Your 8-Day Journey
December 15–23, 2026 | Dawson City, Yukon
This is not a schedule. This is an arc. Each day builds on the last, moving you from arrival through threshold to integration. Click any day to see the full timeline.
01
Arrival & Orientation
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15
Whitehorse arrival — preparing for the journey north
On Arrival
Lab, ECG, Lung Function & Gear Fitting
Your first clinical touchpoint with Dr. Mike Ellis. Comprehensive baseline testing.
Whitehorse
Afternoon
Open Programming
Individual health reviews available. Rest, explore Whitehorse, or begin your personal preparation.
02
Ground
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16
Who am I now? What has shaped me?
07:30 – 08:15
Breakfast
Whitehorse
08:30 – 10:30
Opening Circle
A structured welcome ritual establishing group agreements and intentions. Stuart facilitates. Participants share what brought them here and what they're willing to put down.
Outcomes: group cohesion, clarity of commitment.
Whitehorse Hotel
11:00 – 16:00
Road Trip to Dawson
The drive north is programme content. The landscape shifts dramatically — participants observe in silence for stretches.
12:00 – 13:00
Cold Weather Experience @ Tatchun Creek
A voluntary cold exposure moment — standing still, hands bare, breathing deliberately in sub-zero air. Not performance; invitation to meet the environment without armour.
Outcomes: activation of interoceptive awareness.
17:00
Arrive Dawson
Check into your lodging. Hotel orientation.
Dawson City
18:30 – 20:00
Dinner
03
Ground
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17
Identity inquiry — exploring who you are becoming
07:30 – 08:15
Morning Practice
Brief somatic opening — breathwork, cold-air awareness, intentional silence. Ground in body and place before the day's work.
Outcomes: nervous system regulation, present-moment awareness.
Spa Grounds
08:30 – 09:15
Breakfast
Yukon Spa
09:30 – 12:00
Who Am I Now?
Facilitated identity inquiry. Structured reflection, peer dialogue, narrative tools — explore the gap between current self-concept and the person you're becoming. Stuart leads. This is Ground Day — psychological excavation that makes space for everything that follows.
Outcomes: named tensions between past identity and present reality, articulated edges of growth.
KIAC Hall
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
Yukon Spa
13:00 – 14:00
Gastroenterology Seminar with Dr. Alan Desmond
Live Zoom session. Why gut health matters. The gut-brain connection. Plant-based protocols.
KIAC Hall
15:00 – 17:00
Riverbank Time
Unstructured time on the banks of the Yukon River. No facilitation. Sit, walk, write, or simply be with the river and the cold. First extended invitation into solitude — rehearsal for the Solo Vigil.
Outcomes: comfort with unstructured time, surfacing of material that structured sessions haven't reached.
Yukon Riverbank
17:00 – 18:00
Health Sessions with Mike
Blood work review available
18:30 – 20:00
Dinner
20:00 – 21:30
Storytelling Circle I
Theme: "A moment when everything changed" — Held under the aurora if conditions allow. Stuart introduces storytelling format: speak from experience, not opinion.
Outcomes: immediate group intimacy, narrative as primary mode of meaning-making.
Dome/KIAC Hall
21:30 – 23:00
Spa & Close
04
Purpose
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18
What am I here for? What does my body already know?
07:30 – 08:15
Morning Practice
Somatic ritual anchored in movement and breath to connect with felt sense before reflective inquiry.
Spa Grounds
08:30 – 09:00
Breakfast / Drive to Tombstone
09:00 – 9:30
Morning Storytelling Circle
Brief reflections — what surfaced overnight, what the body is carrying. Pure witnessing.
9:30 – 12:00
What Is My Purpose?
Deep-dive into purpose beyond role and achievement. Stuart's integral coaching framework moves participants from "what I do" toward "why I'm here." Solo reflection, paired inquiry, group harvesting.
Outcomes: comfort with unstructured time, surfacing of material that structured sessions haven't reached.
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
13:00 – 17:00
Tombstone Territorial Park
Half-day immersion in one of the most remote, visually dramatic landscapes in North America. Guided reflection and free exploration.
No agenda beyond presence. Walking prompts like "What does this landscape ask of you?"
Outcomes: awe activation, felt connection to scale and time beyond the human.
Tombstone Park
17:00 – 18:00
Drive back to Dawson
18:30 – 20:00
Dinner
20:00 – 21:30
Storytelling Circle II
Theme: "What I thought I wanted — and what I actually need" — Stories of ambition misaligned with values.
Outcomes: normalisation of complexity, deepened peer trust.
Dome/KIAC Hall
21:30 – 23:00
Spa & Close
05
The Threshold
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19
A day that asks something of you
07:30 – 08:15
Morning Practice
Threshold-aware practice. Stillness and sensation — cold air, darkness, the weight of what's coming. This is not warm-up. It's preparation.
Outcomes: somatic attunement, courage activation.
Spa Grounds
08:30 – 09:15
Breakfast
Yukon Spa
9:30 – 12:00
Crossing the Threshold
The centrepiece of Threshold day. Symbolic and experiential threshold-crossing ritual — moving from known into unknown with intention and witness. Participants walk into the landscape, name what they're leaving behind, commit to what they're stepping toward. Stuart facilitates with ceremony.
Outcomes: embodied sense of transition, named release, conscious choice-making.
KIAC Hall / Landscape
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
Yukon Spa
13:00 – 14:00
Dawson City Walk
Facilitated wander — gold rush architecture, permafrost boardwalks, confluence of rivers. What the town evokes: transience, resilience, impermanence.
Outcomes: contextualised sense of place, informal peer connection, integration walk.
Dawson City
14:00 – 17:00
Solo Vigil
2–3 hours alone in the landscape. Safe designated area. No devices. Question held: "What does this silence ask of you?" — The program's threshold crossing in its most concentrated form. Stuart prepares beforehand.
Outcomes: direct encounter with self in absence of performance, deepened capacity for solitude.
Riverbank / Wilderness Edge
17:00 – 18:00
Return Circle
Facilitated closing of Solo Vigil. Participants share briefly — one image, word, or moment from time alone. Nothing analysed; everything witnessed.
Outcomes: safe re-integration, group coherence restored.
KIAC Hall
18:30 – 20:00
Dinner & Rest
Quieter evening by design after the vigil.
21:30 – 23:00
Spa & Close
No formal programming tonight. The evening belongs to each person.
Yukon Spa
06
Making Sense
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20
How do we stay grounded when everything shifts?
07:30 – 08:15
Morning Practice
Integration mode — slow movement, journaling prompts, paired breathing.
Outcomes: emotional regulation, capacity to hold complexity.
Spa Grounds
08:30 – 09:00
Breakfast
Yukon Spa
9:00 – 12:00
Navigating the Shift
Sense-making session on the practical and psychological dimensions of life transition. How do we move through change without losing ourselves? Mapping personal transition timelines, identifying support structures, naming resistances.
Outcomes: personal transition map, increased agency in navigating uncertainty.
KIAC Hall
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
Yukon Spa
13:00 – 17:00
Traditional Cultural Experiences
Traditional knowledge and cultural programming (to be confirmed).
17:00 – 18:00
Storytelling Circle III
Theme: "What am I no longer willing to carry?" — By circle 3, the group has accumulated enough shared experience to speak more honestly.
Outcomes: collective sense-making, reduction in isolation.
KIAC Hall
18:30 – 20:00
Dinner
21:30 – 23:00
Spa & Close
Yukon Spa
07
Practice
MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 — WINTER SOLSTICE
What does this look like when I live it?
07:30 – 08:15
Morning Practice
Final morning practice. Emphasis on embodied forward motion — walking meditation, setting intentions for re-entry.
Outcomes: grounded sense of continuity, bridge between wilderness and ordinary life.
Spa Grounds
08:30 – 09:15
Breakfast
Yukon Spa
9:30 – 12:00
Embodied Practice / Tools for the Road
Practical integration. Specific practices to sustain independently: breathwork protocols, journaling frameworks, peer coaching triads, nature immersion. Stuart and Mike co-facilitate.
Outcomes: personalised toolkit, clear commitments, reduced post-program drop-off.
KIAC Hall
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
Yukon Spa
13:00 – 17:00
Winter Solstice — December 21st
The shortest day. The turning point. Ceremonial gathering at dawn. Stuart leads solstice ritual — acknowledgement of what has been released, recognition of what is returning. Group marks the moment together.
Outcomes: felt sense of transition and renewal, collective ritual memory, profound punctuation on the week's work.
Landscape / KIAC Hall
17:00 – 18:00
Self-Directed Sessions
Final afternoon. Choose: additional reflection, peer conversations, time outdoors, health session with Mike, quiet preparation.
Optional micro-sessions: letter-writing to future self, peer coaching pairs.
Outcomes: participant agency in integration, preparation for re-entry.
18:30 – 20:00
Dinner
20:00 – 21:30
Storytelling Circle IV
Theme: "What I'm taking home — and what I'm leaving behind" — Final storytelling circle. Integration mode. Participants speak about the bridge — what shifts, what stays, who they are becoming.
Outcomes: crystallisation of learning, spoken commitments, collective completion.
Dome/KIAC Hall
21:30 – 23:00
Final Health Sessions with Mike
Closing blood work, final consultations.
08
Return
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22
Departure to Whitehorse with closing health sessions
08:30 – 09:15
Breakfast
Spa Grounds
09:30 – 17:00
Driving to Whitehorse
Journey south. Return to Whitehorse.
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch
Near Pelly Crossing
Afternoon
Departures (Hotel stay included in Whitehorse if needed)
Safe travels home. Your 30-day follow-up call will be scheduled for 4 weeks from now.
What's Included Daily
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All Meals
Plant-based, gut-health optimized cuisine by Jeff
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Evening Spa Access
Thermal facilities, sauna, hot tub, massage, float therapy
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Clinical Support
Dr. Mike Ellis available throughout for health consultations
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Integral Facilitation
Stuart Voaden & Russ guide all sessions