarot from a soul-centered, trauma-informed, non-predictive, evolutionary perspective. It is an invitation to learn how to read tarot for anything that […]
Reclaim Your Mind: Finding Rest and Play in a Wired World
Reclaim your mind, reset your nervous system, and master the art of intentional living in a hyper-connected world. Join Jay Vidyarthi, best selling author and meditation teacher, at Hollyhock on Cortes Island, for a 5-day immersion into your freedom of attention. Learn how to rewire your relationship with technology with Jay, a self described “attention […]
Replenish: A Gathering For Indigenous Climate, Water, and Land Defenders
Replenish: A Gathering For Indigenous Climate, Water, and Land Defenders 2026 is a five-day invitation-only, Indigenous-led gathering to seek and find pathways that bring healing, inspiration, connection, and collaboration to Indigenous knowledge keepers including Elders, land, water, climate defenders, and young change-makers from across Turtle Island and parts of the Global South. This gathering is committed […]
Navigating Life Transitions: A Courage & Renewal® Retreat
“Wholeness is never lost, it is only forgotten.” — Rachel Naomi Remen Are you seeking clarity and support as you face a life transition? Do you want to ‘have your own back’ with compassion and self-confidence? Are you ready to prioritize your needs? Live a whole life. Clarify and affirm your values and life direction […]
Peru Equinox Retreat: A Journey into Balance, Renewal, and Creation
Follow the path of Munay. Journey to six ancient temples and experience the profound energy of the March Equinox – a time of balance, renewal, and connection with Pachamama (Mother Earth). Walking the sacred pathways of the Andes, you’ll uncover celestial alignments and enduring wisdom woven into these remarkable places while opening yourself to munay, […]
Reclaiming the Feminine Elements
Discover the feminine faces of the 4 Sacred Elements that dwell within you. Have you met your own version of Earth Woman, Wind Womxn, Water Woman, or Fire Womxn yet? You are the medicine wheel that contains these four Sacred Elementals. In this western world that has undermined the Sacred Feminine, unwind the wounds inflicted […]
Dance of Connection
Come home to yourself, find connection and nourishment in community, and with the land. What if dance could become a place to meet yourself more honestly – and to discover new ways of being with others? Together we take refuge in our primary language: rhythm. We will dance every day, exploring how movement can open […]
Meditation, Movement, Mystery
Join writer and meditation teacher Jeff Warren for a journey into the mystery of meditation and what it can teach us about being human. This will be a different kind of retreat. Less structured, with lots of room for silence and spontaneity. The idea is to make space for some of the deeper and more […]
Fall Foraging + Outdoor Cooking
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 the landscape for peak seasonal […]
Wintering: Rest, Reflection & Inward Practices
“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 hustle and bustle of modern […]