BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Exware Solutions Inc.//ExSite v3.8//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ExSite-EvtCal-229-@mdpac.ca DTSTAMP:20260616T080023 DTSTART:20260918T190000 DTEND:20260920T120000 SUMMARY:MDPAC 2026 Fall Retreat DESCRIPTION:-- Healing the Healers --\n\n   \n\n-- A Nature-Based Well ness Retreat for Physicians --\n\nStep away from the pace of clinical li fe and reconnect with yourself in nature.\n\nHealing the Healers is a re storative weekend retreat designed for physicians to experience renewal through movement, creativity, forest immersion, and experiential practic es.\n\nThere are no lectures and no PowerPoint presentations — only em bodied experiences that support nervous system regulation, presence, and authentic connection.\n\nThroughout the weekend you will have the oppor tunity to:\n\n• Try new practices in a supportive environment\n• Sp end meaningful time in nature\n• Explore creativity, movement, and ref lection\n• Connect with colleagues in a genuine and relaxed way\n\nExp ect to breathe more deeply, slow down, and engage in safe circles where exploration is encouraged and community grows naturally.\n\n--   --\n\n -- --\n\n-- Location --\n\nThe retreat will take place at Ecology Retrea t Centre Hockley Valley, a serene forest retreat centre designed for ref lection, connection, and restoration.\n\nEcology Retreat Centre Hockley Valley\n308046 Hockley Road, Mono ON L9W 6N2\n\nLearn more about the ven ue:\nhttps://ecologyretreatcentre.com/\n\nParticipants will enjoy privat e rooms, nourishing meals, and access to forest trails and natural gathe ring spaces.\n\n \n\n \n\n-- Weekend Program Overview --\n\n-- Friday Evening --\n\n-- 7:00 – 9:00 PM --\n\n \n\n-- Land Acknowledgement -- \n\nGeorge Lewis\nOpening the retreat with gratitude and respect for the land on which we gather.\n\n \n\n-- Native Spirit Journey --\n\nClayto n Shirt\nClayton Shirt, Indigenous elder and educator affiliated with th e University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health, will guide a ceremonial opening including smudging and the Eagle Feather ceremony.\n \nParticipants will be invited to reflect on their personal journeys and set intentions for the weekend.\n\nObjective:\nTo create a sacred and s upportive space for personal reflection and community connection. Healin g begins when we are fully seen.\n\n \n\n \n\n-- Improv-Style Icebreak er --\n\nCatherine Cameron\nA light and welcoming improv exercise to hel p participants relax, laugh, and begin connecting with one another.\n\n \n\n \n\n-- Saturday --\n\n-- 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM --\n\n-- Forest Bat hing --\n\nBeth Foster\nReconnect with nature through a guided forest th erapy experience.\n\nHumans have a biological need to connect with the n atural world — a concept known as biophilia. Through gentle invitation s to observe, breathe, and engage the senses, participants rediscover th e restorative power of forests.\n\nResearch shows forest bathing may sup port:\n\n• stress reduction\n• improved mood and cognition\n• car diovascular and immune health\n• creativity and clarity\n\nBeth Foster is a certified guide through the Association of Nature and Forest Thera py Guides with decades of experience in outdoor education and counsellin g.\n\n“The forest is the therapist; the guide opens the doors.”\n\n \n\n-- 2:00 – 3:30 PM --\n\n-- BEAM & EFT Emotional Regulation Sessio n --\n\nInge Winslow\nParticipants will be introduced to BEAM (Bioenerge tic Emotional Access Method) and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) — s tructured reflective tools that help individuals notice emotional patter ns and regulate responses.\n\nThis guided process encourages curiosity a bout internal experiences while maintaining psychological safety and ind ividual choice.\n\nObjective:\nTo explore techniques that support awaren ess of core beliefs and emotional regulation.\n\n \n\n-- 4:00 – 5:00 PM --\n\n-- Mindful Movement --\n\nJackson Lin\nDrawing on practices inc luding Yoshinkan Aikido, Qi Gong, fascial release, and creative movement , this session explores the relationship between movement, breath, and n ervous system regulation.\n\nParticipants will experience how simple phy sical practices can shift emotional states and restore balance.\n\nObjec tive:\nTo experience movement as a tool for grounding and emotional regu lation — practices that can also be shared with patients.\n\n \n\n-- 7:00 – 9:00 PM --\n\n-- Poetry, Sound & Ecstatic Dance --\n\n  \n\nG eorge Lewis, Iuliia Povieriena, Aaron Rothstein\nA creative evening dedi cated to self-expression through music, poetry, movement, and community celebration.\n\nPhysicians spend much of their lives caring for others. This evening offers space to reconnect with personal creativity and joy. \n\nObjective:\nTo celebrate individual self-care journeys through artis tic expression and shared experience.\n\n \n\n-- Sunday --\n\n-- 9:00 10:30 AM --\n\n-- We Contain Multitudes --\n\nCatherine Cameron & Suc hitra Mensinkai\nInspired by Walt Whitman’s line “I am large, I cont ain multitudes,” this experiential session explores the many roles cli nicians hold — professional, personal, relational, and internal.\n\nUs ing improvisational exercises, music, and reflective practices informed by Internal Family Systems, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Acceptanc e and Commitment Therapy, participants will explore internal complexity with curiosity and compassion.\n\nNo performance experience required.\n\ nObjective:\nTo deepen awareness of internal perspectives and enhance em otional regulation, flexibility, and presence in clinical encounters.\n\ n \n\n-- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM --\n\n-- Closing Circle & Integration -- \n\nParticipants will reflect on the weekend’s experiences, share insi ghts, and explore ways to integrate what they’ve learned into everyday life and clinical practice.\n\n \n\n \n\n-- Retreat Details --\n\nLim ited to 22 participants\n\nPhysician partners are welcome to attend and may share a room.\n\n \n\n \n\n-- CME Accreditation --\n\nApproved for :\n\n• 6 hours MDPAC Group CE credits\n\n• 6 hours MDPAC CCI credits \n\n \n\n-- Registration Fees --\n\n(Includes program, private room, an d all meals)\n\n-- MDPAC Members --\n\nEarly Bird: $675 (before July 1)\ nRegular: $725\n\n-- Non-Members --\n\n$750\n\n \n\n-- Cancellation Pol icy --\n\nFull refund if cancelled before September 1, 2026\n\nSeptember 1 – September 8: refund minus $50 admin fee\n\nNo refunds after Septe mber 8.\n\nIf the event is cancelled due to Ontario Public Health restri ctions, all fees will be refunded.\n\n \n\n-- Register --\n\nLimited sp aces available.\n\n  END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR