SAVE THE DATE!
Women’s Wellness Retreat
Friday, May 14 to Sunday, May 16, 2027
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 fifth 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!”
Sample Schedule
| Friday | |
| 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 | |
| 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. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. | Native Plants of Claremont: Nursery Introduction + Plant Talk |
| 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Mosaic Garden Stone Workshop |
| 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Nature Connection meets Exploration Take yourself (or yourself and some new friends!) on a journey around Claremont, discovering 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 + Labyrinth Meditation |
| 9:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. | Yoga Nidra + Sound Healing |
| 10:00 p.m. onwards | Personal choice |
| Sunday | |
| 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 |
“Wonderful to connect with other women and explore the beautiful forest.”
Invaluable Inclusions
- Time in nature
- A guilt-free, low impact, sustainable, and environmentally conscious getaway
- Time with like-minded, positive, uplifting people
- Community, nature connection, and skills-building focus
Registration
Coming soon!
Please email brianna.shields@trca.ca if you have any questions,
or would like to be placed on the mailing list.