The Heart of Relationship

Name: The Heart of Relationship
Start: 2025-09-12T09:00:00-07:00
Location: Star River Sanctuary Retreat

Schedule

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025 at 09:00 am

UTC-07:00

Location

Star River Sanctuary Retreat | Nelson, BC

The Heart of Relationship is a soulful, immersive retreat for anyone longing to bring more lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and balance to all their relationships.
The insights and practices that will be shared in this retreat are rooted in the lived experience of two couples who have spent decades walking the path of sacred partnership: the combined experience of Karuna & Paul Erickson’s relationship of 60 years and Darcy Kopas and Robin Flynn’s relationship of 20 years.
In the Heart of Relationship retreat, we will explore, remember, and experience the unity that underlies all seeming dualities - the place of loving awareness the mystics call the Sacred Marriage.
How do we navigate through all of the great joys and deep challenges of relationships, through both the daily tending to life and living our unique authentic spiritual paths, and continue to keep turning toward one another in love?
You are welcome to attend whether you’re in an ongoing relationship presently or not, in a thriving chapter or navigating tender terrain, or curious about exploring what fundamental qualities are important in relationship. This retreat is an invitation and opportunity to deepen your connections and return to love as a living, evolving practice in all your relationships.
In this retreat we will explore the foundational qualities of relationship that support and sustain us through the inevitable challenges and pain and open us to the deep joy of connection.
When our close relationships are strong and healthy, we are resourced to bring more of the inherent qualities of our heart forward. Our interpersonal connections become a source of deep nourishment, strength, courage and prosperity. But when they are strained or unwell, they can also become some of the most painful and disorienting parts of our lives.
This retreat is about remembering who and what we most deeply are. It’s about finding and sustaining the goodness that draws us to relationship---the spark of love, the soul resonance, and the magic that connects us.
Together, we will journey into the deep waters of what it truly takes to grow, sustain, and thrive in a conscious, loving relationship. This is not philosophy but the practical wisdom born of direct experience.
We will explore:
• What makes love last—and how to keep it vibrant and nourishing through the seasons of change
• Tools for navigating the hard times—from conflict to miscommunication to long periods of disconnection
• How to make your relationship a true sanctuary—a space where both hearts feel safe, seen, and inspired
• What it practically takes to thrive in joyful partnership and marriage over the inevitable challenges and pain of relationship -how to individually navigate beginning with one’s self and bringing those insights to relationship
• How to keep the good energy flowing—whether you’re currently in an intimate relationship or calling it in
This retreat is for anyone in a partnership, or anyone who is preparing their heart for sacred relationship. No matter where you are on the journey, you are welcome here.
For more detailed information about the schedule, facilitators, and beautiful setting of the retreat, and for registration : https://www.starriversanctuary.com/theheartofrelationship or contact: [email protected] or [email protected]