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A YOGA RETREAT that's about so much more than Asana.

We're seriously upping the opportunities for inspiration and introspection with some AWE-mazing guests!

💖 Welcome @wendy.martin.art offering:
- a truly engaging NATURAL DYE workshop 🫟
- a deeply restoring SOUND JOURNEY ✨

🍕 Award winning chef Cookie G serves up a joyous and delicious PIZZA PARTY ... and so much more

🔥 We'll gather with local musician Bazza around the bonfire under the stars for a magical guided DRUM CIRCLE

YES... We also have:
- gentle Hatha yoga
- morning meditation and pranayama
- clinical somatic exercise
- yoga nidra
- evening restorative and yin yoga
- guided forest bathing and labyrinth walk
- two wood-fired sauna sessions
- ample free time to rest, wander and dream

AUTUMN SONG retreat has you covered balancing time for quiet reflection, connection, and community healing.

🔗 in bio for scheduling, more information and to register.

November 5th - 8th
Northern Edge Algonquin
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Take a beat...
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#yogaretreat
#community
#healing by @dana__rogers

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This guy. 💓 by @dana__rogers

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Join us as the leaves fall and the light softens.

AUTUMN SONG retreat is an invitation for a deep release before winter sets in. 🍁

comforting yoga and somatic movement
balancing breath and meditation
awe inspiring walks
nourishing food
cozy wood-fired saunas
star gazing
a few fun surprises
and a chance to discover what you're searching for.

Do you value time in nature?
Appreciate quiet reflection?
Crave an excuse to unplug?

Answer the call to take a beat...
...and rest deeply.

Retreat curious?
Get more info via 🔗in bio

#retreat
#selfcare
#community by @dana__rogers

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Being human vs being right.

Being human is painful and terrifying.

The possibility of being 'wrong', of rupturing relationships, of not being perfect, is a powerful 'what if' that has shackled me this year.

Comparing myself to therapists and facilitators has created imposter syndrome turned up to the max, shutting down an incredibly important element of connection....

Being human.

Driven by fear we can shrink ourselves to stay invisible and safe.

But we lose our genuine selves and in turn, lose our ability to listen, go slowly, and feel the resonance of real connection.

There's no hierarchy of healing.

If I want my clients to be vulnerable, then why shouldn't I be vulnerable?

If I want them to trust me, shouldn't I trust them?

Being human is scary,

but it's also beautiful.

Being human is messy,

but it also connects us to our integrity, our resilience, our courage, and our compassion.

Being human means I'll stumble.

I'll never be perfect, but I'll always be human.

#somatichealing
#lifeisbeautiful
#connection by @dana__rogers

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Join @leescottwowpowerwalking and @dana__rogers in the soulful beauty of #algonquinprovincialpark

Enjoy 4 days of:
- gentle yoga
- morning meditation
- clinical somatics
- guided awe walks
- wood-fired saunas
- nourishing food
- bonfires
- quality connection
- and meaningful rest.

At the end of autumn the forest releases 🍁

leaves fall,
the light softens,
and the air sharpens just enough to wake you up.

AUTUMN SONG is your invitation to meet the turning of the seasons the same way -
steady
grounded
and open hearted.

Come rest with us...
we'll be waiting. 🧡

November 5th - 8th
@northernedgealgonquin
3 styles of accommodation available (single, double, triple)

For more info and to register 🔗in bio

#yogaretreat
#rest
#community
#somatichealing taken in Northern Edge Algonquin by @dana__rogers

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I grew up minutes from Lake Ontario.
I swam and sailed there all through my youth.

We currently live steps from that same lake and I am blessed to see it each and every day.

All my pups have dipped their toes and tails there, still do.

It means a lot.

Every August we close out the summer with Blue Rodeo. This year was that much more special.

"Into the waves of my heart" 🩵

#lakeontario
#bluerodeo
#cne

@jsmitty201 💖 by @dana__rogers

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REST

"Rest is the conversation between what we love to do and how we love to be...

To rest is not self-indulgent; to rest is to prepare to give the best of ourselves, and to perhaps, most importantly, arrive at a place where we are able to understand what we have already been given...

Rested, we are ready for the world but not held hostage by it; rested, we care again for the right things and the right people in the right way...

In rest we re-establish the goals that make us more generous, more courageous, more of an invitation, someone we want to remember, and someone others would want to remember too."

- David Whyte.
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DOING is given so much more weight in our society than BEING.

Outside trumps inside.

It can feel boring, uncomfortable, or even unsafe to lean in to rest and awareness.

In that pause where we truly listen we are confronted by that which we've been avoiding.

But we are also able to notice what's ready to shift, what IS working, and what excites us.

Everything in nature cycles.
Everything rests.

Rest is creative, rest is possibility, rest shows us our authentic self.

Rest is coming home.

#somatichealing
#selfcare
#rest

Want to rest and retreat with me in #algonquin park this fall?

Join me at @northernedgealgonquin for 4 days of somatic awareness and healing, yoga, meditation, nature walks, wood-fired saunas, and deeply nourishing foods.

🔗 In bio by @dana__rogers

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Thank you thank you thank you!

What a joyful day @tranquilitytrailsfarm this past weekend.

From stunning weather to sprawling surroundings, our Mini-Retreat felt like a perfect collaboration of curious bodies and the peace of nature.

@julesthaimassage and i enjoyed it so much we're discussing fitting one more day in before the season is up....

...interested in an early October day at the farm? I know I am....

💜 by @dana__rogers

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With the summer still scorching it seems crazy to imagine that golden time of year when we get to slow down and turn inwards with the changing seasons.

Plan ahead to retreat with us in Algonquin Park for a deep release as the seasons shift.

If you crave sweaters, cozy cabins, and quieter, starry nights, it's not too soon to start planning to join us... Only a couple single rooms remain!

We'll spend our time exploring...

- accessible strength based hatha yoga
- balancing restorative and yin yoga
- somatic exercises to support your nervous system
- mindful awe walks
- heat generating walking drills
- guided morning meditation and pranayama
- wood-fired saunas
- deep rest
- honest conversation and connection

Give yourself space to reflect, laugh, and simply BE.

Take a beat...
move boldly,
rest deeply.

November 5th - 8th
@northernedgealgonquin

"There is no better time than the autumn to begin forgetting the things that trouble us, allowing them to fall away like dried leaves."
- Paulo Coelho

🔗in bio

#yogaretreat
#algonquin
#selfcare
#somatichealing

📸@northernedgealgonquin taken in Northern Edge Algonquin by @dana__rogers

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Love these cards
Love these women
Love these messages

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Yes Madge, everyone IS entitled to my opinion.
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Thanks Amy, my scars ARE my best feature.
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Both these titans have and are experiencing harsh judgement and cruel commentary.

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We all make mistakes and are flawed, but powerful women often get crucified when they falter AND when they fly.

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With age I've realized I can't make you see me for me. That's your problem.

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Less than two weeks away from my last birthday of my 40s I sure wish I knew this 20 years ago!

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I'm a work in progress and I love my truant heart ❤️ by @dana__rogers

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Sometimes it feels like you're losing everything you've worked so hard for and everything you think you wanted.

I am deeply drawn to FIRE and it serves as a good reminder of what loss and change truly means.

What appears to be a painful end likely is the beginning of profound change and transformation.

Fire embodies the dual nature of creation and destruction.

Change doesn't spring from comfortable circumstances.

Rebirth, renewal, and growth require intense energy.

Recently I've been experiencing loss of income, classes, workshop attendance, clients, and as a result, a loss of inspiration.

It's felt hopeless and dark. I've been feeling like I'm sleepwalking and numb.

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This past week the universe reminded me of what is really at work....

Transformation.

Space is being made for the next evolution.

I've lived this pattern before:
- feeling stuck without direction
- to receiving increasingly serendipitous messages
- to finally seeing the unfolding of what's next

I had three separate interactions with three amazing women this week, presented opportunities to move forward in business, creativity, and quality of life.

While feeling sorry for myself the alchemization was quietly working.

I don't want to minimize the pain and trauma of loss. There are losses in this life I've been mercifully ignorant of.

I also don't want to trivialize the epic literal fires burning across this planet either. I'm speaking metaphorically here.

Regardless, in some way, in some capacity, eventually there is a shift in paradigm or belief that follows.

When you feel up against it, channel the energy of fire. Sit in that intensity and trust it's burning away what wants to pass and clearing space for your next evolution. by @dana__rogers

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