Elevate - Mount Washington Alpine Resort
Elevate Wellness Weekend

3rd ANNUAL EVENT | SEPTEMBER 26th - 28th, 2025

Now Happening in September 2025! Enjoy Fall in the Alpine

Here, among the flora and fauna of the island's coastal mountains, is the perfect setting to disconnect, re-centre and reawaken your spirit. The fall colours decorating the alpine landscape are breathtaking, the air is crisp, and the changing of the seasons brings endless possibilities.

 
The Elevate weekend features over 30 unique session options provided by 12 gifted practitioners, with a special guest keynote speaker, a comedy show, and the perfect blend of group workshops and participants' choice of breakout sessions. Meals are included, offering fresh and local seasonal fare, with vegan/vegetarian and gluten-friendly varieties available. Additional certification classes are also offered, as well as some fantastic prizes to be won. 

Plus, Mount Washington is still open for the end of its summer season. Enjoy activity discounts on the ZipTour and Bike Park as well as complimentary free access to the Eagle Chairlift for Sightseeing starting Friday and throughout the weekend. 


The first annual Elevate event in the spring of 2023 was a true success, bringing together like-minded locals and island visitors alike to experience a range of sessions full of nourishment for the mind, body and spirit. The second annual retreat in 2024 grew and included intimate additions such as a lovely welcome tapas event and a farewell Sunday brunch. We're so overjoyed to return again with another Elevate Wellness Weekend, this time from September 26th to 28th, 2025! Packages are live now at the lowest price. Early Bird rates are available until May 23rd, 2025.

Early Bird Rates until May 23rd, 2025

Elevate Package
Elevate Package$549 $489*
3-Day Experience offers over 30 session selections.  Includes choice of class schedule, meals* and snacks with fresh tea/coffee, along with amazing prize draws. *2 dinners, 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 brunch.
*Prices plus tax and any add-ons for supplies & take-home items as indicated in certain courses.
Elevate Package with Lodging$728 $668*

2-Night Stay on-mountain, booked seperately. Stay at Slopeside Accommodations to truly elevate your experience. Share a condo at Bear or Deer Lodge as an add on to your complete Elevate Weekend access above. Price based on 2-people sharing a 1-bedroom unit for 2-nights. Accommodation is booked separate from Elevate package, more lodging details on the page below.

FEATURED SPONSORS

98.9 The Jet Radio
99.7 The River Radio

FEATURED PARTNERS

Amy Englemark
Om Oasis
Sabrina Hall
Foto Rando
Practial Spititualism
Marci Stockton
Inner Pursuit
Seas the day studio
Evolve Yoga
Mount Washington Alpine Resort
Reiki Healing
Rtul Fitness

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE | September 26th - 28th, 2025

Friday | Day 1
Friday | Day 110:30 am - 9:30 pm

8:30 am: Friday add-on Certification Courses
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Elevate opening, afternoon sessions
5:30 pm - 7 pm: Harvest Table Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm: evening session

Saturday | Day 2
Saturday | Day 27:30 am - 10:00 pm
7:30 am - 8:30 am: Breakfast Buffet
8:30 am - 9:15 am:
Keynote Speaker Amy Englemark
9:30 am - 10:15 am: CardioRTüL 
10:30 am - 12:00 am: morning sessions
1:45 am - 5:30 pm:
afternoon sessions
6:30 am - 7:30 pm: dinner at Ted's Bar & Grill
7:45 pm - 8:30 pm: Comedy Show with Syd Bosel
Sunday | Day 3
Sunday | Day 37:30 am - 2:30 pm
7:30 am - 9:30 am: early morning sessions
10 am - 11:15 am: farewell closing brunch event in Ted's Bar
11:30 am - 2:30 pm: final afternoon sessions at Alpine or Raven Lodge

FRIDAY SEPT 26th SCHEDULE

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Deanna's Reiki Healing

Usui Reiki Traditional Certification

Usui Reiki Level 1 Traditional Usui Reiki Certification

Join Deanna Papineau, Reiki Master Practitioner and teacher in this 5 hour workshop. Learn how to flow positive Chi to assist the body’s healing: Physically, Mentally, Emotionally & Spiritually. This is a hands-on class that assists your personal journey into the healing flow of Reiki. The workshop will cover Reiki Hand Positions, Self-Reiki, History, Stories, Your Attunement to the Reiki Energy and a Level 1 Reiki Practitioner Certificate.
Lunch Break: Please bring a lunch, bring a journal and wear comfortable clothes.

Taught by Reiki Master Deanna Papineau
Class Includes:
History and Stories
Hands-on Training
Level 1 symbol to the Reiki energy
Attunement to the Reiki energy
Certificate for Level 1
Cost $239 plus GST
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Deanna Papineau

Elevate Practitioner
Deanna is a Registered Aromatherapist with the CAOA, Canadian Alliance of Aromatherapy, and a member of the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy. Deanna helps her clients experience the healing flow of energy, through the power of custom blended Essential Oils and Reiki. Her clinical assessment assists each client’s individual needs. By stress reduction, calming and balancing their emotional, physical and spiritual self. Her blending is through energy communication directly inspired by the plants chemistry and holistic training. Deanna has over 15 years’ experience, 800 hrs of clinical study, and a juried research paper, at one of Canada's accepted schools, West Coast Institute of Aromatherapy. Deanna has extra hours studying the Chakra’s, the Endocrine system, TCM Meridians, Children and the Elderly, blending for Astrology, blending for pregnancy and childbirth and Aromatic Spa to name a few. Deanna is a Master Level Reiki practitioner and teacher in Usui Reiki. She is a passionate home-based entrepreneur who also enjoys teaching local workshops. Bringing awareness, safety precautions, and to have fun learning about blending for purposeful uses in the wonderful world of Aromatherapy. Deanna is a Level 3 ski instructor teaching at Mount Washington, and a super mom, living in the beautiful Comox Valley.

Deanna Papineau  RA  EOT
Registered Aromatherapist 
Essential Oil Therapist
Reiki Master Practitioner / Teacher
Deannapapineau@gmail.com
250-897-0531

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The Soul Connection Coach

Learn Access Bars In One Day

What if creating new possibilities and happiness was easy once you had the right toolbox to change things?

I’d love to have you at a 1-day Practitioner Certification Class I’ll be facilitating soon on something called Access Bars.

What is Access Bars?
The Bars® are 32 unique points on the head that correlate to different areas and aspects of life. During an Access Bars treatment, a practitioner gently touches these points to release the electromagnetic charge of all thoughts, ideas, attitudes, decisions, and beliefs that may have limited you in the concerned life areas, bringing the body-mind back into balance, creating a sense of ease, peace of mind and well-being similar to a massage or meditation, except so much more.

What's class like?
One day. A ton of tools. Choose what works for you.
Receive 2 sessions. Give 2 sessions. Breathe. Relax. Get Clarity.
You’ll get a manual, head charts and a whole new toolbox of change.
Be empowered to change anything!
Let’s explore what else is truly possible!

Who can attend?
Anybody with an open mind. Ideal for moms, wellness & health practitioners, body workers, doulas. Any-body seeking a greater possibility in any area of their life.

Today Access Consciousness® tools including The Bars® are being practiced in 173 countries and boasts more than 10,000 trained Access Bars® facilitators worldwide and used is by Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Physiotherapists, Family Play Therapists, Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, Chiropractors, Business Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Trainers, Mom’s, and everyday people to create simple fast change in areas including sleep, health and weight, money, sex and relationships, anxiety, ADHD, stress and so much more.

Become a Certified Practitioner of Access Bars® in just one day!!

If this is your first time taking the Access Bars Class, your fee is $360 If you have taken an Access Bars Class previously, you pay half price $180

Register early to save your spot today!

At worst you will feel like you have just had a phenomenal massage. At best your whole life can change into something greater with more ease.
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Marci Stockton

Elevate Practitioner

Marci Stockon is a highly sought-after Spiritual Life Coach, Subconscious Imprinting Practitioner, and Trauma Informed Energy Therapist specializing in guiding highly sensitive, heart-centered women to break free from perfectionism & people pleasing behaviors, fear of failure, and emotional exhaustion. With a unique approach that blends subconscious reprogramming, nervous system recalibration, energy healing, and soul alignment, she helps her clients shift from stress and self-doubt to confidence, balance, and deep spiritual connection.
As Your Guide for Soulful Living & Everyday Bliss, Marci empowers women to elevate their frequency, trust their intuition, and step into their highest potential, allowing them to embody their brilliance and create a life filled with purpose, joy, and ease. Her work is deeply transformative, offering practical tools and energetic activations that help her clients feel lighter, freer, and more aligned with their soul’s calling.
Through her workshops, coaching, and energy healing, creates an Marci immersive experience where participants can release limiting patterns, awaken their inner power, and elevate their vibration instantly. She is passionate about helping women reclaim their authentic essence and make the impact they were born for—all while living a life of balance, bliss and soulful alignment.


Please contact Marci for more info: Email: marcistockton@gmail.com Ph. 1.403-331-7687
Website: https://marcistockton.com/access-bars/
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Foto Rando

Creative PhotographyArt of Observation, Visual Mindfulness & Storytelling

The focus of this Photography workshop is on the creative mindset, therefore making it accessible to anyone who has an interest in Photography. I will introduce you to a variety of composition techniques using visual examples. I'll be discussing the value of developing one's observation skills through visual mindfulness and the art of observation. By finding a deeper sense of connection to your surroundings, you can achieve imagery that is more compelling & more moving. We will explore the importance of visual storytelling in Photography and how to achieve it with simple scripting techniques and composition skills.

What to expect: the first half of your Workshop occurs indoors. We'll head out on a leisurely photowalk afterwards so that you may put into practice your new found skills, with my guidance and overseeing. Please dress comfortably and according to the weather. Bring a small backpack to carry your belongings if needed as your hands should be kept free for your camera, and nothing else.

What to bring: A camera! Any type will do, including smartphones. Please ensure you are familiar and comfortable with whichever camera/device you plan on using. You are not required or expected to take notes, as I will provide each participant with a printed recap document after the workshop.

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Pascale Navarro

Elevate Practitioner

I’m Pascale, I live in Sooke & I picked up my first camera as a kid in the mid 80s. I grew up in Labrador, going through my dad’s boxes of slides and photos. Very early on, I felt compelled by the power of visual storytelling. He handed me his Minolta camera when I was 15 and the rest is history! I owe my passion to my father but sadly, he never did get to see any of my work as he passed when I was 19. A year later, I signed up to Photography school. I worked in various environments as a photographer: municipal, medical, advertisement, as a freelancer & I ran a Photography club at a college for a few years. I had darkrooms in my closets for over a decade! Today, I am the founder and owner of Foto Rando, a small biz initiative that focuses on teaching Photography to both adults and kids, in close connection to nature.

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Seas the Day Studio

Everyone is an ArtistPaint a Sign Class

In this fun, inspiring workshop you will learn painting and stenciling techniques as you create your unique piece, while learning new skills. You will get in the grove and enjoy the process as your piece evolves. You are sure to feel proud of what you produce! Themes of stencils Jan will bring include adventure, mountains, camping, inspirational quotes, outdoors and more! You’ll wish you could make them all!

“Sign up” for this relaxing class and you will learn that Everyone can be an Artist!

Jan prides herself on her gift of connecting with people in a manner that truly makes them feel like they CAN create and successfully complete their chosen project and feel proud of what they have made.
$15 supply fee

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Jan Scheuerman

Elevate Practitioner

A Kindergarten teacher of 32 years Jan prides herself on her gift of connecting with people in a manner that truly makes them feel like they CAN create and successfully complete the projects they choose. Jan calls herself a teacher who gets to play with paint... People leave feeling successful and proud of what they have made.

Specializing in small private group classes, Jan has hosted staff parties, birthday  parties,  friend get togethers, family groups.  With many return customers and groups, it is easy to see why when you’ve been to one of Jan’s classes.  Projects range from sign making, farmhouse clocks, seasonal projects and so many more! Please check out our facebook page at Seas the Day Studio.

2024 marks the 10th anniversary of Seas the Day Studio. With humble beginnings of making signs for friends, Jan can feel proud of the many people who have happily attended workshops with her inspirational ideas. Proud retailer of Country Chic Paint, a local chalk and mineral based paint company, Jan can also show you how to give a fresh look to tired furniture too!

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Studio IPF

Get Thriving Healthy Habits for a Vibrant Life

Are you ready to feel energized, confident, and truly at home in your body? Get Thriving is a transformative workshop designed to help you build simple, sustainable habits that nourish both your body and mind.

In this interactive session, you’ll discover actionable strategies to boost your energy, improve your well-being, and create a lifestyle that supports long-term health. We’ll cover key areas like mindful movement, balanced nutrition, stress management, and self-care—so you can stop just getting through the day and start thriving.

Join us for an inspiring experience that will leave you feeling empowered and motivated to make small changes that lead to big results. Now is the time to prioritize you. 

Please bring a yoga mat

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Leanne is the owner and director of Studio IPF: Inner Pursuit Fitness, a multi-modality wellness studio in Courtenay.  Since 2003, IPF has been dedicated to empowering women through effective, safe, and adaptable classes designed to meet their unique needs. The studio’s mission is to create a welcoming and inclusive space where women of all fitness levels—whether beginners or seasoned athletes—feel strong, supported, and inspired. At IPF, we celebrate all body types and believe that movement should enhance your life, helping you thrive inside and out. Leanne began her fitness journey in 1996, earning her first certification in Victoria and starting out as an aerobics instructor. Over the years, she has expanded her expertise with multiple certifications in Pilates, Fitness, Yoga, TRX Suspension Training, TRX Yoga Flow, Core Confidence and Pelvic Floor Health.

Most recently, she became a certified Menopause Coaching Specialist, further deepening her commitment to supporting women’s health and well-being. Learn more about Leanne and Studio IPF on IG or FB @ Studio IPF or email leanne@studioipf.com

Leanne Zdebiak-Eni

Elevate Practitioner
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Practical Spiritualism

Unwind & Align Yin Yoga

Sink into the stillness of Yin Yoga, a practice that nourishes your physical body while inviting your mind to quiet and your spirit to expand. This 75-minute class will explore the psychosomatic connections between your body and emotions, blending functional anatomy with soulful awareness. Through long-held (5-minutes), deeply restorative poses, we’ll create space in the connective tissues and unravel tension stored in the body’s subtle layers.  You will leave with a sense of lightness in your body, clarity in your mind, and a deeper connection to your authentic self. Perfect for all levels—this practice meets you exactly where you are, inviting a compassionate exploration of your physical and emotional layers.

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Dawn Elgin

Elevate Practitioner
Dawn Elgin is the Creatrix of Practical Spiritualism and the visionary behind the Self-Sovereignty System. A certified Quantum Holistic Coach, Solution Focused Coach, Body Code Practitioner, Mindfulness Teacher, and Breathwork Facilitator, Dawn blends science, spirituality, and somatic practices to empower individuals on their healing journeys.

As the author of Let Go or Be Dragged: Your Guide for Practical Spiritualism, Dawn shares her wisdom and tools to help readers reconnect with their authentic selves and step into their power. Through coaching, workshops, and her signature programs, she guides clients to release past traumas, reclaim personal sovereignty, and create lives of intentional fulfillment.

Dawn believes in the courage to heal, the wisdom within, and the power of co-creating a life aligned with your truest essence.
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Om Oasis

Temple of Tranquility Sound Healing

Dive into a cosmic journey inward that enhances your mind-body-spirit connection with Universal Life Flow, and experience joy and deep peace on many levels. Kick off the evening with joyful free-flow dance to uplifting LOVE healing frequency music, connecting deeply with the rhythm of Mother Earth through breathwork, vocal chants, and energy meridian tapping, while Jolie uses drumming and seed shakers to help release stagnant energies from your body-mind-spirit energy grid into Gaia’s grid for global composting.
Next, find peace on your mat through a calming guided visualization, followed by a deeply soothing sound bath. Let the harmonizing sounds of gongs, alchemy crystal bowls, chimes and various sound healing instruments wash over you, fostering tranquillity and cellular harmony. As we come back to the present, Jolie will ground your spirit essence with Palo Santo smudge and rose water spritz, followed by gentle somatic movements to reawaken and centre your being.
Wrap up the evening with time for reflection, personal connection, and journaling over herbal tea before enjoying a restful night.
**What to Bring: Curiosity, an open heart, journal and pen, water/tea thermos, yoga mat, blanket, pillow, eye mask, and anything for comfort, as well as personal items you’d like to energize during the sound bath.$15 additional fee
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Jolie Nasralla

Elevate Practitioner

Jolie Nasralla is the founder of Om Oasis. She resides in the Comox Valley. She is a holistic wellness instructor, yogi, light-worker and spiritual guide committed to fostering wellness and peace within our global community. She emphasizes authentic relationships with oneself, others, and nature, cultivating awareness, self-compassion, and self-love to facilitate ease, peace, joy, vitality, intergenerational healing, planetary harmony, and the expansion of collective consciousness.

With over a decade of training and experience, Jolie specializes in vibrational healing frequencies, based on modern science and ancient knowledge and multi cultural healing practices. The Om Oasis mottos “Harmonize Your Inner Vibe” and “Nourish Flourish Repeat,” reflect her mission to promote authentic heart connections and holistic wellness through various modalities, including sound therapy, yoga, vagus nerve toning, chanting, breathwork, somatic movement, meditation, Reiki, Healing Touch, smudging, Moon Ceremonies and Peruvian cacao ceremonies. Additionally, she incorporates crystals, essential oils, and oracle cards into her offerings. Whether a one on one session, an intimate yoga class or a large group retreat she honours the sacred container of community, being of service for the greater good, creating a welcoming atmosphere for self-care, introspection, relaxation, rejuvenation and heart warming connection.

Jolie encourages curiosity, self-reflection, compassion, and humour, guiding individuals to attune to the ebb and flow of their precious life force and soul wisdom. She invites you to slow down, find stillness, and listen to your heart’s true longings for clarity and peace. Recognizing that we are all vessels of Divine Cosmic Light, she inspires you to embrace what resonates and connect with the Universal Energy, Love.

Jolie is a Certified Ohm Therapeutics™️ and Crystal Tones™️ Sound Therapist, a Certified Hanna Somatics Meditation Yoga Instructor, 200RYT Yoga Alliance and Pain Care Aware Instructor, Level 2 Reiki practitioner, Access Bars Consciousness facilitator, and Level 3 Healing Touch energy worker, and is proudly affiliated with HTAC, HBB, and VISTA.

SATURDAY SEPT 27th SCHEDULE

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Evolve Yoga Therapy

Blissful Beginnings Morning movement & meditation

Awaken your body and mind with this gentle morning yoga class designed to set the tone for a positive day. Begin with gentle yet energizing movements that release stiffness and increase circulation, helping you feel more alive and present. As we transition into meditation, you’ll find stillness and clarity, focusing on your breath and cultivating an intention to carry with you throughout the day. No experience with yoga or meditation required for this class.  You will leave feeling refreshed, centered, and ready for an amazing day.
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Tina’s passion is helping people feel and move better, relieve stress and recover from illness or injury.  She offers private yoga therapy where she meets individuals where they are at and collaboratively addresses their specific goals by exploring mindful movement, breathwork and the many tools of yoga therapy to allow the unfolding of their highest potential for wellbeing.  She also offers therapeutic yoga classes in the Comox Valley and online.  She believes we all have a gift inside of use and that is the ability to learn, grow and change. 

www.evolvemovementtherapy.ca

Tina Pringle, C-IAYT, RYT 500

Elevate Practitioner
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CardioRTüL

Movement experience for women

 

CardioRTUL™ - sweat your prayers When we infuse conscious intention into our workouts, we multiply the results ten fold. Introducing CardioRTUL™, the 60 minute movement experience for women that combines cardio dance, sacred feminine embodiment and intentional action. We’ll start with a brief opening meditation then take up the pace with hip centric holistic dance moves and finish with gentle hip openers and mudra meditation. What makes this ritual? Alice will create a sacred container. Within this safe space she will lead you through repetitive movements and poses with the purpose of elevation and empowerment. This is more than fitness, this is magic. Bring your runners, water and Yoga mat. We’ll be dancing our prayers and breathing life into our dreams. FlowRTUL™ - devotion in motion When we infuse conscious intention into our workouts, we multiply the results ten fold. Introducing

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Alice Bracegirdle

Elevate Practitioner

Alice specializes in helping women embody their innate feminine power through movement that is strong, sexy and sacred. Over the past 20 years she’s taught sacred feminine movement classes to thousands of women around the world, helping them transform their bodies and their lives by accessing, cultivating and channeling their sacred feminine energy.

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Amy Englemark

Practical Steps to Reignite Joy in Your Personal, Family, and Work Life

Amy will guide attendees in making intentional shifts to create a balanced, joy-filled life that integrates time for self, health, and meaningful relationships. Instead of settling for ok, get gutsy and create a more soul-filling life.  By focusing on practical steps, participants will learn how to identify and overcome internal obstacles to joy and gain clarity to prioritize what truly matters. Through engaging activities, you will feel inspired and empowered to thrive on all levels.

  1. Awareness: Attendees will understand the specific habits, beliefs, or situations that drain joy from their lives.
  2. Courage: They will find the courage to address these obstacles with actionable strategies.
  3. Empowerment: Participants will leave with a clear and practical plan to start feeling more joyful on a daily basis - in all areas of life
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Amy Englemark

Elevate Practitioner

Amy is the author of the book, “From Burnout To Bliss: The 21 Day Plan To Boost Health, Wealth And Happiness." She is a dynamic keynote speaker for international audiences and works 1-1 with clients worldwide. She helps business and healthcare leaders push past fear, keep stress low and achieve big professional goals and leadership skills with more confidence and joy. You can find out more about her and sign up for her free tools, speaking engagements and 1-1 support at www.amyenglemark.com

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Sabrina Hall: Harmonize & Flow

Digest Zen Practical Steps to Restore Harmony to Your Gut

Join Sabrina for an empowering workshop designed to help you take control of your gut health and cultivate harmony within your body. This session is perfect for anyone looking to better understand their digestive system and how to nurture it for optimal well-being.

We’ll explore:

  • The basics of digestion and the complex microbial community that digests your food.
  • Common causes of gut dysbiosis and how they might be impacting your energy, mood, and immunity.
  • Simple, effective dietary shifts that make the biggest impact on your gut health and daily life.

We'll end the session with a soothing self-reflexology practice to promote "tummy zen"—a powerful way to support your digestion through intentional, relaxing touch.

Leave with actionable steps, a deeper connection to your body, and tools to bring balance back to your digestive system. Whether you're managing chronic stress, seeking better energy, or just curious about holistic gut health, this workshop will help you tune into your body's wisdom.

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Sabrina Hall

Elevate Practitioner

Hi, Im Sabrina Hall

I am a Holistic Healer - Your whole health is my focus. Let's delve into your Body, Mind and Spirit for relaxation, alignment and harmonization. The symptoms we experience are sacred messengers encouraging us to take better care of ourselves. Our bodies and energy systems literally serve as guideposts indicating to us where we need balance - I can help you walk the healing path.  After a year of nomadic travel with my family, I've recently set down new roots in the Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, BC. I work with energetically-aligned people either in person or via remote services, and I look forward to working with you.

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Sea and Weave

Neurographics Therapeutic Art

Learn about arts ability to transmute pain and suffering into beautiful creations. By using a drawing and colouring exercise we will teach our brains how to ‘round off’ the edges of discomfort and use our pain as fuel for creation!
10:30 am - 12 pm
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Katrina Pennington

Elevate Practitioner

Katrina is a Certified Art Therapy Practitioner and fibre artist, who shares her love for healing through art. She believes creative expression is a fundamental need, and creative ritual is necessary for healthy growth and development, stress relief, and self exploration. In today’s modern world we don’t often make time for creative expression and our physical, emotional, spiritual and neurological systems suffer. Katrina uses her knowledge of psychology, somatic healing, vagal nerve toning, and creativity to aid the mind-body connection in healing physically, mentally and spiritually. 

Working with clients in a 1:1 setting and in group workshops, Katrina teaches students how to tap into their own unique creative power to alchemize discomfort and suffering into expressive creation. She believe everyone can heal, from even the most unspeakable pain, by using a medium that doesn’t require speech; art.

Art is for every body! 

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Practical Spiritualism

Boundaries 101 The Art of Saying Yes to Yourself

Explore the power of boundaries as a pathway to self-respect and deeper connections. This workshop, inspired by our Boundaries 101 digital course, will guide you to recognize where your energy leaks and how to reclaim it. Through practical exercise and soulful reflection, you’ll learn to set boundaries rooted in love, not fear, and finally say “YES” to what truly matters.

 Key Focus:

  • Understanding personal boundaries
  • Identifying and healing guilt or fear tied to saying “no”
  • Simple tools to establish and maintain healthy boundaries in daily life

 Takeaway:  A mini workbook with exercises to identify your current boundary challenges and scripts to confidently communicate with them

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Dawn Elgin

Elevate Practitioner
THERAPEUTIC COACH, PRACTITIONER & INSTRUCTOR
"A vibrant, living example of what is possible in the realm of brain health. Following dedicated exploration, study and practice in mindfulness, yoga, coaching and other therapeutic approaches, she is now sharing the wisdom and insight that is driving her own successful recovery after a serious traumatic brain injury. Dawn’s company, Practical Spiritualism, has been providing in-person and online coaching and wellness programs since 2017; helping clients find their truth in a safe place where they are comfortable and confident to explore, grow, heal and be empowered."
Practical Spiritualism Website
Broken Squirrel Website
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Deanna's Reiki Healing

Aromatics For the Heart

Join us for this informative session on Essential Oils to assist the Heart Chakra. It's all about self-love in 2025.

Explore alongside Deanna Papineau, a Registered Aromatherapist who will guide us through a journey of Essential Oils to assist our awakening heart. Gain an understanding of how the plant energies assist this process through the olfactory, chemistry, applications and more.

Everyone will create a recipe for their special Heart Blend and take home an Aromatic roll-on to assist with the daily practice of self-love.
Cost for supplies: $20 per participant
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Deanna's Healing

Elevate Practitioner
Deanna is a Registered Aromatherapist with the CAOA, Canadian Alliance of Aromatherapy, and a member of the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy. Deanna helps her clients experience the healing flow of energy, through the power of custom blended Essential Oils and Reiki. Her clinical assessment assists each client’s individual needs. By stress reduction, calming and balancing their emotional, physical and spiritual self. Her blending is through energy communication directly inspired by the plants chemistry and holistic training. Deanna has over 15 years’ experience, 800 hrs of clinical study, and a juried research paper, at one of Canada's accepted schools, West Coast Institute of Aromatherapy. Deanna has extra hours studying the Chakra’s, the Endocrine system, TCM Meridians, Children and the Elderly, blending for Astrology, blending for pregnancy and childbirth and Aromatic Spa to name a few. Deanna is a Master Level Reiki practitioner and teacher in Usui Reiki. She is a passionate home-based entrepreneur who also enjoys teaching local workshops. Bringing awareness, safety precautions, and to have fun learning about blending for purposeful uses in the wonderful world of Aromatherapy. Deanna is a Level 3 ski instructor teaching at Mount Washington, and a super mom, living in the beautiful Comox Valley.

Deanna Papineau  RA  EOT
Registered Aromatherapist 
Essential Oil Therapist
Reiki Master Practitioner / Teacher
Deannapapineau@gmail.com
250-897-0531
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Dr. Andrea Rayburn

Menopause Beyond the Hormones!

I will discuss the physiologic changes of perimenopause and menopause as well as common hormone interventions (HRT/MHT) used to decrease menopausal symptoms and improve long term health outcomes. But beyond this - I will address the foundations of health that are needed and actions that you can take to ensure optimal health as we age. How can we support our bodies whether we are on HRT or not? We will address not only common menopausal concerns such as hot flashes, sleep disturbance and mood changes, but also discuss how our bodies metabolism changes, how our body responds to stress differently during this time, and how to be proactive in ensuring optimal health and vitality as we age. My goal is to empower women to be strong, healthy and happy through all the decades.

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Dr. Andrea Rayburn

Elevate Practitioner

Dr. Andrea Rayburn, Naturopathic Physician, was born and raised on Vancouver Island.  She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Thompson Rivers University, followed in 2011 by her Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto. During her 12-month internship, Dr. Rayburn participated on the Integrative Cancer Care shift, as well as at the LAMP Community Health Centre, offering free care to low income populations.

After returning to Vancouver Island, Dr. Rayburn completed further certifications in Prescribing Authority, Intravenous Therapies, as well as immunizations and public health. With the increasing demand for women focused health care, Dr. Rayburn has furthered her training in advanced contraceptive care and fertility support, as well as hormone therapies and menopausal care. She has been practicing in the Comox Valley since 2012, continuing her focus on advanced disease and women's health.

Andrea is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor and is registered through the College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia. She is also a member of the British Columbia Naturopathic Association (BCNA) and Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND).

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Elevate 2025

Sea and Weave

Macreme Heart Therapeutic Art Workshop

Elevate 2024

Learn how to make your very own macrame heart wall hanging as we use the therapeutic medium of fibre to weave our heart's intention into the physical world. The somatic release of knotting and the bilateral movement of weaving act as a therapeutic exercise for the brain, allowing us to tap into our creativity and self-expression.

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Katrina Pennington

Elevate Practitioner

Katrina is a Certified Art Therapy Practitioner and fibre artist, who shares her love for healing through art. She believes creative expression is a fundamental need, and creative ritual is necessary for healthy growth and development, stress relief, and self exploration. In today’s modern world we don’t often make time for creative expression and our physical, emotional, spiritual and neurological systems suffer. Katrina uses her knowledge of psychology, somatic healing, vagal nerve toning, and creativity to aid the mind-body connection in healing physically, mentally and spiritually. 

Working with clients in a 1:1 setting and in group workshops, Katrina teaches students how to tap into their own unique creative power to alchemize discomfort and suffering into expressive creation. She believe everyone can heal, from even the most unspeakable pain, by using a medium that doesn’t require speech; art.

Art is for every body! 

Website: seaandweave.ca 

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The Soul Connection Coach

Elevate Your Frequency. Elevate Your Life.


Are you a purpose-driven, high-achieving woman who feels trapped by perfectionism, fear of failure, and the weight of external expectations? Do you long to break free from self-doubt & step into your unique brilliance, power, & purpose—without the emotional exhaustion that comes from trying to meet everyone else’s standards? This 90-minute workshop is for highly sensitive, heart-centred women who are ready to: Release the energetic weight of perfectionism, self-doubt, and external pressures Recalibrate their nervous system from overwhelm into ease, balance & inner peace Rewire subconscious beliefs that keep them stuck in fear and hesitation Reconnect with the wisdom of their soul and their spiritual gifts Raise their frequency to align with joy, purpose, and everyday bliss.

What You'll Experience in This Transformational Workshop:
  • The Science & Soul of Frequency: Discover how your energetic vibration determines your thoughts, emotions, and ability to manifest the life you desire.
  • The Map of Consciousness (Power vs. Force): Understand how different vibrational states (such as fear vs. love, shame vs. empowerment) shape your reality—and how to shift into higher states of consciousness.
  • Energy Activation & Subconscious Reprogramming: Experience a guided energy activation meditation to instantly elevate your vibration, clear limiting beliefs, and embody your highest self.
  • Recalibrating the Nervous System: Learn practical techniques to move from stress, anxiety, and emotional exhaustion to grounded, heart-centered empowerment.
  • Breaking Free from Perfectionism & Fear of Failure: Release the patterns that have kept you stuck and reclaim your inner brilliance so you can show up fully in your purpose.
  • The Power of Energy Healing: Learn how energy work can help you sustain a high frequency, increase intuition, and align with a life of joy, passion, and fulfillment.
Why This Workshop is a Must-Attend:
  • You will leave feeling lighter, empowered, and deeply connected to your soul's purpose.
  • You’ll experience firsthand what it feels like to operate from a higher vibration.
  • You’ll gain tools to break free from stress and perfectionism so you can embrace your true calling with confidence.
This isn't just another mindset workshop-this is a deeply transformative experience that will create real shifts in your energy, mindset, and emotional state.
Elevate 2024

Marci Stockton

Elevate Practitioner
Marci Stockon is a highly sought-after Spiritual Life Coach, Subconscious Imprinting Practitioner, and Trauma Informed Energy Therapist specializing in guiding highly sensitive, heart-centered women to break free from perfectionism & people pleasing behaviors, fear of failure, and emotional exhaustion. With a unique approach that blends subconscious reprogramming, nervous system recalibration, energy healing, and soul alignment, she helps her clients shift from stress and self-doubt to confidence, balance, and deep spiritual connection.

As Your Guide for Soulful Living & Everyday Bliss, Marci empowers women to elevate their frequency, trust their intuition, and step into their highest potential, allowing them to embody their brilliance and create a life filled with purpose, joy, and ease. Her work is deeply transformative, offering practical tools and energetic activations that help her clients feel lighter, freer, and more aligned with their soul’s calling.

Through her workshops, coaching, and energy healing, creates an Marci immersive experience where participants can release limiting patterns, awaken their inner power, and elevate their vibration instantly. She is passionate about helping women reclaim their authentic essence and make the impact they were born for—all while living a life of balance, bliss and soulful alignment.
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Elevate 2025

Foto Rando

Creative PhotographyArt of Observation, Visual Mindfulness & Storytelling

The focus of this Photography workshop is on the creative mindset, therefore making it accessible to anyone who has an interest in Photography. I will introduce you to a variety of composition techniques using visual examples. I'll be discussing the value of developing one's observation skills through visual mindfulness and the art of observation. By finding a deeper sense of connection to your surroundings, you can achieve imagery that is more compelling & more moving. We will explore the importance of visual storytelling in Photography and how to achieve it with simple scripting techniques and composition skills.

What to expect: the first half of your Workshop occurs indoors. We'll head out on a leisurely photowalk afterwards so that you may put into practice your new found skills, with my guidance and overseeing. Please dress comfortably and according to the weather. Bring a small backpack to carry your belongings if needed as your hands should be kept free for your camera, and nothing else.

What to bring: A camera! Any type will do, including smartphones. Please ensure you are familiar and comfortable with whichever camera/device you plan on using. You are not required or expected to take notes, as I will provide each participant with a printed recap document after the workshop.

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Pascale Navarro

Elevate Practitioner

I’m Pascale, I live in Sooke & I picked up my first camera as a kid in the mid 80s. I grew up in Labrador, going through my dad’s boxes of slides and photos. Very early on, I felt compelled by the power of visual storytelling. He handed me his Minolta camera when I was 15 and the rest is history! I owe my passion to my father but sadly, he never did get to see any of my work as he passed when I was 19. A year later, I signed up to Photography school. I worked in various environments as a photographer: municipal, medical, advertisement, as a freelancer & I ran a Photography club at a college for a few years. I had darkrooms in my closets for over a decade! Today, I am the founder and owner of Foto Rando, a small biz initiative that focuses on teaching Photography to both adults and kids, in close connection to nature.

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RTüLfitness

ShaktiRTüL Not Your Daughter's Twerkout

In today’s world, our daughters and granddaughters are growing up surrounded by images of sexuality on display at every turn. While the push for empowerment and liberation is crucial, there's one essential element missing from the conversation: our sexuality is sacred. It’s the most powerful, life-affirming energy we possess - and it deserves to be honoured as such. We need to tap into, activate, and express our sexual energy throughout every stage of life if we want to elevate our health, joy and fulfillment, but grinding, thrusting, and twerking aren’t always the best ways to channel this energy, especially as we age. These movements can actually be physically damaging and even block energy - the exact opposite of what we want to do! For girls in their twenties and thirties, some of these movements might feel natural, but once we hit our 40s (and beyond), there’s a more empowering, appropriate, sustainable way to awaken and circulate our Shakti—without risking injury or compromising our self-respect.

In this fun, empowering workshop, I’ll guide you through a series of gentle yet powerful movements designed to open the hips, heart, and energy channels, unblocking your creative life force—Shakti—so you can reclaim the sacredness and potency of your feminine sensuality. No twerking. No grinding. No nonsense. Just powerful, intentional movement that honors your body and your energy. And yes, this will be a fantastic, deep core workout too. All levels welcome. Yoga mat required. Let’s get your hips moving and awaken the energy that makes you a woman!

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Alice Bracegirdle

Elevate Practitioner

Alice specializes in helping women embody their innate feminine power through movement that is strong, sexy and sacred. Over the past 20 years she’s taught sacred feminine movement classes to thousands of women around the world, helping them transform their bodies and their lives by accessing, cultivating and channeling their sacred feminine energy.

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Amy Englemark

Aligning Your Values to Accelerate Growth Amy Englemark

JoyFULL Action builds on the inspiration from the keynote by diving deeper into what holds you back from taking action and how you can karate kick your internal barriers to create a personal and professional life that lights you up on the inside and makes you feel excited to wake up each day. In this highly interactive session, you’ll adopt an 'anything is possible' mindset and get into action to make space for joy without sacrificing other priorities. 

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Amy Englemark

Elevate Practitioner

Amy is the author of the book, “From Burnout To Bliss: The 21 Day Plan To Boost Health, Wealth And Happiness." She is a dynamic keynote speaker for international audiences and works 1-1 with clients worldwide. She helps business and healthcare leaders push past fear, keep stress low and achieve big professional goals and leadership skills with more confidence and joy. You can find out more about her and sign up for her free tools, speaking engagements and 1-1 support at www.amyenglemark.com

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Elevate 2024

Syd Bosel

Comedian and Comedic Storyteller
Syd Bosel is a stand-up comedian and comedic storyteller.

“That Older Lady was Really Funny” / “My wife laughed so hard, she peed a little”

Syd Bosel spills your life out onto the stage as she shares her tales of "adult" children, surviving breast cancer, menopause, and other glories of nature. Syd did her comedy training, and cut her comedy teeth in Vancouver, BC and recently moved to Comox, BC. Learn more and contact Syd at; https://www.sydbosel.com/

Credentials
  • 2025; Featured in the Georgia Straight in the “Vancouverites to Watch in 2025”
  • 2025; Performed on CBC’s The Debaters
  • 2024; Syd placed first in Yuk Yuk’s Western Canada’s, “THE YUK OFF”.
  • 2023; She was voted “Best of the Fest” for the Nanaimo Fringe Festival.
  • 2023; Got 4 Yeses in “Canada’s Got Talent”.
  • 2022; placed 2nd (out of 65 comics) in the “Funniest Person with a Day Job” competition.
  • 2019; Was a finalist in the “Great Canadian Yuk Off”.
  • 2018; Voted Fan Favourite and winner of BC’s Funniest New Female Comic

She is a regular at Yuk Yuk’s, Heckler’s and clubs throughout Vancouver Island and Vancouver. She can be heard on the Just for Laughs comedy album, “Poor Man’s Hummus”; https://open.spotify.com/album/6UuBWqPLagoFSXXM6oUJIJ
She is a regular Headliner on the “Joker’s Canada” and “Comedy Misfits” Troupes and can be heard on CBC radio’s Laugh Out Loud Program; https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2202358851934 She headlines and produces, “Hot Flash Comedy”, appearing at the McPherson Theatre, Victoria, Mary Winspear in Sidney, and other theatres throughout BC. Syd has opened for Maria Bamford, Deborah DiGiovanni, Julie Kim and Simon King to sold-out theatres.
Comedy Show with Syb Bosel

Syd Bosel
Laughter is the best medicine!

Syd Bosel is a stand-up comedian and comedic storyteller.

“That Older Lady was Really Funny” / “My wife laughed so hard, she peed a little”

Syd Bosel spills your life out onto the stage as she shares her tales of "adult" children, surviving breast cancer, menopause, and other glories of nature. Syd did her comedy training, and cut her comedy teeth in Vancouver, BC and recently moved to Comox, BC.
Contact Syd Bosel

SUNDAY SEPT 28th SCHEDULE

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Evolve Yoga Therapy

Blissful Beginnings Morning movement & meditation

Awaken your body and mind with this gentle morning yoga class designed to set the tone for a positive day. Begin with gentle yet energizing movements that release stiffness and increase circulation, helping you feel more alive and present. As we transition into meditation, you’ll find stillness and clarity, focusing on your breath and cultivating an intention to carry with you throughout the day. No experience with yoga or meditation required for this class.  You will leave feeling refreshed, centered, and ready for an amazing day.
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Tina’s passion is helping people feel and move better, relieve stress and recover from illness or injury.  She offers private yoga therapy where she meets individuals where they are at and collaboratively addresses their specific goals by exploring mindful movement, breathwork and the many tools of yoga therapy to allow the unfolding of their highest potential for wellbeing.  She also offers therapeutic yoga classes in the Comox Valley and online.  She believes we all have a gift inside of use and that is the ability to learn, grow and change. 

www.evolvemovementtherapy.ca

Tina Pringle, C-IAYT, RYT 500

Elevate Practitioner
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Studio IPF

Core, Pelvic Floor and More

Ever heard a fitness instructor say, “Engage your core!” and had no idea what they meant?  Do you experience occasional incontinence?  This workshop is your introduction to deep core activation and pelvic floor health. You’ll learn how to incorporate core awareness into your daily life, movement, and workouts—helping to address incontinence, prolapse, pelvic pain, and low back discomfort.

Designed for women of all ages, this class covers how to properly activate your deep core muscles and why retraining before you train is essential. You’ll also take home a few simple exercises to start right away. Whether you're navigating postpartum recovery, perimenopause, menopause, injury, athletics, or long hours at a desk, this workshop will give you the tools to support your body and feel stronger from the inside out. As part of this class you’ll receive a digital copy of our Core. Pelvic Floor & More e-book, that includes exercises to do at home, core engagement tips and more! 

Please bring a yoga mat and a foam chip block or beach towel/thin blanket

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Leanne Zdebiak-Eni

Elevate Practitioner

Leanne is the owner and director of Studio IPF: Inner Pursuit Fitness, a multi-modality wellness studio in Courtenay.  Since 2003, IPF has been dedicated to empowering women through effective, safe, and adaptable classes designed to meet their unique needs. The studio’s mission is to create a welcoming and inclusive space where women of all fitness levels—whether beginners or seasoned athletes—feel strong, supported, and inspired. At IPF, we celebrate all body types and believe that movement should enhance your life, helping you thrive inside and out. Leanne began her fitness journey in 1996, earning her first certification in Victoria and starting out as an aerobics instructor. Over the years, she has expanded her expertise with multiple certifications in Pilates, Fitness, Yoga, TRX Suspension Training, TRX Yoga Flow, Core Confidence and Pelvic Floor Health.

Most recently, she became a certified Menopause Coaching Specialist, further deepening her commitment to supporting women’s health and well-being.

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Evolve Yoga Therapy

Fascia Repair Series

Fascia—the connective tissue that surrounds muscles, bones, and organs—plays a crucial role in overall body health, yet it often becomes restricted due to stress, injury, or poor posture. Tina will guide you through somatic movements to break up adhesions and release tension in the fascia, enhancing your body’s range of motion, fluidity of movement and overall vitality. Whether you're dealing with chronic tightness, recovering from injury, surgery, or simply looking to move in a way that feels good and leaves you feeling great, this class offers a transformative approach to self-care. Join in to experience a renewed sense of freedom in your body and a deep sense of relaxation in your mind.

Bring a yoga mat and foam chip block if you have one.  A limited amount of props will be available to borrow.

Fascia Repair Series
Fascia Repair SeriesTina Pringle
Fascia simply put is our connective tissue.
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Tina Pringle, C-IAYT, RYT 500

Elevate Practitioner

Meet Tina, a compassionate and dedicated yoga therapist who embodies kindness and generosity in every aspect of her practice. With a personal journey through pain and healing, Tina has transformed her own struggles into a powerful tool for guiding others on their path to wellness. Her lived experience with pain and her subsequent recovery through yoga techniques infuse her sessions with empathy and understanding.  Her passion for lifelong learning drives her to explore new methodologies and integrate them into her practice. 

In each session, Tina brings a blend of warmth and expertise. She creates a safe and supportive environment where clients feel heard and valued. Her ability to combine personal experience with professional training allows her to offer a uniquely effective and nurturing therapeutic experience, helping her clients achieve greater balance, relief, and overall well-being. 

Through Evolve Yoga Therapy Tina offers Group Therapeutic Yoga classes, private yoga therapy and special events in the Comox Valley and beyond through online offerings.  Tina enjoyed a 30 year career as a CPA and now puts her energy full time into her passion.  She is a certified Yoga Therapist, certified Stott Pilates Reformer instructor and BCRPA group fitness leader. 

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Deanna's Reiki Healing

Morning Mountain Nature Walk

Start your day with the serenity and beauty of nature on this peaceful mountain walk. This guided walk invites you to connect with the natural world as we journey through scenic trails, surrounded by fresh air, towering trees, and stunning mountain views. The pace is leisurely, allowing for mindful breathing, gentle stretches, and moments of stillness to appreciate the beauty around you. As we move through the terrain, you'll have the opportunity to ground yourself in nature, reset your energy, and find clarity in the stillness of the morning. This walk is perfect for those seeking a calming outdoor experience to start the day with a sense of peace, connection, and rejuvenation.

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Summer at Mt Washington Alpine Resort
Summer at Mt Washington Alpine Resort
Elevate 2024

Deanna's Healing

Elevate Practitioner
Deanna is a Registered Aromatherapist with the CAOA, Canadian Alliance of Aromatherapy, and a member of the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy. Deanna helps her clients experience the healing flow of energy, through the power of custom blended Essential Oils and Reiki. Her clinical assessment assists each client’s individual needs. By stress reduction, calming and balancing their emotional, physical and spiritual self. Her blending is through energy communication directly inspired by the plants chemistry and holistic training. Deanna has over 15 years’ experience, 800 hrs of clinical study, and a juried research paper, at one of Canada's accepted schools, West Coast Institute of Aromatherapy. Deanna has extra hours studying the Chakra’s, the Endocrine system, TCM Meridians, Children and the Elderly, blending for Astrology, blending for pregnancy and childbirth and Aromatic Spa to name a few. Deanna is a Master Level Reiki practitioner and teacher in Usui Reiki. She is a passionate home-based entrepreneur who also enjoys teaching local workshops. Bringing awareness, safety precautions, and to have fun learning about blending for purposeful uses in the wonderful world of Aromatherapy. Deanna is a Level 3 ski instructor teaching at Mount Washington, and a super mom, living in the beautiful Comox Valley.

Deanna Papineau  RA  EOT
Registered Aromatherapist 
Essential Oil Therapist
Reiki Master Practitioner / Teacher
Deannapapineau@gmail.com
250-897-0531
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RTüLfitness

GoddessRTüL

GoddessRTUL™, the 75 minute circle experience for women that honors the sacred power of the feminine. We’ll begin with an opening invocation to center our energy and call in the wisdom of our female lineage. We’ll then journal about how we relate to the Feminine, followed by a pair-sharing exercise to deepen our understanding and connection. Next, we’ll release what no longer serves us through gentle healing movement, and close with an optional sharing before ending with a grounding meditation. Maybe you’ve never done anything like this before, or maybe you’re a seasoned women’s circle participant. Either way, you can expect something entirely unique, totally non-woo, super fun and deeply empowering. Alice will create a sacred container, where together we’ll invoke healing, sisterhood, and revelation through intentional practices. This is more than a circle; this is the awakening of your alchemical Goddess Energy. Bring your water, journal, and an open heart. We’ll gather, heal, and cultivate the divine feminine power within.

Elevate 2024
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Alice Bracegirdle

Elevate Practitioner

Alice specializes in helping women embody their innate feminine power through movement that is strong, sexy and sacred. Over the past 20 years she’s taught sacred feminine movement classes to thousands of women around the world, helping them transform their bodies and their lives by accessing, cultivating and channeling their sacred feminine energy.

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Practical Spiritualism

Self-Sovereignty Reclaim Your Power, Rewrite Your Story

Step into your full potential with this transformative dive into the Self-Sovereignty System. In this workshop, you’ll uncover how fear, stress, and old stories may drive your choices—and learn how to replace them with empowered decisions. You’ll leave with tools to align your mind, body, and spirit, anchoring into your authentic self.

 Key Focus:

  • Recognizing patterns that erode personal sovereignty
  • Letting go of stories and emotions that keep you stuck
  • Techniques for making aligned, soul-driven decisions

 Takeaway: A mini workbook featuring exercises to reflect on sovereignty, release limiting beliefs,  and set intentions for a life of conscious empowerment

Elevate 2024

Dawn Elgin

Elevate Practitioner
Dawn Elgin is the Creatrix of Practical Spiritualism and the visionary behind the Self-Sovereignty System. A certified Quantum Holistic Coach, Solution Focused Coach, Body Code Practitioner, Mindfulness Teacher, and Breathwork Facilitator, Dawn blends science, spirituality, and somatic practices to empower individuals on their healing journeys.

As the author of Let Go or Be Dragged: Your Guide for Practical Spiritualism, Dawn shares her wisdom and tools to help readers reconnect with their authentic selves and step into their power. Through coaching, workshops, and her signature programs, she guides clients to release past traumas, reclaim personal sovereignty, and create lives of intentional fulfillment.

Dawn believes in the courage to heal, the wisdom within, and the power of co-creating a life aligned with your truest essence.
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Sabrina Hall: Harmonize & Flow

From Stress to Serenity A Mind-Body Workshop to De-Stress, Heal & Align

Discover how to align with your natural rhythms for better health in this immersive workshop inspired by Sabrina’s Nurture Your Nature health coaching program. We’ll begin with a guided meditation to reconnect with yourself, refocusing on your own needs and priorities. Then, learn how the body and mind store and respond to stress and gain insight into the science of nervous system regulation, including techniques to activate your vagus nerve and stimulate the parasympathetic "rest and digest" response.

Sabrina will share practical strategies for working with natural light to reset your biorhythms and explain the hormonal pathways that can lead to imbalances in digestion, sleep, and mental well-being. You’ll leave equipped with simple, actionable tips to start making positive changes that benefit your health today and support long-term resilience and balance.

Elevate 2024

Sabrina Hall

Elevate Practitioner

Hi, Im Sabrina Hall

I am a Holistic Healer - Your whole health is my focus. Let's delve into your Body, Mind and Spirit for relaxation, alignment and harmonization.

The symptoms we experience are sacred messengers encouraging us to take better care of ourselves. Our bodies and energy systems literally serve as guideposts indicating to us where we need balance - I can help you walk the healing path.

After a year of nomadic travel with my family, I've recently set down new roots in the Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, BC. I work with energetically-aligned people either in person or via remote services, and I look forward to working with you.

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Elevate 2025

Foto Rando

Creative PhotographyArt of Observation, Visual Mindfulness & Storytelling

The focus of this Photography workshop is on the creative mindset, therefore making it accessible to anyone who has an interest in Photography. I will introduce you to a variety of composition techniques using visual examples. I'll be discussing the value of developing one's observation skills through visual mindfulness and the art of observation. By finding a deeper sense of connection to your surroundings, you can achieve imagery that is more compelling & more moving. We will explore the importance of visual storytelling in Photography and how to achieve it with simple scripting techniques and composition skills.

What to expect: the first half of your Workshop occurs indoors. We'll head out on a leisurely photowalk afterwards so that you may put into practice your new found skills, with my guidance and overseeing. Please dress comfortably and according to the weather. Bring a small backpack to carry your belongings if needed as your hands should be kept free for your camera, and nothing else.

What to bring: A camera! Any type will do, including smartphones. Please ensure you are familiar and comfortable with whichever camera/device you plan on using. You are not required or expected to take notes, as I will provide each participant with a printed recap document after the workshop.

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Pascale Navarro

Elevate Practitioner

I’m Pascale, I live in Sooke & I picked up my first camera as a kid in the mid 80s. I grew up in Labrador, going through my dad’s boxes of slides and photos. Very early on, I felt compelled by the power of visual storytelling. He handed me his Minolta camera when I was 15 and the rest is history! I owe my passion to my father but sadly, he never did get to see any of my work as he passed when I was 19. A year later, I signed up to Photography school. I worked in various environments as a photographer: municipal, medical, advertisement, as a freelancer & I ran a Photography club at a college for a few years. I had darkrooms in my closets for over a decade! Today, I am the founder and owner of Foto Rando, a small biz initiative that focuses on teaching Photography to both adults and kids, in close connection to nature.

Elevate 2025 Schedule (fillable planning pdf)

Utilize this schedule as a tool for planning your Elevate Wellness Weekend experience! All of your class selections need to be identified at the time of booking. 

FRIDAY ADD-ON CERTIFICATION COURSES

Marci Stockton
Reiki Healing
Learn Access Bars In One Day

Learn Access Bars In One Day
with Marci Stockton

What if creating new possibilities and happiness was easy once you had the right toolbox to change things?

I’d love to have you at a 1-day Practitioner Certification Class I’ll be facilitating soon on something called Access Bars.

What is Access Bars?
The Bars® are 32 unique points on the head that correlate to different areas and aspects of life. During an Access Bars treatment, a practitioner gently touches these points to release the electromagnetic charge of all thoughts, ideas, attitudes, decisions, and beliefs that may have limited you in the concerned life areas, bringing the body-mind back into balance, creating a sense of ease, peace of mind and well-being similar to a massage or meditation, except so much more.

What's class like?
One day. A ton of tools. Choose what works for you.
Receive 2 sessions. Give 2 sessions. Breathe. Relax. Get Clarity.
You’ll get a manual, head charts and a whole new toolbox of change.
Be empowered to change anything!
Let’s explore what else is truly possible!

Who can attend?
Anybody with an open mind. Ideal for moms, wellness & health practitioners, body workers, doulas. Any-body seeking a greater possibility in any area of their life.

Today Access Consciousness® tools including The Bars® are being practiced in 173 countries and boasts more than 10,000 trained Access Bars® facilitators worldwide and used is by Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Physiotherapists, Family Play Therapists, Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists, Chiropractors, Business Coaches, Entrepreneurs, Trainers, Mom’s, and everyday people to create simple fast change in areas including sleep, health and weight, money, sex and relationships, anxiety, ADHD, stress and so much more.

Become a Certified Practitioner of Access Bars® in just one day!!

If this is your first time taking the Access Bars Class, your fee is $360 If you have taken an Access Bars Class previously, you pay half price $180

Register early to save your spot today!

At worst you will feel like you have just had a phenomenal massage. At best your whole life can change into something greater with more ease.
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Usui Reiki Traditional Certification

Usui Reiki Traditional Certification
with Deanna Papineau

Join Deanna Papineau, Reiki Master Practitioner and teacher in this 5 hour workshop. Learn how to flow positive Chi to assist the body’s healing: Physically, Mentally, Emotionally & Spiritually. This is a hands-on class that assists your personal journey into the healing flow of Reiki. The workshop will cover Reiki Hand Positions, Self-Reiki, History, Stories, Your Attunement to the Reiki Energy and a Level 1 Reiki Practitioner Certificate.
Lunch Break: Please bring a lunch, bring a journal and wear comfortable clothes.
Taught by Reiki Master Deanna Papineau
Class Includes: History and Stories
Hands-on Training
Level 1 symbol to the Reiki energy
Attunement to the Reiki energy
Certificate for Level
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Are You Ready to Book Your Elevate Weekend?

Remember to leave yourself plenty of downtime! Allow at least 15-minute windows or more between your activities so you can grab a snack, hydrate, and make your way between the event's different venues at the Alpine or Nordic Lodge. You don't want to be running from session to session, 3-4 classes a day is plenty. *Activities at Nordic will require transport by shuttle service during available times, or by car, or a 30-minute hike.

Ready to Get Elevated?

WHERE TO STAY DURING ELEVATE:

Slopeside Accommodations at  Mount Washington Alpine Resort

Slopeside Accommodations
at Mount Washington Alpine Resort

Book your two-night stay at Slopeside Accommodation and truly elevate your weekend experience. Lodging is booked separately from your Elevate experience. Enjoy fully-stocked apartment-style condos located right on the mountain with 1, 2 and 3-bedroom options available for sharing with friends. *$618 Early Bird price starting from based on 2-people sharing a 1-bedroom full-kitchen condo unit at $169 per night. Inquire for other room types and details.

Use the promo code "WELL" online to get the package rate.
Book online from the link below or give us a call 1-877-845-4499

Follow the path to higher ground this winter and stay on mountain at Mt. Washington's Bear & Deer Lodge, Slopeside Accommodations.

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Cona Properties  at Mount Washington Alpine Resort

Cona Vacation Getaways
at Mount Washington Alpine Resort

Cona Vacation Getaways is a small, family-run boutique accommodation provider and vacation rental management company. Why book with us? Each property means something to us along our personal journey. We want to help you find a pillow to rest your head on at night so you can enjoy the adventures we enjoy every day. We live it. We love it.
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Mount Washington ZipTour

Eagles Flight ZipTour
Zip Lining at Mt Washington

Now is the time to take flight. Unfold your wings and soar through the treetops on Mt. Washington's most thrilling adventure, the Eagle's Flight ZipTour! Enjoy the rush of freedom as you fly down the face of the mountain reaching breathtaking speeds. Vancouver Island's longest zip line experience offers unbeatable views of the Salish Sea and surrounding communities. This is a must-add adventure for your summer bucket list!

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Scenic Chairlift Rides at  Mount Washington Alpine Resort

Summer Scenic
Chairlift Rides

Breathtaking mountain scenery with views of the Salish Sea, nearby neighbouring mountain ranges, alpine wildflowers, native trees, and local wildlife are some of the sights to enjoy on a scenic chairlift ride. Live like a local while exploring the great outdoors of Mount Washington and Strathcona Provincial Park.
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Hiking Activities at Mount Washington Alpine Resort

Alpine Hiking
at Mount Washington Alpine Resort

Go hiking in the alpine at Mount Washington Alpine Resort or in our neighbouring Strathcona Provinical Park. Live like a local while exploring the great outdoors of Mount Washington and Strathcona Provincial Park.
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Mount Washington Bike Park

The Bike Park
Lift Accessed Riding

Purchase single-day tickets or better yet, a season pass, and enjoy access to our Bike Park all summer long. The Mt. Washington Bike Park offers a variety of tech and flow downhill mountain biking trails for all ability levels of riders, including a Skills Park! Visit us here in Vancouver Island's coastal playground for the most lift-accessed gravity-fueled fun you can have on two-wheels. How about another lap?

Bike Park
Mount Washington XC Cross Country Trails

Cross Country
XC Riding at Mt Washington

If you're not afraid to pedal, we have a small network of enduro and XC riding available at Mt Washington. Enjoy our alpine to rainforest, loamy turns, rock rolls, waterfalls,  and epic views of the Strathcona Park and mountain range. Alternatively, take some lessons at our Bike School and learn to ride park.

Bike School
Mount Washington Eagle View Summer BBQ

Eagle View Summer BBQ
at Mount Washington

Enjoy our outdoor courtyard with an amazing view of the summertime ski hill! Whether you’re coming off of our mountain bike trails, winding down from a soar on the ZipTour, spending time relaxing at the chalet, or you're just looking for a great new patio to hit this summer, the Eagle View Summer BBQ is the place to beat the heat with the fresh mountain breeze. In July & August, join us for Music in the Mountains running from 1:00-4:00 pm on most weekends.
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Mount Washington Alpine Resort is Vancouver Island's coastal playground, sharing year-round community experiences that invigorate all five senses. Between the action-packed months of the winter and summer seasons, lives the alpine's time for peace and tranquility. 

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