The Inner Arts Collective acknowledges that we are on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledges that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.
Our space, located at 257 Danforth, is nestled between Chester and Broadview stations - a neighbourhood with a reputation for it's incredible food, community spirit, and healthy lifestyle. Our healing hub is raved about by both clients as well as practitioners for it's beauty, clear energy, and and professional integrity. It offers the space to really help our community thrive, together. 

Highlights include:
  • A walking score of 97/100 - a walker's paradise!
  • 6 treatment rooms, each equipped with a water basin, includes a small group room and a basement suite for deep emoting
  • Main floor Member's Lounge, also bookable for presentations and events (virtual and live)
  • Professional address, street-level advertising and signage
  • Two practitioner lounges, beverage station (currently closed due to COVID-19)
  • WiFi mesh network throughout
  • Rooftop patio
  • Washrooms on the main and second floors
Proud member of the
​Broadview Danforth BIA!
Main FLoor
Highlights:
  • Long open space; finely finished; perfect for workshops, presentations, classes (face-to-face and virtual)
  • Brick and wood accents with plenty of natural light
  • Double doors leading into the space
  • Bathroom
  • Kitchenette (sink, fridge, kettle)
  • Tables and comfortable seating for working on projects
2nd floor
Highlights:
  • 2 private rooms, one with 2 chairs (6' apart) and the other with a treatment table and sink
  • Lending library and waiting area, for a client to wait for their session or the washroom 
  • Member lounge, perfect for working on a personal project or completing case notes
  • 2 beautiful gender neutral washrooms with glass basin sinks with a separate enclosure for the toilets and a shower in each
3rd Floor
Highlights:
  • Rooftop patio, with a patio umbrella, table, benches and planters - a great space for sessions outside in the warmer months
  • 1 small group room with a sink, ideal for couples or small families, group therapy, one on one yoga / movement, and bodywork.
  • 2 private rooms with sinks, each with a sink, set up for individual therapy / one-on-one seated sessions. 
  • Skylight with gorgeous natural light
  • Wood and jute features throughout
parking
Highlights: 
  • Green P directly across from the IAC
  • Additional spots on Danforth w/ bike lane

Our Healing Garden on the Danforth

In the fall of 2017, Restorative Landscapes worked with us to create a beautiful garden which reflects our mission and the services that we offer to the community.

To begin the process, we met with Restorative Landscapes and looked at what kinds of plants would thrive in the garden, given the sun and nature of the garden beds. From there, we selected plants with energetic properties that represented our work as a healing arts community. The design was approved by our landlords, the redesign date was selected, and on November 13th we got started!

The planting began with a cleansing ceremony to honour the old, and we worked to live drumming by Emre. It was an incredible time, and the resulting garden is one that will bring us beauty and incredible energy all year long!
Huge thanks to Andrew, Jake and Garrett from Restorative Landscapes,
and Anton, Emre and Nadji for all your help in making this a vision a reality!
In addition to being an incredible pollinator garden with a number of things that will be able to be harvested, here is a list of the plants chosen, and their energetic properties:
Aster: to promote patience and a love of diversity

Basket of Gold (Alyssum): spiritual and emotional balance, protection

Boxwood: Endurance and healing through difficult times.

Butterfly Bush: New beginnings, change and transformation, creating new paths.

Calamint: Friendship and happiness.

Chives: Protection and health.

Comfrey: Safe passage

Golden Dogwood: Boundaries, healing the body and emotions, love, and divination.

Golden Elderberry: Blessings, graceful shifts and transitions, healing, intutition, and music. The Elder is also a threshold protector.
Japanese Anemone: Crown and heart chakra, allowing the soul to shine through in it's divinity.

Lavender: Stress reduction, calm, love, and fertility.

Monarda (Bee Pollen): Peace, happiness, and restfulness.

Mulberry: Comfort amid challenges, cosmic oneness, wholeness, and healing. 

Oregano: Happiness, tranquility, health, protection, and support in release

Phlox: Promotes unity and harmony in a community or group.

Penstemon: Introspection, gentle courage, and a traditional healing plant for a range of issues and illnesses.

Redbud: Release of emotional pain.
Sage: Sacred purification, release, and wisdom

Serviceberry: Wide range of medicinal, craft, and food uses.

Strawberry: Love, friendship, and happiness.

Solomon's Seal: To support others in making difficult decisions, accepting and seeking change.

Thyme: Strength and courage to promote a positive attitude through difficult times.

Willow: Pain relief, connection with the moon, support in directing energy, personal empowerment. Healing and rebirth.

Witch Hazel: Removal of disease and negative energy.

Yarrow: Love, courage, communication, intuition, and divination.

Main Floor Redesign

After our first year at this location on the Danforth, we have learned from the literature and our community about how to improve our use of the space.

On November 6th, 2016, the IAC owners met with it's Members to share the vision for a redesign, which would increase use of our beautiful Main Floor studio, create a decompression zone at our entryway, improve access to practitioner storage, and increase access for practitioners who don't see clients to come and use the space to work on projects.
Over the winter months, we transformed the main floor into a coworking lounge, and have heard from many Members how amazing it has been to use the space.

Unlike other coworking spaces, which limit use of coworking lounges, the IAC provides unlimited access to the practitioner lounges.

Members have appreciated having a space to come and work on their projects, and also the connections that happen between one another because of the layout. Whether people see clients within the IAC or not, the Main Floor Practitioner Lounge has become a space for all of our Members to come together.