4-NIGHT Retreat + Preparation/Integration Program: ASCEND at Dimensions Algonquin Highlands

With Donald Currie, RP + Clinical Director - Dimensions and Helena Borgers, Registered Psychotherapist at Dimensions

August 23 - 27, 2023

Date and Time Details: The four-night ASCEND Retreat is the experiential portion of the ASCEND program. It follows one week of guided preparation and runs from Wednesday to departures on Sunday. Your accommodation in a private cabin includes programmed activities, one cannabis psychedelic plant ceremony (optional), and meals prepared daily to suit all dietary needs by Dimensions Algonquin Highlands’ Executive Chef Miriam Echeverria. These all-inclusive accommodations, amenities, and activities are all conducted by Dimensions’ therapists, clinicians, and hospitality experts. Solo stays are based on a four-night minimum and introductory rates begin at $1000 per night. (dog-friendly premises)

Location: DIMENSIONS - Algonquin Highlands

Address: 1218 Canopy Lane, Algonquin Highlands, ON, Canada

Contact: Information
reservations@dimensionsretreats.com
888-884-4222

  • Forest View Cabin – CAD $5,000.00
  • Lake View Cabin – CAD $5,400.00
Program is fully booked
Program is fully booked

Embark on your ASCEND program for self-betterment featuring one week of guided preparation, a cannabis-assisted psychedelic journey over four nights at Dimensions Algonquin Highlands in Ontario, Canada, and two weeks of guided integration. While on Retreat be surrounded by others who are equally dedicated to becoming the best version of themselves through the mindful exploration of  plant medicine.

Join Dimensions Algonquin Highlands’ Clinical Director Donald Currie, RP, and his team of leading massage therapists, and hospitality experts providing a new paradigm for well-being. All-inclusive Retreat journeys at Dimensions Algonquin Highlands begin every Wednesday at Dimensions Retreats’ new Canadian lakeside destination. Solo stays are based on a four-night minimum and rates begin at $1000 per night.

THE THREE-PHASE ASCEND PROGRAM

PRE RETREAT PREPARATION, featuring guided preparation over one week:
(Virtual group meetings, dietary advice, videos, worksheets, meditations)…

WHILE ON RETREAT at Dimensions Algonquin Highlands:

  • Private luxury cabin accommodation with en-suite bathroom (soaker tub + walk-in shower)
  • All meals, drinks, and snacks (healthy and organic)
  • One psychedelic Plant Medicine Ceremony
  • One Ceremony preparation, group
  • Five individual Body Work and Wellness selections (acupuncture, massage, Thai massage, individual breathwork, reiki, sound healing, cranial sacral therapy, hot stone massage, mindfulness meditation)
  • Choice of either BioSound therapy or Floatation therapy (float tank sensory deprivation)
  • One individual psychotherapy session (1 hr)
  • One group psychotherapy session for integration (2 hrs)
  • Daily morning group movement and/or meditation (yoga, Qigong)
  • Daily nature group (forest therapy)
  • One evening group Sound Bath
  • One evening group breathwork
  • One evening cacao Ceremony, followed by ecstatic dance
  • Optional seasonal cold-exposure therapy (cold plunge)
  • Seasonal outdoor activities

POST RETREAT INTEGRATION, guided integration over two weeks:

-Virtual group discussion, videos, meditations

The ASCEND Retreat is held in a uniquely western container: it is supported by rigorous health and safety protocols and is among several well-being programs developed by Dimensions’ team of experts. The Retreat’s five-star environment is a groundbreaking opportunity to leave the everyday behind. Pause, reflect, and connect to an enhanced sense of purpose.

* RETREAT PARTICIPATION IS BASED ON ASSESSMENT

 

About the Leaders

Donald Currie, RP + Clinical Director - Dimensions

A registered psychotherapist and integrative mental health provider with over 20 years of experience running a private practice. Donald was a key member of the clinical team at Helix Healthcare Group, a treatment facility for mental health and addiction. Donald now leads Retreat programming at Dimensions Algonquin Highlands. His clinical work focuses on healing through somatic and […]

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Helena Borgers, Registered Psychotherapist at Dimensions

Helena’s key belief for optimal mental health and emotional well-being is “the body wants to feel good and the mind wants to know.” In addition to running her private practice, Helena is a clinical supervisor and teaches at the Transformational Arts College. She specializes in trauma and complex post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and grief. […]

Learn more about Helena Borgers, Registered Psychotherapist at Dimensions