What is a retreat and what is a Mindfulness for Beginners retreat?

What is meditation like?

So 15 to 20 people sitting together in the beautiful Octagonal Room in the house or out on the land, sitting in stillness and silence.

And that practice is a very healing and a very powerful, profound practice.

And I think it gives us that stillness, it gives us the space to really connect with ourselves and to connect with what really matters in our lives, what's really important in our lives.

And on the retreat, we have this fantastic opportunity to keep coming back to that mindfulness practice so that the effect of the stillness and the silence accumulates during the retreat.

And I would say it flows out into the experience of the rest of the retreat, so that helping to help us deepen our connection with nature.

And also, I think it affects in a subtle way the way people connect with each other on the retreat.

And within a couple of days on the retreat, you find that these conversations, beautiful conversations, bubbling up and people having a really great time and a lot of joy is experienced on the retreat.

So I think it's this combination of the meditation practice with the time spent on the land in nature and all within this supportive community of people who've come with a shared interest in the mindfulness and the meditation practice and nature."

What if you're nervous about coming?

"So if you've never been on retreat before, I sincerely can't recommend it highly enough. I think it's natural to feel a bit nervous, as with anything new, if you've never been before. But I would just trust your gut and come on a beginner's retreat.

And mindfulness and meditation has been well researched and it has all sorts of benefits for physical and mental health.

And I think definitely, for me, I would say it helps us to connect with what's really important and the most profound aspects of our lives."