The Ecosystem Within
With Dan Hines, Robyn Hines RYT 500, Claire Davis, Anona Kampe, Joanne Scofield, Sam Welsh, Rev. Juanita L. Austin and Jim McConnell, Tomas Oyarzun Montes, Catalina Polloni and Gord Oaks
July 17 - 23, 2022
Tap into the ecosystem that flourishes within each of us by rooting into your mind, body, spirit, and soul this week. Find trust in your inner wisdom using the techniques of wayfinding with Dan and Robyn Hines. Be inspired by nature and express your creativity with Claire Davis.
Program Offerings for This Week:
Trusting: Voyage to Inner Wisdom
A program in soulful exploration, wisdom teachings, yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and breath.
Program Leader: Dan & Robyn Hines
Ages: 18+
Time: Monday-Friday, 9:15 am – 12:00 pm
Program fee: $55
Finding our way in life, relationships and vocation rely on our inner knowing. The traditional navigational practices of wayfinding provide insights and skills to assist us in moments of dynamic change and flux: when we are far off any known map of our lives.
Join Dan and Robyn Hines as we explore this inner guidance system within each of us, how we can befriend and trust this inner voice. We will embody this inquiry and discovery with yoga and breath. As we learn to trust, we find the still point of guidance and renewal that activates creativity and courage.
Dan offers his learning as a soul guide and leadership coach. Robyn brings a depth of experience as a yoga teacher and wellness guide.
Dwell: A Nature Led Expressive Arts Retreat
Program Leader: Claire Davis
Ages: 15+
Time: Monday-Friday, 9:15 am – 12:00 pm
Program fee: $55 + $35 material fee
Because connection to place and land is a foundation of human belonging, in this retreat, we will let nature be our guide to reconnect to ourselves, each other, and the planet. Combining a variety of expressive arts such as mixed media, cyanotype, writing, painting, sculpting, and collaborative public installation, participants will engage the landscape and its natural processes to deepen our connection to the spaces in which we dwell physically, spiritually, and creatively. This program is for ages 15 and up. Please bring with you a journal/sketchbook.
Children at Play
Children’s Program Leader: TBA + Summer Staff
Ages: 5-11
Time: 9:15 am – 12:00 pm
Program fee: $55 (Full bursary funding is available to ensure all children & youth can participate in programming. Apply the Heartwood Bursary option upon checkout)
Our children’s program welcomes and celebrates children for exactly who they are. Program leaders nurture children’s spirits through creative and imaginative play, storytelling, songs, games, and more. Enroll your children to be together in community learning how to sow the seeds of lasting friendships.
Youth Connection
Youth Program Leader: TBA + Summer Staff
Ages: 12-17
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Program fee: $55 (Full bursary funding is available to ensure all children & youth can participate in programming. Apply the Heartwood Bursary option upon checkout)
Build new friendships through Youth Connection during a week of outdoor activities, creative games, new discoveries and just hanging together. This is your week, so leave any negative pressures behind, bring your ideas and come have fun in an inclusive community that values all that you are.
Learning on the Land
Program Leader: Anona Kampe
Ages: 8+
Time: Tuesday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Program fee: $45
Studies have shown that when you engage your senses, you retain more knowledge. Join Okanagan Nation member, Anona sknir’mn (Buttercup), on a walk outside where you will learn indigenous perspectives about local plants, animals, and landforms. Anona will also share what is harvested where and when and what it is used for and may bring samples of the local harvest.
This program is held off-site in an area referred to as Naramata Falls. A vehicle is required and carpooling is recommended.
For those wanting to carpool, meet in front of Alberta Hall at 9:00 am to coordinate transportation.
Forest Bathing
Program Leader: Joanne Scofield
Ages: 18+
Time: Thursday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Program fee: $45
A Forest Bathing walk is a guided, slow walk in nature. It is a gentle practice of connecting to your senses and opening to nature’s healing properties. There are no goals to be attained and it is not a hike or an exercise activity, rather it is a time for deep nature connection. Through the deepening of one’s sensory intake of nature’s healing properties, a participant may come away with feeling relaxed and renewed. As we go on this journey together, Joanne will be your guide, but the forest will be the therapy. The location will be held off-site. Place TBD
Community Life Includes:
Interactive Connections
Spiritual Leader: Juanita Austin
Musician in Residence: Jim McConnell
Campground Host: Gord Oaks
The week begins with interactive fun activities for all to connect with others in our Sunday evening Welcome Circle. Wake up Monday morning and take a Meditative Walk in the Labyrinth, or set yourself up in a quiet space in the Sacred Garden, or join a morning yoga class. Get singing and dancing to daily morning music then set off on your day either in a program or exploring the area. If you feel a need to get some creative energy out, drop in for some afternoon art. In the evening, connect with the earth by digging, planting, and harvesting with volunteers of the Permaculture Farm Garden. Gather with the community by keeping a lookout for spontaneous activities throughout the week.
Traditional Storytelling with Anona Kampe – Tuesday from 1:00-2:00 pm
Join Anona as she takes you on an entertaining and interactive journey by sharing traditional Okanagan stories called captikwł (chap-teek). The Okanagan people spread knowledge through an oral history spanning thousands of years. She will introduce you to the characters, explaining why they are significant and share traditional teachings within the story. Participants can expect an engaging session.
Community Yoga
Yoga Leader: Robyn Hines
Gentle Morning yoga Daily from 7:30-8:15 am – Morning Yoga is perfect for anyone looking to begin their day connecting breath and movement in a mindful way to help soften tight muscles, ease joint pain, connect the body and mind at a peaceful, slower pace. This class is appropriate for beginners or anyone working with injury, limited mobility, or simply prefer a gentler approach to yoga. Practice every day or drop-in. Registration required.
Evening Unwind yoga Tuesday 7:00-8:30 pm – Prepare to let go, reflect, and settle your body and mind for a restful evening and a new day ahead in this 90-minute evening unwind yoga session. Stretch out your body and release tension from the day, calm your mind, relax your breathing, boost your mood, and melt into the beauty of a Naramata summer’s eve. Registration required.
Community Art
Beaded Spiders with Anona Kampe – Wednesday from 2:00-4:00 pm
Cultural presenter, Anona sknir’mn – Buttercup from the Penticton Indian Band, will share the story of “Why Spider has Long Legs”. After this traditional story, participants will make a beaded spider with the materials provided. It is important to fix our minds and think good thoughts whenever we are making things with our hands. That good energy will go into our work. These beaded spiders make beautiful gifts and/or can be used as a hanging ornament in your home, office, or car. Each spider will look unique. Registration required.
Drop-in Afternoon Art with Sam Welsh – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 3:00-5:00 pm
Join Sam for a variety of easy art activities throughout the week. These are created for everyone to participate, all levels of experience welcome (especially for you if you just said “oh, I’m not an artist”). Each activity welcomes you to come by and make something unique, creative, and fun. These have been planned specifically as drop-in activities, come by anytime during the times noted (stay for ten minutes or the whole time) and you can complete an activity. No registration is required.
Community Permaculture Farm Garden
Farm Leaders: Tomas Oyarzun Montes and Catalina Polloni
Farm Tour – Monday from 7:00-8:00 pm
Permaculture (the word, coined by Bill Mollison, is a portmanteau of permanent agriculture and permanent culture) is the conscious design and maintenance of agriculturally productive ecosystems which have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ecosystems. It is the harmonious integration of landscape and people — providing their food, energy, shelter, and other material and non-material needs in a sustainable way. Join the farm tour on Monday evening and/or drop in to find fellow community gardeners to learn and grow with. Registration is required for the farm tour, no registration is required to drop-in. You can learn more about the garden by visiting the Naramata Permaculture Farm Garden Facebook page here.
About the Program Leaders
Dan Hines
Dan serves as an international public speaker, coach and guide in a process of personal and professional development. His leadership coaching and group facilitation has taken him to various cultures and nations: China, Central America, the Caribbean, throughout Canada, the U.S, and on sailboats, surf waves, and hiking trails. He was mentored by the activist intellectual […]
Learn more about Dan HinesRobyn Hines RYT 500
Robyn began her yoga journey over 24 years ago. She is a 500 HR Yoga Facilitator inspired by Anusara & Iyengar traditions and trained with Embodied Flow™and Revolution Yoga™, both arising from Anusara based Hatha styles of yoga focusing on alignment and ‘heart and grace’ in flow. Her yoga journey began after significant tragic personal […]
Learn more about Robyn Hines RYT 500Claire Davis
Your host, Claire Davis, is an educator, facilitator, poet, arts performer, and Advanced Circle Way Practitioner who brings humour and humility to the rituals and art of our everyday lives. Claire finds poetic inspiration in our coastal forests and water bodies, and in the stories of everyday objects and relationships. Her current inquiry explores individual, […]
Learn more about Claire DavisAnona Kampe
Anona Fawn Kampe - sknir'mn - Buttercup. A member of the Penticton Indian Band in the Okanagan Nation, Anona has worked within the Nation sharing Okanagan culture & history. Born in Penticton to parents, Ramona Paul who resides in Penticton & the late Garth Brayshaw. Granddaughter to the late Rachel & Basil Paul & the […]
Learn more about Anona KampeJoanne Scofield
Joanne is an experienced workshop facilitator. She enjoys creating space for practices that bring us into deeper connection to ourselves, the other and the natural world. Joanne is a certified forest therapy guide, a minister with the United Church of Canada and a member of the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. She enjoys being in […]
Learn more about Joanne ScofieldSam Welsh
Sam, she/her, is a Counsellor and artistic human working at the intersection of creativity and mental health. She encourages divergent thinking, using the arts, and finding flow to bring about positive change and personal growth. Sam has led, co-led, designed, and faciliated a wide range of programming for communities and groups at Naramata Centre and […]
Learn more about Sam WelshRev. Juanita L. Austin and Jim McConnell
Rev. Juanita L. Austin, is a retired United Church minister with 35 years of experience in pastoral ministry, and has a passion for honest and creative liturgy, music, and social justice. She is a former Naramata Winter Session participant and is delighted to be offering her gifts to this sacred place that has been such […]
Learn more about Rev. Juanita L. Austin and Jim McConnellTomas Oyarzun Montes
Beginning with my early steps at my grandparents’ farm, nature has shown me its amazing and tasteful diversity. From the farm to the forest, contemplation and exploration Were the activities that filled my childhood. This hasn’t changed, it has become my profession. Fourteen years ago I started my career in Ecotourism. I found many answers […]
Learn more about Tomas Oyarzun MontesCatalina Polloni
Exploring the mountains has led me to understand that nature has been working for a very long time. As an architect, I am passionate to find solutions to our needs and to produce designs that not only meet our needs but enhance peoples’ lives and connect them with the natural environment. In 2016, a Permaculture […]
Learn more about Catalina PolloniGord Oaks
Gord Oaks is a Musician and Certified Shiatsu Acupressure Therapist (a relative of Acupuncture), in practice since 1999. He has been exploring, studying, and applying Qigong, Yoga and Meditation in his life and work since 1991, and is a firm advocate for the empowering and Universal nature of the internal healing arts. Gord offers a gentle, but […]
Learn more about Gord OaksCategories : Family/Group Registration, Summer Weeks