Join us for a 4 night retreat April 6-10, 2026 in the beautiful Okanagan Valley, BC

Peachland is approximately 45 minutes from the Kelowna International Airport, 20 minutes from Kelowna from the north and 30 minutes to Penticton from the south. The didactic and experiential portions of the retreat will be held in a private location.

Pre-Retreat Zoom call Sunday March 29, 2026 @ 9:00am PST/PDT

Accommodations and meals

  • Please note that accommodations are not included. There is a nearby Airbnb host—just minutes from the venue—who frequently hosts our retreat participants and accepts group bookings. Additional options include Airbnbs in Peachland and Glenrosa, or hotels in West Kelowna (approximately a 10-minute drive).

  • Dinner will be provided at the venue each evening prior to the sharing circle. Light lunch, snacks, and beverages will also be provided. (If you have dietary needs that require specific purchasing or preparation there will be an additional charge)

  • Continental breakfast items will be available at the venue each morning at arrival. Breakfast items on hand will include bread, bagels and condiments, yogurt, fruit, coffee, tea, and water.

Things to know

  • Transportation can be arranged to the retreat location from the host AirBNB. If your accommodations are further away you will require a vehicle or arrange to carpool with other participants

  • The retreat is held in a large multipurpose building in a rural setting. Weather is variable in April - heat, rain, and even snow - so dress appropriately. The driveway and area around the building are gravel and sand

Pricing

We require that retreats are paid in full prior to the start date. Buy now and pay later options are available at checkout.

Retreat Facilitators and Apprentice(s)

Neil Hanon, MD, FRCPC, is a psychiatrist based in Kelowna. Recognized for his teaching excellence, Dr. Hanon has received the Undergraduate Psychiatry Clinical Teaching Award from the UBC Department of Psychiatry in 2011 and 2023, along with the Clinical Faculty Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching from the Faculty of Medicine at UBC in 2018. Dr.Hanon, Neil, got involved in Holotropic Breathwork first as a participant to help with his grief after the death of his 17 year old son. He discovered that conventional psychology and psychiatry had no coherent strategy to help him in his grief. Through extensive reading he discovered Stan Grof’s writing on novel theories of the human psyche and was able to attend a breathwork retreat led by Stan and Christina Grof. He found the breathwork so beneficial for his grief that he continued on training and in 2015 become certified as a Holotropic Breathwork facilitator. Driven by his own journey, Neil developed a keen interest in treating grief and spiritual emergence. He co-founded Relief for Grief, which evolved into Jamaica Grief Retreats, offering legal psilocybin mushroom journeys to parents who have lost a child. He also served as the medical director for TheraPsil, assisting patients with End of Life Distress to gain legal access to psilocybin mushrooms. During his time with TheraPsil he was one of 19 Canadian clinical professionals who were granted permission by the Federal minister of Health to legally possess and take psilocybin mushrooms for educational purposes. In 2021 Neil was invited by Stan and Brigitte Grof to co-lead the Canadian arm of Grof Legacy Training International. In late 2023 Grof Legacy Training Canada separated into breathwork and psychedelic streams. Neil leads both the Psychedelic Training, and Grof Breathwork Programs in Canada. With his extensive background of curriculum development and teaching skills has developed the coursework with emphasis on its application to psychedelic medicine work, and Grof Breathwork.


Neil Hanon MD, FRCPC

Lead Instructor

Retreat Facilitators and Apprentice(s)

Amy Burrell spent her formative years in Brazil and returned to the United States for her higher education. Her experience of two cultures and languages has shaped her world view giving her an appreciation of other cultures and the diversity they bring. Amy has participated in sacred ceremonies for more than a decade and weaves cultural wisdom from these experiences and ongoing international training and mentorships into her work. She began her professional life as a ballet/modern dancer and costume designer. Her appreciation for aesthetics and deep understanding of the body and movement, instilled early on, continue to inform her work. She created art installations working with themes of suspension, timelessness, healing, death and rebirth where participants could experience their own bodies and achieve more self awareness. These themes integrated well into her interest in Grof studies. Amy has a MFA, a BS Dance/Psychology, is a LMT and has has extensive training in trauma-informed holistic healing modalities. Her additional certifications include Grof® Breathwork, Thriving Relationship Coach™, Authentic Tantra® teacher, Reiki Master and SET (structural energetic therapy). She has taught movement and dance at the Federal University of Goiás in Brazil and at Indiana University. She is pursuing Grof® Psychedelic Therapists training in Spain while continuing as a practicing massage therapist. She facilitates Grof® Breathwork workshops and is a Teacher of Grof Legacy Training® nationally and internationally. Amy’s enthusiasm for learning, traveling, and experiencing cultures continues to inspired and enrich her life and work. It is her greatest honour to hold space for others in their transformational journey.

Amy Burrell

Instructor

Fred began his career in Psychiatric Nursing in Vancouver, British Columbia, after graduating from Douglas College in 1999. Following an initial introduction to inpatient psychiatry, he and his young family relocated to Kelowna, B.C., where he dedicated over 25 years as a case manager with Kelowna Mental Health, supporting individuals experiencing severe and persistent mental illness. One of Fred’s most significant professional achievements was the creation and operation of the Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) clinic. This initiative provided crucial access to life-changing medication for some of the most vulnerable individuals within the mental health system. His expertise and dedication, along with a 20-year professional relationship with Dr. Neil Hanon, led to an opportunity in 2023 to contribute to the expansion of a private Ketamine-Assisted Therapy (KAT) clinic. Fred’s journey in psychiatric care has since evolved, opening his eyes and heart to the transformative potential of breathwork and psychedelic therapy. Inspired by the teachings of Stan Grof, he views these modalities as a natural expansion of the tools available to alleviate mental anguish and deepen the understanding of consciousness. With a steadfast commitment to innovation in mental health care, Fred looks forward to sharing these profound therapeutic experiences with others.

Fred Kersche

Apprentice

Cori Devlin, MA, RCC and RCAT is a Psychotherapist and Expressive Arts Therapist in private practice, she has a life long passion for sharing the ways in which actualizing our creative imagination can function as a bridge to access and explore deep and often unconscious aspects of our inner life. Her work is oriented towards Depth Psychology and the Mythopoetic traditions that recognize the profound role stories, myths, dreams and the symbolic language of the soul have in guiding and giving voice to the psyche. Recently Cori has been exploring ways in which psychedelic preparation and integration can be supported by engagement in art making. Her love of open studio art therapy models has been reignited by offering a weekly online space dedicated to the integration of holotropic journey work through the expressive arts. In addition to individual psychotherapy Cori has facilitated groups in various corporate and non-profit settings, always with an emphasis on art based experiential learning and care for the soul. In the past decade Cori has also taught graduate courses in Art Therapy and continues to provide clinical supervision. Cori began her training in Grof Psychedelic Training Academy in the Fall of 2024, she immediately felt at home and was delighted to discover many historical threads of her education and personal development were woven together seamlessly into a beautiful tapestry within the training, there was an immediate and profound appreciation and respect for the depth and breadth of Stanislov Grof’s work. In her free time you will find Cori playing in the mud either in her clay studio or out in the garden. She also has a love of dancing in all it’s many forms and settings. If none of that is going on you will find her curled up with her Bernese Mountain dog Grace, a cup of tea and a good book! Cori is honored to be supporting this retreat as an apprentice and is committed to holding space with deep respect, empathy and attunement for each person’s unique experience. She recognizes the sacred and transformational power of holotropic states and is dedicated to being of service to others in a way that supports connection to their inner healing intelligence and feels privileged to share this time together.

Cori Devlin

Apprentice

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