Teacher Retreat

Friday, July 26, 2024 from 10 AM to 4 PM
Registration is required. Stay tuned for online registration.

Join us for a relaxing and healing day-long retreat just for teachers. We understand the past couple years have been more difficult than ever and teachers have faced so many challenges. Come and relax with meditation, gentle yoga, journaling, and mini-healing treatments given by our certified and talented practitioners. Explore the benefits of Reiki, mini-facial, reflexology and more. There is also time to explore our peaceful grounds, or to find a quiet spot in our beautiful main house to sit with a cup of tea. We will provide everyone with a wonderful lunch. This retreat is an opportunity to take care of yourself and network with other teachers. We gain so much from sharing and being with others.

Mother’s Day Retreat

For mothers who have lost a child

Friday, May 10, 2024 from 10 AM to 4 PM
Registration is required – REGISTER HERE

Join us for a relaxing and healing day-long retreat just for moms whose children have passed. Relax with gentle yoga, journaling, and mini-healing treatments given by our certified and talented practitioners. Explore the benefits of Reiki and more. There is also time to explore our peaceful grounds, or to find a quiet spot in our beautiful main house to sit with a cup of tea. We will provide everyone with a wonderful lunch. This retreat is an opportunity to take care of yourself and meet other moms. We gain so much from sharing and being with others who are on this difficult grief journey.

Holistic Cancer Retreat

Friday, April 26, 2024 from 10 AM to 4 PM
Registration is required – REGISTER HERE

If you have recently been impacted by a cancer diagnosis, please join us at Hope Floats for a day of rest and renewal created especially for you. Enjoy a gentle yoga class, group support, a nourishing noon meal, as well as varied holistic treatments. Our gifted practitioners, facilitators and volunteers will offer you a nurturing space to find an oasis of comfort and ease as you navigate this challenging time. (As we want to make sure you are able to fully participate and enjoy this day of support, if you are currently undergoing treatment, please obtain a signed letter of permission from your doctor). This group is led by trained Hope Floats peer volunteer facilitators.

Summer Camp 2024

Tuesdays, 5:30 – 7:00 pm: 7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30

Registration for camp is now open!

Registration is required. Please contact Abby at abby4@hopefloatswellness.org or call 781-585-4221 ext 4 to register.

We are thrilled to offer a four-week summer camp for children, teens, and families coping with a significant death-related loss. During this program we will have pizza, amazing vendors, and fun-filled outdoor activities. This year, we have special visits planned from the Cohasset Working Dog Foundation and their therapy dogs, LaymoDough Pizza, Mass Audubon and their owls, the Kingston Recreation Department, and Sweet 16 Ice Cream! Children will also have the opportunity to engage in expressive-arts activities focused on processing grief and loss. While the children and teens participate in their groups we welcome parenting adults to participate in a peer-facilitated support group for those who have lost a partner or spouse.

Small Footprints: Bereavement Group for parents who have lost a child from birth to age 12

Tuesdays, 6:00 -7:30 pm (Zoom): 3/5, 3/19, 4/2, 4/16, 4/30, 5/14, 5/28, 6/11, (No Group on 6/25 due to Hope Floats Golf Tournament), 7/9, 7/23

Registration is required. Please contact Abby, 781-585-4221 ext 4.

Attention all wizards and witches! Step into the wizarding world of Harry Potter for a special “March Magic” Family Night at Hope Floats. This Family Night is for children 5-18 and their parents/caregivers grieving the death of a loved one.
Join us on Thursday, March 21 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm for a fun-filled Harry Potter themed evening and encounter LIVE OWLS with a very special visit from Mass Audubon, a wildlife and nature conservation organization. Find out which Hogwarts house you’re assigned to, practice your wand making and sorcery skills, and MORE through expressive arts and crafts.
A pizza dinner will be served. Activities and a separate support group will be offered to adults and caregivers while children attend their groups and activities. Costumes and muggles welcome!
Registration is now closed for this event. If interested, please call 781-585-4221 ext 4 to join the waitlist.
Please register all children who plan on attending. Space is limited and registration is on a first come, first served basis. Please keep in mind we anticipate a high demand for this event and will be reaching out with a follow-up confirmation so we can accommodate as many families as possible. Registration closes on Sunday, March 10.
Due to the increase interest in Family Night, we often have a waitlist for families interested in joining. If you register and are unable to attend at any point, please provide advance notice. Thank you for your continued consideration and communication regarding absences!
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you!

Oil Painting Workshop with a Twist for the Beginner to the Intermediate…(Adults)
Reawaken Your Creative Soul and Learn to Paint

 

Tuesdays 9:00 am -12:00 pm (6-week session)
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 – Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Instructor:  Laura Tryon Jennings, CAGs
Registration: REGISTER ONLINE HERE
Fee: $198 (plus $28 supply fee paid to Laura if needed or desired).

Tap into an extraordinary resource: the vibrant, vital force of your own creative character in a nurturing, encouraging, and safe environment and discover your distinctive path to oil painting. You only need bring the willingness to give up any attachment to feeling you have no talent or creativity. The focus of this workshop is to enjoy the creative experience and self-nurturing qualities oil painting can provide to your soul. It offers a unique blend of learning the basics of oil painting materials, foundations of color theory, color mixing, composition and working with the flow of the creative process to awaken creative spirit, remember playfulness, and open a fuller expression of authentic self by nurturing your essence. Artist Jennings approaches teaching each student individually, so they can paint freely, at their own level, and paint a subject (landscape, still life, portrait, abstract, interior, etc. from life and/or from a photograph) befitting their skills and needs. The workshop can be used as a vehicle for expression, playing with paint, learning the techniques of oil painting, and/or to have instructional oil painting, which means you truly can be a beginner, intermediate, or simply get a feel for oil painting. All supplies will be provided or bring your own supplies if you prefer.

For students who have absolutely no background in painting and desire instructional painting, I sometimes recommend one or two private classes with me before jumping into a six-week session. If this isn’t feasible, I ask for patience, particularly on the first day, and encourage you to contact me with your email and phone # so I can connect with you at least one week before class. (LTryonJennings@gmail.com, 781-837-7982 landline)

All supplies will be provided or bring your own supplies if you prefer. There is a 12-student maximum.

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. For more information contact Hope Floats at 781-585-4221.

Make-up classes will be scheduled by the instructor only in the event they are cancelled due to weather or if the instructor cancels. No refunds, credits, or pro-rates except for COVID-19 related events. (Given only if the event is cancelled or at the discretion of the Hope Floats Director) ….and the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury and Hope Floats in Kingston have kindly agreed one make-up class per session can be made up at the other venue. This gives you five days to choose from to make up a class if you need to make-up a day. (No make-up on the first day of a new session) At least twenty-four hours’ notice is required to make up a class.

In case of inclement weather there will be a make-up class scheduled after the last class of each session.

Due to the impending snow storm, Hope Floats will be closed on Tuesday, February 13. All classes and groups are canceled including Oil Painting, yoga, and Mike’s Club. Please stay safe!