September
Kintsugi: Embracing Imperfection (Sept)
With Yuka Morino
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, clay and flour dusted with gold (or other precious metals) to make the cracks, or broken lines beautiful. The cracks are called Keshiki 景色 and in Japanese, mean scenery, landscape or […]
Sacred Roots: Ancestral Healing Through Yoga, Breath & Ceremony
With Satya Jehman
Held in the days of the harvest full moon and the yogic season of ancestral remembrance known as Pitru Paksha, this retreat is a sacred portal into healing, connection, and embodied renewal. Across cultures, this time of year has long been honoured as a season to remember, pay tribute to, and commune with those who […]
The Language of Flowers: Contemplation and Realization in Nature
With Heather Midori Yamada
At first glance there is harmony, balance and beauty underlying many Japanese arts. Ikebana, the art of Japanese floral arrangement has a rich and long history with many schools, rules and philosophies developing and evolving over time. Originating from a traditional Japanese environment to contemporary expression worldwide, the language of flowers includes everyone and anywhere […]
Slow Art, Somatic Practice, and Creative Rest
With Shauna Kaendo - Art Therapist | BFA, RCAT
Being in conversation with art, process, and our senses. This is a therapeutic art immersion. A space to be in conversation (and collaboration) with our art materials, creative process, and the sensory experience(s) of art making. To focus less on technique, and control — and more on how we FEEL when we're engaging with art […]



