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Shadow Work™ is an intensive, experiential and often cathartic process which allows you to explore all parts of yourself deeply and, above all, safely. It empowers you to explore and change limiting and destructive beliefs and behaviour patterns so that you can live life more fully and with more choice.​

This 3 day workshop is limited to 8 participants, and each participant will have the opportunity to do their own in-depth piece of facilitated 'process work'. The weekend will also include various individual, pair and group exercises to build trust and safety, as well a deep introduction to the archetypes used in the Shadow Work. Participants find they gain a great deal from being part of the circle, from the initial 'container building' exercises and self reflection, and from witnessing and supporting others in doing their work.

Shadow Work™ Weekend

Melanie Ward & Tim Hall

11/09/26
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13/09/26

Shadow Work™ is an intensive, experiential and often cathartic process which allows you to explore all parts of yourself deeply and, above all, safely. It empowers you to explore and change limiting and destructive beliefs and behaviour patterns so that you can live life more fully and with more choice.​

This 3 day workshop is limited to 8 participants, and each participant will have the opportunity to do their own in-depth piece of facilitated 'process work'. The weekend will also include various individual, pair and group exercises to build trust and safety, as well a deep introduction to the archetypes used in the Shadow Work. Participants find they gain a great deal from being part of the circle, from the initial 'container building' exercises and self reflection, and from witnessing and supporting others in doing their work.

This retreat is an opportunity for rest, resource and liberating exploration through the early Buddhist teachings of the four elements of mindfulness of earth, water, fire and air.

We will explore ways of relating to the natural world, both inner and outer, that loosen and dissolve habitual perceptions of self and other, and practice listening deeply to the wisdom inherent within our own bodies and hearts, and within that of the beautiful nature around us. We offer these teachings and practices in the service of supporting us in times of increasing fear, anxiety and distrust in our world.

Earth, Water, Fire, Air: An elemental Retreat

Colette Power & Julia Wallond

16/09/26
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22/09/26

This retreat is an opportunity for rest, resource and liberating exploration through the early Buddhist teachings of the four elements of mindfulness of earth, water, fire and air.

We will explore ways of relating to the natural world, both inner and outer, that loosen and dissolve habitual perceptions of self and other, and practice listening deeply to the wisdom inherent within our own bodies and hearts, and within that of the beautiful nature around us. We offer these teachings and practices in the service of supporting us in times of increasing fear, anxiety and distrust in our world.

Join us in a deeply profound Shamanic healing experience where we will meet the ancestors, shape our memories with our hands, blending with the five elements in ceremony and honouring, we will come together on this rich and fertile land, where bones and feathers lay, where the message is etched upon landscape, tree and stone leaving stories for us to discern. Leaving an ancestral awakening, that will stir deeply within us, of visions of time past blending with the present.
 
The seeker, The journey, The unfolding of the mysteries. The power of the Elements, blending together in the Sacredness of all that is on this wild and untamed land.

Shamanic Healing Retreat Dartmoor

Lynn Gosney & Bruce Scott

03/10/26
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10/10/26

Join us in a deeply profound Shamanic healing experience where we will meet the ancestors, shape our memories with our hands, blending with the five elements in ceremony and honouring, we will come together on this rich and fertile land, where bones and feathers lay, where the message is etched upon landscape, tree and stone leaving stories for us to discern. Leaving an ancestral awakening, that will stir deeply within us, of visions of time past blending with the present.

The seeker, The journey, The unfolding of the mysteries. The power of the Elements, blending together in the Sacredness of all that is on this wild and untamed land.

If you are looking to make significant positive changes in your life, then the permaculture design course will almost certainly help you. This practical course provides you with a broad introduction to the applications of permaculture in a number of different situations, from food production to community structures, and alternative currencies to eco-housing. The course culminates in the main design activity that helps to consolidate all of the learning and empower you to take permaculture back into your home, life and community. This course is for anyone who believes that we need to find ways to better care for ourselves, for each other and for the Earth.

For booking/further info please click the Learn Permaculture link below.
For further info on Klaudia see https://klaudia.co.uk/

Permaculture Design Course

Aranya & Klaudia van Gool

07/11/26
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22/11/26

If you are looking to make significant positive changes in your life, then the permaculture design course will almost certainly help you. This practical course provides you with a broad introduction to the applications of permaculture in a number of different situations, from food production to community structures, and alternative currencies to eco-housing. The course culminates in the main design activity that helps to consolidate all of the learning and empower you to take permaculture back into your home, life and community. This course is for anyone who believes that we need to find ways to better care for ourselves, for each other and for the Earth.

For booking/further info please click the Learn Permaculture link below.
For further info on Klaudia see https://klaudia.co.uk/

We welcome you to this possibility, of being part of a space to tend your grief, and be present with each other’s grief, the planet’s grief as best we can. Up on the edge of the moor, held by the ancient land, the wise hills and the trees, we gather as a community to tend our Grief.

Meeting over several days, our intention is to more spaciously tend our grief, dipping in and out of the waters, exploring different practices of expressing and witnessing, recognising the different ways that are more accessible to different people. We invite the possibilities of movement and body, sound, music, song, words, silence, nature…

Grief Tending on Dartmoor

Dita Vizoso & Jeremy Thres

03/12/26
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06/12/26

We welcome you to this possibility, of being part of a space to tend your grief, and be present with each other’s grief, the planet’s grief as best we can. Up on the edge of the moor, held by the ancient land, the wise hills and the trees, we gather as a community to tend our Grief.

Meeting over several days, our intention is to more spaciously tend our grief, dipping in and out of the waters, exploring different practices of expressing and witnessing, recognising the different ways that are more accessible to different people. We invite the possibilities of movement and body, sound, music, song, words, silence, nature…

The days are drawing in and the nights are becoming cold.  At this time when the veil is thin and magic is woven into every breath, lets gather to call to our ancestors, dance our prayers and open our hearts to the winter to come


This is the sixth year for Heart to Hearth, an intimate gathering for us to come together, sing, dance, play and pray in the heart of the wild lands of dartmoor

Heart to Hearth

Denise Rowe

10/12/26
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13/12/26

The days are drawing in and the nights are becoming cold. At this time when the veil is thin and magic is woven into every breath, lets gather to call to our ancestors, dance our prayers and open our hearts to the winter to come


This is the sixth year for Heart to Hearth, an intimate gathering for us to come together, sing, dance, play and pray in the heart of the wild lands of dartmoor

For thousands of years our ancestors lived in harmony with nature - In our modern world of distraction we have forgotten that we are not separate from nature - we are nature. 

Connect with nature, feel grounded, and discover yourself. 

Through guided reflection, group sharing, and your own solo quest on the moor, you’ll have space to gain clarity, insight, and a deeper connection to yourself and others.

The Winter Quest

Mark & Brendan

07/01/27
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10/10/26

For thousands of years our ancestors lived in harmony with nature - In our modern world of distraction we have forgotten that we are not separate from nature - we are nature.

Connect with nature, feel grounded, and discover yourself.

Through guided reflection, group sharing, and your own solo quest on the moor, you’ll have space to gain clarity, insight, and a deeper connection to yourself and others.

For me, the landscape of being a person of mixed heritage is complex, especially when that is visible through my brown body within a white-body-supremacy landscape.  And each time I am in space with others of mixed heritage I feel such a deep relief in my body, especially if we are talking about it.

An emergent space for people of mixed and global-majority heritage to come together, speak our truth and embody our prayers.

Kin

Denise Rowe

21/01/27
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24/10/26

For me, the landscape of being a person of mixed heritage is complex, especially when that is visible through my brown body within a white-body-supremacy landscape. And each time I am in space with others of mixed heritage I feel such a deep relief in my body, especially if we are talking about it.

An emergent space for people of mixed and global-majority heritage to come together, speak our truth and embody our prayers.

In the deep of winter, Brigid dreams of the spring, sure in her belly of the turning of the cycle and the coming of new life

At this sacred time of year, we carve out space to listen to the whisperings of our earth bodies through movement, sound and ceremony, and give thanks for life’s unfolding mystery


This retreat will be for between 6 and 12 women and will include time moving together in a beautiful indoors space and time out on the land.

Brigid's Dream

Denise Rowe

28/01/27
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31/10/26

In the deep of winter, Brigid dreams of the spring, sure in her belly of the turning of the cycle and the coming of new life

At this sacred time of year, we carve out space to listen to the whisperings of our earth bodies through movement, sound and ceremony, and give thanks for life’s unfolding mystery


This retreat will be for between 6 and 12 women and will include time moving together in a beautiful indoors space and time out on the land.

Our focus is just sitting. Most of the time, we sit in order to get somewhere: calmer, clearer, better. Shikantaza turns that around. There's no object to focus on and nothing to achieve. We simply sit, fully awake to whatever is here. You may already know a taste of this, perhaps on a long walk when the mind goes quiet, or sitting with a cup of tea with nowhere else to be.

To support this, we'll work with four core techniques, each introduced in turn:
Metta: loving-kindness, cultivating warmth towards ourselves and others
Zazen: awareness-based meditation, meeting this moment exactly as it is
Shikantaza: "just sitting," where technique falls away, and the source of the retreat's name

Wake Up, Just Sit

Path of Insight

03/02/27
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07/02/27

Our focus is just sitting. Most of the time, we sit in order to get somewhere: calmer, clearer, better. Shikantaza turns that around. There's no object to focus on and nothing to achieve. We simply sit, fully awake to whatever is here. You may already know a taste of this, perhaps on a long walk when the mind goes quiet, or sitting with a cup of tea with nowhere else to be.

To support this, we'll work with four core techniques, each introduced in turn:
Metta: loving-kindness, cultivating warmth towards ourselves and others
Zazen: awareness-based meditation, meeting this moment exactly as it is
Shikantaza: "just sitting," where technique falls away, and the source of the retreat's name

A powerfully transformative immersive journey connecting body, earth and spirit through embodied movement, traditional pan-African dance & rhythm, movement in the landscape, creative expression & ceremony

It’s time to remember the truth of who we really are as part of this living Earth

So that we can take a stand on the solid ground of ourselves

And live in alignment, honour and gratitude for the gift of life

The Bridge

Denise Rowe

14/02/27
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19/02/27

A powerfully transformative immersive journey connecting body, earth and spirit through embodied movement, traditional pan-African dance & rhythm, movement in the landscape, creative expression & ceremony

It’s time to remember the truth of who we really are as part of this living Earth

So that we can take a stand on the solid ground of ourselves

And live in alignment, honour and gratitude for the gift of life

In the wilds of Dartmoor, at full moon, enter the magic of sacred mbira music, connecting us to the spirits of our ancestors. This retreat will centre around a ceremonial mbira night with traditional Zimbabwean food, community prayers, and mbira music, song and dance for the spirits into the night

In preparation, we will explore the traditional dances, music, songs and rhythms of the mbira, and open our embodied breathing beings to connect with the land, our ancestors and our heart prayers as a community

The mbira opens a sacred liminal space, a bridge drawing the seen and unseen worlds together in a way that has been happening in rural Zimbabwe for thousands of generations

Jenaguru Mbira Retreat

Denise Rowe

15/04/27
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18/04/27

In the wilds of Dartmoor, at full moon, enter the magic of sacred mbira music, connecting us to the spirits of our ancestors. This retreat will centre around a ceremonial mbira night with traditional Zimbabwean food, community prayers, and mbira music, song and dance for the spirits into the night

In preparation, we will explore the traditional dances, music, songs and rhythms of the mbira, and open our embodied breathing beings to connect with the land, our ancestors and our heart prayers as a community

The mbira opens a sacred liminal space, a bridge drawing the seen and unseen worlds together in a way that has been happening in rural Zimbabwe for thousands of generations

All grief is welcome at all these workshops. Whether you are with personal loss or bereavement, healing from past wounds, disturbed by world or local events, or acknowledging the pain of those who went before still reverberating in your family or community, your grief is deserving of tending, and is welcome.  

Residential grief tending workshops allow us to go deeper and transform more. In the spaciousness of having a series of processes, grief can be expressed and witnessed in different ways, working with the body, words, sound, images, song and more.

Apprenticing to Grief

Sophy Banks & Sarah Pletts

26/06/27
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02/07/27

All grief is welcome at all these workshops. Whether you are with personal loss or bereavement, healing from past wounds, disturbed by world or local events, or acknowledging the pain of those who went before still reverberating in your family or community, your grief is deserving of tending, and is welcome.

Residential grief tending workshops allow us to go deeper and transform more. In the spaciousness of having a series of processes, grief can be expressed and witnessed in different ways, working with the body, words, sound, images, song and more.

A vision quest or vision fast is a wilderness retreat, but with a purpose. It’s a time where we step away from what we know and choose to embark on a new way. We place ourselves in a wild place, away from distractions and old habits and into a connection to nature. There we spend time alone yet with and in nature.

For 4 days and nights we are without food and have little shelter. What gets us through, is our intention – a new way of wanting to be or live. This brings us closer to the essence of who we actually are. Our true self. With nothing to lean on except the true spirit of ourselves and our experiences of the ‘spirit of nature’ whilst out there. We emerge from this space more guided, more focused. We begin to see – we have vision.

Vision Quest UK 2027

Natalie Vickers & Peter Mueller

10/08/27
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23/08/27

A vision quest or vision fast is a wilderness retreat, but with a purpose. It’s a time where we step away from what we know and choose to embark on a new way. We place ourselves in a wild place, away from distractions and old habits and into a connection to nature. There we spend time alone yet with and in nature.

For 4 days and nights we are without food and have little shelter. What gets us through, is our intention – a new way of wanting to be or live. This brings us closer to the essence of who we actually are. Our true self. With nothing to lean on except the true spirit of ourselves and our experiences of the ‘spirit of nature’ whilst out there. We emerge from this space more guided, more focused. We begin to see – we have vision.

Certificate in Psychic, Energy and Land Healing

Samara Lewis

A two year course teaching the skills needed to practice psychic and energy healing and working with the more-than-human realm to facilitate healing of and with the land.

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The course involves a deep awareness of the more-than-human, the spirit realms, and the numinous Earth. These are core skills on the shamanic path. It’s about rediscovering the magic of being alive, working with all your senses to connect with other beings and learning to be of service, helping others with their healing journey.

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Embodied Truth

Denise Rowe

21 days of tuition and ceremony, continuing the Earth Dances Training. ​Embodied Truth has evolved in response to the current awakening of consciousness of ourselves as part of this living Earth.  There is a call from the Earth for us to be present, listen deeply, align with truth, and shine the light of that truth through all that we are and all that we do, to be part of the great remembering. 

 

We will work with embodied movement, shamanic practices & ceremony both inside and with landscapes of moorland, coast, river and forest, cultivating our natural ability to harvest Embodied Truth.

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