Finding relaxation while planning a vacation can sometimes be a challenge, leaving you more wound up than when you started. At Cabot Shores, we prioritize wellness and the Healing Arts, offering diverse options to help you unwind and rejuvenate—especially in winter. From morning meditation, Qi Gong, and our barrel sauna to individual and group acupuncture …
Winter is almost over, and people need a way to revitalize their minds, body, and spirit. Many studies support the idea that tranquillity and nature are natural remedies for the restlessness we sometimes feel. And Cabot Shores on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, has everything you need for a refreshing wellness retreat to activate your senses and help you relax.
Winter honeymoons are an extraordinary experience. Cold moonlit nights and bright snow-covered days undoubtedly lend themselves to reaffirming your love. And on Cape Breton, cabins with a hot tub can add another layer of romance. So if you’re looking for a place to celebrate your new life together, Cabot Shores invites you to make yourself at home and relax after each day of fun-filled winter activities with one of our chalets, yurts, or geodesic domes for an intimate winter honeymoon.
No matter the season, arguably one of Cape Breton Island’s most remarkable features is its elite status as an ideal family vacation spot. And while winter is still a few months away, we’re never surprised at how quickly it seems to arrive each year. As such, we’ve already begun taking reservations from those wishing to …
To say the last few months have been stressful certainly seems like an understatement. Current events and the demands of our modern lifestyles can sometimes leave us feeling bogged down and disconnected from our environment. The trapeze act we call life is no easy task, so it’s understandable why so many people are yearning for …
The desire to be busy is spread throughout the way we live in a western, capitalist world. To be busy means to be productive; to be productive means to be valuable. Not only do many of us live our work lives in this fashion, the pressure to be productive transcends into our leisure and time …
Saunas aid in Detoxification & Cleansing
A sauna is a small room or house with dry or wet heat. Traditional saunas issue wet heat. The Sunlighten Infrared Sauna is dry heat) Its goal is to imitate the kind of heat you get radiating from the sun.*
Wet or dry sauna, the heat increases your body  temperature and allows you to sweat out toxins through your skin. The heat of  saunas help to cleanse us.
Traditional wet saunas allow your sweat content level of toxins to be about 3% while infrared saunas allow for up to 20% of your sweat to be toxins. […]
What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is an ancient Healing Art that comes to us from China, Japan and other Asian countries. Endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), and traditionally a preventive medicine, it continues to be used by over one third of the world’s population as a primary form of medicine. Acupuncture works well with other forms of medicine, including Western medicine.
2. How does Acupuncture work?
Acupuncture balances a person’s life energy, or Qi (pronounces “Chee”). Everything in us – all physical and non-physical (i.e mental, emotional) processes depend on the presence of Qi, and Qi is present in all living […]