UPCOMING RETREAT May 17th – 19th 2024

The Alchemy of Shiva – A transformational collaboration of Family Constellations and 5Rhythms.

Book here for my upcoming Family Constellations and 5Rhythms retreat “The Alchemy of Shiva” at the beautiful The Practice of the Wild retreat centre in Monmouthshire. All welcome! You do not need any experience with Family Constellations or 5Rhythms to participate in this nourishing retreat.

The Venue

Trealy Farm is a 138 acre organic mixed farm on a hillside looking out towards the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons. It’s a beautiful, wild and secluded setting, yet easily accessible: just off the M4, M5, and M50, with public transport links to Newport / Abergavenny, and onto London and the rest of the UK. As well as lifts from the station, there will be a lift share scheme in place for retreat participants – so you don’t need to be put off by any difficulties accessing this incredible venue.

Trealy Farm has a variety of beautiful outdoor secluded spaces to be in. Participants also have access to two saunas and a natural swimming pool, fire pits as well as a stone circle with amazing views across the Monmouthshire hills.

Family Constellations

Poppy Altmann will be facilitating four Family Constellations sessions in The Pavillion and one in the Arena (with Ruth Tudor and her horses) at this weekend long retreat.

5Rhythms

Sherron St Clair will be visiting from Ireland to facilitate two 5Rhythms sessions. Sherron is one of the best facilitators I know – years of resistance and past trauma on the dance floor simply melt away with Sherron’s fun and heartfelt guidance. 5Rhythms is a magical way to move the deep work of Family Constellations through the body and integrate. It’s is a great way to let the body lead rather than the other way round, and this is very complementary to Family Constellations.

Sherron has been working with authentic movement and dance since 2009, qualifying as a 5Rhythms Waves Teacher in Oct 2014 (the physical body) and a HeartBeat teacher in May 2022 (the emotional intelligence of the heart).

Sherron says:

“The 5Rhythms are...

Flowing, Staccato, Chaos, Lyrical and Stillness... 

When we practice 5Rhythms, we learn to creatively express aggressiveness and vulnerability, emotions and anxieties, edges and ecstasies. It reconnects us to cycles of birth & death and hooks us into humanity and the spirit of all living things. 5Rhythms transcends dance. 

The movement is the medicine.

It is in the  PRACTICE of the 5Rhythms that I have come to know it as a safe container to ' Let Go and be Myself. ' Through movement, breath and dance, whatever condition I may be in, shift happens.' 

I am able to shape, feel, witness and validate all that is me, without judgment in this 'space'.

I  can drop into the playground of my body, rearrange the furniture & delight in my new surroundings, with creative possibilities for the next wave... 

The 5Rhythms has been the biggest catalytic change in my life. It works!”

Cost

Full price £370 (excluding accommodation) includes all meals and snacks, use of all spaces (including saunas and pool) and facilitation by Poppy, Sherron and Ruth, from Friday 7pm to Sunday 6pm. You can pay a deposit of £170 here and pay the balance on arrival in cash or BACS

Accommodation

Accommodation ranges in price from £25/50 per night for single/ double occupancy and includes caravans, Shepherd’s huts and wooden pods with fully fitted kitchens and ensuite bathrooms, as well as wood fired stoves, electricity and water mains, farmhouse bedrooms with shared bathroooms and additional toilets, as well as Bell tents (£30/£45 per night for single/ double occupancy) and the options to bring your own tent (£10 per night) / camper (£15 per night plus £5 for electric hook up) with access to a camp shower and compost toilet. Accomodation will be allocated by Ruth on a first come first served basis. All accommodation areas have free WiFi.

Contact Ruth for full details of accommodation and how to book it– (essential).

No VAT charge or other extras.

All prices include bedding and towels (except campers bringing own tent or campervan).

Find out more

Email Poppy to set up a call or for more details

Save the date

Next retreat at Trealy farm, 4-6th October 2024