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  • Private Cabin Oceanfront – CAD $2,798.00
  • Single w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $2,198.00
  • Single w/ensuite – CAD $2,078.00
  • Single w/shared bathroom – CAD $1,823.00
  • Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $3,547.00
  • Couple w/ensuite – CAD $3,310.00
  • Couple w/shared bathroom – CAD $3,073.00
  • Twin w/ensuite oceanfront – CAD $1,775.00
  • Twin w/ensuite – CAD $1,655.00
  • Twin w/shared bathroom – CAD $1,535.00
  • Three-share w/shared bathroom – CAD $1,412.00
  • Women Dorm – CAD $1,265.00
  • Male Dorm – CAD $1,265.00
  • Mixed Dorm – CAD $1,265.00
  • Tent Site Single – CAD $1,250.00
  • Tent Site Couple – CAD $2,350.00
  • Commuter – CAD $1,145.00
  • All Packages Include CAD $1,070.00 Tuition and meals

Date & Time Details:
Program begins: May 25, 2025
Program ends: May 28, 2025
Click here to view a sample program schedule.

Location: Hollyhock Cortes Island

Address: Cortes Island, Strathcona, BC, Canada

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

With Celeste Young

May 25 - 28, 2025

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 retreat offers you the personal understanding and tools to open to the next phase of your life with clarity, confidence, joy, and deeper insight.

Together in a supportive community we’ll learn key principles about the nature of change as well as time-tested mindfulness practices that can help you move through times of transition with more balance and clear intention.

Throughout the retreat, you’ll be offered a series of highly effective self-assessments and tools from the Life Balance Institute that are designed to give you clarity about your specific situation and support you in moving towards your next steps. These tools have helped countless individuals step into greater alignment with what they truly care about in life—to connect with what is truly meaningful and live a life aligned with their deepest values.

Each day we’ll also practice meditations together specifically designed to support you in meeting change more effectively and in coming home to yourself in daily life, and there will be plenty of free time in the afternoons and evenings to enjoy the beauty of nature and all that Hollyhock has to offer.

Program Highlights

  • Identify your values and intentions so you have a basis for making wise decisions.
  • Connect with a meaningful community and gain support around moving through life changes with more balance and integrity.
  • Discover a “Path to Well-being” that is beyond getting what you want and getting rid of what you don’t want in life.
  • Use the “Journey through Change” as a map to locate yourself in the process of your current change
  • Recognize habits of mind that undermine you and learn practices to disengage from their influence.
  • Explore which areas of your life need attention, gain insights about your strengths and challenges in dealing with change, and begin to reflect on your next steps.
  • Reconnect with yourself and re-establish a relationship with your own sense of life balance and joy

Testimonials

“The program was structured to support deep inner work and by working in dyads and gradually increasing sharing in the group, it created a very safe space and fostered deep connections and understanding.” – Past Participant

“The dyads made me feel very connected to the others and I loved practicing being vulnerable in this way.” – Past participant

Daily Schedule

A detailed schedule will be emailed to you about 30 days prior to your program. Click here to view a sample program schedule.

 

Presenter

Celeste Young
Celeste Young is a Theravadin Buddhist mindfulness and Dharma teacher. She has been practicing meditation and sitting retreats since 2002. She was one of the first teachers to be empowered at InsightLA, a nonprofit Buddhist and secular mindfulness organization based in Los Angeles. Since 2011, Celeste has worked with thousands…
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