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.

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Mon 4 Jul - Thu 7 Jul Rejuvenating The BRC: A Family Retreat With Children In Mind

Fri 8 Jul - Sun 10 Jul Blooming aloes! Gardening For Happiness

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

Fri 22 Jul - Sun 24 Jul A Winter Yoga And Mindfulness Retreat - Preparing The Soil

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 - Tue 9 Aug Open the Heart And Still the Mind Compassion Retreat

Fri 12 Aug - Sun 14 Aug A Weekend Of Hatha Yoga: Rekindle Your Life Energy

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.

Fri 16 Sep - Sun 18 Sep A Taste of Somatics: Feeling And Healing The Body From Within

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 Begin Birding - And Reap Lifelong Rewards

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

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

Mon 12 Dec - Fri 16 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 kickstart the new year with an ashram-style retreat offering qigong, hatha yoga, meditation and healing therapies

Mon 9 Jan - Thu 19 Jan Ten Day Vipassana Retreat

Fri 13 Jan - Sun 15 Jan Vipassana Meditation: How to realise ever-present mindfulness

Sun 15 Jan - Thu 19 Jan A Vipassana Retreat: The search for truth

Fri 20 Jan - Sun 22 Jan Gardening For Happiness: The Basics Of Gardening

Fri 27 Jan - Mon 30 Jan The Way Of Ubuntu: Exploring traditional South African healing

Fri 3 Feb - Sun 5 Feb Happy Healthy Yoga For Healing And Harmony

Fri 10 Feb - Sun 12 Feb Getting To Know The Birds At The BRC: 160 Birds of a feather

Fri 17 Feb - Sun 19 Feb Creative Intuition Retreat

Fri 24 Feb - Sun 26 Feb Shine your Light : An Integrative Astrology Retreat Combining Astrology, SoulCollage® And Yoga

Tue 28 Feb - Thu 2 Mar Qigong From The Daoist Mountain Wudang: Energy - Vastness - Stillness

Fri 3 Mar - Sun 5 Mar Healing Qigong For Health And Vitality

Fri 10 Mar - Sun 12 Mar Yin And Yang: A Yoga Retreat: Release, Relax And Restore

Sun 12 Mar - Fri 17 Mar Pranayama Yoga

Fri 17 Mar - Tue 21 Mar From Fear To Fundamental Well-Being: Healing Relaxation, Yoga and Meditation

Tue 21 Mar - Thu 23 Mar Pathways To Dao: Qigong – Meditation – Wisdom

Fri 24 Mar - Sun 26 Mar Yin And Restorative Yoga

Fri 31 Mar - Wed 5 Apr Meditation In Daily Life: How To Develop Wisdom, Happiness And Freedom In Our Life With Meditation

Fri 7 Apr - Fri 14 Apr Open The Heart And Still The Mind: Embracing grief and gratitude with compassion

Fri 14 Apr - Sun 16 Apr Follow The Rainbow To Wholesome Health

Fri 21 Apr - Sun 23 Apr The Healing Art Of Reiki (Level 1), Yoga And Meditation: Heal the body, relax the mind

Sun 23 Apr - Thu 27 Apr Deepening The Healing Art Of Reiki: Reiki (Levels 2 and 3), yoga and meditation

Fri 28 Apr - Mon 1 May Reclaim Your Power: A journey to inner balance