2026 Adult Programs
Songs of the Moment: Circle Singing, Vocal Improv, and Mindful Music-Making
With Samantha Fletcher
Legacy, Love Letters & Heartwill
With iris paradela hunter
Monday - Friday Morning. Adult - 18+ 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. Using Willow’s heart-centred, inquiry-based approach, this workshop gently invites you to explore […]
Tai Chi
With Hajime Naka
Monday - Friday Morning. Adult - 18+ "That was Zen, this is Dao." or simply "Taiji-Qigong." 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
Nourishing Self Nourishing Community
With Jenn Cockrall
Monday - Friday Morning. Adult - 18+ Join Naramata food writer and author Jennifer Cockrall to observe, uncover, and explore how food connects you to place, community, and each other. On the menu is a program that invites you to slow down and rediscover the wisdom woven through our gardens, kitchens, and tables. You’ll sample […]
Tapping Into Your Inner Wisdom Using SoulCollage®
With Julie Elliot
Monday - Friday Morning. Teen - 16+ Come and experience how SoulCollage® is unique from other collaging processes. You are invited to: freely express yourself without any pressure to make “art” access your intuition and inner wisdom have fun and be surprised be part of a supportive community where individual expression is encouraged and affirmed […]
Yoga Everyday
With Joi Kittredge
Monday - Friday Morning. Teen - 16+ Join with Joi to deepen your connection to body and spirit through movement, breath and stillness. Joi teaches many styles of yoga. Her classes are a somatic, rooted & grounding experience, and highlight heart connection. Joi helps students build a solid foundation ~ finding their stability first and […]
Stories of the Land: syilx Teachings through Nature and Art
With Anona Kampe
Monday - Friday Morning. Teen - 16+ 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. Explore ancient Coyote markers though traditional storytelling, and learn the teachings held within the various landforms dotted through syilx Okanagan territory. Anona will […]
Spiritual Practices for Living Well in a Fractured World
With Nancy Talbot
Monday - Friday Morning. Adult - 18+ Nancy invites you to explore a variety of spiritual practices using words, images, silence and movement. These practices will help connect to the wisdom and power within each of us to live well even when the world around us is fracturing. Do you desire to be more grounded […]
What Now? Or Now what!?
With Carmen Lansdowne
Monday - Friday Morning. Adult - 18+ As the speed and scale of changes, challenges, and opportunities increase, you might hear yourself saying, WHAT NOW?! Or variations on that sentiment! 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 […]
Pay Attention Be Astonished
With Allison Rennie and Neil Surkan
Monday - Friday Morning. Teen - 16+ 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. We’ll read and savour […]
Yin and Hatha Yoga
With Jennifer Kanazawa
Monday - Friday Morning. Teen - 16+ The Space Between Broken and Beautiful 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. A harmonious balance between body, mind, emotions, and spirit occurs within. […]
The Work that Reconnects
With Chris Giffen and Clara Lindstrom
Monday - Friday Morning. Adult - 18+ Christopher and Clara will lead Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects (WTR). Developed over decades, this is an invitation to you to reconnect with earth, with self, and with others through interactive group processes. During the program you might…go on a blind trust walk to find a willow mirror; […]
Seeing with the Heart
With Owen Law
Monday - Friday Morning. Teen - 16+ 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. Together we will explore simple fundamentals such as exposure, composition and basic editing, whether you use a camera or a phone. […]
A Habit that Fits
With Denise Mend and Paul Mend
Monday - Friday Morning. Teen - 16+ Whoever you are, whatever age, physical abilities or limitations you have – there is a path for you to a fitness habit that fits. This program will give you a daily dose of fitness activity wrapped in a plan that works for you, your goals, your body, your […]
Gospel Choir
With Lonnie Delisle and Johnny Tobin
Monday - Friday Morning. Teen - 16+ 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. Celebrate our diversity and be part of a community and musical experience that is accessible to all people […]
Stand Up Paddleboard
With Paul Mend.
Monday - Friday Morning. Teen - 16+ Bought a board, but still feel wobbly? Never tried this but think it looks fun? Have some skills but avoid the waves and wind? Want to try out before investing? Join Paul to build your skills and confidence on the Stand Up Paddleboard. Whether you are just beginning […]
Stories of the Land: syilx Teachings through Nature and Art
With Anona Kampe
Monday - Friday Morning. Teen - 16+ 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. Explore ancient Coyote markers though traditional storytelling, and learn the teachings held within the various landforms dotted through syilx Okanagan territory. Anona will […]
Adult Choir
With Graeme Langager and Liz Paynter
Monday - Friday Morning. Teen - 16+
Qigong ~ Dynamic Meditation ~ Vitality Cultivation
With Gord Oaks
Monday - Friday Morning. Teen - 16+ 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. In this relaxed, practical program, you’ll learn foundational theory, postures, traditional movement sequences, Qi self-massage, and Medical QiGong breathing—all aimed […]