Spring retreat day: new beginnings and creativity

Name: Spring retreat day: new beginnings and creativity
Start: 2026-03-14T09:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-14T16:30:00+00:00
Location: Hawkwood, Stroud

Schedule

Sat Mar 14 2026 at 09:30 am to 04:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Hawkwood, Stroud | Stroud, EN

You are invited to this restful, nourishing retreat day with experienced yoga teacher and retreat leader Mel Skinner.
The day will begin with somatic style movement, a type of movement which focuses on feeling and sensing the body rather than doing or forcing. The benefits of this can include softening muscular tension, freeing up pockets of stress, and relaxing the mind.
This session is followed by morning tea and homemade goodies, and then we will spend the late morning in an outdoor creativity meditation. This will be weather dependent, but is likely to include spending time in the beautiful grounds and woodlands of Hawkwood, contemplating the energy of spring, new beginnings and of creativity. We will incorporate what we discover in a deeply restful and inspiring yoga nidra practice, helping us embody the sense of spring vitality.
After this follows lunch, then in the afternoon you are invited to bring a source of inspiration to share with the group. This could be a poem, prose, piece of art, song, or an object. This session is collaborative, and a wonderful way to create a feeling of community and connection in a safe, supportive space. After this session we enter into a final yoga nidra practice, with some journalling at the end, and close with afternoon tea.