2021 Workshops

For further information or to enroll in a class, please contact the instructor listed with each individual retreat. Many classes have discounted rates for early registration. Fees are mailed to the instructor. Dates indicate the arrival and departure days.

For accommodations before or after a workshop, please look in the Visitors Center on visitmolokai.com

PLEASE CONTACT WORKSHOP LEADERS FOR COSTS & DETAILS

JUNE 5-12, 2021
BE.ING TRANSFORMATION: place.spirit.embodied life
Rev. angel Kyodo Williams Sensei
Contact Elaine Margarita Williams to register:
(415) 891-9684
being@transformativechange.org
website: www.zenchangeangel.com/being-transformation-molokai-2019

The design of this week-long retreat fulfills a dream in which every aspect of the conditions required for transformation is considered. Environment and timing. Healing through modalities of body, breath and embodied practices that dislodge limiting beliefs embedded in our stories, language, body and movements. Face-to-face ZenChange sessions offer precise individual assessment and follow-up.

From cellular memory to our innermost narratives to internal and structural alignment, unwanted habit patterns and unresolved internal conflict undermine our most dedicated efforts to shift, keeping the next levels of healing, equanimity and increased capacity to dynamically self-evolve, just beyond our reach. Most of us have enough information, this retreat empowers us toward be.ing transformation.

Rev. angel Kyodo Williams Sensei, is an author, maverick spiritual teacher, renowned master trainer and founder of Center for Transformative Change. Ordained as a Zen priest, she is a Sensei, the second black woman recognized as a Zen teacher. Both fierce and grounded, she is known for her unflinching willingness to both sit with and speak uncomfortable truths with love. Rev. angel has been bridging the worlds of personal transformation and justice since the publication of her critically-acclaimed book, Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace and set off a movement of breaking down racial barriers with Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation.

“I have been attending and facilitating workshops and retreats for decades and be.ing transformation is one of the most holistic, powerful, integrative & brilliant retreats I have ever participated in. One of the most amazing leaders, guides I have ever encountered”. – 2018, participant Rev. D. Johnson

7 days

JUNE 19 – 26, 2021
PHOTOGRAPHY: REKINDLING THE CREATIVE SPIRIT
A fundraiser for the Hui
Rik Cooke, Theresa Airey, Jonathan Kingston, Arthur Van Dover
Guest Speaker: Dewitt Jones
PO Box 280, Kualapuu, HI 96757
(808) 567-6430
email: hui@huiho.org
websites: Rikki Cooke – Dewitt Jones – Jonathan Kingston

This workshop is a collaboration between five outstanding teachers and inspirational photographers: Rik Cooke, Theresa Airey, Jonathan Kingston, Arthur Van Dover and guest speaker Dewitt Jones. Rik will take students on photographic excursions discovering the hidden beauty of Molokai. He speaks about ‘seeing simply’ and ‘rekindling the creative spirit’. Theresa teaches about taking your images into the realm of fine art. Jonathan will help you to polish your digital techniques and demonstrate how to effectively combine story telling with your images. Dewitt will lecture on creativity and ‘the inner self’. Arthur will teach you how to print your best work and to manage your printing workflow while maintaining true color from capture to print.

Together they will help you turn your files into unique images through Lightroom and other programs, showing you new possibilities in the art of photography.

There will be time to reflect, relax and rejuvenate in the lovely atmosphere of this Living Sanctuary. The workshop is intended for enthusiastic digital photographers. Bring a digital or film camera you know well and come with a laptop computer that you are comfortable using and can easily navigate. Teachers primarily use Apple products. If you are bringing a PC, we may not be able to answer your questions.

Both Rik and Dewitt have shot extensively for National Geographic Magazine and their book division. Theresa Airey is an author and international fine art photographer. Jonathan Kingston is a National Geographic Creative Photographer who regularly leads photo expeditions for National Geographic Expeditions. He is a skilled photographer with outstanding technical expertise. Arthur Van Dover, a representative for Canon, is among the top printers in the US. He offers a new realm of creative opportunity to print your best work on site.

For more workshop information, see April Photo Workshop.

7 days

JULY 1- SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
CLOSED FOR THE SUMMER

OCTOBER 17-25, 2021
NATURE IS OUR NATURE
An Invitational Retreat
with Allyson Baker and Dr. John Augspurger
Email: allyson@huhinstitute.com
Email: programs@huhinstitute.com
Website: Human Universal Health Institute
455 S Hudson St
Denver, CO 80246
303.333.9000 ext. 303
303.257.3877

Nature is our most powerful teacher and classroom, teaching us everything we need to have health within ourselves. We grow to understand that every aspect of our life is an integrated part of the whole that makes up who we are.

This is our first health education retreat at Hui Ho’olana. Biological Health Education will be presented in the context of Nature so we can truly experience what we teach as we offer new understandings, information and practices.
This is an opportunity for our community to deepen their knowledge and understanding of Biological Medicine and Health principles. By incorporating breathwork and movement practices, eating healthy & delicious food, we will have fun and ample time to soak up the pristine nature that has been intentionally cultivated at the Hui.

Allyson Baker, BS, M.A.Ed, is an ACIMD board certified Holistic Health Practitioner. In partnership with Dr. John Augspurger, bio-dentist, they have co-created the Human Universal Health Institute, a vibrant, pioneering, community health and education center, showcasing international and local professionals in biological medicine, bio-dentistry, and the expressive arts. Baker has lifelong expertise in education, dedicated community service and organizing leading-edge, ecological, health initiatives and administrative management.

8 days

NOVEMBER 5-13, 2021
CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE SOUL
Jack Davis with Guest Teachers Dewitt Jones and Rik Cooke
To Register, email: JackDavisWorkshops@gmail.com

This 8 day retreat is dedicated to sharpening the eye, expanding the mind and opening the heart – as we give ourselves permission to fall in love with photography all over again! Recapturing that eagerness and enthusiasm of a child, we explore the endless ways we can integrate creativity into our lives! Renowned artist, author and Photoshop Hall-of-Famer Jack Davis, with National Geographic alumni and Hawai’i “Kama’ainas” (locals) Dewitt Jones and Rikki Cooke, will once again teach this creative photography and digital imagery workshop.

Whether you are a professional photographer, an addicted amateur or someone just deliriously giddy about your smartphone camera (as we are), this week is for you! And while we explore all corners of Moloka’i – from flower-filled rain forest valleys, to Hawaii’s longest (and emptiest) white sand beach, to the world’s tallest sea cliffs, to palm-fringed lagoons with hired hula dancers – you’ll explore new ways to shoot and shape your photography in ways you never thought possible. Learn new methods to craft that visual “story” you’ve always wanted to tell but may never have had the time, opportunity, skills or inner permission to before. Learn steps to optimize, enhance and creatively interpret your images using everything from the latest Lightroom and Photoshop, to the plethora of mobile and desktop apps that are daily introducing new ways to stretch the creative photographic process. Join us for an amazingly fun and inspirational week that will change your photography and your life forever!

Jack Davis is one of the world’s leading experts on Photoshop, Lightroom and Mobile Photography and is himself an award-winning photographer. He is coauthor of a dozen books on digital imagery including two of the bestselling guides to Photoshop, The Photoshop Wow! Book and How to Wow: Photoshop for Photography, with over a million and a half copies in print in 12 languages. For over 25 years Jack has been an internationally renowned spokesperson on digital imagery, and routinely teaches at conferences and workshops around the world, including for the National Geographic. Davis is designated a “Master Teacher” by Adobe and was one of the first inductees into the Photoshop Hall of Fame for his lifetime contributions to the industry. He has an AA and BA in Graphic Design, and an MA and MFA in Digital Imagery.

Rikki Cooke worked for National Geographic for sixteen years; his latest article on Hawaii is in the December 2002 edition of National Geographic Magazine. His assignments included shooting two books: America’s Ancient Cities and The Blue Ridge Range as well as work in other National Geographic publications. His experience touches the full spectrum of photography, from lighting pyramids to photographing polar bears in the Arctic as well as national advertising campaigns for commercial clients. He and his wife Bronwyn are the authors of the award-winning book, Molokai, an Island in Time. And yes… he is an iPhoneaholic!

Dewitt Jones is a National Geographic photographer of many years. He and Rikki have taught together for 17 years. Dewitt has done five books, which include, What the Road passes By, Canyon Country and Visions of Wilderness. He is also known for his commercial photographs for Dewar’s Scotch, United Airlines and Canon Cameras. In recent years he is most noted for his talks on creativity that have inspired many corporations and large audiences. He brings the gifts of humor, insight and celebration of being alive to our time together. And yes… he (and his wife, Lynette Sheppard) is also an award-winning and published iPhoneaholic!

8 days

NOVEMBER 20-27, 2021
WILD MERCY WOMEN’S RETREAT
Mirabai Starr

Contact: Rebecca Mayer
Email: mirabaistarrassist@gmail.com
Website: mirabaistarr.com

In a turbulent world, we seek spaces of balance and renewal. Those of us who hold positions of leadership and guidance find it especially challenging to refill our own cup and connect with our peers. If this resonates with you, please know that there is a place for you in the secluded refuge of this magical island. In this retreat, we weave teachings from the wisdom of the women mystics with contemplative practices, writing, and sacred activism, as we build community and heart connections.

In the mornings Mirabai will be providing a structured container of meditation and teachings. Afternoons will offer a more open flow of writing practice, movement, rest, and adventure. Evenings are for informal gathering, chanting, and shared reflections.
We see this an opportunity for women to lay down our burdens in a circle of like- minded soul friends and allow ourselves the space to explore what our hearts want to speak. Wild Mercy, in its essence, is unpredictable, compassionate and rooted in the present moment. We hope you will join us for this holy unfolding.

Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative non-fiction and contemporary translations of sacred literature. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and now teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and inter-spiritual dialog. A certified bereavement counselor, Mirabai helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss. Her latest book is WILD MERCY: Living the Fierce & Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics. She lives with her extended family in the mountains of northern New Mexico.

8 days

DECEMBER 4-12, 2021
SOMATIC IFS RETREAT
Susan Mc Connell

Somatic IFS offers a path for those of us who yearn for wholeness to enter safely into the rich territory of the bodymind through the practices of awareness, breathing, resonance, movement and touch applied to the IFS Model.

The touch, the nourishment, the movement that our bodies crave may be buried under a history of neglect and trauma. The individual hurts and societal burdens lodged in our tissues await the light of our courage and compassion shining into the depths of our interiority, leading us to the essence of our being.

8 days

DECEMBER 18, 2021- JANUARY 3, 2022
CLOSED FOR FAMILY TIME