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Why are Holistic Centre’s valuable?

July 3, 2017 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

I attended my first Holistic Centers Gathering in 2010 and recall two participants from Queenswood Retreat Centre in Victoria, Canada. I rediscovered this article written soon after they closed and share it here to explore the value of holistic centers. Fortunately in recent gatherings we’ve noticed the proliferation of new centers, in particular in China and the USA, and how we can support each other to evolve and thrive continues to be an important conversation.

By Margaret Critchlow

The news that Queenswood Retreat Centre in Victoria, Canada is closing after forty years (Monday Magazine, June 18, 2010) comes at a time when retreat centres matter more than ever. Why? As an anthropologist studying the culture of retreat centres for the past five years I have been asking: What is the value of holistic centres as the second decade of the twenty-first century begins? [Read more…]

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The meaning and purpose of Holistic Center’s

June 27, 2017 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

By Margaret Rodman, republished from the original article in 2007

As an anthropologist writing a book about holistic centers, one of my contributions to this year’s Centers Gathering is to facilitate an online conversation about the meaning and purpose of the Centers Gatherings, to help put the story into words. [Read more…]

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Kalani Honua – Creating Heaven on Earth

May 16, 2011 by Centers' Gathering Leave a Comment

by Marya Mann, reprinted by permission from Kalani Honua

On a sun-drenched afternoon, I find myself walking the sacred grounds of Kalani Honua, the original nature, wellness, and Hawaiian cultural eco-village in the heart of Puna’s lush, green southern coast. Richard Koob, dancer, farmer and raconteur who started the center in 1975, guides me past a reclining Buddha sculpture on the way to the aquaculture gardens.
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