Ayurvedic Awareness @BLOOM Holistic Retreat Centre October 31-November 2, 2025

This is where we will join (yoga/yog) in this beautiful shala at Bloom.

**Jennifer Kelly** has been practicing yoga since 2007 and teaching since 2017. The full body joy and calmness that unfolds after practicing are the fundamental goals of Jen’s teaching style. As she weaves breath work with movement and pays attention to the spirit through yoga philosophy, the main goal of her teachings is to leave the practitioner feeling better and more comfortable in their body. Her training includes E-500RYT, Yin YTT(Yoga Teacher Training) with Bernie Clark, 30hr Restorative YTT with Hali Schwartz, 25hr SUP (Stand Up Paddle board)YTT, 32hr Trauma Informed YTT, Level 1 Reiki with Eddee Huang and continued Iyengar Yoga classes with Jim Pope.

**Deborah Bouttell** has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and teaching for 8. Her style of teaching leads itself to balance the mind, body and spirit. She started Pine Stone Yoga Studio during covid which she runs from her home for both in person and online classes. Deb has a passion for Anatomy and has taught Yoga Anatomy for several YTT programs; she encourages students to listen to their bodies in order to explore the physical practice within their own limits. Her trainings include 500hr RYT programs, Yin 50hr through Bernie Clark, Therapeutic Yoga; Anatomy, philosophy and breath with Leslie Kaminoff, Trauma Informed Yoga, she is also trained in Yoga Nidra and she currently practices Iyengar Yoga with Jim Pope. In her spare time she is a Registered Massage Therapist in the city of Burlington where she runs her own clinic.

Venue

Bloom is a food forward vegetarian retreat centre that celebrates the bounty of each season. It is is a yoga, meditation and wellness retreat centre situated lakefront on 900 acres of biodiverse boreal forest. This destination is absolutely beautiful and gives the visitors space to relax and enjoy, whether its with a home cooked meal, a yoga class in the light filled yoga shala, some time in the sauna, a swim in the lake (chilly in October!) or walking on the trails.

Your ‘Ayurvedic Aware’ retreat includes accommodation, yoga instructions, meals & snacks with information on Ayurvedic principles as well as a set time in the sauna if you so choose. All yoga classes will be offered for the new yoga practitioner to the advanced.

Check out Bloom Holistic Retreat Centre for all the room pictures (by Suzy Lamont) and view the beautiful acreage surrounding Lake Loughborough @bloomholisticretreat.com

GETTING TO BLOOM; you can drive from the GTA approximately 2.5-3 hours and 2 hours from Ottawa. The train takes you to Kingston station with the option of grabbing an Uber 20 minutes drive north of city of Kingston. Please let us know your plans and we can try our best to connect people with the same plan.

Itinerary

Friday, October 31st

4:00pm	Arrive at Bloom
4:30pm	Snacks with an Ayurvedic introduction
6:00pm	Dine and connect with your doshas (sun sets at 5:58pm)
8:00pm	90 minute Restorative to Yoga Nidra (in the yoga shala room)

-sleep well-

Saturday, November 1st

7:30am	Light Breakfast (sunrise at 7:44am)
9:30am	90 minute Vinyasa Yoga with pranayama (in the yoga shala room)
12:00pm	Lunch
1:00pm	Free Time (Sauna, lake, hike or read)
4:00pm	90 minute Yin Yoga practice (in the yoga shala room)
6:30pm	Dinner
8:00pm	Bonfire (close to full moon) if the weather is unsettled; dosha work in the dining room

-sleep soundly-

Sunday, April 28th

7:30am	Light Breakfast
9:30am	90 minute Hatha practice
11:00am	Brunch
12:00pm	Pack up or hang around Bloom acreage.

-be well-

*itinerary is subject to change, and everything is optional

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