4 DAY RATES

AUGUST 4-7, 2017

August Long Weekend

Bhakti & Yoga Celebration 2017

Accommodation at Shanti Retreat, 6 Vegetarian Meals, 2 Afternoon Snacks, 4 Yoga Classes (Suitable For All Levels), 3 Morning Meditations, Over 12 hours of Kirtan, 1 Afternoon Workshop with Brenda, 1 Infrared Sauna Session, and Use of Shanti’s Amenities (Wellness Tea Bar, WiFi, Labyrinth, Canoes and Kayaks, Hammocks, Walking and Cycling Routes).

Semi-Private Shared $630+HST $605+HST

Shanti Tent Personal Tent $580+HST $555+HST

For the 3 Day rate, please subtract $150+HST from the above rates.

YOUR WEEKEND INCLUDES

Come to Wolfe Island for our 4th annual celebration of Bhakti; the yoga of love and devotion! Enjoy the beauty and aliveness of Shanti in August. Immerse yourself in four days filled with yoga, meditation, kirtan, delicious vegetarian cuisine, and free time to spend savoring the beauty that surrounds us. This year's lineup features Brenda McMorrow, Lana Sugarman, Narada Wise, special guest bassist Chris Gartner, and we welcome for the first time Swaha. Om Namah Shivaya… We look forward to welcoming you!

"With every breath, I plant the seeds of

devotion. I am a farmer of the heart." - Rumi

Friday Arrival After 2:00pm 4:30pm Yoga with Darin 6:30pm Dinner 8:00pm Kirtan with Swaha Saturday Light Breakfast Upon Rising 8:00am Meditation with Darin 8:45am Yoga with Wendy 10:30am Shanti Signature Brunch 12:00-2:00pm Kirtan with Lana 2:30pm Afternoon Snack & Free Time 4:30-6:00pm Conscious Dance with Lacey 6:30pm Dinner 8:00pm Kirtan with Brenda 10:00pm Bhakti Bon Fire Sunday Light Breakfast Upon Rising 8:00am Meditation with Darin 8:45am Yoga with Wendy 10:30am Shanti Signature Brunch 12:00pm Check Out for 3 Day Guests 12:00-2:00pm Kirtan with Narada 2:30pm Afternoon Snack & Free Time 4:00-6:00pm Workshop with Brenda 6:30pm Dinner 8:00pm Kirtan with Lana 10:00pm Bhakti Bon Fire Monday Light Breakfast Upon Rising 8:15-9:15am Yoga with Wendy 9:30-10:30am Closing Kirtan 10:45am Shanti Signature Brunch 12:00pm Check Out of Rooms Enjoy the Property Until 2:00pm

DAY PASSES ($125+HST EACH)

Saturday (10:00am-10:00pm) Includes brunch, snack and dinner, as well as kirtan with Lana, Conscious Dance with Lacey, evening kirtan with Brenda, and use of Shanti’s amenities.

Sunday (10:00am-10:00pm) Includes brunch, snack and dinner, as well as kirtan with Narada, 2 hour workshop with Brenda, evening kirtan with Lana, and use of Shanti’s amenities.

OFF-SITE

Off-Site accommodation is also available in the event that our rooms and cabins fill up. Please contact the Dreamcatcher’s Inn (5 minute drive away) at 315-955-3990. The 4 day rate is $555+HST, and the 3 day rate is $405+HST.

REGISTER TODAY! info@shantiretreat.ca or 613-777-0247

About the Artists

Brenda McMorrow is known for her unique and warmly embracing style of mantra music, in which she blends elements of acoustic folk, world rhythms and ancient Indian chants with a sweetly intro-spective singer-songwriter’s sensibility.

Yoga Journal describes Brenda as having “a knack for express-ing the deepest realizations in the sparsest lyrics”. As spiritual teacher Ram Dass has said: “Brenda has a gift”, and her music has been touching people’s hearts worldwide. With four celebrated devotional chant albums, Brenda is a featured artist on the White Swan Records roster, a Colorado label well known for it’s high-profile yoga-inspired artists like Deva Premal. Brenda has been invited to Festivals and events across North and South America, Europe and Asia as part of her most recent tour schedule.

Lana Sugarman began her study of Sanskrit and sound in 2004. Inspired by Marla Meenakshi Joy of Swaha, her first kirtan with Bhagavan Das, years of practice at Jivamukti Toronto, and the many traveling artists who shared their music, she began to write and lead kirtans throughout Toronto. While studying musical

theatre at Sheridan College, Lana would come into Toronto on the weekends and find herself chanting at kirtans instead of hitting the clubs. It became a sanctuary of sorts - a merging of her love for music and yoga. You can find her chanting throughout Canada and lending her voice and harmonium playing to fellow kirtanwallahs - Brenda McMorrow, Girish, Dave Stringer, David Newman, Narada Wise, Suzanne Sterling, and most of the Canadians leading chant. Her first album, Invocation, was released in 2013, and her second album will be available in 2017.

Swaha performs music that is both inspired and uplifting. It is an enticing blend of ethereal Sanskrit vocals soaring over rich earthy rhythms. The songs are composed by Meenakshi and Ron Reid, co-owners of Down-ward Dog Yoga Centre in Toronto. Swaha invites the soul to sing, and Meenakshi and Ron and the grooves of the band are

contagious! Currently travelling internationally sharing their love of music and the art of yoga, Meenakshi and Ron enjoy the opportunity to dive into the depths of a complete practice with people, filled with Bhakti, laughter, the beauty of the physicality of the yoga practice as well as the deep philosophical basis for its existence.

Narada Wise also answers to Craig, a name given to him by his his mother after a hero in a romance novel. He is a yoga practitioner and educator, professional percussionist, devotional singer songwriter, and music producer. A professor of engineering, Narada travels extensively sharing his love

for sacred music by supporting bhakti yoga chant leaders and by sharing his practice of chant, yoga and meditation in workshop, intensive practice, and concert settings. The threads that weave his life's fabric together are devotion, education, and music that embodies a sense of inquiry and commitment to bringing more con-sciousness and compassion into our lives.

BRENDA MCMORROW LANA SUGARMAN

NARADA WISE SWAHA

CHRIS GARTNER

Chris Gartner is a Toronto based producer, bass player, and composer. He has been a sought after accompanist on albums, and tours around the world for well over the last 20 years. Chris has produced juno-nominated recordings, and on over 100 albums. He has been honoured with the Grand Prize in the John Lennon International Songwriting Contest as a co-composer, and has

recorded with Grammy winning cellist David Darling keyboardist Garth Hudson (The Band), Loreena McKennitt, Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies), and Mary Margaret O’Hara among many others. Chris has performed with a number of Kirtan artists including David Newman, Brenda McMorrow, Lila, Girish, Swaha, Lana Sugarman Adam Bauer, Shantala, and Dave Stringer.

www.brendamcmorrow.com www.lanayoga.ca

www.naradawise.com www.swaha.ca