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The Pavilion Journal
Notes on wellness, recovery, design and four-season living - written for Southern Georgian Bay homeowners thinking carefully about the buildings that shape their days.
Wellness Science
The Case for the Cold Plunge
Anyone who has swum in Georgian Bay in June already understands cold water. The gasp, the sharpened senses, the strange euphoria walking back up the beach - that feeling is precisely what the cold plunge movement has…
September 25, 2025 · 3 min read
Wellness Science
What the Sauna Actually Does for You
Ask a Finn why they sauna and you'll get a shrug: because it's Wednesday. But over the past decade, researchers - many of them Finnish - have put serious scientific weight behind what northern cultures have known for…
August 19, 2025 · 3 min read
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