If you are currently experiencing or identify with having experienced fear of water or water-based trauma of any kind, please click below for a version of this page without water imagery for your safe exploration at this stage of your healing journey...
With over a decade of experience teaching water-based activities & inspired by my certifications as a...
Surf Therapy™ Provider with the Groundswell Community Project
Meditation, Mindful Living & Breathwork Guide with the Lab of Meditation
PaddleFIT™ CORE Coach & Paddleboard Instructor with PaddleFIT & World Paddle Association
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It is my belief that through intentional time around, on, in & under the water...
We can re~create both your relationship with yourself & the world around you.
Through my trauma-informed trainings as well as over a decade of water-based teaching experience & diverse personal lived experience has helped me to understand the possibilities & potential pathways for healing that I am able to uniquely offer.
I am here to help you deepen your relationship with yourself & with nature by using scientifically proven tools for healing through therapeutic water-based recreational activities on, in & around the water.
RECREATION TO RE~CREATION PROGRAM
Through combining different recreational activities around, on in & under the water ~ this program seeks to help you navigate your path to freedom from whatever you feel is holding you back from living the life you want.
With the Paddleboard as our foundation, we explore water slowly & intentionally through swimming & snorkelling.
My intention is to offer a safe, welcoming & supportive environment for you to feel connected to nature & yourself through paddleboarding.
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Get in touch if...
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~ You want to learn to paddleboard in a safe, calm, private / semi-private locations
~ You have water-based trauma & want to heal your relationship with water
~ You are looking to experience new ways of exploring meditation & mindful living
~ You want to get comfortable with open water paddling, swimming & recreational activities
~ You're excited for new ways to get or stay fit & move your body safely
~ You're looking to improve your balance & challenge your comfort zone
~ You have children who want to learn SUP or want to improve their comfort with open water
~ Any other reason you can think of...
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No matter what you've experienced, I am honoured to help you reclaim your freedom to enjoy time on the water safely.
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Please note ~ I mainly work with those that require private, 1-on-1 environments to navigate challenging transitions & transformations.
If you are looking for in-person private Beginner Lesson or PaddleFit opportunities, contact me at info@re-creation.ca for availability
If you are a paddle boarder looking to explore more you can download my Recreation to Re~Creation Paddleboarding Course here
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If you are looking for beginner lessons, group paddling or SUP Yoga please visit any of the amazing providers in our area by clicking on the logo below:
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Looking forward to exploring with you,
RECREATION TO
DONATION
HOW YOUR
HEALING HELPS
Your healing impacts the world around you, more than you know.
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The ripple effect we have when we choose to heal our relationship with water & with ourselves is powerful.
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When we connect with water, we are far more likely to love, nurture & care for it.
Just as with water, the same applies for ourselves, others & the world around us.
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For every session you have with us, you support the Re~Creation Donation & the following:
~ Providing free SUP & Swim Therapy sessions for children experiencing fear of water
~ Providing free SUP & Swim Therapy sessions for underprivileged children
~ Supporting the efforts of Love Your Greats to keep our local waterways clean
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If you are not planning to take one of our programs or sessions but would still like to support our work, thank you & click below!
Whether you are looking to discover meditation & mindfulness or are interested in designing your own unique practice, collaborate with Jen to embark deeper on your inner adventure.
As well as our free guided practices designed to help you feel safe, supported & adventure ready for wherever life takes you ~ you can take this further by requesting a personal meditation designed for you & with you to deepen your practice.
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We also have a course coming soon where you can work with Jen 1-on-1 to map your inner landscape & design your own unique & life-changing practice. Click co~create to learn more...
Jen has always felt connected to the water & grew up spending summers in lakes of all kinds.
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Her water lineage & experience includes...
Jumping waves in the Great Lakes at the cottage, swimming in her Grandmother's pool, leading remote paddling expeditions, learning SUP on the River Thames, boating & tubing in Muskoka with cousins, teaching cable wakeboarding & paddling at Windmill Lake, snorkelling inland lakes & the Caribbean with friends, co-creating a documentary about river rowing in Africa, scuba diving wrecks with her Uncle, helping teach offshore sailing over 10,000 nautical miles with Pangaea Explorations, public speaking on waterway plastic & toxic pollution, sailing expeditions in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea & Pacific Ocean, planning & leading mass citizen engagement projects in the Great Lakes with Love Your Greats, sitting on Boards of Directors for waterway health...
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RECOGNITION
CASBA Safeguarding The Environment Award
CPS-ECP National Environmental Award
Origin Magazine's Top 100 Ocean Heroes
TD Environmental Awareness Award
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REPRESENTATION
Board of Directors ~ Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation
National Environment Committee ~ Canadian Power & Sail Squadron
Environmental Officer ~ Goderich Power & Sail Squadron
Leadership Committee ~ Great Lakes Commons
Advisory Committee ~ Main Bayfield Watershed
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PRESENTATION
List of presentations here
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RECREATION
She is an avid swimmer, paddler, sailor, scuba diver, snorkeler with new explorations in surfing & free diving.
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& much of her personal & professional life has been
An advocate for water began over 16 years ago when she
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both professional & personal experience that supports her to help you re~create your life with water.
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Professional Experience & Certifications
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Re~creating is not living a life of automatic repetition...
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It is living a life mindful of our freedom to make conscious choices in our beliefs & behaviours so that we are aware & deliberate about what we are choosing to create again & what we want to create anew.
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Thank you for bringing the Spirit of Adventure to your own unique journey of re~creation by being here!
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Whether you choose to explore with me through meaningful conversations on the Recreation to Re~Creation Podcast, by discovering & deepening your practice with the Re~Creation Meditation or by joining me on a journey to find your freedom through our Recreation to Re~Creation Inner Depth Program, please know it is my honour to be beside you as a fellow student of life & at times perhaps a guide on the side helping to bring you back home to yourself as you navigate your unique life adventure.
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With love,
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