A space to connect with nature, community & your natural self.

A full immersion amidst the living wisdom of the ancient oak trees and wild water of Hardwick Estate. 

An invitation to connect with nature and to remember your natural self that is whole, healed and well. 

Come with us on a journey of joy, creativity, rest and courage. Music weaves through the days, supporting your yoga practice, guiding you into meditation and inspiring uplifting celebration. Use your hands to connect with elemental nature through sacred craft work. Allow your body and mind to relax  into the cool green embrace of the meadows. break through your boundaries and find your inner strength through a profound and transformative fire ceremony.

We will be living together as a community on the land at Hardwick Estate. We offer you daily wild swimming in the river waters, reviving yoga practices, guided meditations with ancient trees, discovery of ‘The Joy of Breath’, authentic workshops, sound healing, art therapy and a chance to connect as a community through the empowering ceremonies. There will be opportunity for therapeutic body work and personal healing treatments.

Reconnect with divine nature, shed your fears, and become empowered  to step into your true self.

Incredible musicians will share the good vibes to restore and replenish you, storytelling and singing by the campfire will give you the heartwarming gift of community connection. 

We will be eating fresh, organic, locally grown plant based meals lovingly prepared according to Ayurvedic principles. Our gorgeous fruit and veg will come from Tolhurst Organic farm who use stock free farming to produce the lowest possible carbon footprint, cruelty free food. Their work is truly inspiring and aligned with our ethos of re-connecting and re-aligning with mother nature to live in more harmony.

The retreat begins on Friday evening 30th July and ends on Sunday evening 1st August 2021.

Accommodation is provided on a secluded camping field next to the shores of the river with composting toilets and fresh water. Tents available to rent if you can not bring your own. 

Camper vans & caravans are welcome, dogs must stay at home!

There is plenty of space to keep within social distancing guidelines.

Surround yourself with 500 year old trees, wild flower meadows, stunning scenery, magical sunset views, wonderful wildlife & your community.

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We hope to be able to accommodate all who are interested & feel drawn to come together as a community.  

We have tickets available for the Full  Retreat: Friday evening - Sunday evening which are limited in numbers to facilitate deep experience of rest and reconnection as a community.

Your Tickets include:

✔️ 2.5 days of full immersion into sacred lands and your beautiful self!

✔️ All activities, classes and workshops.

✔️ Fire Ceremony.

✔️ Delicious Ayurvedic food: 

Friday dinner, 3 meals a day on Saturday and Sunday. A selection of hot drinks will be available throughout the day.

✔️ Ground rent for your own tent.

✔️ Contribution for the building of a permanent retreat space here at Hardwick.

All tickets are booked on this website - tap the green Select  button on the right to secure your place. 

We can offer payment plans, please reach out if you need to pay in instalments. 

For those who would like to combine the fun of the retreat and karma of the service we have few Seva Tickets. These tickets are designed for those who enjoy getting involved in the running of the retreat by giving the core crew a hand with whatever is needed to be done on the day, or those who can't afford the full price of the tickets but still want to come.  If you’re keen to be involved, apply here.

All the ticket contributions will go towards supporting our teachers and building a yurt on the land at Hardwick to host yoga classes, community events and future retreats. We hope to build this platform for reconnection and rest.

COVID-19 Statement and Refund Policy

As with all events this summer we are at the mercy of government regulations regarding COVID-19. In accordance with the current government roadmap out of lockdown we will be operating on a private campsite with participant numbers limited to the legally permitted amount. We will be taking precautions as recommended during the event to ensure the safety and health of all participants.

If the regulations surrounding social distancing deviate from the current government predictions and do not allow us to go ahead with the event as planned, we will postpone the event and reschedule it for a time which is appropriate. In this instance all tickets will be transferable. If the option to retain your ticket until the event is rescheduled is not preferable for you, just let us know within 14 days of us announcing a postponement, and will refund you 100% of the ticket amount.

Under normal circumstances, if we are continuing with the event as planned but you decide to cancel for any reason, we will refund 50% of the cost of your ticket.

Under normal circumstances, in the unlikely instance we have to cancel the event for any reason other than COVID-19 restrictions, we will refund 93% of the cost of the ticket to you.

We do this to cover any administration and infrastructure costs we have incurred in preparation for the event.

If you are unhappy with these terms let us know within 48 hours of buying your ticket and we will cancel your purchase and the full cost will be returned to you.

Please reach out if you have any questions.

Hardwick estate is only 40 minutes by train from London (Paddington), and just 20 minutes by car from Junction 12 on the M4.  Easily accessible from the main transport hubs at Reading, yet set in the rolling countryside of the Chilterns AONB, Hardwick is ideally located for a weekend getaway of peace and tranquility.
If you have a spare seat in your car and are happy to share a ride, or if you need a lift to the gathering, here is the link to the our retreat community Whats app group: Natural Flow Shares

We will welcome you to our beautiful location between 4-6pm. There will be time to settle and orientate, put up your tents and relax into your space before we gather. 

There will be an enlightening introduction into the Ayurvedic techniques which will inform your practice and meals throughout the weekend.

We will then enjoy our first meal together before holding the opening ceremony circle with Live Music & Sacred songs to rejoin as a community around the camp fire.

Dive straight in with a refreshing wild swim in the river Thames as we wake.

Revived from the waters we will stream into a morning yoga practice. We start with an invigorating Hatha Yoga accompanied by live musicians to harmonise your rhythm and end in grounding meditation.

Saturday morning will introduce you to the concept of yoga for your nature. Learn how to move past the one-size-fits-all yoga culture and find a practice that fits you like it has always been part of you. Try different styles and techniques to experience for yourself the powerful effects a personalised yoga practice can have.

We pause for lunch and some free time to enjoy the stillness of the surrounding nature.

After lunch we will walk into the welcome green of the forest. Enjoy reconnecting with the divine life force in this space of vitality, using sacred crafts as our medium and the bounty of the forest as our inspiration.

On our return from the woodland we reclaim the ancient wisdom of breath as a vehicle for expanded states of inner peace & connection in the joy of breath. Drawing on a breadth of transformational techniques, explore the dance between inhalation & exhalation to welcome healing, joy & inspiration.

Restore your physical body with a nourishing dinner before we enter into our evening fire ceremony. Expect to break through your boundaries and face your inner strength as we use the elemental force of fire to nurture our inner flames.

Later in the evening we welcome another group of players to lead us in music, song and rejoicing, holding space for us to integrate and process the energy clearing which has happened during the day.

Another unique opportunity to experience the cleansing water of the Thames, as we wild swim when we wake.

The morning Hatha Yoga practice will inspire the body to move and awaken through asana, breath and with live acoustic musical accompaniment.

After breakfast we join the company of our resident ancient trees in meditation with the oaks. Tap into the universal flow of energy that moves from earth to sky and back again through these timeless and serene beings. We use meditation, breath and profound inner inquiry to crystallise our divine path, and connect with our golden thread of purpose which joins us from life to life.

We will have lunch together, then move into an afternoon relaxation of yin yoga, using the herbal potency of native mugwort to deepen your sense of calm and inner stillness. This grounding practice will give perfect opportunity to assimilate all that has arisen during the retreat, and bring your high vibration into a place of equilibrium and service.

After the yoga session we gather for our closing circle to bring complete fullness to the retreat weekend.

We expect the closing circle to end around 5.30pm, after which time there will be some light snacks available, and you will be invited to pack down your belongings and begin your journeys back to your homes, resting in the freshness of your new self.

Karen Buckland

Karen's nourishing love of nurturing through food is born from  a deep sense of care and compassion for the planet, and a desire to nurture and protect it and its inhabitants, which has persisted since her childhood. She discovered a passion for creating and serving beautiful, wholesome and heartfelt food as a way to serve the planet through promoting the use of sustainable, plant based ingredients and to serve people through providing them with joyful, nutritious meals.

Her passion for plant based food has manifested in over ten years in the catering industry in a variety of different cookery disciplines, from cafes and restaurants, catering for festivals, events and retreats, making and selling wholesale products, making raw chocolates, cakes and patisserie, performing live cookery demos at trade shows and food fairs and leading workshops and classes for a diverse range of participants.

Karen will provide us with delicious and nutritious, lovingly and creatively prepared meals based on Ayurvedic principals throughout our retreat.

Here is Karen's personal website: https://plantbasedpirate.com/

Dmitry Glazkov 

Dmitry is a Yoga & Ayurveda teacher and author of unique programs on meditation and self development.

Dmitry has been giving workshops on breathing techniques and Yoga for over 8 years, and is fascinated with the healing and power of transformation these techniques offer to humanity. He is a dedicated daily practitioner and qualified to teach Hatha Yoga and Kundalini Yoga.

"During the retreat I’ll be guiding you through the ways to connect to the embodied stillness of the trees and meditate, methods of breath control and effective techniques of deep concentration to rewire the mind and enjoy the serenity. There will be group guided meditation session and also time for individual meditations with magical oaks which found their home at Hardwick.

I believe that each of us has a seed of enlighten nature within and we need a personalised approach in our yoga practice to effectively tap into it as we are all different in our body type, mental state and physical abilities. The art of this approach we will explore on the Yoga for your Nature workshop during the retreat.  

 I feel very fortunate to be able to pass these tools of self development on to serve each participant, and help to experience deep connection to self and serenity."

You can find Dmitry here: Sadhama

Nathan Gallagher 

Nathan is a Transformational Breath® facilitator & founder of Lovejam Community. He specialises in science backed breathwork for mental & emotional wellbeing. With a deep commitment to his own personal practice, his mission is to empower humanity to live better through the simple act of conscious breathing. 

Website: www.breathbynathan.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breathbynathan/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxhXoo-lgKqZWEmcX6-oHQ

Phil Sweeney 

Phil is a creator of Cannaveda Yoga 

Cannaveda Yoga is a tantric yoga experience combining mantra, hatha, pranayama. Joining the physical, metal and emotional bodies along with sound healing vibrations as well as introverted silence. The duality of fluidity, rigidity, surrender and stillness of our masculine and feminine in this asana sitting with the comfortable discomfort  we bow to the goddess who tears apart thought.