Join us for an immersive journey into connection, renewal, and transformation as we gather in beautiful Owen Sound for a CI Summer Solstice Retreat. This three-day event, hosted by CI Facilitators, will bring together our vibrant Compassionate Inquiry community dedicated to personal growth, connection, and self-discovery. Our days will be filled with guided practices, yoga, meditations, creative activities, and meaningful conversations, all designed to support your journey inward as we celebrate the summer solstice together.
Retreat participants will be limited to 140.
This event is exclusively for current and past Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training participants. This event is not open to the general public.
Retreat Highlights:
Daily Practices: Start each day with a mix of yoga, active meditations, and dance to ground and energize.
Workshops & Activities: Explore yourself deeply through guided meditations, shadow work, psychodrama, art therapy, and more.
Nature Immersions: Reconnect with nature on waterfall hikes and enjoy playful, restorative time at local beaches on Georgian Bay.
Community and Reflection: Participate in small group workshops, connection circles, and group activities designed to foster community and personal reflection.
Unique Experiences: Engage in a drug-free psychedelic experience, sound healing sessions, and personal intention-setting rituals to embrace your journey and future vision.
Event Information
Where: Best Western Inn on the Bay, Owen Sound, Canada When: June 17th-19th, 2025 (Arrive evening of June 16th, depart morning of June 20th)
**Price includes all retreat activities, workshops, and dinner for 3 evenings. Please note that accommodation, breakfast, and lunch are NOT included.
Travel & Accommodation:
Accommodations: Discounted rooms at the Best Western are available for $169-$212 per night under the CI Retreat rate. Alternative stays are available at nearby Airbnbs.
Travel: Fly into Toronto Airport and plan for a 2.5-hour drive north to Owen Sound. Rental cars are necessary, and we’ll coordinate a WhatsApp group to organize rideshares and communication during the event.
General Daily Itinerary:
Each day will start at 7am and close between 8-9pm, combining group activities, workshops, and moments of individual reflection to create an integrating and rejuvenating experience. Mornings will begin with grounding practices like yoga and meditation, while afternoons offer nature immersions, workshops, and group activities. Evenings are a time for connection and celebration, with activities like chanting, sound healing, and dancing to honor the energy of the solstice.
Embrace this unique opportunity to renew your spirit, connect with a supportive community, and celebrate the summer solstice in a setting dedicated to collective growth and well-being.
We look forward to welcoming you!
About the Compassionate Inquiry process
The process of Compassionate Inquiry invites you to look at the stories you tell yourself unconsciously, and to recognize how these stories direct your life, affect your health, and generate suffering. Once you recognize the beliefs you have been carrying and where they originated, you can question the validity of those beliefs. Once questioned, you can open to the possibility of releasing identification with them, and of the hold they have on you. A new way of being emerges, leading to spontaneity, choice, expansion and freedom.
Created for:
CI Professional Training Program Participants and Alumni
Meet our Compassionate Inquiry Creators:
Dr. Gabor Maté: Retired physician, bestselling author, an internationally renowned speaker and the creator of the Compassionate Inquiry approach to psychotherapy.
Dr. Maté evolved his therapeutic approach over the course of a 20-year personal journey. It emerged as a synthesis of his work with patients in family practice, palliative care, and addiction rehabilitation. He later developed the system further while facilitating integration workshops focused on healing trauma through the use of psychedelics.
Sat Dharam Kaur N.D Co-creator and CEO of Compassionate Inquiry. She supported Dr. Gabor Maté in structuring the Compassionate Inquiry approach and developing the online training.
This is an experiential event with a limited number of spaces available. Since a space is reserved for you when you register and pay, there are no refunds available for this event. No exceptions.
We are excited to invite you to our second Compassionate Inquiry Experience event. Join us for a unique opportunity to participate in the Compassionate Inquiry process, as modelled by Sat Dharam Kaur ND and our team of expert CI Facilitators.
In this 6-hour session you will:
Witness Sat Dharam and CI Facilitators working therapeutically with participants 1:1 using Compassionate Inquiry
Connect with other participants in breakout rooms to explore a theme
Learn techniques for self-regulation, led by Sat Dharam Kaur ND
Meet yourself and others with acceptance, compassion and curiosity
Online on Zoom on Saturday February 22, 2025 11am-5pm ET (Toronto time zone). Convert to your time zonehere.
About the Compassionate Inquiry process
The process of Compassionate Inquiry invites you to look at the stories you tell yourself unconsciously, and to recognize how these stories direct your life, affect your health, and generate suffering. Once you recognize the beliefs you have been carrying and where they originated, you can question the validity of those beliefs. Once questioned, you can open to the possibility of releasing identification with them, and of the hold they have on you. A new way of being emerges, leading to spontaneity, choice, expansion and freedom.
Created for:
Anyone above the age of 18 years seeking to heal their trauma, along with healthcare professionals who wish to develop their personal and professional skills.
Meet our Compassionate Inquiry Creators and Facilitators:
Dr. Gabor Maté: Retired physician, bestselling author, an internationally renowned speaker and the creator of the Compassionate Inquiry approach to psychotherapy.
Dr. Maté evolved his therapeutic approach over the course of a 20-year personal journey. It emerged as a synthesis of his work with patients in family practice, palliative care, and addiction rehabilitation. He later developed the system further while facilitating integration workshops focused on healing trauma through the use of psychedelics.
Sat Dharam Kaur ND: Co-creator and CEO of Compassionate Inquiry. She supported Dr. Gabor Maté in structuring the Compassionate Inquiry approach and developing the online training.
If you participate in the CI Experience on Zoom, please keep your camera on and microphone muted unless asked to unmute.
If your name is picked for a therapeutic 1:1, you will be informed in advance.
During the CI experience, you will be invited to choose an intention to explore with Sat Dharam Kaur ND and the CI team of Facilitators
The main room session will be recorded and shared with registered participants.
Break out rooms will not be recorded.
Refund policy:
This is an experiential event with a limited number of spaces available. Since a space is reserved for you when you register and pay, there are no refunds available for this event. No exceptions.
Dr. Gabor Maté:
Sat Dharam Kaur ND:
