wellness

First Breast Cancer Retreat for Cape Breton Held at Cabot Shores

October 27, 2012
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Breast Cancer Action Nova Scotia hosted its first annual “SEARCH” Retreat for Cape Breton survivors, supporters and facilitators.  Thirty-five women participated in the Retreat at Cabot Shores Wilderness Resort, at Indian Brook.
One woman from Baddeck said:  “This place is a hidden treasure of peace and tranquility, a great retreat.  Awesome..”
Volunteers and staff from Breast Cancer Action, NS worked for months to organize and fund the retreat with donors including:
The Good Health Festival Society; Just Us  Coffee Roasters Coop; Rainbow Farms; Pete’s Fruitique, Bedford; Community Health Board from around Cape Breton Island; and others.
Breast cancer survivors gathered in “clans” and had [...]

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Humans in Nature: A State of Well-being

February 24, 2011
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Set amongst some of the world’s most precious landscape, visitors to Cabot Shores often describe unique sensations of “calm” during their stays. This visceral, connected energy is part of the larger force that surrounds us- the trees, the stars, the open land and waters. Its an amazing and simple truth that we humans are so innately connected to our environments.
The pull of nature can be profound. Today’s world runs with an urban pulse. Technology has created faster, more connected modes of living, and provides accessibility that both gifts and hinders the human [...]

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