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Calling young adults who want to dive deep, fly high and widen horizons!

Are you a conscious soul who wants to help create a better world? Would you like to experience more connection and joy in your life?  Wider Horizons nurtures an intention for transformation, catalysed by innovative workshops, sacred ceremony and mellifluous music to inspire you with the knowledge, energy and self-belief to embrace life with optimism and trust.

Join us at Wider Horizons and explore cutting-edge discoveries in spirituality, science, philosophy, health and wellbeing. Learn about the mysteries of life - all things creative, wild, mystical and conscious - from great minds and experts in their fields. Develop tools for self-care and healing. Raise your awareness about social justice and eco-activist actions and become an effective changemaker, empowered to build a better world from a place of peace and deep understanding. Meet amazing professors, doctors, explorers, elders, druids, visionaries, artists and musicians. There’s ecstatic dance, songs around the fire and music from top musicians such as Ravi Freeman, George Barker and DJ La Plage.

Wider Horizons Summer Gathering  🐿️

Friday 21st  - 23rd July 2023  🌞

Wasing Park, Berkshire 🌲

SACRED ACTIVISM * CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING WORKSHOPS * VISION QUEST * SELF-MASTERY * FIRE AND CACAO CEREMONIES * MEDITATION * YOGA * QI GONG * ECSTATIC DANCE * SACRED SINGING * DRUMMING * LIVE MUSIC AND DJS

This is our seventh gathering and will build upon the magic which is gaining momentum each time we gather. Wasing Park is a country estate with wild swimming lakes and beautiful ancient woodland just outside Reading. Workshops and entertainment run from Friday at 12.30pm to Sunday at 5pm.

Full info –  www.widerhorizons.events   www.instagram.com/wider8horizons/      www.facebook.com/wider8horizons/

Watch movies of our previous events here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzKr6YQRmC9D805AEv90VaQ 

www.facebook.com/wider8horizons/videos

If you have any questions for the community you can ask in the Wider Horizons FB group –

www.facebook.com/groups/495226594356699

We’re super excited to welcome you at the Wider Horizons Summer Gathering 2023. Join us over three days at a beautiful sacred site and make some amazing friends for life!

TICKET INFO

Ticket includes delicious vegan food, chai and herb teas for 3 days

General Release - £199

Reduced Price for people on low income - 10% off - £179

If you need a cheaper price than this please contact us as we want all to be able to attend. www.widerhorizons.events/contact/

If you are financially abundant, please consider paying the higher price to help us offer reduced 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. Check website for further info 

We have furnished bell tents available for £200  (Includes two single raised airbeds, with hotel grade linen, pillow, blanket for each bed, bedside table, lamps and carpet)   

Depending on the weather you may be able to drive on and drop your camping kit.  Please park at the top of camping field. Please don't keep cars in the camping area.  Campervans can be parked along the hedge in the lovely shade at the bottom of the hill close to the gathering, as long as it does not rain heavily.  If it rains heavily campers will have to go at the top of the hill.  This is because they can get stuck in the mud at the bottom.  

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WIDER HORIZONS 2023 CONFIRMED WORKSHOPS*:

Leo Rutherford

SHAMANISM – Shamanic Journeying, Shamanic Dance, The Medicine Wheel

Dr Saskia Von Diest

ECOFLUENCY - Rekindle your natural ability for communicating with Nature, as a critical skill for future resilience, and a vital resource for abundance, happiness, health, and harmony.

Louis Weinstock

THE MAGIC POWER OF GRIEF A space to grieve for the things we didn’t get as children, and to alchemise that grief into a source of magic and power for our adulthood.

Kristina Evans

SUMMER SHINE CACAO CEREMONY - Embodying the potency of Summer guided by the heart elixir of Cacao.

George Barker & Ben Ben Ji

SING TO LIFE - An experiential workshop to open your bodies, minds and hearts to the inspiration, energy and joy at the heart of life.

Erika Tourell

YOGA FOR EVERY BODY & WOMEN'S CIRCLE - A gentle awakening of breath, body and senses to encourage an intimate connection with ourselves and the Earth. A sacred space for rest and nourishment, embodiment practices, wisdom sharing and connection.  The Puruṣārtha & Yoga Nidra is a deeply relaxing, guided meditation done lying down to help improve sleep, reduce anxiety, increase awareness, enhance creativity, bringing nourishment, insight and healing. The Purusartha is an ancient Hindu scripture which is a guide to live a balanced life.

Laura Wilcock

Celtic Song Circle - Come and intone the ancient songs of these lands

Athena Constantine Constantinou TELLING THE TALE - THE NATURE OF REALITY - A toolbox for self-modulation and creative awareness of reality, using guided imagery, breath work and viewing the therapeutic strobe and a Gender Expansive Sharing Circle.

Vandita - SACRED ACTION - Being a force for good on Earth.

Ben Ben

The Work That Reconnects - Discover Joanna Macy’s profound process which can support you in facing the crises of our time. Experience your innate connections with others and the self-healing powers of the web of life, transforming despair and overwhelm into inspired, collaborative action. 

MEN'S CIRCLE The Men’s Circle is a contained and sacred space to ground the energy of masculinity. We’ll share what we want to bring into our lives and the world and experience a sense of togetherness and union. 

FLOCKING- Moving as one, like birds, we dance on the wind together.

ACOUSTIC FIRESIDE SESSIONS – experience healing and prayer, singing sacred songs from around the world. Vandita, George Barker, Ben Ben Ji and special guests to be announced!

OFFERINGS LIKELY TO HAPPEN - 

Ravi Freeman

CONCERT/VOICE AND OVERTONE WORKSHOP - A high energy and transformational experience of devotional singing with songs & chants from around the world

Annee Bury

DANCING THE CIRCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH - a regenerative opportunity to join together in circle, share and be witnessed in our collective grief, to share the truth of what we feel but find hard to voice. GRIEF AND LOVE FOR OUR WORLD - We will hold you through an inner journey in which, through movement, you express and share your own story of life and death.

Please have a look at our website for full details - 

* More tba. Please note - the programme may change ever so slightly.

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AGREEMENTS

Wider Horizons is a transformational gathering so we have established some agreements to which we hope you will adhere:

Be healthy – no alcohol or other drugs

Be hygienic – no dogs, bring your own water bottle, cup, bowl and spoon and keep them with you and keep them clean

Respect the land – no chemical soap (biodegradable soap will be provided at sinks, but please also bring your own for showering), if you light a candle you 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 off your kit where you’ll be camping, but then please take your car to the car parking area which will be along the hedge close to the gate at the entrance to the main camping field.

Respect others – Get to workshops and meal gatherings on time, ask before you hug, no photography, no mobile phone use in the gathering area, 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

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GETTING THERE

LOCATION

Wasing Woodland, Wasing Park, near Reading, Berkshire. Full details provided with ticket.

We will run a shuttle service from Midgham Station on Friday between 10am and 12.30pm and Sunday from 5.30pm for anyone who has not met someone who’s giving them a lift back.

Car parking space available on site at the top of the camping field.  Please do not leave cars near the gathering or tents.

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By buying a ticket to Wider Horizons you formally agree to the following:

• This is an alcohol- and other drugs-free event – please do not bring or consume any alcohol or illegal drugs on site.

Cancellation & Refund Policy

• If you are unable to attend, you can transfer your ticket to someone else – please email us with their details in advance and explain to them that they will need to complete the registration form. We cannot issue refunds if, for any reason, you are unable to attend.

• Due to the nature of this event, there will be no refunds available in the event of cancellation.

• If the Event Organiser cancels the event, you will be able to transfer your ticket to the next event. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a refund.
• If the event is cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control, such as an Act of God, then options to transfer may not be available

Health & Safety

• Wider Horizons aims to be a safe and inclusive place for all to be regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality, body type, ability or experience. We have a zero-tolerance policy regarding any type of verbal, physical or sexual harassment.

• Anyone found exhibiting these types of behaviours will be asked to leave the gathering. Payment for any events will not be refunded. The decision will be made by the Wider Horizons team and their decision is final.
• Attendees consent to treatment in the event of an emergency or other incident in which, in the reasonable judgment of the on-site personnel, attendees requires medical care.
• Wider Horizons staff are not responsible or liable for any injuries or damages attendees may sustain that result from their participation in the Event.

Photography and Filming

• Wider Horizons will photograph and/or film the Event for advertising, promotional or other commercial purposes. Please let us know when you arrive if you do not consent to this.

Enjoy this inspiring, heart filled, fun and safe event!

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