Cozy Up @ BLOOM with Kate Gillespie
November 22 - 24, 2024
Join me at the stunning new wellness retreat centre BLOOM for a luxurious yoga retreat weekend next fall. Bloom is located on over 650 acres of Canadian shield land just 20 minutes north of Kingston on Loughborough Lake. The building is newly designed and constructed, full of floor-to-ceiling windows, and mindfully oriented to have a view of the expansive lakefront from every room on the main floor: yoga space, living area, dining area and entrance. The property offers literally miles of lakefront on a very low-occupancy lake, acres of forest with hiking trails, lookout points, a fire pit and an outdoor dining area with pizza oven. It is an oasis like you've never seen in Ontario!
We’ll meet for our opening practice at 4:30pm on Friday afternoon once you settle in. Then we’ll gather for an incredible farm-to-table vegetarian meal, followed by a relaxing evening in the cozy living room. Saturday morning will start with a light breakfast, an invigorating practice in the lakefront studio, followed by a nourishing brunch. In the afternoon, you can enjoy more than 25 kilometres of beautiful forest, wetland and lakefront trails and commune with the diverse creatures that make this land home. Heat up in the sauna and cold dip in the lake! Or perhaps you’d rather get a massage, or cozy up with a book by the fire. Anything goes. The evening restorative practice will be soft and soothing, and we’ll enjoy another delicious meal before a laid back night of R&R. Sunday will start the same way, and although we check out of the building at 12pm, we’re welcome to enjoy the property for the afternoon.
RATES From $690 - $1475 CAD includes 2 nights accommodation, use of the property’s amenities and hiking trails, all meals, and yoga. Subject to 13% HST. Please see the sign up form for details.
GETTING THERE You can drive, or take the train to Kingston station - it's only a 25 minute drive north of the city. Let me know if you'd like to carpool, or if you plan to take the train and want to share an Uber with someone to and from the station. I’ll do my best to connect you up with others with the same plan. Drive time is about 2.5-3 hours from Toronto, 2 hours from Ottawa, and 3-4 hours from Montreal.
I hope you can make it! xo Kate
Please email kkgillespie@gmail.com with any questions.
