Fort Belan Winter Retreat from £250
Fort Belan Winter Retreat from £250
With June Meagher, Sahara Alexandra, Jenny Brooke and eternal sea.
What Makes This Retreat Special?.
- Guided by experienced mentors who have, between them, over 100 years of running retreats, workshops and courses.
- Perfect for beginners and the more experienced.
- A wonderful way to learn about breathwork, yoga, meditation, mindfulness, sound healing, emotional intelligence, the chakras and aura as well as energy systems at a pace that suits you.
- Fabulous location which is completely isolated in a fort that has been especially adapted to offer retreats.
- Beach fires and open fires in the main living room area.
- Read our testimonials from previous students who have loved it.
- Wonderful nutritious food which is all hand made from the best of ingredients that are created by our own chef.
- Great location for star gazing and beach walks.
- Affordable packages
ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE
Arrival from 4 pm on Friday and we will start introductions at 5 pm followed by dinner at 6.30 pm (if you are going to be late, please let us know, if you have not done so already). Departure will be at 10 am on Monday morning.
BENEFITS
- The ideal place to unplug, slow down that fast pace, and get back in touch with nature
- Become stronger emotionally and find inner peace
- The perfect opportunity to escape from all the hustle and bustle of hectic life
- Replenish your energy levels
- Discover how to live a happier life
- Life changing experience
- Be with great people who will lift your spirit and build new friendships and connections
- Fully insured tutors who have years of experience and love what they do
LINEN & TOWELS
Bed linen is provided.
Please bring your own bath sheet and/or bath towels.
MEALS
All meals will be provided and will be vegetarian, vegan is available. (if you have any allergies, please let us know as soon as possible, thank you).
VENUE DETAILS
Fort Belan, Dinas Dinnle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL54 5TP.
Driving
Head towards Dinas Dinnle, a small coastal village in north west Wales. Once you get to the village there is only one main road, head north up that road through the village towards the small airport. You will then drive up to a sharp bend that has a big banner saying airport to your right, YOU GO LEFT HERE, through gates marked private and follow the road up to the fort, this is over a mile and keep on the road, (you see the airport on your right) until you reach the fort. This road is an old runway so it is long and straight. Parking is available once you get to the fort. There is a causeway at the Fort but we will notify you nearer the time if the tide will be in. Don’t worry if the tide is in you can walk around the grass to get to the fort.
Train/Bus
To Caernarfon. We can arrange for you to be picked up in Caernarfon if you need a lift.
PHONE NUMBER
Mobile reception is intermittent and there are a few places around the fort where you can get a good signal.
June’s mobile is 07446 298661
PRICING
3 NIGHT/4 DAY retreat
Single Room £475 (Only a limited number of single rooms)
Shared Room £365 (share in either twin or triple room)
2 NIGHT/3 DAY RETREAT
Single Room £375 (Only a limited number of single rooms)
Shared Room £250 (share in either twin or triple room)
Payment can be made via PayPal june@aamarhealing.co.uk or via BACS, please contact
June for bank details june@aamarhealing.co.uk .
PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE MONTHLY IF PREFERRED.
Well behaved dogs are welcome at an additional cost of £45 per animal for the weekend.
All teachings, notes, food, linen and accommodation are included in the price.
£50 NON REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT for all bookings.
WHAT TO BRING TO FORT BELAN WINTER RETREAT
Please bring a notepad/journal but paper is available. Some notes will be given out during the sessions however other notes can be emailed to you after the retreat.
Towels/toiletries
Warm clothing for walks and perhaps a shawl, blanket for sitting around the fire.
Good walking shoes/wellies
PROGRAMME OF WORKSHOPS
| FRIDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER, 2024 | |||
| Start | Location | Activity | Comment |
| 1600 hrs | Main kitchen | Arrivals and welcome drinks | |
| 1700 hrs | Main Room | Introductions and opening meditation | Jenny, June & Sahara |
| 1830 hrs | Main Room | Dinner | |
| 2000 hrs | Studio | Chants & Mantras with eternal sea | Eternal sea |
| 2200 hrs | Beach | Lullabies around the beach fire (Optional and weather permitting) | |
| SATURDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER 2024 | |||
| Start | Location | Activity | Comment |
| 0700 hrs | Studio | Yoga (Optional) | Sahara |
| 0700 hrs | Main Room | Meditation (Optional) | June |
| 0800 hrs | Main kitchen | Breakfast | |
| 1000 hrs | Studio | The Power of the Breath | Sahara |
| 1130 hrs | Main kitchen | Break | |
| 1200 hrs | Studio | Emotional Intelligence | June |
| 1330 hrs | Main kitchen | Lunch | |
| 1500 hrs | Studio | Meditation & Breathwork | Jenny |
| 1600 hrs | Main kitchen | Silent mindfulness walk (1 hour) | Jenny |
| 1700 hrs | FREE TIME | ||
| 1830 hrs | Main kitchen | Dinner | |
| 2000 hrs | Studio | Sound Bath | Eternal sea |
| 2200 hrs | Beach | Meditation around the beach fire (Optional and weather permitting) | Sahara |
| SUNDAY, 24TH NOVEMBER, 2024 | |||
| Start | Location | Activity | Comment |
| 0700 hrs | Studio | Yoga (Optional) | Sahara |
| 0700 hrs | Main Room | Meditation (Optional) | June |
| 0800 hrs | Main kitchen | Breakfast | |
| 1000 hrs | Studio | The Power of Silence | Jenny |
| 1100 hrs | Studio | Cacao Ceremony with medicine movement | Sahara |
| 1300 hrs | Main kitchen | Lunch | |
| 1500 hrs | Studio | Energy healing techniques | June |
| 1630 hrs | Main kitchen | Break | |
| 1700 hrs | FREE TIME | ||
| 1830 hrs | Main kitchen | Dinner | |
| 2000 hrs | Studio | Tom Grierson music | Tom Grierson |
| 2200 hrs | Beach | Poems & Reflections around the fire | |
| MONDAY, 25TH NOVEMBER, 2024 | |||
| Start | Location | Activity | Comment |
| 0700 hrs | Studio | Yoga (Optional) | Sahara |
| 0700 hrs | Main Room | Sound Meditation for the chakras | June |
| 0800 hrs | Main kitchen | Breakfast | |
| 0900 hrs | Studio | Closing meditation and ceremony | Sahara, Jenny, June |
| 1000 hrs | CLOSE | ||
TUTORS AT FORT BELAN WINTER RETREAT
Jenny Brooke
Jenny has been organising retreats for over 30 years and is a Director and co-lead on Silent Presence Retreats. As a former resident and teacher at the internationally acclaimed Findhorn Foundation, Jenny is a Reiki Master and Co created and led workshops in Breathing into Life and Death with Anne Smith – Internal Relations officer British Rebirth Society.
Founding Partner of The Shrewsbury Natural Health Centre. Trained as a Transformation Game
facilitator – Inner Links, The Findhorn Foundation. 2 year Seminary of Spiritual Peace making training with James Twyman ( Emissary of Light) and organised major events in UK for James
Twyman since 2000 and continue to organise his yearly UK retreat. And in 2007 began facilitation
Seminary of Spiritual Peacemaking for UK students.
“Jenny’s voice is so gentle and kind that doing breathwork with her is just divine.” Angela, North Wales
Sahara Alexandra
Sahara is the owner of Bridgnorth Yoga Studio. She is an Ayurveda Therapist and advanced-level practitioner of breathwork and meditation. Additionally, she has extensive experience teaching various
traditional yoga practices such as ashtanga, vinyasa & yin.
Sahara is an experienced Cacaoista, leading numerous Cacao and medicine movement ceremonies and an accomplished Reiki Master. For several years her experience has included facilitating retreats – notably the popular off-grid Earth Man, Earth Women retreat in mid Wales co-hosting with June, in -addition she also hosts many other ceremonies, workshops & festivals.
Sahara & June also co-host the Retreat of Dreams at Spirit Horse, a completely off grid location in mid-Wales.
June Meagher
June has spent over 40 years teaching various healing techniques and running retreats and holistic events and is a former board member of The NFSH (Healing Trust). She was a also a Director of Tan-Y-Garth Hall Retreats, the UK’s oldest residential Yoga Centre. June was also a co-founder of Sound4Healing, a charity set up to run alongside the College of Sound Healing. She was also a Tutor & Trustee for the Peacehaven Healing Centre, a BAHA accredited centre.
Currently June is a Director of Universal Message of Peace with Dr Lale Tuncer and together they will launch their free NahASh healing course in 2024. June was the founder of the Exhibition of Healing &
Complementary Therapies which then became LivingWell, the UK’s largest free wellbeing festival. June travels around Europe with her partner Tom offering sound baths, healing workshops and concerts as
well as running retreats.
eternal sea
eternal sea gigs intertwine ancient chants with the music of more contemporary artists such as Donovan, Bob Dylan, Kate Bush, John Martyn and Leonard Cohen.
When possible we are joined on stage by percussionist supreme, Tom Shanti.
Our Sound Journeys, which consist of a guided meditation, a sound bath and a concert, feature instruments such as harps, gongs, singing bowls, handpans, guitars, chimes, sea drums, native drums, bodhrans, mbiras, shakers, kalimbas and a multitude of other percussion instruments.
June Meagher & Tom Grierson from eternal sea also offer Sound Baths, Sound Healing Workshops, & Retreats around the UK & Europe.