Executive Chef Sébastien Tessier and his team have designed banquet and buffet menus inspired by fresh, sustainable, and locally produced ingredients.

*Buffet is open

In today’s busy distracted world, those who carve out 15 min to walk in a park or forest on a regular basis will have an edge. Research shows time in a park or forest practicing Shinrin Yoku or forest bathing will decrease stress and anxiety, and it will increase the ability to focus, think critically and make better decision.

For the past 25 years Ronna Schneberger has been exploring ways of connecting people to themselves through time in wild places. One of the first people in Canada to guide the simple yet powerful practice of Shinrin Yoku.

Ronna will share her insight and provide effective tools you can listen to yourself and what nature has to tell you. With our increasingly busy technological world, research shows it is the nature wise who will have the advantage.

Jim Elzinga is one of Canada’s few elite Alpinists whose focus has consistently been on a search for new more difficult routes on the world’s most challenging mountains. Jim will share his story on how against enormous odds in extreme conditions, over seventy-six days, Jim led the small, dedicated team in pioneering a new route up Mount Everest, enabling Sharon Wood to be the first North American woman to reach the summit.

Jim's life is filled with story after story of triumph over hardship. Surviving days high up on a mountain without food (on one climb in the Himalayas, six days), and descending in a storm; falling thirty feet into a crevasse, rescuing him self in a dramatic life and death struggle, then crossing the glacier alone till he was off the mountain; Jim and a climbing partner, on an untried route in the Canadian Rockies, when a freak August snowstorm confined them to a six inch ledge where they spent two nights without sleeping bags, nearly dying of hypothermia.

In this highly motivating and empowering talk, Jessica Joines shares her own inspirational, personal journey and lessons learned to living a life of purpose. She reveals how her own struggle and search to live a life of meaning lead to many failures, yet powerful lessons along the way. She details how her relentless determination to wake up doing something she loves every single day, lead to unanticipated gifts of self-discovery, love and awareness.

Jessica shares the spiritual truths she now abides by to master a life of purpose, noting it's a continuous process that's always evolving. She will teach us her 6-step process for creating and activating purpose in your own life. Walk away from this talk tapped into your unlimited potential to achieve the impossible, do good and live a life of meaning.

Lunch is included as part of all-inclusive or add-on packages.

If you did not choose a meal or all-inclusive package there is no need to panic! There are several great options available around Banff Centre. On site we recommend MacLab Bistro.

Circles of Rhythm is a powerful group experience of support that can impact every level of being. We all drum and get drummed by beautiful native frame drums, melded with the flute and didgeridoo. Participants are invited to let go of negativity in the heart, body and soul.

Experience a sense of unity, healing and catalyst for positive steps toward a brighter future the rhythm cradle provides.

Rejoin your fellow guests, connect with new friends and prep yourself for the amazing evening ahead. Cocktails, wine, beer, coffee and tea will be available.

Break bread and enjoy an amazing meal with your fellow guests. Executive Chef Sébastien Tessier and his team have designed banquet and buffet menus inspired by fresh, sustainable, and locally produced ingredients.

After a long day of amazing sessions, talks, and workshops, Circles of Rhythm will help kick start the evening vibe by facilitating a high energy drum circle. Imagine the vibrations of a couple hundred people drumming mindfully together!

A great way to lead in to a night of dance, performance and live music!

Picture this... as the rhythm and energy peaks from our drumming, an amazing beat blends in by Kylee Dawn as she kicks off her DJ set. NOW... to top that off, Inner Journeys Dance Co with help set the tone and get you moving with an amazing contemporary dance performance.