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A Wilder Weekend
Journey with us to Northern Ontario in the sweetest time of summer
Part of Abundance World's --- YOU BELONG TO THE LAND --- retreat series
You’ve built the career.
You navigate complex systems.
You show up polished, articulate, and capable.
But when was the last time you:
- Built a fire with your own hands?
- Read the wind before speaking?
- Relied on your community instead of your calendar?
This weekend in Northern Ontario is for 2SLGBTQIA+ professionals and allies who are ready to step out of performance mode and into embodied skill.
We’ll gather on the land in Northern Ontario — surrounded by boreal forest, shield rock, and freshwater — for a collaborative, wilderness-based learning experience rooted in teamwork, resilience, and belonging.
Over the weekend, you’ll:
- Learn foundational wilderness skills
- Build and tend fire together
- Practice navigation, shelter awareness, and land-based safety
- Develop practical outdoor confidence
- Strengthen communication and trust within your queer community
- Slow your nervous system through forest immersion
This is not about proving toughness.
It’s about reclaiming embodied body competence.
It’s about remembering that as queer and trans people, our resilience is not just intellectual — it’s physical, relational, and ancestral.
Expect shared meals, honest conversations, hands-on learning, and space to exhale without code-switching.
Queer.
Collaborative.
Skill-based.
Grounded.
A discrimination-free environment where your full identity is not just welcomed — it’s understood.
You already know how to survive corporate culture.
Now come remember how to thrive on the land.
A more rooted, capable you is waiting in the forest.
What to Expect
- Retreat location TBA
- 3 days, 2 nights accommodation on-site
- Daily Soul Nourishing:
2-4 hrs of daily nature immersion including - Forest Therapy (walking in forest mindfully)
- Cloud gazing (outside laying down on yoga mat or towel)
- Access to hiking trails and berry picking
- Elemental Learning: stories around the campfire, navigating water ways, identity & self-worth workshops led by experts, queer wisdom keepers.
- Shuttle bus from Toronto included.
- Flights to YYZ (Pearson) not incl - plan to arrive in Toronto anytime before 11am August 7th, and depart anytime after 6pm on Aug 9th)
Click below to save your spot!
Remember who you are without city noise
Strong Minds
Strong Minds
Strong Minds
You'll leave with:
• Outdoor Skills
• Embodied Confidence
• Regulated Nervous System
• A felt sense of Community
In Nature
Strong Minds
Strong Minds
You will be able to take advantage of a wide range of activities including hiking, flame meditation, recreating your story, all while bathing in forest therapy with likeminded folks.
Open Hearts
Strong Minds
Open Hearts
At Abundance World, we strive to help you root down so you can grow new branches and compost the old you. Find your compassionate heart again.
You Belong to the Land is led by Abundance Experts
Frankie Edwards (they/he/she)
Frankie Edwards (they/he/she)
Frankie Edwards (they/he/she)
Frankie is the founder and CEO of Abundance World and retreat curator.
They are a born and raised Newfoundlander of Irish and Welsh descent, Bard in the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, Certified Forest Therapist, Reiki Level II Practitioner, and hold a degree in Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM). They are a nature nerd, gender-expansive and a
Frankie is the founder and CEO of Abundance World and retreat curator.
They are a born and raised Newfoundlander of Irish and Welsh descent, Bard in the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, Certified Forest Therapist, Reiki Level II Practitioner, and hold a degree in Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM). They are a nature nerd, gender-expansive and a big believer in belonging.
Frankie is thankful to currently live and work near Little Thundering Waters, Niwa'ah Onega'gaih'ih, Tkaronto. Their repertoire of experience in co-creating events span from forest bathing, sauna and cold plunge, solstice and equinox festivals, Inner Lion retreat 2025, and more.
Frankie's the Northern Ontario retreat curator.
You (they/them)
Frankie Edwards (they/he/she)
Frankie Edwards (they/he/she)
Are you a queer:
- Registered Psychotherapist?
- Naturopathic Doctor?
- Wild forager?
- Biologist?
- Indigenous wisdom keeper?
- Somatic Practitioner?
- Energy Medicine Practitioner?
- Poet? Storyteller?
- Trauma-informed?
We want to collaborate with you to give back to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
If you have a focus in helping folks restore and heal their nervous sy
Are you a queer:
- Registered Psychotherapist?
- Naturopathic Doctor?
- Wild forager?
- Biologist?
- Indigenous wisdom keeper?
- Somatic Practitioner?
- Energy Medicine Practitioner?
- Poet? Storyteller?
- Trauma-informed?
We want to collaborate with you to give back to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
If you have a focus in helping folks restore and heal their nervous system, integrate embodiment, and use nature as a tool for remembering your clients' sacred purpose we wan to work with you.
Please email frankie@abundanceworld.today.
2025 Retreat Testimonials
"At the retreat, each facilitator allowed me to approach what I was grappling with from a different perspective; in a more concentrated way I was able to focus on these things. I felt the environment was a very safe space." -- Alex
"I came to the retreat feeling harried. I was overwhelmed, sick, busy and tired. After the retreat, I left feeling wonderfully full, like I was needing to digest the changes that opened up over the past few days. The type of after feel where you’re relaxed. Like a “mmm”. " -- Marnie
"This retreat was one of the best things I’ve done in a very long time - so much better than I expected. It was wonderful in a simple way, yet so powerful. I feel more confident in my ability to trust my inner knowing " -- Al
"I really admire the seasonal rhythms that Abundance World's retreats have taught me - getting back in touch with my ancestors (and the greatest ancestor, Mother Earth), has helped me balance my anxiety and depression" -- Heather