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Courses & Training

We have over 40 years of experience in delivering mindfulness courses.

We offer a range from introductory days, an online 8 week course and our Mindful in Nature course.

We're also offering a training course for people who want to teach nature-mindfulness.

Explore our offers below.

Online 2 days
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8-week online course: Mindfulness for Health & Well-being

Mindfulness in Nature
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Mindful-In-Nature 8-week course: Mental health recovery in the outdoors

Mindfulness Courses in Nature
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Mindful-In-Nature: a half-day introduction

Mindfulness in Nature
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Introduction to Mindfulness Based Nature Connection Training

Sharpham Trust Woodland Retreats
"Nature nurture: the Devon estate where rewilding and mental health go hand in hand"
The Guardian - May 2025
The Guardian
"Finding inner peace and meditation in a countryside setting is what the Sharpham Trust, in the English county of Devon, offers throughout the year"
The New York Times travel section - February 2025
The New York Times travel section - February 2025
"This reflection on nature and memory was part of a six-night wildlife discovery & meditation retreat at Sharpham House, an exquisite 18th-century Palladian mansion set in 222 hectares (550 acres) of south Devon parkland, high above an elbow of the Dart"
The Guardian travel section - July 2024
The Guardian travel section
Sharpham House is the place to go if you’re ready to take your quest for tranquillity seriously
The Observer travel section - May 2024
The Observer travel section - May 2024
It’s good news that the estate has unveiled the 18-room Coach House, converted from its 18th-century stable yard, and concentrating on nature-based mindfulness.
The Times Travel section - January 2022
The Times Travel section
An astonishingly lovely private estate on a bend of the River Dart in Ashprington [which] offers friendly and approachable secular meditation retreats for anyone
The Guardian - November 2022
The Guardian
Where else can you practise walking meditation among roses and lilies in a formal garden, or meditate in a blue-painted music room where the marble fireplace is a sculptured work of art?
The Telegraph - January 2021
The Telegraph
Start the new year with this inspiring choice of online health breaks
The Guardian - January 2021
The Guardian
The Mindfulness for Beginners retreat in Sharpham House helps bring peace into your life
Woman and Home - February 2023
Woman and Home
Listing us in 16 of the UK's best well-being retreats
Suitcase - January 2022
Suitcase
A superior venue with an unrivalled range of breaks centred on mindfulness and nature
Psychologies Magazine - January 2021
Psychologies Magazine
Featuring us at the top of a list of 'the best meditation and mindfulness retreats in the UK' - "A holistic retreat which rejuvenates body and mind"
The Independent - February 2023
The Independent
If you really want to make a connection with nature, opt for one of the Woodland retreats
The Observer - January 2019
The Observer
Conde Nast Traveller
Top of a list of the best mental health retreats in the UK - January 2023
Top of a list of the best mental health retreats in the UK
Today, I realise that having a few calmer, kinder people in the world can only be a good thing
Mail online - September 2022
Mail online