Yoga Retreat Hosting Testimonials
We have had the pleasure of co-creating and hosting retreats with a great variety of facilitators, studios, and organizations, including our friends:
Wild Women Expeditions, PranaShanti (Devinder Kaur), Octopus Garden (Scott Davis), One Tiger Yoga, White Pine Yoga, Life Yoga, Bohemian Bliss Yoga, Hot Yoga Peterborough, Allie Chisholm-Smith, Joshua Lewis, Kim McBean, BYou Studios, Tina Gadoury, North Movement Studio, F45 Toronto, Shannon & Pete MacLaggan, Men’s Retreats, and more!
- "I have hosted a yoga retreat at Northern Edge for 3 years in a row now. This place is purely magical and our guests absolutely agree. The layout of the centre is perfect for yoga, relaxing and exploring. There are various locations you can hold classes and meditations such as; outdoors in front of the main house by the water, the large dock, in the large indoor studio and a smaller indoor studio which is perfect for meditation and discussions . . ."
-Monica Holland, Yoga Teacher, Peterborough
Read Original Post - "Everyone made us feel right at home, as if it was our own. It made it easier for us to share our gifts naturally, as the space felt safe, calm and open. You all made is so EASY for the first time running a retreat and we are thankful for everyone’s hospitality, love and guidance."
-Celine Degagne, Inner Beauty Movement
Read Original Post - "As a facilitator I am constantly learning that I don’t need to do everything. I arrive one day early to ensure that I am grounded and rested, because it matters. We meet as a team on site (we’d already met on zoom) to discuss how to make the weekend good for everyone, including me, including my Edge co-host Vicki, the Edge Lucier family and of course including the trees and water. It all matters.
Throughout the weekend we constantly check in and adapt plans in response to what is happening. I’m never making decisions alone but my voice is respected as primary guide."
-Allie Chisholm-Smith,, Yoga Teacher & Facilitator
Read Original Post - "... The Edge has shown me how to support a deeper level of connection and unity within groups and to listen deeply for the threads being woven and the ways in which we might invite them forward during an experience. The team is supportive as you move through regular discussions on guest dreams, creating a schedule which supports the unique elements of an Edge experience, and holding check-ins throughout the retreat for real time review of the experience, ensuring you may adjust and align as needed."
-Courtney Sinclair, Facilitator, Court Outdoors
Read Original Post - "Classes and workshops are really wonderful, but in terms of connection and integration and relationship building, retreats are so, so rich in depth and intimacy. Being in a studio all the time, which is INCREDIBLE, its also really missing a huge piece to the puzzle, one that is intimately intertwined to yoga, and thats nature. 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. One of my most favourite aspects of the whole experience: working with [Edge host] Tim. It was just SOOOO great having him there for the weekend. I felt so, so supported and taken care of and it took any feelings of unease or hesitation or doubt out of running a retreat. He was there. Gently, quietly, but present and all in. And I learned A LOT about leading. For me, I can feel insecure and introverted and it was SUCH a great reminder to simply show up for people. Exactly as I am, but be there for them in the best way I know how."
-Shannon MacLaggan, Anupaya
Read Original Post - "The staff is attentive, passionate about creating a restful experience for you and have thought of everything. The buildings are spotless and cozy and the facilities are beautiful, well laid out and fit into the natural environment. And the food -- the best, most plentiful, creative, delicious, organic local food imaginable... The sauna was the highlight for me, dipping into the lake and back into the sauna all afternoon meant my body was fully renewed. The yoga studio overlooking the lake and the meditation room are peaceful and lay the groundwork for a wonderful transformative retreat."
-Anna Hardwick, October 2018
Read Original Post - "The best part was that while we were hosting the retreat for our students, it didn’t feel like we were working at all. We really felt like we were taking part in a retreat as well. We got to do what we love, teach some yoga, be with our friends, make some new friends and really just enjoy the outdoors and relax . . . We made connections that we never had a chance to make before. We were able to do a lot of bonding and really just get to know each other on a completely different level . . ."
-Andrew Moniz, Owner, One Tiger Yoga
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