About The Yoga Garden Retreat

Situated on 150 acres of mixed forest, with a private lake and yoga pavilion is the Yoga Garden Retreat Centre, designed to surround you in sacred space while experiencing yoga and other specially chosen workshops and retreats.  Some of the workshops we are presenting at Rama Lotus, are being held at this beautiful space. We encourage you to learn more at http://www.yogagarden.ca/.

Our Mission

Our mission is to create and sustain an incredibly beautiful, inspiring yoga retreat centre. A place where we can laugh, connect with others, connect with ourselves, disconnect from technology and take some time off to enjoy – then we can go back to our busy, technology filled lives and keep our centre. A place that combines many beautiful gardens with totally pristine wilderness. And, at the end of it all, we're here to provide a place for you to have fun.

Origins

Robert Hay founded the Rama Lotus Yoga Centre in 1994. Rama Lotus was one of the first multi-style yoga schools in North America (Ashtanga, Bikram, Hatha, Kundalini, Prenatal) and was the first yoga centre in Ottawa to offer regular professional teacher training certifications. Many innovations later, Rama Lotus Yoga Centre continues to be a leader in the field of yoga. With over eighty classes a week and over twenty five (as of March 2008) yoga teachers, Rama Lotus has grown to become one of the largest yoga centres in the world.

Upcoming Events:

Yogini Yoga Retreat ~ October 29th & 30th ~ 9:30am Saturday - 2pm Sunday

Cost:

• Cabana Rooms (limited availability) $200^+hst before Sept. 30th, $250^+hst thereafter
• Indoor Camping $180^+hst before Sept. 30th, $220^+hst thereafter

To register call 613.234.7974 or drop in to Rama Lotus at 342 Gladstone Avenue.

Yogini Yoga Retreat is a weekend Yoga retreat exclusively for women, designed with women in mind. It's an inspirational weekend to relax, rejuvenate, and renew your mind, body, and spirit, all in the company of like-minded women. Join Yogini Megan Campbell, of Journey of the Yogini, for the weekend! The focus will be on healing and empowering yourself through Yoga, meditation, nutrition, journaling, and of course, discussion. The setting is The Yoga Garden in Chelsea, Qc. an inviting space for us to bond, relax, practice Yoga, and grow together.

The weekend will consist of three Journey of the Yogini workshops focusing on different areas of the body, how it affects us in terms of our chakras (energy), its effects on the body and spirit, and our relationship to that area as women. The retreat is designed to suit beginner or intermediate Yoga enthusiast interested in personal growth and learning more about Yoga and wellness, as well those who are interested in deepening their practice in a quiet, comfortable, encouraging environment with 150 acres of forests, lakes, and gardens, a solar powered Yoga pavilion, and a private lake for swimming or canoeing.  Workshops, accommodations and four vegetarian meals are included in your personal investment cost!

Agenda:

Saturday 9:30am – Arrival/Meet and Greet

Saturday 10am- 1pm ~ Empower Workshop

The first workshop is Empower! This three hour intensive explores power, focusing on the first three chakras that are directly related to our perceptions and association with power. The focus is on the legs, hips and core.

Saturday 1-3pm ~ Lunch and Free time to explore the grounds

Saturday 3-5:30pm ~ Heal Workshop

The second workshop is Heal! This two and a half hour long workshop focuses on the fourth and fifth chakras, so the heart and throat, which tend to be areas of great issue for women in particular.

Saturday 5:30-6:30pm ~ Time to refresh and relax before dinner

Saturday 6:30pm ~ Group dinner

Saturday 8pm- onwards~ after dinner is free time to relax, read, wonder, journal, or whatever calls you! But it will be in silence, or in Yoga tradition, mauna.

Sunday 9am -12pm ~ Transform workshop

The third workshop is Transform! The three hour long workshop deals with our sixth and seventh chakras through Yin yoga and meditation. It also is a discussion on practical ways to incorporate yoga in to our everyday life, including nutrition, so living as a Yogini.

Sunday 12-2pm ~ A final group lunch, packing, and farewells!

About Your Retreat Leader

Megan Campbell has been teaching and practicing Yoga for over six years. She has completed two separate 200hr. teacher trainings,one in Ottawa and the other in India. She recently completed an 800hr Yoga Philosophy course through correspondence with one of her teachers, Georg Feuerstein. She currently resides and teaches in Ottawa, Ont. and focuses most of her energy on her popular women's workshops, Journey of the Yogini. The workshops are intended to build a community of strong, like-minded women, as well as raise awareness for Care Canada's I Am Powerful womens campaign, with whom she works closely. She continues to study with local and international teachers, and recently completed an Off the Mat, Into the World Leadership training with the intention of learning how to further ignite social activism in Ontario to help support national/international womens campigns.You can find out more about Megan and her classes/workshops at www.journeyoftheyogini.com