A New Way of Being: Claiming Love and Power in Uncertain Times

With Deepa Narayan

August 16 - 21, 2026

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Book now and get 10% off accommodation prices. Offer valid until May 17, 2026.

Date and Time Details:
Program begins: August 16, 2026 6:30pm
Program ends: August 21, 2026 1:30pm
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Package Pricing: Click Register Now to view availability of accommodations and all-inclusive pricing. Learn more about our accommodation types.

Scholarships: Hollyhock programs are enriched by welcoming a multitude of voices and experiences that reflect global plurality. The Hollyhock scholarship program is one of the key strategies we employ to expand program access to underrepresented and marginalized communities. Learn more and apply.

Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel more than 30 days before the start of the program, you'll be refunded the balance minus the 20% non-refundable deposit. No refunds or credits within 30 days of arrival. Please see Full Terms and Conditions for more information.

  • Private Cabin Oceanfront – CAD $4,375.00
  • Single w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $3,375.00
  • Single w/ensuite – CAD $3,175.00
  • Single w/shared bathroom – CAD $2,725.00
  • Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront – CAD $5,300.00
  • Couple w/ensuite – CAD $4,900.00
  • Couple w/shared bathroom – CAD $4,550.00
  • Twin w/ensuite oceanfront – CAD $2,675.00
  • Twin w/ensuite – CAD $2,475.00
  • Twin w/shared bathroom – CAD $2,250.00
  • Three-share w/shared bathroom – CAD $2,050.00
  • Women's Dorm – CAD $1,800.00
  • Men's Dorm – CAD $1,800.00
  • All-Gender Dorm – CAD $1,800.00
  • Tent Site Single – CAD $1,775.00
  • Tent Site Couple – CAD $3,300.00
  • Commuter – CAD $1,600.00
  • All Packages Include CAD $1,475.00 Tuition and meals

We cannot imagine or create a new world with old patterns of thought and ego-driven ways of being. The crises of our time—economic, ecological, social, and spiritual—ask us to go deeper. They call us to source from love, not fear; from connectedness, not isolation. Love is not weakness, sentimentality, or escape. Love is power. It is the courage to imagine what does not yet exist, the strength to hold complexity, and the clarity to act for the good of all. Love transforms our inner landscape, healing our relationship with self to change how we use our power to relate to the world. It is this dance of love with power that connects us to spirit, respect and reverence for all beings, seen and unseen.

This workshop invites change-makers, leaders, entrepreneurs, organizations, and communities to come together in a shared journey of renewal. Through creativity, body-based practices, trauma-informed approaches, and rituals rooted in nature, we will explore how love and power, in balance, can guide us through uncertainty into possibility.

What You’ll Experience

  • Reimagine love as a force of power, clarity, and change
  • Transform your relationship with self to re-shape your other relationships
  • Cultivate resilience and courage in times of fear and anxiety
  • Explore ways of knowing and connecting to spirit
  • Experience an expansion of heart and community connectedness
  • Discover practices that deepen connection with the natural world
  • Create pathways for more humane, loving, and powerful organizations and communities
  • Access creativity and joy as renewable sources of strength

Who This Program is For

This workshop is for anyone who knows that the world must change—and that change begins with us. It is for:

  • Change-makers, activists, and visionaries
  • Educators, caregivers, therapists, and artists
  • Leaders and entrepreneurs building organizations that honor people and the planet
  • Communities and individuals seeking renewal
  • Anyone longing to live with more love, courage, and power in these uncertain times

Together, we will practice a new way of being—awakening love as power, and power as love—so that a new world can emerge through us.

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.

About the Presenter

Deepa Narayan

Deepa Narayan PhD is an innovative thinker and disrupter who has worked on issues of poverty, gender inequalities, and self-empowerment at the policy and program design levels across the globe for 25 years. To deepen impact, over time, she translated analytical work into experiential workshops, using creative tools for embodiment and emotional healing for inner […]

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