Retreats

Why The Long Face? Laughter Yoga Spreading Smiles To Cabot Shores This May!

March 3, 2013

We’ve all experienced a good laugh, one that leaves you breathless and exhilarated with your sides in
stitches, but when was the last time you had one? As children we didn’t need a reason to laugh, but the
stresses of work and pressures of life often overwhelm us and tell us that we need to be serious to be
taken seriously.
Linda Leclerc, teacher and master trainer of Laughter Yoga seeks to inspire the same childlike playfulness
that had us giggling spontaneously and infectiously, in the hopes of promoting wellness, connection and
improving the health of our bodies and minds.
Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher and Master Trainer

Laughter Yoga [...]

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Community Mindfulness-Awareness Meditation at Cabot Shores

January 21, 2013

During the 2012 season, Cabot Shores began offering daily morning meditation and contemplation practice to our guests and staff. To our surprise and delight, many people participated.
Most people felt that meditating even for a short time was a great way to start the day – with the mind fresh and clear.
During the winter months, Cabot Shores invites members of the local St.Ann’s community to meditate with us on Sunday afternoons between 3-4pm.
Join us in mindfulness-awareness meditation and contemplation practice in the Shambhala Meditation tradition.
Beginners as well as experienced meditators are invited to attend – instruction will be provided – your [...]

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Cabot Shores Becomes Road Scholar Destination on Cape Breton Island

December 23, 2012

Cabot Shores is excited to announce its affiliation with Road Scholar . Road Scholar is a not-for-profit leader in educational travel since 1975 (founded as Elder Hostel) offering more than 7,000 educational tours in all 50 states and 150 countries. Alongside local and well-known experts, you can experience as an individual, or part of a couple, family or group in-depth and behind-the-scenes learning opportunities, from cultural tours and study cruises to walking, biking and more.
In partnership with Cabot Shores, Road Scholar is offering 2 exceptional programs which will focus on Cultural & Inter-generational adventures with Cabot Shores as adventure destination [...]

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Retreats

September 7, 2012

Philosophy
What is a retreat and why would one participate in one?
The word retreat suggests a temporary pulling back for the demands of one’s life. It’s traditional purpose is to create space and time away to focus on something specific – perhaps learn something new, such as a musical instrument or deepen our understanding or skill of something such as painting, or yoga, or meditation, or connecting with othera around a particular issue. Such a retreat creates a kind of container that keeps out demands and distractions, allowing you to relax into a different sense of time, focus as much as [...]

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Young Adult Cancer Retreat at Cabot Shores

August 30, 2012

More than a month later, we, the staff at Cabot Shores, are still basking in the glow of the good energy generated by the courageous and lively participants of Retreat Yourself, the annual retreat of Young Adult Cancer Canada (YACC). Being young (18-35) and living with a cancer diagnosis isn’t easy – mostly it’s a lonely experience. Connecting with other young survivors is essential and that’s what this retreat was about.

During the retreat, participants had the opportunity to share their personal cancer story; discuss how cancer affects their emotional wellbeing and their relationships; participate in group acupuncture and art therapy [...]

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What’s My Foot Got To Do With It?

August 27, 2012

Imagine finding out you have a “foreign” object in your foot.
So how did it get there?
Immediately, I remembered being about 5 years old, in my mother’s sewing studio (she designed and made one of a kind clothing), walking around in my socks and catching a sewing needle between the second and third toe of my right foot. Afraid she’d be mad at me if I told her, I remember withdrawing to a corner and working to get the needle out myself. I was never sure I got it all, but I don’t remember any symptoms pain thereafter. Until this past [...]

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Vegetarian/Vegan Cooking Retreats

January 28, 2012

Join us for a Vegetarian Cooking Retreat, facilitated by Barbara, Cabot Shores’ master gardener and vegetarian/vegan chef.
This is a unique opportunity to explore vegetarian cooking indepth, expand your repertoire, increase the amount of vegetables in your diet, learn to cook with seasonal vegetables, and most importantly, trust yourself in creating new flavour combinations, depending on what staples and vegetables you already have in your fridge and pantry.
The dishes you will learn to create are all vegetarian; however, you need not be a vegetarian to enjoy them! serve them as a side dish with fish or meat – they are sure [...]

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Morning Yoga with Barbara at Cabot Shores

December 28, 2011

Beginning the Day

At Cabot Shores, the Healing Arts are interspersed into many of the activities available to our guests. Morning Yoga is one of these. Our experience is that when we begin our day with even a short set of contemplative movement, we are more available to the other activities we engage in throughout the day – be they outdoor or cultural adventures,or simply interacting with loved ones or new friends. Morning Yoga, offered every day before breakfast, consists of easy to learn movements designed to wake up our body and our senses. Anyone can participate in Morning Yoga. Using [...]

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Breast Cancer Action Retreat (Nova Scotians Celebrate at Cabot Shores)

October 17, 2011

Hiking the Boardwalk photo by Barb Thompson

A group of eleven vivacious breast cancer survivors and their supporters participated in the first annual Breast Cancer Retreat at Cabot Shores. The retreat was sponsored by BCANS, Cabot Shores and the Good Health Festival Society of Cape Breton Island.
These women knew how to have fun! and how to stretch their limits (i.e. hiking much longer than they thought they could or participating in a night walk in spite of anxieties of all sorts).

Cape Breton women from the Cape Brestoners’ Dragon Boat group easily mingled with city women from Halifax, created good cheer around the dinner table and the bonfire, [...]

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Shambhala Lineage Festival and Retreat at Cabot Shores

October 7, 2011

Cabot Shores hosted the first Shambhala Lineage Festival.
At one point Kristine McCutcheon spoke of the influence
and the teachings of a King.
See this excerpt in this talk taking place in the Green
Chalet at Cabot Shores as part of the Shambhala meditation retreat.

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