A Professional Development Retreat for Indigenous People

June 25–27, 2025 at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge & Nordic Spa

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LoveBack 2025 Agenda

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  • 2.5 days of training with Myrna McCallum, The Trauma-Informed Lawyer

  • Breakfast, lunch and coffee/snacks

  • A session with Moana, the Polynesian Healer

  • A medicine bag making workshop with Vanessa

  • A massage with Sherry Lynn

  • Access to our counsellor, Debbi

  • For an additional fee payable to the venue, registrants can access the thermal spas, book spa services, reserve golf times and more!

What does the fee include?

  • Moana Paulus (she/her) specializes in Polynesian Healing.  Maori Romi-romi (maternal lineage) by birthright, and Hawaiian Lomi-lomi lineages with permission.
    Her passion is helping people remove the cellular memory of trauma, shock and grief without having to re-live the initial incident. Bringing all bodies, mental, emotional, spiritual, and ethereal back in to alignment through the physical.

    Outside of her private practice, Moana has been working extensively with the Ligwilda’xw Health Society, supporting First Nations Trauma and Grief retreats.

  • Vanessa Peckford (she/her) is Blackfoot Indigenous of the Siksika Nation in Alberta. As an Indigenous Psychic Medium, Lightworker, Space Holder, Energy Healer, and Wayshower, her process is deeply rooted in spirituality with a heart-centered approach. Vanessa hosts public and private reading events helping bridge the two worlds between the earthly plane and spirit world. She also hosts workshops centered around spiritual guidance, healing, and sacred medicines. Vanessa works with her Ancestors for their guidance and support. Her mother was an Indian Residential School survivor who experienced traumas that no person should ever have to experience. Vanessa is passionate about education and healing the intergenerational trauma of Indian Residential School. 

  • Debbi Ross bio

  • Sherry Lynn Wadhams bio

What Supports are included?