Join us for a restorative and enriching experience designed to build resilience through artistic embodiment practices including movement, writing and drawing.
About The Drawn to medicine retreat
Drawn To Medicine is a 5 day / 4 night gathering at Lumeria Maui retreat center to be held November 2 through 6, 2026. We designed this event for a small group of physicians who feel similar strains of dis-ease and fatigue from their work and desire an opportunity to share learnings, provide mutual support, and practice transformation through art.
Registration fees include 4 nights lodging, daily breakfast and dinner, and art workshops including movement / dance, writing, and drawing and private coaching sessions with Coach Seinberg. Participants are eligible for up to 10 hours of CME credits provided through Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare. Travel to and from Maui is not included.
Lumeria Maui is a luxury educational retreat center and stunning oasis of tranquility that connects people with the sacred 'aina and mystery of Maui through its experiential classes & programs. Lumeria is located on six magnificently landscaped ocean view acres, just outside of the seaside village of Paia on Maui’s North Shore. The 1909 historic building was completely restored and features 24 luxurious guest accommodations.
Drawn to Medicine Retreat Learning Objectives
Recognize the ways in which medical training and the US healthcare system contribute to physician anguish and fatigue
Explain the concepts of moral stress, moral distress and moral injury and how each can contribute to the psychological strain experienced by healthcare workers; left unaddressed, these conditions can result in burnout and attrition
Understand embodiment philosophy and how embodiment practices can address personal and collective harms including moral distress and moral injury
Explain how different expressive arts including writing, drawing and dance function as embodiment tools for processing emotion, reducing stress, and enhancing self-awareness
Describe the physiologic changes associated with artistic practice, both as a receiver and creator, and how these changes are associated with improved health and wellbeing by alleviating emotional strain and psychological rigidity
Practice observational skills through drawing and writing, resulting in different abilities to notice variation, a key to clinical diagnostic skills
Recognize intentionality as a strategy for sustaining wellbeing in times of stress and understand the physiologic changes associated with intentional practices
Identify and develop at least one personalized expressive arts practices and create intention to integrate that practice into a routine
| Retreat Program - Daily Schedule (sample) |
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| 7a Morning movement (dance / yoga) |
| 8a Breakfast at Lumeria |
| 10-12p Reflective Writing with Sara Seinberg |
| Lunch on your own |
| 2-3p Individual Coaching Session |
| 3-5p Botanical Drawing with Sam McWilliams (art supplies provided) |
| 6-7p Dinner at Lumeria |
| 8-9:30 Group Reflection / Dance |
RETREAT LEADERS
SAM MCWILLIAMS
Sam McWilliams is an acclaimed tattooist and renowned botanical artist and instructor from San Francisco, California. Sam excels at botanical and nature-inspired designs, birds, text, precise lines, fine details, and many other styles. She has a BFA with High Distinction in painting and drawing from California College of the Arts, and studied botanical drawing on Kauai at the National Tropical Botanical Garden with the team at Draw Botanical.
sammcwilliams.com
SARA SEINBERG
Sara is a writer, artist, and coach who loves people and stories. She's profoundly creative and extremely funny. She helps folx figure out the puzzle of moving along their path, negotiating obstacles and employing resources unique to their lives.
saraseinberg.com
EMILY NEWFIELD
Emily is an OBGYN, activist, dancer and art maker. Bringing people together in community is what she does. She organized this gathering for US
DETAILS
Dates: November 2 - 6, 2026
Location: Lumeria Retreat, Maui, HI
Cost: $4400 per person
Registration Fee includes:
4 night of lodging, single occupancy
Daily breakfast and dinner
Daily art workshops
Individual coaching from Coach Seinberg
Up to 22.5 credits of CMETravel to and from Maui is not included in the registration fee30% deposit required at time of registration.
Remainder due 90 days before the retreat (July 28, 2026)
Do you want to join us in Maui? Send us your contact info and we'll respond with instructions on how to register. We only have room for 12 physicians - don't wait to get in touch!
Activity Overview
The Drawn to Medicine Physician Retreat is a 5-day restorative and enriching experience for physicians seeking to enhance their mental health and build resilience through artistic embodiment practices. Through small group reflection, mindfulness tools, and creative art practices, including writing, drawing, and dance, participants gain greater understanding of interventions that can help reduce stress and anxiety and sustain and improve clinical practice. Prior to the retreat, participants gather virtually to explore retreat themes through readings and group reflection, identify personal strengths and opportunities, and generate cohort relationships. During the retreat, participants receive individual coaching sessions to discuss goals, learnings, and insights.Target Audience
This activity is designed for practicing physicians involved in direct patient care who experience ethical conflict, burnout, or compassion fatigue in their professional roles.Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the educational activity, participants should be able to:
Recognize the ways in which medical training and the US healthcare system contribute to physician anguish and fatigue
Explain the concepts of moral stress, moral distress and moral injury and how each can contribute to the psychological strain experienced by healthcare workers; left unaddressed, these conditions can result in burnout and attrition
Understand embodiment philosophy and how embodiment practices can address personal and collective harms including moral distress and moral injury
Explain how different expressive arts including writing, drawing and dance function as embodiment tools for processing emotion, reducing stress, and enhancing self-awareness
Describe the physiologic changes associated with artistic practice, both as a receiver and creator, and how these changes are associated with improved health and wellbeing by alleviating emotional strain and psychological rigidity
Practice observational skills through drawing and writing, resulting in different abilities to notice variation, a key to clinical diagnostic skills
Recognize intentionality as a strategy for sustaining wellbeing in times of stress and understand the physiologic changes associated with intentional practices
Identify and develop at least one personalized expressive arts practices and create intention to integrate that practice into a routine
Identify the creative arts as a potential tool for systems-level intervention to interrupt physician distress and sustain clinical careers
Criteria for Success
There is a fee to participate in this activity. A certificate of completion will be awarded based on the participant's attendance and completion of the online evaluation/claim credit form.In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Dr. Emily Newfield. AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.Disclosures
None of the faculty, planners or reviewers for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.It is the policy of AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The author must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with ineligible companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflicts of interest are mitigated by AKH prior to accreditation of the activity. AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.Disclosure of Unlabeled Use and Investigational Product
This educational activity may include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.Disclaimer
This course is designed solely to provide the healthcare professional with information to assist in his/her practice and professional development and is not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The course serves as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH Inc. specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the course, for undetected error, or through participants misunderstanding of the content.
Please claim your credit by December 6, 2026. If you have questions about this CE activity, please contact AKH Inc at [email protected]
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