Spring Equinox Day Retreat 2026 - Sing into Spring
Awaken your voice · Welcome the light · Step into spring
In the tender time following the Spring Equinox, when days and nights still meet in balance, we gather to honour the turning of the wheel and the powerful shift from winter into spring. Join mother and daughter Michelle and Brigite for a nourishing day retreat of movement, breath, voice, and nature connection, supporting renewal, clarity, and creative awakening.
An invitation to pause, listen inwardly, and re-emerge with intention as the earth begins to stir.
Through gentle Hatha-Vinyasa yoga, embodied voice practices, breathwork, poetry, and reflection, we’ll shake off winter’s stillness, compost what we’re ready to leave behind, and plant seeds for the season ahead.
This is an opportunity to pause as the balance tips from winter to spring, to re-source, feel present, and quietly enlivened.
Awakening the voice
Your voice is welcomed exactly as it is. Using tools from theatre voice coaching, vocal improvisation, vocal Nidra, and embodied sound, we’ll explore playful, soothing, and expressive ways of sounding and singing.
No experience needed—just curiosity and care.
Nourishing the nervous system
Breath, movement, sound, and nature connection weave through the day, supporting regulation, relaxation, and ease. You’ll leave with simple practices to take home—small rituals of grounding and renewal.
Seasonal & Foraged food
We’ll share a lovingly prepared homemade seasonal lunch, including:
- Spring soup with foraged nettles and local produce
- Fresh-baked sourdough
- Afternoon snacks
- Foraged herbal teas, to deepen connection with the land
Meet the facilitators
Michelle Ridings
Michelle is a singer, theatre performer, and voice coach with over 30 years’ experience facilitating movement, performance, and vocal practices. She is deeply passionate about supporting people to find, develop, and trust their authentic voice—building confidence in speaking up, expressing emotion, and reconnecting with the joy of singing from the soul.
Michelle works with professionals and complete beginners alike, especially those who believe they “can’t sing.” Her work is rooted in the belief that the voice is a powerful tool for healing, connection, and change.
“The power of the voice in song is something we carry within us wherever we go. When we sing together, we resonate together—and that resonance can become a force for healing and transformation.”
Brigite Rowan
Brigitte is a folk singer, intuitive voice practitioner, and trauma-informed tantric yoga teacher. Raised between rural Portugal and Devon, her early life was immersed in singing, nature, and earth-based practices—foundations that continue to shape her work.
Following a life-threatening accident in her teenage years, Brigitte discovered yoga as a pathway for physical, emotional, and spiritual recovery. She has trained in Krama Vinyasa Tantra, trauma-informed yoga, and collaborative vocal improvisation.
Her teaching weaves together embodied voices, somatics, nature connection, and trauma-aware practices, supporting people to feel grounded, present, and free to express their authentic voice.
Where is it?
At the beautiful Hockworthy Village Hall, in mid Devon, tucked into the rolling hills and surrounded by nature. Devon TA21 0NW
Tickets:
£70: Supports our work by covering most of the planning, admin and facilitation time and our mission to keep offering affordable retreats and bursary places for those in need.
£60: Our General ticket price helps us cover the costs of materials, venue and some of our planning and facilitation time
Concession £45: For folks on a low income or anyone who otherwise would not be able to attend. Limited number available
Location
Hockworthy Hall, TA21 0NW