ELEMENTAL INVITATIONS AT THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
A three-part dive into your power, your presence and your people
June 15th-17th, 17th-19th and 19th-21st
with sarah bonner morgan and brÍd dawid
Is your heart yearning to connect with nature in a way that helps ground and root you in deep presence, allowing you to find your flow within a greater organising principle that can guide you as you walk onwards through your life?
Using the Elements as your portal, enter the world of your inner and outer landscapes and find ways to connect to the awesome guidance and power the elements hold for you, evoked through ancient technologies. Come for a whole week of transformation or opt in for specific delights as your schedule allows, as you journey towards the Summer Solstice and your full expansion into the light.
Using the Elements as your portal, enter the world of your inner and outer landscapes and find ways to connect to the awesome guidance and power the elements hold for you, evoked through ancient technologies. Come for a whole week of transformation or opt in for specific delights as your schedule allows, as you journey towards the Summer Solstice and your full expansion into the light.
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Part One - Elemental practices: 15-17th June
Connect once more to your deep presence and stillness as you find your way back to your inner wisdom. If you have been feeling like you need community and ways to live your spirituality in your everyday life, let your heart expand back into radiance as you explore a whole ecosystem of ways to connect with the elements and for finding cherished wisdom within. Laughter, tears (of both grief and joy) and rapture can all move through you as you find inspiration again, deeply moved by poetry, song, wisdom walks, meditations and dance, with specific support for how you can take these profound practices back home and into your life. Together here, you don’t have to do this alone. Be supported and guided, enjoying the gentle holding of a loving group who journey with you towards remembering who you really are. |
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Part two - Elemental frame drumming: 17th- Fri 19th June
If you choose to stay on you will encounter the incredible wisdom of the frame drum, your guide to inner organisation and balance. Used for millennia by cultures across the world, as your fingers move across the skins of these beautiful instruments releasing timeless sounds, reorganisation of your inner organisational patterns allows for new pathways towards clarity and purpose to form. Aligning you with your inner elements, you find yourself part of a cohesive, interlocking group connected by these ancient evocative rhythms, as well as a connection to something universal, yet also utterly identifiable within you. Following the powerful structure of the Elemental drum strokes as taught by Nubian musician Hamza El Din and passed down by Layne Redmond (When the Drummers were Women), the elements are your guide and path to being able to understand the universe and your place within it. |
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Part three - Solstice celebration: 19th-21st June As the culmination of this week of transformation, the elements of water, earth and air pave the way for the illuminating and alchemical display of your fire at the highest point of the year. As you stand on the beach at the end of the water, watching the sun go down behind the mountains, the company of other kindred souls who love wildness, transformation and community helps you to focus in on exactly what you need right now. Sharing the joy of the new ways you have learned and are embodying, together you mark this turning point with ritual, music and spirit, all held within the awe-inspiring presence of the west coast’s dramatic, one of the most ancient landscapes on earth, which has helped so many before you find their way back to centre. |
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What people said about last year's retreat:
‘The beach, the setting sun, the water, the fire, people sharing from their hearts was so beautiful.’
‘Divine'
‘I think it's the best solstice I have ever had and I am holding it in my heart.’
‘The beach, the setting sun, the water, the fire, people sharing from their hearts was so beautiful.’
‘Divine'
‘I think it's the best solstice I have ever had and I am holding it in my heart.’
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Your base
There is no better place to walk this incredible path of vitality and love than the wildly elemental and ancient landscape of Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands, your base for your retreat. The oldest land in Europe, vibrating with ancient power and energy, your journey towards your inner depths can be fully supported by the outer magnificence and power of this place - a place where the elements are truly alive and in service. These ancient mountains hold the mysteries of time Feel yourself taken into the depths by the mesmerising movement of the water at the point where the river meets the sea, perfectly visible from our base where you are welcome to immerse yourself into the water at the end of the garden whenever you want. At any moment the wild wind may blow, bringing the creativity and inspiration of air, while the ancient rocks beneath you support your grounding and presence, and the ritual fire of our joyful solstice celebration glows with the promise of your transformation. Deeply touched by all that this sacred landscape offers, your journey inwards can flourish, as can soulful relating to your fellow companions: wild, new friends offering their connection and support as together you meet yourselves and each other in this special place. |
Throughout your stay there will be time for solitude so you can let the processes you are undergoing unfold, and also time for laughter at the communal garden table sharing food and stories. There will be time for quiet relaxation and exploration of the stunning area, as well as playful sharing of kitchen prep. As you participate and grow through all the deep practices on offered, you find yourself taken into spacious relationship with yourself, the community of likeminded souls growing together and walking this path with you, and the awesome, fully alive elemental nature that surrounds you and beckons you more fully home again.
Your hosts
Your hosts for this journey are Sarah Bonner-Morgan (elemental practices and drumming) and Bríd Dawid (aka Joanie Bones) (hostess and song leader).
Your hosts for this journey are Sarah Bonner-Morgan (elemental practices and drumming) and Bríd Dawid (aka Joanie Bones) (hostess and song leader).
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Sarah is one of those rare beings who truly walks the path she travels on. Deeply loved and respected by a wide community of students and fellow travellers, Sarah possesses gentle, humble wisdom which she generously shares will all. An Alexander Technique teacher by profession, Sarah has been deeply committed to living a path of meaning and love for decades. Finding her grounding in the path of the heart as encompassed in Sufi teachings, she has been studying and playing the frame drum for many years. Be warmed by her gentle presence, her incredible range of skills and knowledge and her capacity to meet you where you are and see the love in you. |
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Bríd Dawid (aka Joanie Bones) is a transformational song leader and holder of the space at An Da Shealladh, which she saw in a vision after receiving darshan from the enlightened Indian teacher Amma (commonly known as the hugging saint). Making home there and leaning deeply into the incredible healing power of the land, Bríd now shares the centre as freely as she shares the deeply powerful practice of song: as supports for healing, the restoration of relationship and ultimate awakening. Embodying the path of the wild yogini as an authentic approach to spiritual practice, Bríd is a student of Tibetan Buddhist teacher Mingyur Rinpoche and a graduate of his three year Tergar Insititute programme with a certificate in Applied Buddhism, specialising in song. |
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Times and dates: Join for the parts which call you most. The longer you stay, the longer the power of the place and practice can work its magic through you and touch your spirit in profound ways. Part one - Elemental practices: 6.30pm Mon 15th-5pm Wed 17th June Part two - Elemental frame drumming: 6.30pm Wed 17th- 5pm Fri 19th June Part three - Solstice celebration: 6.30pm Fri 19th-4pm Sun 21st June |
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Cost:
The retreats are priced on a sliding scale according to what you can afford. We ask that you give as generously as you can, as any extra will go towards supporting this amazing centre and the transformational offerings there.
Whole week: £630-£730 (early bird £540)
Elemental practices: sliding scale £220-£270 (early bird £190)
Elemental frame drumming: sliding scale £220-270 (early bird £190)
Solstice ceremony weekend: £210-245 (early bird £180)
Early bird available till May 31st
prices include food but do not include accommodation. Please see here for more information about accommodation options and all about the centre and your stay.
The retreats are priced on a sliding scale according to what you can afford. We ask that you give as generously as you can, as any extra will go towards supporting this amazing centre and the transformational offerings there.
Whole week: £630-£730 (early bird £540)
Elemental practices: sliding scale £220-£270 (early bird £190)
Elemental frame drumming: sliding scale £220-270 (early bird £190)
Solstice ceremony weekend: £210-245 (early bird £180)
Early bird available till May 31st
prices include food but do not include accommodation. Please see here for more information about accommodation options and all about the centre and your stay.
tERMS AND CONDITIONS
RETREAT TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
Full payment is due when you book.
If you cancel up to 28 days before the start of the retreat, we will refund your money if we are able to fill your place.
Later than 28 days, no refund is available unless you are able to fill your place.
If we have to cancel the retreat you will receive a full refund of your payment.
Full payment is due when you book.
If you cancel up to 28 days before the start of the retreat, we will refund your money if we are able to fill your place.
Later than 28 days, no refund is available unless you are able to fill your place.
If we have to cancel the retreat you will receive a full refund of your payment.