Hosted by dina mei and honey frid
Pilates/Garuda Somatic Movements Wellness Retreat Sept 15th-17th 2024
w/ Yoga and Sound Healing
About
Introduction
Meet Your Hosts
Meet Your Hosts
We invite you to join 2 lifetime besties at the Lakeside Inn Orillia for a wellness retreat filled with Pilates, Garuda, Somatic Movements, yoga, meditation, chef prepared meals, and lots of joy and laughter. Dina Mei and Honey Frid are passionate movement educators with decades of teaching experience and certifications in many specialize
We invite you to join 2 lifetime besties at the Lakeside Inn Orillia for a wellness retreat filled with Pilates, Garuda, Somatic Movements, yoga, meditation, chef prepared meals, and lots of joy and laughter. Dina Mei and Honey Frid are passionate movement educators with decades of teaching experience and certifications in many specialized methods. You will have the choice of challenging and restorative movement classes, delicious chef prepared meals in a cozy setting by the lake. Revive and rejoice in nourishing movement by day, relax and unwind in restorative yoga, meditation and sound healing at night
Upon arrival on Sunday afternoon we will gather for a welcome drink, light dinner ,a meet and greet then finish the evening off with a SOUND BATH.
You will be welcomed on Monday morning with a delicious nutritious breakfast prepared by our Chef. Followed by morning classes, filled with props and loaded with modifications for all levels, followed by a Pilates / Garuda mat class starting on a stool and followed by a fascia roll out with a foam roller
Lunch is provided by our chef
Spend a few afternoon hours relaxing, booking a spa treatment, enjoying a craft session, canoeing, kayaking, hiking, taking a class or driving into town.
Delicious and nutritious dinner will be served by the chef
We will conclude our exhilarating day with a fabulous soul and meditative Somatic Movement class.
Awaken Tuesday to a light breakfast with nourishing smoothies and fresh detox juice. We will offer you a final class, with the teaching of osteofacial/baccal massage w/cupping for you to once you leave, followed by an invigorating movement class to end our amazing retreat.
Small/Intimaten-MAXIMUM 17 ppl
honeyanddina1@gmail.com honeyfrid@yahoo.ca pilatesbodiesbydina@gmail.com
Meet Your Hosts
Meet Your Hosts
Meet Your Hosts
Dina Mei- Meet Dina Mei, a movement specialist and Pilates teacher with a passion for wellness and a heart for helping others. With 26+ years of experience, Dina is fully certified in all levels of Pilates and a variety of other body work and wellness practices, including Buff Bones (osteoporosis), Pre and Post hip/knee replacement, Anato
Dina Mei- Meet Dina Mei, a movement specialist and Pilates teacher with a passion for wellness and a heart for helping others. With 26+ years of experience, Dina is fully certified in all levels of Pilates and a variety of other body work and wellness practices, including Buff Bones (osteoporosis), Pre and Post hip/knee replacement, Anatomy Trains, FAMI, The Garuda Method-Matwork,Aerial Suspension for Yoga and Pilates, the MELT method and Yamuna Body Rolling to name just a few. With a focus on injury prevention and performance enhancement, Dina has worked with athletes of all levels, including NCAA teams as well as future prospects for the past 20 years. She is highly sought after, with many referrals from Orthopedic Surgeons and Athletic Coaches. Dina discovered her love for Pilates after a car accident left her with back injuries and years of suffering. After two years of rehabilitation through Pilates, she pursued her first certification and has continued to never stop learning, taking certifications, workshops and seminars with Master Teachers worldwide. In 2011, she opened Pilates Bodies by Dina studio in York Region and won The Reader's Choice Award for Best Studio in Thornhill/Richmond Hill for 5 consecutive years. Her studio hit full capacity within the first year! She attributes this success to the incredible teachers she mentored over the years and joined her team.
Dina values the connections she has made with her clients over the years and considers them family. Her extensive and diverse training has been key to her success as a movement specialist. With a passion for travel and a love of teaching, Dina has now embarked on the next chapter in her career by co- founding Joy of Movement Weekend Retreats, where she combines her passion for wellness and movement with the opportunity to create new connections and bring people together. Connecting, communication, openness and laughter are some of the things that make her happy
IG- @dinagraymei @joyofmovementweekendretreats1
FB- Pilates Bodies by Dina
Honey Frid- Honey Frid has been a dancer, choreographer and movement educator for over 30 years and her love for movement is reflected in her passionate teaching style. She completed her Pilates training in 1999. Since then Honey has trained and been certified in many movement modalities and methods and has traveled to New York, Israel, London and California, training with the world's finest Teachers and creating a unique teaching style that encompasses her many years of study. For the past 8 years Honey has been growing her extensive knowledge of the Garuda method under the creator James D’Silva. Honey is one of the first trained Garuda teachers in North America. She is certified in Garuda Mat,Garuda apparatus, Garuda foam roller, and Garuda chair. Honey strives to help her clients feel excited about movement, most importantly her mandate is for each individual to discover a deep connection and awareness of their own body. IG- @honeyfrid @joyofmovementweekendretreats1
Guest Teachers
Alannah Kemp- is a Certified Sound Healer, Yoga Teacher and Reiki Practitioner with a passion for guiding individuals to a stronger sense of connection and fostering their intuition to encourage self-healing. Her background as a musician inspires a carefully thought-out sound experience which draws the body into deep relaxation. The sound bath is composed of chimes, crystal sound bowls, tongue drum and vocal overtoning. Alannah instructs gentle movement and breath-work paired with guided meditations to shift participants to a perspective of gratitude and self-love. You will leave your session feeling grounded, rejuvenated, open and calm.
IG @inner.environmentalism
Eva Chudolinska
Healing Practitioner, Massage Therapist, Meditation Practitioner...
It is my calling and honour to assist each client on their healing journey. In my treatments I attune to the person and their unique bodily needs, meeting them where they are, be it at physical, emotional, energetical or spiritual level. While holding sacred space for whatever emerges in a treatment, I implement many of the tools I acquired over 24 years of my healing practice.
Some of the modalities I use:
-Massage Therapy
-Fertility Support
-Pregnancy massage
-Infant and child Massage
-Lymphatic Drainage
-Pre- and post-surgery treatments
-Face Massage and TMJ treatment
-NISA (Neuromuscular Integration and Structural Alignment)
-Cranio-Sacral Therapy
-Osteopathic techniques
-Somato-Emotional Release
-Various forms of Energy Work (Reiki, Pranic Healing..)
-Face and Body Cupping
-Meditation
honeyanddina1@gmail.com honeyfrid@yahoo.ca pilatesbodiesbydina@gmail.com
Lakeside Inn
Meet Your Hosts
Lakeside Inn
Our home for the wellness weekend is just a short 75 minute drive from Toronto.
-newly renovated cozy clean private
rooms with a full bathroom overlooking the lake
-beautiful brand new Pilates/Yoga space overlooking the lake
-treatment rooms for Massages/Mani/Pedi's
-infrared sauna
-massage beds
-a lovely common room t
Our home for the wellness weekend is just a short 75 minute drive from Toronto.
-newly renovated cozy clean private
rooms with a full bathroom overlooking the lake
-beautiful brand new Pilates/Yoga space overlooking the lake
-treatment rooms for Massages/Mani/Pedi's
-infrared sauna
-massage beds
-a lovely common room to enjoy chef prepared meals and make new connections.
-canoeing
-kayaking
-Stand Up Paddle
-fire pit for marshmallows by the campfire and smores
-minutes away from Mara national park, hiking and bike trails
-minutes from Casino Rama and downtown Orillia
***King sized rooms
***Cabins-single queens w/outdoor sitting area
*** 1 bedroom suite w/living room and outdoor sitting area
***Shared accommodation for 2 people with 2 Queen beds
Cost of the All inclusive Wellness Retreat
King Room $1150
Cabin/Queen $1300 single
Shared Queen Room $895 pp
** 2 queen beds/2 people sharing a room per person
1 bedroom King cabin w/separate living room $1500
Registration is on a first come first serve basis.
Please email 50% deposit with what room type your require to one of the following emails honeyfrid@yahoo.ca pilatesbodiesbydina@gmail.com
Cancellattion policies
1- Full refund of deposit if cancellation is made 30 days prior to retreat start date.
2- 50% of deposit refundable up to 15 days prior to retreat start date
3- We will credit your deposit for future retreats