4 Day Spirit Earth Retreat in Cumbria, England
Healing and Awakening Yoga Retreat in UK
Inspired by the teachings of the natural world, this Spirit Earth Retreat offers you a way to embrace the Earth’s cycles and the wheel of the year. A chance to journey in community to honour the Earth and your body. A time in circle with Spirit, our Earth relatives, the ancestors, and your guides and guardians to support you to be free. Using ritual to welcome crossroads and gateways: tending to the body through yoga and movement practices, so that you can reawaken that which has been forgotten or even repressed. At the heart of the retreat, is the intention to enchant your life and to heal rifts within your spiritual self.
Meet the instructors
Highlights
- Earth yoga and breath practices
- Sacred ritual with the Celtic wheel of the Year
- Eclectic practices from yoga and earth spiritual tradition
- Cacao ceremony and loving self-enquiry circles
- 1-hour personal holistic massage
- 3 nights accommodation in a beautiful 5-star barn conversion
- Daily delicious, (full board) freshly cooked, plant-based meals
- Tea station with tea / coffee and eclectic herbal tea selection
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
3 days with instruction in English
Accommodation
Facilities
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Wedding
Sunny Brow Farm’s retreat accommodations are beautifully renovated barn conversions. Four barns have been renovated into self-contained barn cottages. Two cottages take up the upper and lower parts of a Lakeland bank barn, and two are smaller and separate.
All barns have bedroom/s, bathroom/s, a living space, a kitchen, and a dining area. The barns have been lovingly renovated to allow modern fittings and style to sit alongside the old features and optional log burners. Characterful yet with modern comfort, the barn accommodation will fulfill all your needs. They are all equipped with good Wi-Fi.
The yoga studio and massage rooms are nestled within the area of the barn conversions, and the studio overlooks woodlands and sheep pastures.
Itinerary of barns
- The Old Dairy: A ground-floor barn cottage with two private bedrooms - one double and one single - which share a bathroom and living space; this barn is also where retreat guests eat communally on a large oak table
- Sunny Brow Barn: One bedroom that can be twin or double ensuite, with private living space
- The Hayloft: An upper-floor barn cottage in a large renovated hay barn; two twin or double ensuite bedrooms that share a large open-plan living space
- Bracken Barn: One bedroom that can be twin or double ensuite, with private living space
Program
Suzy-Anne and Natalie draw on their Earth-rooted spiritual practices to co-create dynamic spaces where we can all explore what it means to be incarnate on the Earth here and now. Expect ritual, sacred ceremony, cacao, breathwork, transpersonal & yin yoga, movement, connection practices in nature, drumming & sound, healing herbal teas & elixirs, crystal healing, journeying, and ritual massage.
This retreat is for you if you are interested in exploring and experiencing new ways of becoming present through your connection with the natural world or if you are curious about developing your spirituality through the mysteries of creation. Our practices will include spaces for you to develop and deepen your relationship with your guides & guiding energies. At the heart of these retreats, is the process of our embodiment – so expect deep healing and emotional release.
The beautiful January retreat sits in-between Epiphany and Imbolc, two very significant times of year. The energy of the light returning and the spark of life in nature are significant for the retreat. A perfect time to come into quiet space within in conscious community, to seed new intentions and allow the time of year to support your own awakening.
The Autumn retreat sits near the Equinox within the cycle of Harvest Moon an abundant time of year to be with the gifts of Mother Earth and gather your own harvests. Equinox marks the point where light and darkness are in close balance which opens a gateway into closer relationship with peace. This time of year brings a grounding energy after the vibrancy of summer to allow you to a come home to yourself and to the sacredness of the Earth.
Itinerary
Woven with careful thought from over 12 years’ experience of running retreats, this itinerary is full and ample, yet inclusive of personal space for your own adventures. There may be seasonal variations to this itinerary.
Day 1
- 15:00 Arrival
- 16:00 Ritual beginning – gateway to the retreat
- Small group share and ritual space tea ceremony
- 17:45-19:15 Stepping In & Earth Yoga
- 19:30 Dinner
Day 2
- 08:00 Light breakfast snack
- 08:30 - 10:30 Sacred Release Ceremony with breathwork
- 11:00 Buffet brunch
- 11:00 - 15:45 Ritual massage
- 16.45 - 19:15 Journeying with Blue Lotus
- 19:30 Dinner
Day 3
- 08:00 Light breakfast
- 08:30 - 09:30 Renewal Ceremony in nature
- 09:45 - 12:00 Embodied Soul Cacao Ceremony
- 12:15 Lunch
- 13:30 - 17:00 Book an extra session / enjoy a walk
- 18:15 - 19:30 Reflection ritual and share
- 19:45 Dinner
Day 4
- 09:00 Breakfast
- 10:30 Departure
Instructors
Suzyanne Saunders
Suzyanne is the owner and manager of Sunny Brow Farm Holistic Retreats. In 2010 together with her husband, they bought a derelict Cumbrian farm, and self-renovated it into a retreat centre and family home. Suzy-Anne is passionate about spiritual development. She is a professional yoga teacher since 2004, shamanic practitioner, inner dance facilitator, breathwork practitioner, 'All Nations’ sweat lodge water-pourer, holistic therapist and Reiki master; and also, a blessed mum of three beautiful souls. She is always adding to her skill set and this year is undertaking a Rose Priestess Path.
Natalie Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander runs her own teaching and spiritual healing practice in Cumbria through which she offers her intuitively guided sessions, readings and workshops. Jane is an instinctive mystic, soul aware facilitator and accidental musician, who weaves shamanic-style transformative workshops and retreats. Sound plays a powerful role in Jane’s work. She uses her voice, words and non-linguistic chanting to facilitate altered states of consciousness.
Retreat location
Sunny Brow Farm is a beautifully renovated old Cumbrian farm, set within the hills and dales of the Lake District National Park. This allows easy access to the lakes, rivers, forests, villages, and beautiful hikes within the stunning South Lake District.
Sunny Brow Farm itself is nestled in the dale near Black Fell, with streams, sheep pasture land, and woodland directly on the doorstep. Being in such proximity to nature is such a gift for a quiet and natural stay.
The nearest village is Hawkshead (a 5-minute drive), and the closest small town is Ambleside (a 10-minute drive).
Unique features
General
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
Services
- Wedding
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
Sunny Brow Farm's food ethos is to nourish our bodies with natural, elegant, and really tasty plant-based cuisine. A love of seasonal, organic, home-grown, and wild foods from nature’s garden influences the menus. Using inspiration from these elements, they consciously plan and prepare the menus for the retreats. The menus are always seasonal to allow for a deeper connection to nature’s gifts at each time of year.
Sunny Brow Farm's approach is rooted in macrobiotic principles, emphasising gut health through healthy plant-based foods, whole grains, and optimum preparation methods like fermentation. They prioritise a rich variety of vegetables, and predominantly unprocessed, plant-based ingredients. They maintain a fully gluten-free and refined sugar-free menu. While their focus is primarily on plant-based foods, they occasionally incorporate natural organic yoghurt and farm-fresh eggs. They pride themselves on catering for all food intolerances at no extra cost to the guest.
On retreat, everyone enjoys meal times around a large oak table in their Old Dairy barn, a social space to enjoy like-minded fellow retreat guests, and the gifts of foods cooked, prepared, and served with love. They serve two large eclectic meals each day; plus, lighter breakfast and afternoon tea snacks are also available.
The following meals are included:
- Brunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Organic
- Lactose Free
- Whole food
- Ayurvedic
Things to do (optional)
The itinerary shows all the inclusive sessions on-site. Sunny Brow Farm does not offer any facilitated off-site excursions, but due to their location in the Lake District, many people choose to do their hikes and/or wild swims. They can give recommendations for this if you wish.
- Book an extra treatment from the spa list below
- Cosy down in your barn living space—maybe in front of a fire—with a book (there is a yoga/holistic book library if you wish) and a cup of tea or cacao (extra costs for logs and cacao)
- Enjoy Lakeland walk/hike (varying from easy to more challenging)
- Wild swimming locally
- Enjoy a trip to Sacred Essence, a wonderful local shop (10-minute drive) selling great holistic goods.
- Enjoy a trip to Hawkshead village, Ambleside, Windermere, or Coniston
Spa treatments
On your retreat, one of the holistic massages is included per person in the price (this could be swapped for Reiki should you wish). There is a selection of additional treatments available to book at extra cost. The list for these is below. Further information on each of these treatments is available in your retreat welcome pack and/or can be discussed in person when you are here.
- Extra holistic massage: 60 GBP / 1 hour
- Hot stone massage ritual: 70 GBP / time: 1 hour
- Reflexology: 55 GBP / time: 1 hour
- Himalayan salt scrub massage: 65 GBP / time: 1 hour
- Ayurvedic massage: 60 GBP / time, 1 hour
- Indian head massage: 30 GBP / time: 1/2 hour
- Ginger compress with back massage: 65 GBP / time: 1 hour
- Reiki: 60 GBP / time: 1 hour
- Soul healing: 1 hour / 60 GBP
- Soul reading: 1 hour / 65 GBP
- Transformational healing: 1 hour / 60 GBP
- Crystal healing: 1 hour / 60 GBP
- Macrobiotic / dietary consultation: 60 GBP / time: 1 hour
What's included
- 1 massage
- 1 small group welcome session
- 5 group sessions including:
- Circle share
- Cacao lodge ceremony
- Earth Yoga and Movement
- Breath Practice
- Opening and closing ceremonies
- Delicious full board meals
- 4 nights accommodation
What's not included
- Extra massages (available at an extra cost)
- Extra cacao (5 GBP per cup)
- Logs for log burners - a package of all you need for a lovely fire 7.50 GBP (matches / kindling / firelighters and a bag of logs)
- Travel to and from the retreat
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Transfer not provided
Manchester Airport
125 km away from your destination
Driving directions from the M6
- Take exit 36 and head northwest towards Kendal and Windermere
- At Sizergh, the road becomes the A591, but keep driving straight ahead towards Kendal and Windermere
- You will pass Kendal and arrive at a large roundabout
- Take the second exit (straight on) towards Windermere
- When you arrive at Windermere, carry on following the A591 to Ambleside
- When you arrive on the outskirts of Ambleside (Waterhead), you will come to a junction with traffic lights
- Turn left here onto the A5059 "Borrans Road"
- You will pass the Waterhead pub and go through a twisting section of roadway
- When the road straightens out, take the left-hand turning after the rugby club ground (signposted to Coniston and Hawkshead)
- Follow this road around to the bridge
- Turn left, going over the bridge
- You will now be on the A593
- After approximately 1 mile, take a left-hand turn onto the B5286 towards Hawkshead, driving over the Brathay bridge
- After approximately 1.5 miles, take a sharp right-hand turn. There is a signpost here for 'The Drunken Duck' Inn
- Drive up the hill and straight past the Drunken Duck Inn
- After 3/4 mile, the driveway to the farm is on the right-hand side
- If you have satellite navigation, the postcode is LA22 0PU
Arrival by car
Please note that some satellite navigation systems seem to get muddled; please double-check it. Please also note that the signage is small and the farm is not overly lit in the darker hours.
On arrival, you can park in the car park that is situated on the right as you turn in at the gate. They do not have a reception, but make your way to the farmhouse/barns, and someone will be there to greet you. If not, please do knock loudly, and they will be there.
Arrival by train
There is a train station at Windermere (the line ends here). You can take a taxi here, which costs approximately 20 GBP, or you can catch the regular and direct 505 Bus, getting off at the Keswick Road stop in Ambleside. Here, the farm offers free collection, but please arrange this before your arrival date.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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