Updates and stories from The Edge, plus tips on green living, cooking local, special offers, and upcoming events.
Canada’s most famous provincial park is on the bucket list for many, and while there was once a time that camping was your only option to take in the beauty of Ontario’s expansive wilderness – times have changed. Everything from rustic cabins to high-end Algonquin Park resorts are available in and around the park. With […]
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Women’s friendships are really special and it’s important to invest in sharing time together, especially as life moves forward and things get busy. One great way of maintaining these friendships is coming together for regular retreats. That’s why we wanted to share our top 5 women’s retreat ideas for your next girlfriend getaway! 1. Women’s
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It’s January 1, 2016. I wake the same as most days. My morning routine is my comfort zone. I take a kettle from the stove and hold it under the faucet, counting to ten as the water fills the kettle to just the right amount to make a pot of coffee. While I wait for
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
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On November 13, 2015 I decided to unplug from news media. This is the story of how I came to make such a decision, how it has lasted more than three and a half years (to date) and how it has transformed my way of thinking and being. How did I prepare for disconnecting: November
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“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
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The Edge is an interesting place to find yourself. People are drawn here for all sorts of reasons – whether it’s an opportunity to dig a little deeper inside themselves, a chance to learn a new skill, to grow in one way or another as an individual, or just as a chance to get out
1. You have to turn solar panels to follow the sun On bright and sunny days, members of the Edge family have to make sure that each of the solar panels are turned in order to follow the sun anywhere from three to six times a day. 2. Anything that produces heat will suck all
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Here at Northern Edge Algonquin we pride ourselves as being an award-winning nature retreat with an eco-friendly facility and operations. A big part of that includes operating on solar power. It provides us with the energy we need for pumping and heating water, efficient lighting, music, and most of the comforts you are likely familiar
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My transformation started with a BIG exhale and a gentle voice, ‘Ahhhhhh, here you are. Where have you been?’ The voice was my own. It was the summer of 2013 and I had just hopped onto a paddleboard for the very first time on Kawawaymog Lake. In the weeks leading up to this moment I knew
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