Are you in need of reconnecting to yourself and to the restorative effect of nature?

Kate Stewart and Alice Bowmaker have co-created this nourishing weekend, as part of The Quadrangle’s Nature Recovery Programme funded by The Darent Valley Landscape Partnership Scheme, Kent Downs AONB and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, to ensure that retreat experiences are affordable and accessible to those women that need it the most.

Because we believe that everyone deserves to not only survive, but thrive!

Over the past few years we were disconnected from the natural world, as our lives became diverted to primarily an online presence. Caught up in the chaos of the external world, perhaps we have forgotten to tend to our internal world, and to take the time to cultivate inner peace and stability. The end result of this is us feeling burnt out, confused and disheartened with the world.

This weekend is your opportunity to take a pause from the external world and your current challenges, and recharge your vitality for life again. Whilst surrounded by the tranquil surroundings of The Quadrangle retreat space and their majestic gardens, you will leave feeling refreshed and hopeful again!

Schedule

Friday

• 5.30pm - Arrivals and settling in

• 6.30pm - Welcome guests & Healthy Snacks

• 7.00pm - 8.00pm - Dinner & evening task (journaling intentions)

• 8.15pm - 9.15pm - Opening circle, Meditation & Sound bath

*If you're not able to arrive at 5.30pm this is fine. Please do try to arrive before dinner starts @ 7pm

Saturday

• 7.15am - 7.45am - (Optional) Walking meditation

• 8am - 9am - Morning Yoga & Meditation

• 9am - 10am Breakfast

• 10am - 12.30pm - Free time (Option for exploring the land or wild swimming)

• 12.45pm - 1.30pm - Lunch

• 1.30pm - 3pm - Intention Setting/Cyclical Living workshop

• 3pm - 5.45pm - Free time (Option to journaling or reading)

• 5.45pm - 6.45pm - Cacao Ceremony, Sound Healing & Sharing

• 7.00 - 8.00pm - Dinner

Sunday

• 7.15am - 7.45am - (Optional) Walking meditation

• 8am - 9am - Morning Yoga & Meditation

• 9am - 10am - Breakfast

• 10am-11am - Reflections & Closing circle

• 12pm - Depart
  
  

The Venue

About: Deborah, Jessie, Pascoe and their family have owned the property for the last 40 years, establishing the Quadrangle as a centre for learning and connection.

The Quadrangle is a Victorian model dairy farm with a magnificent hay barn, granary, workshops, lawns and a forest garden. It is close by the River Darent with the scarp slopes of the North Downs rising to the east and west.

ADDRESS:

The Quadrangle

Shoreham Road

Shoreham

Kent, TN14 7RP.

TRAINS:

Main line trains from London
• Blackfriars/Peckham etc to Shoreham (Kent)
• Victoria to Otford
• Charing Cross to Sevenoaks

Taxi Service: Beeline Taxis 01732 456214

The Food

On your nourishing weekend away, we will cook and serve up delicious and nutritious vegetarian food, with vegan options available, curated by local chef Alice Naylor.

Below is a sample menu and is subject to change.

Please let us know of any dietary requirements at least 2 weeks prior to the retreat, to ensure that we can be prepared.

Friday dinner – 7pm

Butter bean, spinach. tomato and preserved lemon stew (vegan)

Flatbreads & yoghurt

Warm potato salad with a dill vinaigrette (vegan)

Hispi cabbage with a lemon & sesame seed dressing (vegan)

Pudding

Summer fruit salad with lemon shortbread & crème fraiche

Saturday breakfast - 9am

Bircher Muesli (vegan)/Soda Bread/Yoghurt/Toasted seeds/Fruit

Saturday Lunch (depending on the weather) – 12.45pm

Red lentil & lemon soup (vegan) with cheese scones or Leek and cheddar quiche (v)

Fennel, shaved apple and toasted seed salad (vegan)

Quinoa, kale & ginger salad (vegan)

White bean, dill & tahini dip (vegan)

Homemade pickles (vegan)

Saturday Dinner – 7.00pm

Roast butternut squash with feta and tomato vinaigrette (v)

Cauliflower Pilaf with toasted pumpkin seeds (v)

Pearl barley with an almond and parsley pesto (v)

Pudding
Roast plums with streusel crumble (v)

Sunday Breakfast - 9am

Bircher Muesli/Summer fruit/Yoghurt/Toasted seeds

Baked eggs in a tomato sauce (v)

Snacks/Cakes

Pear & chocolate cake (v)

Oat bars with cranberries and chocolate (vegan)

Flapjacks (v)

There will be a selection of milks (dairy and non-dairy)

Yoghurts (dairy and non-dairy)

Butter and vegan option

Spreads for breakfast and snacks - Jam, honey, peanut butter

Breads

Prices & Rooms

Shared Dorm - £180 pp (14 available split over 2 rooms)

Private Twin - £320 pp (4 available split over 2 rooms)

Private Double - £420 (1 available)

Forest Garden Glamping - £250 (3 beds available - triple room sleeping in futons)

CONTACT wecreatechange2021@gmail.com to book your space or if you have any questions!

Your Hosts

KATE STEWART (Sound Healer)

Co-founder of We Create Change, Kate is a sound meditation therapist and wellness expert. Kate has held ceremonies and workshops for many women using sound meditation, breath, yoga and ceremonial Cacao.

Kate’s mission is to help women experience more joy in their lives, through meditation tools and safe community spaces - where they can be seen, heard, acknowledged and accepted for who they are.

ALICE BOWMAKER (Yoga Instructor)

Co-founder of We Create Change, Alice is a yoga instructor and personal trainer. She has worked internationally, leading retreats and workshops since 2013. Her experience with an eating disorder at an early age, led her on a long path of healing. And through that lived experience she gathered the knowledge and tools needed (but not taught to women) to feel full empowered and alive in her body. She now passes on all that she has learned to other women.