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Service Learning at Cabot Shores 2012
Having reflected in gratitude on the amazing learning and accomplishments of our 2011 Volunteers, we now set forth our vision for 2012.
We are inviting people interested in Service-Learning at Cabot Shores who…
* Wish to live in a community of people who enjoy working, serving, learning and growing together
* Aspire tol bring their kindness, generosity, an open mind, curiosity, skill, willingness, and full participation to everything they are asked to do
* Wish to learn about & expeirence Healing Arts such as meditation, Qi Gong, Morning Yoga with the intention of developing or deepening a daily body-mind practice
* Will do their […]
A Heartfelt Thank You to our 2011 Interns, Wwoofers, Helpx-ers and other Volunteers!
Our heartfelt Thank You to all the Interns, Wwoofers, Helpx-ers and other Volunteers that helped out at Cabot Shores in 2011. What an amazing team! Well done, we could not have made it without you!!
Here are some of the projects you did for Cabot Shores:
In March, when our firewood supply ran low, an arborist from BC, spent 2 days cutting wood along Indian Brook.
In May, during the few sunny days that month, two of us put in the seeds for the entire early garden crop; the tipi and yurt were put up, set up and decorated; a new […]
Gampo Abbey: Tibetan Shambhala Buddhist Monastery located in Nova Scotia
Gampo Abbey is the only Tibetan Buddhist monastery for Westerners. Founded in 1984 by renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher and meditation master, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, it is located near Pleasant Bay on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Approximately 30 monastics, both men and women, live in community and practice traditional monastic discipline under the guidance of the Abbot, Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche and principal teacher Acharya Pema Chodron.
Life at the Abbey for the monastics is inspired by the view and practice intended to wake oneself up fully, to help others to also wake up, and to create an enlightened society.
If you are […]
Halifax Chronicle Herald Article on Cabot Shores
Bruce Erskine called yesterday from the Halifax Chronicle Herald, where he covers the Nova Scotia business scene. He wanted my to get my reaction: Cabot Shores being rated one of the top 3 lodgings in Nova Scotia by USA Today Travel…
It was a good way to start the New Year, seeing Cabot Shores in the business section of Nova Scotia’s largest newspaper
and getting calls for interviews from Cape Breton radio stations…
Late this morning, Barbara was about to demonstrate Shambhala meditation at a “Senior’s Lunch” in
St. Ann’s and before she could get started people were coming up to us and […]
Strathspey Place Performing Arts Centre in Cape Breton
The emergence of Celtic music on the world stage has led to a focus on Inverness County, Cape Breton as a major repository of pure Scottish culture. Acadian and First Nations communities complement and enrich traditional Cape Breton Island music, dance, and folklore.
The need to preserve and promote this unique and diverse cultural heritage brought community groups together to envision a facility which would be appropriate for the performance, production, and training requirements of the region. The result is Strathspey Place, located at the Allan J. MacEachen International Academic & Cultural Centre along with Dalbrae Academy.
Strathspey Place is located on […]
The Best Rated Nova Scotia Hotels: USA Today Travel Picks Cabot Shores
David Harris writes in USA Today Travel Tips of the attractions of Nova Scotia, from Halifax to the Cape Breton Highlands.
Harris says that Nova Scotia has “fine and unique hotels,” and then selects what he considers as the Best Rated Nova Scotia Hotels.
Cabot Shores is mentioned as one of three Nova Scotia best rated hotels, and the only one mentioned from Cape Breton Island.
We are grateful that Nova Scotia is getting such extensive press these days and that Cabot Shores is mentioned in the article.
We congratulate Calvin Wadden, owner of Pictou Lodge, a place we refer our guests often in transit to […]
Kayaking and Canoeing by the Cabot Trail
Cabot Shores is all about access to waterfalls along Indian Brook
leading to Church Pond with access to the Atlantic.
Layla Paddling into the Cabot Strait
Just in front of the chalets is a lagoon where you
can launch your canoe into Church Pond with friends…
Into the Lagoon with Your Canoes & Friends
All along these bodies of water our guests Kayak and Canoe and now Yolo Board. All available at Cabot
Shores and some tours arranged through our adventure partners like Angelo Spinozzola (for sea kayaks)
and Mi’kmaq guide John Henry Lafford for expeditions all over and along Cape Breton Island.
Exploring with Cosmo on Church Pond
Canoeing […]
BBC Travel with Lonely Planet Ranks Cape Breton Among 5 Best Islands
Cape Breton heads to the top of BBC Travel’s list of the world’s best islands.
This year, it is only Santorini, Greece and Bali, Indonesia that are ahead
of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. They highlight Cape Breton’s scenery–
the great views, the “cliff-backed beaches”, the forests– and the multi-cultural environment
of Cape Breton, typified by local music and ceilidh.
Here you can read more about BBC Travel’s rationale.
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