Holding Space

Advice and stories about developing, facilitating, and marketing wellness or yoga retreats.

TICO & Retreat Planning with the Travel Industry Act

Are you a facilitator or leader residing in Ontario and interested in planning retreats?  That’s great!  TICO is actively approaching Ontario Retreat Facilitators to ensure they are complying with the Travel Industry Act – There are some important guidelines that you will need to understand in order to promote and facilitate your retreats legally: What …

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In Their Words: Finding your Edge as a first-time retreat facilitator

Brianna Lintner & Celigne Degagne – North Bay, ON Brianna Lintner knew she would host a retreat at Northern Edge Algonquin one day. As a budding entrepreneur, she was very excited to receive one of her first pieces of mail to her North Bay, Ontario yoga studio just a few months after opening the business: …

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In Their Words: Why this yoga facilitator considers the Edge one of her best kept secrets

Tina Gadoury is an all-around successful wellness practitioner. As the owner and operator of The Yoga Limb, Tina has a dedicated following of yogis who spent the better part of post-quarantine 2020 practicing safely distanced, outdoor yoga at her studio in Paris, Ontario. Just shy of three years into her business, she had already hosted …

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Here’s why Northeastern Ontario is the perfect place to host your next yoga retreat

In the coming months as we experience inevitable and continued change in the world it is important to create spaces of sanctuary such as yoga retreats to support our communities in grounding through change. We all need places to experience change safely – a change of scenery and a change of pace. A change of …

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