Women’s Wellness Retreat
May 30-June 1, 2025
To be notified when registration becomes available, please contact brianna.shields@trca.ca.
Claremont Nature Centre
4290 Westney Road North, Pickering, ON L1Y 1A2
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“Connecting with nature as well as all the wonderful women was restorative.”
Make the meadows, forests, and streams of the Claremont Nature Centre your home for the weekend! Join us for our third annual Women’s Weekend to connect with the land, yourself, and others in the serenity of nature.
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This thoughtfully curated experience is designed to help cultivate knowledge and skills while reflecting and relaxing in a beautiful conservation area. Your Friday evening to Sunday afternoon getaway will include:
- Four nutritious and satiating meals and with an abundance of snacks; tea and coffee
- Accommodations in our mid-century pan abode cedar lodge
- The opportunity to make 399 acres of forest, fields, meadows, wetlands, and the beautiful Duffins Creek your home for the weekend
- Optional workshops and wellness sessions led by female-identifying experts – feel free to skip one or two and do some journalling by the creek, or take a mid-afternoon snooze. This is your weekend: do what you want with your time away!
“Great energy, people, and time well spent!”
Tentative Schedule
| Friday, May 30, 2025 | |
| 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Arrival, Room Assignment, Snacks + Mingles |
| 7:00 p.m. | Intro to Claremont |
| 7:20 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | 4-Directions Element Grounding |
| 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Opening Circle + Campfire |
| 9:00 p.m. onwards | Intention Setting, Journals, Personal Choice |
| Saturday, May 31, 2025 | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:15 a.m. | Intro to Forest Therapy |
| 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Guided Forest Therapy Walk + Forest Tea Party |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:20 p.m. | Native Plants of Claremont: Nursery Introduction + Plant Talk |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Flock & Hive: Beekeeping + Beeswax Chat, Luminary Introduction |
| 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Beeswax Luminary and Tealight Creations |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Nature Connection meets Exploration: Duffins Creek Hike Option to navigate yourself back to Claremont, hitting Waypoints with invitations to connect with different spaces in the forest as you go |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| 7:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. | Fireside Chats |
| 9:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. | Yoga Nidra + Sound Healing |
| 10:00 p.m. onwards | Personal choice |
| Sunday, June 1, 2025 | |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Morning Meditation |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Nature Journalling + Closing Circle |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Pack-up |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Native Plants of Claremont Visit |
“A giant hug for self, for nature, and for others!”
Registration
Options Available:
- Private Room with Shared Washroom: This room has a single bed, you will share communal washrooms down the hall. It is $390.00 per person for the retreat.
- Shared Room with Ensuite Washroom: Bunk with a friend, or meet one here! This room has two single beds, you will share the room and adjoining washroom. It is $360.00 per person for the retreat.
Please email brianna.shields@trca.ca if you have any questions, or would like to be placed on the mailing list.