Wider Horizons Summer Gathering 2020

Are you a conscious soul who wants to help create a better world? Do you want to experience more meaning, connection and joy in your life?

Join us at Wider Horizons - a transformational gathering of like-minded souls and develop tools to become an effective changemaker, empowered to create a better future from a place of peace and deep understanding of yourself and life.

** EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOPS ON COSMOS AND CONSCIOUSNESS ** SUMMER SOLSTICE CEREMONY ** DRUID AND VEDIC FIRE CEREMONIES ** BREATHWORK ** VORTEX HEALING ** LEY LINES ** PEACEFUL COMMUNICATION ** MEDITATION ** CACAO CEREMONY ** SELF-MASTERY ** YOGA ** SACRED SINGING ** LIVE MUSIC AND DJS ** ECSTATIC DANCE ** VISION QUEST **

** Find further details about the workshops below **

This gathering is calling young adults - wanting to dive deeper - to explore things that really matter to them.

This is our third gathering which will expand upon the magic created last summer, to inspire you with the knowledge, energy and self-belief to step into your true self and embrace life with optimism and trust.

Watch aftermovies of our previous gatherings here:

Summer 2019 at Wasing Woodland:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7M2xlg0EAs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMcoWzypdT8&feature=youtu.be

Winter Warmer 2020 at Chaucer Barn

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMEsLm...

If you have any questions for the community you can join the Wider Horizons FB group - www.facebook.com/groups/495226594356699

Come and explore the mysteries of life and learn from some of the greatest minds and experts in their field, around all things creative, wild, mystical and conscious.

Our amazing Explorers, Artists, Elders, Professors, Sages, Druids and Musicians include: Chris Park, DJ La Plage, Erika Tourell, George Barker, Edmund Colville and many more (other special guests tbc).

Wider Horizons will be held at a country estate with wild swimming lakes and beautiful ancient woodland just outside Reading. Workshops and gatherings will be held in state of the art marquees and yurts, and out on the land.

Join us over three days at a beautiful sacred site and make some amazing friends for life.

We’re super excited to welcome you at the Wider Horizons Summer Gathering 2020!

Website www.widerhorizons.events 

FB Event www.facebook.com/pg/wider8hori...

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TICKET INFO

First release / low income £144

Second release £155

Third Release £166

General release / financially abundant £177

Ticket includes workshops, ceremonies, camping facilities and delicious food and teas for 3 days. All food will be vegetarian and there will be vegan options at every meal. 

Everyone is welcome to buy any ticket but if you are financially abundant you can pay the higher General Release price to help us offer special prices for young adults on low income.
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ACCOMMODATION

There is ample space for tents, campervans and caravans and offsite local accommodation options.

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SOME OF THE WIDER HORIZONS 2020 WORKSHOPS AND CONTRIBUTORS (More to be announced):

ACOUSTIC FIRESIDE SESSIONS – Chris Park, George Barker, Ben Ben and special guests

SUMMER SOLSTICE - At summer solstice the light of celebration burns bright throughout the land. This workshop invites us to seek stillness within, feel that inspiring flame, explore the stories and magic of this festival and express them through ceremony, song and more - Chris Park, Druid

RE-WILDING CONSCIOUSNESS - Simultaneous Awareness and natural movement. A shift in the way we use our awareness that opens the Doors of Perception. Ben Rayner

THE MYSTERIOUS SYNCHRONICITIES OF THE WORLD AROUND US - Do the coincidences we see prove that there is a creator or that we are living in a dream? James Mermagen, Druid

VEDIC FIRE CEREMONY - AGNI HOTRA - Learn a ritual to honour the rising and setting of the sun - Vandita.

A TOOLBOX OF SELF AWARENESS TECHNIQUES. Examining the nature of reality and awakening and sharing creative consciousness - Dr Athena Constantinou PhD

COMPASSION FOCUSED APPROACHES TO HEALING - Learn skills to deepen your connections, regulate your emotion systems and find freedom & peace in your daily life - Dr Megan Cowles DClinPsy

YOGA FOR EVERYONE - a gentle yet powerful awakening of the bodymind through breath work and mindful movement to encourage a heightened sense of aliveness, awareness, balance and wellbeing. All levels of practitioner will be warmly welcomed including complete beginners -Erika Tourell

CACAO CEREMONY - An opportunity to work with a plant medicine in a safe and held sacred space. Cacao opens the heart and facilitates expansion of awareness in order to move into right relationship with Self - Kristina Evans

SACRED SYMBOL ART Create your own sacred symbol to charge with a specific intention and use as a tool in your own practice. LIMINAL FLOW - MOVEMENT MEDICINE The space where dance meets yoga and you meet yourself ENERGY MEDICINE CIRCLE Tap into your own energy medicine - Be your own healer - Emma Jane Shoesmith

MOON INSPIRED INTENTION CIRCLE - The phases of the moon and how best to synchronise your life with them to harvest the most of its energy - Amy Atkins

LEY LINES - A journey to the centre of the Earth to connect with healing energies of nature - Ed Colville

YOGA NIDRA - a deeply relaxing, guided meditation done lying down to help improve sleep, reduce anxiety, increase awareness, enhance creativity, bringing nourishment, insight and healing - Erika Tourell

CLIMATE CHANGE - WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? - This workshop explores how all of us can play a role in addressing the greatest threat facing our planet - Danny Gross, Friends of The Earth

SACRED SINGING CIRCLE - experience healing and prayer, singing sacred songs from around the world - George Barker, Moshe Halperin, Chris Park and Ben Ben

CHANTING FOR CHANGE - Learn Mantra medicine and heart opening chants from the path of bhakti yoga, the devotional aspect of yoga. Changing the world from within with Vandita

PROTECTING THE BIOSPHERE - LIVING A SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE. This workshop will guide you on how to live a lifestyle with no repercussions, you'll learn how to live in harmony with the planet. We will kick start your journey to zero-waste learning about important current environmental issues, tips, tricks and a make-it-yourself session - Zak Avery

Please note - contributors and programme may change slightly.

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AGREEMENTS

Wider Horizons is a consciousness raising event so we have some agreements we ask you to support:

Be clear and healthy – no drugs or alcohol.

Be hygienic – no dogs, keep your cup, bowl and spoon with you and keep them clean.

Respect the land – no chemical soap (biodegradable soap will be provided by sinks, but please also bring your own for showering), if you light a candle put it out, no personal fires, if you smoke please bring a portable ashtray, leave no trace (be conscious of where you put rubbish – there are different rubbish bins for compost, recyclables, glass and land fill), no cars in the camping area – you can drive on and drop your stuff off, but then please take your car to the car park.

Respect others – no photography, no floor scores (if you find something take it to lost property)

Give – Do at least one shift in the kitchen or site maintenance, no buying or selling of anything, no mobile phone use in the gathering area

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GETTING HERE

LOCATION
Wasing Woodland, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4NG
Nearest Train Station - Midgham. We will run a shuttle service on Friday between 11am and 1pm.

Ample car parking space available on site
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If you are not a young adult, please spread the word to young adults seeking wider horizons.