7-Day Harmony Retreat 2025
An immersive 7-day experiential program to nourish the body, clear the mind, and activate the spirit that will change your life.
A Transformational 7-Day Experiential Retreat
August 1st through August 7th, 2025
Are you seeking greater purpose, increasing vitality, or hoping to rekindle a relationship or passion? Do you believe that your best life is yet to come? If so, I invite you to join us at our upcoming transformational retreat.
Over the course of a week, we will energize you with plant based foods straight from the garden, cooked by award winning Chef Chris. As we purify and energize your physical body, we will help clear your mind, and activate your spirit with yoga, breath work, an immersion in nature, a chat in the sauna, followed by a cold plunge in Lake Ontario.
In our Wisdom Circles and Sharing Circles you will learn practical strategies for enhancing physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
Welcome to Harmony, located three hours from Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada. Nestled on 26 acres of beautiful land, including 1400 ft of private waterfront on Lake Ontario. Connect with nature as you walk through moss covered forest trails, and discover there is no finer place to pause, rejuvenate, connect, and evolve.
J.D. Messinger
"I can't believe how much more breathing I do now! It has energized me and prompted me to attend exercise classes at home. I felt tons of love! Everyone was wonderful and collectively made "magic" happen. I did not realize how much I missed the great outdoors, surrounded by God’s majestic and bountiful beauty. Blocks were removed, and new channels were opened. I cannot thank you enough for your love, support, and acceptance. This all brought me great joy. "
Barbro Studwell
"I am very grateful and honored to have had this opportunity to enjoy such a unique, well-oiled event with the absolute finest team of people filled with so much genuine care and kindness. I loved everything; it was all excellent. I especially enjoyed all the love from everyone. The whole team was beyond kind. "
Jane S.
"It was fantastic, and I felt great being out in nature! I want to hike more next time, and you can’t beat the food."
Ted Studwell
Captain, USN (Retired)
"The Harmony retreat was just what I needed. It allowed me to disconnect from my world and reconnect with myself, my body, and my heart. The venue and the experience are magical. All of the activities were top-tier and led by truly special and amazing people. As an extreme yoga novice, I especially appreciated Jess and her ability to integrate joy and play into the practice. I relaxed, unplugged, and felt my heart expand. I particularly enjoyed the food, immersion, sound baths, and singing!"
Dr. Tangie Watkins
Pathologist
See the Venue & Meet Your Hosts
Learn more about the venue and the events with hosts J.D. Messinger and Michael Ritchie in the 11-minute video below.
Nourishing Plant-Based Delicacies
The retreat price includes the Nourish Package: A full plant-based, foraged, organic farm-to-table meal freshly prepared by Chef Chris. Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages are provided throughout your stay.
Private & Limited Event
This experiential retreat is by application only and is limited to ten participants. Apply now (with no obligation) and be placed on the priority list. After we receive your application we will schedule a private interview to determine if this is a fit for you.
Relax and Unwind
Hike in the forest or along the lake, or dive into Lake Ontario. Then, relax in the sauna or get a massage and completely unwind.
Program & Activities
Our one-of-a-kind program is filled with experiential events. It is the perfect all-inclusive program, and the bountiful beauty of ancient forests and pristine waters creates pure serenity. To enhance your experience, a private chef provides gourmet plant-based meals foraged from the garden. The program includes lodging, meals, activities, sharing circles, and optional events designed to clear the mind, open the heart, heal the body, and expand awareness. Details are listed below.
Detailed Events & Activities
Below is a description of the retreat activities.
Opening Night Sound Sanctuary (90 minutes)
Sound Sanctuary, is a grounding and restorative beginner-friendly experience that opens with self-paced Kundalini breath work and movement suited to everyone. This short opening helps bodies and minds to better settle in for a profoundly meditative, healing, and sound journey.
With their wide range of frequencies, tones, and harmonies, Gongs are one of the most potent ancient healing instruments and, in this experience, are complemented by other sound healing instruments.
The vibrations of a sound bath can induce a state of deep meditation and relaxation, moving and clearing energy and the subconscious mind.
A group mantra meditation will ground everyone back into their bodies while supporting participants in tapping into the healing power of their voices. It naturally creates a group healing experience and invites coherence to close out the evening. The entire session includes your choice of Healy Frequency support program or focus for the space. (Coherence, Chakra Balancing, Energy Clearing, etc.).
Using the Heart as our compass, this journey is intentionally designed to deepen the connection between mind and body. Utilizing breath work technology, Our instructor alchemizes authentic wisdom that brings more balance to the Soul. Bridging the worlds of science and spirituality within an environment curated for expansion will ignite your innate ability to use the holistic tools of breathwork, intentional sounding, and meditation as agents for change in your life.
When you own your breath, you take back control of your energy, and from this place of inner sovereignty, nothing can disturb your peace. Pulling inspiration from the certainty that when one finds peace, everyone benefits, we will venture through the uncertainty of the unknown and into the infinite possibilities of positive transformations that are ready to be known.
Our yoga instructor brings a megawatt smile, a contagious laugh, and energy to her practice, which also includes sound and singing. Each class is uniquely designed and offers many practices, including Hatha, Vinyasa, and Yang/Yin Restorative.
This is Harmony’s signature offering and is one of the most enjoyable and relaxing experiences loved by all. An immersive experience including sound, singing, breath work, a mediative barefoot forest walk through the moss, a sage cleansing by the fire, a gratitude circle, yoga and movement, a wood fire sauna session, and finally, ending with a lake plunge. It leaves all that participate connected and joyful.
There will be plenty of time to shut down, unwind, and enjoy nature, whether you prefer the water or forest. At the heart of Harmony is an untouched 300-year-old forest. The trees' serenity, wisdom and resiliency embrace you with each step along the moss carpeted trails as you walk barefoot to connect with the earth’s energy.
The vista of environmentally protected wetlands is a treasure chest of animal and plant life. It is biodiversity at its best. With blue and white herons, frogs, swans, eagles, owls, otters, and beavers, it is a beautiful world.
With 1400 feet of waterfront and a stone-covered beach, Lake Ontario is at your feet. Each day, the water offers a different view to take in and wash over you. Crystal-clear waters refresh and soothe you, whether you go for a dip, lounge lakeside, or shut your eyes and unwind to the rhythm of the water.
An evening to let go and journey inward that blends the essence of meditations, live music, recorded sound journeys, sound bowls, and more. It is a guided, supported evening of energy and healing. This experience is about seven hours and transforms lives, beginning at sundown and lasting to past midnight. Some release old wounds, others rekindle love, but regardless, there is much joy and laughter. It includes a pre-ceremony call with our guide, great music and dancing, sharing circles, and a post-integration call.
Thai massage with the wonderful and talented Bobbi. She leads you through movements and pressure points to release and soften blockages and tense muscles. Thai massage is very different from other forms of massage. It is a full body massage performed on a mat on the floor in comfortable clothing. It incorporates tai chi movements, rhythmic gestures, palm and thumb pressure along energy lines, gentle stretching and the conscious use of breathing. The additional cost is $120 per hour and sessions can be anywhere from 1-3 hours.
Amy offers a fascinating reading of your energy through the contact of your higher self and spiritual guides. These readings offer insight and clarity on your life journey. The cost is $140 per person for one hour, with a minimum of 4 people.
Experience a deep cleanse and remove impurities that reduce your energy and slow your metabolism. More details upon application.
Spend an afternoon in the quaint city of Picton, which is the Hamptons of Canada.
Investment
The cost for the retreat will be shared during the discovery call which is scheduled after you apply.
Apply now and learn more!
Complete the application (with no obligation) and be placed on the priority list.
After applying, you will receive an email to schedule a private discovery call.
This retreat is limited to ten participants. Preference will be given in the order in which you apply.
