2026 Adult Programs

Week 1 - Adult Session Pass (+ Morning Program)

July 13 - 17, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.

Songs of the Moment: Circle Singing, Vocal Improv, and Mindful Music-Making

With Samantha Fletcher

July 13 - 17, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Samantha Fletcher

Start your day by awakening your senses, body, and voice through circle singing and vocal improvisation. Each session offers participants a spacious, creative container for exploring rhythm, harmony, vocal textures, and playful improvisation.

Legacy, Love Letters and Heartwill

With iris paradela hunter

July 13 - 17, 2026
Adult - 18+
Program Leader: iris paradela hunter
Death comes to us all, yet our culture often avoids speaking of it. When we turn away from our mortality, we lose the opportunity for personal growth and for deepening connections with those who matter most.

Tai Chi

With Hajime Naka

July 13 - 17, 2026
Ages: 18+
Program Leader: Hajime Naka

"That was Zen, this is Dao." Join Hajime Naka ("Dancing Dragon") for a week of intentional, healing movement practice. Through the ancient tradition of T'ai Chi, you will deeply return to your centre, finding a true sense of home within your own breath and body.

What Is My Purpose ? Creative Art Journaling

With Kathie MacDuff

July 13 - 17, 2026
Ages: 16+
Program Leader: Kathie MacDuff

In Creative Journaling, you don’t need to be an artist, just curious and ready to uncover your inherent creativity. Using words, images, and mixed media, we’ll explore themes together, unearth insights, emotions, and inspiration.

Material Fee

Week 1 - Adult Session Pass (No Morning Program)

July 13 - 17, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.

Nourishing Self Nourishing Community

With Jenn Cockrall

July 20 - 24, 2026
Ages: Adult - 18+
Program Leader: Jennifer Cockrall

Join Naramata food writer and author Jennifer Cockrall to observe, uncover, and explore how food connects you to place, community, and each other.

Tapping Into Your Inner Wisdom Using SoulCollage®

With Julie Elliot

July 20 - 24, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Julie Elliot

Images are everywhere: books, magazines, calendars, cards, etc. Have you noticed how certain images grab your attention? This is the heart of SoulCollage®

Material Fee

Yoga Everyday

With Joi Kittredge

July 20 - 24, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Joi Kittredge

Join with Joi to deepen your connection to body and spirit through movement, breath and stillness. Joi teaches many styles of yoga.

Stories of the Land: syilx Teachings through Nature and Art

With Anona Kampe

July 20 - 24, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Anone Kampe

You are warmly invited to join us for an immersive syilx Okanagan cultural experience that brings land, story, and creativity together in a meaningful way.

Week 2 - Adult Session Pass (+ Morning Program)

July 20 - 24, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.

Week 2 - Adult Session Pass (No Morning Program)

July 20 - 24, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.

Spiritual Practices for Living Well in a Fractured World

With Nancy Talbot

July 27 - 31, 2026
Ages: Adult - 18+
Program Leader: Nancy Talbot

Nancy invites you to explore a variety of spiritual practices using words, images, silence and movement.

What Now? Or Now what!?

With Carmen Lansdowne

July 27 - 31, 2026
Ages: Adult - 18+
Program Leader: Carmen Lansdowne

Join with past United Church Moderator Carmen Lansdowne to explore how our story and the stories of the Christian tradition help us stay attentive and responsive to the dramatic changes in our personal and collective lives.

Pay Attention Be Astonished

With Allison Rennie and Neil Surkan

July 27 - 31, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leaders: Alison Rennie and Neil Surkan

Poetry is an art form of the present, in all its nuances and details. This is a workshop about the practice of poetry, that prayerful space in which our lives — and the words we use to understand our world — become especially precious.

Yin and Hatha Yoga

With Jennifer Kanazawa

July 27 - 31, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Jennifer Kanazawa

Yoga is not just a series of postures done on a mat. In our beautifully broken world, we can transcend the dualities we experience through everyday life through this wholistic science.

Week 3 - Adult Session Pass (NO Morning Program)

July 27 - 31, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.

Week 3 - Adult Session Pass (+ Morning Program)

July 27 - 31, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.

The Work That Reconnects

With Chris Giffen and Clara Lindstrom

August 3 - 7, 2026
Ages: Adult - 18+
Program Leader: Chris Giffen and Clara Lindstrom

Developed over decades, this is an invitation to you to reconnect with earth, with self, and with others through interactive group processes.

Seeing with the Heart

With Owen Law

August 3 - 7, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Owen Law

This beginner friendly photography course invites you to slow down, look closely and  discover beauty in both the Naramata landscape and the candid moments happening  around you.

A Habit that Fits

With Denise Mend and Paul Mend

August 3 - 7, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Paul and Denise Mend

Whoever you are, whatever age, physical abilities or limitations you have – there is a path for you to a fitness habit that fits.

Week 4 - Adult Session Pass (+ Morning Program)

August 3 - 7, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.

Gospel Choir

With Lonnie Delisle and Johnny Tobin

August 10 - 14, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Lonnie Delisle and Johnny Tobin
Join Lonnie for a week of singing that weaves together gospel singing techniques, powerful messages of justice and inclusion, meaningful lyrics, and beautiful music, leaving you feeling hopeful and inspired.

Material Fee

Stand Up Paddleboard

With Paul Mend.

August 10 - 14, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Paul Mend

Join Paul to build your skills and confidence on the Stand Up Paddleboard.  Whether you are just beginning or have some experience this will be a great opportunity to take your level up a notch or two.

Stories of the Land: syilx Teachings through Nature and Art

With Anona Kampe

August 10 - 14, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Anone Kampe

You are warmly invited to join us for an immersive syilx Okanagan cultural experience that brings land, story, and creativity together in a meaningful way.

Week 5 - Adult Session Pass (+ Morning Program)

August 10 - 14, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.

Week 5 - Adult Session Pass (NO Morning Program)

August 10 - 14, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.

Adult Choir

With Graeme Langager and Liz Paynter

August 17 - 21, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Graeme Langager

Graeme Langager is Director of Choral Activities at the University of British Columbia School of Music. A passionate and dynamic conductor, Dr. Langager is sought-after as a clinician, adjudicator, educator and guest conductor.

Material Fee

Qigong ~ Dynamic Meditation ~ Vitality Cultivation

With Gord Oaks

August 17 - 21, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Gord Oaks

Qi Gong (Vital Energy Practice, an ancestor of Tai Chi) is an ancient practice of aligning breath, meditative movement, and awareness, designed to cultivate health, harmony, and vitality.

Week 6 - Adult Session Pass (+ Morning Program)

August 17 - 21, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.

Week 6 - Adult Session Pass (NO Morning Program)

August 17 - 21, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.

Bumbleberry Jam Circle

With Yanti and Don Wade

August 17 - 21, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Yanti & Don Wade

Bumbleberry Jam is made up of all and any of the fruits.  The Bumbleberry Jam Circle will be a fun gathering of all the instruments!  Bring your instrument - guitar or ukulele, flute or trombone, violin or tenor sax…and enjoy making music together!

Week 7 - Adult Session Pass (+ Morning Program)

August 24 - 28, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.

Where Earth Speaks: Kinship Listening and Wild Spirituality

With Michelle Walker

August 24 - 28, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Michelle Walker

This five session experience into whole-being listening and wild spirituality introduces many forms of listening—through the body, senses, intuition, rhythm, and inner stillness—opening a deeper sense of kinship with the Earth.

Rooted and Rising: How our stories can help us meet this moment

With Charlie Clark

August 24 - 28, 2026
Ages: Adult - 18+
Program Leader: Charlie Clark

How our Stories help us meet this moment. In this workshop we will explore the power of weaving our individual stories into a larger story to help us rise to meet the challenges of this moment.

Your Next Creative Step

With Cameron Fraser Monroe

August 24 - 28, 2026
Ages: Teen - 16+
Program Leader: Cameron Fraser Monroe

we’ll explore practical ways to get creativity flowing through gentle movement, short writing prompts, and guided reflection. Designed for all ages and experience levels, this class offers a supportive, low-pressure environment with no expectation to perform.

Going Deeper Together: Exploring Intentional Christian Community

With David Sherwin and Marilou Reeve

August 24 - 28, 2026
Ages: Adult - 18+
Program Leader: David Sherwin and Marilou Reeve

Exploring intentional Christian Community. This program will explore some of the ways in which we can gather in community to support and encourage one another in practicing faithful living.

Week 7 - Adult Session Pass (NO Morning Program)

August 24 - 28, 2026
The Adult Session Pass is required for all guests age 18 and up during Summer Sessions, and it includes access to all adult programming.