Surrender Women's Retreat

Are you craving a deeper connection to the self? Join me at Soul Barns, a stunning yoga barn, for an afternoon of practices designed to nurture, encourage and explore the meaning of surrender in a group of women.

This is an intimate retreat with only 10 spaces.

Surrender to the space: We'll begin with a Rose cacao ceremony before grounding barefoot on the Earth (weather dependent), surrendering to nature and calling in a deeper connection to our senses.

Surrender the mind/beliefs: Using conscious connecting practices, we'll explore letting go of the mind and it's thoughts, judgements and beliefs.

Surrender to our emotions: With the shamanic drum and shruti, we'll use vocal activations to connect to the sounds of our feelings and express our emotions.

Surrendering to the body: Through barefoot conscious movement/dance we'll explore dropping out of the head and into the energy field of the body.

Surrender attachments: We'll use fire to transform and release attachments

Surrender to relaxation: Connecting with our intuition through a blend of lucid dreaming tea, we'll move into a relaxing sound bath.

There will be time for sharing and journalling to enable integration of each of the practices.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

Please bring a journal/notebook and pen.

Please bring a yoga mat, cushion, blanket, eye pillow and anything else you may need to be comfortable.

You may like to wear layers to adjust clothing for the difefrent elements of the retreat.

VENUE INFORMATION: Soul Barns has a large parking area

COST: £69

We have set a donation option to reduce your ticket fee cost. Please enter the listed amount of £69 to purchase your ticket. Thank you in advance! Any tickets booked below the indicated donation amount will be refunded immediately. 1 ticket per transaction please.

CANCELLATIONS: No refunds, however, you may nominate another person to attend in your place if you are unable to.

CACAO: Our Guatemalan cacao is a powerful plant medicine that contains iron, zinc, potassium, copper, and magnesium which contribute to cardiovascular health. It is said to have benefits for depression as it contains anandamide, the bliss molecule and has the ability to trigger the release of dopamine and endorphins and increase serotonin. Cacao also has powerful antioxidants and can balance blood sugar levels by increasing the blood flow to the brain. This helps with focus and awareness. Cacao also has spiritual and emotional benefits and can help us to connect with our higher self, tune in to our intuition and access transformational states.

Contraindications: Ceremonial Cacao is not recommended for anyone in the first trimester of pregnancy, with a serious heart condition, epilepsy or taking antidepressants. If you would like to still attend and take a much lower dose, you can do so at your own risk.

EVENTBRITE ORDER CONFIRMATION: Your email confirmation might go into your spam folder. Please check. Full refunds will be issued if for any reason the retreat has to be cancelled.

ABOUT: Just BE Sound and Movement Therapy is run by Alison Heaslewood who qualified in Sound and Movement Therapy with the British Academy of Sound Therapy. She is also the founder of Ecstatic Dance Berkshire.

Following a five year episode of chronic pain in her twenties and a diagnosis of fibromyalgia, she turned to alternative methods of healing, including Sound Therapy. Along with sound, movement was instrumental in her full recovery. She has been supported on her spiritual path by cacao, meditation and connecting to nature, and has been continually called to explore deep practices of surrender and awareness.

With five years vocal training she has discovered the power of the voice to heal and bringing soothing vocals into her sound sessions along with other percussion.

She creates nurturing, relaxing and safely held spaces for anyone seeking a space to Just BE.

CONNECT:

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