What thoughts keep you from experiencing joy in your life, relationships and work?
What fears keep you from compassionate, decisive action?
What beliefs stop you from seeing the abundance of options that are available to you?
What fears keep you from compassionate, decisive action?
What beliefs stop you from seeing the abundance of options that are available to you?
We can spend our whole lives trying to change other people and the world, thinking things should be different than they are and living out of beliefs that we have never stopped to really question for ourselves.
Stressful thinking, unresolved issues, limiting beliefs and fears can keep us from fully engaging in our lives, our relationships and our work in the world.
Join us for an engaging, powerful and nourishing experience where we will work with the beliefs and patterns that keep you stuck and hold you back.
Who This Retreat Is ForThis retreat is for women and men who want to take some time to work effectively and compassionately with the places you are finding yourself stressed or stuck, and find more freedom, clear thinking and peace for yourself. From teenagers to elders, entrepreneurs and the self-employed to employees, mothers and fathers, community citizens, artists and leaders - we welcome people from all ages, stages and walks of life. You will learn how to use an accessible and effective tool, known as The Work, for both yourself and in working with others. |
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You are invited to a truly transformative retreat
September 7th to 11th, 2016
in the spectacular natural setting of
Hollyhock on Cortes Island, BC
Thank you very very much for a profound, loving weekend. This shifts have been huge. Like tectonic plates moving one upon the other my life will never be the same.— Linda Hawke, Registered Massage Therapist
About The Work
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The Work is a simple yet powerful self-inquiry tool for working directly with your own thinking and limiting beliefs in the places you get stuck and experience stress. As a practice it enables you to resolve issues, shift underlying patterns and access more possibility thinking, peace, clarity and wise action in your life, relationships and work. |
I don’t let go of my thoughts, I meet them with understanding and they let go of me. - Byron Katie |
"I find that The Work helps me to both identify the stressful thoughts that limit my ability to be of full service to a group and to open up beyond those thoughts so that I can be a more useful resource. It also helps me to confront what I fear most in a group – conflict in my case – and to name it clearly and compassionately so that we can move through the energy that often disables a group when members are in unspoken confrontation with each other." - Chris Corrigan, facilitator and organizational consultant
Applying The WorkDuring this retreat you will learn the The Work, and then have generous time to apply the practice to your own stuck places in both personal and professional life. Through guided group, partner and individual exercises, as well as personal coaching, we work together on:
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The Retreat ScheduleOur retreat begins Wednesday with dinner and and opening session after dinner. From Thursday to Saturday our program runs from 9am to 5pm with some optional evening activities. There is time for yoga in the morning, and spacious time for walks, soaks in the hot tub, and body work (cost for body work is extra - more info is here). Sunday our program goes from 9am to noon, and ends with a final lunch. |
The Place
Hollyhock is Canada’s premier lifelong educational institution. Our programs provide high quality tools for you to rekindle purpose, build resiliency, and cultivate personal well-being, all contributing to long-term societal well-being.
Our spectacular natural setting on Cortes Island is an ideal backdrop for transformative experience. Being nestled in nature, assists us with a comfortable and safe environment. Connect deeply to like-minded people, exceptional teachers, and the natural world, enhancing your inner curiosity.
Learning here is authentic and powerful. The ripple effect far exceeds the physical boundaries of this special place. Visit us to expand your mind and gain tools to broaden your impact, appreciating the natural beauty of our West Coast island home.
Your Hollyhock package includes:
- Sumptuous, organic vegetarian buffets with weekly wild, fresh seafood
- Naturalist guided walks and events
- Morning meditation/movement/yoga (on most days)
- Outdoor ocean-view hot tubs
- Library
- 24 hr. beverage/toast bar with juices, organic coffee and teas
- Wireless Internet access
- Periodic evening performances and presentations
- Shuttle service to Hollyhock from Cortes Island seaplane, water taxi and ferry docks
Getting Here
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Hollyhock is nestled between the forest and ocean on the south-eastern tip of Cortes Island, British Columbia, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) north of Vancouver. One of several islands on the north end of the Strait of Georgia, Cortes lies between the glaciers of Vancouver Island and the Coast mountain range of the mainland. More location information can be found here. |
Space is limited - register early.
Some scholarships are available; please contact Hollyhock directly.
"I’ve been noticing how much lighter I’ve been feeling lately, and it’s got nothing to do with food. It’s a lightness of mind, and an excitement about life. I like it a lot, and have realized I’ve gone many years now without that feeling… so I thank you for helping me find that again."
- Leah Serna, nutritionist and mother
About Caitlin
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Caitlin Frost is a deep practitioner and Certified Facilitator of the Work of Byron Katie. She works locally and globally as a coach, facilitator, retreat and workshop leader, and leadership trainer, supporting individuals and groups who want to open space for more freedom and possibility in their lives and work. She lives on Bowen Island, BC, Canada with her family.
Learn more about Caitlin here. |
Byron Katie’s work is a great blessing for our planet. The Work acts like a razor-sharp sword that cuts through illusion and enables you to know for yourself the timeless essence of your being. - Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now
Caitlin and The Work
The Work is a simple yet profoundly powerful process of self-inquiry. By learning to identify our own stressful thoughts and limiting beliefs, and meeting them with curiosity guided by the questions of The Work, we are able to access insight and understanding that opens space for peaceful and joyful experience and wise, decisive action in our lives and work. This Work is accessible to anyone willing to open their mind and heart to honestly answer the questions.
The Work is my own core practice and after 15 years I continue to be amazed at the power of this process in both my personal and professional life. I have experienced:
- Increased connection and happiness in my personal and professional relationships
- Less unhealthy stress and more joy in life and work
- New awareness of possibility in places I was stuck
- Profound learning about myself
- Courage to step into many new things in my life and work
- Noticeable shift in unhealthy life patterns
- Resolution and healing in places of hurt and conflict
There is no area of my life that has not been enhanced by this Work and I am so deeply grateful for it.
You are invited to this unique and transformative retreat
September 7th to 11th, 2016
in the spectacular natural setting of
Hollyhock on Cortes Island, BC
"It is my experience that The Work gives me the opportunity to truly realize for myself, in the most challenging areas of my own life, what I hear from spiritual teachers when they speak and write about peace, acceptance, connection and love. After practicing meditation and yoga for decades, I am still amazed at the multitude of thoughts that arise in my mind, and at how disruptive they can be when they remain unquestioned. I would wholeheartedly recommend this retreat (in The Work) to anyone who is interested in bringing balance, peace and poise from the meditation seat and yoga mat into the other hours of the day and night." - Vivian Chenard, Salt Spring Centre of Yoga
Questions?
For information about The Work, coaching, web-classes and other upcoming events go to www.caitlinfrost.ca
