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Thirteen Moons is a Women’s Wellness retreat near Peterborough, Ontario.\u00a0 This past weekend I attended this amazing place with 6 girlfriends in honour of my friend, Dr. Emily Howell’s 40th Birthday.<\/p>\nThirteen Moons is a Women’s Wellness retreat near Peterborough, Ontario.\u00a0 This past weekend I attended this amazing place with 6 girlfriends in honour of my friend, Dr. Emily Howell’s 40th Birthday.<\/p>\n
I have never been to a Wellness Retreat and I really had no idea what to expect.\u00a0 On top of that this place is vegetarian.\u00a0 I am not\u00a0 a vegetarian.\u00a0 So the things that went through my head about that ran from “I’m going to be hungry” to “Oh good, maybe I will lose some weight”.\u00a0 Ya, ok no.\u00a0\u00a0 Run by Louise Racine, a certified Nutritional Practitioner, Thirteen Moons has been in operation for 16 years and let me tell you there was not a moment that I was hungry or, as my ‘Evil Mother-In-Law’ (EMIL for short)\u00a0says “sufficiently suffonsified” (I haven’t been allowed to say “I’m stuffed” since I began eating at the EMIL’s table)\u00a0. Lousie created the most amazing dishes from and several courses per meal.\u00a0 She has published two cookbooks and if I get permission I will blog some recipes at a later date.<\/p>\n
Back to my Wellness retreat experience…. two nights and three days with 6 fierce women getting to talk, receiving endless support (more on that later), having a foot soak and facial, doing yoga, communing with horses, learning a drumming song from a Metis woman named Adele (Louise’s sister), massage treatment (for me a thai herbal massage – brand new experience), walks in the woods, earthing (aka walking barefoot)\u00a0on thick\u00a0moss and a vegetarian cooking class.\u00a0 How did we fit it all in and why on earth did I ever leave?<\/p>\n
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We were nurtured, well taken care of and nourished in a way that only other women can do for a woman.\u00a0 I highly recommend it and I hope my friends keep our promise of going back at least once per year.![\"\"](\"http:\/\/drkarenhudes.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/image3-300x225.jpg\")
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Thirteen Moons is a Women’s Wellness retreat near Peterborough, Ontario.\u00a0 This past weekend I attended this amazing place with 6 girlfriends in honour of my friend, Dr. Emily Howell’s 40th Birthday. I have never been to a Wellness Retreat and I really had no idea what to expect.\u00a0 On top of that this place is … <\/p>\n