Evolve: The Art of Facilitation | Leadership Workshop
Description
Are you navigating a period of change and feeling called to strengthen your inner leader while helping shape a more sustainable, collaborative community?
This experience offers a fresh approach to leadership: one that softens the traditional leader-follower dynamic and replaces it with a shared model where people support, learn from, and take responsibility with one another.
Designed for leaders of all kinds, this program offers a transformational toolbox for people leading in families, communities, coaching, teaching, facilitation, and across a range of teams and sectors. The facilitation skills and processes shared here are intended to deepen leadership through co-leadership practices, grounded in the understanding that no single person has all the answers.
Experience Transformational Leadership:
- Everything is experiential, with active participation throughout.
- Create safe, inclusive space and a strong sense of community.
- Turn heart-led passions into action and service.
- Lead with presence, intuition, and authenticity.
- Learn from nature to better understand personal and collective journeys.
- Strengthen resilience through self-care and healthy boundaries.
- Lead with more joy and energy, and less stress and resistance.
- Build a support network with other leaders and allies.
- Activate hidden talents, creativity, and community wisdom.
- Practice heart-centered communication and active listening.
- Embrace planned spontaneity and flexible programming.
- Use rituals and ceremonies to anchor learning and experience.
- Reflect on each experience through “What happened?”, “Why it matters,” and “What next?”
The program is co-facilitated by members of Edge’s core facilitation team, along with special guests. Just as importantly, your own gifts, needs, insights, and wisdom will help shape the group experience as it unfolds.
Martha Lucier
Co-Founder, Retreat Facilitator, Way of the Circle Centre Founder
Martha has long felt a deep bond with nature and has spent years bringing people into circles that connect them to themselves, one another, and the earth. Her calling is to support healing from personal, ancestral, and collective trauma. She draws on sound healing, qigong, yoga, and circle work to restore connection, cultivate peace, and inspire presence in everyday life.
Todd Lucier
Co-Founder, Experience Designer, Land & Facilities Care
Todd creates retreats and experiences that invite people to live with passion and purpose. In recent years, his focus has shifted to caring for and developing the land and facilities, including the ongoing problem-solving that comes with stewarding an off-the-grid, solar-powered center. He has spent decades teaching, mentoring, and consulting in community-based and regenerative tourism across Canada, and feels most alive in his rubber boots, working on the land or out on the water.
Deposits & Cancellations
Spaces are limited. A non-refundable deposit equal to 50% of the total balance reserves your place and helps with planning. The remaining balance is due 15 days before arrival.
Meals & Dietary Needs
Meals are an important part of the experience, with storytelling that highlights the seasonal flavors of the region and the people who grew the ingredients close to home. The kitchen balances globally inspired tastes with provincially produced foods. Meals are served buffet style, and weather permitting, guests often dine outdoors by the lake.
Itinerary & Program Timings
The schedule is tailored in response to guest interests, seasonal conditions, and unexpected opportunities. Each retreat includes time for dreamtime, adventure, community, creativity, nature, and a touch of surprise. Guests may also choose solo time or rest instead of planned activities.
Arrival Time & Directions
Arrival is between 2 and 3 pm, with programming beginning at 3:30 pm. Guests are encouraged to arrive on time and stay for the full retreat, which typically ends after brunch on the final day.
What to Bring
Since time will be spent both indoors and outdoors, please dress for the season and come prepared to stay comfortable, warm, and dry. There is no dress code; most guests dress “retreat-casual.” Guests are also invited to bring a surprise to share, such as a game, activity, instrument, song, poem, or tasty treat.
Transformational Leadership Training
All-inclusive pricing from $1634 +HST
Dates coming soon!
What’s Included
- Your choice of shared or private cozy cabin accommodation.
- Transformational leadership program infused with personal and professional development in the Way of the Circle.
- Equipment and materials included.
- Nourishing meals and snacks from Day 1 Dinner to Day 4 Lunch, locally sourced and adapted to your dietary needs.
- Opportunities to connect with new allies through follow-up Zoom calls and an ongoing online community.
What’s Not Included
- 13% Harmonized Sales Tax.
- Gratuities for the hospitality team, facilitators, and guides.
- Wi-fi access and cellular signal, which are not available during this unplugged experience.
Accommodation Options
Habitat Cabin
Set within a peaceful natural setting, these cozy, rustic cabins offer a simple and comfortable stay for guests who want to feel close to the heart of the retreat while still enjoying a sense of privacy and calm. Located only a short walk from the main programming spaces, they also provide easy access to essential amenities, including washrooms and showers.
Each cabin is designed for shared accommodation and features a loft double bed above two single beds, creating a practical layout that works well for friends or fellow participants traveling together. The warm, understated atmosphere makes these cabins a welcoming place to rest between yoga sessions, workshops, and moments of quiet reflection.
With their inviting cabin style and convenient location, they offer a comfortable balance of simplicity, community, and ease throughout your stay.
Studio Cabin
Comfortable and spacious, these eco-friendly studio rooms offer a peaceful stay just a one-minute walk from the main program spaces and showers. Designed with ease and simplicity in mind, they provide a quiet retreat close to the heart of the property, making it easy to move between rest, activities, and daily routines.
Each room includes a small en-suite bathroom with an incinerating toilet, adding practical comfort while keeping the eco-conscious experience intact. With both a double bed and a single bed, the layout is especially well suited for couples or friends traveling together. The space feels relaxed, functional, and welcoming, giving guests a comfortable base for a restorative stay.
Log Cabin Bedroom
Nestled a little farther from the main programming areas, this inviting log cabin bedroom offers a quieter setting designed for deep rest and privacy. It is an ideal choice for guests who want to stay close to the retreat atmosphere while enjoying a more peaceful pace between sessions and activities. The cabin combines a warm, cozy feel with practical comfort, creating a restful space to unwind after a full day of yoga, meditation, or other wellness experiences.
Each room includes an en-suite bathroom with a shower, adding convenience and ease to your stay. The Queen bed can also be arranged as two twin beds, making the room wonderfully flexible for solo travellers, couples, or friends sharing together. Thoughtfully designed for comfort and relaxation, this accommodation supports a restorative stay in a natural setting.
Log Cabin
Set a little apart from the main program areas, this luxurious and comfortable log cabin offers a peaceful setting designed for true rest and privacy. It is an ideal choice for guests who want to stay close to the retreat atmosphere while enjoying a quieter space to unwind between sessions. Each cabin includes an en-suite bathroom with a shower, adding convenience and comfort to your stay.
The room is thoughtfully arranged to suit different travel needs. A Queen bed can also be converted into two twin beds, making the space flexible for solo travellers, couples, or friends sharing accommodation. With its cozy character and restful location, the cabin creates a welcoming environment for relaxation, reflection, and recovery throughout your stay.
Teachers
Martha Lucier is a co-founder, retreat facilitator, and the founder of Way of the Circle Centre. Drawn to nature from an early age, she has spent years creating circles that bring people closer to themselves, to one another, and to the earth. Her work is grounded in a deep commitment to healing personal, ancestral, and collective trauma, with the intention...
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Co-founder, experience designer, and steward of land and facilities care, Todd brings a thoughtful blend of vision and hands-on expertise to every retreat and gathering he helps shape. He creates experiences that inform, inspire, and encourage people to live with greater passion and purpose, while also tending to the practical side of life at an off-the-grid, solar-powered center. In recent...
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