Black Body Heart Mind: Healing Retreat

Black Body Heart Mind: Healing Retreat

Black Body Heart Mind Consultancy is extending an invitation to all Black and Brown beings across the UK to attend a weekend of healing at a specialist retreat in Cumbria on 19th, 20th, and 21st of September 2025. The venue is a ‘takeover’ of Higham Hall, nestled in the beautiful rolling hills of North West Cumbria just outside the market town of Cockermouth. 

Running from the Friday afternoon to the Sunday afternoon, this retreat provides a safe, inclusive space for Black and Brown bodies. Hosted by Rowan Carr, an experienced facilitator in healing arts, yoga, meditation, and anti-racism, the retreat focuses on healing racialised wounds in a restorative environment free from the white gaze 

The "takeover" of the venue ensures participants can fully express themselves without fear of judgement. This setting forms the first step toward Cultural Repair, the central theme of the weekend.

What is Cultural Repair?

Historically, all cultures viewed the ancestors as custodians of culture, family wellness and connection to land and belonging. Sadly, this connection has been degraded over time, especially for Black and Brown people. 

Reintroducing the importance of ancestral guidance in healing Black and Brown bodies, the retreat responds to this loss by providing an unrestricted approach to ancestral remembrance and reverence , offering participants tools for invoking ancestral blessings and support in daily life. Through movement, song, ritual, meditation, and somatic practices, attendees will learn to connect with their ancestors who are well and reintroduce the importance of ancestral guidance. This practice will deepen healing and strengthen ways to be resourced against white supremacist systems.

How much does it cost?

Having received a grant from Esmee Fairbairn Foundation the retreat has been heavily subsidised, enabling us to charge just  £240 per person.To help further with costs, you can also pay in instalments via Klarna - more details can be found when you click through to the booking link. 

Your costs cover: 

• All of your activities and workshops

• Comfortable accommodation on site

• Refreshments and 3 meals a day - culturally appropriate food, home cooked by our kitchen takeover team. All dietary requirements can be catered for.

You will be allocated a bedroom when you book. All bookings will automatically be assigned a room per person. If you wish to share a room with a friend or partner, please book for two people. If you do not want to share, book for just one person at a time.

There are limited twin and double rooms available, so we can’t guarantee your preferred room type. However, you will receive your own room, and no one will be asked to share a room unless they have booked to share with another person.

We are also offering two further subsidised places to low income or unwaged participants, these are £100 for the full weekend.

There are some accessible rooms available. To book a place with accessibility needs please contact us directly so that we can be sure we make the appropriate arrangements for you: kelle@antiracistcumbria.org