Workshops

Presence is Medicine

Unlock Limits | Accelerate Abundance

Presence is Medicine

An Immersive and Integrative Experience

for Professional Health Care Providers

Collaboratively Curated | Compassionately Delivered | Collectively Inspired

Join Patricia Auchnie, founder of Nova Salutem Inc. “Unlock Limits, Accelerate Abundance”  alongside a team of experienced facilitators, for a rare and deeply restorative experience designed for those who care for others.

This evidence-based, spiritually inspired immersion experience is not therapy and it may feel therapeutic. You will be invited to step out of performance and into presence as you relax and reflect on what is needed next for you.

Who This Is For

Healthcare providers who carry more than they may say:

  • Nurses, Therapists & Counsellors

  • Doctors (Dentist Specifically), Specialists, Pastoral Care Providers

  • Frontline & Helping Professionals

You hold systems.
You hold people.
You hold stories.

This container is here to hold you.

The Invitation

We know what you carry with courage and grace.
We know what it costs to show up in that place.

Bring your mind, your body, the courage to rest—
We’ll meet you gently, and guide you to what’s best.

The performance is over.
Your presence is calling.


 

Event Details

Bedford, Nova Scotia
May 28, 2026
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
(Optional Silent Arrival begins at 5:00 PM)
222 Waterfront Drive


 

The Experience (4 Hours)

Didactic — Neuroscience & Patterning

Understand what your mind and body are signaling—and why.
Grounded in evidence. Immediately applicable.

Experiential — Somatic & Relational

Sound. Breath. Stillness. Connection.
Move what words alone cannot.

Reflective — Self-Authorship

Clarify your inner narrative.
Shift from reaction to conscious design.

Integrative — Guided Meaning-Making

Turn insight into action.
Map sustainable change into your real life.

Ceremony — Opening & Closing Circle

A shared human experience of acknowledgement, humility, and connection.


 

Aftercare & Integration

Your experience does not end when the evening closes.

Optional Online Integration Session Included
For those who wish to go deeper, process their experience, and translate insight into meaningful change, you are invited into a guided post-event integration session.

This is where the work becomes embodied.
Where insight becomes action.
Where presence becomes practice.


 

What You Will Embody

  • Self-Awareness — a sustained internal protocol

  • Regulation — tools for your nervous system

  • Clarity — boundaries with self and others

  • Alignment — values-based decision making

  • Agency — ownership, action, and follow-through


 

The Outcome

A meaningful shift in self-awareness and emotional processing
A deeper understanding of connection, rupture, and repair
Practical tools grounded in neuroscience and lived experience
A felt sense of restoration, clarity, and reconnection


 

Preparation

Please bring:

  • Eye covering (to block light)

  • Blanket + pillow

  • Water

  • Journal + pen

  • Optional meaningful item

Come with a personal intention.
Arrive nourished, and if possible, avoid alcohol and heavy food beforehand.


 

Education & Professional Credit

This experience includes a didactic learning component (40 minutes) that may be eligible for:

  • Professional development reimbursement

  • Continuing education/self-care hours (depending on your regulatory body)


 

Energy Exchange

Early Access (First 6 Participants): $288
Standard Investment: $320

Loyalty Offering:
Previous clients of Lori, Dawn, or Nova Salutem Inc. receive 10% off this experience.

Limited, intentionally curated group.


 

Reserve Your Seat


Hold Seat NOW and Save Booking Fees by emailing Info@NovaSalutem.ca directly.

This is a one-time, intimate experience.
It will not be repeated in this exact form.