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See below all the fun we had in April 2009!

Stay tuned for April 23-25, 2010 Program!

Pick and choose as YOU please from the variety of fascinating sessions presented by entertaining, informative professional speakers. You deserve to surround yourself with perfection and the fresh clean country air. Become inspired to enjoy life to the max. Learn easy real life steps to live and look your best.

The Pajama Party - Get the party started! Kickoff the weekend with a fun evening of great food, music and spirits. Put on your favorite comfy flannels with the elastic waistband and get ready to indulge, showoff your Karaoke and dancing skills and laugh the night away! The Pajama Party is the signature event at the Ultimate Girls Getaway, developed over years of great parties and great feedback. We'll have food stations for you to taste and test all evening. You'll meet great new friends and have the time of your life. This is also a time to get one on one time with our presenters, sponsors and UGG staff. We'll share our stories and laugh the night away just like we did when we were kids. After it's all over, we'll let the hotel clean up so we can go jump on the beds!

How to Improve your Love Life through Feng-Shui

with Tracey MacKenzie.  What's in your bedroom?  What's on your bed? What's on your walls?  Learn special tricks for those who are single on how to attract the mate you want. And for those who are married on how to get what you want from the mate you have. Learn how to improve your sex life. Join this humorous fun class that we promise you will be talking about for a long time. Tracey McKenzie is a certified by the Feng Shui Association of Canada and devotes her time to increasing awareness through her lectures and workshops around the world. Her popular work has been showcased in many magazines and on television shows; Citymag, Take One, Salut Beauté, C'est Simple Comme Bonjour, HGTV’s Buy Me and a regular contributor to the Feng Shui Life TV show. Tracey believes that Feng Shui can help make your life happier and healthier with simple methods that usually do not require extensive changes. www.fengshuiforall.com
 

"Love'n Life...Love'n Wine! -Learn from the best!

Sandi M. Marques, Accredited Sommelier, International Sommelier Guild and Founder Cork and Karma Inc. Forget conventional, staid wine tastings and think zany, funny and inspirational! Entertaining, engaging and comedic!  Sandi's dynamic seminar will leave you with a better knowledge of wine and a unique understanding that "when the cork comes out...that's when the real karma kicks in!"   Come experience wine, women and laughter. Discover the sensuous flavors of wine. This is a seminar you won't want to miss! As a wine expert for over six years, speaking to audiences of over 400 people across North America, no wine question is too big or too small for Sandi. She has appeared on CTV, Rogers Daytime, 940 News, CJAD, 570 News, Chatelaine and The Bride and Bloom Magazine. As a mother, author, multiple entrepreneur, accredited sommelier, wine appraiser and chef – lets get tasting and talk ‘Wine – Everything you ever wanted to know!’ www.corkandkarma.com.

Fashion Accessorizing with Image Expert Monica de Liz

Do you wear the right accessories for your age, body shape and size? Do you know the difference between casual and dressy accessories ?

Fashionista Monica de Liz will answer these questions and help you avoid common dressing mistakes women make. She will show you how to choose the right accessories and create stylish outfits that produce fabulous reviews! Get ready to have a fun time exploring the glamorous world of belts, jewellery, handbags and shoes. Monica is a Brazilian made up of passion, charisma and enthusiasm. She believes that everyone has the ability to transform their appearance to look and feel their best. She has trained at the International Institute for Image Communications in New York and currently serves as an Assistant Business Coach for Dale Carnegie.  Her mantra is “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” www.image4success.com

Love Being a Woman – Danserotek - Dance Erotic “Renaissance of the Goddess”, Vered Haiun
Learn how to move your body in feminine, erotic & sexy ways that not only empower you, but will have you giggling with the girls! You will connect with your female energy & learn how to engage your eroticism, which is all part of the wholeness of being a woman. Using exercises, dance & mantras, our workshop helps women feel their feminine energy coursing through their whole body. Danserotek's goal is to bring women together in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Regardless of age, size, height or experience you can feel the ultimate pleasures of being a woman!

Vered Haiun has been involved in the dance, entertainment, and fitness industries for over 25 years. Her dance education and experience range from classical ballet to hip-hop, jazz, lyrical, ballroom and latin. She has travelled across North America, performing, competing, and coaching athletes and dancers. Vered, together with her husband, own Centre Latitude Fitness. Her mission is to help her clients transform their lives to one of health & happiness. www.danserotek.com

Funny Mommy – Kate Davis, speaker, writer, comedian, actress and mother of three, has the unique ability to find humor in any situation.  In her hilarious stand up comedy presentation, Kate shows how to balance life with humor and believes "Your leisure time should not be folding laundry."

A five-time nominee at the Canadian Comedy Awards and star of her own hour-long comedy special on CTV and the Comedy Network, Kate has appeared on Breakfast Television, Star TV, Toronto 1, Prime, WTN, TVO, CBC Radio One “The Debaters” and The Mom Show.

Kate writes a monthly article in the Mom and Caregiver magazine, has been published in Today’s parent magazine and has released her first book The Breastfeeding Diaries. www.funnymommy.com

Chefs Cooking Class - Easy Impressive Entertaining

A Cooking Class by Fairmont Executive Chef.  You too can cook like a Chef at home. Learn the culinary secrets to successfully create a gourmet dinner.  Experience world class cuisine throughout out your stay at the Montebello, then learn from the experts how to prepare amazing dishes.  Be entertained as culinary masterpieces are created right before your eyes. Learn tips, techniques and ingredients behind some of the best dishes you've ever had. Then get ready to receive rave reviews next time you entertain at home. And, best of all, you will get to enjoy all the delicious dishes the Chef prepares!

Accelerate your Bliss  Are you ready to get tapped into the next level of your life ?  Lisa LaJoie, known as the "Bliss Oracle", is a Visionary and Spiritual Empowerment Coach who creates workshops and gives intuitive consultations all over the world. By Tapping Into the Source of who you really are, and by forming an honest, clear and powerful connection with yourself, you can discover, believe, and create the life you dream of. Join the "The Bliss Oracle" and share the energy and excitement as Lisa tunes into the higher level frequency of the spiritual world. YOU ARE YOUR BELIEFS, learn to create your own reality, and what better way than connected by spirit. Lisa loves to connect with her audiences, and invites questions and group interaction. This seminar will be tremendous fun for all who want to share on this magnificent spiritual adventure we call LIFE. tappingintoit@gmail.com (514)633-1991

"Little Black Dress Party" - Slip into your favorite party outfit and join us for a fun evening of live entertainment and great food. Ultimate Girls Getaway guests will first be treated to a fine dinning experience prepared by the Le Chateau Montebello world class chefs.  Then sit back and enjoy the show by award winning comedian Kate Davis. After dinner we'll be all dressed up and have someplace to go. Continue the party at the popular Montebello Night Club Bar with great live musical entertainment and dancing into the wee hours of the morning.

AGELESS SKIN WITHOUT NEEDLES OR SURGERY - Brian Brazeau
While many Hollywood beauties may have Botox to thank for their wrinkle-free complexions, in reality most North Americans have not resorted to the needle. Women want healthier alternatives to achieve a youthful complexion. Brian Brazeau, VP, Sales and Marketing, B. Kamins, Chemist will introduce a new way to age-proof skin without surgery. Based on the lifestyle program from the founders of B. Kamins, Chemist, Beyond Botox: Seven Strategies For Sexy, Ageless Skin Without Needles Or Surgery, Brian will share the up-to-date information on what ingredients, treatments, and healthy habit changes will really work for women. www.bkamins.com
You’ll learn:
Your skin’s “Real Age” – and how you can make it appear younger
How to select the best products for your specific skin type
What you can eat every day to brighten your skin
The correct way to moisturize
How to pamper your skin and create a spa experience in your own home

Sophie Terrasse, CLYT -  LIVE LOVE LAUGH ! “Laughter Yoga™  -  Laughter for no reason” Laughter Yoga™ is a new revolution in body-mind medicine, which combines simple laughter exercises and gentle yoga breathing to enhance health and happiness.  These exercises are based on the philosophy of "acting happiness".  Laughter Yoga™ produces "Happiness Chemistry" in the brain (endorphins). Scientific studies have shown that intentional laughter will generate the same physiological and emotional benefits as "authentic" laughter.  Anyone can laugh in a group  with no need for a sense of humour, jokes, or comedy. Sophie Terrasse, earned her Laughter Yoga™ certification directly from Dr. Kataria, M.D., founder of the Laughter Yoga™ movement in Mumbai, India. She is an Art therapist and a Kundalini Yoga Instructor. Sophie Terrasse is currently the Director of The Institut Tournesol:  Wellness through Art, Laughter and Yoga  www.instituttournesol.ca  and the founder of The Ottawa Sunflower laughter club.

"Dream it . . . Achieve it!" Be sure to spend time with your host Nadja Piatka. If you can dream it, you are already half way there! Once you visualize your dream,  you truly can achieve it. We have very powerful minds and we can learn how to successfully move forward to achieving our goals in life, even when it seems there are no obvious recourses available to us. Nadja Piatka made a dream come true armed only with an idea and a $100 investment, she became an international supplier to Subway and McDonald’s.  Nadja’s amazing story of taking a company out of her kitchen and creating a multi-million dollar food company was highlighted on the Oprah Winfrey Show and The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.  By sharing her journey, experiences and personal formula for success, Nadja will encourage you to stand up and say "Yes I Can."  www.nadjafoods.com

Aquasize  Join our qualified  instructor at the beautiful Montebello indoor pool. Take advantage of the benefits of low-impact water exercise in a class that has something for everyone. Aquasize provides a great cardio workout utilizing the resistance training of water to produce great results. . Whether your goal is strength and conditioning or weight loss, this class promotes wellness, fitness and fun!

Spa Fairmont Le Château Montebello Located adjacent to the indoor pool and fitness center opened in May 2006. This spacious facility features three manicure and pedicure stations and eight treatment rooms including a grand suite with fireplace, double-head jungle shower  and Japanese sunken tub. Featuring a design in harmony with the local landscape, the spa offers inspiring treatments such as Maple Body Scrub, Natural Rice Body Polish, Green Blanket Signature Body Wrap and Golfer's Facial Treatment. The perfect place to relax and re-energize 819-423-3099. 10% off on all Spa Treatments
 

Scenic Hike - If you like to walk…you’ll love the Chateau Montebello. Enjoy the tranquility of the Ottawa River and the beautiful gardens while enjoying a morning walk in all its natural beauty. Join our group for  one of the best ways to exercise together or explore on your own the beauty and tranquility of Montebello’s 5 km of walking trails with optional exercise stations.

Do what you like to do.  Enjoy the activities we have planned for you OR . . .

•   Book a spa appointment

•   Catch up on some reading at the lobby fireplace

•   Hit the links for a round of golf

•   Drive an All-Terrain Vehicle

•   Enjoy hiking or cycling to your hearts content

•   Go for a scenic Horseback ride

•   Grab your racket for a tennis match

•   Taste award winning cuisine

Thank you to all the wonderful women who attended the Montebello 2008 Ultimate Girls Getaway! Because of you we were able to sponsor THREE women survivors of war for one year and provide them with medical aid, shelter and food. 

The Ultimate Girls Getaway is growing and each event not only empowers the women who attend but reaches out to women across the world and makes their lives better. For more information about our sponsorships see our "Giving Back" page.

We reserve the right to substitute speakers and modify

the agenda but we make every effort not to.