ISB Connect Spiritual Retreat

ISB Connect Spiritual Retreat

Take a step away from the noise of everyday life and join us for the first ISB Connect Spiritual Retreat. A weekend of spiritual & personal reflection, self-development, & connecting to Allah in nature. Grow with a community of like-minded young Muslims.

Over the weekend, you can expect:

🌿 Qur’an circles & spiritual reflection
🧠 Self-development workshops
🥾 Nature walks & outdoor activities
🎨 Crafts night & relaxed social activities
✨ Time to slow down, reflect and connect
🥘 All your meals included: Beautifully prepared, generous hot lunches and dinners, featuring delicious curries and grilled dishes from Malay cuisine

🍃 Expert speakers will facilitate workshops on the themes of:

• Finding Tawakkul Within Yourself. Practical exercises to deepen your connection with Allah through the amanah of the body, alongside reflective journaling, a facilitated discussion on tawakkul, and a group nature walk.

• Unmasking Your Coping Strategies. Understand the habits and behaviours we develop to protect ourselves and learn to make more intentional choices.

• Returning to Wholeness. Explore fitrah, self-compassion, and reconnect with yourselves through sharing circles and guided meditation.

The programme will include separated workshops for brothers and sisters to allow you to comfortably share and get the most out of the themes. Please ensure you read the ISB Gender Interaction and Segregation guidance and policies here before attending the retreat. 

💬 The speakers

• Angga Kara, Coach and Lead of Men Up North - Angga has spent over 4,000 hours coaching leaders in Fortune 500 companies. He is the CEO of Men Up North, a men’s suicide-prevention charity that received Prime Minister's Points of Light Award. The charity helps men reconnect men with themselves, each other, and the natural world. He integrates body, story, and deen into work that others keep purely intellectual and curates spaces for people to cross their own thresholds and finally feel at home in themselves in connection to their heart and soul.

• Stephanie Hewitt, Life and Leadership Coach - Stephanie is a Muslimah revert with a deep interest in the intersection of psychology, spirituality and embodied healing. She is a trained facilitator with additional CPD in space-holding, experienced in guiding both women-only and mixed-gender groups through reflective and restorative practices, including meditation, visualisation, embodied movement and sharing circles. She is also a spoken word poet and public speaker, sharing her work at community events, retreats and cultural gatherings, often engaging themes of community, social justice and decolonisation.

Alongside the programme, there will be plenty of opportunity to enjoy the outdoors, meet new people and build genuine connections in a relaxed and welcoming environment.

Whether you’re looking for spiritual renewal, a chance to step back from the demands of everyday life, or simply a weekend surrounded by like-minded Muslims, we’d love for you to join us. 🤍

Event Information

• Dates: 18 - 20 September
• Arrival on Friday: 17:00 
• Departure on Sunday: 15:00
• Location: YHA Chester Trafford Hall, Ince Lane, Wimbolds Trafford, Chester, CH2 4JP

Ticket Prices

Early Bird:

• Member*: £115
• Non-member: £125

Standard:

• Member*: £140
• Non-member: £150

Spaces are limited with only 24 early bird tickets available!

A hardship fund is also available for those who may need financial support. Please contact info@isb.org.uk for more information.

Further Important Information

Please do consider becoming a member of ISB (for only £4 a month), as benefits include:

• Significant discounts on all ISB Campus and ISB Connect events.

• Feeling part of a unique national family based organisation with branches running activities up and down the country.

• An invitation to attend the Annual Members Meetings and have a vote on the direction of the organisation.

• If you are unsure as to whether you are already an ISB member, please check by emailing info@isb.org.uk

If you have any further queries, do not hesitate to contact info@isb.org.uk for more information.

There will be no refunds unless extenuating circumstances.

*For paying ISB members only (visit www.isb.org.uk/join-us for more information on membership)