Long before we arrived in Madoc, we imagined creating a place where people could step away from the pace and patterns of everyday life and reconnect with something deeper.
A place shaped by nature. By embodied expernence.
By meaningful conversation. By curiosity, transformation and wonder.
In 2022, that vision found it’s home on fifteen acres of
gardens, forest and open sky.
Our gatherings bring these ways of knowing back into relationship — so the way we live, connect and contribute can arise from something deeper.
When we return to our bodies, we become more present, When we reconnect with nature, we remember that we belong to something larger, And when we feel truly alive, we begin to meet the world with greater care, courage and consciousness.
For more than twenty years, Julia has guided people through movement, yoga and transformational dreamwork. As founder of Ecstatic Dance Toronto, she has helped thousands reconnect with the wisdom and freedom of their bodies.
Her work invites people beyond intellectual understanding and into direct, embodied knowing.
Ian has taught martial arts for more than thirty-five years.
He is also the founder of The Lions Hunt, a men’s program
devoted 10 growth, embodiment and rites of passage.
His work explores how conscious practice, meaningful challenge
and connection with nature reveal who we are capable of becoming.
We grow food, prepare meals, tend gardens and move with the changing seasons.
The land teaches patience, Interdependence and attention. It reminds us that transformation cannot always be hurried — and that creating something alive requires care.
Everything we offer here is shaped by that relationship.
