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This Winter, embrace the elements and join us for a very special evening to revive your mind, body and soul.

These unique, intimate evenings offer you the chance to celebrate the pinnacle moment of the full moon, and enjoy an evening of swimming in the invigorating waters of our wild swimming lake, and rewarming in our stunning wood-fired sauna.

The full moon is a wonderful opportunity to check-in with yourself, and move forwards with intention, and these magical evenings offer you the chance to deepen your connection to nature, and yourself.

Whether you come alone or with friends, gift yourself an evening to step out of your daily life and enter into the ancient woodlands of Wasing.

These sessions give you the chance to experience the restorative effects of cold-water swimming, combined with deep heat therapy, and our lake attendants will be on hand throughout the session for guidance and encouragement.

The group will gather together around the camp fire to close the session with a delicious, warming meal - Wasing organic farm beef marinated in red wine, thyme and garlic, then slowly cooked with caramelised onions, carrots and butterbeans. Finished with winter chanterelles, fresh herbs and lemon oil, this nourishing supper will be the perfect end to a unique evening. (A delicious vegetarian supper will always be available if requested). 

Whilst we can’t promise a clear night to see the moon and stars, we can promise that you will be able to experience the rejuvenating power of nature in a peaceful and welcoming setting, that is beautiful in any weather!

Please email wellbeing@wasing.co.uk for more details.

Sound healing is an ancient meditation method which can enable participants to take a journey of deep relaxation, healing and self-discovery.

Many of us experience stress and tension in our everyday lives, meaning that we spend too much time activating our sympathetic nervous system, our flight and fight response.  Therapeutic sound has profound effects on our parasympathetic nervous system giving ourselves the chance to rest, rejuvenate and ultimately heal.

Our host Emma harnesses the alchemy of sound as well as the power of creativity and imagination to facilitate multi-sensory immersive spaces and embodied experiences that allow participants to soar and traverse our planes of consciousness.  Emma’s sonic immersions really encourage participants to allow themselves to release, playfully explore and take a journey of expansion using sound as their guide.

Attendees will get comfortable in Savasana, be led by Emma on a guided meditation and will then be invited to relax and allow the sound waves to do their thing whilst they sink into the journey.

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Next Dates: 5th April & 6th September 2025

Elevate Day Retreat - a day of empowerment and mindset

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Do you sometimes feel like you are moving through life on automatic, like things can pass you by? Perhaps you feel low on energy and find it hard to make healthy changes and implement new healthy habits?

Step out of your routine and into a day dedicated to your wellbeing, a day designed to help you implement small yet profound changes and shifts to your mindset and daily routines, to help you feel elevated and invite in more joy and energy.

We will start the day with yoga and somatic movement, breathwork and yoga nidra, to land in our bodies and soothe our nervous systems. 

We will then share some nourishing cacao, to help open our hearts and be lead through some self-reflection and journaling to help us understand our patterns better and begin to form an intention to move forwards with.

Followed by a delicious vegetarian lunch, gluten free options are available.

Jess will share some simple but powerful tools that you can easily implement into your lives to create change in mind and body.

We will be lead in a silent walk through the stunning Wasing woods and en route we will spend some time connecting and immersing with nature and the trees, which has been scientifically shown to boost our immune system, improve sleep, increase energy levels, reduce stress, and improve mental wellbeing.

Arriving to a beautiful lake and wood-fired sauna, we will experience through a cold-water immersion and sauna experience. No experience is necessary for this and it’s such an invigorating and empowering experience! 

In the afternoon we will practice yin and restorative yoga and allow all tension and stress to melt away. 

And conclude the day with a powerful crystal sound bath.

You will receive a follow up email including the tools and practices we share on the day and recommended reading to help you implement and build further on this day of empowerment and inner strength

Your guides on this journey:-

Jess Horn

Jess is a Senior Yoga Teacher, teaching workshops and leading retreats across the world, a Yoga Teacher Trainer and Teachers Mentor.

Practicing for over 20 years, she has found it to be an empowering, transformational and supportive practice and is passionate about sharing the tools that support her in living a more empowered and conscious life, with others

Particularly interested in teaching meditation, movement and mindfulness which she feel’s is so necessary to help deal with the challenges of modern living.

Jess skilfully provides a space where everyone feels comfortable, and can challenge themselves safely, whether they are complete beginners, or more experienced yogis.

Jess is also a fully certified Sound Healer and loves to share the profound and magical experiences of the alchemy crystal bowls.

Jess has been featured several times in Yoga Magazine, OM magazine and collaborates regularly with Yoga Matters.

Tania Park 

Tania is the Wellbeing Coordinator at Wasing Estate and a massage therapist.

Having found huge support in her personal journey through yoga, meditation and breathwork over the last 20 years, she is passionate about holding space for people to enable them to take a pause from the business of life and reconnect to their inner selves.

Tania is a certified Forest Bathing Instructor and has a keen interest in providing people with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the healing properties of nature. 

Includes:

• Yoga
• Meditation
• Breathwork
• Yoga Nidra
• Sound Bath
• Cold Water Immersion
• Wood-fired Sauna
• Nature Immersion
• Nourishing & tasty lunch (gluten free option available)
• Herbal teas & delicious sweet treats
• Cacao

Testimonials:

'Thank you so much for an amazing day on Saturday. You have both definitely helped in my meditation and nature walking goals for 2025. I am still buzzing from the cold water dip so thank you for your support through that activity. I appreciate all the resources too, thank you. Jess - I thought everything you said was super clear and helpful. Thank you for being so open with us as to your experience and journey. The Ocean/Waves analogy will really stick with me and I have ordered the book you recommended! I hope to see you again for another retreat later in the year'

Emily

'Thank you from the bottom of my heart for such an amazing day.  The whole day was truly special and undoubtedly one of the very best retreats I've encountered.  You are absolutely incredible individually and utter magic together.  It was also lovely to be surrounded with such a beautiful group of women, it felt like such a safe place to be held and for us to be ourselves. Can honestly say there is not one thing I would change, the day flowed beautifully.  Yoga so nourishing, silent walk beautiful (the changing colours and that mist across the lake), mediation enlightening, food delicious, wild swimming in the frozen lake exhilarating, the lovely lady who helped us all at the lake wonderful and the crystal sound healing - what a finish to the day!  Cannot wait to repeat and already talking to my daughter about coming along.’

Tara

‘I enjoyed all it – it was really well balanced between activity and rest, familiarity and new experience. Loved it. I feel relaxed,  at ease and ready to go!’

Becky

‘I feel peaceful and grounded. You were both amazing and I felt looked after, the venue is beautiful and the food was amazing!’

Joanne

‘10/10! I feel at peace’

Charley

‘I’ve found it really hard to find a yoga teacher that teaches with so much intention – I feel really lucky to have come across your teaching. After today I feel amazing – my head feels clearer – less noise – thank you so much!’

Carly

‘I felt really looked after and nourished in every way today. A wonderful experience. Thank you.’

Kate

‘The venue, catering and teaching were all 10/10 - so caring, authentic, knowledgeable and hold space for others so well.

Josie

‘Favourite elements of the day were feeling resilient and powerful after the cold water session and the sound bath was the cut away from real life I needed. The catering was amazing, especially the cake!’

Becky

Please contact wellbeing@wasing.co.uk for any enquiries.

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This nourishing, grounding day offers you the opportunity to be beautifully immersed in the healing properties of nature.

Are you finding the world busy, noisy and overwhelming? Give yourself the chance to rest and recalibrate, to slow down, and soothe your nervous system. 

Be guided through the ancient woodlands at Wasing, swim in the rejuvenating waters of Wasing’s wild swimming lake, rewarm in the stunning wood-fired sauna with panoramic views, and gather round the fire to enjoy a delicious lunch.

Based on the principles of Shinrin Yoku, also known as Forest Bathing, you will be guided through the woodlands, immersing yourself in nature, whilst engaging your senses.

Mindful time spent in nature has been shown to boost our immune system, improve sleep, increase energy levels, reduce stress, and improve mental wellbeing.

You will spend time at the stunning wild swimming lake, nestled deep in the heart of the woodlands. Heat from the sauna and cold immersion provide a host of benefits for your emotional and physical health, there’s nothing like a few rounds of the sauna and lake dipping to make you feel rejuvenated and reconnected to yourself and this awe-inspiring planet!

The group will then gather round the camp fire to enjoy a delicious vegetarian lunch, before finishing the day with another exploration of the beautiful, ancient woodlands.

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Spring Equinox Workshop

The festival of Balance & Potential, when day and night are equal, is a powerful opportunity to restore equilibrium and create positive change. 

We look forward to welcoming you at Wasing Estate to celebrate the Spring Equinox with this special Seasonal Self-Care Workshop.

This is a wonderful time to connect with nature and the energy of the growing season, and a perfect moment to consider how we can bring balance into our lives and embrace change. 

This special celebration features an introduction to spring self-care, a gently flowing yoga practice (including somatic movements and breath work), use of essential oils and self-massage, time to journal, reflect and set intentions, a silent sunset walk and hilltop meditation, restorative yoga and a luxuriously long relaxation (including light, hands-on Craniosacral touches). All seasonally aligned. Herbal teas and wholesome treats are also included, as well as your take-home seasonal reflections.

Your host:

Senior Yoga Teacher Maura Barber-Oosterhuis

Maura’s love of yoga is infectious. Her guidance is 'soulful and seasonal' and focuses on deepening breath, body and self-awareness. Committed to offering a heartfelt experience, she will encourage you to reach further by breathing fully and feeling deeply. Her 20 years of yoga experience range from the dynamic Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow Yoga to the gentler Somatics, Yin and Restorative Yoga. With a keen interest in mindfulness and meditation Maura's unique style is infused with these. She feels hugely inspired by the teachings of Ayurveda and loves sprinkling her offerings with little gems of Ayurvedic wisdom. Always taught from the heart, Maura’s gently flowing yoga is a compassionate blend of deep breathing and mindful moving. Her light, hands-on Craniosacral touches in Savasana are magical and make every practice deeply personal.

"I love celebrating the seasons. Recognising and honouring the changes in nature always encourage me to adjust my own rhythms accordingly. Moving with the energy of the Earth feels beneficial on many levels and definitely helps my day-to-day life flow with more ease. Honouring the seasons with like-minded people is always a powerful experience, it would be lovely to have you with us!" - Maura (Tranquil Flow Yoga)

Our special Spring Equinox celebration includes:

- Welcome circle and introduction to Spring Self-Care

- Soulful & Seasonal Flow Yoga (incl somatic movements, breathing practice and meditation)

- Silent sunset walk and hilltop meditation

- Herbal teas and wholesome treats

- Journaling (guided by journal prompts)

- Time to reflect and set intentions

- Use of essential oils and self-massage

- Restorative Yoga (incl light, hands-on Craniosacral touches)

- Deep guided relaxation and luxuriously long Savasana

- Take-home seasonal reflections

This special Spring Equinox celebration will take place at our beautiful yoga studio, the Pavilion.

Groups are small, with lots of space and personal attention. No experience is necessary and beginners are very welcome. 

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Join us for a very special day retreat at Wasing Estate, with Dean Teyla, The Conscious Breath Coach.

Whether you have already been practicing cold water immersion and breathwork, and want to deepen your practice, or are completely new to these practices...or somewhere in between...this day is for you.

This expansive day retreat will give you the chance to really switch off from the outside world, to reset and recharge and move forwards with the tools needed to implement positive changes into your daily life.

RECONNECT Day Retreat has been thoughtfully curated to offer you the chance to reconnect to your inner strength, to push the edges of your comfort zone, in a safe and nurturing environment, leaving you feeling empowered and present.

Dean will explain the science behind cold water immersion and breathwork and the day will offer lots of time for not only the physical practices, but also integration and discussion, within a small and welcoming group environment.

The day includes gentle movement, an ice bath, 2 breathwork sessions, a delicious lunch and nourishing cacao, and a swim and sauna session at our beautiful wild swimming lake.

About Host Dean Teyla

Dean is a certified Wim Hof Method Instructor and one of Bristol's only Wim Hof and Buteyko practitioners. Specialising in Sports Performance, Clinical, and Wellbeing breathwork practices. 

Dean also teaches QiGong/Yoga movement styles, and is a Ceremonial Cacao practitioner. 

Dean's goal is to share his knowledge and skills so that more people can live happier, healthier and stronger lives.

Includes

• Mindful movement
• 2 Breathwork sessions
• Ice Bath
• Vegetarian lunch
• Cacao
• Wild Swimming
• Sauna

We invite you to join Veronika for a soothing Candlelit Yin Yoga, followed by Crystal Bowl sound healing session which will be grounding, centring, uplifting and accelerating experience for you.

Veronika will guide you through a relaxing session of Yin Yoga. Yin Yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga, incorporating principles of traditional Chinese medicine (focusing on connective tissue), with asanas (postures) that are held for longer period of time (between 1-5 minutes) enabling the body to settle fully. We will be connecting with different elements, as well as meridians (channels) in our body.

You will then continue your evening with a relaxing crystal bowl sound healing journey, connecting with your chakras (our energy centres), different frequencies and vibration. Sound creates a beautiful frequency and intent which brings on the healing.

At the end, you will feel grounded, calm and relaxed.

The instruments which will be used through the session:

Crystal Bowls

Koshi Chimes

Tingsha

Ensure that you wear warm, comfortable clothes.

Herbal tea will be served after the session to create the further relaxation in your body and mind.

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Note: 

This session is not suitable for anyone suffering from epilepsy, tinnitus or sound sensitive conditions, pregnancy (1st trimester) and anyone with metal plates in the body. If you are expecting, please do reach out to us prior to booking onto the workshop, so we can ensure our teacher is able to support you and your baby through the session or advise otherwise. 

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Whether you are a sound practitioner, musician, or have just felt called by the hypnotic rhythm of drumming, during this special one-off workshop, you will create your very own hand-held frame drum.

Drums such as these are among the oldest known percussion instruments, and are still used today around the world in prayer, ritual, ceremony, healing, and music.

Visy is a musician and woodworker and has been making shamanic drums for 7 years.

For this workshop, Visy will provide the all elements needed to create your very own shamanic drum – the wooden frames are made from sustainably sourced ash, with each frame carefully crafted by Visy.

The skins are made from buffalo hide and responsibly sourced.

Each person will also be gifted with a beater, handmade by Visy using branches foraged from Wasing woodlands, for this workshop.

Visy will guide everybody through the drum making process, step by step, with the group being kept small to ensure individual attention and guidance.

Aftercare will be provided, and Visy will be available for post-workshop drum advice.

We offer two ticket options, you can choose to make either an 18 inch drum, or a 22 inch drum. 

This special, one-off workshop will take place at our beautiful studio, The Pavilion, at Wasing Estate.

The workshop runs from 10am until 6pm and includes plenty of time for breaks, and the day will conclude with a special ceremony led by Visy, to bless the drums and give thanks to the natural world for providing the materials needed to create these unique and bespoke shamanic drums.

'I have recently made my own drum with Visy and it was the most magical process from the start to finish. So much love and effort went into making my new sacred drum and I love using it in my yoga and sound healing sessions. I am very grateful that I could be part of this process and see it step by step. Visy is very knowledgeable, very passionate about these magical instruments and he pays an attention to detail. I would 100% recommend if you wish to create something magical for yourself.' - Veronika, Yoga teacher & Sound Practitioner

Please contact wellbeing@wasing.co.uk for more information.

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A day of creativity and nature at Wasing’s Wild swimming Lake

Friday 16th May 2025  11am-4pm

Join us for a unique day at Wasing, combining art and nature in a beautiful and peaceful setting.

Whether you are an artist, or simply feel the call to be creative, this day offers you the chance to be inspired by the stunning scenery of Wasing’s Wild swimming lake, nestled deep in the woodlands of Wasing Estate.

You are invited to bring your sketch pads, paints, and pencils with you, for a day of creativity, community and connection.

Jimi Rae is a local artist and will host this special event, which will include time for you to paint, sketch or write, enjoy your lunch around the fire, and end the day with an optional swim and sauna session.

Please note that this is not a guided lesson, however there will be the opportunity for support and discussion amongst the group. Materials are not provided so please bring with you whichever mediums you would like to works with.

Herbal teas and coffee will be provided, please bring your own lunch to enjoy around the fire.

To close the day, the group will be able to enjoy an invigorating dip in the wild swimming lake and rewarm in the wood fired sauna, with panoramic views across the lake.

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TO BOOK SPACE EMAIL: rebecca@breathingtree.co.uk

This 3-day, 2-night Women’s Retreat offers a healing and gentle immersion into nature within a supportive environment, set in the stunning surroundings of Wasing’s Woodland. Accommodation is in cosy single or shared bell tents with airbeds provided, pitched in the heart of Wasing woodland.

The process offers women a deeper understanding of themselves and their relationship dynamics, fostering freedom, transformation, and a sense of wholeness. A time of deep personal transformation, the retreat offers the opportunity to explore and understand patterns, let go of the past, experience ancestral healing, increase energy levels, improve sleep, enhance creativity, reclaim your power and feel more connected.

We will combine a range of healing practices, including breathwork, parts work, bi-lateral processing, bodywork, coaching, somatic healing, shamanic techniques, movement, and a fire ceremony. During the retreat, we will be holding an outdoor sauna and wild swims by the lake for the ultimate reset.

Rebecca Dennis and The Breathing Tree Team are joining together to create a safe, supportive and powerful healing space for women to connect, inspire and breathe together. All facilitators are experienced and highly skilled in a variety of fields including breathwork, trauma release, somatic and healing techniques.

Joining the Tuesday afternoon session will be Alex Bedoya. Alex is a Medicine woman and therapist from Ecuador with 25 years of experience working with indigenous elders from Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru. This session will integrate ancestral healing, bioenergetic therapy, somatic practices, and shamanism to help individuals release physical, emotional, and spiritual blockages.

What You Can Expect:

This is an opportunity to explore the power of your breath and dive deep into understanding ingrained patterns, clearing obstacles, and releasing restrictions that hold you back from reaching your highest potential—physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

During the retreat, Rebecca and the team will introduce self-enquiry topics which encourage a deeper self-awareness of who we are and inspire further consideration of who we aspire to be. These exercises are designed to complement breathwork to bring clarity of vision, remove obstacles and blockages and offer tools and insights you can take outside of the space and into your daily life.

Over the three days, we will offer a variety of breath, body and mind techniques whilst gaining an understanding of the nervous system’s intricate landscape. Learning how we can upgrade our breathing and mindset for optimum health. Providing a deep understanding of the impact the way we breathe has on every aspect of our lives – mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Integrative somatic breathwork is the bridge from our mind to our body and helps us be more open to listening to the messages and insights within. This can help release unhealthy breathing patterns, limiting beliefs, and physical and emotional tension, bringing about a deeper awareness of breathwork and release both physical and emotional tension from the body. This can dramatically shift the way you feel and bring higher states of awareness.

The Retreat Will Cover:

• Understanding how our breathing patterns affect life patterns
• Nervous system regulation
• Bi-lateral processing and parts work
• Somatic trauma healing techniques
• Effective and easy-to-use tools to improve our respiratory system
• How the breath affects physiology – including ways to improve sleep, alleviate stress and anxiety, enhance mental focus, boost lung capacity, strengthen the cardiovascular system, and increase energy and physical performance
• Untangling family dynamics.
• Healing relationships with parents to access life force.
• Soul and body retrieval to reconnect lost parts of oneself.
• Releasing mental, emotional, and physical tension.
• Overcoming limiting beliefs to find one’s rightful place in life.
• Learning to trust and receive from one’s body.

Please note: This is deeply healing work, which at times can bring up emotional and physical release. The Breathing Tree Team hold a safe and supportive space for everyone, with aftercare available throughout.

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