Special Winter Solstice Sabbatical on the Big Island, Hawaii
Special Winter Solstice Sabbatical on the Big Island, Hawaii
825988 A Napoopoo Rd, Captain Cook, HI 96704, USA
Up to 15 in group
December 28, 2025 - January 3, 2026
Retreat Highlights
- Greater alignment between your lifestyle and nature’s rhythms
- More slowness and quiet time in wintering
- Guided support to navigate this darker time of the year
- Sacred space to go deeper into your resting, visioning and dreaming states
About this Retreat
HESTIA CO-FOUNDER, LAND STEWARD & COMMUNITY WEAVER
Belinda is a nature-inspired visionary, land whisperer, and community builder.
She creates beautiful products, spaces and experiences that bring people back home to themselves. Her super powers are shining a light on people’s strengths and bringing them out into the world. She helps people cultivate and live their sacred purpose in the most joyful and easeful way possible.
Paul is a Memetic Healer and Cultural Acupuncturist who specializes in Clinical Cosmology and Mythic Engineering. He prescribes potent memes to shift physical burnout, emotional constipation, mental diarrhea, spiritual amnesia, and natural deficit. His main tools are Dao Alchemy (Self-Cultivation), Dao Acupuncture (Self-Healing), Dao Astrology (Self-Awareness):
- Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
- Masters of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Bachelors of Science in Integrative Biology
- Instructor of Balance Method Acupuncture
- Transmitter of Daology (Dao De Gong Fa)
- Sifu of WingChun
Details of this retreat
WHAT DO YOU WISH TO INCUBATE THIS WINTER?
Winter invites a return to our origins for death creates rebirth. That which flows must also ebb as the tides of our life.
Do we have capacity to commune with the unknown?
If we can surrender into what we fear its frozen frequencies can be freed as creativity. Deep rest is rare and required to build our reserves. Stillness is a profound force that moves from our center into the world. These themes are related to the alchemical element of Water.
Join us on the Big Island of Hawaii, home of Mauna Kea and sacred Kealakekua Bay, for a special winter sabbatical week to receive the restful, introspective medicine of winter. Together, we will slow down to rest and root deeply into our winter visions with the support of the community and the silence and stillness of the land. Our group cultivation guide and guest healer for this sacred journey is Dr. Paul C. Wang, Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM).
Winter invites a return to our origins for death creates rebirth. That which flows must also ebb as the tides of our life.
Do we have capacity to commune with the unknown?
If we can surrender into what we fear its frozen frequencies can be freed as creativity. Deep rest is rare and required to build our reserves. Stillness is a profound force that moves from our center into the world. These themes are related to the alchemical element of Water.
Join us on the Big Island of Hawaii, home of Mauna Kea and sacred Kealakekua Bay, for a special winter sabbatical week to receive the restful, introspective medicine of winter. Together, we will slow down to rest and root deeply into our winter visions with the support of the community and the silence and stillness of the land. Our group cultivation guide and guest healer for this sacred journey is Dr. Paul C. Wang, Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM).
Schedule
DAY 1: SUN, DEC 28 >> GROUND & SETTLE IN
Be greeted by your hosts and settle into your sweet home and resting space for the week
At 6:30 pm, enjoy a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared sunset dinner by Chef Peter to welcome you to the space & receive an overview of our winter sabbatical journey
DAY 2: MON, DEC 29 >> ANCHOR YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE MAJESTY OF LAND & SEA
From 8:30 - 9:30 am, enjoy a nourishing breakfast buffet before our group sessions
From 10 am - 12 pm, enjoy our first group morning activation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen into the Chinese Medicine themes of winter represented by the water element and sleeping practices for deep rest
Use the self-guided sabbatical journaling tools and connect with abundance of the land and the ocean to support the expansion of your visions
Receive a custom curated itinerary for places to harvest the medicine of the island aligned with your personal intentions
At 6:30 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
DAY 3: TUES, DEC 30 >> HARVEST THE POTENT ENERGY OF WINTER WITH THE WHALES
From 8:30 - 9:30 am, enjoy a nourishing breakfast buffet before our group sessions
Enjoy a private new moon boat tour led by Hestia’s resident whale and dolphin spirit teachers to internalize the water element through the whale migration
At 6:30 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
Apply Dr. Paul’s winter sleeping practices to help us enter into a state of deep, restorative rest.
DAY 4: WED, DEC 31 >> DEEPEN, NOURISH & FERTILIZE YOUR WINTER INTENTIONS
From 8:30 - 9:30 am, kick off the day with a nourishing breakfast buffet
From 10 am - 12 pm, enjoy a follow-up group morning activation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang at Paleaku Peace Gardens to deepen our personal and collective intentions
At 5 pm, alchemize the energy of the winter water element with an evening water ceremony to release what no longer serves you and make space for the shifts you want to catalyze in your life
At 6:30 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
Celebrate the turning of the new year with music and dance!
DAY 5: THURS, JAN 1 >> HONORING NEW BEGINNINGS!
From 8:30 - 9:30 am, kick off the day with a nourishing breakfast buffet
Take a morning journey to Volcano National Park to connect to Goddess Pele and offer our prayers and blessings
Create a verbal/visual reminder to integrate our insights and solidify the seeds we wish to root and incubate this winter
From 4-6 pm, enjoy a closing group cultivation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen into inner resonance and outer balance, working with the extremes of solstice energy and the medicine of winter
At 6:30 pm, celebrate the new year with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
DAY 6: FRI, JAN 2 >> BEING YOUR NEW WHO IN 2026
From 8:30 - 9:30 am, kick off the day with a nourishing breakfast buffet
Integrate the practices and reflect on your vision for the new year
At 6:30 pm, enjoy a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
Optional nature excursions to Isaac Hale Park (hot pools), Green Sand Beach at South Point, sacred Waipio Valley
DAY 7: SAT, JAN 3 >> GIVE GRATITUDE & PREPARE TO TRANSITION
Visit the spots that you felt a special connection to on the land and give gratitude before you leave
Enjoy a final group breakfast prepared by Chef Peter
Be greeted by your hosts and settle into your sweet home and resting space for the week
At 6:30 pm, enjoy a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared sunset dinner by Chef Peter to welcome you to the space & receive an overview of our winter sabbatical journey
DAY 2: MON, DEC 29 >> ANCHOR YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE MAJESTY OF LAND & SEA
From 8:30 - 9:30 am, enjoy a nourishing breakfast buffet before our group sessions
From 10 am - 12 pm, enjoy our first group morning activation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen into the Chinese Medicine themes of winter represented by the water element and sleeping practices for deep rest
Use the self-guided sabbatical journaling tools and connect with abundance of the land and the ocean to support the expansion of your visions
Receive a custom curated itinerary for places to harvest the medicine of the island aligned with your personal intentions
At 6:30 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
DAY 3: TUES, DEC 30 >> HARVEST THE POTENT ENERGY OF WINTER WITH THE WHALES
From 8:30 - 9:30 am, enjoy a nourishing breakfast buffet before our group sessions
Enjoy a private new moon boat tour led by Hestia’s resident whale and dolphin spirit teachers to internalize the water element through the whale migration
At 6:30 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
Apply Dr. Paul’s winter sleeping practices to help us enter into a state of deep, restorative rest.
DAY 4: WED, DEC 31 >> DEEPEN, NOURISH & FERTILIZE YOUR WINTER INTENTIONS
From 8:30 - 9:30 am, kick off the day with a nourishing breakfast buffet
From 10 am - 12 pm, enjoy a follow-up group morning activation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang at Paleaku Peace Gardens to deepen our personal and collective intentions
At 5 pm, alchemize the energy of the winter water element with an evening water ceremony to release what no longer serves you and make space for the shifts you want to catalyze in your life
At 6:30 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
Celebrate the turning of the new year with music and dance!
DAY 5: THURS, JAN 1 >> HONORING NEW BEGINNINGS!
From 8:30 - 9:30 am, kick off the day with a nourishing breakfast buffet
Take a morning journey to Volcano National Park to connect to Goddess Pele and offer our prayers and blessings
Create a verbal/visual reminder to integrate our insights and solidify the seeds we wish to root and incubate this winter
From 4-6 pm, enjoy a closing group cultivation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen into inner resonance and outer balance, working with the extremes of solstice energy and the medicine of winter
At 6:30 pm, celebrate the new year with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
DAY 6: FRI, JAN 2 >> BEING YOUR NEW WHO IN 2026
From 8:30 - 9:30 am, kick off the day with a nourishing breakfast buffet
Integrate the practices and reflect on your vision for the new year
At 6:30 pm, enjoy a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
Optional nature excursions to Isaac Hale Park (hot pools), Green Sand Beach at South Point, sacred Waipio Valley
DAY 7: SAT, JAN 3 >> GIVE GRATITUDE & PREPARE TO TRANSITION
Visit the spots that you felt a special connection to on the land and give gratitude before you leave
Enjoy a final group breakfast prepared by Chef Peter
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Hestia Magic Retreat Center, 825988 A Napoopoo Rd, Captain Cook, HI 96704, USA
Directions
Our sanctuary on the Big Island is located in a rural area 45-minutes by car from the Kona airport on the western coast of Big Island, Hawaii (the Hilo airport on the eastern coast is a two-hour drive from us)
Local buses and taxis are less frequent and need to be arranged ahead of your arrival.
We recommend that you rent a car through a rental car company at the airport or book a car through Turo.
Local buses and taxis are less frequent and need to be arranged ahead of your arrival.
We recommend that you rent a car through a rental car company at the airport or book a car through Turo.
Accommodation
Our retreat sanctuary offers four charming ocean view suites with communal access to our outdoor kitchen, dining space and yoga studio for movement and meditation. Enjoy the privacy of our cottages on the Big Island. The beautiful skylight dome offers amazing nighttime views of the moon and stars! Your accommodation includes a fully stocked kitchenette, a full or queen bed, and a comfortable lounging/reading area.
Suite with a shared bath
Cottage with a private bath
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
Welcome to our retreat sanctuary surrounded by an enchanted jungle and playful spirit of the wild spinner dolphins. Come and rest, nourish, play, vision, create, connect and celebrate!
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
What's Included
- Online community call on winter solstice to prepare to root yinward for the winter season
- Private Whale watching boat tour with local whale and dolphin guides
- Entrances to 3 sacred sites: Volcano National Park, Place of Refuge and Paleaku Peace Gardens
- Winter yin cultivation practices to help you rest deeply and get the best sleep of your life!
- Three 2-hour guided group sessions with Dr. Paul Wang
- Private accommodations for 6 nights
- 6 brunches and 6 farm to table dinners by Chef Peter
- Sabbatical toolkit and special wellness gifts made by local artisans
- Access to private meditation spots, yoga studio and ocean views
- Guided meditative walk to connect with the healing power spots near our sister site (i.e., Place of Refuge, Paleaku Peace Gardens & sacred Kealakekua Bay)
- S P A C I O U S N E S S !
- Releasing water ritual to let go of what no longer serves you
What's Not Included
- Extra massage, acupuncture, energy work and other wellness services
- Airfare & airport transfer
- Travel insurance
- Guided tours to our favorite sacred sites around Mount Shasta
- 1:1 post-sabbatical integration sessions to support your transition back
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