Your Guides
Bloom isn't a brand. It's two people who care about your reset.
Crystal Dugalo
Local guide. Yoga instructor. Wellness coach.
Crystal was born and raised in the shadow of the Canadian Rockies. She's spent 15 years guiding people through these mountains — not as a tourist experience, but as a practice. For Crystal, the trail is where clarity happens.
A qualified yoga instructor and certified wellness coach, Crystal designed the Bloom program around what she's seen work: structured movement, real food, genuine rest, and time in nature. No gimmicks. No pseudoscience. Just the fundamentals, done properly, in the most beautiful classroom on earth.
When she's not leading retreats, you'll find her trail running in Kananaskis, cooking for friends, or planning the next season's hiking routes.
"I built Bloom because I saw too many people arrive in Canmore burned out and leave the same way. The mountains have everything you need to reset — you just need someone to show you how."
Alex Jones
Leadership & development coach. Nowhereland.
Alex has spent his career at the intersection of performance and wellbeing. As a leadership and development coach, he works with professionals who are successful on paper but running on empty — high achievers whose careers are costing them their health.
At Bloom, Alex brings a different lens to the retreat experience. While Crystal rebuilds your physical foundation, Alex addresses the professional patterns that broke it down in the first place. His coaching focuses on sustainable high performance, energy management, and building a career that doesn't require burning yourself out.
Alex's post-retreat coaching program, Bloom Edge, extends the reset beyond the mountains and into the boardroom — helping guests redesign their professional lives to sustain the health they've rebuilt.
"Most people don't need to work less. They need to work differently. The retreat gives you the clarity to see the difference."
Crystal and Alex bring different expertise to the same goal: a complete reset. Body and career. Physical health and professional performance. Together, they cover ground that no other retreat in Canada does.