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Aerial view of the Big Island coastline promoting the Summer Solstice Sabbatical in Hawaii.
 

Summer Solstice 2026

JUNE 22-28, 2026 | Big Island, Hawaii

with guest healer, Dr. Paul Wang plus nourishing meals with Chef Peter, our farm to table chef.

This intimate experience is limited to 12 people.

 
Summer Solstice Weeklong Sabbatical Program
from $2,900.00

Summer Solstice Special Sabbatical Week
with Belinda Liu (Hestia Co-founder) & Dr. Paul Wang (Guest Healer)

Includes:
• 6 Brunches & 6 dinners plus 6 nights of comfortable private lodging
• Sacred sites tours around our sister site & private group equine therapy session

• Sabbatical Kit

• 3 Two-hour Morning Group Sessions with Dr. Paul Wang

 
Hand-drawn feather artwork symbolizing reflection and transformation for the Summer Solstice Sabbatical.

What aspects of your life are ready for full blossom this summer?

Join us on the Big Island of Hawaii to harness the potent power of the summer solstice energy as we bask in the aliveness of the volcano goddess Pele’s fertile lands and majestic seas to expand our connection to self, nature and belonging in community.

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.

Summer unfolds an expansion of our energies, both healthy and unhealthy, beautiful and messy, light and dark. Clarity allows us to see ourselves fully. Compassion helps us choose expression of our inherent goodness. Courage warms our heart to melt old hurts for our inner self to blossom. These themes are related to the alchemical element of Fire.

Join us for our special summer solstice sabbatical week to cultivate the fiery joy and aliveness of Pele’s lands on Big Island, Hawaii. Our group cultivation guide and guest healer for this sacred journey is Dr. Paul C. Wang, Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM). 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 us on Big Island, if you desire…

  • A deeply intimate (non-touristy) relationship with the sacred Hawaiian islands

  • More unconditional love, flow and expansiveness in your life

  • Practices to help you stay grounded and connected to your center to navigate change with more grace

  • Intentional practice with cultivating abundance in all aspects of your life

  • A deep sense of vitality and aliveness in your body and energy field

  • A reality where your dreams and visions are amplified with more joy, ease and meaning

  • Commune with like-hearted people who are sincere about doing the inner work to change the outer world

OUR SUMMER SOLSTICE FLOW

DAY 1: MON, JUNE 22 >>  GROUND & SETTLE IN

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

  • Enjoy a locally-inspired, seasonally prepared welcome summer solstice dinner and receive an overview of our weeklong journey

  • Co-create a summer solstice gratitude altar. We will root in and alchemize the energy of the fire element to facilitate the blooming and expansion of our intentions

DAY 2: TUES, JUNE 23 >> ANCHOR YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THE MAJESTY OF LAND & SEA

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

  • From 10 am - 12:30 pm, enjoy our first group morning activation session with Dr. Paul Wang to deepen into the Chinese Medicine themes of summer and refine our personal intentions for this season

  • 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

  • At 5 pm, enjoy an afternoon sunset excursion at the Place of Refuge (sacred site close to us) to connect with Hawaii culture, history and mythology

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

DAY 3: WED, JUNE 24 >>  DEEPEN INTO OUR PRIMAL INSTINCTS WITH HORSE MEDICINE

  • From 8:30 - 9:30 am, enjoy a nourishing breakfast buffet

  • From 10 am - 12 pm, travel to meet our horse guides at Mahalo Aina Sanctuary

  • From 12:30-5 pm, Deepen into our summer intentions through a customized equine therapy experience facilitated by Fabi and her herd of 20 horses

  • Enjoy a sunset dinner at Mauna Kea Resort

DAY 4: THURS, JUNE 25 >>  HARVEST THE POTENT ENERGY OF SUMMER WITH THE FIRE ELEMENT

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

  • From 10 am - 12:30 pm, enjoy follow-up group morning activation sessions with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen into inner resonance and outer balance

  • Book optional wellness sessions to help you heal, rejuvenate and harmonize with your body, mind, spirit

  • Practice embodying and living your intentions while you’re here by consciously choosing how you want to spend your time and energy

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

DAY 5: FRI, JUNE 26 >>  AMPLIFY OUR VISIONS

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

  • Enjoy a morning journey to Volcano National Park to connect to work with the energy of fire & deepen our connection to Goddess Pele with our prayers and offerings

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

DAY 6: SAT, JUNE 27 >> RELEASING RITUAL

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

  • From 10 am - 12:30 pm, enjoy follow-up group morning activation sessions with Dr. Paul C. Wang to deepen into inner resonance and outer balance

  • Book optional wellness sessions to help you heal, rejuvenate and harmonize with your body, mind, spirit

  • Release what no longer serves us with fire and water

  • Create a verbal/visual reminder to facilitate a smooth transition back

  • At 6:30 pm, nourish with a closing group dinner

DAY 7: SUN, JUNE 28 >> GIVE GRATITUDE & PREPARE TO TRANSITION

  • At 8:30 am, enjoy a final closing group breakfast

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

WHAT’S INCLUDED

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

  • Comfortable private accommodations

  • Yummy local breakfast foods stocked in your fridge and 4 vegetarian farm to table dinners by Chef Peter

  • Sabbatical toolkit and special wellness gifts made by local artisans

  • Self-guided journaling tools to keep track of your experience and insights along the way

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

  • Guided group rituals and curated ceremonies to sacred sites aligned to our personal and group intentions (i.e., Place of Refuge, Paleaku Peace Gardens & sacred Kealakekua Bay)

  • Entrance to Volcano National Park

  • S P A C I O U S N E S S !

  • Group releasing ritual to let go of what no longer serves you

  • Custom curated excursions aligned with your personal intentions

  • Coffee farm tour and tasting

ADD-ON SERVICES

  • Dinners during two of our group excursions by Mauna Kea Resort and Volcano National Park

  • 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!

 
Summer Solstice Weeklong Sabbatical Program
from $2,900.00

Summer Solstice Special Sabbatical Week
with Belinda Liu (Hestia Co-founder) & Dr. Paul Wang (Guest Healer)

Includes:
• 6 Brunches & 6 dinners plus 6 nights of comfortable private lodging
• Sacred sites tours around our sister site & private group equine therapy session

• Sabbatical Kit

• 3 Two-hour Morning Group Sessions with Dr. Paul Wang

 

 
Dr. Paul C. Wang standing outdoors in Hawaii, guest healer for the Summer Solstice Sabbatical.

ABOUT YOUR GUEST HEALER

Dr. Paul C. Wang, DACM, LAc, founder of Dao Arts Center in Albany, CA:

I am a Memetic Healer and Cultural Acupuncturist who specializes in Clinical Cosmology and Mythic Engineering. I prescribe potent memes to shift physical burnout, emotional constipation, mental diarrhea, spiritual amnesia, and natural deficit. My main tools are Dao Alchemy (Self-Cultivation), Dao Acupuncture (Self-Healing), Dao Astrology (Self-Awareness):

  • Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine 

  • Masters of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine

  • Bachelors of Science in Integrative Biology

  • Instructor of Balance Method Acupuncture

  • Transmitter of Daology (Dao De Gong Fa)

  • Sifu of WingChun

 
 
 
 

 

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Expand your visions with the majesty of Big Island’s sacred bays

JOYFUL EXPANSION. ALIVENESS. PLAY!

In 2019, I received a deep calling from Mount Shasta to bridge the magic of the mountains with the majesty of the ocean. So, my husband Peter and I journeyed to Big Island, Hawaii with a one-way ticket. We traveled there with open hearts and curious minds to connect with Pele’s fire, Mauna Kea’s strength, and the playful spirit of the wild spinner dolphins.

The instant my feet touched the soil, I could feel the strong life force of the island. We were gifted so much from the land…

Gorgeous tropical sunsets, ripe mangoes and avocados growing everywhere, delicious coffee, spontaneous whale sightings, and unexpectedly close encounters with wild spinner dolphins while swimming in the sacred Kealakekua, Honaunau and Hookena Bays.

My body felt so vibrant from the aliveness of the fiery mountains and the majesty of the ocean! Our first trip on Big Island ended up being nearly 3 weeks long. It was so hard to leave, even though we missed Mount Shasta dearly.

Over five years later, after numerous annual Big Island pilgrimages, we are honored to welcome our Paliuli Farm, our Big Island sister site, to the Hestia Magic sacred land network!

Our flagship location in Mount Shasta has a powerful way to bring precise clarity, alignment, and grounding to your visions and desires. And once that beautiful vision is clear and anchored deep into the earth, it’s time to play with the oceanic energy of joyful expansion and play with the abundance of Goddess Pele’s fertile, fiery lands.

As you meet the sacred sites and energy spots around Big Island, you will also cultivate your own intimate, reverent relationship with the spirit of the land that’s present here.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU HERE!

WITH LOVE,

BELINDA

HESTIA CO-FOUNDER, LAND STEWARD & COMMUNITY WEAVER


 
 
 

your investment

 

$2,900/person
Private suite with a shared bathroom

$3,100/person
Private suite with a private bathroom

 
 
 

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Belinda Liu is a non-profit education leader, coach, entrepreneur, nature-inspired visionary and co-host of the Gratitude Blooming podcast.

Her superpowers are shining a light on people’s strengths, bringing them out into the world, and creating life-changing tools and experiences for deep, catalytic growth.

She co-founded two purpose-driven businesses, Gratitude Blooming and Hestia Retreat Center, to create new paradigms for personal and group transformation using nature, art and self-inquiry.