Radiant Resilience is a 7-Day land-based somatic retreat on Salt Spring Island, B.C., where you are invited to slow down, listen deeply, and restore vitality in your body, your work, and your relationships.

— Set an intention, and work together with a small cohort to build new skills in emotional agility, regulation, and connection.
— Under the guidance of Indigenous Elders, learn models of resilience rooted in land and community.
— Daily movement classes from ISMETA-certified Somatic Movement Educators help integrate your learnings and offer new tools to expand your practice or to be shared with your community and/or clientele.– Explore your own connection to “root systems” in guided experiences in the forested and oceanic landscapes of Salt Spring Island.

Through deep witnessing, embodiment practices, and intentional communication, we create a culture of belonging and mutual support; this fertile soil becomes the source material from which we can foster and cultivate our resilience, and is how we can bring a spirit of resilience back to our families and communities.

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During this experiential workshop participants explore their own, personal role in supporting the revival of the values that worked so beautifully in indigenous villages for thousands of years. As a group, we also explore in‐depth the effects of Residential Schools and Canada’s Policy of Assimilation on Indigenous communities.

This workshop is geared to solutions rather than recrimination and is a great forum in which to ask questions. Participants in these often emotion-provoking workshop experiences comment that while they understood a bit about the issue on a cognitive level, after participation in Building Bridges Through Understanding the Village© they understand on a deep emotional level as well. The workshop is done from a non-blame and non‐shame perspective and invites all participants to become a part of the healing that IS already happening.

The workshop costs $75-215 (sliding scale pricing), which includes a catered lunch. Register below to hold your place in line. Participants will be contacted via email with information on how to remit payment, as well as event information.

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*All funds directly support local indigenous healers and educators and help cover their travel costs. Reservations are required in advance. Limited sliding scale and work study scholarships available. Ask. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

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Dr. Seonagh Kummer is a lifelong dancer and teacher whose mindful movement classes will assist you to expand somatic awareness of your body in relationship with nature. Her movement design helps learners experience the joys and qualitative processes of executing movements and sensations of myofascial connectivity in the body. You will explore how movement can increase self-awareness and help manage stress rather than just perfecting shapes or positions.These teachings assist educators, therapists and coaches to expand and strengthen their offerings through the art of somatic awareness.

All experience levels are welcome!

This class series costs $60 CAD, which includes three 1:15-minute classes on three different days. Please be aware of the dates listed – 9/29/26, 10/1/26, and 10/2/26, as classes are only available on those dates.

Register below to hold your place in line. Participants will be contacted via email with information on how to remit payment, as well as event information.

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*All funds go directly to support local indigenous healers and educators and cover costs. Reservations required in advance. Limited sliding scale and work study scholarships available. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Reach out to seonagh@gmail.com for more information.

All classes can be used toward certification as a Registered Somatic Movement Educator and/or Therapist.