- 30 min Gentle Happy Hips deep release movement on your back/seated
- 80 min Hot Stone Relaxation + RESTORE
- 10 min Meditation
- Sound Bath Immersion weaved into all of the above by MJ Crawford
- Two instructors to ensure maximum attention to detail
Allow us to guide you through a thoughful two hour PAUSE to reset.
Enjoy some Happy Hips, Hot Stone, Sound Baths and meditation, allowing you to find stillness in the mind. Class will begin with soft gentle stretches (for everyBODY and gender) that will allow you to be ready to receive for the Hot Stone portion. You will be placed in restorative postures and a layering on and off of hot stones, blankets and extras. We will finish with a soft meditation. During this process, we will weave a sound immersions, peppered throughout, allowing the vibrations to radiate through your body.
There is NO need to have experience with yoga. Class is designed for all bodies and minds (inflexible, active mind, relaxed, hyper or new to Vicki Tree). It all works!
Investment: $80 +hst per person
Location: Vicki Tree Wellness
Facilitator: Virginia (accompanied by MJ Crawford for sound immersion)
Please Note: When booking for more than one person, please contact us with the name and Email of the participants. If names are not registered we cannot allot them a spot on the register for this class. We appreciate your understanding.
Enjoy this hot stone restore class that “bathes” you in stones, blankets and gentle touch for 90 minutes. Limited space for lots of attention!
Treat yourself to a magical experience. This speciality class consists of deeply soothing, long-held restorative yoga postures while you feel the warmth and gentle weight of heated stones being placed onto your body to promote an experience of relaxation and grounding. This luxurious practice will leave you feeling soothed and nurtured.
Investment: $55 +hst per class
Location: 3626 Line 5 North, Horseshoe Valley (come from Horseshoe Valley Road, not Ingram Road as it is closed in winter).
Class will consist of 4 soothing postures where we will weave sound immersion peppered throughout. The hot stones and sound vibrations radiating through your body will allow you to relax and dive deep into a state of relaxation allowing tension to release from your body.
There is NO need to have experience with yoga. Class is designed for all bodies and minds (inflexible, active mind, relaxed, hyper or new to Vicki Tree). It all works!
Investment: $80 per person (each person registers themselves if you bring someone)
Location: Vicki Tree Wellness
Facilitator: Virginia (accompanied by MJ Crawford for sound immersion)
Rooted in Remembrance: A Spring Retreat for Grief
“Continuing to Cultivate Growth Amidst Loss"
Vicki Tree invites you to experience a day of renewal and hope at our Spring Grief Retreat on Sunday, April 19th 2026 from 9:15am - 4:00pm.
This retreat is an offering — a sacred space to be with your grief, held in compassion and quiet support. Together, we’ll welcome the new beginnings of Spring while honoring all that we carry. Whether it has been one year or twenty, the grief process always deserves a moment of pause — to remember, reflect, and acknowledge all that was, and all that now is. This one-day retreat will do just that.
“Continuing to Cultivating New Growth Amidst Loss” is the heart of this retreat. It allows space for both grief and hope to coexist, encouraging participants to gently tend to the potential for renewal and personal growth, even when it feels fragile or unformed.
Through reflection, stillness, and connection, this day will be a beautiful, uplifting part of your lifelong journey of tending to the slow, steady process of healing. We welcome you to join us.
Itinerary:
9:15: Arrival & Settle In
9:30am: Welcome Circle with Tammy Vaters (Thanatologist)
10:15am: Healing Pause Hike: “Mindful steps within the wisdom of the forest.”
11:15: Workshop with Tammy Vaters
12:15pm: Reflective Lunch
1:00pm: Fusion Specialty Class (Stretch/Sound Immersion/Hot Stone Relaxation)
3:15pm: Closing Circle with Tammy Vaters (Thanatologist)
4:00pm: Departure
FUSION Specialty Class:
A harmonious blend of healing techniques designed by Vicki Tree to restore balance and release emotional tension. We begin with 30 minutes of gentle stretch style movements to release the hips/back, opening and relaxing the body. Then we sink deeper into relaxation with our signature Hot Stone Relaxation class which is infused with sound immersion throughout. The sound vibrations wash over you, bringing a deep sense of peace and alignment. This carefully crafted two-hour class allows you to PAUSE and reset by preparing your body first to be ready to receive, followed by a full surrender of mind.
Background of Facilitators:
Virginia Gingras: Virginia has extensive experience in the field of educational leadership and wellness. She holds a Kinesiology Degree, Education Degree and a Master’s in Educational Leadership. As a math/science high school teacher/Principal, yoga instructor (RYT 500 hr ), Pilates certified instructor, fitness trainer, ultra runner, mountain biker and outdoor enthusiast, she loves all aspects of health and fitness and has incorporated this passion into her work life.
For over 15 years, she was immersed in the education system as a teacher and principal holding various leadership roles which include Math Department Head, Elementary Principal, High School Principal, Board Wide Math Consultant, Science Board Consultant and Motivational Speaker. After the sudden death of her sister, Virginia permanently left the education system to pursue her passion for wellness full time and turned her dream of building a wellness centre (from the ground up) in the forest into a reality. That reality today is called Vicki Tree Yoga & Wellness, which is in memory of her sister. Not one to sit idle, Virginia continues to grow + curate this dream.
Tammy Vaters: Tammy is a Hospice Palliative Care Nurse and a Certified Thanatologist through the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). With deep compassion, she supports individuals and families facing life-limiting illnesses, end-of-life transitions, and the complexities of grief and bereavement, offering both clinical care and emotional guidance through these profoundly difficult experiences. In addition, Tammy is a legacy artist who facilitates grief and bereavement workshops, helping individuals honor their loved ones and express their emotions through creative projects. By blending her clinical knowledge with artistic insight, Tammy offers a holistic approach to healing, empowering others to find peace and meaning as they navigate their grief journey.
This extended restorative practice is designed to support nervous system regulation through safety, slowness, and sensation.
Using fully supported restorative postures, gentle breath guidance, and intentional hands-on massage, the body is invited out of habitual holding and into deeper states of rest. Touch is offered as a steady, attuned presence — helping the nervous system orient toward support and ease.
The focus of this class is not on stretching or performance, but on listening. On reconnecting with internal cues, sensory awareness, and the felt experience of being held. There is no expectation to change anything — only an invitation to notice and allow.
We will close with a period of silent meditation, offering time for integration as the nervous system settles and the effects of the practice continue to unfold.
A quiet, embodied return to balance and regulation.
Date: Sunday, April 19th 6 - 8pm
Lead: Rebecca Ward
Investment: $50 + HST
About Rebecca:
Rebecca’s relationship with yoga began in 2010 while attending college in Ottawa. From her first class, she felt drawn to something deeper than the physical practice — a quiet but powerful sense of transformation that stayed with her. What followed was years of self-exploration through various styles of yoga and meditation, alongside time spent living and traveling within intentional and spiritual communities.
Her path eventually led her to Hawaii, and later back to Canada, where she lived off-grid at Anuttara Ashram in Northern British Columbia. There, she completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training within a traditional, lineage-rooted environment grounded in Hatha yoga, tantra, meditation, and Bhakti yoga. Living in community for six months, she continued to deepen her practice through daily sadhana, service, and the lived experience of karma and devotional yoga.
After her training, Rebecca began teaching in multiple communities across British Columbia before returning to Ontario, where she has offered classes in Collingwood and surrounding areas.
Her intention is to support students in feeling safe within their bodies, using mindful postures, breath, and intentional, caring touch to encourage nervous system regulation, softening, and rest — creating space to feel supported, held, and at ease.