Welcome to The Centre

A 360 degree wellbeing experience incorporating relational arts, holistic health, and wild fitness. Nestled between the trees and sandy coastline on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada.

Specializing in Aliveness

A sanctuary and playground for facilitators and founders who are up to big things in the world.

Receive full-system nourishment while adding to your relational arts medicine belt. Expand your capacity for presence while luxuriously deepening into wholeness and soul alignment. Here, surrounded by magnificent natural beauty, new possibilities for intimacy, self-mastery, and freedom take root.

Discover

A world-renowned community space and micro-village to collaborate, explore, and transform. Weekend and week-long retreats make up our core programming and follow a structured weekly rhythm. You'll also find 1-day, multi-week, and month-long formats woven throughout the year. A 3-month work-trade program exists for travelers who wish to dive deeper into our values of community-living.

Try something new from our vast array of weekly offerings - movement and fitness classes, kirtan and sing-along jams, games night, 12-step tribe, and a Saturday artisan and farmer's market. Ask about our Outdoor School, Childcare, or Pet Care for your little ones.

Stay

Choose from a collection of rustic-luxury accommodations — teepees, yurts, canvas tents, lodge suites, and cottages nestled between forest and sea. Outdoor showers invite you into communion with the elements.

Three gourmet meals a day, luxury ground transportation, and weekly drop-in classes are always included - as is access to the Art Barn, Meditation Hut, labyrinth, and outdoor gym and courts.

Dine

Experience vibrant seasonal cuisine in our cafe and restaurant. Thoughtfully sourced from own farm and garden, and nearby artisans, served in a cozy and earthy atmosphere.

Spa

Alterna Day Spa & Gym - a sanctuary for embodied restoration. Integrate well with our outstanding practitioners in holistic bodywork and wild fitness. Sink into our outdoor baths, sauna, and cold plunge.

Shop

Discover resonant luxe gifts, life-changing books, and finely crafted goods for earth-honoring tastes in our boutique shop. Every purchase circulates abundance - cherishing the earth, the makers, and you.

Live

Be part of our thriving intentional community that lives on, stewards, and evolves the land.

Members

Core staff, long-term residents of all ages, and close friends from around the globe call The Centre home. Members may wear multiple hats: facilitating programs, caretaking the land and its inhabitants, holding leadership roles, supporting logistics/operations, etc. Systems may include: shared meals, land work, community meetings, collaborative governance, personal time and space, and shared rituals.

Community-based Revenue Streams:

Retreats, events, workshops, and hosting outside teachers/facilitators
Holistic bodycare sessions and related offerings
Food and flower gardens (CSA boxes, on-site cafe and restaurant, farmer’s market)
Accommodation rentals
Handcrafted goods, gift shop, and herbal apothecary
Online courses on how to start and thrive in an intentional community and micro-village

Path to Residency:

Apply by submitting the application linked below
Initially the co-founding group will live together breathing life into structure and sustainability
Once underway:
- 3-week trial period: immersion into rhythm, culture, and work ethic
- 3-month probationary period: deeper participation, values integration, feedback loop
Yearly review/check-in: mutual reflection on contribution, alignment, and growth

Apply to be a Co-Founder or Aligned Investor of The Centre

We are currently welcoming visionary co-founders and aligned investors to bring The Centre to life. If you feel the call, apply to join us in co-creation.

Application

This application may be a fit if you:

Feel drawn to land-based, regenerative, and community-rooted projects
Value conscious leadership, relational maturity, and long-term vision
Are interested in co-creating something that is both financially viable and deeply human
Understand that true wealth includes land, relationships, culture, and care
Are open to being in process, dialogue, and co-evolution as it builds

Through this application, we are exploring together:

Vision alignment and values
Relationship to money, land, and stewardship
Capacity for collaboration and shared responsibility
Desired level of involvement (co-founder, investor, advisor, future resident)
Timing, resources, and practical considerations