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SUMMARY:Nutritional Immersion Retreat for Women - Reset Your Food Noise and Recharge Your Spirit
DESCRIPTION:Frustrated with food noise? Ready to change your eating habits? Tired of spending mental energy on food choices? Overwhelmed with conflicting nutrition advice? Looking for a way to recharge your spirit? Then\, this nature-inspired retreat is for you! \nYou will be immersed in a transformational week of stress-free\, distraction-free\, nutritional immersion\, fully supported in a relaxed environment. You will: \n\nGain new ideas on how to quiet the food noise and rethink your approach to food\nLearn simple ways to ease onto a clean eating path as a lifestyle\nDiscover a diet-free\, balanced approach to healthy eating for energy & vitality\nGet inspired and excited about becoming the best version of yourself\nBuild habits that will transform your life & have fun doing it!\n\nYour ALL-INCLUSIVE retreat includes a menu of options\, with a workshop available each day\, including: \n\nHolistic cooking classes\nMy Farmacy Workshop: Making Medicine with Everyday Food Items\nGuided nature meditation walks: discovering the joy of slowing down\nBreathwork and relaxation\nForaging for wild food and medicine in the garden & forest\nForest therapy\n\nWe’ll start each morning with guided gentle body movement. Enjoy nature trails in the 70-acre forest and the private beach in your free time\, and/or join in a guided daily mindfulness forest walk. You can join in a daily tea time health chat\, and an evening sound bath meditation\, if you wish. Plus\, you receive one free reflexology treatment during your stay\, and the option to add other holistic spa treatments: Indian Head Massage\, Lymphatic Drainage Massage\, Craniosacral Therapy\, Reiki. \nDate: Aug. 15-21\, 2026 (Small-group retreat. Space is limited) \nIntroductory Special Rate: $799 per person\, includes accommodations\, meals\, & more \nLocation: The Laughing Forest\, Spanish\, ON (www.thelaughingforest.ca) \nYour host: Sari Huhtala. Sari has been organizing the Dance of Joy Women’s Holistic Retreats since 2011\, with 25 women attending each July\, Aug. and Sept.\, and she hosts over 20 private holistic retreats annually at her healing farm & forest. She has over 20 years experience as a personal trainer & fitness and wellness coach\, and is a holistic chef & wildcrafter. She created Alive and Fit Magazine 19 years ago. Since then\, she has edited & published over 1000 articles on holistic wellness and written over 500 holistic health and nutrition articles. She is an organic produce farmer who lives deeply connected to the land with her therapy sheep\, chickens and ducks. (full bio)
URL:https://thelaughingforest.ca/event/nutritional-immersion-retreat-for-women-reset-your-food-noise-and-recharge-your-spirit/
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SUMMARY:Deeply Rooted Day Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Step into a day of quiet renewal\, where the rhythm of the forest gently guides you back to yourself. Surrounded by towering trees\, soft moss\, and the soothing sounds of wind through leaves\, this nature-inspired day retreat offers a sanctuary away from the noise of everyday life. \nRooted in the healing essence of the forest\, this retreat blends the proven restorative qualities of forest therapy with simple\, supportive tools to help you soften stress and carry a sense of balance into your everyday life. \nWe’ll begin our day with a forest meditation walk\, guided mindful breathing practices and gentle movement in nature\, followed by a sound bath meditation\, invoking a deeper sense of calm and connection to nature\, and to yourself. \nYou’ll be immersed in grounding activities – nature journaling\, and reflective practices designed to restore balance and clarity. \nYour retreat includes a holistic picnic lunch\, wildcrafted teas and a holistic snack. \nYou’ll leave feeling refreshed\, grounded and gently reawakened\, carrying the stillness of the forest with you long after you return. \nPlus\, a single day trip in the forest – breathing in the terpenes released from the trees\, moss\, ferns\, fungi and plant life – boosts your immune system and anti-cancer cells by about 50 per cent\, with improvements in immune cell numbers and anti-cancer proteins lasting for at least seven days. \nDate: Saturday\, Aug. 23\, 2026 at The Laughing Forest in Spanish\, ON.  www.thelaughingforest.ca \nTime: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. \nCost: $111+tx/person. Register as a couple and save 5%. \nDeeply Rooted Day Retreat will also take place Sept. 20\, 2026. \nFor more information or to register\, email Sari at friends@thelaughingforest.ca or call 705-662-1469. \nRetreat facilitator: Sari Huhtala (bio)
URL:https://thelaughingforest.ca/event/deeply-rooted-day-retreat-2/
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