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::Personal Retreats ::
Take
advantage of this unique possibility to join our household
for a few days.
Spacious
Private room (double bedded) with shared bathroom and kitchen.
Self
Catering with possibility of some shared meals.
Payment
by free will offering suggested at £15-£20 per
night (3 night minimum, week- long retreat recommended).
Private
guidance for meditative practice while here. Also join in
weekly group meditation sessions and other programmes on during
your stay. Miles of walking at your doorstep, 2 acre garden
complete with walking labyrinth.
Please
Note: This is suitable only for people WITHOUT animal allergies,
as we share our home with several cats and dogs.
Comments
from recent retreat guest:
The invitation to undertake a retreat at Sallys felt
like a blessing and a gift at a time when I was feeling overwhelmed
and stressed. All I knew was that I needed to be still and
close to nature, and the images on Sallys website of
her garden, coupled with her carefully chosen words and quotations,
drew me there. My large comfortable room, overlooking the
garden on two sides, still bore the traces of Sallys
eldest son, now at college abroad, and was at the very end
of Sallys house, affording all the quiet and solitude
I needed, as well as ample space for yoga and bodywork. Sallys
home is light-filled, its focal point the garden, and is suffused
with a sense of ease and relaxation. It is the perfect place
to just be. It offered me the chance to slow down completely,
to stop and smell the roses. Sallys gentle
presence was a blessing; she has that rare gift: a wholly
unobtrusive availability to her guest(s).
Central
to my experience was time spent outdoors, from the gardens
to Sallys woodland and the winding road by the lake.
The dogs were the perfect companions on my daily rounds, and
I was blessed with perfect spring weather. In addition, I
attended Sallys regular meditation classes. I also took
a private yoga class in the yurt, and had Reiki treatment
and massage, all arranged by Sally and provided by visiting
therapists. I found the labyrinth powerful and inspirational.
I love that Sallys retreat space is local; it somehow
reduces the gap between the retreat and the real
life; I hope that this will make the integration of some of
the retreats lessons and practices easier for me. I
left feeling rejuvenated and with a clearer sense of how I
might slowly effect small changes in my life.
Paula,
Belfast , March 2009
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