Mindfulness Retreats

Relaxing week long residential retreats in France and Scotland

What is Mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a practice of awareness that leads to living more fully in the present, without judgement and offers a less fearful and more harmonious way of living.

Regular practice of the Basic 4 steps will provide a platform from which you could explore meta-mindfulness, the deeper applications, or just stay with the basics - the choice is yours.

'The present moment is filled with joy and happiness.

If you are attentive, you will see it'

Thich Nhat Hahn

Is Mindfulness effective?

A recent review of the research in the Clinical Psychology Review by researchers at the University of Montreal looked at 209 studies covering 12,145 people. It concluded that mindfulness was an effective treatment for a variety of psychological problems, "and is especially effective for reducing anxiety, depression and stress".

In 2004, Nice – the NHS's rationing body – was convinced enough of the benefits that it ruled mindfulness-based cognitive therapy was cost effective. Its most recent advice, updated in 2007, is that it can be prescribed for people with three or more episodes of depression. There is also growing evidence that it's effective for chronic long-term health conditions such as ME.

4 Steps of Mindfulness

This is the basic format of Mindfulness and is an integral

part of all our programs

Step 1 Mindfulness of Routine

Step 2 Mindfulness of Body

Step 3 Mindfulness of Emotion

Step 4 Mindfulness of Thought

Meta-Mindfulness takes things to that next level.

Once basic mindfulness is established as a routine, there are a number of levels of consciousness that open up.

We offer Advanced retreat workshops that seek to develop more of our potential as human beings.

What happens on our retreats?

Life is a story that develops from our upbringing and the potential that we were born with.

Some flourish and others flounder through the obstacles that the journey reveals.

What is the difference?

Many of the challenges that are ecountered contain the seeds of our future growth.

Those who take time to understand and reflect on the lessons contained can subtly alter their subconscious reations to life events.

Some of these challenges might be;

Business failure

Marriage collapse

Death

Crippling shyness

Addiction

World events

Our retreats are designed to take you from struggling to surfing on life's waves and meeting challenges with a calmness and openness that leads to a happy and fulfilled life.

The 6 day program will give you te tools you need to alter your story.

Aspects of Meta-Mindfulness - Advanced 6 day retreat workshops

The following aspects are included in the application of Mindfulness

Workshop 1 Calm body and still mind

Workshop 2 Exploring your purpose and meaning

Workshop 3 Developing your potential for healing

Workshop 4 Reprogramming limiting beliefs

Workshop 5 Integrating personality parts

Workshop 6 Manifesting success