Mid Spring, equal days and nights tipping over into British Summer Time. The vital force is gathering with the first flowers and brave bees. It’s a threshold moment and a chance to take stock: where are we up to and what is our heart’s prayer for the next stage?
With restorative yoga, yoga nidra, journalling, circle and meditation walk and maybe a small gardening activity in the kitchen garden we’ll rest, reflect and ground ourselves.
And vegan lunch made from produce in the garden.
For the day you will need:
- notebook and pen
- eye pillow or scarf to cover your eyes (optional)
- sturdy shoes/boots for walking over rough fields
- rainwear/sunhat
Fiona is a trained and experienced facilitator of restorative and nidra. Based at her Viveka Gardens Retreat Place in Mid Devon, she brings nature and season-based visualisations to nidra.
here’s to opening and upward, to leaf and to sap
and to your (in my arms flowering so new)
self whose eyes smell of the sound of rain
ee cummings
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I loved the Gentle Retreat Day, linked with a grounded connection with nature. I particularly enjoyed the meditation walk and guided yoga nidra session where I felt light, centred and peaceful – can’t wait to practise more! Elizabeth, Chulmleigh
A day might not seem like a long time but it only takes a moment for things change in your life. At Viveka Gardens Fiona cultivates in some magical a way a quiet day where these moments of importance and change seem to be pulled out of your heart and gently presented to you. It was a peacefully emotional day, a day which I feel will be very important to me. Also, the food was an unbelievably delicious, healthy vegan feast. Helen, Manchester
Viveka Gardens provides the perfect sanctuary. It is brimming with the sights and sounds of nature which you can soak up helping in Fiona’s garden or going for a scenic stroll in the woods. I have been truly spoint by the tasty vegan dishes daily which luckily include fresh fruit and veg from her garden! I wholeheartedly recommend the Quiet Day Retreat. Fiona has a gift for holding a safe, warm and supportive space in which to delve into some inner work. Her yin yoga and yoga nidra practices are beautifully guided and held, and have given me clarity and healing. Abbi, London
Saturday March 26th 2022
10.30 – 4.30pm arrival from 10.15
£70
includes vegan lunch, teas and afternoon snack
Viveka Gardens is keen to make yoga available to all – bursaries for those on benefit/low income Please contact to discuss
How to book
10.30 arrival, opening circle
11.00 jounalling – guidance and practice
11.25 restorative yoga and check in
12.45 lunch
1.45 themed meditation walk
3.00 Nidra workshop
4.00 next steps and conclusion
4.30 end