June
Work Exchange
2026 Hollyhock Holiday
INTERNAL HOLIDAY PAGE Reconnect to yourself and nature in our spectacular West Coast island setting. Take a breath of fresh air outside of the city, and enjoy the serenity and beauty of our local landscape. Our holiday packages include: Accommodations A variety of accommodations are located throughout our lush campus, ranging in price to suit […]
Activate Alumni & Friends Meetup (Vancouver)
With Hollyhock Leadership Institute
Activate Alumni & Friends Meetup (Vancouver) A casual drop-in to reconnect with Activate alumni and friends Connect with fellow Activate alumni! Feel free to bring a friend who would benefit from connecting with the community. Date: Wednesday, June 17th, 7:30-9:30pm Location: Six Acres, 203 Carrall St, Vancouver, BC V6B 2J2 (Google Maps) First round of […]
Reclaiming the Feminine Elements
With Andrea Menard
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: 5Rhythms® & Embodiment
With Bettina Rothe
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 relating that no longer serve […]
Awaken Your Senses to Creativity
With Zebith Thalden
Allow the natural landscapes of woodland, garden, and marine habitat be the location of your creative inspiration. We will spend time mindfully witnessing to expand the senses. From this awareness, we will then sketch both the profound and uniquely subtle elements of the environment. We will transform our observations into the visual, translating sound into […]
Mindfulness Meets Productivity: Practices to Reclaim Peace & Focus (Groundwork)
With Tommaso Biasiolo and Amrita Ahuja
Are you living in a state of overwhelm? Many of us are moving through our days in a state of quiet (or not-so-quiet) overwhelm. With constant distractions, competing responsibilities, and the pressure to stay “on” at all times, it can feel harder than ever to focus on what truly matters. This retreat offers a gentle, […]
We Are Elemental: Embodying Earth, Water, Fire, Air & Ether
With Sebene Selassie
You are nature. Your bones are earth. Your blood is water. Your warmth is fire. Your breath is air. And the mystery that animates it all? That's ether (also called spirit or space). Various elements are honored across countless traditions—from ancient Egypt and Greece to India and China to Indigenous cultures throughout Africa, the Americas, […]
Embodied Practices for Collective Thriving
With Roula Said, Julia Aplin, Shannon Litzenberger and Andrea Nann
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 differences, tuning into our sense […]
Singing in the Vocal River
With Rhiannon
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 intuition and invention with skill […]