The Kaizen of breaking down a question worth discussing At Northern Edge Algonquin we strive for continuously improving our processes and our products and experiences. A good place to start a process of continuous improvement is to ask good questions. If you take the time to ask a really really good question, you’ll set yourself […]
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Follow Our Process for Engaging Meetings Our facilitation team are educators and business people. With decades of teaching and facilitation experience we have developed processes that can take any organization or community through a process of strategic planning. Use these principles to inspire your team and create a meeting where everyone is engaged: 1) Set
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Having reached the magical age of 66, I find myself reflecting on who I am and what I have learned. Here are some of the keys for me: Much love to all From my heart to your heart. *** Home Practice: Take a few quiet moments to reflect on the flow of your life. There
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Guest Post by Karin Vanhinsberg, Retreat Attendee/Mentor & Circle Member In my heart I feel that all things connected with standing in our own Pillar of Light are also seeds to planting the dream of Unity. Our Pillar of Light is us shining out as our fully embodied, empowered selves; our way of Being our
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Guest Post For my 33rd birthday, looking for answers, seeking peace and happiness, I decided to gift myself a weekend at the Edge. Little did I know it would change my life. Yearning for deep healing, I immersed myself in this experience which was unknown yet strangely familiar. I was meant to be here. To
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Guest Post by Jane Large, Retreat Attendee & Mentor, Circle Member Each of us has a Heart Song, a unique sound that is part of the Symphony of Life, the song of the One Heart of Creation. This is what we came here to contribute – to share the most magnificent sound that is ours
Jonny Harris and the fabulous team at Frantic Films visited South River, Ontario last January and made a visit to Northern Edge Algonquin as part of the shoot. Edge co-founder, Todd Lucier had been unplugged from the media for over a year at that point and knew nothing about the hybrid comedy / documentary program
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Guest Post by Jocelynne Robinson, Collective Circle Member During a Heart Blossom retreat I recently attended, we were invited to seek out a rock that was willing to reveal it’s ancient wisdom to us about what is blossoming in our hearts. We were further invited to paint with watercolour what we could see in the
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By Martha Lucier, CCSS Co-Founder 32 years ago, as I lay next to my two and a half year old daughter, Natalie, I recall hearing an important message that has stuck with me ever since. As she clutched her favourite stuffed animal, ‘Popples’, I heard an inner voice share these words ‘It is important for
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By Hedy Minten, Retreat Attendee & Circle Member ~ Surrender, photo by Hedy Minten In our Spirit Canoe, we sit, ready to embark. The river winds ahead. Large, smooth, dark boulders sit like calm shadows, ancient guardians to guide and protect us. Tall, evergreen trees stand sentinel behind them, alive and dancing in their quiet
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