May 19 to 25, 2023

How to Register

To register choose one of the following 3 options

• Please leave a message in the chat on this page bottom right
• Call 780 820 1029 and leave a message if necessary
• Or email events@journeynorthaven.com 

Pricing

Single Habitat Nature Rooms for One. Prices Per Person

Single Rooms in Habitat Building each with own private bathroom and shower on same floor as yoga shala.

Early Bird 3 days $999.00 CDN + GST 7 spots available - Check in Friday at 4PM and Checkout Monday at 11AM (3 night accommodations, Habitat Nature Room with private bathroom and shower. Single Occupancy

Regular 3 Days Rate $1,239.00 + GST 7 spots available. Check in Friday at 4PM and Checkout Monday at 11AM (3 night accommodations, Habitat Nature Room with private bathroom and shower. Single Occupancy

Early Bird Week Long Rate $1599 + GST - 7 Spots Available. Check in Friday at 4PM and Checkout Thursday at 11AM (3 night accommodations, Habitat Nature Room with private bathroom and shower. Single Occupancy

Regular Week Long Rate $1799 + GST - 7 Spots Available. Check in Friday at 4PM and Checkout Thursday at 11AM (3 night accommodations, Habitat Nature Room with private bathroom and shower. Single Occupancy

Jasper East Cabins Double Rooms with Queen Bed. Prices Per Person

Single cabin rooms for 2 are available at Jasper East Cabins right next to the retreat center. 

Early Bird 3 days $1199.00 CDN + GST 7 spots available - Check in Friday at 4PM and Checkout Monday at 11AM 3 nights accommodations, Jasper East Cabins Cabins Double Occupancy 

Regular 3 Days Rate $1,399.00 + GST Check in Friday at 4PM and Checkout Monday at 11AM 3 nights accommodations, Jasper East Cabins Cabins Double Occupancy 

Early Bird Week Long Rate $1799 + GST - 7 Spots Available. Check in Friday at 4PM and Checkout Thursday at 11AM, 5 nights accommodations, Jasper East Cabins Cabins Double Occupancy 

Regular Week Long Rate $1999 + GST Check in Friday at 4PM and Checkout Thursday at 11AM, 5 nights accommodations, Jasper East Cabins Cabins Double Occupancy 

Yoga Only Rates

Yoga only rates will be available closer to the retreat date if there is room. Max 20 ppl for this event. 

 

A Greater Reset by Geoff Mackenzie

Geoff Mackenzie will be leading a week-long program of Ashtanga Vinyasa at Northaven Retreat Centre, situated on the edge of Jasper National Park.

Our week together will consist of morning Mysore-style and Led classes, as well as practical workshops and gatherings for pranayama, meditation, chanting, and discourse on yoga.

Yoga is a technology that helps us see Reality for what is: Nature.

Our currently culture has us disconnected from the land, from each other, and from our own humanity.

Let's unplug, reset, and spend a glorious week together: interacting live, in-person, in the wilderness, with real human beings!

Who is this retreat for?

Suitable for all levels and styles of yoga practitioners.

What's Included

• EMF Free single room with private shower, toilet, and sink.
• Morning snack, Coffee, and lunch
• EXCLUSIVE access to wood burning barrel sauna, yurt, practice space, underground Mountain Spring Drinking Water, bonfires, etc.
• Assisted Self Practice (Mysore-style Class)
• Workshops
• Control vs Opening: Functional Range Conditioning Meets Yoga-Asana
• Building Back-Bends
• Pre-requisites for Leg-behind-head Asanas
• Gatherings
• Morning Coffee Conferences
• Evening Circle
• Free time to connect to yourself, discover nature, and explore nature and local breweries

Accommodations

The dormitories began with the Earth in mind, reusing Seacan shipping containers for the structure of two storey building. Stone wool insulation is used for optimal energy efficiency and noise reduction. From there, every detail was chosen to bring you closer to nature. Finished with modern design, this space blends contemporary craft and natural luxury into distinctive and grounding experience that will bring together your body, mind and spirit.

Your Room

Each room is a study in bringing you not only back to nature, but the nature in you. For this purpose, we looked to a technique used in permaculture, which blocks out unwanted inputs while creating conditions optimal for one's goals.

Healthy Beds

Our mattresses are entirely organic, handmade by Obasan in Ottawa, Canada, using certified GOTS and GOLS organic cotton, rubber and wool sourced through extensive world travel. Our beds have no metal springs to provide an EMF-free environment so you can experience a grounding back to nature.

Healthy Linens

Fall into sleep with our GOTS certified linens chosen to extend the sensation of being cocooned in nature. To ensure that your connection to nature is free of EMF, we added NuCalm grounding technology to connect you to the earth as you sleep.

Healthy Water

We consider our water a wonder of nature, and for a very special reason.

Not only is the water at Habitat, as well as Jasper East Cabins, fed by an underground mountain spring and then IV filtered, but it naturally contains some of the lowest levels of deuterium, or heavy hydrogen, on the planet.

Healthy Light

Among the most physical stressful inputs of modern life is our indoor lighting. To continue our goal of bringing you ever closer to a natural state as you rest, we chose lighting that is flicker-free

About Geoff Mackenzie

Geoff Mackenzie has been practicing yoga for over 20 years. He began teaching classes in 2004. His guidance is informed by his extensive studies with the Jois family in Mysore, India, combined with input from innovative Western practitioners. Modern approaches to strength, mobility and breath-work training feature in his own practice, too.

Geoff is reliable, steady presence in the classroom. You can count on him to apply the Ashtanga Vinyasa method in a way that will challenge you, while still respecting where you're starting from and what your intentions are. Ultimately, he wants you to breathe well, move well and to focus your mind on what you're doing.

Geoff was born and raised in the UK. After spending his late-teens and twenties snowboarding and surfing around the world, he has made Coastal BC his home since 2003. One of his greatest passions is motorcycling and he finds riding to be both exhilarating and meditative, simultaneously.

Find Geoff on Instagram

@first_light_yoga
@geoff.mackenzie.108