Art Retreat Hawaii – An Opportunity of a Lifetime

WAYFINDERS: AN INNER ODYSSEY AT THE HEART OF THE PACIFIC

Join us for nine extraordinary days of creativity, rejuvenation and transformation on the Big Island of Hawaii, January 12th – 21st, 2012.

Melt into the healing balm of nature as you delve into your inner world. Ignite the spark of your creativity; rouse a wellspring of fresh energy, abundance and joy. Join us for a transformational experience of spirit, art, and nature with internationally-renowned artist, Dana Lynne Andersen.

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Kohala Coast: Hapuna Beach at Sunset

Hawaii provides a vast canvas of environments to discover a variety of unrivaled natural wonders. We will visit many of these gorgeous sites and experience them on a deep level; through creative art, sacred music, dance, and much, much more. Hapuna Beach at Sunset is one of these astounding wonders.

Located on the West side of the Island, we will take a day trip to drink in the glory of Hapuna Beach. This is the Island’s most famous beach, and is regularly voted one of the best beaches in the world…

South Kona: Dolphins!

Have you ever heard a dolphin whistle, click, or chirp? Have you observed their sleek, intelligent beauty and playful serenity?

Put yourself on the beach at Ho’okena, just south of the famous Kailua-Kona.

Shaded by the Haole Kamani, or white almond trees on this calm bay, gaze out over the ocean. There’s a small, onshore clamor. All heads turn towards the ocean. The dolphins have arrived! Grab your snorkel and mask and dive into the ocean. The dolphins, one of the most intelligent life forms on this planet, await your respectful presence.

Dolphins love to love. They spin and play, leaping in and out of the water. They will even play games with you! Bring a leaf from the beach and they’ll pass it from fin to fin. Interacting with nature in this way is a truly stand-alone experience. Many of our guests say it was one of the most magical experiences of their lives.

Ho’okena. Think “Outdoor Art Studio”.

Picture a large, outdoor pavilion, made private with hanging mats and fabrics, giving you shade, a sense of place and being, and a space to ignite and nurture the spark of your creativity. Look out over the rustic, beach scene, with a deep-blue bay, and black, lava cliffs in the distance.

Painting in Nature

Flowing colors melt the barriers and open the heart. When we paint from the Heart & Soul we ‘become as little children’, entering the kingdom of heaven, of inner joy. In the flow of creative process we come home to our deepest self within.

MacKenzie State Park: Meditation on the Bluffs

Absorbed in deep meditation, one may not even flinch as giant waves crash against the cliffside at MacKenzie State Park, on the East side of the Island.

Pele, Goddess of Fire

The Big Island of Hawaii is home to the world’s longest-erupting volcano.

Pele, the fiery volcano goddess, akin to Kali from East-Indian religious tradition, is truly the ruler of Hawaii’s largest island. If possible, we will bring our blank masks to where the lava flows, infusing them with the fiery power of creation.

To see molten lava in person is one of the most dynamic experiences one can have while visiting. However, Pele doesn’t show herself to everyone. She sometimes hides her fiery flows high up on the mountain, making it impossible to see her live, in person. Boiling to the surface at her current main vent, Pu’u O’o, however, she often flows through underground lava tubes, resurfacing in places that are accessible. Seeing her majestic, raw beauty, and witnessing the power of Mother Nature as she simultaneously creates and destroys is an awe-inspiring experience.

Tropical Exotics: Dragonfruit

Sample delicious, fresh produce; tastes and textures you may never have tried! In addition to the exotic fruits you can sample from local farmer’s markets, your meals at Polestar are prepared fresh and with the finest ingredients. We’ve received many, many compliments to our cooking over the years. We readily draw on the organic produce grown right on our land. Farm-fresh gourmet salad greens, kales, chards, tomatoes, apple bananas, and huge avocados, – harvested daily – compliment our supply of the rarer bright-yellow abius, and custard-like rollinias. Meals at Polestar are Vegetarian and we strive to use all organic ingredients in our menus.

Experience Volcano: Tropical Fern-filled Jungles

On a winding, jungle trail, breath in the fresh oxygen from hundred year old, native Ohia trees as you listen to exotic, endemic birds singing each other love songs. If you’re up for the adventure, take the hike down Kilauea Iki trail, a former molten lava lake, with fire fountains spurting some 1,000 plus feet in the air in its 1959 eruption, and then skim the crater’s outer, tropical forest rim for some amazing views of Volcano National Park.

This park is actually the most visited National Park in the whole of the Hawaiian Islands.

Daily Yoga and Meditation

Drink from the healing waters of your own soul with daily meditation and gentle, restorative yoga.