New Year’s Eve 2026 Celebration

Special Winter Sabbatical

DEC 28, 2025 - JaN 3, 2026 | Big Island, Hawaii

with guest healer, Dr. Paul Wang plus breakfast delights with Kitchen Creatrix, Sarah Grace and farm to table dinners with Chef Peter

Space is limited to 15 people.

WHAT DO YOU WISH TO INCUBATE THIS WINTER?

Winter invites a return to our origins for death creates rebirth. That which flows must also ebb as the tides of our life.

Do we have capacity to commune with the unknown?

If we can surrender into what we fear, its frozen frequencies can be freed as creativity. Deep rest is rare and required to build our reserves. Stillness is a profound force that moves from our center into the world. These themes are related to the alchemical element of Water.

Join us on the Big Island of Hawaii, home of Mauna Kea and sacred Kealakekua and Honaunau Bays, for a special winter sabbatical week to receive the restful, introspective medicine of winter. Together, we will slow down to rest and root deeply into our winter visions with the support of the community and the silence and stillness of the land. Our group cultivation guide and guest healer for this sacred journey is Dr. Paul C. Wang, Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM).

This is the perfect opportunity to transition into a new season and calendar year, if you desire:

• Greater alignment between your lifestyle and nature’s rhythms

• More slowness and quiet time in wintering

• Guided support to navigate this darker time of the year

• Sacred space to go deeper into your resting, visioning and dreaming states

“The guidance shared at the beginning of my sabbatical helped me to follow my heart and body throughout my time there. I came to deeply value the solitude and connection I felt on the land, and the beauty of my surroundings.

My return home is full of deeper clarity and rootedness as a result of my time at Hestia. As I navigate the void during this period of time, I am grounded in the lessons from Hestia and knowing that abundance and prosperity are near.”

~ JANINE PEÑAFORT

Solstice amplifies our vision, fuels our fire, enhances our sensitivity to possibilities beyond our old stories and stale identities. We feel into the new who we want to be. We ignite the process of embodying our future self in this moment. We illuminate both our intentions and blockages to create our most meaningful life. We commune our wholeness within to heal our relationships.

Dr. Wang will share his integration of martial, medical, and mystical paths as our collective story of mythic mastery — a process which actualizes our full potential. Through practical principles and meaningful flows, he will orchestrate a series of three 2-hour morning activation sessions throughout the sabbatical week to harmonize our mind, heart, body with soul, spirit, source. 

Join our Special Winter Sabbatical and New Year celebration in Hawaii to:

• Ensoul universal principles through meditation, movement, memetic practices

• Enrich your mind, body, heart, spirit with the eternal elements

• Encounter fellow lovers of solitude, plentitude, gratitude

• Enter a reality the celebrates the introspective depth, stillness and silence of this season

• Enact insights into your daily lifeways

OUR Winter SEASOn FLOW

DAY 1: SUN, DEC 28 >>  GROUND & SETTLE IN

• Be greeted by your hosts and settle into your sweet home and resting space for the week

• At 6/6:30 pm, enjoy a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared sunset dinner by Chef Peter to Water Spirit Sanctuary to welcome you to the space & receive an overview of our winter sabbatical journey

DAY 2: MON, DEC 29 >> ANCHOR YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE MAJESTY OF LAND & SEA

• From 8:30 - 9:30 am, enjoy a nourishing breakfast bar prepared by Kitchen Creatrix Sarah Grace at Paliuli Coffee Farm

• At 10 am, visit Paleaku Peace Gardens for a guided grounding walk to anchor in your intentions for the week, the season of your life and for the year ahead.

• Use the self-guided sabbatical journaling tools and connect with abundance of the land and the ocean to support the expansion of your visions

• Receive a custom curated itinerary for places to harvest the medicine of the island aligned with your personal intentions

• Book additional healing sessions to help you drop into the space or enjoy some time in the water by one of our sacred bays.

• At 6/6:30 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter at Water Spirit Sanctuary

DAY 3: TUES, DEC 30 >>  HARVEST THE POTENT ENERGY OF WINTER WITH THE MAJESTY OF THE SEAS

• From 8:30 - 9:30 am, enjoy a nourishing breakfast buffet before our group sessions at Paliuli Coffee Farm

• From 10 am - 12:30 pm, our first group morning activation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen into the Chinese Medicine themes of winter represented by the water element and sleeping practices for deep rest

• Enjoy a private boat tour led by Hestia’s resident whale and dolphin spirit teachers to integrate and alchemize with the water element

• At 7:30/8 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter at Water Spirit Sanctuary

• Apply Dr. Paul’s winter sleeping practices to help us enter into a state of deep, restorative rest.

DAY 4: WED, DEC 31 >>  DEEPEN, NOURISH & FERTILIZE YOUR WINTER INTENTIONS

• From 8:30 - 9:30 am, kick off the day with a nourishing breakfast buffet before our group sessions at Paliuli Coffee Farm

• From 10 am - 12:30 pm, enjoy a follow-up group morning activation session with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen our personal and collective intentions

• At 5 pm, alchemize the energy of the winter water element with an evening water ceremony to release what no longer serves you and make space for the shifts you want to catalyze in your life

• At 6/6:30 pm, nourish with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter

• Celebrate the turning of the new year with music and dance!

DAY 5: THURS, JAN 1 >>  HONORING NEW BEGINNINGS!

• From 8:30 - 9:30 am, kick off the day with a nourishing breakfast buffet at Paliuli Coffee Farm

• Take a morning journey to Volcano National Park to connect to Goddess Pele and offer our prayers and blessings (the timing of this trip may change depending on if/when she erupts. It’s spectacular to witness her lava flowing in real time, especially at night!)

• Enjoy a closing group cultivation session at a sacred spot in the park with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen into inner resonance and outer balance, working with the extremes of solstice energy and the medicine of winter

• At 6:30 pm, celebrate the new year with a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter

DAY 6: FRI, JAN 2 >> BEING YOUR NEW WHO IN 2026

• From 8:30 - 9:30 am, kick off the day with a nourishing breakfast buffet at Paliuli Coffee Farm

• Create a verbal/visual reminder to integrate our insights and solidify the seeds we wish to root and incubate this winter

• Integrate the practices and reflect on your vision for the new year

• At 6/6:30 pm, enjoy a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared dinner by Chef Peter

• Optional nature excursions to Isaac Hale Park (hot pools), Green Sand Beach at South Point, sacred Waipio Valley

DAY 7: SAT, JAN 3 >> GIVE GRATITUDE & PREPARE TO TRANSITION

• Visit the spots that you felt a special connection to on the land and give gratitude before you leave

• Enjoy a final group breakfast prepared by Kitchen Creatrix, Sarah Grace

• If you’re staying longer, explore other sides of the island with fellow travelers

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• Online community call on winter solstice to prepare to root yinward for the winter season

• Private boat tour with local whale and dolphin guides

• Entrances to 3 sacred sites: Volcano National Park, Place of Refuge and Paleaku Peace Gardens

• Winter yin cultivation practices to help you rest deeply and get the best sleep of your life!

• Three 2-hour guided group sessions with Dr. Paul Wang

• Private accommodations for 6 nights

• 6 brunches and 6 farm to table dinners by Chef Peter and Kitchen Creatrix Sarah Grace

• Sabbatical toolkit and special wellness gifts made by local artisans

• Access to private meditation spots, yoga studio and ocean views

• Guided meditative walk to connect with the healing power spots near our sister site (i.e., Place of Refuge, Paleaku Peace Gardens & sacred Kealakekua Bay)

• S P A C I O U S N E S S !

• Releasing ritual to let go of what no longer serves you

EXTRA SERVICES

• Extended lodging beyond the 6 nights provided in the program

• Massage, acupuncture, energy healing and other wellness services

• Private dance, movement, yoga classes

• Somatic therapy and trauma healing sessions

• Guided tours to our favorite sacred sites and energy spots around Big Island, Hawaii

• 1:1 post-sabbatical life coaching sessions to support your transition back

BOOK YOUR SPOT TODAY!