Current programs:
summer/fall 2025
SPRING 2025
Clothing swap
open mic #2
building resiliency
Registration for PaymentWeaving your story
open mic night
Art and magic
art of anxiety for expecting moms
Weaving with the ancestors
March art and magic
February art and Magic group
New offering- Expecting mothers support group
past offerings
Winter 2024
SUMMER 2024
We will guide you through this embodiment program so you can leave feeling confident with concrete tools from real experiences that can change the quality of your relationships.
Facilitated by:
Nathan M. Torti, MA, RCT
Nathan has been facilitating Therapeutic Wilderness and Equine Assisted Therapy programs for many years in Colorado and Nova Scotia. His passion for working with people, animals and the Land is clearly felt and seen through a lifetime dedicated to supporting people in connecting with themselves, each other and the Wild World.
He weaves the science of Transpersonal Psychology with evidence based Wilderness Counseling Therapy to create a foundation of Eco-centric awakening and healing. Nathan brings a deep understanding of attachment, neuroscience, trauma and emotional literacy.
Let’s move beyond talk therapy!
Harry Isaac, RHN, CBT
For the last 3 decades Harry Isaac has been deep diving into the world of Health & Wellness. He received training in Shiatsu Therapy(RST), Holistic Nutrition(RHN), LaStone Therapy(LST). He is a certified Breathwork Teacher for Individuals, Couples & Groups, and currently studying Functional Breathing with Oxygen Advantage. He completed a B.Sc in Biology from Dalhousie University, worked at the Holistic Therapy Centre in Vancouver and founded the Whole Health Clinic on Bowen Island.
Being President of a 151-year-old logistics, marine & personnel business for years has given Harry Isaac a unique understanding of corporate stress. These days his passion & focus is Breathwork at his private practice Embody Breathwork in Halifax, NS.
Embody-Breathwork.com
This event will be held in partnership with the Whinny Hill Equestrian Centre. Learn more about their work rescuing horses and bridging Equine wisdom to the community: https://whinnyhill.ca
Spring 2024
Microdosing Mushroom in Community
Harm Reduction Model
Harm reduction is a set of practical strategies aimed at reducing negative health, social and legal consequences associated with substance use.
Holos Integrative Health stands for responsible empowered living, and honoring the choice of the individual.
Holos Integrative Health and Wild Art Therapy do not promote, provide nor prescribe the use of illicit substances.
We believe that sharing evidence based practice, self and co-regulation strategies, and creating safe community containers aligns with our mission of empowering each individual in their personalized healing journey.
Goals of Microdosing Psilocybin Integrated Support
Together, we will:
Explore the evidence, research, indications and contraindications of “magic” mushrooms, with emphasis on microdosing
Demystify the process and explore the safe preparation of a microdose
Discuss common pitfalls, questions, options and safety when considering self-prescribed microdosing
Learn more about the process of neuroplasticity, and how we can begin to “change our mind”
Support the interconnected mind, body and spiritual experience while microdosing, through integration
Connect with like minded members of our community
6 x bi-weekly Zoom meetings (1.5 hours per session)
Start date: Tues. May 28th
Run time: 6:30-8 pm AST
Cost: 22$/session (total cost $132, + HST)
Included in this online workshop:
In the Kitchen: Medicine making tutorial on the safe preparation of microdosing medicine
Holos Microdosing Passport: This self reflective and educative information package is intended to support you through your microdosing experience. Your companion passport includes:
self reflection journal prompts
self-regulation strategies
tips on how to best support your body mind experience when engaging with behavior change
supplement and food suggestions to support change, with a focus on mitochondrial, gut, and CNS balance
integration support
reflections to support rising awareness, expanded states of consciousness and spiritual experiences
Community chat: We will be creating a Signal Chat , to allow a safe and private (encrypted) virtual space for candid discussion and connection between group members during our shared time together.
Harm Reduction Model
Harm reduction is a set of practical strategies aimed at reducing negative health, social and legal consequences associated with substance use.
Holos Integrative Health stands for responsible empowered living, and honoring the choice of the individual.
Holos Integrative Health and Wild Art Therapy do not promote, provide nor prescribe the use of illicit substances.
We believe that sharing evidence based practice, self and co-regulation strategies, and creating safe community containers aligns with our mission of empowering each individual in their personalized healing journey.
Goals of Microdosing Psilocybin Integrated Support
Together, we will:
Explore the evidence, research, indications and contraindications of “magic” mushrooms, with emphasis on microdosing
Demystify the process and explore the safe preparation of a microdose
Discuss common pitfalls, questions, options and safety when considering self-prescribed microdosing
Learn more about the process of neuroplasticity, and how we can begin to “change our mind”
Support the interconnected mind, body and spiritual experience while microdosing, through integration
Connect with like minded members of our community
6 x bi-weekly Zoom meetings (1.5 hours per session)
Start date: Tues. May 28th
Run time: 6:30-8 pm AST
Cost: 22$/session (total cost $132, + HST)
Included in this online workshop:
In the Kitchen: Medicine making tutorial on the safe preparation of microdosing medicine
Holos Microdosing Passport: This self reflective and educative information package is intended to support you through your microdosing experience. Your companion passport includes:
self reflection journal prompts
self-regulation strategies
tips on how to best support your body mind experience when engaging with behavior change
supplement and food suggestions to support change, with a focus on mitochondrial, gut, and CNS balance
integration support
reflections to support rising awareness, expanded states of consciousness and spiritual experiences
Community chat: We will be creating a Signal Chat , to allow a safe and private (encrypted) virtual space for candid discussion and connection between group members during our shared time together.
winter 2023/24
We are very excited to announce the launch of an ongoing Wild Art Therapy group called ART+MAGIC. The premise of this group is to join together in community to create art that holds meaning and magic that participants can use for ritual or other practices at home.
Where? 222 waterfront drive, bedford, suite 103
When? First Fridays of every month 6 - 9pm
December 1st: Pocket Altars
5th: Moon Journals with Kaya Wiltshire
February 2nd: Food+ Art = Self Love with Chef Coco
Fine Print:
No experience necessary
66$ per session with all materials included
can be covered under some insurance policies
please let us know if cost is a barrier
MUST RSVP for every session due to limited spaces
Where? 222 waterfront drive, bedford, suite 103
When? First Fridays of every month 6 - 9pm
December 1st: Pocket Altars
5th: Moon Journals with Kaya Wiltshire
February 2nd: Food+ Art = Self Love with Chef Coco
Fine Print:
No experience necessary
66$ per session with all materials included
can be covered under some insurance policies
please let us know if cost is a barrier
MUST RSVP for every session due to limited spaces
FALL 2023
Spring 2023
Winter 2023
Wild Art Therapy and Hands On Horses are starting off 2023
with a program supporting teens!
Transpersonal Wilderness Therapist Nathan Torti, MA, RCT (with 20 years in the field) and Equine Specialist Dawn Josey (with 10 years as a professional with horses) are facilitating another equine therapy group to build self esteem, learn how to calm big emotions like anxiety or fear as well as develop clear communication skills.
This Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) offers participants a calm, emotionally safe connection with horses. Instead of riding, all activities are "ground work" and relational, as people learn how to communicate with the horses and each other.
This program is evidence-based support for PTSD, Anxiety, Grief & Loss and other activated nervous systems. Playing with these gentle giants can show us who we truly are and help us to feel safe in our own body, accepted, seen and heard. EAP empowers self confidence, teaches us how to use our Voice, strengthen attachment bonds and communicate more clearly. The benefits are endless and the relationships between horses and humans are ancient.
"It was like an island of calm in my usually chaotic life" - previous participant
This group is covered under most health insurance!
4 consecutive Mondays, starting March 6
5-6pm at Todd Hill Farm
$585 per person
with a program supporting teens!
Transpersonal Wilderness Therapist Nathan Torti, MA, RCT (with 20 years in the field) and Equine Specialist Dawn Josey (with 10 years as a professional with horses) are facilitating another equine therapy group to build self esteem, learn how to calm big emotions like anxiety or fear as well as develop clear communication skills.
This Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) offers participants a calm, emotionally safe connection with horses. Instead of riding, all activities are "ground work" and relational, as people learn how to communicate with the horses and each other.
This program is evidence-based support for PTSD, Anxiety, Grief & Loss and other activated nervous systems. Playing with these gentle giants can show us who we truly are and help us to feel safe in our own body, accepted, seen and heard. EAP empowers self confidence, teaches us how to use our Voice, strengthen attachment bonds and communicate more clearly. The benefits are endless and the relationships between horses and humans are ancient.
"It was like an island of calm in my usually chaotic life" - previous participant
This group is covered under most health insurance!
4 consecutive Mondays, starting March 6
5-6pm at Todd Hill Farm
$585 per person
past programs and offerings
Ongoing services & specializations
Individual counsellingCounseling Therapy sessions are held in confidential spaces, in our office or outdoors in and around the Halifax area.
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professional supervisionProviding supervision for professionals seeking:
RCTc (Registered Counseling Therapist Candidacy) RCAT (Registered Canadian Art Therapist). |
Technology ADDICTIONOffering concrete tools and non-judgmental support to people of all ages who are negatively impacted by their screen time.
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