Founding Memberships · Sundari Gardens
A place that holds you.
Every year.
Sundari Gardens is becoming a membership retreat community — where your week is yours, the meals are made, and the people gathering are there for the same reasons you are.
Your week, held for you
The same week every year — reserved, familiar, yours
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Room, meals & practice
All-inclusive so you can actually arrive and rest
Real community
The same people, year after year — not strangers
WHAT THIS IS
Not a hotel. Not a timeshare.
Something closer to a second home.
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Most retreat experiences are beautiful — and then they're over. You leave the container, return to ordinary life, and slowly lose the thread of what you touched.
This membership is built around continuity. You return to the same place, the same week, the same community of people who share your values — year after year. The belonging isn't incidental. It's the point.
Sundari Gardens is a 15-room retreat center on the Big Island. The season runs May through August. Thirteen rooms are available to members; two are held for visiting Artists and Healers in Residence each month.
The season runs May through August. You choose your week when you join. Week-swapping is available within the same season, and a member community network connects you with others year-round.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Everything covered. Nothing to manage.
Your membership is fully all-inclusive. Arrive with nothing to figure out.
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Private room for your assigned week
Daily morning movement — yoga, dance, or somatic
Weekly Heart Council — facilitated group connection
Grounds, gardens & shared spaces — all open to you
Participation in monthly theme programming
All meals — farm-to-table, shared table
Daily guided meditation
Access to visiting Artists & Healers in Residence
Priority rebooking & seasonal week-swap flexibility
Member community network & future priority booking
MEMBERSHIP
Simple pricing. One week a year.
1
Standard
$1,500
per week · annual
2-yr: $2,700
Save $300
2
Comfort
most chosen
$1,650
per week · annual
2-yr: $2,970
Save $300
3
Premium
$1,800
per week · annual
2-yr: $3,240
Save $360
Two-year memberships are paid upfront — and that's what makes the purchase of this property possible. When you commit to two years, you're not just saving money. You're helping bring this place into being.
ARTISTS & HEALERS IN RESIDENCE
The space is always in conversation
with something alive.
Two rooms each month are held for visiting artists and healers — each bringing a theme, a practice, and a new kind of presence to the retreat. Whatever month your week falls in, you step into something that's already unfolding.
JAN |
Sacred Movement
Dance, somatic practice, body liberation
MAR |
Visionary Arts
Painting, mixed media, expressive arts
MAY |
Voice & Story
Storytelling, oral tradition, sound healing
JUL |
Community & Council
Relational healing, conflict transformation
FEB |
The Songwriter's Retreat
Original music, lyric writing, performance
APR |
Plant Medicine & Ecology
Herbalism, foraging, land connection
JUN |
Yoga & Contemplation
Deep practice, philosophy, Seva
AUG |
Integration & Rest
Open space, reflection, member-led offerings
FROM KATIE
This place has held people at important moments in their lives.
I've been part of Sundari Gardens for years — managing it, running programming, knowing the guests and the rhythms of the space. When I learned it was being sold, my first feeling was grief. My second was clarity.
"The people who love this place should be the ones to keep it going."
This membership model is the structure that makes that possible. It's not a reinvention of what Sundari is — it's a way of rooting it more deeply in the community that's already here. The retreats, the meals, the morning practices, the quality of care — all of it continues. The people arriving will be the same kinds of people who have always come: seekers, healers, artists, and those who simply need rest.
You already know that rest, creativity, and community are not luxuries — they are necessities. But finding a place that offers all three, consistently, at a price that makes sense, is rare. By joining as a founding member, you are not just booking a week. You are becoming part of the story of this place.
If that's you — there's a week here with your name on it.
Only 13 memberships per week.
Founding members lock in today's rates and help this place become what it's meant to be.
There's no pressure — just an open door, while it's open.
You already know that rest, creativity, and community are not luxuries — they are necessities.
Two-year memberships are paid upfront — and that's what makes the purchase of this property possible. When you commit to two years, you're not just saving money. You're helping bring this place into being.
By joining as a founding member, you are not just booking a week. You are becoming part of the story of this place.
Good questions
A few things people wonder about.
Is this a timeshare?
Not at all. You're not purchasing property — you're holding a week in a living retreat community. Annual membership, fully all-inclusive, with the option to renew or step back after your term.
What if something comes up and I can't make my week?
Week-swapping is available within the same season. We're also building a member community where people can coordinate directly. Life happens — the structure is meant to flex with it.
What does all-inclusive actually mean?
Your room, every meal, and all core daily programming — movement, meditation, Heart Council, and participation in the monthly residency theme. The only extras are supplemental workshops offered by visiting residents, at additional cost.
When does the first season open?
The first member season is planned for May of Year 1. We're in the founding member phase now. Once we reach the initial membership goal, the purchase closes and the calendar opens.
The path forward
Where we are. Where we're going.
1
Founding member outreach — now open
Soft launch within the existing Sundari community
2
Public membership launch
Open to all — Month 3
3
$300K in founding memberships reached
Purchase executes — Month 4–6
4
Dance Temple construction begins
Dedicated movement studio — Month 6–12
5
First member season opens
May, Year 1
Questions? Reach out — we'd love to talk.
Sundari Gardens is a living community, and every conversation about it matters.
Whether you're ready to join, still sitting with it, or just want to know more — Katie is happy to connect personally.