Course Programme

Booking ID: 231219

Enjoy a quiet Christmas, away from the normal pressures. Relax, go for walks or play games. Gather for our daily Quiet Times. Come together to share favourite music, poetry and writings.

Residential price: £615.00

Booking ID: 301219

Tutor: Lina Newstead

Ladies only See the New Year with different eyes! Try a meaningful way to start the year ahead with different practices to guide you to know your own inner and outer paths in the months to come. A variety of approaches will be offered to help you reveal your personal vision. Practices will include mindfulness, meditations, simple yoga, discussion, journaling, creativity and more. Each person will be offered a short focussing session with the tutor.

Residential price: £550.00

Booking ID: 170120

Tutor: Francis Standish

January is a still, dormant time of year, a good time to consider the challenges and opportunities offered by the forthcoming year. This guided retreat will help you to convert your wishes, hopes and dreams for the year into positive actions. In addition to helping you tackle the uncertainties of the future it will help you to release the past and move on.
This weekend retreat will be led by Francis Standish who is an experienced facilitator with a deep interest in supporting personal development. He has already led a number of successful Retreats at Claridge House.

Residential price: £285.00

Booking ID: 240120

Tutor: Divya Kohli

This is a special weekend retreat designed to give you a path to rebalancing and restoring your body and sense of wellbeing, an ideal way to set the tone for your new year ahead. Included: Breathing techniques for moderating stress, anxiety and restlessness; Yoga postures and ways of practising designed for releasing deep held physical tension and not exhausting the body, including Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga; Yoga Nidra Meditation for deep relaxation Mindfulness Meditation for peace of mind; Understanding how the state of the body and our mental state influence each other; Eastern spiritual wisdom on finding peace, applied to modern day living. Led by senior yoga and mindfulness teacher Divya. For more information, visit: www.yogawithdivya.co.uk

Residential price: TBC

Booking ID: 310120

Tutor: Anne Simpson

Using mindfulness meditative techniques, this totally silent retreat offers an opportunity to contemplate in the late winter stillness growth and renewal. Anne Simpson, an experienced Course Facilitator and Quaker Healer, will be running this silent retreat.

Residential price: £285.00

Booking ID: 030220

If you feel the need of an escape from the hurly-burly of modern life, come and experience the tranquillity of Claridge House. Our popular full board personal retreat gives you the chance to relax and unwind in our beautiful Victorian house with its two acres of garden.

Residential price: £460.00

Booking ID: 050220

Tutor: Lina Newstead

Give yourself the gift of a day away from all the stress of everyday life. Mindfulness meditation techniques will be practised, formal sitting and walking meditation, deep relaxation body scan and mindful movement.

Non-residential price: £50.00

Booking ID: 140220

Tutor: Lina Newstead

Well-being is a state we all aspire to, so come and get new ideas on how to boost it in your life. The practices will be simple movement, mindfulness meditations, deep relaxation and walking in the garden. Creative sessions will be offered for you to explore what makes you happy and tips on how to stay healthy and develop a positive mind-set.

Residential price: £295.00

Booking ID: 210220

Tutor: Leah Barnett

Over the weekend we`ll explore how the yoga practices can help calm a busy mind, soothe an agitated nervous system and connect with the ocean of peace which resides within. We will use a combination of simple movements with breath to move energy safely through the body, nurturing breathing practices to pacify the mind, sound work to soothe the soul, deep relaxation (including yoga nidra) and quiet sitting (meditation) to help us move into stillness. Suitable for those with moderate ME/CFS.

Residential price: £285.00

Booking ID: 280220

Tutor: Keziah Thomas

A Retreat to the Harp weekend for adult pedal and non-pedal harpists of all abilities. The emphasis is on shared group music making with friendly, encouraging tutors.

Residential price: TBC

Booking ID: 020320

If you feel the need of an escape from the hurly-burly of modern life, come and experience the tranquillity of Claridge House.

Residential price: £460.00

Booking ID: 130320

Tutor: Nikki Tuke

Welcome to a weekend of unwinding. Nikki specialises in restorative yoga workshops for her clients and has witnessed first-hand the transforming and profound effect that comes from working closely with the breath and the healing, grounding forces of gravity. Throughout this gentle yoga weekend, using a variety of restorative and nurturing practices, including using sound meditation and chanting, mindful walking and Yoga Nidra, Nikki will guide and support you along your inward journey to well-being.

Residential price: £295.00

Booking ID: 230320

Tutor: Lina Newstead

A longer retreat is an opportunity to go deeper into the Yoga practices. There will be sessions on posture, breathing, concentration, deep relaxation and Yoga meditation. Other practices such as chanting will be explored. Vegetarian food compliments the practices. Come and enjoy!

Residential price: £490.00

Booking ID: 270320

Tutor: Sarah Fox

Hedge Shamanism works with mother earth and Spirit to help ourselves move towards becoming whole. Shamanism is as old as humanity itself. It works on the ancient belief that the whole universe is made up of energy. Everything in the universe is linked, because at the core everything is the same energy. We are able to communicate with all things in the universe; be they invisible spirit, tree, rock, animal or person. This weekend we will work with and learn from our ancestors. During the experiential workshop, we will work with some of the universal shamanic techniques and learning. This course is suitable for beginners but the materials on working with Ancestors will be new to Claridge House students so those who have attended previous courses will be most welcome to attend.

Residential price: £285.00

Booking ID: 100420

Full Board Personal Easter Retreat. This is an opportunity for individuals to experience a relaxing Easter weekend in a peaceful, spiritual environment. Those on the retreat will be able to browse the books in our Library, enjoy the available games and puzzles or make use of the art materials provided. Alternatively it could be an opportunity to enjoy the garden, walk in the surrounding Surrey Countryside, visit one or more of the nearby National Trust Properties or experience a trip on the nearby Bluebell Steam railway.

Residential price: £345.00

Booking ID: 170420

Tutor: Surya Cooper

A weekend of glorious harmony singing with Surya Cooper who is an experienced and inspiring Yoga and Music teacher, having taught many Singing, Drumming, and other music weekends. (Those with musical instruments are welcome to bring them. There will also be an opportunity to do some drumming and percussion if participants wish.) Drawing on rich traditions of music and chanting from many eras, there will be fun warm-ups, simple songs and more complex part songs taught by ear in a fun, friendly, relaxed atmosphere. No experience needed – a love of singing, opportunities for drumming, percussion and improvisation will let your inner musicality and creativity flow! Everyone welcome; no singing or musical experience is needed,everything is taught by ear.

Residential price: £295.00

Booking ID: 240420

Tutor: Simon Hoten

Take time out for you, to truly relax, recharge your batteries and really focus on your wellbeing. Step away from every day life and reconnect with yourself and nature.
Enjoy delicious, nutritious food, freshly prepared for you.
Treat yourself to slow mindful yoga practices, iRest yoga nidra / guided meditations, restorative yoga, conscious breathing, morning meditation, walking meditation and rest deeply.
Take home simple, yet powerful tools to support your wellbeing and peace in your everyday life.

Residential price: TBC

Booking ID: 270420

If you feel the need of an escape from the hurly-burly of modern life, come and experience the tranquillity of Claridge House.

Residential price: £460.00

Booking ID: 010520

Tutor: Leah Barnett

Over the weekend we`ll explore how the yoga practices can help calm a busy mind, soothe an agitated nervous system and connect with the ocean of peace which resides within. We will use a combination of simple movements with breath to move energy safely through the body, nurturing breathing practices so pacify the mind, sound work to soothe the soul, deep relaxation (including yoga nidra) and quiet sitting (meditation) to help us move into stillness. Suitable for those with moderate ME/CFS.

Residential price: £285.00

Booking ID: 050520

Tutor: Liz Walker

The Mindful Self-Compassion Silent Retreat is an opportunity for MSC graduates to explicitly develop their compassion practice. Enjoying 6 days, 5 nights of profound self-care, practising the life-changing tools and meditations of MSC in silence. It is a time of personal reflection. Guided sessions are structured to include a mixture of sitting, lying and movement practices. For more information or to book please visit: www.KindMindAcademy.com/courses

Residential price: TBC

Booking ID: 110520

If you feel the need of an escape from the hurly-burly of modern life, come and experience the tranquillity of Claridge House.

Residential price: £460.00

Booking ID: 120520

Tutor: Jenny Webb

This workshop, led by Jenny Webb, offers an introduction to both handweaving and mindfulness. Using a mixture of theory and practice, we will explore the ways in which weaving can be used to help introduce periods of peacefulness, awareness and creative expression into our lives. We will be able to share our experiences in a comfortable and accepting setting. Everyone will go home with a small piece of tapestry weaving of their own. All equipment will be provided. If you are concerned that weaving could be challenging for you, please contact me to discuss the ways in which the workshop can be adapted to your needs.
May be contacted via Claridge House
Feedback from a previous Day Workshop
“Very interesting and thought provoking ... a really enjoyable and positive day”
“Thoroughly enjoyed the day”
“Very useful exercises”
“Overall you have helped me see the value of mindfulness ... helpful to come to MfW with ‘heart and mind prepared”
“Very stimulating, inspiring. I would love to do more”
“I really liked the weaving packs, also the examples”
“I was grateful that you explained the different roots of mindfulness and the history and background”

Non-residential price: £50.00

Booking ID: 150520

Tutor: Julia R Martin

Spend a weekend experiencing painting the vibrantly coloured Peacock bird, an emblem of beauty and dignity in the Ming dynasty of China. All the basic strokes will be explained and demonstrated. The necessary equipment and individual support will be provided.

Residential price: £285.00

Booking ID: 050620

Tutor: Angela Davies

Bach Remedies are a set of 38 flower based essences created by a medical doctor in the 1930s. They are natural, safe and suitable for everyone, even for those on medication. They gently lift us out of difficult emotional states so we can become more balanced. A supportive, nurturing weekend to explore where you are in your life, mentally/emotionally, where you would like to be and how the remedies can support you in moving forward. Make yourself a mixing bottle containing up to seven remedies to use and take away - a combination unique to you.

Residential price: £285.00

Booking ID: 080620

If you feel the need of an escape from the hurly-burly of modern life, come and experience the tranquillity of Claridge House.

Residential price: £460.00