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Looking for a retreat centre in Ontario to host your own Mindfulness retreat? In a nest of comfort and care, surrounded by the healing natural world, Northern Edge Algonquin hosts retreats featuring meditation elements and works with others to co-produce meditation retreat programs that take advantage of the unique opportunities for meditation practice in a …
Fresh off of Peterborough Yoga & Wellness Centre’s third retreat at the Edge, here’s what yoga facilitator Monica Holland had to say: “I have hosted a yoga retreat at Northern Edge for 3 years in a row now. This place is purely magical and the guests absolutely agree. The layout of the center is perfect …
“To be able to slow down and feel Mama Natures embrace, thats life changing. And that a really beautiful thing to witness in your participants.” Photo by Shannon MacLaggan, from her August 2017 retreat at Northern Edge Algonquin. Last summer, fresh off the heels of hosting a wonderful retreat with Shannon & Pete of Anupaya …
This week, our team members were invited to Niagara-on-the-Lake to witness first-had the impact of Northern Edge Algonquin programming on youth leadership and empowerment. For the past two years a group of First Nations students from Niagara region have been coming to the Edge for their Indigenous Leadership Summit. “This was a really great day, …
It’s an oft-repeated phrase among my collaborators in a long running Edge of The Wedge Tourism Training Program offered in Newfoundland and Labrador: “Do what you do best and partner for the rest.” In thinking about meeting the needs of our ideal guest sometimes we need to put away our preconceptions about our own business …
My first impressions of the Edge – blossoming, fresh, green, connected, magical – proved accurate as the four days of our Quest for Balance Yoga and Sea-kayaking program unfolded. As an outdoor educator and guide, I have been to many centres, camps and retreats in my career and yet I was, and am still, ‘wowed’ …
Quest for Balance, August 3-6 – a Facilitator’s Reflection Read More »