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The Yoga Garden Retreat

A stunning 35-acre property in the Gatineau Hills, only 40 minutes from Ottawa. Yoga and wellness retreats, and facility rentals for your events.

Come enjoy the gardens, trails and lake. Connect to Nature. Connect to Community. Connect to Yourself.

09/09/2025

We are traversing unsettling times as the ground shifts under our feet, felt in our bones & body.🌀

Eclipse season often brings sudden changes and disruptions to the comfort of the "status quo". However crunchy or destabilizing these moments may feel, they are also portals of transformation: Invitations to release old karmic baggage, to rewrite our destiny, and to step onto a path that feels truer, more aligned with who we were always meant to be.

Now is the time to press pause. To ground. To release the weight we’ve carried. To root back into the freedom of simply breathing and being. To allow ourselves to rest in the mystery of what is to come. ✨

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Join us at The Yoga Garden Retreat for Sacred Cycles Women’s Retreat: A weekend of deep nourishment, sisterhood, and nature connection, designed to help you remember the wisdom & intelligence of your Feminine Energy & Body.

🍃Only 2 spots left! (camping options available).
👉 Register here: https://sophiawoodmassicotte93.lpages.co/sacredcyclesretreat/

This journey is facilitated by Sophia Wood Massicotte: An embodiment guide, visionary, artist and space-holder, devoted to helping women remember their innate wisdom, embrace all parts of themselves, and live from a place of truth, power, and love.

09/05/2025

🕉️ What does it mean to live your Dharma: your true purpose?

This October, step away from the busyness of life and into the sanctuary of the forest at The Yoga Garden Retreat for a weekend of devotion, self-discovery, and soulful practice. 🌿✨

Dharma Yoga Retreat (Oct 3–5, 2025) is a sacred invitation to deepen your yoga practice beyond the physical, weaving together asana, pranayama, meditation, chanting, and spiritual teachings.

Guided by Justine Hoang (Anjali Om), a devoted Dharma Yoga teacher whose path is rooted in compassion, authenticity, and service, you’ll be supported in reconnecting to your heart’s truth and living with greater awareness and intention.

Surrounded by nature, nourished by wholesome meals, and supported by community, you’ll have the opportunity to experience yoga as a path of transformation both on and off the mat.

📅 October 3–5, 2025 (with option to choose the experience that fits your schedule)

✨Reserve your place here → https://yogagardenretreat.square.site/product/oct-3-5-2025-dharma-yoga-retreat/11?cs=true&cst=custom

Come home to your Self. Live your Dharma. ✨

09/02/2025

🌌 Imagine stepping into a space where sound becomes medicine, moving through your body with intelligence & mystery, weaving a tapestry of vibration that calms the mind, restores the body, and awakens the spirit. ✨

This is the essence of David Hickey's Crystal Journey: music that is expansive, improvised, and devoted to awakening consciousness. His mission is simple yet profound: to guide us on a Cosmic Musical Journey into the Unknown.

On Friday, Sept 5, The Yoga Garden Retreat will be transformed into a sanctuary of sound. Whether this is your first experience or a return to the magic, you are invited to be carried by the frequencies and discover what awakens within you.

🎧 Curious to listen before you arrive? Explore David’s music on Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/artist/2ZRmnMkPO1fc2sULh5dJGi?fbclid=IwY2xjawMjzUFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlRRdQ28gpE56gtogNKYec04FL1-T4NhXAPJI-bb9431voXjH0hj6uATJ8Fm_aem_M5QBkUcGJzGJaV4trs_fFA

🌿 Ready to immerse yourself fully? Join us Friday Sept 5th at 2-4pm or 7-9pm

Register here → www.yogagarden.ca/attend-a-retreat

08/28/2025

Have you ever felt sound move through you, not just as music, but as pure vibration? 🎶

That’s the essence of Crystal Journey: A Sonic Sound Concert with David Hickey (Sept 5 at The Yoga Garden). Through crystal bowls, gongs, and other instruments, David creates a field of frequencies that the body doesn’t just hear, it absorbs. Many describe the effect as deeply therapeutic, like the nervous system itself is being tuned back into harmony.

In his recent podcast interview, David shares the science and spirit behind his work: how sound can open altered states of awareness, restore balance at a cellular level, and connect us to something far greater than ourselves.

🎧 Listen here → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUkvcEmIcdA

If you’ve never experienced a Crystal Journey, this is your invitation. Step into an evening where sound becomes medicine, and let yourself be carried into stillness, spaciousness, and renewal.

📅 Friday Sept 5 | The Yoga Garden Retreat Center
🎟️ Save your spot → https://www.yogagarden.ca/attend-a-retreat

08/26/2025

As summer softens into fall, Nature invites us to slow down, listen, and come Home to ourselves. This seasonal threshold is a powerful time to reconnect with our inner rhythms, nourish body and spirit, and root into what truly sustains us.

This September at The Yoga Garden Retreat Center, we gather in community to honor this shift through soul-nourishing experiences:

🎶Crystal Journey: A Sonic Sound Concert with David Hickey | Sept 5 (afternoon & evening)
🧘🏽‍♀️Yoga & Wellness Day Retreat with Anna Guenther | Sept 6 (AM, PM or full day)
🌙 Sacred Cycles Women’s Retreat with Sophia Wood Massicotte | Sept 19–21

Each offering is an invitation to step away from the noise, align with Nature’s wisdom, and return to the Sacred Sanctuary within. 🌿🍂

For details and tickets, visit: www.yogagarden.ca/attend-a-retreat

08/22/2025

Arriving soon at The Yoga Garden Retreat!

🌀 6 quartz crystal bowls
🌀 8-10 Paiste planet gongs (tuned to the orbits of the planets in our solar system)
🌀 2 santoors
🌀 harmonica
🌀 and the one-and-only David Hickey!

David's renowned Crystal Journey is coming to the Retreat on Friday, September 5th, for two unforgettable, improvised concerts.

His music is never amplified or pre-recorded — each performance is a pure and unique experience designed to provide a safe and relaxing environment.

Choose the afternoon concert from 2-4 pm or the evening concert from 7-9 pm (or both!).

Limited seating (max 25 per show).

For details and tickets, visit: www.yogagarden.ca/attend-a-retreat

08/11/2025

Join us for a sweet pause in this sacred space 🌿

It’s been a delight to see the Retreat being enjoyed to the max this summer. Our indoor spaces are designed for groups of up to 20, and we’ve had several sold-out retreats!

We have four more events open to the public this month and next:

🪷 Aug 23 ~ The Sacred Voice Within: A Day Retreat to Awaken the Throat Chakra , with Soul Flow Healing

🪷 Sep 5 ~ Crystal Journey: A Sonic Sound Concert Like No Other, with David Hickey

🪷 Sep 6 ~ Yoga & Wellness Day Retreat, with Karma Yoga Den

🪷 Sep 19-21 ~ Sacred Cycle's Women's Retreat, with Sophia Wood Massicotte

Take a day or weekend to re-centre, re-energize, and re-awaken those forgotten parts of yourself ✨

We look forward to welcoming you here, in our little piece of heaven on earth 🙏

For more details & registration: www.yogagarden.ca/attend-a-retreat

07/24/2025

Last Call! 📣 Treat Yourself to a Day of Pure Relaxation this Saturday, July 26th at The Yoga Garden!

You deserve a day dedicated to nourishing your body, mind, and spirit. Join us for our last Yoga & Kirtan Day Retreat of the summer, featuring:

✨ Traditional Hatha Yoga & Meditation: the Sivananda yoga sequence, breathing exercises, guided relaxation, and meditation.

✨ Soulful Kirtan: Experience the joy of mantra songs with local bands SOULHUM and The OMBuds.

✨ Delicious Plant-Based Meals: Fresh, nutritious, and lovingly prepared.

✨ Stunning Gatineau Hills Setting: Explore our gardens, forests, private beach and quiet lake (bring your swim suit!).

Choose between half-day or full-day options. All levels are welcome – no experience needed!

Details & registration here: https://www.facebook.com/share/1L4VEgdPno/

P.S. This lovely zucchini will grace our dinner table on Saturday - along with other fresh-from-the-garden delights!

07/14/2025

In less than two weeks - on Saturday July 26th! - swap your daily grind for total bliss! ✨

Our Yoga & Kirtan Day Retreat is your perfect escape to relax, reset, and recharge.

This day is for YOU if you're ready to:
- Nourish your mind, body, and soul
- Immerse yourself in nature's embrace - think serene lake, pristine forests, lush gardens, and endless skies
- Begin to explore the magic of yoga, or deepen your current practice - pranayama, asana, meditation, kirtan, and more!
- Find that sweet spot between gentle challenge and pure pampering!

Don't miss out on this day of yogic self-care and self-discovery, led by Zofia Kumas, with live music by SOULHUM and OMBuds Kirtan 🙏

Details & registration here: www.yogagarden.ca/attend-a-retreat

(Photo credit: Flutra Zymi)

07/04/2025

Imagine yourself here, soaking up the summer vibes! Three more events happening here this month - seize the opportunity, reserve your spot, and join the fun!

☀️ July 11-13 ~ Transformative Yoga Retreat: Realign Your Spirit, with Sasy Cacace

☀️ July 19 ~ A One-Day Retreat to Reawaken Your Radiance : Tune Your Body, Mind & Soul, with Tony Gyenis and Elaine Cooper

☀️ July 26 ~ Yoga & Kirtan Day Retreat, with Zofia Kumas , SOULHUM & The OMBuds

For details & registration, visit: https://www.yogagarden.ca/attend-a-retreat

We look forward to welcoming you!

(Photo credit: S. Dunlop)

06/27/2025

The Yoga Garden awaits, basking in the sunshine, soaking up the rain, growing, blossoming. Life unfolds here, and delights in being seen and felt and appreciated.

Come and take in all this splendour! Come and be inspired at our upcoming summer events!

July 11-13: A Transformative Yoga Retreat. Realign Your Spirit, with Sasy Cacace

July 19: A One-Day Retreat to Reawaken Your Radiance, with Tony Gyenis & Elaine Cooper

July 26: Yoga & Kirtan Day Retreat , with Zofia Kumas

August 8-11: Relax & Renew Retreat, with One Wellness Ottawa

September 5: Crystal Journey: A Sonic Sound Concert, with David Hickey

More events, details & registration links here: www.yogagarden.ca/attend-a-retreat

Photo credit: Flutra Zymi and Be Yoga, with gratitude🙏

06/03/2025

Food, glorious food!

We have so loved cooking for you at our Yoga Garden events! And THIS Sunday, June 8th, we are excited to offer another Vegetarian Cooking workshop:

Savour the Flavour: Explore the Art of Vegetarian Cooking, with Justine Hoang and Zofia Kumas

All dishes are vegetarian, and both dairy-free and gluten-free.

PLUS, all our recipes are easy, fun and delicious - you'll see for yourself, as we'll be dining on the fruits of our labour for lunch!

Please join us! All welcome!

Sunday, June 8, 9:30am-2:00pm
at The Yoga Garden Retreat
209 chemin Usher, La Pêche, QC

Cost: $75

This workshop is part of a full weekend Dharma Yoga Retreat - and there are still a few spots available!

All details & registration here: www.yogagarden.ca/attend-a-retreat

(Note that pre-registration is required. Thank you!)

Address

209 Chemin Usher
Wakefield, QC
J0X1A0

Telephone

+18194591738

Website

http://www.yogagarden.ca/

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