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Sustainability Project, Building community, nurtured by nature and inspired by spirit. Eco Lodge, Retreat Centre. http://www.treeoflifenl.com/

The Tree of Life (TOL) is an eco-community based in Salmonier Line, St. Mary’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. It’s designed by and for its members to help connect people, nature and spiritual practice through the cooperative development and management of a self-sufficient intentional community.

09/25/2025

Our enlightenment Intensive last weekend was powerful, intimate and deep! We were seeking direct contact with absolute Truth, all together, sitting in Dyads (groups of two’s). Like two guitars in resonance, the sound waves moving through the air causing the strings to vibrate on the second guitar.
We surrendered, our minds emptied and our hearts opened.
In sacred communion, Divine transmission takes place.
When spirit fills you, you see the reality of your true Being. You no longer identify yourself with who you thought you were in your struggles and challenges of every day life. You realize you are divine Being. This is what Enlightenment Intensive retreats are all about and it’s “au naturel”.
Come join us at The Tree Of Life, for our next retreat on YULE, also known as the winter solstice from Dec 18 to 21st, 2025.

09/15/2025

“After a chaotic summer on the island, many of us are craving stillness.

The Nourished Soul Retreat is a three-day, intimate experience for just six people a chance to slow down, connect, and nourish yourself on every level.

Each morning begins with meditation to guide us into the stillness of fall and winter. Between our hands-on time in the kitchen learning the art of sourdough& spulful cooking, we’ll ground into nature and into the sacred space of Tree of Life, left untouched this summer, still lush and beautiful, connecting us back to a season of healing for our island.

We’ll close each evening with yoga nidra and sound baths to calm the nervous system and help us reset after a long season.

Now offering a personal Spinal energetics session for each participant. This is a beautiful modality that resets the nervous system and releases stress and trauma held in the body.

Today, only three spots remain, and registration closes September 22nd.
This is your invitation to come home to yourself — will one of those spots be yours?”

09/08/2025

The universe has aligned and Johanne and Ian are freshly back from Spirithorse in Wales where they completed their Enlightenment Intensive Masters Training. They both have a long ~20 year history as participants in Enlightenment Intensives as well as monitors and support staff to EIs under other masters.

In 1968, Charles Berner, a spiritual teacher in California, had a vision of a technique to combine eastern Zen teachings with western psychology that resulted in a format that vastly increases the possibility of participants having direct experiences of Absolute Truth. Truth can also be termed the Divine or God, and can only be experienced directly. In this format, that we call au naturel, we attain direct union with That. All spiritual and religious practices are serving this end. Enlightenment Intensives have since expanded all over the world.

Ian and Johanne have decided to co-master their first Enlightenment Intensive. Its a huge commitment for them. Many of you, may be new to this type of spiritual work, which is great because it is recommended that their first intensive have a high proportion of newcomers. May you become troopers like us because experiences of Truth are infinite, and bring us as close to freedom as is possible in this earthly form!
September 18 to 22, 2025

An Invitation to Join Us

As this is our first Enlightenment Intensive, participation is offered on a donation basis. You are welcome to contribute what you can, and each participant is also asked to bring a vegetarian meal or food item to share.
Come celebrate the Fall Equinox at Tree of Life

We are offering a 3.5 Day Enlightenment Intensive Retreat to mark the Fall Equinox:
Dates: September 18–22, 2025
Arrival: Thursday, September 18 by 5:30 PM
Conclusion: Monday, September 22 by noon. A lunch will be served from 12:30pm to 1:30pm for the people that would like to stay a little longer.

TO REGISTER
Please email Johanne at johannerobitaille@live.ca or Ian at treeoflifenl11@gmail.com.
For more details, please visit our website: treeoflifenl.com

07/18/2025

Come join Charlie and Johanne for this amazing deep retreat called: “THE NOURISHED SOUL” from September 26 to 28, 2025.
Have you often wondered how you could make your own sourdough bread, and didn’t dare to do it by yourself? Would you like to learn how to create fresh meals that feel like medicine for your body and spirit?
Have you ever wondered what is the SOUL? Have you noticed how soul is missing in today’s modern culture? Did you know that soul is the glue of the world and it’s absent when people move away from each other? Soul is what links us back together…all it wants is to make life into an act of love, into a deep song, into a creative dance!
Come, come, let’s rekindle SOUL together!
To register, please write to Charlie at: shadowmoon0101@outlook.com
Don’t forget to look up our website at: treeoflifenl.com

06/09/2025

Ready to exhale the stress and inhale a new STORY?

Join Shivam O’Brien at Tree of Life for a one-of-a-kind weekend retreat: Storytelling & Breathing Exercises from July 4 to 7, 2025.

Shivam is a master Irish storyteller and a global teacher of conscious breathwork. His voice carries wisdom; his breathwork opens space for healing. This is not your average retreat.

Expect ancient tales that stir your heart and guided breathing practices that reset your nervous system. You will laugh, release, remember what it means to be fully alive.

✨ Reconnect to yourself
✨ Shift long-held patterns
✨ Leave lighter, clearer, inspired

Limited spots. Join us: ⁦https://treeoflifenl.com/retreats/story-telling-and-breathing-exercises/⁩

06/07/2025

For me, MATURE love is very different than being in love. It’s the practise of making the other, yourself, your friend, your partner, your spouse, your children, your animals, nature, the OBJECT of LOVING ATTENTION. In this sense, love is the act and art of becoming fully vulnerable with another who also commits to do the same with you and in that process something deep develops that teaches the two of you how to love. Everything hinges on relationship. EVERYTHING MATTERS. Being in love is unconscious. The decision to love is conscious and it is perhaps the most important work and it is an ongoing work. Come join me NEXT weekend, June 13 to 15 at Tree Of Life. Come learn a new way of relating with yourself and others.
This workshop is for anyone who longs to improve his or her ways of relating. Cost is $100. A contribution of a vegan meal is appreciated. For more information, visit our website: treeoflifenl.com. To register, please contact Johanne by email: johannerobitaille@live.ca

06/05/2025

Meet Ian, the founder of Tree Of Life:
From SOIL TO SOUL
At Tree of Life, nourishment is a full-body experience.
Watch as Ian, the heart behind the land, gathers food straight from the garden,no middleman, no shortcuts.
Just fresh, intentional ingredients, handpicked with care. Then? He turns it into a meal that feels like medicine.
This is what retreat living looks like when it’s rooted in connection:
🌱 To the land
🔥 To the process
🍲 To the nourishment your body actually craves
Come experience the kind of care that starts before you even arrive.
🎥 Watch the full clip and learn more about a very special Retreat coming up fromJuly 4 to 7, 2025:
👉 https://treeoflifenl.com/retreats/story-telling-and-breathing-exercises/

06/01/2025

Come join Charlie and Amy on this beautiful retreat from August 8 to 10, 2025 at Tree Of Life. Through a diversity of activities, Charlie and Amy will both guide you to a place of deep remembering of how we are divinely connected with nature, ourselves and others.
Ready to come home to yourself?
Visit our website: treeoflifenl.com or email Charlie and Amy at: shadowmoon0101@outlook.com to register.
Tag a friend you’d bring. Share this with someone who needs to feel alive again! 💖
This will be a weekend of deep connection to self, to Mama Gaia, to the deep releasing energies of the Sturgeon Moon🌚
Over these beautiful 3 days you will
✨️ hike the magical fog forrest
✨️swim in the waterfalls
✨️wake & retire with sunrise/sunset yoga & meditation. Both kundalini & restoreative yoga will be offered
✨️release by the light of the full moon in a fire ceremony with sacred rituals
✨️bath in the healing vibrations of sound
✨️take part in a Moon cycles class designed to help you start using the moons energy to bring more flow into your life
✨️ gather in a reiki & breathwork session
✨️ you will connect to like minded, supportive community that is sure to create lasting friendships.
✨️All beautifully nutrious meals are provided for this 2 night/ 3 day Retreat and the Tree of Life, a place truly magical and full of history... Charlie and Amie can’t wait to have you join them on this amazing adventure.💞

05/29/2025

Come join Meranda for her Laya Yoga Meditation Teacher Training at Tree Of Life from June 29 to July 4, 2025.
Deepen your physical asana, Kriyas, spiritual understanding and experience in Laya Yoga, the root in Kundalini Yoga.

Contact merandasquires@thelotuscentre.ca

This 300 hour (plus) Lotus Centre Laya Yoga and Meditation Teacher training is open to anyone interested in developing the deep practical and scientific approach to Yoga and Meditation. This training is most specifically for Meditation Teachers, Yoga Teachers, Meditation Practitioners, and Yoga students. You do not need a 200 hour certification to do this training. Any one can join this training for their personal transformation journey.

Go deeper with Laya Yoga: Mudras, Pranayama, Chakras, Nadis, Bandhas, Kriyas, Advanced Hatha yoga postures, Patanjali and Non-dual Yoga Sutras, Kriya Anatomy, Kundalini Bhakti Yoga, Mantra, Enlightenment Experiences, Surrender Meditation, Somatic Assist and Release.

⇒FIVE 5 DAY TRAININGS AT THE TREE OF LIFE = 200 HRS over a couple of years: $3500 in a payment plan.

To register for each training this summer 2025:
$650 per 6 day training

June 29-July 4, 2025:
https://live.vcita.com/site/thelotuscentre/online-scheduling?service=vkvmrx6rce8ooizr

July 27-August 4, 2025
https://live.vcita.com/site/thelotuscentre/online-scheduling?service=p2wv2vsa8ldgq6a7

September 7-12, 2025
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05/15/2025

Come join Robyn and Merlin for a transformative retreat called: JOURNEY WITHIN, at the Tree of Life from June 27 to 29, 2025. Their first weekend retreat scheduled June 20 to 22, 2025 is fully booked.
This retreat is designed to help you reconnect with your body, mind, and spirit through movement, meditation, and deep inner exploration.
The journey begins on Friday with grounding practices, a nourishing supper, and a sound bath to help you settle in. Saturday unfolds with Shakti dance meditation, intention-setting, and movement experiences to align and energize your body. The day transitions into a powerful guided ceremony, led with reverence, providing a safe space to explore and expand your inner world.
Sunday starts with optional morning practices, group check-ins, and nourishing dyad exercises to help you process and integrate your experiences. We’ll close the retreat with a heartfelt prayer and intention-setting ceremony, leaving you refreshed, empowered, and aligned with the rhythms of the natural world.
This retreat is a unique opportunity to deepen your connection to yourself and the community.
For more details, please visit our website at: treeoflifenl.com
To register, please contact Merlin by email at: patrickhuynh.tor@gmail.com

05/13/2025

The first Enlightenment Intensive (EI) of the season is coming up soon, May 22 to 26, 2025. EI’s have this way of bringing us BEYOND anything we have ever experienced. Some of us, have experienced insights, deep emotional clearings, the opening of our hearts. Others find their way straight into the heart of TRUTH itself. When we are the ONE-that ends up knowing the Truth directly, we get in touch with what REALLY matters.

“If you are passionate about growth and going deeply into the reality of your SELF, life and others, you should seriously think about doing one. EI’s provide in a very short time what might take decades to attain.”
Shivam O’Brien of Spirit Horse UK

Cost is $400. This includes accommodations. A contribution of a vegan meal is appreciated..
For more information, visit our website : treeoflifenl.com
To register, please contact Meranda by email at: merandasquires@thelotuscentre.com

05/11/2025

Here are pictures from last week’s retreat led by Lea Coultas. We love hosting for groups but what we especially love, is when we see the smiles appear on everyone’s faces, the laughter, the sense of fellowship, friendship, togetherness…so much magic, peace and joy 💞

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Tree Of Life, Salmonier Line
Mount Pearl, NL
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https://thelotuscentre.ca/tree-of-life

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