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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Karen Rempel is the director of Monkey Valley Retreat Centre. She leads retreats at the centre, and also apprentices on vision fasts in Colorado and California. She teaches tools to help people find healing and guidance in nature, including the medicine walk, medicine wheel, four shields of (human) nature, other ...
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
I've decide to share my beautiful Monkey Valley home with visitors from around the world who will be coming to BC for the Winter Olympics.
Here is the posting on Craig's List:
http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/vac/1484724729.html
If you have any friends who will be visiting BC this winter, and who are interested in a unique winter ...
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Friday, November 27th, 2009
Renting the Retreat Centre
The Monkey Valley Retreat Centre is pleased to create a rental arrangement customized to your needs, whether you are planning a private meditation retreat in nature or wish to bring a group of 30 for a yoga weekend. The remote location of the land is ideally suited ...
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Welcome to this unique log home overlooking Shrimpton Creek and the luscious valley it created (with the help of some glacier activity!). This virtual photographic tour takes you through the house, beginning with your entry from the deck into the log cabin.
The log cabin
The original log cabin was built about ...
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Cowboys, dogs, and dirtbikers: unexpected visitors to Monkey Valley
As remote as it is, you might be surprised to hear the unexpected visitors I've had at Monkey Valley. One time I was coming back from a run to the 5 KM marker—a favourite out-and-back route that takes about 45 minutes—and found ...
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
The nearest neighbours to Monkey Valley are 30 KM (20 miles) away, in the hamlet Aspen Grove. This community was once a stop on the Merritt-Princeton stagecoach line! There are also some neighbours in another community, a similar distance by road, at the east end of Missezula Lake. Given how remote and hard ...
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Monkey Valley is a scenic 4-hour drive from Vancouver, BC.
You can take the Coquihalla highway #5 (which no longer has a toll!), which climbs through majestic mountain passes and emerges on the rolling grasslands near Merritt. Another option is to take the Crowsnest highway #3 to Princeton, winding through Manning ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
The Monkey Valley Retreat Centre has a log cabin with a wood-burning stove and open cooking-dining-living space. There is a 3-bedroom addition built onto the log cabin, which can accommodate up to 6 sleepers in beds and cots.
There is plenty of space for camping, and there is also sleeping space ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
The Monkey Valley Retreat Centre is truly in the wilderness. Our nearest neighbours are about 30 kilometres away.
Monkey Valley is surrounded by crown lands on all sides, affording an exceptional experience of privacy and feeling of being away from civilization. The retreat centre is off the grid, which means that ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Monkey Valley Retreat Centre
The Monkey Valley Retreat Centre is a place where you can reconnect with nature, both outer and inner. The retreat centre offers programs to support this process of reconnection, such as vision fast retreats and medicine wheel teachings. It is also available for rental to individuals, families, ...
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