4 Day Quest for Balance SUP and Yoga Retreat in Algonquin Park, Ontario

Facilities

Imagine yourself experiencing the peace and serenity of nature with great company, while balancing your mind body and spirit on a yoga vacation getaway. This experience is a fine balance between a sea kayak/stand up paddling adventure and a yoga retreat at the Edge of Algonquin Park.

Begin, transform, or deepen your yoga practice with daily guided classes in the cradle of Northern Edge Algonquin’s eco-retreat. The gentle and understanding yoga and adventure facilitators will bring you to the edge to try something new, with sea kayak and stand-up paddleboard instruction for women and men of any experience level on scenic Kawawaymog Lake.

Standing at full height on a SUP board, you’ll enjoy once-in-a-lifetime views of everything from Algonquin Park wildlife to what’s on the horizon. It’s like walking on water! If you’re feeling adventurous, take your yoga off the mat and onto the board with an introduction to practicing yoga on the water.

A true quest for balance

Practice sun salutations as the mist rises on the water at the yoga platform. Challenge your core with warrior pose on stand up paddle boards and root with your tree pose on a small island in the middle of the lake, listening to breezes blow through towering white pines. In the evening, sweat your prayers in the wood

fired sauna; an ancient and universal form of self-healing, balancing the active yang practice of the days adventures with a restorative Yin practice.

Sample itinerary - Quest for Balance

Day 1: Arrival

• Morning Get to know your facilitators and other participants with a lemonade and snack in the waterfront gardens. Enjoy a brief introduction to stand up paddleboarding before a delicious dinner introduced by chef Gregor in the dining room.
• Evening Welcoming circle and a soothing introductory yoga session geared towards preparing you for the weekend.

Day 2

• 07:30 Morning yoga session before a wonderful natural breakfast. Afterward, get comfortable on and in the water with some intro to stand up paddle and kayaking.
• 12:30 Have a lunch followed by unstructured dreamstime / free time to explore. The sauna will be fired up for 16:00.
• 18:00 Dinner followed by an evening hike or meditation on the floating yoga platform.

Day 3

• 07:30 Morning yoga session, again followed by breakfast. Afterward, take a day-trip to Blueberry Island for a picnic lunch and swim.
• 16:00 Early evening yoga session before gathering around the forest bake oven for the best hand-made artesian wood-fired pizza you’ve ever had. Wrap up with an evening campfire after dinner.

Day 4

• 07:30 Continental breakfast followed by optional yoga session or choose-your-own activity.
• 11:30 Join a delicious farewell brunch, enjoy the sauna one more time before closing circle and departure.

You will be served daily meals and snacks from day one dinner to day four lunch.

• Blueberry Island trip
• Canoeing
• Evening hiking
• Mountain biking
• Swimming
• Trail hiking

Treatments

Foot Reflexology sessions are available right on-site with a local practitioner.

• 3 nights accommodation
• Equipment
• Facilitation
• Mouthwatering healthy meals
• Stand up paddleboarding lessons & excursions
• Yoga and meditation sessions

• 13% Harmonized Sales Tax will be charged separately.
• Gratuities

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 50% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 14 days before arrival.