Re-Awakening the Spine: Yoga in the Lineage of Vanda Scaravelli

With Robin Stamm

August 4 - 9, 2021

Date and Time Details:
Starts with dinner on August 4
Ends with lunch on August 9
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Location: Cortes Island

Tuition: $595 CAD

Package Price: $1,150 - $2,385 CAD / 5 nights. Includes tuition, room, all meals, and Hollyhock activities (depends on accommodation choice). Taxes and fees are additional. A $395 deposit is required at registration, with the balance due on your departure day.

Scholarships: Full and partial scholarships are available based on financial need. We prioritize Indigenous people, people of colour, people who identify as LGBTQ2IA+, youth, elders, and those who can articulate how their Hollyhock experience will support positive impact in their life and communities. A $195 refundable deposit is required (please contact us if you are unable to pay this deposit). Apply within your registration form.

Health & Safety: Learn more about our Covid-19 policies and procedures here.

Single w/ensuite Oceanfront* – CAD $2,842.50
Single w/ensuite* – CAD $2,427.50
Single w/shared bathroom* – CAD $2,217.50
Couple w/ensuite Oceanfront* – CAD $4,270.00
Couple w/ensuite* – CAD $3,875.00
Couple w/shared bathroom* – CAD $3,480.00
Twin w/ensuite oceanfront* – CAD $2,137.50
Twin w/ensuite* – CAD $1,937.50
Twin w/shared bathroom* – CAD $1,737.50
Women Dorm – CAD $1,287.50
Male Dorm – CAD $1,287.50
Mixed Dorm – CAD $1,287.50
Tent Site Single – CAD $1,262.50
Tent Site Couple – CAD $2,275.00
Commuter – CAD $1,087.50

(All prices include CAD $962.50 base amount)

Program Update: Due to travel restrictions, Diane will not be joining us for this retreat. Robin Stamm, Diane’s long time student, will offer the program in her stead on August 4-9, 2021.

Experience how re-awakening to spine and breath may be a physical liaison to a deepening realm. Yoga, or unity of body and mind, is about increasing sensory awareness. However, without attention and freedom even asana (yoga postures) can distract from true listening. Whether you are just beginning yoga or are a longtime practitioner, join us to learn how embodiment must be accompanied by simplicity and a willingness to start anew. We will break habits that are not useful and, with quiet discipline, substitute newness. To be simple is never easy, but a playful simple practice just may entice you back to a kind and easeful relationship with your body.

Vanda Scaravelli, author of Awakening the Spine, is legendary in the world of yoga. J. Krishnamurti‘s best friend for sixty years, Vanda began to explore yoga and movement late in life to help Krishnamurti develop more ease in his body. Vanda’s initial study was in music as a classical pianist, and with this understanding of music reflected in her yoga, she shunned methodology and celebrated the creative. With her revolutionary approach, Vanda taught how to practice in such a way that body/mind relationship is transformed without seeking a particular position or asana. During these five days together, we will explore this intuitive, yet sometimes elusive, way of working with Robin Stamm who is a close follower of the lineage.

There is no age limit and all levels are welcome as the program is tailored to the students in the room.