Kathryn Hayward
MD
MD
As a result of her experiences teaching Integrative Whole Health to medical students and practitioners, she now devotes herself to expanding this educational approach by offering it to groups beyond those in the medical field in North America, thus inspiring her to co-found International Integrators, Living Whole Immersion Retreats and Living Whole Online.
On Hope
On Living Whole
Wholeness means something different for everybody — but one of its undeniable aspects is self-love.
Join us in our second Sunday session exploring the all-important question, “What is it to be living whole?”, along with some important community updates. To that end, LWO Founder Kathryn Hayward walks us through a new-and-improved Living Whole website. As our wonderful community introduces itself, we listen deeply and learn to honour each others’ journeys. Drawing from our community’s stories, Dr. Hayward reveals key insights about balance and openness. The future feels bright for Living Whole!
This meeting includes an introductory Jin Shin Jyutsu session on the felt sense, offered by Derek Notman, along with a closing sound bath co-led by Maia Ibar and Camilla Padgitt-Coles.
Derek Notman
On Living Whole
What is wholeness? What role does it play in our lives? How is it related to unconditional love for yourself and others? Join us as we take on these important conversations together.
Kicking off a three-part series of Sunday sessions where we discuss, “What is it to be living whole?”, LWO Founder Kathryn Hayward helps us opens the door to self-reflection after Co-Creator Mimi Choi takes us through the new website and monthly programming. Through the sharing of helpful anecdotes and pearls of wisdom, our community takes one step closer to understanding how mental, spiritual, physical, nutritional, and creative wellness contribute to our sense of wholeness.
This meeting includes an introductory Jin Shin Jyutsu session on heightened awareness, offered by Derek Notman, along with a closing sound bath co-led by Maia Ibar and Tristan Martineau.
Derek Notman
Kathryn Hayward, MD
On Change
How do we flourish in a world where the easy paths seem to lead away from well-being?
This third session in our journey through Change highlights community, one of its most powerful roots. Members share experiences that have sprouted behavioral growth, while offering practical strategies to nurture the branches of a balanced, healthy lifestyle. Our collective efforts bear fruit in the form of actionable guidance on diet, exercise, compassion, inspiration, and creativity. This culminates in a reflective closing on spiritual guidance from The Vibrancy Path author/founder Jamie Champion.
This session includes an opening meditation and closing chair yoga session led by Sheila Magalhaes, on finding inner peace amid change.
On Togetherness
Are the causes we fight for separate patches in a quilt, or are they all stitches in a greater design? To unravel this question, we turn to the craft of documentary.
In this second session on the theme of Togetherness, we are joined by filmmaker John Corry, whose documentaries have changed how we think about nutrition and mindfulness. As he shares the threads that weave the tapestry of a prolific and varied career, his quest to understand wellbeing in all its forms emerges as a central motif.
By shedding light on the patchwork of causes and characters advocating for animal rights, plant-based nutrition, medical ethics, planetary health and wellness, John highlights the need for interconnected activism. As our community canvases his creative challenges and philosophies, we are invited to reflect on the broader social fabric that connects and shapes us.
This session includes an opening and closing chair meditation on presence and interconnectedness with Sheila Magalhaes.
On Grace
When our inner child learns to play different roles to get through life’s scenes, we shift the lens toward narratives of stress: Who are the players, what have they done to us, and what must they think of us? How can we stop obsessing over every frame?
In this first of three sessions on the theme of Grace, we are joined by LWO co-founders Dr. Kathryn Hayward and David Thomas, who walk us through different scenarios that highlight the path toward grace.
We learn that grace emerges when our focus shifts toward our fundamental needs. As an auteur responds with authentic vision, grace imbues us with the confidence to recognize and honor our non-negotiables.
This session includes an introductory and closing chair yoga session by Sheila Magalhaes on the needs of the soul and embracing the present moment.