240 Davis Rd, Gabriola Island, BC V0R 1X1, Canada
September 11 - 14, 2025
About this Retreat
Linda Nicholls DipC is an elder, serving as a guide in transformational circle work for more than thirty-five years in North America and internationally. She is Senior Faculty with The Haven Institute on Gabriola Island, BC, Canada. She has worked intimately with people of all ages and several cultures leading programs that focus on body, breath and energy training; conscious breathwork; shadow exploration; communication skills; sexuality; grieving; defining boundaries; conscious alternatives to depression; reviewing and renewing relationships; guiding teens and youth into their adulthood, and more.
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Linda Nicholls
Details of this retreat
Healthy boundaries are foundational to our well-being in all dimensions of our life – our physical, emotional, psychological, relational and our spiritual life.
Undefined, blurred boundaries lie at the root of tremendous unhappiness, for ourselves, others and the world around us. Especially in the demanding times we are currently navigating, blurred boundaries compound our confusion, stress and frustration.
Clearly defined and skillfully expressed personal boundaries strengthen our capacity for living more compassionately, creatively, and with vitality in order to enjoy greater intimacy and clarity in our personal and work relationships.
This program is for people who want to:
Know, embrace and express who you really are with strength and confidence
Experience greater intimacy in relationship
Have more compassion for yourself and others
Become less intrusive and more aware of the boundaries of others
Liberate your self from the exhaustion of being driven by perfectionism
Free your self from the pressure of pleasing others or proving and justifying your self
Discover, speak, and stand forth with your own thoughts, feelings and choices
Be proactive and clear when creating new, healthy relationships, following experiences of abuse or violence in the past
Free yourself from the experience of being trapped by roles, rules and obligations
Gain a new perspective on allergies, chronic fatigue, depression and other symptoms
This dynamic three-day program combines teaching and experiential learning about discerning, defining and then effectively expressing your boundaries. You will also learn about accountability and consequences for when an expressed boundary is not accepted or regarded. For those who internalize boundary conflicts into an illness pattern, there will be an opportunity to explore and decipher the boundary being expressed through the symptom.
Edges arise any time self-images or beliefs are challenged.
How we deal with edges determines the quality and longevity of our relationships. Staying present with whatever is arising, we discover an intrinsic equanimity and freedom, which allows us to access the natural state of open and effortless Being. In this state we are able to more fully be with emotions, issues and thoughts without needing to avoid, exaggerate or minimize them. Rashani
Investment:
Our Earlybird tuition price of $775 is available to those registered and paid in full one month prior to the program start. Full tuition is $835. Full payment is due one month before the program start date regardless of tuition price.
We are offering private and shared room options.
You can find our cancellation policy here
Schedule:
Breakfast 8:00 - 9:00am
Morning session 9:15am to noon
Lunch noon to 1:00pm
Afternoon session 3:00 - 6:00pm
Dinner 6:00 - 7:00pm
Evening session 7:30 - 9:30pm
Afternoon and evening sessions can vary. Your program finishes with lunch on the last day
Admission requirements: The student must have the desire and ability to learn. Must demonstrate a capacity for responsible self care, responsible self organization and sound mental health. The student must understand and speak English.
This program does not require approval by the registrar of the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training. As such, the registrar did not review this program. What does this mean? Click here to learn more.