~August Long Weekend ~ Friday July 31st – Monday August 3rd, 2015 ~
Come celebrate the call of the heart at Shanti Retreat, Wolfe Island for an unforgettable, heart-centered August Long Weekend. A celebration dedicated to music, chanting, yoga, dancing, meditation, inspiring workshops, delicious vegetarian meals, community, devotion, friends, laughter and Love! Spend free time swimming, lounging on the water trampoline, relaxing waterside in a hammock, canoeing, kayaking, hula hooping, swinging under the oak tree, or visiting the henna booth. Last year, over 70 souls gathered to celebrate and raise consciousness! Experience Summer’s breathtaking sunsets, morning birdsong and an abundance of local, seasonal and organic produce lovingly prepared and served. Choose from 3 or 4 day retreat packages, offsite accommodation or Day Passes. Please see below for rates, accommodation options, schedule, artist bios and more.
3 day Retreat Rates (Friday – Sunday )
Semi-private accommodation (2/room) $495 – 1 ROOM LEFT!
Shared accommodation (3-4/room) $465
Tenting/yurt $405 – SOLD OUT
tent not included; towels and washroom/shower facilities provided
Rates are per person and include accommodation, meals, morning meditation & yoga, kirtan with Brenda McMorrow, Adam Bauer, Lana Sugarman, Abby Blythe & The Bhakti Connection, (over 8 hours of kirtan!). Please add hst to all rates.
Want to stay Sunday night?
Special Rate: Add $150 to the above rates for the complete 4 day Retreat Package!
4 Day package includes offerings listed above plus an 2 hour kirtan/workshop with Brenda McMorrow “Bhakti and Jnana: the Yoga of Devotion and Self-Inquiry,” evening Kirtan with Adam Bauer, Bhakti Dance Party, Monday closing Kirtan, accommodation, dinner, brunch, Monday morning yoga and use of Shanti’s amenities. Rate is per person. Please add hst.
Off site Accommodation
3 day Retreat (Friday – Sunday) $370
Rate is indicated per person and includes meals, morning meditation or silent walk, afternoon and evening kirtan with Adam Bauer, Brenda McMorrow, Lana Sugarman, Abby Blythe, The Bhakti Connection (over 8 hours of kirtan!), and use of Shanti’s amenities. Yoga is not included in this rate, but may be added based on space and availability for $15/class.
We are more than happy to assist you in an offsite booking, please let us know your preferred location.
Blue Horizon B&B (waterside farmhouse, 15 minute drive from Shanti) http://www.bbcanada.com/3549.html
Dreamcatcher’s Inn (Marysville, 5 minute drive from Shanti) http://www.dreamcatchers-inn.com/
General Wolfe hotel (Marysville, 5 minute drive from Shanti) http://www.generalwolfehotel.com/
Wolfe Island Bhakti & Yoga Celebration 2014
Saturday Day Pass $125
Day pass is valid from 10 am – 11pm Saturday and includes meals, afternoon kirtan with Abby Blythe, The Bhakti Connection, plus evening kirtan with Brenda McMorrow, and use of Shanti’s amenities. Afternoon Yoga is not included, unless space is available. Class is $15 + hst. Rate is indicated per person; please add hst.
Sunday Day Pass $125
Day Pass is valid from 10am – 11pm Sunday and includes meals, 2 hour workshop with Brenda Mcmorrow “Bhakti and Jnana: the Yoga of Devotion and Self-Inquiry” group chanting with Lana Sugarman, evening kirtan with Adam Bauer, Bhakti Dance Party and use of Shanti’s amenities. Yoga is not included. Rate is indicated per person; please add hst.
Shanti’s amenities include use of infrared sauna, canoes, kayaks, water trampoline, swimming dock, labyrinth, meditation garden, slack line, hula hoops, wellness tea bar & wifi.
Schedule
Friday
Arrival after 2 pm.. Ensure to line up early for the ferry during this holiday weekend!
4:30 – 6 pm yoga with Darin (yurt)
6:30 Dinner
8:00 – 9:30 Kirtan with Adam Bauer
9:45 Bhakti Bon Fire Bring out your personal instrument fireside and take your turn leading a chant.
Saturday
Morning snack available upon rising (tea, fruit, oatmeal, trail mix)
8:00 am meditation at the Timor hut with Darin (30 minutes)
8:45 am – 10:15 yoga with Wendy (yurt)
10:30 Brunch
Free time for swimming, water trampoline, hammock therapy, canoe/kayak, slack line, hula hoop, henna booth, sauna, relaxing and more!
12 – 1:30 Kirtan with Abby Blythe
2-3:30pm Kirtan with Bhakti Connection (outdoors if weather permits)
Afternoon complimentary snack
4:30-6:00 pm Movement & Mantra Yoga with Lana Sugarman
6:30 Dinner
8:00 Kirtan with Brenda McMorrow
Sunday
Light morning snack available upon rising
8:00 am meditation at the hut with Wendy or silent morning walk with Darin
8:45 – 10:15 am Yoga with Lacey
10:30 am brunch
12- 2pm Kirtan with Lana Sugarman, includes teachings on mantra history and a group vocal warm up.
Departure for 3 day guests
Afternoon complimentary snack
4-6 Workshop with Brenda McMorrow: “Bhakti and Jnana: the Yogas of Devotion and Self-Inquiry”
6:30 pm Dinner
8pm Kirtan with Adam Bauer
9:45 Bhakti Dance Party with Lacey
Monday
Light morning snack available upon rising
8:15 – 9:15 morning yoga with Wendy or silent walking meditation with Darin
9:30 – 10:30 am Closing kirtan with all artists
10:45 am brunch
Departure
2013 Weekend of Bhakti & Yoga
About the Workshops
Bhakti and Jnana: the Yogas of Devotion and Self-Inquiry with Brenda McMorrow
About the Artist’s
Brenda McMorrow
Devotional Chant Artist Brenda McMorrow travels worldwide sharing her deep devotion to the celebration of our true beings through the joyous Bhakti Yoga practice of Kirtan. Brenda is invited to share her music at events across North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia. With 3 celebrated devotional chant albums, Brenda is a featured artist on the White Swan Records roster, a Colorado label well known for it’s high-profile yoga-inspired artists like Deva Premal. She has accompanied Grammy award winning cellist David Darling and esteemed Kirtan musicians Jai Uttal, Wah!, David Newman, Dave Stringer and more. www.brendamcmorrow.com
“Brenda McMorrow has a gift. When she sings, Maharaji (Neem Karoli Baba) is there” – Ram Dass
“…Brenda McMorrow has forged her own unique and welcoming style of mantra music, blending elements of acoustic folk, world rhythms, with a sweetly introspective singer-songwriter’s sensibility. Her new album, Igniting the Beauty, blends inspired reinterpretations of some of her best repertoire material with meditative new compositions that explore gorgeous vistas of dreamlike melodies” – Yoga Journal
Adam Bauer
Adam played bass for years supporting artists like Krishna Das and Shyamdas, among many others. Now accompanying himself on harmonium singing his own original kirtan compositions, he is emerging as a compelling and deeply soulful kirtan wala in his own right. His critically-acclaimed first solo record, Shyam Lila, debuted on Mantralogy Records in April 2014, and is available at http://merchnow.com/products/175204/ and http://iamadambauer.com/shyam-lila/ Additionally, Adam has a unique online store, Dharma Boutique, filled with sacred and sensual treasures collected on his travels in India. www.dharmaboutique.com
Lana Sugarman
Lana merges her love for Sanskrit and song with the practice of kirtan (call and response chanting). You can find her creating good vibrations at studios throughout Toronto, sharing the magic of mantras. She has had the opportunity to sing and play with David Newman, Brenda McMorrow, Mike Cohen, Swaha, Jim Gelcer, Lea Longo, and John William Bauld. In August, 2013, Lana released her first album of mantra/kirtan music,Invocation. http://lanayoga.ca/
Abby Blythe
Abby Blythe’s life and career as both a musician and yogi started in early adolescence. She began her formal vocal training at the age of 10, and carried on these studies into adulthood, eventually studying vocal performance at Queen’s university, performing in Opera, Musical Theatre, and numerous recitals along the way.
Around the same age, and seemingly by chance, Abby also took her first lessons in Yoga. Through both of these practices Abby learned the power and value of a good breath early in life.
It was the discovery of Kirtan (sacred chanting in Sanskrit of the names of the Divine) that brought the missing link- soul- to Abby Blythe’s singing. It inspired her to finally start sharing her voice more publicly, eventually even making recordings.
Abby Blythe is so delighted to have made this discovery and joyfully offers these sacred songs any chance she can get- from venues as small as a private living room to venues as large as the the Metro Toronto Convention Center (Toronto Yoga Conference).
Abby Blythe’s voice and music can be enjoyed live at any Kirtan event, or can be enjoyed in your home via recordings offered for sale here.
The Bhakti Connection
The Bhakti Connection have been sharing the spirit of kirtan and chant in Ottawa, Canada since 2007. Together they bring a multi cultural ‘unity’ kirtan to new heights, using voice and music as the key to bring spiritual unity. The Bhakti Connection’s musical background brings together a variety of styles and influences to create a vibration and energy that is unique. They have released their second album, “For All the Beings” in 2013. To listen to The Bhakti Connection: www.BhaktiConnection.ca
