Dan Pine Healing Lodge
Dan Pine Sr. had a vision for health and healing. He realized that in order for people to heal, they would need to use traditional ways and practices. In the late 1980’s Dan Pine Sr. worked with consultants to bring this vision to life. The Dan Pine Healing Lodge offers a blend of traditional and contemporary healing approaches to address the underlying impacts of sexual, spiritual, physical, mental & emotional abuse, and family dysfunction.
Residential Programs
Beauty From Ashes
The Beauty from Ashes is a five-day intensive healing program designed for individuals aged 18+ to educate and train individuals on how to interact with, work with and respond to those whose lives that have been impacted by trauma, including examining their own personal trauma responses.
Participants join others in their healing journey by exploring stories and events that have touched their lives. Topics are presented through large group training modules and then explored deeper in a smaller group setting. This training can assist in building more effective communication skills.
Criteria
Participants must:
• Be 18 years of age and over.
• Complete the intake application.
• Stay at the HL for the full 5 days (mandatory).
Program Benefits
- Tools are given to help understand how past harms play into the current way we relate with others
- Discover healthier ways of relating with others, and to learn new coping skills.
- Learn how to walk alongside others who work to resolving the wounds of their past and accepting others willingness to walk with them as well.
- Are taught how to safely enter conflict in such a way that invites healthier relationships & more meaningful positive outcomes.
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Intake Process
The intake process is completed by the Intake Worker at least a month before the Beauty From Ashes session. The intake process assesses the participants to find out where they are in their current life situations ie: past or current abuse/harm, drug use, coping mechanisms etc. Once the intake process is completed and all requirements/readiness have been met a Confirmation letter is sent out. Participants can also attend more than one BFA if they need to. Through the application and assessment process participants are selected and placed into groups which will provide the most therapeutic value.
The TEAM at dan pine healing lodge
Meet the people who make the magic happen.
Intake Worker
Laurie Souliere
Administrative Assistant
Trinity Neshawabin
adminassist@grhc.ca
Dan Pine Healing Lodge Coordinator
Adora-Lee Nawagesic
dphlcoord@grhc.ca
Program Support Worker
Terry Williston
twilliston@grhc.ca
Beauty From Ashes
Modules
- Breaking the Silence
- The Heart of Responding
- Longing for Mom/Dad
- Innocence Stolen
- Living Without Safety
- The Cost of Shame
- Living Angry
- Relational Styles
- A New Beginning
- My Action Plan
- A New Identity
Anticipated Outcomes
The Beauty From Ashes programming helps participants identify childhood experiences that have impacted their behaviour today and through the curriculum teachings, sharing their stories, and gaining tools to make changes, they’re able to reduce the impact of historical trauma to their personal health/family well-being.
Throughout the week the participants start with learning the importance of Breaking the Silence and move through each curriculum module by personal involvement. They listen to the personal stories of others (relevant to each module) including the presenter, their group leaders and their group participants.
Each participant must share their personal stories by writing a letter to (a) someone who hurt them, and (b) someone they’ve hurt. This helps participants to make connections between childhood experiences, the behaviours that we take on to protect ourselves as children and how those behaviours are impacting their relationships today.
By the end of the week, participants have come to an understanding of:
- How their childhood experience still impacts them today and their relationships with their children, friends, peers, co-workers, etc. and are given tools to make change.
- How past harm plays into the current ways we relate to and interact with those around us
- How to walk alongside others who desire to resolve the pain and wounds of their past
- Healthier ways of relating to and interacting with those they care about and / or come into contact with
- New and improved coping skills to help manage stress, pain, disappointment and hardships
- How to safely enter conflict in such a way that invites healthier relationships and more meaningful and positive outcomes with others
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