September

Work Exchange

Package Dates
Cortes Island
Support our Cortes campus and get an intimate behind-the-scenes Hollyhock experience with our month-long work exchange program.

Nourished Woman Goddess Retreat

With Abneet Kaur Sandhar

August 31 - September 5, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until Jun 1, 2025.

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 feeling we don't 'measure up'. […]

Psoma: Discover When the Body Says Yes

With Donna Martin & Shelley Winton

August 31 - September 5, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until Jun 1, 2025.

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 is itself a powerful healing […]

Essential Somatics: Free Your Movement!

With Martha Peterson

August 31 - September 5, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until Jun 1, 2025.

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 can live more fully. Eliminating […]

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

With Michelle Lepak

September 5 - 10, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until Jun 6, 2025.

Note: Continuing Education Credits available. See below for details. Presence Psychotherapy is a trauma therapy that integrates spirituality, internal inquiry, and relational attunement to facilitate healing. Developed by Michelle Lepak, this intensive 5-day training, rooted in evidence-based practice, helps clients orient to Four Dimensions of Presence to sense compassion in and around them, experience oneness, […]

Becoming a Spiritual Healer Level I: The Essential (Sept, 2025)

With Julie Kramer

September 11 - 17, 2025
Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until Jun 12, 2025.

Program description at external website: https://juliemkramer.com/offering/becoming-a-spiritual-healing-practitioner-level-i-the-essentials/?v=5435c69ed3bc Daily Schedule A detailed program schedule will be made available in advance of the program.

Social Venture Institute 2025 - Hollyhock

With Hollyhock Leadership Institute and Vanessa Richards

September 17 - 21, 2025
Cortes Island
Save the date for Social Venture Institute 2025 happening September 17 to 21 at the Hollyhock Campus on Cortes Island! SVI is an immersive gathering of visionary leaders and social entrepreneurs, dedicated to business as a force for positive social change. Each attendee brings a commitment of social change to their enterprise, whether a for-profit business or a non-profit organization. For almost 30 years, SVI has provided more than 3,000 entrepreneurs the opportunity to strengthen their business skills, network with other social enterprise leaders, and rejuvenate their passion and vision.

The Art of Resting Well

With Farah Nazarali

September 21 - 25, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until Jun 22, 2025.

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 yoga, yoga nidra, poetry, slow […]

Cultivating Wellbeing for Health Professionals

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

September 21 - 26, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until Jun 22, 2025.

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 key to vitality, and fosters […]

Discover Cortes: Adventures in Nature (September)

With Bill Ophoff

September 21 - 26, 2025
Hollyhock Cortes Island
Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until Jun 22, 2025.

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, colourful tide pools, windswept bluffs, […]

Becoming a Spiritual Healer Level I: The Essentials Cohort #2, Year 1

With Julie Kramer

September 25 - October 2, 2025
Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until Jun 26, 2025.

Program description at external website: https://juliemkramer.com/offering/becoming-a-spiritual-healing-practitioner-level-i-the-essentials/?v=5435c69ed3bc Daily Schedule A detailed program schedule will be made available in advance of the program.