Elevate - Mount Washington Alpine Resort
Elevate Wellness Weekend

2nd ANNUAL EVENT | MAY 31st to June 2nd, 2024

As the seasons change, spring is the perfect time to disconnect, get re-centred and awaken your spirit alongside the mountains' flora and fauna... and so, the idea for Elevate, a Mount Washington Wellness Weekend, was born! 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 - we’re so excited to celebrate together again! Packages are available now, and last year's event attendees also save an extra 10% off when bringing a friend! Early Bird pricing is available until April 30th, 2024!

The Elevate weekend features 31 unique session options provided by 18 gifted practitioners, including a special guest keynote speaker, the perfect blend of group workshops and participants' choice of breakout sessions, plus all meals are included with vegan/vegetarian and gluten-friendly varieties. Additional certification classes are also available, as well as some fantastic prizes to be won. *Prices plus tax and any add-ons for supplies & take-home items as indicated in certain courses.

Early Bird Elevate Package
Early Bird Elevate Package$499 $449*
3-Day Experience offers 31 session selections. Includes class access, all meals*, and snacks with fresh tea and coffee. *2 dinners, 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 brunch.
Did you attend Elevate last year? Call to book & save an extra 10% off when you bring a friend!
Early Bird Elevate Package with Lodging$668 $618*
2-Night Stay on-mountain, booked seperately. Truly elevate your experience and share a condo at Slopeside Accommodations or Cona Vacations, along with 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 PARTNERS

Found Her
Broken Squirrel Wellness
Explore Restore
Ublossom
everyday haiku
Belly Fit
Amy Englemark
Evolve Yoga
Nomadic Spa
Reiki Healing
Om Oasis
Mount Washington Alpine Resort

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE | MAY 31 - June 2, 2024

Friday | Day 1
Friday | Day 112:30 pm - 10:00 pm

12:30 pm - 5:15 pm: Nomadic Sauna timeslots available for groups of 4 (no cost)
3 pm - 5 pm: practitioner welcomes, Registration, Perfect Practice session
4:45 pm - 7 pm: shuttle service to Raven Lodge, Welcome event tapas dinner
7:15 pm - 10 pm: evening breakout sessions at Alpine Lodge and Raven Lodge

Saturday | Day 2
Saturday | Day 27:30 am - 10:00 pm
7:30 am - 5 pm: Nomadic Sauna timeslots available for groups of 4 (no cost)
7:30 am - 9 am:
morning sessions and breakfast
9 am - 10:30 am: Keynote Speaker Amy Englemark
10:30 am - 10 pm:
morning sessions, group lunch, afternoon sessions, dinner, evening sessions

Sunday | Day 3
Sunday | Day 37:30 am - 1:30 pm
7:30 am - 10 am: morning sessions
10 am - 11 am: farewell closing brunch event in Ted's Bar
11:30 am - 1:30 pm: final afternoon sessions at Alpine or Raven Lodge

Plan Your Elevate Weekend!

You have some important choices to make! With 31 sessions offered by 18 practitioners, the Elevate experience will fill your cup no matter which workshops you attend. Ensure to leave yourself at least 15 minutes of breathing room for transitioning between sessions, as well as snack and water breaks. Attending 3-4 classes a day is plenty!

A few sessions have limited spots available; get ready to reserve your Elevate package soon before they fill up! Early Bird prices are available until April 30th. All classes must be selected and registered for at the time of booking.

Use this downloadable PDF linked below as a tool to build out your weekend schedule. As you decide which classes to attend, you can click the checkboxes, and when your schedule is set, save the PDF to use as a reference for what you've signed up to attend. Certain workshops have additional cost to cover supplies of your take-home items and handmade treasures as indicated on the schedule, add-on supply costs will be reflected in the booking engine while purchasing.

FRIDAY MAY 31 SCHEDULE

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Jessi Morris

Perfect Practice

Physical literacy takes precise purposeful practice. Think of a child learning to spell. Establishing the pattern correctly from the start saves relearning it later. However, life has a way of nurturing less-than-ideal patterns. Then it becomes more complicated to correct. This interactive hour with Jessi will explore how simple habits can radically change the way you move. It will start with a visual presentation of how muscle groups interact and common weaknesses to bring the science alive. Then, this class will lead into demonstrations and light physical experiments based on the curiosity and questions of the class. Come with an open mind in warm comfy clothes ready for light movement and potentially some floor work.

Explore your individual needs more in-depth with a one-on-one session. Or simply enjoy a relaxing hot rocks massage mountainside. Book with Jessie now to secure your spot.

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Jessi Morris

Elevate Practitioner
Jessi Morris is the owner and Athletic Therapist of J. Morris Athletic Therapy based out of Bear Lodge on Mount Washington Alpine Resort where she lives year round. Until her mid twenties, she only skied a handful of days a season. Now she is truly addicted to mountain life.
In a nutshell, Athletic Therapy takes the proven performance principles and scales them to be specific and relevant to each individual. Jessi earned her Bachelor Degree of Athletic and Exercise Therapy at Camosun College in Victoria. After graduating, the national licensing exam at that time included a two hour multiple choice written and four twenty minute practicals as first aid, field assessment and taping, clinical assessment and clinical rehabilitation.

Jessi has worked with tons of different ages, genders, sports and athlete levels traveling all over BC with teams. As much as she enjoyed exploring and living outside of the typical 9-5 lifestyle, she found it really limited time for her own adventures. She was determined to make her education work for her, not build her life around a job.

Now, she sets her schedule so she is able to ski during the day and work in the evenings both in person and virtually, maximizing her time outside. She loves helping her clients be adventure ready and is quite successful at developing practical solutions specific to each individual.
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Laura Jayne Furness

Nature Inspired Painting

In this class we will be painting 1-3, "Nature Inspired" wood slices with acrylic paint. The wood slices are 3.5"- 4" inches in diameter. There are examples to look at, take pictures of and have in front of you while you work on creating your own. Stencils will also be provided to get the correct proportions of the Orca and Bear and then Laura will walk you through the rest of the steps to complete your works of art. Step-by-step instructions and one-on-one help will be provided at any time throughout the class. Supplies are all included and set up for you and cleaned up for you after the class, so all you have to do is show up. You will get to take home pieces you can give away, use as coasters or ornaments and hang them on your wall with pride!

Please note there is an additional $30 charge for painting materials
Natural Art
Natural ArtLaura Jayne Furness
Creativity is inside us all
Natural Art
Natural ArtLaura Jayne Furness
Creativity is inside us all
Natural Art
Natural ArtLaura Jayne Furness
Creativity is inside us all
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Laura Jayne Furness

Elevate Practitioner
Laura Jayne Furness is an “Art Specialist” originally from Kelowna, BC. She attended Shawnigan Lake School for her high school years. This was where she really decided to make teaching art her career of choice. From Private School she carried onto Camosun College where she graduated from the “Visual Arts” program with a diploma. From there she transferred to The University of Victoria for the “Art Education” program earning her Bachelor of Education Degree, certifying her to teach Visual Arts at a Sr. High level. She has been painting and drawing since she was very young and has now sold hundreds of original works, has her art in Galleries and stores on the Island. Laura puts great care, detail and a “piece of her heart” into each creation.
Laura has been so inspired by the absolute beauty of Vancouver Island and it’s very evident in her art work. She teaches regular paint nights at Ace Brewing Company and offers private paint parties as well. Laura believes that “Creativity is inside us all” and that sometimes it just takes encouragement from the right person, mentor or teacher to help make that connection for people. Creativity and the idea to “make it your own” is one of the ideas she tries to express to all of her students. She's a great art teacher and her students will learn so much in any class she teaches.
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Nancy Dawes

Introduction to Zentangle Drawing

Zentangle is a wonderful meditative drawing method that provides a fun, relaxing, art experience drawing repetitive patterns that make beautiful designs. It is a bit like Yoga for the brain. This hands-on class is designed to introduce you to the therapeutic art of Zentangle sprinkled with stories about the founders and unique pattern histories. A beginner class taught by a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT) is required for most other Zentangle classes. You will complete two small projects during the 2-hour session.

Please note there is an additional $20 charge for materials

Supplies provided for class:

  • Two 3.5 inch square Zentangle tiles
  • Micron .01 black pen
  • 2B Pencil
  • Tortillon
Zentangle
ZentangleNancy Dawes
Zentangle is a wonderful meditative drawing
Zentangle
ZentangleNancy Dawes
Zentangle is a wonderful meditative drawing
Zentangle
ZentangleNancy Dawes
Zentangle is a wonderful meditative drawing
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Nancy Dawes

Elevate Practitioner
Nancy Dawes became a Certified Zentangle Teacher in Class 13, November 2013. She lives and works in beautiful British Columbia on Vancouver Island, BC Canada. Working as a Business Analyst fills her days, but most weekends you can find her in the studio teaching or working on special projects.
As a longtime crafter, bookmaker, artist and instructor, Nancy enjoys designing classes to help you along your art journey. Her classes in Courtenay and around North America include Zentangle, eco dyeing, book making, drawing Celtic knots and various mixed media techniques.

Please connect with her online at @ITeachTangling (Instagram and Facebook), ndawesczt@gmail.com or www.ITeachTangling.com.
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Dawn Elgin

Pajama Yin Yoga

Yin yoga is a style of yoga that focuses on passive, seated postures that target the connective tissues, such as ligaments, fascia, and joints, rather than the muscles. It involves holding poses for an extended period, typically ranging from 3 to 5 minutes or even longer. The practice is designed to improve flexibility, increase circulation in the joints, and promote a sense of relaxation and balance.

The philosophy behind Yin yoga is rooted in the concept of yin and yang, where yang represents more dynamic, active practices, and yin is more passive and still. In Yin yoga, practitioners often use props like blankets or blocks to support their bodies in poses, allowing them to relax into the stretch without engaging the muscles actively.

Yin yoga is believed to have various benefits, including increased flexibility, improved joint mobility, and a calming effect on the nervous system. It can also be a meditative practice, encouraging mindfulness and a deeper connection to one's body.
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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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Jolie Nasralla

Stress Be Gong Sounds of Serenity

Come hOMe to yourself. Elevate your mind, body and soul as you are bathed in mesmerizing sound frequencies and rhythms that awaken your senses and deepen your journey inward. Gaia gongs, Tibetan bowls, Shamanic drum, Didgeridoo, alchemy crystal bowls along with many other instruments are a soundscape of high vibrational chakra balancing frequencies which help calm the nervous system, promote cellular equilibrium, release tension and energy blockages, bringing balance and serenity to your essence. Easy breathing and humming techniques with guided somatic movement will support the nervous system, strengthen and tone the vagus nerve and downshift the brain into a meditative Theta state invoking a feeling of peace and harmony. Expand your consciousness, connect with the vibration OM, Universal LOVE. Remember your Divine Perfection. Pure bliss. 

For optimal comfort during the ‘Stress Be Gong’ session please bring: 
Either a yoga or sheepskin mat, blanket, pillow, eye mask and any favorite yoga props that will support your relaxation.
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Jolie Nasralla

Elevate Practitioner
Jolie Nasralla, a holistic wellness practitioner, welcomes you to Elevate 2024. A Comox Valley resident for 27 years Jolie considers herself fortunate to live work and play on the unceded traditional territory of the K'ómoks First Nation, the traditional keepers of this beautiful land. She is honoured to return to this year’s Elevate 2024 as your sound bath practitioner.

The Om Oasis sound healing journey ‘Stress Be Gong’ is sure to be luminous, nourishing and deeply restorative. She hopes you’ll join her in Raven Lodge, wind down with sound, connect with your inner oasis, and feel zen-ergized and elevated for your entire weekend.
Jolie’s heartfelt desire is to be of service for the greater good. A vessel of peace and love, sharing tools and practices which support your Divine Energy Essence and soul journey. Her training combines Western and Eastern medicine and philosophies, techniques that are gentle yet effective and proven to reduce stress, improve overall health and assist in disease prevention. These modalities are transformative on many levels, strengthen our resilience, and bring balance, harmony and alignment to our energetic, physical, mental and emotional body. Reconnecting with our wholeness is key.

Jolie offers a welcoming and inclusive environment that supports your pure potential for creating your best life. Sound therapy, using an array of different instruments such as gongs, crystal singing bowls, Himalayan bowls, tuning forks, didgeridoo, chimes and drums along with guided breath-work, meditation, mindful movement, somatics yoga, and energy healing nourishes your mind-body-spirit connection. Harmonize your inner vibe. Synchronize and integrate your essence with the frequencies that are in tune with nature, Mother Earth, and the universe. Come hOMe to yourself.
Jolie is a Certified Ohm Therapeutics™️and Crystal Tones™️ Sound Practitioner, Certified Hanna Somatics Meditation Yoga Instructor, 200RYT Yoga Alliance Instructor, and Energy Healer Certified in Dr. Usui Reiki, Access Bars Consciousness and Healing Touch.

A member of HTAC, HBB, and VISTA. An ongoing student, passionate and curious about how to support one’s well-being and create a joyful and fulfilling life. Jolie is honoured and grateful to co-create, elevate and celebrate our best life. Thank you for sharing this collective journey.

SATURDAY JUNE 1 SCHEDULE

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Jacquie Kirski

Root to RiseYoga

This yoga class is based upon the fundamental cue “Root to Rise”, which allows us to firmly become rooted before we can extend or expand. This class begins in a supine posture and slowly wakes up the body with breath and body awareness cueing. It then moves through a series of standing postures and proceeds to deep-seated stretches. The class is finished with a gentle and relaxed posture that allows one’s body, mind, and soul to finesse all they have orchestrated during the class.

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Jacquie Kirski

Elevate Practitioner

Jacqueline is a yogi with fire to inspire. She has been teaching yoga for 12 years and began her yoga journey 20 years ago. Her dedication to teaching and bringing the lighter side of yoga shines through in all her classes. Jacqueline is trained in multiple disciplines in yoga which include the all-encompassing Hatha, yin, restorative and ashtanga inspired. She has over 500 YTT and continues to grow in the practice with training in various workshops and teacher training. Jacqueline’s teaching style is one that encourages the people of practice to link the mind, body, and soul together.

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Dennyse Harris

Morning Meditation

Create space to ground yourself, be still and in the moment, and start each day with a beautiful, guided, mindful meditation from Chopra Certified Meditation & Wellness Coach, Dennyse Harris. 

**Chairs will be provided, or you can bring your own yoga mat, wear layers and bring a small blanket

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Dennyse Harris

Elevate Practitioner
My name is Dennyse Harris, and my life’s purpose is to wholeheartedly support you to experience your life in the best way possible. We experience so much in our lives. Sometimes life’s momentum is so fast that we miss the joy in the present moment.
We don’t know what our future holds, but what we do know is there will be many expected and unexpected challenges we will face.

I’ve experienced many challenges myself and this work has helped me work through them and also find the joy that is available every day.
I can help you build practices that help you have a better experience now and be prepared for whatever life throws your way. These range from daily meditation practices to one-on-one coaching and more.
Are you ready to enjoy today and be prepared for tomorrow? Join me at the second annual Mount Washington Wellness Weekend and elevate your mind, body and spirit.
Let me support U…every step of the way.

Dennyse Harris
Chopra certified, Meditation & Wellness Coach and Ayurveda Wellness instructor.
uBlossom Wellness
https://ublossom.ca/
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Amy Englemark

Redesign Your Work Life Find Passion and Purpose In Work That Pays

Craving something new and energizing in your work life? Dreaming of work that leaves you feeling energized and is aligned with your skills and passions? Instead of trying to do it all or staying with work that no longer fulfills, let's re-evaluate your priorities. It's never too late to make a change, big or small. You don't have to feel stuck. Let's explore your options, dreams and how to push through fears to make progress happen. During this engaging presentation you'll gain clarity, confidence and your first step in your action plan.
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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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Alana Hoever

Roll With The Punches Cardio Boxing Basics

Are you ready to Rumble?

Put up your dukes and join me ‘in the ring’ for a full body workout building coordination, strength, mobility and balance to awesome, powerful tunes. This will be Boxing Basics involving simple skills and drills done at your own pace, challenging and empowering both your brain and your body.

No need to have an aggressive bone in your body to benefit from the endorphin-pumping, stress-releasing, feel-good cardio. You’re going to be a knockout sensation! Don’t ‘throw in the towel’ on this playful but powerful workshop. You’ve got what it takes to ‘float like a butterfly and sting like a bee’. I’ll be in your corner to show you the ropes in this mood-boosting experience

Roll With The Punches
Roll With The PunchesAlana Hoever
Cardio Boxing Basics
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Alana Hoever

Elevate Practitioner
Alana is a certified Personal Fitness Trainer and Wellness Coach at Strong & Centered, a private studio in her home in Comox, where she trains clients one-on-one. She has been teaching group fitness classes since 1998 in BC and Alberta and holds certifications through Mount Royal University, BCRPA, Canfitpro, YogaFit, & Bellyfit as well as licenses for Zumba and Strong Nation. Leading dance-based and boxing-inspired workouts are among her favourites due to the significant benefits they provide for brain health and mood.
Alana loves seeing her clients and participants grow stronger and more confident as they progress in their fitness journeys. She looks forward to presenting at Elevate Wellness Weekend and sharing a boxing-inspired class she created, fittingly titled ‘Roll With The Punches’, as well as Bellyfit, with its powerful music and meditative & empowering components.
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Nancy Dawes

Ribbons of Tangles Zentangle Drawing

Take your meditative Zentangle practice to the next level working with the concept of reticula and fragments. A fragment is a small piece of a larger tangle pattern and can be used repetitively to create a new “meta” pattern.

In this 90-minute class you will explore the concept of tangle fragments and draw a lovely tile with ribbons of design. Prerequisite: Zentangle basic class.

Please note there is an additional $10 charge for materials

Supplies provided for class:

  • Two 3.5 inch square Zentangle tiles
  • Micron .01 black pen
  • 2B Pencil
  • Tortillon
Zentangle
ZentangleNancy Dawes
Zentangle is a wonderful meditative drawing
Zentangle
ZentangleNancy Dawes
Zentangle is a wonderful meditative drawing
Zentangle
ZentangleNancy Dawes
Zentangle is a wonderful meditative drawing
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Nancy Dawes

Elevate Practitioner
Nancy Dawes became a Certified Zentangle Teacher in Class 13, November 2013. She lives and works in beautiful British Columbia on Vancouver Island, BC Canada. Working as a Business Analyst fills her days, but most weekends you can find her in the studio teaching or working on special projects.
As a longtime crafter, bookmaker, artist and instructor, Nancy enjoys designing classes to help you along your art journey. Her classes in Courtenay and around North America include Zentangle, eco dyeing, book making, drawing Celtic knots and various mixed media techniques.

Please connect with her online at @ITeachTangling (Instagram and Facebook), ndawesczt@gmail.com or www.ITeachTangling.com.
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Julie Chapman

Exploring Limiting Patterning in Emotion

Become a keen observer of what might be blocking you from your best life. This will be a guided practice that will include movement, breath awareness, sensory play, visualization\imagery and connecting to the subconscious through stillness.  Participants should wear comfortable clothing and may want to bring a journal for their own self-reflection at the end of the session.
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Julie Chapman

Elevate Practitioner
If we can develop observation of self with love and curiosity; if we can learn present moment awareness; if we can cultivate a relationship with our bodies; then we have the power and potential for true change."
With this philosophy in mind, Julie’s approach to therapeutic yoga is ‘heart-centred’ and offers trauma-informed restorative care through the use of the many tools of yoga – breath, movement, stillness and more.

Julie Chapman, C-IAYT
Explore Restore

www.explorerestore.org              

Coming soon in Google and Apple Play Stores:

New App: Explore. Restore.  (*this will be launched officially by the time of the retreat)


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Sabrina Hall

Breast Wellness Inflammation & Your Lymphatic System

After finding a lump in my breast and getting a diagnosis of fibrocystic breast, I decided to launch my wellness focus into learning about inflammatory disease processes, to better help myself and my clients. I combined my knowledge of aromatherapy, lymph massage, and energy work to come up with a holistic approach to lymph and breast care. In this workshop we’ll talk about inflammation and its effects on the lymphatic system, with specific focus on the breast and axillary (armpit) lymph structures. We’ll talk about the energetic significance of lymphatic issues and breast disorders, and the importance of nurturing your feminine energy.

Our self-care conversation will touch on therapeutic frequency medicine, anti-inflammatory diet suggestions, essential oils and carrier oils that support lymph decongestion and reduction of inflammation, and other at-home support methods. Next, I’ll lead you through a fully clothed breast and armpit self-massage sequence.

Please note there is an additional $18 charge for this course

Each participant will take home their own breast lymphatic detox oil, to use at home combined with breast self-massage, for optimum breast health through all of the hormonal stages in our lives. I look forward to connecting with you.

Breast Wellness
Breast WellnessSabrina Hall
Inflammation & Your Lymphatic System
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Sabrina Hall

Elevate Practitioner
Sabrina has a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biological Sciences, is a Registered Reflexologist (RRPr.), Holistic Aromatherapist (CAHP: Certified Aromatherapy Health Professional) and Reiki Master-Teacher, as well as a guide towards conscious spiritual evolution (via Intuit & Ascend, a 4-module personal ascension coaching support program she developed with her sister).
Sabrina’s initial awakening was spearheaded in 2016 when everything in her life suddenly felt like it wasn't aligned - her job, her lifestyle, and the busy hectic schedules everyone in her family was keeping. She was beginning to show signs of multiple autoimmune diseases, and was functioning completely in her A-type, masculine energy. After taking a leap and making a transformational decision with her husband, their family took off on a life-changing adventure living a nomadic lifestyle. She experienced true freedom and began to understand her role in this lifetime as a change agent and way shower. She returned from that trip deeply changed and set to work cultivating a new lifestyle. Her work became healing, teaching, and guiding others towards whole health and vitality: mind, body, and soul. At the same time, she was doing the deep dive into healing herself, and came to understand the emotional and energetic significances behind dis-eases and reverse her deteriorating health conditions while coming into 
balance with her feminine energy. As a Reiki Master-Teacher, Reflexologist, and Aromatherapist, she began working with energy and saw firsthand the deeply impactful results for her clients. She is passionate about understanding energy, connecting with people, and sharing with others that it may assist in transforming their lives. This has made her a natural educator, able to connect deeply, using her empathic and intuitive senses to find the commonalities between us. In service to others, Sabrina wishes to catalyze your journey back to Self. No judgements - just authentic compassion, kinship, and love.

Sabrina and her family just recently moved to the Comox Valley after feeling the pull to the energy here for many years. She’s so excited to put down roots in this amazing place.

Sabrina Hall, Harmonize & Flow

www.SabrinaHall.ca

 

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Suzannah Mills

Introduction to Journaling

Have you ever thought you might enjoy and benefit from journaling? Have you ever sat down to write, only to discover that finding a place to begin is neither easy nor clear? Journals can be used for healing, self-discovery, clarifying thoughts, emotional expression, charting a path through chaos and many other purposes. Journaling can also be for the simple joy of putting pen to paper to record your daily life. In this workshop you will learn a variety of writing tools that can be tailored to suit your individual needs. This workshop will help you embrace your journaling practice and begin to love it now! 

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Suzannah Mills, BA, RMT, MACP

Elevate Practitioner

As a Registered Massage Therapist for over 35 years Suzannah loves to share her deep love, respect and trust of somatic inquiry. She has taught a unique form of yoga that includes Thai massage and she loves to offer singing bowl evenings to share the healing joy of music. Most recently Suzannah completed a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology and now works as a Grief Counsellor at Nanaimo Hospice. Writing snail-mail letters and journaling have been with her since she was 10! Using journaling as a counselling tool she loves to explore how writing opens the heart and mind to what is meaningful in life.

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Monica Hofer

Getting in the Groove

Join local drum circle facilitator and African Drumming instructor Monica Hofer for a fun-filled hour of "getting into the groove"! Drumming, especially in supportive group settings, has been scientifically proven to enhance the immune system, boost left/right brain coordination, reduce stress, increase happiness and to improve overall mental, physical, spiritual and social well-being.
No experience is necessary - everyone can share a beat because we were all born into rhythm. Try it: you're guaranteed to leave smiling and feeling uplifted!
Getting in the Groove
Getting in the GrooveMonica Hofer
Getting in the Groove
Getting in the GrooveMonica Hofer
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Monica Hofer

Elevate Practitioner
Monica facilitates drum circles for all types of occasions, and offers ongoing classes and workshops in African hand drumming – for beginners through to more advanced rhythm enthusiasts. She studies African drumming with Kocassale Dioubate, master Drummer from Guinea, has trained with Arthur Hull and is a certified HealthRHYTHMS and Drums Alive facilitator. Monica brings a love of rhythm, an exuberant and encouraging style of facilitation and an absolute belief in the healing and unifying power of the drum to all of her workshops and events. Aside from her deep love of music and her strong connection to the primal heartbeat of Mother Earth, Monica is also passionate about birth, children and women’s empowerment. She is a herbalist, breastfeeding counsellor, reflexologist, prenatal instructor and doula. In all that she does, she seeks to encourage and support child honouring, informed decision making, natural health and lifestyle, unity in diversity, empowerment of those who lack a strong voice and a firm belief in the miracles of Nature. Monica teaches in and around the beautiful Comox Valley on Vancouver Island BC.
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Dennyse Harris

Ayurveda Wellness Workshop

Ayurveda in Sanskrit means "the science of life".
Ayurveda wellness is a journey into learning more about your unique mind~body constitution. Understanding your personal health needs more deeply- will empower you to create a truly vibrant life. The knowledge you will gain will help clarify the steps you need to take to improve your overall health and wellbeing.

Ayurveda is experiential, which means that the choices we make about our experiences change our bodies—including our choices about food, personal relationships, sensory experiences, sleep, work, social interactions, and daily routine. 
Are you tired of  feeling anxious and overwhelmed? Are you shying away from things you want to do, but your confidence is low or unreliable?
Do you know that your emotions and your body are connected and so is your belief system? Are you tired, maybe overweight or underweight, sitting around too much,  and sometimes feel you’re missing out on a life you’re not really quite living?
Are you losing sleep and eating your emotions? Do you feel like you are a prisoner to your schedule?
Join Dennyse and learn the answers using this ancient wisdom that has been practiced for over 5000 years. 
**Please bring a notebook and pen
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Dennyse Harris

Elevate Practitioner
My name is Dennyse Harris, and my life’s purpose is to wholeheartedly support you to experience your life in the best way possible. We experience so much in our lives. Sometimes life’s momentum is so fast that we miss the joy in the present moment.
We don’t know what our future holds, but what we do know is there will be many expected and unexpected challenges we will face.

I’ve experienced many challenges myself and this work has helped me work through them and also find the joy that is available every day.
I can help you build practices that help you have a better experience now and be prepared for whatever life throws your way. These range from daily meditation practices to one-on-one coaching and more.
Are you ready to enjoy today and be prepared for tomorrow? Join me at the second annual Mount Washington Wellness Weekend and elevate your mind, body and spirit.
Let me support U…every step of the way.

Dennyse Harris
Chopra certified, Meditation & Wellness Coach and Ayurveda Wellness instructor.
uBlossom Wellness
https://ublossom.ca/
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Sabrina Hall

Self-Reflexology 1-hr Workshop

Grab your feet and get comfortable as Sabrina introduces you to the practice of Reflexology. Sabrina will lead you through a self-reflexology practice to relax, ground your energy, and pay special attention to reflexes that activate our parasympathetic nervous system and promote our rest and heal response.

There are reflex areas in the feet that correspond to all the glands, organs, and parts/systems of the body. By applying pressure techniques to these reflexes, reflexologists trigger the relaxation response throughout the body. Reflexology relieves stress & tension, improves circulation of lymph and blood, and helps to balance the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of the whole person, promoting the natural ability of the body to heal itself.

The self-reflexology treatment will begin with a warmup foot massage, followed by the solar plexus and diaphragm reflexes combined with deep breathing. We’ll cover the spine, shoulders, specific glands and organs, and then pay some special attention to the digestive system.

You will leave feeling calm and relaxed, with a new self-care protocol to add to your arsenal, complete with diagrams and instructions to lead yourself through this sequence at home.

Self-Reflexology
Self-ReflexologySabrina Hall
1-hr Workshop
Elevate 2024

Sabrina Hall

Elevate Practitioner
Sabrina has a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biological Sciences, is a Registered Reflexologist (RRPr.), Holistic Aromatherapist (CAHP: Certified Aromatherapy Health Professional) and Reiki Master-Teacher, as well as a guide towards conscious spiritual evolution (via Intuit & Ascend, a 4-module personal ascension coaching support program she developed with her sister).
Sabrina’s initial awakening was spearheaded in 2016 when everything in her life suddenly felt like it wasn't aligned - her job, her lifestyle, and the busy hectic schedules everyone in her family was keeping. She was beginning to show signs of multiple autoimmune diseases, and was functioning completely in her A-type, masculine energy. After taking a leap and making a transformational decision with her husband, their family took off on a life-changing adventure living a nomadic lifestyle. She experienced true freedom and began to understand her role in this lifetime as a change agent and way shower. She returned from that trip deeply changed and set to work cultivating a new lifestyle. Her work became healing, teaching, and guiding others towards whole health and vitality: mind, body, and soul. At the same time, she was doing the deep dive into healing herself, and came to understand the emotional and energetic significances behind dis-eases and reverse her deteriorating health conditions while coming into 
balance with her feminine energy. As a Reiki Master-Teacher, Reflexologist, and Aromatherapist, she began working with energy and saw firsthand the deeply impactful results for her clients. She is passionate about understanding energy, connecting with people, and sharing with others that it may assist in transforming their lives. This has made her a natural educator, able to connect deeply, using her empathic and intuitive senses to find the commonalities between us. In service to others, Sabrina wishes to catalyze your journey back to Self. No judgements - just authentic compassion, kinship, and love.

Sabrina and her family just recently moved to the Comox Valley after feeling the pull to the energy here for many years. She’s so excited to put down roots in this amazing place.

Sabrina Hall, Harmonize & Flow

www.SabrinaHall.ca

 

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Carrie Scollon

You Are More Than Enough

In this workshop Carrie introduces participants to the transformative power of the 5 keys: Awareness, Acceptance, Alignment, Abundance, and Action. These keys serve as the foundation for personal growth and empowerment:
  • Awareness: Carrie guides participants to become deeply aware of their thoughts, emotions, and beliefs. Through self-reflection and introspection, attendees gain insight into what's holding them back.
  • Acceptance: Building on awareness, Carrie teaches the importance of self-acceptance. She encourages participants to embrace their authentic selves, flaws and all, fostering a sense of self-love and compassion.
  • Alignment: Carrie helps individuals align their values, goals, and actions. This alignment paves the way for a life that feels purposeful and fulfilling.
  • Abundance: Carrie explores the concept of abundance, showing participants how to shift their mindset from scarcity to abundance. This shift opens up new possibilities and opportunities.
  • Action: Carrie emphasizes the importance of taking inspired action towards one's goals and dreams. She provides practical tools and strategies for participants to implement in their daily lives.
Carrie doesn't just leave her participants with newfound knowledge; she concludes her workshops with a deeply powerful exercise. Women come face to face with how they speak to themselves and witness the transformative results of shifting their inner dialogue towards self-empowerment and positivity.  Through her workshops, Carrie inspires individuals to shed the limiting beliefs that hold them back and start creating the life they desire. Her dedication to personal growth and empowerment has made her a beacon of hope for those seeking to unlock their true potential. She is not just a speaker; Carrie is a catalyst for personal transformation, and her mission is to empower individuals to recognize that they are indeed more than enough.
Elevate 2024

Carrie Scollon

Elevate Practitioner

Carrie Scollon is a dynamic and passionate speaker known for igniting transformation through her empowering workshops. With a deep commitment to personal growth and empowerment, she has dedicated her life to helping individuals discover their inner strength and unlock their true potential. Her signature workshop, "You Are More Than Enough," is a testament to her mission of guiding people toward a life of purpose, abundance, and fulfillment.

Carrie has touched lives through her transformative teachings. Her workshops are the cornerstone of how she serves her community. She is known for impactful engagement within a safe and nurturing environment for growth.

Carrie has hosted a wide range of events, including summits, retreats, and workshops, all centered around the theme of self-discovery and empowerment. She has captivated audiences with her insights on how to break free from limiting beliefs and embrace one's true potential.  In addition to her live events, Carrie is a YouTube and Podcast host of The FoundHer Series. Through these platforms, she continues to reach a global audience, spreading her message of empowerment and personal growth.

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Julie Chapman

Mindfulness Obstacle Course

Want a chance to get outside? Then you’ll want to check out the ‘Mindfulness Obstacle Course’ where you will walk in nature and find a variety of stations offering short practices for present-moment awareness, connection to nature, and sensory and sensation exploration.
Elevate 2024

Julie Chapman

Elevate Practitioner
If we can develop observation of self with love and curiosity; if we can learn present moment awareness; if we can cultivate a relationship with our bodies; then we have the power and potential for true change."
With this philosophy in mind, Julie’s approach to therapeutic yoga is ‘heart-centred’ and offers trauma-informed restorative care through the use of the many tools of yoga – breath, movement, stillness and more.

Julie Chapman, C-IAYT
Explore Restore

www.explorerestore.org              

Coming soon in Google and Apple Play Stores:

New App: Explore. Restore.  (*this will be launched officially by the time of the retreat)


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Dr. Tracy Rodgers

Let’s Talk Menopause

In her workshop “Let’s Talk Menopause”  Dr. Rodgers will explore the hormonal changes that occur during the menopause transition, discuss the plethora of symptoms that women experience and discuss treatment options, including a discussion regarding the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy.  This workshop will be a holistic approach to menopause, focusing on the positive aspects of this inevitable transition and exploring our relationship to self. 

She will cover topics such as low libido, weight gain, sleep disruption and mental health symptoms.  She will help women understand how to seek help and more importantly, highlight the path to helping ourselves live healthier and more fulfilling lives during our menopausal years.

In addition to her medical training, Dr. Rodgers has studied healthcare leadership at Royal Roads University and has certification with Brene Brown (Daring Way).  She is a self-proclaimed self-help junkie and has distilled years of research and exploration into a care plan that will help women build a strong foundation from which to approach life in menopause.
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Dr. Tracy Rodgers, OB/GYN

Elevate Practitioner

Dr. Tracy Rodgers is an OB/GYN with over 20 years experience in women’s health with a special interest in perimenopause, menopause and midlife management. She is originally from Newfoundland and brings story telling and humour to her menopause events.

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Jolie Nasralla

Stress Be Gong Sounds of Serenity

Come hOMe to yourself. Elevate your mind, body and soul as you are bathed in mesmerizing sound frequencies and rhythms that awaken your senses and deepen your journey inward. Gaia gongs, Tibetan bowls, Shamanic drum, Didgeridoo, alchemy crystal bowls along with many other instruments are a soundscape of high vibrational chakra balancing frequencies which help calm the nervous system, promote cellular equilibrium, release tension and energy blockages, bringing balance and serenity to your essence. Easy breathing and humming techniques with guided somatic movement will support the nervous system, strengthen and tone the vagus nerve and downshift the brain into a meditative Theta state invoking a feeling of peace and harmony. Expand your consciousness, connect with the vibration OM, Universal LOVE. Remember your Divine Perfection. Pure bliss. 

For optimal comfort during the ‘Stress Be Gong’ session please bring: 
Either a yoga or sheepskin mat, blanket, pillow, eye mask and any favorite yoga props that will support your relaxation.
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Jolie Nasralla

Elevate Practitioner
Jolie Nasralla, a holistic wellness practitioner, welcomes you to Elevate 2024. A Comox Valley resident for 27 years Jolie considers herself fortunate to live work and play on the unceded traditional territory of the K'ómoks First Nation, the traditional keepers of this beautiful land. She is honoured to return to this year’s Elevate 2024 as your sound bath practitioner.

The Om Oasis sound healing journey ‘Stress Be Gong’ is sure to be luminous, nourishing and deeply restorative. She hopes you’ll join her in Raven Lodge, wind down with sound, connect with your inner oasis, and feel zen-ergized and elevated for your entire weekend.
Jolie’s heartfelt desire is to be of service for the greater good. A vessel of peace and love, sharing tools and practices which support your Divine Energy Essence and soul journey. Her training combines Western and Eastern medicine and philosophies, techniques that are gentle yet effective and proven to reduce stress, improve overall health and assist in disease prevention. These modalities are transformative on many levels, strengthen our resilience, and bring balance, harmony and alignment to our energetic, physical, mental and emotional body. Reconnecting with our wholeness is key.

Jolie offers a welcoming and inclusive environment that supports your pure potential for creating your best life. Sound therapy, using an array of different instruments such as gongs, crystal singing bowls, Himalayan bowls, tuning forks, didgeridoo, chimes and drums along with guided breath-work, meditation, mindful movement, somatics yoga, and energy healing nourishes your mind-body-spirit connection. Harmonize your inner vibe. Synchronize and integrate your essence with the frequencies that are in tune with nature, Mother Earth, and the universe. Come hOMe to yourself.
Jolie is a Certified Ohm Therapeutics™️and Crystal Tones™️ Sound Practitioner, Certified Hanna Somatics Meditation Yoga Instructor, 200RYT Yoga Alliance Instructor, and Energy Healer Certified in Dr. Usui Reiki, Access Bars Consciousness and Healing Touch.

A member of HTAC, HBB, and VISTA. An ongoing student, passionate and curious about how to support one’s well-being and create a joyful and fulfilling life. Jolie is honoured and grateful to co-create, elevate and celebrate our best life. Thank you for sharing this collective journey.
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Tina Pringle

Yoga For Sleep

Good quality sleep is important for optimal health. It allows your body to function at its best and being well-rested at night helps you feel alert and refreshed in the morning. If you ever struggle to get to sleep, stay asleep or if you wake feeling unrested, this class will help you unwind and move into a state of deep relaxation. We will explore how to soothe and calm your nervous system to induce healing, inversions to trigger the relaxation response, self-massage & tapping, breath practices to relieve stress & anxiety and finish with a Yoga Nidra practice to induce yogic sleep. No previous yoga experience is required.

You will need a bolster or 2 bed pillows, yoga belt or a long scarf, a thin blanket or towel and an eye pillow if you like to use one.

Yoga for Sleep
Yoga for SleepTina Pringle
Good quality sleep is important for optimal health.
Elevate 2024

Tina Pringle, C-IAYT, RYT 500

Elevate Practitioner

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

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Laura Jayne Furness

Nature Inspired Painting

In this class we will be painting 1-3, "Nature Inspired" wood slices with acrylic paint. The wood slices are 3.5"- 4" inches in diameter. There are examples to look at, take pictures of and have in front of you while you work on creating your own. Stencils will also be provided to get the correct proportions of the Orca and Bear and then Laura will walk you through the rest of the steps to complete your works of art. Step-by-step instructions and one-on-one help will be provided at any time throughout the class. Supplies are all included and set up for you and cleaned up for you after the class, so all you have to do is show up. You will get to take home pieces you can give away, use as coasters or ornaments and hang them on your wall with pride!

Please note there is an additional $30 charge for painting materials
Natural Art
Natural ArtLaura Jayne Furness
Creativity is inside us all
Natural Art
Natural ArtLaura Jayne Furness
Creativity is inside us all
Natural Art
Natural ArtLaura Jayne Furness
Creativity is inside us all
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Laura Jayne Furness

Elevate Practitioner
Laura Jayne Furness is an “Art Specialist” originally from Kelowna, BC. She attended Shawnigan Lake School for her high school years. This was where she really decided to make teaching art her career of choice. From Private School she carried onto Camosun College where she graduated from the “Visual Arts” program with a diploma. From there she transferred to The University of Victoria for the “Art Education” program earning her Bachelor of Education Degree, certifying her to teach Visual Arts at a Sr. High level. She has been painting and drawing since she was very young and has now sold hundreds of original works, has her art in Galleries and stores on the Island. Laura puts great care, detail and a “piece of her heart” into each creation.
Laura has been so inspired by the absolute beauty of Vancouver Island and it’s very evident in her art work. She teaches regular paint nights at Ace Brewing Company and offers private paint parties as well. Laura believes that “Creativity is inside us all” and that sometimes it just takes encouragement from the right person, mentor or teacher to help make that connection for people. Creativity and the idea to “make it your own” is one of the ideas she tries to express to all of her students. She's a great art teacher and her students will learn so much in any class she teaches.
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Deanna Papineau

Aromatic Energy Medicine for the Chakra and Endocrine System

Explore your Chakra and Endocrine system and how Essential Oils can assist positive Chi flow.  Energy Medicine for the physical, emotional and spiritual body.

Topics include: Essential Oil Profiles that are unique to each Chakra, Safety, Application, Dilution and Aromatic Blending.

Please note there is an additional $20 charge for this course

Elevate 2024

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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Anne Dunnett

Seasonal LivingThe Way of Haiku

Find stillness and grounding through seasonal living and learn how to live the way of haiku to bring inner
peace to your heart and soul. The chaos, pace and noise of modern life causes so much stress that we have
lost the ability to hear the stillness of our own minds. The world is shifting and changing for the better. My
passion is to inspire others to slow down and live in a way that is more in tune with nature. To live in a way we
are truly meant to. The rhythmic cycles of the seasons reside deep within us that we can access with practice
and awareness by learning how to connect to our five senses in a new way. Knowing how to live life through
the eyes of the observer is fully living in a way that is more vibrant, empowering, and peaceful.

In this workshop, the participants will learn how life would feel living fully aware, fully present and fully
connected to the immediate world around them. By turning the ordinary into the extraordinary by looking
at simple everyday moments with fresh eyes. Feeling whole, healthy, and relaxed by learning how to be
in a state of “being” instead of always “doing”. By the end of the workshop they will experience the world
through the eyes of a haiku poet that connects them to the ancient wisdom from what haiku represents.
Elevate 2024

Anne Dunnett

Elevate Practitioner
Anne Dunnett is a Haiku poet and creative designer based on Vancouver Island. Anne’s first experience with Haiku came from her Grandmother, opening a door that would lead her on a remarkable journey for the rest of her life. Anne’s intimate relationship with writing Haiku has fueled her belief that Haiku is a powerful tool on the path to mindfulness, healing and daily stress management.
Anne’s haiku poetry has won honorable mentions and has been critiqued and reviewed by some of the best – and best known – Haiku poets in Canada and the United States. She has been self-published and her works have been featured in Haiku anthologies, including Erotic Haiku. Anne’s Haiku poems have won honorable mentions at Vancouver’s Cherry Blossom Festival. She has put on workshops at women’s retreats, online conferences and with A Mindful Society through their conferences based in Toronto.

Anne has found her purpose and passion in showing others how to embrace their creativity and use Haiku to unlock their spirituality and learn to be in the moment. Mindfulness has brought wholeness to her life and Haiku has led her to a lifestyle filled with endless benefits and possibilities.

SUNDAY JUNE 2 SCHEDULE

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Dennyse Harris

Morning Meditation

Create space to ground yourself, be still and in the moment, and start each day with a beautiful, guided, mindful meditation from Chopra Certified Meditation & Wellness Coach, Dennyse Harris. 

**Chairs will be provided, or you can bring your own yoga mat, wear layers and bring a small blanket

Elevate 2024

Dennyse Harris

Elevate Practitioner
My name is Dennyse Harris, and my life’s purpose is to wholeheartedly support you to experience your life in the best way possible. We experience so much in our lives. Sometimes life’s momentum is so fast that we miss the joy in the present moment.
We don’t know what our future holds, but what we do know is there will be many expected and unexpected challenges we will face.

I’ve experienced many challenges myself and this work has helped me work through them and also find the joy that is available every day.
I can help you build practices that help you have a better experience now and be prepared for whatever life throws your way. These range from daily meditation practices to one-on-one coaching and more.
Are you ready to enjoy today and be prepared for tomorrow? Join me at the second annual Mount Washington Wellness Weekend and elevate your mind, body and spirit.
Let me support U…every step of the way.

Dennyse Harris
Chopra certified, Meditation & Wellness Coach and Ayurveda Wellness instructor.
uBlossom Wellness
https://ublossom.ca/
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Tina Pringle

Fascia Repair Series

What is Fascia anyway?  Fascia simply put is our connective tissue.  The fascial system forms a continuous tensional network throughout the body and envelopes every element including the muscles, organs, bones, nerves, arteries, and veins.  Fascia is our ‘organ of structure’ and it largely determines the shape and movement of our bodies.  Healthy fascial is highly elastic and resilient and provides a high level of stability during dynamic loading, which in turn provides a high degree of injury-prevention.  When the health of fascia is compromised, elasticity and resilience are lost and injuries are sustained more easily.  When excessive strain is put on the body, it is the fascia that often adapts to stabilize the local area by shortening, thickening and adhering to neighbouring structures in the body.  This will affect the whole body and often results in fatigue, misalignment, discomfort and restriction of movement. 

In this class, we will explore somatic movements mostly done lying on your back.  These movements hydrate your fascia, assist in healing injuries, strengthen the core and deep muscles of the body and nourish your nervous system.  Much research has been done on fascia over the last 10 years and results are fascia-nating!  Come learn about this highly overlooked important system of your body.

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.
Elevate 2024

Tina Pringle, C-IAYT, RYT 500

Elevate Practitioner

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

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Dennyse Harris

Meditation Enrichment Workshop

Meditation is a journey from activity into silence. It is a powerful practice that leads to a greater sense of awareness, calmness, better sleep, improved relationships, joy and happiness.
You’ll learn the ancient practice of meditation including how meditation works, its purpose, and its benefits. You will also learn how to practice Mantra meditation, and experience guided meditation with Dennyse. You’ll get practical tips on how to feel comfortable and how to set yourself up at home.
Key Topics Covered in your Session with Dennyse:
What is meditation?
The benefits of meditation
Meditation and Stress Management
How stress affects the physiology of your body and how meditation counteracts and reverses the negative effects.
The qualities of Silence and how to quiet your thoughts
What is a mantra?
Meditation tips, guidelines and how to create a daily meditation routine at home
Elevate 2024

Dennyse Harris

Elevate Practitioner
My name is Dennyse Harris, and my life’s purpose is to wholeheartedly support you to experience your life in the best way possible. We experience so much in our lives. Sometimes life’s momentum is so fast that we miss the joy in the present moment.
We don’t know what our future holds, but what we do know is there will be many expected and unexpected challenges we will face.

I’ve experienced many challenges myself and this work has helped me work through them and also find the joy that is available every day.
I can help you build practices that help you have a better experience now and be prepared for whatever life throws your way. These range from daily meditation practices to one-on-one coaching and more.
Are you ready to enjoy today and be prepared for tomorrow? Join me at the second annual Mount Washington Wellness Weekend and elevate your mind, body and spirit.
Let me support U…every step of the way.

Dennyse Harris
Chopra certified, Meditation & Wellness Coach and Ayurveda Wellness instructor.
uBlossom Wellness
https://ublossom.ca/
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Alana Hoever

Bellyfit Fitness & Yoga

Bellyfit® is a perfect blend of Dance, Fitness & Yoga-inspired moves, intelligently designed for the female body. Add an incredible soundtrack of the best electronic dance music and ambient tracks available, you’ll experience 40 minutes of stress reducing cardio dance, 10 minutes of full body toning, and 10 minutes of Yoga inspired stretching and meditation. With its fusion of powerful choreography and flowing, hip centered movements, you'll leave this session feeling energized and uplifted.

Bellyfit® is a perfect blend of Dance, Fitness & Yoga-inspired moves, intelligently designed for the female body.  

Bellyfit
BellyfitAlana Hoever
Bellyfit
Elevate 2024

Alana Hoever

Elevate Practitioner
Alana is a certified Personal Fitness Trainer and Wellness Coach at Strong & Centered, a private studio in her home in Comox, where she trains clients one-on-one. She has been teaching group fitness classes since 1998 in BC and Alberta and holds certifications through Mount Royal University, BCRPA, Canfitpro, YogaFit, & Bellyfit as well as licenses for Zumba and Strong Nation. Leading dance-based and boxing-inspired workouts are among her favourites due to the significant benefits they provide for brain health and mood.
Alana loves seeing her clients and participants grow stronger and more confident as they progress in their fitness journeys. She looks forward to presenting at Elevate Wellness Weekend and sharing a boxing-inspired class she created, fittingly titled ‘Roll With The Punches’, as well as Bellyfit, with its powerful music and meditative & empowering components.
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Carrie Scollon

You Are More Than Enough

In this workshop Carrie introduces participants to the transformative power of the 5 keys: Awareness, Acceptance, Alignment, Abundance, and Action. These keys serve as the foundation for personal growth and empowerment:
  • Awareness: Carrie guides participants to become deeply aware of their thoughts, emotions, and beliefs. Through self-reflection and introspection, attendees gain insight into what's holding them back.
  • Acceptance: Building on awareness, Carrie teaches the importance of self-acceptance. She encourages participants to embrace their authentic selves, flaws and all, fostering a sense of self-love and compassion.
  • Alignment: Carrie helps individuals align their values, goals, and actions. This alignment paves the way for a life that feels purposeful and fulfilling.
  • Abundance: Carrie explores the concept of abundance, showing participants how to shift their mindset from scarcity to abundance. This shift opens up new possibilities and opportunities.
  • Action: Carrie emphasizes the importance of taking inspired action towards one's goals and dreams. She provides practical tools and strategies for participants to implement in their daily lives.
Carrie doesn't just leave her participants with newfound knowledge; she concludes her workshops with a deeply powerful exercise. Women come face to face with how they speak to themselves and witness the transformative results of shifting their inner dialogue towards self-empowerment and positivity.  Through her workshops, Carrie inspires individuals to shed the limiting beliefs that hold them back and start creating the life they desire. Her dedication to personal growth and empowerment has made her a beacon of hope for those seeking to unlock their true potential. She is not just a speaker; Carrie is a catalyst for personal transformation, and her mission is to empower individuals to recognize that they are indeed more than enough.
Elevate 2024

Carrie Scollon

Elevate Practitioner

Carrie Scollon is a dynamic and passionate speaker known for igniting transformation through her empowering workshops. With a deep commitment to personal growth and empowerment, she has dedicated her life to helping individuals discover their inner strength and unlock their true potential. Her signature workshop, "You Are More Than Enough," is a testament to her mission of guiding people toward a life of purpose, abundance, and fulfillment.

Carrie has touched lives through her transformative teachings. Her workshops are the cornerstone of how she serves her community. She is known for impactful engagement within a safe and nurturing environment for growth.

Carrie has hosted a wide range of events, including summits, retreats, and workshops, all centered around the theme of self-discovery and empowerment. She has captivated audiences with her insights on how to break free from limiting beliefs and embrace one's true potential.  In addition to her live events, Carrie is a YouTube and Podcast host of The FoundHer Series. Through these platforms, she continues to reach a global audience, spreading her message of empowerment and personal growth.

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Dawn Elgin

Holistic HealthYou are your Healer!

Holistic health is an approach to well-being that considers the whole person—body, mind, spirit, and emotions—in the quest for optimal health and wellness. As a holistic life coach and energy medicine practitioner, I believe that it is important to understand that holistic health goes beyond just addressing symptoms; it aims to uncover and address the root causes of imbalances.

In holistic health, the interconnectedness of various aspects of an individual's life is emphasized. This includes lifestyle, nutrition, emotional well-being, spiritual connection, and the surrounding environment. Rather than focusing solely on treating specific ailments, holistic health promotes overall balance and harmony.

As you move through your holistic health journey, you may integrate practices such as mindfulness, meditation, energy healing, and personalized lifestyle adjustments. Quantum medicine allows you to explore the energetic aspects of health, considering the subtle energies that contribute to the overall well-being of an individual.
Empowering people to take an active role in their health, fostering a sense of spiritual connection, and recognizing the interconnectedness of all aspects of life are key principles of holistic health that you, as your own healer, can emphasize. This approach not only addresses current health concerns but also promotes long-term vitality and fulfillment.

Join Dawn, a Board Certified Holistic Health Coach, Energy Medicine Practitioner, and Mindfulness Teacher, on a journey of re-membering the healer within you.  Healed people heal people.
Elevate 2024

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 Papineau

Aromatherapy for Muscles, Sprains, Pains and Aches

Deep Dive into this topic with Deanna Papineau a Registered Aromatherapist from the Comox Valley.
Topics include:  Understanding how Essential Oil Chemistry can play a part,  Essential Oils and how they can assist the body systems, safety, Application, Aromatic Blending, and addressing our emotions to speed the healing process. 

Please note there is an additional $20 charge for this course

Elevate 2024

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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Suzannah Mills

Journaling Bridge to Inner Wisdom and Intuitive Self-Care

Building a relationship with a journal can be the beginning of strengthening a mindful relationship with yourself. Self-care is a common phrase but what does it mean to you personally? Have you ever considered how it might support you in clearing the path for a more intuitive way of living? Join me on a journey that will travel through somatic awareness, inner listening and captivating your unique inner wisdom.  You will learn to identify what your mind/body/spirit needs for deep and resounding health and you will gain ways to journal your way to clarity. 

Elevate 2024

Suzannah Mills, BA, RMT, MACP

Elevate Practitioner

As a Registered Massage Therapist for over 35 years Suzannah loves to share her deep love, respect and trust of somatic inquiry. She has taught a unique form of yoga that includes Thai massage and she loves to offer singing bowl evenings to share the healing joy of music. Most recently Suzannah completed a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology and now works as a Grief Counsellor at Nanaimo Hospice. Writing snail-mail letters and journaling have been with her since she was 10! Using journaling as a counselling tool she loves to explore how writing opens the heart and mind to what is meaningful in life.

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Anne Dunnett

SENSES FOR THE SOUL Coming to Your Senses

SENSES FOR THE SOUL workshop is an invitation to delve deeper into your intimate world. It will serve as a bridge to all your senses including the sixth sense, intuition. Our five main senses are the most important tools we use to perceive the world. Our brain receives messages through each of these senses and helps us to interpret what’s happening around us.

This mindfulness workshop features Haiku poetry that anchors you in the moment and awakens your senses, giving you a rich sensory-based experience. By engaging all of your senses you’ll allow yourself to open your mind, body and soul to a new narrative.

The senses always bring us back into the present moment. In this workshop, you will learn that in haiku, there is always one and sometimes more of the senses in each poem that creates a variety of moods, feelings and emotions. It’s so easy to go through life on auto-pilot when we’re no longer connected to our senses and haiku is one way to bring us back to the moment.

If we can no longer connect to our senses, we can no longer engage, no longer feel and are no longer present. SENSES FOR THE SOUL will reconnect you to your senses, open your mind and allow you to embrace the moments of your life with authenticity.
Elevate 2024

Anne Dunnett

Elevate Practitioner
Anne Dunnett is a Haiku poet and creative designer based on Vancouver Island. Anne’s first experience with Haiku came from her Grandmother, opening a door that would lead her on a remarkable journey for the rest of her life. Anne’s intimate relationship with writing Haiku has fueled her belief that Haiku is a powerful tool on the path to mindfulness, healing and daily stress management.
Anne’s haiku poetry has won honorable mentions and has been critiqued and reviewed by some of the best – and best known – Haiku poets in Canada and the United States. She has been self-published and her works have been featured in Haiku anthologies, including Erotic Haiku. Anne’s Haiku poems have won honorable mentions at Vancouver’s Cherry Blossom Festival. She has put on workshops at women’s retreats, online conferences and with A Mindful Society through their conferences based in Toronto.

Anne has found her purpose and passion in showing others how to embrace their creativity and use Haiku to unlock their spirituality and learn to be in the moment. Mindfulness has brought wholeness to her life and Haiku has led her to a lifestyle filled with endless benefits and possibilities.

ADDITIONAL WELLNESS CERTIFICATION

Eager to learn? Elevate Wellness Weekend is proudly partnering with accredited practitioner Deanna Papineau to offer additional certification classes during the day on Friday. Join Deanna on May 31th for Reiki Level 1. Sign up for this class for an additional cost when booking your experience.

REIKI CERTIFICATION

Usui Reiki | Level 1 Certification

TIME

Friday, May 31, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm
5 hours with an hour for lunch
Village View Room

INSTRUCTOR

Deanna Papineau
Elevate Wellness Weekend 2024
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Deanna Papineau

Usui Reiki Traditional Certification

Usui Reiki Level 1 Traditional Usui Reiki Certification

Join this wonderful self-discovery Reiki journey, opening doors to self-awareness
Embrace new aspects of yourself. Reiki works with the Universal Energy to heal physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. The body and spirit need our attention to healing, Reiki provides the space, time and focus for healing, a gentle, yet potent energy.

Taught by Reiki Master Deanna Papineau
5 Hour 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 $250 plus gst
Elevate 2024

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

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.

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Did you attend Elevate last spring? Thanks for joining our first annual event! We're so excited to have you back again. As a thank you, save an additional 10% off when you bring a friend this year! Call our team to book your discounted Elevate Weekend. Reservations: (250) 338-1386.
Nomadic Suana

Nomadic Sauna
at Mount Washington Alpine Resort

Come and enjoy an authentic wood fired barrel sauna in the beautiful vastness of Mount Washington.  Nomadic Sauna is mounted on a trailer and able to be transported to the most serene locations.

Each session accommodates up to 4 guests and the sauna will be hot and ready for your arrival. Cool off between cycles with cold water bucket dumps or rest around a fire bowl whilst taking in the wonder around you.

Be prepared to feel recharged and invigorated after this cleansing experience.

Bookings accommodate 4 people.  Select your time at time of booking your retreat. 

Learn more about us at www.nomadicsauna.ca.

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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 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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