Save the date, early registration opens soon. *Note this is not a silent retreat.
Join Celeste a for a very special in person workshop retreat on Cortes Island at Hollyhock Retreat Center in British Columbia, Canada and explore whatever internal or external life changes you might be considering, restoring balance to your life. We’ll be together in community for short guided meditations, lots of teachings and interactive exercises, healthy meals and plenty of downtime to enjoy the beauty of nature. Hollyhock retreat center offers bodywork, a hot tub, gorgeous woods to hike in and is also located on the Salish sea.
How well we navigate changes and transitions has a direct impact on the degree of well-being, meaning, and balance we experience in our daily lives.
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 daily life and also times of transition with more balance, joy, and clear intention.
Throughout the retreat, you’ll be offered a series of highly effective written reflections and tools from the Life Balance Institute, founded by senior Insight Meditation teacher Phillip Moffitt 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 people step into greater alignment with what they truly care about in life—to connect with what is truly meaningful and live a full life that’s aligned with their deepest values. We will also be in mindful dialogue with each other in dyads and have the opportunity to practice deep listening and inquiry around our changes and transitions and overall life balance to gain more clarity.
Each day we’ll 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
Bring mindfulness into every area of your life- your decision making, how you spend your time, and your relationships.
Gain support for moving through life changes with more balance and integrity within a meaningful community
Identify your values and intentions so you have a basis for making wise decisions.
Learn how to live a life of wholeness and connect with a deep sense of 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, joy, and aliveness amidst life’s changes and uncertainty
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
*Please note for American students considering registering, the Canadian dollar is approximately 30% less than the American dollar.
