Tree of Life

Tree of Life Sustainability Project, Building community, nurtured by nature and inspired by spirit. Eco Lodge, Retreat Centre. http://www.treeoflifenl.com/

The Tree of Life (TOL) is an eco-community based in Salmonier Line, St. Mary’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. It’s designed by and for its members to help connect people, nature and spiritual practice through the cooperative development and management of a self-sufficient intentional community.

🌿 Trauma-Informed Yoga Training25-hour immersive with Laurel MacKay📅 September 25–27, 2026👥 Limited to 12 participants⸻T...
05/04/2026

🌿 Trauma-Informed Yoga Training
25-hour immersive with Laurel MacKay

📅 September 25–27, 2026
👥 Limited to 12 participants

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This is a rare opportunity in Newfoundland to study trauma-informed yoga in a deep, practical, and embodied way.

In a time where understanding trauma is essential, this training supports yoga teachers, health professionals, and caregivers to create safer, more inclusive, and responsive spaces.

✨ Led by Laurel MacKay, a Canadian Clinical Counsellor with 25+ years of experience, this immersive bridges yoga, neuroscience, and trauma-informed care.

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🧘‍♀️ What you’ll explore:

* foundations of trauma-informed teaching
* nervous system regulation (fight, flight, freeze, fawn)
* somatic movement, breathwork & mindfulness
* creating safer spaces through language, choice & boundaries
* body awareness & grounding practices
* mindful sequencing for diverse needs
* cultural sensitivity & ethics
* self-care & resilience as a practitioner
* practicum with supportive feedback

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🌲 The experience
Held at Tree of Life Retreat Centre, surrounded by the wild beauty of Newfoundland (45 min from St. John’s), this 2.5-day immersion offers both learning and integration.

In your downtime:
✨ forest walks
💧 waterfall swims
🎶 restorative yoga & sound bath
🔥 fireside connection

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🎓 Certification
Receive a 25-hour certificate (including 5 non-contact hours), eligible for continuing education credits.

📘 Who it’s for
Yoga teachers (200hr recommended), wellness practitioners, and mental health professionals with a personal practice.

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💫 Investment
$799
🌿 Early Bird $699 (by May 25, 2026)

Includes:

* accommodation (mostly private, some shared)
* vegan & gluten-free meals
* training manual + full program

💌 Deposit: $250 (non-refundable)
📧 [email protected]

🌈 Partial scholarships available for BIPOC & trans participants

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A powerful, intimate training to deepen your teaching, expand your awareness, and meet this moment with skill, care, and presence.

✨ Limited spots available

✨ ENLIGHTENMENT INTENSIVE RETREAT ✨📅 May 14–18, 2026📅 July 23–31, 2026📅 October 8–12, 2026👥 12 to 16 spots availableIf y...
04/21/2026

✨ ENLIGHTENMENT INTENSIVE RETREAT ✨

📅 May 14–18, 2026
📅 July 23–31, 2026
📅 October 8–12, 2026

👥 12 to 16 spots available

If you feel a longing toward deeper truth, presence, and self-discovery, this retreat offers a powerful space to explore who you truly are.

Step away from daily distractions and enter a supportive, focused environment designed for real inner transformation.

An Enlightenment Intensive (EI) blends Western psychological awareness with Eastern meditative practice. Through the powerful dyad method (face-to-face inquiry), you’ll contemplate questions like “Who am I?”…softly dissolving layers of conditioning and reconnecting with your essential nature.

🌿 Why join?
• Experience clarity, depth, and inner stillness
• Move beyond limiting patterns and beliefs
• Access expanded awareness in just a few days
• Be held in a safe, structured, and nurturing space
• Engage in a practice that has supported thousands worldwide

🌿 Retreat includes
• Guided self-inquiry and meditation
• Sitting, walking & working meditation
• Nourishing meals & simple living
• A quiet, nature-based setting for deep reflection

This is a gentle yet profound journey—one that can open the door to lasting insight and meaningful change.

✨ Spaces are limited and tend to fill quickly.

🌐 Visit our website at: treeoflifenl.com for more details.
📩 To register, contact Meranda at: [email protected]

🌿 RECONNECT: EARTH & BODY 🌿📅 August 28–30, 2026 A full weekend immersion designed to bring you back into connection with...
04/21/2026

🌿 RECONNECT: EARTH & BODY 🌿

📅 August 28–30, 2026

A full weekend immersion designed to bring you back into connection with your body, yourself, and the natural rhythms that guide us.

This experience is gently structured yet intentionally spacious—created not to overwhelm, but to allow your system to settle, reset, and receive.

✨ Your weekend flow

You’ll arrive Friday afternoon, settle into the bunkhouse, and ease into the space before sharing a welcoming supper together. The evening unfolds with Brevaya Breathwork (guided by Leslie) followed by a bonfire, meditation, and sound journey—a grounding and intentional opening to the weekend.

🌅 Saturday begins slowly with gentle yoga (Jackie Nugent) and meditation (Charlie), followed by a nourishing breakfast.
From there, we move into deeper work: breathwork, spinal energetics, and Reiki support—layered sessions designed to help your body gradually open, release, and regulate.

🌿 Free time is woven throughout the day for rest, nature walks, or connecting with the land—including the waterfall.

In the afternoon, experience silvotherapy with Angie Ryan—an accessible, hands-on introduction to the healing plants and natural medicines of the land.

🔥 As night falls, we gather again for a bonfire, sound bath, and full moon ritual—a powerful space for release, intention, and connection.

🌞 Sunday offers gentle movement, breakfast, and a final integration session of breathwork, spinal energetics, and Reiki—bringing the full arc of the weekend together.

We close with a shared lunch and a grounding closing ceremony, allowing for a soft and supported transition home.

💫 Each element of the weekend builds upon the next—creating a deep, full-body reset that unfolds over time.

🌿 Come as you are. Leave more connected, more grounded, and more fully in your body.

📩 Reach out to reserve your space or learn more.

To register, please write to Charlie at: [email protected]

🌿✨ Bloom in the Wild ✨🌿j🌸📅 August 1–6, 2026 📅🌸A Nature-Rooted Retreat in NewfoundlandThere is a quiet kind of healing th...
04/10/2026

🌿✨ Bloom in the Wild ✨🌿j
🌸📅 August 1–6, 2026 📅🌸
A Nature-Rooted Retreat in Newfoundland

There is a quiet kind of healing that happens when we step away from the noise… and return to the land 🌊🌲

Bloom in the Wild is an invitation to slow down, soften, and reconnect—with your body, your breath, and what is true within you. Held in the wild, untouched beauty of Newfoundland, this retreat offers a sacred space to rest, release, and remember.

Open to both men and women, this experience is for those who feel called to come home to themselves—through presence, honesty, and deep care 🤍

Surrounded by forest, ocean air, and simplicity, we gather in an intimate setting where simplicity becomes medicine.

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🌸 The Experience
A gentle weaving of embodied healing and nature connection:

• 🌿 Somatic movement & nervous system support
• 🌬️ Breathwork & meditation
• 🔥 Heart-opening rituals & ceremony
• 💆‍♀️ Bodywork
• 🌊 Nature immersion & grounding practices
• 🥗 Nourishing meals & integration time
• 🫶 Circle sharing & reflection

This is not about forcing change… but allowing it to unfold naturally through safety, softness, and presence.

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🌼 About Kayla Ann
Kayla Ann is the founder of Sanctuary of Self 🌿—a retreat facilitator, bodyworker, and ceremonialist devoted to helping others reconnect with their bodies and inner truth.

Her work beautifully blends somatic healing, energy work, ritual, and nature-based practices to create spaces that feel deeply grounded, safe, and nurturing 🤍

This retreat is especially close to her heart, as it brings her back to her roots in Newfoundland—the very land that first held and shaped her 🌊

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✨ Choose Your Journey

🌙 3-Night Immersion
📅 August 1–4
💰 $666 CAD
A gentle yet powerful reset to reconnect and restore

Includes:
• Shared accommodation (3 nights)
• Daily movement, meditation & breathwork
• Opening & closing ceremonies
• Nature rituals & integration circles
• Nourishing meals & snacks

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🌕 5-Night Full Experience
📅 August 1–6, 2026
💰 $888 CAD
A deeper journey to release, receive, and integrate

Includes:
• Shared accommodation (5 nights)
• Daily movement, meditation & breathwork
• Opening & closing ceremonies
• Nature rituals & integration circles
• Nourishing meals & snacks
• 💆‍♀️ 1:1 bodywork session
• Extra time for rest & integration

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📩 To Register or Inquire
Please contact: [email protected]

Come as you are… and bloom in the wild 🌸

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Tree Of Life, Salmonier Line
Mount Pearl, NL
A0B1G0

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