
Our Trusted Partners
At Woodland Awakenings, we are honored to collaborate with a diverse array of wellness and spiritual partners who share our passion for fostering personal growth, healing, and connection. From registered massage therapists (RMTs) and spas to apothecary stores, wellness product creators, and other retreat facilitators, our partnerships enrich the experiences we offer.
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The healing doesn’t stop when the event ends. Together with our partners, we emphasize integration and sustainability, offering tools like guided practices, reflective journaling prompts, or curated wellness products to help participants continue their journey long after their time with us.
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By working alongside these inspiring professionals and organizations, Woodland Awakenings creates holistic and transformative experiences that empower participants to carry the benefits into their daily lives, fostering lasting well-being and connection.
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Retreat Chef, Nutritionist, Trainer, Author

Teri Gentes is a Whole-Self Lifestyle Wellness Educator, international speaker, and certified wellness and nutrition consultant. She’s also a holistic chef, yoga instructor, and self-care coach who blends mindful movement, nourishing food, and conscious living. Through workshops, retreats, and speaking engagements, Teri empowers others to embrace vibrant, sustainable wellness. Her heart-centered approach inspires people to reconnect with their innate vitality and joy.
Seeking Partnerships

Help me locate businesses where guests of The Woodland Awakenings can continue their healing.
My hopes is that this becomes a directory. Please note, each person/business has had a virtual meeting to ensure this help is something real.
If you would like to partner with The Woodland Awakenings to any degree, please send a contact message.
Life Coach/ Breathwork

Victoria Elliot is passionate about helping people build simple, sustainable health habits so they can live life fully and intentionally. She has been a certified exercise coach since 2011, with a background in holistic nutrition. She's also one of only 3 active Wim Hof Method (breathwork and cold exposure) instructors in Eastern Ontario, which has given her incredible stress management tools that she regularly shares with her community.
Medium and Spiritual Bestie, Yoga
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Hi, I'm Joelle, a professional medium and your spiritual bestie . I am dedicated to helping you connect with the wisdom and guidance around you—whether it’s from loved ones, angels, guides, or your own intuition.
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I offer insightful readings, Yoga with Messages sessions, and transformative workshops designed to help you align with your higher purpose and live more fully in tune with your spiritual path. Whether online or in-person, I’m here to create a safe, nurturing space for you to reconnect with your true self and step into your light.
Holistic Nutritionist and Artist

Krystal is a licensed holistic nutritionist who fuses nutrition as art by recycling food waste to create natural inks for painting teaching this process via workshops. She is well practiced in the management of autoimmune issues such as type 1 diabetes and celiac disease; her specialty is intuitive eating and body neutrality as part of eating disorder recovery. Her artwork has gained recognition in the literary world, with her illustrations featured in "Moonlight Somata: a song of bodies in moonlight" authored by Jay Odjick as part of the anthology "A Howl: An Indigenous Comics Collection of Wolves, Werewolves, and Rougarou."
Photography and Yoga

Emily VanderBeek is a portrait, family, motherhood, and branding photographer - specializing in capturing candid, authentic moments in a signature light & airy style. In addition to being a visual story teller, Emily is a gentle yoga instructor - with a love for calming poses, meditation, and sound therapy. In both her photography and yoga, she aims to create a fun, safe, and comfortable environment where her clients & students can fully relax and be themselves. Emily serves the Niagara & Ottawa Regions of Ontario, as well as Montreal, Quebec.

