Through gatherings, retreats, and workshops, as well as outdoor sacred wilderness encounters, we seek to heal personal and collective trauma and re-weave ourselves into the Sacred Web of Life.
Shamanic Programs
Healing the Child Within
with Helen Klonaris
This is a series of four 3-day retreats over the course of a year that focuses on repairing our journey through childhood from the womb to individuation from our families. Science shows us that our daily behaviors and patterns are controlled by our unconscious programming – and so much of that programming is created in our earliest childhood years. Whatever traumas and deprivations we survived can still hold us back from living our best lives. By applying gentle shamanic practices to re-imagine our past, we can liberate ourselves from old programming and create new ways of living and relating to the world.
March | July | October | February 2025 & 2026
Exact dates, times, and tuition fees to be announced.
Walking the Spiral Path
with Helen Klonaris
Walking the Spiral Path is a new program dedicated to healing personal, intergenerational and historical trauma. Over the course of 4 weekend intensives, we will apply shamanic wisdom, alchemy, Jungian psychology, and ancient myth to personal, familial and historical wounds. We will use narrative therapy to explore the stories and defense systems our wounds have created. How do they limit us and our dreams? How might we transform them and invite new stories? What might it feel like to live an undefended life? How might we liberate ourselves and, importantly, use our freedom to support collective social liberation and change?
Begins January, 2027
Exact dates, times, and tuition fees to be announced.
A limited number of scholarships are available. For more information or to register, call 242-805-2826 or write to helen@soulhealingway.com.
Helen is a writer, educator, spiritual counselor and healing practitioner. Her healing practice is rooted in the understanding that trauma separates us from our Soul, and it is this ‘soul loss’ that creates depression, chronic addictions, dysfunctional patterns, and other forms of emotional and physical dis-ease. By working to reintegrate the lost parts of our soul, we can find health, balance, and joy in our everyday lives. She is the founder and director of the Soul Healing Way and the co-keeper of Sacred Islands Sanctuary, an earth-centered space for the celebration of the sacred in all life.
Plant Medicine Wisdom
Sacred Bush Talks
with Princess Pratt
Step into the ancient wisdom of the islands in this hands-on 3-hour workshop exploring the roots of Bahamian bush medicine. We’ll begin with a storytelling circle on the history and cultural significance of bush medicine in the Bahamas, honoring the healers and traditions that kept communities thriving.
From there, participants will engage in practical demonstrations: preparing a soothing herbal tea, learning the difference between a decoction and an infusion, and crafting a tincture to take home. Each process will be explained in simple, approachable steps, offering both traditional knowledge and modern applications.
We will close our time together with light drumming and a guided meditation, grounding the experience and connecting spirit, body, and island earth. This workshop is both an introduction and a remembrance—a sacred journey into the healing power of Bahamian plants.
Next Sacred Bush Talk – TBA
Princess is a Bahamian cultural practitioner and cultural ambassador whose work celebrates and preserves the spirit of the islands. A gifted storyteller, poet, percussionist, and drummer, she weaves together words, rhythm, and tradition to keep Bahamian heritage alive. As a bush medicine woman and local tour guide, she shares ancestral knowledge of the land and its healing practices, while her role as a community builder fosters connection and pride among her people. Through every story told, drum played, and path walked, Princess carries forward the heartbeat of Bahamian culture.
Sacred Bush Walks
Bone Fish Pond Walk
with Michael Stevenson
A guided walk into Bone Fish Pond – a nature preserve in southern New Providence, Bahamas.
We begin with a guided meditation. And, in a spirit of contemplation and connection with nature and ourselves, we walk through mangrove and over small islands, across shallow waters and onto a beautiful beach. Our guide Michael, who listens to the mangroves and the clouds that pass over them, is an expert bush walker, blue hole hunter, and kayaker. Snacks and a light lunch will be provided.
Next Sacred Bush Walk – TBA
Michael is a professor at the University of the Bahamas in the School of Social Sciences. He loves sailing, kayaking, playing the piano, and is presently working on a novel. He is co-keeper of Sacred Islands Sanctuary, an earth-centered space for the celebration of the sacred in all life.
Mindfulness Meditation Practice
Mindfulness Meditation
with Margot Bethel
“Mindfulness can strengthen our attention, awaken compassion and empathy, and expand acceptance of our own inner states” – Tara Brach, PhD
What is mindfulness? How can we use the breath and other anchors to focus the mind? How do we learn to become more aware of the impact of our thoughts and emotions, and find self-compassion and forgiveness in the midst of difficult experiences? And, how does the practice of meditation help us address the suffering in our lives and in the wider world?
In classes and gatherings, Margot guides practitioners on a journey to find their own ‘anchors’ and to use meditation as a practical tool to navigate our everyday challenges.
New classes beginning in 2027.
Margot is an artist, a seeker, a mindfulness meditation practitioner, teacher, and a graduate of Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach of Spirit Rock Insight Meditation Centre in California.
