WOMEN'S RETREAT: Restore, Replenish and Revitalise - A weekend of yoga, sound healing and nature

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 - Rose Tea Ceremony + Womb & Heart Workshop

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

• 5.45pm - 6.45pm -  Sound Healing & Sharing Circle

• 7.00 - 8.00pm - Dinner

Sunday

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

• 8am - 9am - Morning Yoga & Meditation

• 9am - 10am Breakfast

• 10am - 12.30pm - Free time

• 12.45pm - 1.45pm - Lunch

• 1.45pm - 4.30pm - Free time/Wild Swimming 

• 4.30pm - 6.30pm- Wild Woman Dance, Cacao Ceremony & Sound Bath

• 7pm - 8pm - Dinner

• 8.30pm - 10pm - Fire + Letting Go Ceremony

Monday

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

• 8am - 9am - Morning Yoga & Meditation

• 9am - 10am Breakfast

• 10am - 11am - 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 a mixture of vegetarian and pescatarian food, with vegan options available, curated by local chef Ania (read more about her at the bottom of the page)

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.

Sample Breakfast

Banana pancakes served with yoghurt

Sample Lunch

Broccoli Salad with Red Pepper and Pine nuts

Vegetable and Goats Cheese Quiche

Summer Cous-cous Salad

Sample Dinner

Greek Style Fish With Rice

Apricot Dessert with Vanilla Yoghurt

Pricing

Shared Dorms - £297 pp (7 spaces available)

Private Twin - £495 pp (1 space left)

Private Double - £660 - SOLD OUT

Forest Garden Airstream - SOLD OUT

Forest Garden Camping - £297 (4 tent pitches available, bring your own tent!) - (1 left)

Click below to put down a £150 deposit to reserve your place, or to pay the full amount.

CONTACT wecreatechange2021@gmail.com if you have any questions!

Your Hosts

ANIA OAKLEY (Chef)

Ania grew up in a house where food has always been cooked from scratch. The aroma of her mum’s cooking filled the whole house with love and passion. She always enjoyed cooking but never truly understood what it actually feels like to cook for your family, until she started her own.

Ania enjoys being creative in the kitchen and tries and mix recipes up and add different ingredients to make them slightly different each time. When she cooks, she always follows her intuition and mood so dishes are always unique. Her belief is that the energy you put into cooking has a huge impact on your well-being. It's not just the right ingredients that make the food delicious and healthy. It's the amount of love and positive energy that goes into making it.

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.