Summary List of Retreats

"Doing Your Own Thing" Self Retreats are available throughout the year between the Conducted Retreats (and occasionally on weekends).

These retreats are in Noble Silence.

Click on a specific retreat for details, or browse the detailed list of retreats.

Fri 28 Jan - Sun 30 Jan Healing Qigong For Health And Vitality

Fri 4 Feb - Sun 6 Feb Rainbow Salads And Sunshine Bowls: Adopting a wholesome plant-based lifestyle

Tue 8 Feb - Fri 11 Feb Mist Rising, Rain Falling: Qigong

Fri 11 Feb - Sun 13 Feb Getting To Know The Birds At The BRC: 160 Birds of a feather

Mon 14 Feb - Fri 18 Feb Mist Rising, Rain Falling: Qigong

Fri 18 Feb - Sun 20 Feb Happy Healthy Yoga For Health And Harmony

Fri 25 Feb - Sun 27 Feb Speak Your Truth, Listen Deeply

Fri 4 Mar - Sun 6 Mar A Neurosurgeon Probes Wellness And Performance: Psychoneuroimmunology

Fri 11 Mar - Sun 13 Mar Yin And Yang: A Yoga Retreat: Release, relax and restore

Fri 18 Mar - Mon 21 Mar From Fear To Fundamental Well-Being

Fri 25 Mar - Sun 27 Mar The Healing Art Of Reiki (Level 1), Yoga And Meditation: Heal the body, relax the mind

Sun 27 Mar - Thu 31 Mar Deepening The Healing Art Of Reiki: Reiki (Levels 2 and 3), yoga and meditation

Fri 1 Apr - Sun 3 Apr A Weekend Of Kindness At The BRC

Sun 3 Apr - Fri 8 Apr Mist Rising, Rain Falling: A qigong retreat

Fri 8 Apr - Sun 10 Apr Reclaim Your Power: A journey to inner balance

Thu 14 Apr - Thu 21 Apr Open The Heart And Still The Mind: Embracing grief and gratitude with compassion

Fri 22 Apr - Sun 24 Apr World As Lover, World As Self: Finding our way home in difficult times

Fri 29 Apr - Sun 1 May Vinyāsa Yoga And Meditation

Tue 3 May - Sun 8 May Come As You Are: Secular Buddhism, Existential Philosophy And Psychotherapy. Can Buddhism effectively treat the struggles we face in life?

Fri 13 May - Sun 15 May Under The Full Moon Of May: Wesak - celebrating 25 centuries of Buddhism

Sun 15 May - Fri 20 May Beginner's Mind, Quiet Mind: Meditation Instruction And Practice for Meaningful Daily Living

Fri 20 May - Sun 22 May Releasing Ourselves From Old Stories: Stepping from the past into an abundant future by drawing on the Ancient Hawaiian practice of Ho’oponopono

Tue 24 May - Thu 26 May Systems Constellations: Healing Trauma Through Restoring Strengths And Creativity

Fri 27 May - Sun 29 May The Heart And Art Of Awakening - Part 1: Shift your life though presence and art

Sun 29 May - Tue 31 May The Heart And Art Of Awakening - Part 2: Going deeper

Fri 3 Jun - Sun 5 Jun The Sacred Feminine : Empowering the feminine with yoga, meditation and your astrological moon

Fri 10 Jun - Sun 12 Jun An Introduction To Mindfulness Based Living: "Knowing the present"

Fri 17 Jun - Sun 19 Jun Cultivating Mind-Heart Resonance Through Emotional Intelligence And Mindfulness

Fri 24 Jun - Sun 26 Jun Iyengar Yoga: Nudging the body into shape and health

Sun 26 Jun - Fri 1 Jul Iyengar Yoga: Deepening your practice

Fri 1 Jul - Sun 3 Jul Saying Yes To Life – Finding The Divinity Within Ourselves: How having ‘faith’ can help us live wholeheartedly in the midst of a challenging and uncertain world

Fri 8 Jul - Sun 10 Jul Gardening For Happiness: The Basics Of Gardening

Sun 10 Jul - Tue 12 Jul Ethical Investing For Sustainability

Tue 12 Jul - Fri 15 Jul An Antidote To Insecurity

Fri 15 Jul - Sun 17 Jul Traditional Hatha And Raja Yoga

Fri 22 Jul - Sun 24 Jul Anger - On The Path Of Love

Fri 29 Jul - Sun 31 Jul Finding And Keeping Your Centre: Taking Care Of Ourselves In Order To Be Of Service To Others

Fri 5 Aug - Sun 7 Aug A Weekend Of Hatha Yoga: Rekindle Your Life Energy

Fri 12 Aug - Sun 14 Aug Moving Meditation: Cultivating The Four Energies Of Tai Chi

Fri 19 Aug - Sun 21 Aug Relaxation: Opening And Relaxing The Heart And Mind

Sun 21 Aug - Wed 24 Aug Working With The Elements: Enquiry Into Ourselves And The World Around Us Through A Deeper Understanding Of Our Environment

Fri 26 Aug - Sun 28 Aug A Yin Yoga Retreat: Restorative Yoga

Fri 2 Sep - Sun 4 Sep The Body Has Something To Say: Exploring Our Thinking Bodies Through Yoga, Meditation And Therapeutic Reflection

Fri 9 Sep - Sun 11 Sep Nia - Retreat Through Dance: Curating Life As Art.

Sat 17 Sep - Mon 19 Sep A Taste of Somatics: Feeling And Healing The Body From Within

Tue 20 Sep - Thu 22 Sep Mark Making - The Essence Of Calligraphy. A gentle introduction to formal Western calligraphy

Fri 23 Sep - Sun 25 Sep Healing The Family Tree: An Ancestor And Us Writing Retreat

Sun 25 Sep - Tue 27 Sep Between First In-Breath And Last Out-Breath: The Art Of Story-telling

Fri 30 Sep - Sun 2 Oct The Moon At The Window - A Silent Retreat With Ryokan

Fri 7 Oct - Sun 9 Oct Yinsight: The Practice Of Yin And Mindfulness With A Twist

Tue 11 Oct - Thu 13 Oct Stand Like A Tree To Power Up Your Chi

Thu 13 Oct - Sun 16 Oct Life Tides And Word Links: A Course In Poetry

Tue 18 Oct - Sun 23 Oct Root Memoir Course: Exploring Nature And Nurture

Tue 25 Oct - Fri 28 Oct Yin And Yang: A Yoga Retreat: Release, Relax And Restore

Fri 28 Oct - Sun 30 Oct “You Can’t Fill The Hole In Your Heart With Food”…And Other Things - Jan Chozen Bays Mindful Eating: The hidden gifts of our compulsions

Fri 4 Nov - Sun 6 Nov Yin And Restorative Yoga

Fri 11 Nov - Sun 13 Nov At Ease in Mind and Body: An Introduction To Qigong

Sun 13 Nov - Fri 18 Nov Original Condition - A Meditation And Movement Retreat: Learn To Reframe Intimacy Through Meditation, Mindful And Creative Movement

Fri 18 Nov - Sun 20 Nov Quiet Mountain, Clear Sky: Meditating With Calmness And Clarity

Fri 25 Nov - Sun 27 Nov The Roots Of Sacred Drumming: Exploring Natural Rhythms

Fri 2 Dec - Sun 4 Dec Yoga Mind, Body And Breath: A Journey Of Self-Discovery

Fri 9 Dec - Sun 11 Dec A Neurosurgeon Probes Wellness And Performance: Psychoneuroimmunology

Sun 11 Dec - Thu 15 Dec Shibuie - When Beauty Happens Accidentally: Sumie and Raku – Japanese brush painting and pottery

Fri 16 Dec - Sun 18 Dec Grounded In Space: A Weekend Of Tai Chi And Qigong

Fri 23 Dec - Mon 26 Dec Stalking The Moment: Being Home 24/7 - Christmas At The BRC

Thu 29 Dec - Mon 2 Jan Three Wise Medicines For Living Your Life In The New Year

Fri 6 Jan - Sun 8 Jan Time To Focus And Tune Into 2023: Gently kckstart the new year with an ashram-style retreat offering qigong, hatha yoga, meditation and healing therapies