Living Alive: Meaningful Connections

Living Alive program Highlights:

• An in-depth opportunity to engage more consciously and fully in your life and relationships.
• Time away to reconnect with yourself and nature on The Haven’s beautiful 7-acre oceanfront property.
• An opportunity to take your personal growth and Haven-style learning to the next level 
• For those who have attended a Come Alive, we will take a deeper dive into The Haven’s models: Communication, Power & Strength, Resonance, Selves.
• For those who have not attended a Come Alive there will be plenty of opportunities to learn, practice and integrate these models.
• Guided experiences designed to heighten your physical, intellectual, and emotional awareness.
• A meaningful and enduring investment in your wellbeing: 25 days of radical self-discovery and transformation.
• Experienced program leaders, who are highly trained at The Haven and in their various professions.
• Deep investment, continuity, and care from assistants and interns who bring a variety of diverse and complementary skill sets to their Haven training. This support team means a low ratio of participants to leaders. 
• A long history with hundreds of Living Alive participants reporting continued personal and professional transformation post-program.
• Take-home tools to support integration of learning.
• A full program schedule, plus daily breaks for introspection, connecting with others, rest, relaxing in the oceanfront hot tub, exploring nearby trails, and more.

• If you have attended a Come Alive program between 2018 and now, you are eligible for $1000 discount off any Living Alive program!
• We are offering a 30% accommodation discount on Living Alive programs.
• We have shared and dorm style accommodation, in addition to private room options.
• Pre-payment plans are available.
• We offer Earlybird tuition of $5950 if you register by April 12th, 2026.  Full tuition is $6450 and full payment is due one month before the program start date
• Full program cost including meals, accommodation (dorms), and 25 days of programming starts at $8777.50 +tax.
• Haven’s Scholarship Fund is available for our 25 day programs and may be an option for you.  Scholarships are limited and applications must be received 6 weeks in advance.

You can find our cancellation policy here.

Schedule:

Your program begins with dinner at 6pm to 7pm, followed by your first session at 7:30pm

Daily schedule:

• Breakfast 8-9:00am
• Morning session most days 9:15am to noon, with a break midway
• Lunch noon to 1:00pm
• Afternoon session most days 3:00-6:00pm, with a break midway
• Dinner 6:00 – 7:00pm
• Evening session most days 7:30 – 9:00pm

Afternoon and evening sessions can vary.  Your program finishes at 11:30am on the last day, and lunch is included

Transportation:

If you are travelling to Gabriola as a foot passenger on the Gabriola Ferry a shuttle to The Haven can be requested.  Information on this option will be included in your pre-arrival email.

Recommended Resources:

Here are book titles that can complement and enhance your learning in this program. You can purchase when you are at Haven, or contact us to order. Click to learn more:

+ Being: A Manual for Life by Bennet Wong & Jock McKeen

+ Joining: The Relationship Garden by Bennet Wong & Jock McKeen

Admission requirements: The student must have the desire and ability to learn.  Must demonstrate a capacity for responsible self care, responsible self organization and sound mental health.  The student must understand and speak English.