Special New Year's Sabbatical on the Big Island, Hawaii
Special New Year's Sabbatical on the Big Island, Hawaii
825988 A Napoopoo Rd, Captain Cook, HI 96704, USA
Up to 10 in group
December 28, 2024 - January 2, 2025
Retreat Highlights
- Meditation sessions with Dr. Paul
- Guided meditative walk to connect with the healing power spots near our sister site (i.e., Place of Refuge, Paleaku Peace Gardens & sacred Kealakekua Bay)
- Private Whale watching boat tour with local whale and dolphin guides
- Entrances to Volcano National Park, Place of Refuge and Paleaku Peace Gardens
- Access to private meditation spots, yoga studio and ocean views
About this Retreat
HESTIA CO-FOUNDER, LAND STEWARD & COMMUNITY WEAVER
Belinda is a nature-inspired visionary, land whisperer, and community builder.
She creates beautiful products, spaces and experiences that bring people back home to themselves. Her super powers are shining a light on people’s strengths and bringing them out into the world. She helps people cultivate and live their sacred purpose in the most joyful and easeful way possible.
Paul is a Memetic Healer and Cultural Acupuncturist who specializes in Clinical Cosmology and Mythic Engineering. He prescribes potent memes to shift physical burnout, emotional constipation, mental diarrhea, spiritual amnesia, and natural deficit. His main tools are Dao Alchemy (Self-Cultivation), Dao Acupuncture (Self-Healing), Dao Astrology (Self-Awareness):
- Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
- Masters of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Bachelors of Science in Integrative Biology
- Instructor of Balance Method Acupuncture
- Transmitter of Daology (Dao De Gong Fa)
- Sifu of WingChun
Details of this retreat
Join us on the Big Island of Hawaii, home of Mauna Kea and sacred Kealakekua Bay, for a special winter sabbatical week to receive the restful, introspective medicine of winter. Together, we will slow down to rest and root deeply into our winter visions with the support of the community and the silence and stillness of the land. Our group cultivation guide and guest healer for this sacred journey is Dr. Paul C. Wang, Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM).
This is the perfect opportunity to transition into a new season and calendar year, if you desire:
*Greater alignment between your lifestyle and nature’s rhythms
*More slowness and quiet time in wintering
*Guided support to navigate this darker time of the year
*Sacred space to go deeper into your resting, visioning and dreaming states
This is the perfect opportunity to transition into a new season and calendar year, if you desire:
*Greater alignment between your lifestyle and nature’s rhythms
*More slowness and quiet time in wintering
*Guided support to navigate this darker time of the year
*Sacred space to go deeper into your resting, visioning and dreaming states
Schedule
DAY 1: SAT, DEC 28 >> GROUND & SETTLE IN
Be greeted by your hosts and settle into your sweet home and resting space for the week
At 6 pm, enjoy a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared sunset dinner by Chef Peter to welcome you to the space & receive an overview of our winter sabbatical journey
DAY 2: SUN, DEC 29 >> ANCHOR YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE MAJESTY OF LAND & SEA
From 8 - 9:30 am, enjoy a nourishing breakfast buffet before our group sessions
From 10 am - 12 pm, enjoy our first group morning activation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen into the Chinese Medicine themes of winter represented by the water element and sleeping practices for deep rest
Use the self-guided sabbatical journaling tools and connect with abundance of the land and the ocean to support the expansion of your visions
Receive a custom curated itinerary for places to harvest the medicine of the island aligned with your personal intentions
At 6 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
DAY 3: MON, DEC 30 >> HARVEST THE POTENT ENERGY OF WINTER WITH THE WHALES
From 8 - 9:30 am, enjoy a nourishing breakfast buffet before our group sessions
From 10 am - 12 pm, enjoy a follow-up group morning activation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen into inner resonance and outer balance, working with the extremes of solstice energy and the medicine of winter
Book optional wellness sessions to help you heal, rejuvenate and harmonize with your body, mind, spirit
Experience a daytime guided private boat tour led by Hestia’s resident whale and dolphin spirit teachers to internalize the water element through the whale migration
At 6 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
Apply Dr. Paul’s winter sleeping practices to help us enter into a state of deep, restorative rest.
DAY 4: TUES, DEC 31 >> DEEPEN, NOURISH & FERTILIZE YOUR WINTER INTENTIONS
From 8 - 9:30 am, kick off the day with a nourishing breakfast buffet
From 10 am - 12 pm, enjoy a follow-up group morning activation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang at Paleaku Peace Gardens to deepen our personal and collective intentions
Alchemize the energy of the winter water element with an evening water ceremony to release what no longer serves you and make space for the shifts you want to catalyze in your life
At 6 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
Celebrate the turning of the new year with music and dance!
DAY 5: WED, JAN 1 >> HONORING NEW BEGINNINGS!
Receive an easy bagged breakfast to go
Take an early morning journey to Volcano National Park to connect to Goddess Pele and offer our prayers and blessings
Enjoy dinner out in Hilo
Visit Mauna Kea at sunset and offer our prayers and blessings to the sacred mountain
Create a verbal/visual reminder to integrate our insights and solidify the seeds we wish to root and incubate this winter
DAYS 6 & 7: THURS, JAN 2 & FRI, JAN 3 >> OPTIONAL INTEGRATION DAYS
Extra days to integrate the practices and reflect on your vision for the new year
Optional nature excursions to Isaac Hale Park (hot pools), Green Sand Beach at South Point, sacred Waipio Valley
Be greeted by your hosts and settle into your sweet home and resting space for the week
At 6 pm, enjoy a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared sunset dinner by Chef Peter to welcome you to the space & receive an overview of our winter sabbatical journey
DAY 2: SUN, DEC 29 >> ANCHOR YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE MAJESTY OF LAND & SEA
From 8 - 9:30 am, enjoy a nourishing breakfast buffet before our group sessions
From 10 am - 12 pm, enjoy our first group morning activation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen into the Chinese Medicine themes of winter represented by the water element and sleeping practices for deep rest
Use the self-guided sabbatical journaling tools and connect with abundance of the land and the ocean to support the expansion of your visions
Receive a custom curated itinerary for places to harvest the medicine of the island aligned with your personal intentions
At 6 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
DAY 3: MON, DEC 30 >> HARVEST THE POTENT ENERGY OF WINTER WITH THE WHALES
From 8 - 9:30 am, enjoy a nourishing breakfast buffet before our group sessions
From 10 am - 12 pm, enjoy a follow-up group morning activation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen into inner resonance and outer balance, working with the extremes of solstice energy and the medicine of winter
Book optional wellness sessions to help you heal, rejuvenate and harmonize with your body, mind, spirit
Experience a daytime guided private boat tour led by Hestia’s resident whale and dolphin spirit teachers to internalize the water element through the whale migration
At 6 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
Apply Dr. Paul’s winter sleeping practices to help us enter into a state of deep, restorative rest.
DAY 4: TUES, DEC 31 >> DEEPEN, NOURISH & FERTILIZE YOUR WINTER INTENTIONS
From 8 - 9:30 am, kick off the day with a nourishing breakfast buffet
From 10 am - 12 pm, enjoy a follow-up group morning activation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang at Paleaku Peace Gardens to deepen our personal and collective intentions
Alchemize the energy of the winter water element with an evening water ceremony to release what no longer serves you and make space for the shifts you want to catalyze in your life
At 6 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter
Celebrate the turning of the new year with music and dance!
DAY 5: WED, JAN 1 >> HONORING NEW BEGINNINGS!
Receive an easy bagged breakfast to go
Take an early morning journey to Volcano National Park to connect to Goddess Pele and offer our prayers and blessings
Enjoy dinner out in Hilo
Visit Mauna Kea at sunset and offer our prayers and blessings to the sacred mountain
Create a verbal/visual reminder to integrate our insights and solidify the seeds we wish to root and incubate this winter
DAYS 6 & 7: THURS, JAN 2 & FRI, JAN 3 >> OPTIONAL INTEGRATION DAYS
Extra days to integrate the practices and reflect on your vision for the new year
Optional nature excursions to Isaac Hale Park (hot pools), Green Sand Beach at South Point, sacred Waipio Valley
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
Hestia Magic Retreat Center, 825988 A Napoopoo Rd, Captain Cook, HI 96704, USA
Directions
Our sanctuary on the Big Island is located in a rural area 45-minutes by car from the Kona airport on the western coast of Big Island, Hawaii (the Hilo airport on the eastern coast is a two-hour drive from us)
Local buses and taxis are less frequent and need to be arranged ahead of your arrival.
We recommend that you rent a car through a rental car company at the airport or book a car through Turo.
Local buses and taxis are less frequent and need to be arranged ahead of your arrival.
We recommend that you rent a car through a rental car company at the airport or book a car through Turo.
Accommodation
Our retreat sanctuary offers four charming ocean view suites with communal access to our outdoor kitchen, dining space and yoga studio for movement and meditation. Enjoy the privacy of our cottages on the Big Island. The beautiful skylight dome offers amazing nighttime views of the moon and stars! Your accommodation includes a fully stocked kitchenette, a full or queen bed, and a comfortable lounging/reading area.
Program Price for double occupancy ticket
Program Price for single occupancy ticket
Venue & Amenities
A/C in Rooms
Free Wifi
Spa
Sauna
Pool
Towels
Free Parking
Kitchen
Tour Assistance
Hot Tub
Coffee/Tea
Cafe
Restaurant
Fitness Center
Yoga Studio
Housekeeping
Bicycles For Rent
Welcome to our retreat sanctuary surrounded by an enchanted jungle and playful spirit of the wild spinner dolphins. Come and rest, nourish, play, vision, create, connect and celebrate!
Meals
Menu Types
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescetarian
Ayurvedic
Includes Meat
Organic
Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Nut Free
4 brunches and 4 farm to table dinners by Chef Peter
We can accommodate your dietary needs - let us know about your dietary preferences or
What's Included
- Online community call on winter solstice to prepare to root yinward for the winter season
- Winter yin cultivation practices to help you rest deeply and get the best sleep of your life!
- Three 2-hour guided morning sessions with Dr. Paul Wang
- Comfortable lodging (single & double occupancy options) for 5 nights
- 4 brunches and 4 farm to table dinners by Chef Peter
- Sabbatical toolkit and special wellness gifts made by local artisans
- Guided meditative walk to connect with the healing power spots near our sister site (i.e., Place of Refuge, Paleaku Peace Gardens & sacred Kealakekua Bay)
- S P A C I O U S N E S S !
- Releasing water ritual to let go of what no longer serves you
What's Not Included
- Extra massage, acupuncture, energy work and other wellness services
- Airfare & airport transfer
- Travel insurance
- Guided tours to our favorite sacred sites around Mount Shasta
- 1:1 post-sabbatical integration sessions to support your transition back
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