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Partnering with Compassionate Spirits: An Introduction to Your Medicine Council

With Julie Kramer

May 3 - 7, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
For millennia, people worldwide have used singing, dancing, drumming, whistling and rattling to generate natural trance states in order to journey into the invisible realms and form alliances with benevolent helping spirits. Whether we’re aware of them or not, we all have compassionate helping spirits who are devoted to our…

Watercolour and the Art of Seeing

With David McEown

May 7 - 11, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Explore watercolour’s magical flowing spontaneity and essential techniques as you paint directly from nature. Enhance your perception, way of “seeing”, and connectedness to the earth with this travel-friendly medium. Enjoy a dynamic watercolour demonstration; exploring paint as a form of meditation and play. Uncover the secret hydrodynamics of watercolour paint…

Collective Reset: A Leadership Retreat

With Janet Moore and Adrian Sinclair

May 7 - 11, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Join Adrian Sinclair and Janet Moore and a select cohort of leaders from social, political, environmental, health and educational organizations for a transformative 5-day retreat. Together, we will reimagine what it means to reset our nervous systems while connecting with others who are building enterprises and advancing movements in the…

Tending The Fire Within: A Creative Journaling Journey

With Jenn Forgie

May 11 - 15, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
"I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. I want to know if you will stand in the centre of the fire with me and not shrink back..." - Oriah Mountain Dreamer, "The Invitation" Tending the Fire Within is…

Ebb & Flow: Kayaking & Yoga Practice (May)

With Kai Harvey

May 11 - 16, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Immerse yourself in the rhythms of the natural world and the ebb and flow of the Salish Sea.  Hollyhock, located on the southern coastline of Cortes Island (on the unceded land of the toq qaymɩxʷ (Klahoose), ɬəʔamɛn qaymɩxʷ (Tla’amin), and ʔop qaymɩxʷ (Homalco) Nations) is an ideal basecamp and launch…

From Age-ing to Sage-ing®: Deepening the Sage Within

With Annie Klein

May 11 - 15, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
A great gift of our older years is the potential for deepening wisdom and expanding possibilities.  As more and more of us are living longer, we want these extra years to be vibrant, inspiring and fulfilling. This program will help you discover what gives your life meaning as you age.…
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Self-Led Retreat (mid-May)

May 16 - 19, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Looking for a space to unplug, unwind, and slow down? A self-led retreat invites you to step out of the busy rhythm of life and into a gentler pace - without schedules, without obligations, and without taking a program. This is your time to rest, restore, and reconnect with your…

Write from Your Heart

With Susan Musgrave

May 16 - 21, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional” - attributed to the Dalai Lama. It is hard work, when we are grieving, not to suffer; suffering — personal and universal — has become a condition of how we live. Writing, especially poetry, fiction, journaling and memoir, has always been a place where…
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Sketch by Sketch: connecting with the world through drawing

With Emma FitzGerald

May 16 - 21, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Learn to sketch without fear of making mistakes! Join celebrated author/illustrator, Emma FitzGerald as she leads participants through a series of exercises that build confidence and improves observation skills, while allowing for the happy accidents that make a drawing that speaks from the heart. Using pen and watercolour paint, and…
Amrita Ahuja Groundwork

Peace in Action: Transform Overwhelm into Focus, Clarity, and High Performance

With Amrita Ahuja

May 21 - 25, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Do you need to get a lot done but don’t want all the stress? Read on. We have a problem - our hustle-and-grind culture pushes professionals with demanding schedules and goals to get things done but leaves them feeling stressed, overwhelmed, and burnt out. As the founder of Groundwork, Amrita…

Climate Readers’ Retreat with Guest Author John Vaillant: Renewing Our Energy for Change

With John Vaillant, Zoe Grams and Ian Gill

May 21 - 25, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Our world needs scalable, systemic change, and now. But most of us don’t have the time and space in our daily lives to deeply reflect on what our contribution to solving the climate crisis might be. Pulitzer Prize finalist John Vaillant—author of The Golden Spruce and Fire Weather, award-winning communications…

The Heart of Nonviolent Communication

With Farah Nazarali

May 21 - 25, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
The Heart of Nonviolent Communication masterfully weaves together polyvagal theory, conflict resolution, nonviolent communication, yogic practices and Eastern wisdom. This is an innovative, experiential and holistic course in a new way of communicating and relating using somatic intelligence as the foundation for how we engage and interact with others. Explore…
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Self-Led Retreat (late-May)

May 25 - 28, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Looking for a space to unplug, unwind, and slow down? A self-led retreat invites you to step out of the busy rhythm of life and into a gentler pace - without schedules, without obligations, and without taking a program. This is your time to rest, restore, and reconnect with your…

Finding Clarity & Joy in Times of Change: A Life Balance Retreat

With Celeste Young

May 25 - 28, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
How well we navigate changes and transitions has a direct impact on the degree of well-being, meaning, and satisfaction we experience in our daily lives. If you’re considering a big change, find yourself in the midst of one now, or are still feeling the effects of past changes, this unique…

Resonance: A Deep Listening, Somatic Retreat

With Charlie Gates and Kiko Pace

May 30 - June 4, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Join Charlie and Kiko for an offering of Deep Listening and feeling as we gather in the belly of Spring on Cortes Island. From sound baths, reflective journaling, meditative movement practices, and Somatic Dreaming® - we venture to explore and expand our relationship to ways of listening, receiving, and generating…

Deepening Tranquility and Insight: A Silent Meditation Retreat

With Celeste Young

May 30 - June 4, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
During this silent meditation retreat, we will focus on practices that calm the mind and awaken the heart to support the deepening of insight and inner freedom. “​​One can’t gain profound insight without profound calm.” -Ayya Khema A silent meditation retreat offers us the unique conditions to allow the mind…

Skymind: Sacred Land, Sacred View

With Lopöns Pieter Oosthuizen and Charlotte Rotterdam

May 30 - June 4, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
"Anyone who is interested in learning how to practice open awareness has come to the right place." -Skymind Participant Immerse yourself in the profound nature of mind teachings of Buddhism, with transformational practices inspired by the great 11th century Tibetan yogini Machig Labdrön. Relaxing your body onto the earth, gazing…

Discover Cortes: Adventures in Nature (June)

With Bill Ophoff

June 8 - 13, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
The natural world is your classroom as you hike, kayak, and voyage amid the wild beauty of Cortes Island. Discover the flora and fauna of both land and sea along with local history and geological phenomena as you adventure forth with Hollyhock's knowledgeable, fun-loving naturalist. Explore ancient forests, sandy beaches,…

Dance of Connection

With Bettina Rothe

June 8 - 13, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Come home to yourself, find connection and nourishment in community, and with the land. Together we take refuge in our primary language "rhythm", and find belonging in the dance. Expand your repertoire of how you can connect with others on the dance floor and in life. Release old patterns of…

Qi Medicine: A Silent Qigong and Tea Ceremony Retreat

With Stephanie Nosco and Catherine (Cat) Reynolds

June 13 - 18, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Experience the medicine of qigong, tea, and nature on this transformative inner journey back to yourself.  Join Qigong teacher, author, and psychotherapist Stephanie Nosco, alongside tea ceremonialist Catherine Reynolds, for this special silent retreat that will explore the art of Qigong and the mindful practice of tea ceremony. We will…

Mindful Self-Compassion

With Megan Prager and Martin Thomson-Jones, PhD

June 13 - 18, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Application is required before registering. You may apply here. This 5-day residential program is an intensive form of the internationally recognized, eight-session Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) training developed by Christopher Germer and Kristin Neff. It is open to laypeople and professionals alike. Participants will learn to: understand the science of self-compassion,…

Coastal Foraging Adventure

With Robin Kort

June 18 - 22, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Forage for wild food and cook with professional forager, cookbook author and sommelier Chef Robin Kort of Swallow Tail Culinary Adventures. Connect to the food of the coastal ecosystem on Cortes Island from forest to sea. Foraging at the sea tunes your senses to the ebb and flow of the…

Unwind: Yamuna Body Rolling & Essential Somatics

With Namchi Bazar

June 18 - 22, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Release pain and restrictions for a total body awakening and rejuvenation. Explore two complementary modalities to support your journey of self-discovery and self-healing. Let go of unproductive holding patterns as you develop effective body-wellness routines that are easy to incorporate into your home practice. Focus on foundational movements that help…

Contemplative Mind, Spontaneous Brush: Ink, Colour and Japanese Washi Papers

With Heather Midori Yamada

June 22 - 27, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Relax body, breath and mind with short guided meditations and simple perceptual exercises. Follow brushwork demonstrations using Japanese sumi ink and watercolour on various Japanese washi papers (provided). Inspired by the natural beauty of Cortes Island, we will explore  mixed media approaches of layering, tearing and collaging. Deep intuitive and…

Raise Your Vibe With Reiki: Levels 1 & 2

With Fleur Choy

June 22 - 27, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Awaken your healing powers and expose your light to the world. If you have felt sensitive your entire life and feel ready to fully embrace your gifts, or if you are already a healing practitioner and are seeking to diversify and establish yourself as a multidimensional healer, this training is…

Wild Soma Being and Becoming: Embodied Practices for Collective Thriving

With Andrea Nann, Julia Aplin, Roula Said and Shannon Litzenberger

June 22 - 27, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
In this time of intersecting social, political, and planetary crises, how do we embrace and honour all that is arising in us as bodies? What if we listen closely to what we feel in our hearts, what we know in our bones? Can we resonate care and connection across our…

Being Human Takes Practice

With Jeff Warren

July 2 - 6, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Join writer and meditation teacher Jeff Warren for a journey through the core skills of meditation practice and what they have to teach us about being human. These skills lie at the headwaters of mental and emotional and spiritual health. Through a mix of guided, seated and movement meditation, nature…

Ebb & Flow: Kayaking & Yoga Practice (July)

With Kai Harvey

July 6 - 11, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Immerse yourself in the rhythms of the natural world and the ebb and flow of the Salish Sea.  Hollyhock, located on the southern coastline of Cortes Island (on the unceded land of the toq qaymɩxʷ (Klahoose), ɬəʔamɛn qaymɩxʷ (Tla’amin), and ʔop qaymɩxʷ (Homalco) Nations) is an ideal basecamp and launch…

Singing in the Vocal River

With Rhiannon

July 6 - 11, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Hear your own song and learn new ones as you find your place in the world of music and invention. Co-create vocal magic in a safe, dynamic circle of singers, delving into the possibilities of spontaneous composition and the language of storytelling. Working alone, in pairs, and in ensemble, meld…

Dancing from the Inside Out

With Margie Gillis

July 6 - 11, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Move into your body’s experiential wisdom and reveal the soul in motion. Refine your sensitivity to the connection between thought, feeling, spirit and body as you listen in to your body’s inner wisdom, impulses, conversations and emotions. Becoming sensitive to and engaging with this inner life provides information both for…

Slow Art, Somatic Practice, and Creative Rest

With Shauna Kaendo, Registered Art Therapist | BFA, RCAT and Trudi Smith, Registered Clinical Counsellor | MC, MA, PhD

July 11 - 16, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Being in conversation with art, process, and our bodies. In this therapeutic arts program, we offer a blend of creative care practices…getting curious about what that can look and feel like, both individually and in community. Through creative meanderings with solo and collective art-making processes like bilateral drawing, stick brush…

Pwātamowin – the act of dreaming – A Yogic retreat

With Malina Dawn

July 11 - 16, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Pwātamowin is a Cree word meaning “the act of dreaming.” But this is not the kind of dreaming you do when you sleep; it is akin to catching visions. This planet needs more healed people and a big part of that process is us being able to catch a beautiful…

Women+ in Climate: Leading with Light

With Hollyhock Leadership Institute

July 16 - 20, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
The path forward requires both resilience and community. Women+ in Climate is an invitational gathering for women and gender-diverse leaders in climate and nature to align to their deepest wisdom in a heart-centered space, guided by love, connection, and justice. Co-hosted by Hollyhock, Tzeporah Berman (Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative),…

Discover Cortes: Adventures in Nature (July)

With Bill Ophoff

July 20 - 25, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
The natural world is your classroom as you hike, kayak, and sail amid the wild beauty of Cortes Island. Discover the flora and fauna of both land and sea along with local history and geological phenomena as you adventure forth with Hollyhock's knowledgeable, fun-loving naturalist. Explore ancient forests, sandy beaches,…

Four Agreements for a Better Life

With don Jose Ruiz and don Miguel Ruiz Jr.

July 20 - 24, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
"Everything we do is based on agreements we have made - agreements with ourselves, with other people, with God, with life. But the most important agreements are the ones we make with ourselves. In these agreements we tell ourselves who we are, how to behave, what is possible, what is…

Radical Dharma: Conversation

With Rev. angel Kyodo williams Roshi

July 20 - 25, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
It’s time to create the conditions that reimagine a path of healing, reconnect with authentic community, and manifest true justice. Radical dharma (“complete truth”) is a way to enter the critical conversation about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out and prevents our collective awakening. We…

Becoming One with the Spirit of the Drum

With Gordy Onayemi Ryan and Zoë Ryan

July 25 - 30, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Activate the Fire in your hands, the Beat in your feet, and the Song in your Heart on this soulful journey in Rhythm in the iconic Olatunji Hall. Drum, dance and sing to increase the flow of vital energy in your body and open your ears to the beauty of…

Locus Amoenus: Exploring Organic and Artificial Systems in Art


With Rebecca Brewer and Veit Laurent Kurz

July 25 - 30, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Together we navigate an urgent inquiry and reflect on dynamic processes of renewal and the power of generative frameworks in the organic and digital realm: How can we, as physical beings in an increasingly digital world, reclaim the intimate, tactile gestures of our hands? Can we react to the vast,…

Between the Human Animal & the Animate Earth

With David Abram

July 25 - 30, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
How can we open a fresh and unshakeable solidarity between ourselves and the other animals, plants, and elemental forces that compose this breathing biosphere? The deepening contortions of climate change – intensifying droughts, monster floods, flaring wildfires and heart-wrenching geopolitical cataclysms – all ensure that our species is tumbling toward…

Nature Paints Itself

With Jeremy Herndl

July 25 - 30, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
What if the world created us humans to speak its names, sing its rivers and winds? What if nature paints itself, using our deft human hands and the tactility of sight to emulate its textures, colours and spaces? In this workshop we shall enter the space of nature, the garden,…

Science, Art, Sound & the Sacred

With Merlin Sheldrake and Cosmo Sheldrake

July 30 - August 3, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Explore the entanglements between science, art, sound, and the sacred in a beautiful, wild setting. What we call art and science both arise from our faculties of imagination, wonder, and curiosity. We will spend part of our time outdoors – in gardens, on seashores and in forests – connecting with…
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Salish Shorelines: A Saltwater Journey

With Jonas Fineman and Kai Harvey

August 3 - 8, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Join Cortes Island guides and mariners for a kayaking exploration of the Salish Sea surrounding the renowned Hollyhock Campus. Each day’s adventure offers a safe and comprehensive foray into the seascapes and histories of Desolation Sound and the Discovery Islands. Launching from various beaches around Cortes Island as well as…

In These Bodies, On These Lands: Iyengar Yoga and art-making

With Jennifer Van de Pol

August 3 - 8, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Learn Iyengar Yoga posture and breathing practices to support, enliven, and uplift your creative practice/s. Experience ways to integrate journaling/writing, drawing, and intuitive painting with movement (Asana) and breath (Pranayama) rooted in this Yoga tradition. Try out various approaches to making and moving in an encouraging, nourishing environment. As a…

Effortless Mindfulness Embodied: Awakening, Glimpse by Glimpse

With Loch Kelly

August 3 - 8, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Apply here to attend What would the world be like if each of us discovered for ourselves how to live an awakened life? Awakening begins with a shift out of our small, separate sense of self, to discover an “awake” consciousness that we sense has been there all along. When…

Dzogchen: The Three Statements that Strike the Crucial Point

With Lama Tsultrim Allione

August 8 - 13, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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“I gained so much for my meditation practice and feel so supported and somehow I feel different in the world since then. What I experienced cannot be put into words.” - past participant The Three Statements were the final teaching of Garab Dorje, after he passed away, when he appeared…

Tantra: Freedom, Embodiment, and Transformation

With Sravana Borkataky-Varma and Keith Cantú

August 8 - 13, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Have you ever dived into the ocean of Tantra? Have you experienced the weaving of the world? Join scholar-practitioners Sravana Borkataky-Varma and Keith Edward Cantú as we explore Tantric practices and perspectives on topics like freedom from external interference and self-sovereignty (Sanskrit svādhikāra), the link between physical and so-called “subtle…

Nature & Nurture Yoga: Embracing Abundance

With Fiji McAlpine

August 8 - 13, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Embrace the abundance of August in the Pacific Northwest on spectacular Cortes Island. Summer is the season to savour the fruits of the year's growth. The warm air is thick with the smell of sweet berries, and the forests are vibrant and lush. Each day you will be nourished with…

2025 Canadian Psychedelic Summit

With Hollyhock Leadership Institute and Kim Haxton

August 13 - 17, 2025
Cortes Island
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…

Authenticity in an Artificial World: Mindfulness, Emotion, and Meaning

With Dave Smith

August 17 - 22, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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As we become endlessly distracted by the artificial, the search for authenticity becomes vital. Contentment, meaning, and purpose have become fleeting ideas of a world forgotten. It does not have to be this way. The world-over is saturated with contemplative practices, structures of philosophy, and therapeutic methods that can point…

Connecting to Source: Yoga, Meditation, Ritual

With Mara Branscombe

August 17 - 22, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Since ancient times, the human collective has aligned with the seasons, the elements, the rhythms of the sun, the moon, and the earth as a way to source pure energy and connect to one’s inner compass. The mind-body science of yoga, combined with the practice of meditation, breath-work, and the…

Whole Human Health

With Lawrence Cheng, MD, CCFP(EM), MPH and Devon Christie, MD, CCFP, RTC

August 17 - 22, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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The Whole Human Health Retreat is a transformative five-day journey into the science and art of optimizing well-being at every level—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Guided by Dr. Lawrence Cheng and Dr. Devon Christie, this immersive program integrates functional medicine, mind-body practices, and cutting-edge approaches like precision medicine to empower…

The Art of Leadership

With Suzanne Hawkes and Michael Bell

August 22 - 27, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Participation is by application. Click here to apply! Are you committed to making a difference in the world? In social change, socially responsible business, education, politics or community service? Learn to inspire, engage and collaborate with others in effective action to broaden the impact of your work together. Come participate…

SoulCollage®: An Enchanting Path to Inner Wisdom & Creativity

With Kimberly Lee, J.D.

August 22 - 27, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Embark on an enlightening journey of self-discovery, guided by the power of your own intuition and creativity. In this immersive workshop, you’ll discover your own inner wisdom through the unique, inspiring SoulCollage® method. This fun personal practice harnesses the magic of images, intuition, and imagination to create simple collages that…

Harmony Within: A Journey of Songwriting and Reconnection

With Leah Abramson and Samantha Parton

August 22 - 27, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Songwriting is a powerful tool for self-expression and connection with our deepest thoughts and feelings. The Harmony Within workshop explores songwriting as a medium, a practice, and a journey through which we can reconnect with our creative source, our vulnerability, and our inner wisdom, harnessing the healing power of music…

Essential Somatics: Free Your Movement!

With Martha Peterson

August 31 - September 5, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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If you have “tried everything” to relieve your chronic muscle or joint pain for the long term and have only experienced short term relief (or none at all), then this 5-day immersion is for you. Come and learn how to restore freedom of movement, resolve chronic muscle tension, so you…

Psoma: Discover When the Body Says Yes

With Donna Martin & Shelley Winton

August 31 - September 5, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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What if we can learn to accompany someone on their healing journey without any suggestion of something wrong, something to fix? How can we recognize healing as an inside job - the unfolding of our intrinsic and natural wholeness? How can we learn to be the kind of presence that…

Nourished Woman Goddess Retreat

With Abneet Kaur Sandhar

August 31 - September 5, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Aligned. Knowing. Full Bloom Radiance. Clear. Shining. Grounded. These qualities all exist within us, yet for so many women, we feel depleted and defeated. Our attention is being pulled in many different directions, with a low-grade fever of constant overwhelm. We may feel racked with guilt, shame, and comparison, constantly…

Presence Psychotherapy Training: Integrate Spirituality With Trauma Work (28 CE Credits)

With Michelle Lepak

September 5 - 10, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Note: Continuing Education Credits available. See below for details. Presence Psychotherapy is a Comprehensive trauma treatment model that integrates spirituality, internal inquiry, and relational attunement to process the many layers and nuance of trauma. Presence Psychotherapy, published in the APA Journal of Integrative Psychotherapy and the International Journal of Trauma…

Kintsugi: Embracing Imperfection

With Yuka Morino

September 21 - 25, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Kintsugi, 金継ぎ translated literally from Japanese means "golden joinery". This traditional Japanese art used to repair broken ceramics uses natural materials, like tree sap or urushi lacquer dusted with gold (or other precious metals) to make the cracks, or broken lines beautiful.  The cracks are called Keshiki 景色 and in…

Cultivating Wellbeing for Health Professionals (2025)

With Andrea Grabovac, MD, FRCPC and Erin Burrell, MD, FRCPC

September 21 - 26, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Replenish Yourself and Gain Tools for Living with Intention Join us for this mindfulness-based meditation retreat for health professionals and partners. Come away to the serene shores of Cortes Island to be replenished, restored, and equipped with tools to help navigate life in modern healthcare. This retreat emphasizes connection as…

The Art of Resting Well

With Farah Nazarali

September 21 - 25, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Bring your tired and weary souls for a restful, restorative, and rejuvenating retreat that is an immersion into the art of resting well. This experiential retreat is designed to provide rest for your body, mind, and spirit through land-based and somatic practices--guided beach walks, mindful forest walking, sunset gazing, restorative…

Fish as Storytellers: Intangible Knowledge and Lived Practices

With Zoe Todd and Courtney Chetwynd

October 2 - 6, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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Drawing inspiration from fish as storytellers in their own right, this workshop will explore storytelling, play, and artistic creation as tools for sense-making. Through interactive dialogue, collective visioning sessions, collaborative art-making, and land-based reflection, participants will explore how diverse relationships in their lives give rise to profound knowledge in storied…

Beloved Community Bootcamp: A Training for Bridge-Builders

With Lisa Gibson and Gabe Wilson

October 6 - 11, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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This 5-day immersive training is designed specifically for facilitators, coaches, and leaders who want to elevate their ability to navigate complex group dynamics and support productive inter-group exchange in an increasingly polarized world. We believe that improving your capacity to lead in these challenging times requires relating to conflict facilitation…

Eldering in Times of Transformation

With Cheryl Rose, Juana Berinstein and Zhiish McKenzie

October 6 - 10, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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“A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species.” - Carl Jung There comes a time when you find yourself, perhaps to your surprise, in a new land which is unlike any part of the long…

Your True Nature: A Cold Immersion & Breathwork Retreat

With Cian Dalton & Carolyn Schmidt

October 15 - 19, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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This retreat invites you to slow down, reconnect, and return to your true nature — through the embodied tools of breathwork, assisted stretching, intuitive movement, and cold immersion. In the pace of everyday life, it’s easy to lose touch with the deeper intelligence of the body. This retreat offers a…

Wild Mushrooms and the Mycology of Consciousness

With Jim Gouin and David Sumerlin

October 15 - 19, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
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With Special Guest Paul Stamets 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,…