Wellness Within: Mindful Movement and Meditation Retreat

Friday, July 28 – Sunday, July 30, 2023

This rweekend has a focus on mindfulness practices to create a space of wellness from the inside out. Enjoy this time just for you as you experience practices in both movement and stillness, creating a blended balance of Yang & Yin energies in body, mind & spirit. 

Depending on your own unique needs, you may choose to participate in all, or perhaps, only some of the activities on the agenda. Rest assured that no matter what your current level of activity or ability, all of the practices are inclusive, and all partcipants are supported to ensure that everyone feels successful. 

  • Cleanse and nourish your body with yummy organic vegan meals, while you also nourish your soul.
  • Come into physical balance with movement classes that will flex your muscles, as well as your mind & spirit.
  • Create your resilient emotional balance with minfulness-based meditation.
  • Enjoy the beauty around you with time hiking the forest.
  • Meet new friends and become your own best friends!

Throughout this retreat, you are invited to explore various forms of minfulness meditations including sitting, walking and eating, as well as mindful movement through yoga and gentle exercise. No experience with yoga or meditation is necessary! This retreat is perfect if you’re curious about it but not sure where to start. Everything during your retreat is completely optional. This is YOUR time. If you need to sleep in, then skip the early morning yoga session. Allow this time to be the kindest gift you can ever give yourself, and honour your true needs. 

RETREAT SCHEDULE

Friday

3-4 pm      Arrive and settle into your cabin
5pm         Gentle Somatic Yoga to Re-balance the Nervous System
6pm         Dinner
7pm         Group Circle & Yoga Nidra Guided Relaxation

Saturday

7:30am       Sensory Meditation
8:00            Yin/Yang Yoga class…or sleep
9:00            Breakfast
11:30          Mindful Strength Class (or hike the forest)
12:30          Lunch & free time:  read, nap, explore the forest or go to the beach
3:30           Intro to Chakras & Meditation
4:30           Restorative Yoga
6:00           Dinner
7:30           Fire outside & star gazing or Guided Meditation inside – depends on the weather

Sunday

7:30am      Yoga 
9am           Breakfast & free time to pack up your cabin
10:30         Metta (Loving Kindness) Meditation
12:30         Lunch- Mindful Eating 

You are welcome to stay and enjoy the trails, the ambiance, and your new friends. Depart at your leisure.

Meet Your Teacher

Jenny Jackson has been immersed in Movement Education for more than 20 years. Jenny is a seeker of inner well-being, and she consciously aligns herself living with an open mind, an open heart and embodies joy & vitality which is reflected in her welcoming & inclusive style of instruction. She teaches with a strong anatomical influence while still deeply honouring the classical roots of yoga. Jenny believes that feeling vital and in harmony with others & within our own selves is the primary goal (in life and in our bodies), and practice should reflect this.

Expect well-planned, responsible, creative & intuitive instruction within Jenny’s classes and retreats. Trust that your needs will be supported and a sense of inclusion & community will always be a focus. Jenny takes her offerings (but not herself) very seriously, so you can relax and be yourself as she leads with humour and vulnerability.

Jenny is a certified and experienced schoolteacher, yoga teacher, personal trainer, group fitness coach, and Health & Wellness coach. She is a cancer survivor, mom of 3 and bilingual in English and French. She is the founder of BodyBalanced Wellness, which offers registered Yoga Teacher Training Programs, both online & in person.www.bodybalancedwellness.ca

Registration Details

Date:
Friday, July 28, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – Sunday, July 30, 2023 @ 1:30 pm
2023-07-28T15:00:00-04:00
2023-07-30T13:30:00-04:00
Cost:
Tuition

$575 + HST for shared accommodation (up to 3 – 4 people in a cabin)

$650 + HST Semi-private (just 2 people in your cabin)

$825 + HST Private cabin (just you in a cabin)

Please be in touch with any questions or help to register 866-609-1793 or email [email protected]

This rweekend has a focus on mindfulness practices to create a space of wellness from the inside out. Enjoy this time just for you as you experience practices in both movement and stillness, creating a blended balance of Yang & Yin energies in body, mind & spirit. 

Depending on your own unique needs, you may choose to participate in all, or perhaps, only some of the activities on the agenda. Rest assured that no matter what your current level of activity or ability, all of the practices are inclusive, and all partcipants are supported to ensure that everyone feels successful. 

  • Cleanse and nourish your body with yummy organic vegan meals, while you also nourish your soul.
  • Come into physical balance with movement classes that will flex your muscles, as well as your mind & spirit.
  • Create your resilient emotional balance with minfulness-based meditation.
  • Enjoy the beauty around you with time hiking the forest.
  • Meet new friends and become your own best friends!

Throughout this retreat, you are invited to explore various forms of minfulness meditations including sitting, walking and eating, as well as mindful movement through yoga and gentle exercise. No experience with yoga or meditation is necessary! This retreat is perfect if you’re curious about it but not sure where to start. Everything during your retreat is completely optional. This is YOUR time. If you need to sleep in, then skip the early morning yoga session. Allow this time to be the kindest gift you can ever give yourself, and honour your true needs. 

RETREAT SCHEDULE

Friday

3-4 pm      Arrive and settle into your cabin
5pm         Gentle Somatic Yoga to Re-balance the Nervous System
6pm         Dinner
7pm         Group Circle & Yoga Nidra Guided Relaxation

Saturday

7:30am       Sensory Meditation
8:00            Yin/Yang Yoga class…or sleep
9:00            Breakfast
11:30          Mindful Strength Class (or hike the forest)
12:30          Lunch & free time:  read, nap, explore the forest or go to the beach
3:30           Intro to Chakras & Meditation
4:30           Restorative Yoga
6:00           Dinner
7:30           Fire outside & star gazing or Guided Meditation inside – depends on the weather

Sunday

7:30am      Yoga 
9am           Breakfast & free time to pack up your cabin
10:30         Metta (Loving Kindness) Meditation
12:30         Lunch- Mindful Eating 

You are welcome to stay and enjoy the trails, the ambiance, and your new friends. Depart at your leisure.