First annual end-of-summer family retreat: Fri, Aug 31 thru Sun, Sept 2
(NOTE: Our family retreat is currently booked to capacity — but we hope you’ll reserve for our next family gathering or other retreats that happen regularly at the Centre!)
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CREWC is offering its first annual end-of-summer family retreat, Healing in Nature, where all ages can come together and learn simple, hands-on healing tips to apply in everyday life:
- How to identify the body types of everyone in your family and feed them accordingly
- Healthy and delicious substitutes for sugar, wheat, dairy and many other less than optimal foods
- Techniques for quieting the mind and lowering stress
- Easy ways to exercise in order to slow aging, lose weight and build muscle in less time than you ever thought possible
- New games and songs to bring family together
- How play can be therapeutic
- Gentle methods of cleansing that are safe for adults and children alike
The retreat will have an easy, relaxing flow and end the Sunday before Labour Day on Monday. We look forward to seeing you!
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Facilitators: Katherine Willow ND; Chad Clifford, wilderness expert; Amber Young RMT and Kim Trott, holistic chef
Our retreat is offered at affordable rates:
- $250/family — up to 5 children under 12 (plus HST)
- $50/extra children under 12 (plus HST)
- $190/couple (plus HST)
- $100/single (plus HST)
- $75/ youth up to age 20 (plus HST)
Download a registration form here, or call / email Colette at Clinic reception to register: 613-839-1198 or clinic@ecowellness.com
The tentative activity schedule is posted below:
Friday, Aug 31
5pm Arrival and set up quarters; pick herbs for dinner; bocce ball game; crocket; watermelon; cool herb tea with stevia
6pm Dinner: mild chickpea curry, steamed and raw veggies, hummus, salad, rice, fruit crisp
7pm Opening circle: introductions, games, overview of weekend, housekeeping, music, relaxation with Amber Young; searching for a rock to symbolize identity issues; quiet circle; ice breakers; what is healing and specifically healing within families with Katherine Willow; songs for all ages; music by the pond with Chad Clifford
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Saturday, Sept 1
7am Quiet time in nature: moment of silence & check-in; cleansing time, drinking various cleansing beverages and doing gentle movements (twisting, stretching, warm-ups) and breathing; music in nature in different locations; gather cleansing teas; hide treasures to find later
8am Breakfast: fruit, rice cakes, gluten free bread/toast, millet porridge, stewed fruit, nut/seed butters, sugar-free jams
9am Assessing body types and cleansing basics (children will have a separate class, making fairy gardens with Kim Trott, which leads into all kinds of emotional healing)
10:30 Movement— inside &/or outside: walk a trail, movement responding to nature; silent walking, peripheral vision exercises with Chad, plus yoga/tai chi/chi gong exercises
noon Lunch: red lentil soup; gluten free crackers; nut butters; salad; raw veggies and dips; fruit and cookies
1-2:30 Break; health services
2:30 Family healing exercises/games inside &/or outside
4:30 Collecting herbs in the wild to make a take-home item
6pm Dinner: vegetable soup, salad, hummus, gluten-free bread and crackers, nut butters, fruit
7pm Games, music, camp fire, bannock making with Chad (spelt flour, berries, maple syrup)
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Sunday, Sept 2
7am Quiet time inside: moment of silence, check-in, nature tapes, songs, readings, cleansing drinks, movement
8am Breakfast: buckwheat pancakes, fruit compote, maple syrup + everything else from Saturday
9am Everyday life according to one’s body type (children have a separate class here, continuing their fairy gardens with Kim)
10:30 Movement in nature: transplant flowers from the trail and do a mini-sit with candles or a small bonfire
noon Lunch: light veggie burgers, salad, steamed and raw veggies/dip, nice dessert
1:30 Closing circle: what did we learn? what are we taking home? some ritual with the “issue rocks” from opening circle
