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Ways in

There are many ways onto this path. On retreat, in the silence of Quebec’s forests or the unspoiled beauty of the European landscape. With a book opened in the evening, settled deep into your armchair. In a conference hall. In a circle with your team. Or simply online, from home.

Here are the doors open to you.

A retreat at the Kina8at centre, in the Laurentians

Retreat calendar

Retreats in Quebec and Europe, led by Marie-Josée Tardif and Grandfather T8aminik Rankin. A chance to step away, return to what matters, and find joy again through the strength of the circle.

Held in French, and available in English on request.

Upcoming dates

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12–15 Nov

Retraite · Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Amoureuse, Maternelle et Guerrière

Drôme Ce stage exclusif, animé par Marie-Josée, s’adresse aux femmes désireuses de se ressourcer, de cheminer vers le bien-être au féminin et de transformer profondément leurs relations.

Corporate talks and workshops

For more than twenty years, Marie-Josée and Elder Dominique (T8aminik) Rankin have worked with public and private organizations in Quebec, Europe, and around the world. Their talks and workshops reach whole teams through their depth, their warmth, and their relevance to the world we live in.

Five themes are offered, in person or online, in French or in English:

  • Understanding Indigenous realities
  • Leadership, self-awareness, and interpersonal skills
  • Forgiveness and reconciliation
  • Wellbeing at work
  • Climate change and our relationship with the Earth

Explore the talks and workshops

A corporate talk by Marie-Josée Tardif and Dominique Rankin

Those who have trusted us

Within the first few minutes, participants are captivated and deeply moved. This pause lets us reconnect with ourselves through a wisdom thousands of years old.
Valérie Lavoie President and Chief Operating Officer, Desjardins General Insurance Group
Your words and your message echoed all week long. You had a profound impact on a whole community of human beings.
Diane Houle-Rutherford Leadership Program, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
The bonds we are weaving are enriched in ways whose full reach we cannot yet imagine.
Nicolas Chapard Psychologist, Gendarmerie nationale, France

Donne-toi tout: the podcast

A podcast hosted by Marie-Josée Tardif, to walk the path day by day. Conversations, reflections and personal stories, to meet the wisdom of the teachings in a different way, at your own pace, wherever you are.

Donne-toi tout is a very personal space. Marie-Josée invites the people she wishes to talk with, following her own questions and the encounters along her path.

Listen to the podcast

Donne-toi tout, Marie-Josée Tardif’s podcast
La Leçon de Sitar, by Marie-Josée Tardif

Marie-Josée’s books: companions through life’s passages, great and small

Marie-Josée’s books are companions for the road. They carry the teachings of the circle further and invite a quiet, personal reflection, in your own time.

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Media and interviews

Articles, radio and television appearances, interviews, and recorded talks. To meet her voice in many different settings.

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Marie-Josée Tardif in an interview
Marie-Josée Tardif by a Laurentian lake at dawn, in the mist

From home

Walking the path online

The programs of Les Enseignements Kisis pick up where the in-person retreats leave off, to follow at your own pace, wherever you are in the French-speaking world. In French.

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