Workshops
Creating Conscious Community
ChuckleberryApril 30th - May 3rd • 3 days
Jon Scott and Sage Berrett

For thousands of years humans have been tribal, communal beings living in close-knit intimacy deriving nourishment fro...

 
Organic Gardening Retreat
garden-groupMay 1st – 8th • 7 days
Angéle  and/or Kathy (JLRC staff)

Spring is the time most of us re-connect to the earth.  After the snow has melted, the earth seems to give off some ...

 
Solar Shower Building
shower-houseMay 14th - 21st • 7 to 14 days
with the JLRC Building Team

A seven day work/study program that is designed to teach you the art of conventional wood frame construction and s...

 
Buddhist Retreat
buddha2May 28th - June 2nd   •  5 days   -or-
September 3rd - 8th  •  5 days
Don McEachern

Over 2500 years ago in Bodhgaya, India, the Buddha spread his mat beneath the Bodhi Tree, s...

 
Reiki Gathering - A Weekend Immersing ourselves in Reiki
ChelseaMay 28th - 30th  •  2 days
Chelsea Van Koughnett

After we learn Reiki Natural Healing, the energy continues to teach us through our experiences as we treat ourselves and other...

 
Couples Renewal Weekend
Jon-Scott-groupJune 4th – 6th •  2 days
Jon Scott

In the midst of complex and full lives, many couples find themselves challenged to maintain an enlivening connection with each other over t...

 
Welcome To Tantra
jonpascalJune 7th  – 9th  •  2 days
Jon Scott

In this exploration of tantra we will be opening to the sacredness, the woundedness and the delight of our sexuality. We will begin by ta...

 
Wisdom Astrology
astrologyJune 11th - 13th  •  2 days
Michael O’Connor

In addition to learning the basics of Astrology, quickly and for practical use, you will enter its heart and soul. A weaving of c...

 
Intuitive Mask Making Two Day Introduction • A Creative Healing Journey
Mask-Making1June 11th - 13th  •  2 days  or
August  27th - 31st  •  4 days
Kym Graham

Join Kym as she introduces you to the art and power of intuitive mask making.  She will share her exp...

 
The Opening: Live Your True Greatness
martins-headJune 18th - 22nd  •  4 days
Martin Hahn and Assistants

There are areas of your life that you are currently unaware of which create for you the life you are currently living. H...

 
Family Constellations
Dienna-RayeJune 25th - 27th  •  2 days
Dienna Raye

Emerging breakthroughs in science and psychotherapy, as well as ancient spiritual teachings, all point towards the profound influence ...

 
Insight and Inspiration: Painting Retreat
ted-large-paintJune 28th – July 1st  • 3 days
Ted Wallace

“I believe that each person has a rich well of inner visions, my quest as a teacher is to help them make connections to that well....

 
Intuitive Painting - Artists Retreat
Ted-SmilingJuly 1st - 7th  • 6 days
Ted Wallace

Using the brilliant colours of acrylic paints in an encouraging, non-judgemental environment, students are given techniques and opportuni...

 
Multi-colour Fabric Painting
rainbowdyeJuly 2nd  •  1 day  •  9 am - 4 pm
Susan Lopatecki

‘Painting with Dye’ on fabric will be explored in this one-day workshop. Create unique colour ways, patterns, exciting surfa...

 
Fabric Dyeing Basics
Susan-SilkscreeningJuly 2rd -  4th  •  weekend
Susan Lopatecki

Immerse yourself in the art of dyeing fabric.  This workshop will cover:

immersion dyeing of cotton, wool, silk-dyeing a s...

 
Silk Screening on Fabric
SilkscreenJuly 5th  •  1 day • 9 am to 4 pm
Susan Lopatecki

Learn easy, low tech methods of silk screening on fabric. A beginner’s overview of the possibilities with information on how ...

 
Buddhism: A Path of Happiness and Love
buddhaJuly 10th to July 16th or 22nd • 6 or 12 days
Robert Beatty
assisted  by Don McEachern

The Buddha taught that our essential nature is wise, loving, compassionate and joyful....

 
Couples Transformation Intensive
jonpascalJuly 23rd – 28th  •  5 days
Jon Scott

Intimate relationship is an unparalleled opportunity in life to open to the sweetness of loving while integrating challenging hidden aspe...

 
The Yoga of Effortless Being
Shayla-at-KasloJuly 30th -  August  4th •  5 days
Shayla Wright

"Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?" (Mary Oliver)

Meditation, yoga, and inquiry, on this retrea...

 
Spirit Seekers
Lorraine-CMYKAugust 27th - 29th  •  2 days
LorRaine Armstrong and Rew Rowley

The earth is our Mother and gives us all our physical needs and receives our tears and our laughter with comple...

 
Intuitive Mask Making - A four day Healing Journey
Kym2010August  27th - 31st  •  4 days Kym Graham

Join Kym as she takes you on a powerful creative healing journey as you discover your deepest self through the art of intuitive mas...

 
33rd annual KOOTENAY LAKE TAI CHI SUMMER CAMP
tai-chigroupAugust 7th - 14th • 7 days or August 7th - 12th  • 5 days
Join Hajime Harold Naka, Sana Shanti, Brian Knack and Arnold Porter.

Tai Chi is a beautiful art of flowing body movem...

 
The Geodesic Dome
domeSeptember 10th - 17th •  7 days
Donald Lee and the JLRC Building Crew

A dome is one of the strongest, economical, lightweight structures available.  Its strength is in the nat...

 
Couples in Canoes
canoeAugust 13th - 19th  •  6 days
Jon Scott and Sage Berrett

Join us for a week of inner and outer adventures on spectacular Slocan Lake.  This retreat is designed as a reconnect...

 
Shamanic Practices:an Introduction - Deepening our connection to Self through nature.
VasantiSeptember 10th – 12th  •  2 days
Vasanti Daigle and Doug Ference

Inspired by indigenous Shamanic practices, Doug and Vasanti will assist in creating a safe and enlightening ex...

 
Yoga on the Wild Side
JenniferrockAugust 20th - 26th  •  6 days
Jennifer Steed

Break out of the studio and step into the wild, spontaneous, luscious lap of mother nature.  Enter into an empowering and exciting...

 
Sacred Circle Dance
RoseSeptember 17th – 19th • 2 days
Rose Stapenhurst

Circle Dancing is a fun, natural and joyous way to be together in community. Our ancestors danced in a circle around a fire to ...

 
Buddhist Retreat
Don-McEachernSeptember 3rd - 8th  •  5 days
Don McEachern

Over 2500 years ago in Bodhgaya, India, the Buddha spread his mat beneath the Bodhi Tree, settled his body, concentrated his min...

 
Fulfillment Claiming Your Life’s Mission
Jon-ScottSeptember 17th -  23rd • 6 days
Jon Scott

Fulfillment does not come from doing what we think would make the world a better place.  Fulfillment is doing and being what makes us...

 
Changing Times: Portal to the Golden Age, Flowing with the Tao
Terry-WillardSeptember 24th -26th  • 2 days
Dr. Terry Willard

With all the changes and shake-ups we are seeing in our daily lives, where are we going? Building on the base of many ancient ...

 
Bio-Mass Energy Systems: Design, Construction and Operation
greenhouseOctober 1st  - 6th • 5 days
with Bob Watters

Design and construction of a large compost pile made of wood chips to supply heat and hot water for the Retreat Center green hous...