Oceanstone Inn and Cottages

by Dawn Matheson
May 27th, 2009

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A small, serene, scrumptious coastal retreat at Peggy’s Cove

You know you've slept a transformative sleep when you slide out of your seaside cottage sipping an organic coffee and encounter a group of equally rejuvenated businessmen beachcombing and reading the house copy of Cosmic Consciousness.

“This place transforms people,” swears co-founder and former CBC broadcaster Ron MacInnis. He and his wife, Carole, a former professor and psychologist, epitomize Nova Scotia’s motto of doers and dreamers. The inspirational literature (some authored by the owners) is purposefully placed throughout the nine cottages, inn and conference centre at Oceanstone, a shell’s toss from Peggy’s Cove.

Once a yoga retreat, Oceanstone has maintained the principles of mindful living both inside and out. Sustainability is everywhere on the 20 acres of shoreline property: extensive organic gardens from which son Paul crafts the menu for Rhubarb Grill and Café, the onsite restaurant; the driftwood curtain rods, sea sponge sculptures, barn-wood headboards and other recycled room décor; and the staff eco-concierge whose sole purpose is to reveal the regional beauty without destroying it.

Massage and Reiki are up on the hill, where dawn yoga classes held in the Great Room are warmed by the fireplace and complemented with a panoramic ocean view. When not rejuvenating guests, the space is a conference facility; corporate clientele provides the inn’s off-season sustenance.

Rooms range in price from $105 to $385 in high season, and $85 to $275 otherwise.