Meditation & Mindfulness Retreat - Claridge House, Surrey.

This residential retreat combines meditation with the Buddhist practice of Mindfulness and is held at the Quaker Rest and Renewal Centre, Claridge House in Surrey. This is a wonderful opportunity to take time out and enjoy meditation in the week leading up to the Summer Solstice. The house and gardens at Claridge House provide warm hospitality, healing and a refuge from the hurly burly of our daily life (http://www.claridgehouse.quaker.eu.org). Here you will be able to completely relax, let go of worldly concerns and embark on an inner journey to explore mindfulness.

This meditation technique is a corner stone of Buddhist practice, and is the pathway to insight and wisdom as we come to understand the true meaning of reality. Although Mindfulness is normally associated with Buddhism, most major religions and current New Age philosophy have similar concepts to develop an intentional and non-judgmental awareness of self and the world about us.

The course will include short lectures, meditation techniques, and Mindfulness exercises to enable practice of both meditation and mindfulness. The Mindfulness practice will be dove-tailed into the rhythm of the days at Claridge House, and will include periods of silence. The silence will be graduated and will be increased in length at the beginning and then decreased towards the end of the course to enable course participants to return to normal life easily.

The aims of this course are to develop techniques for self-healing through self-awareness. Participants will be able to manage thoughts and feelings which emerge by applying Mindfulness techniques and so experience more balance and harmony in their daily lives.

Anne Simpson is an experienced facilitator of meditation courses and brings her healing skills and knowledge to the workshops and courses she conducts. She has practiced as a Registered Homoeopath for ten years and is also a Registered Healer. Anne aims to encourage knowledge of how to self heal through her practice.

To book your place please contact Claridge House directly on 01342 832150. The cost of the course will be £290 including accommodation and full board. For more information please contact Back to the Source at 01474 815755 and leave your details.

Sacred Sites and the Devic Kingdom Healing Workshop.

Falling after a Full Moon this experiential day will celebrate the advent of Spring and also provide an opportunity to visit some of the megalithic sites in the Medway valley to connect with their energy. We will also explore and experience the energies of the Devic Kingdom.

The Devic Kingdom holds the Nature Sprits who work closely with the Angelic realm to help maintain the balance of nature. Each part of nature has its own spirit world, the elements, the plants, minerals and trees. Through dowsing and meditation we will connect with these playful and helpful energies and so experience the joy of nature at a deeper level.

We may also be able to visit a crop circle if one has appeared in the area by then.

Although not strenuous there will be some walking to access the megalithic sites, woods and fields. Please therefore wear shoes that are supportive and casual clothes that cannot be spoiled by sitting on grass, stones, and earth. Please also be prepared for all weathers and bring whatever you need for rain/sun protection.

Please also bring a journal or diary, a crystal pendulum/dowsing rods, and a packed lunch. You may also wish to bring a camera.

Cost for the day is £50.00 per person. The day starts at 10.00am and finishes at 5.00pm there will be breaks and an hour for lunch.

We will meet at 15 Station Road, Meopham, Kent which is accessible from the M25, M20, A2/M2 motorways and by rail from Victoria Station and from there go to the sites.

Anne Simpson is an experienced facilitator of meditation courses and brings her healing skills and knowledge to the workshops and courses she conducts. She has practiced as a Registered Homoeopath for ten years and is also a Registered Healer. Anne aims to encourage knowledge of how to self heal through her practice.

To book your place please contact Back to the Source at 01474 815755 and leave your details. Space is limited to a maximum of 12 participants. Places are booked on a first come, first served basis so do please book early. A non-refundable deposit of £25 is required to secure your place.

This day is open to everyone – beginner meditators are welcome.

Ascended Masters and Archangels Meditation Workshop.

This day provides an opportunity to connect with the energies of the Ascended Masters and those few Archangels who also walked on this earth. Working with these discarnate beings can help us enormously with our life’s journey and healing process.

Ascended Masters have walked on the earth many times and have undergone a process of ascension. These individuals light up our history with their spiritual experiences and their service to humanity. Some of the Archangels were also extraordinary mortals whose lives were of such benefit that they were given wings. It is believed that these discarnate beings continue to guide the spiritual well being of the planet and are concerned with assisting anyone who genuinely seeks a spiritual path.

The history of the Ascended Masters and the religious, esoteric and mystical doctrines that surround them will be discussed, and the process of ascension will be explored using meditation and guided visualization.

Please bring a crystal pendulum, a journal and a packed lunch – teas, water, biscuits and snacks will be provided.

Cost for the day is £50.00 per person. The day starts at 10.00am and finishes at 5.00am there will be a break in the morning and afternoon an hour for lunch.

Venue will be 15 Station Road, Meopham, Kent which is accessible from the M25, M20, A2/M2 motorways and by rail from Victoria Station.

Anne Simpson is an experienced facilitator of meditation courses and brings her healing skills and knowledge to the workshops and courses she conducts. She has practiced as a Registered Homoeopath for ten years and is also a Registered Healer. Anne aims to encourage knowledge of how to self heal through her practice.

To book your place please contact Back to the Source at 01474 815755 and leave your details. Space is limited to a minimum of six and a maximum of 10 participants. Places are booked on a first come, first served basis so do please book early. A non-refundable deposit of £25 is required to secure your place.

This day is open to everyone – beginner meditators are welcome.

Mindfulness Workshop

This three day course will teach techniques on how to practice Mindfulness and Meditation. The practice of Meditation gives us space in our busy lives, and the practice of Mindfulness teaches us to live in awareness in that space. Although the concept sounds simple it is a challenge to practice, but once mastered Mindfulness Meditation gives us a means to manage stress and disharmony in our busy lives.

This meditation technique is a corner stone of Buddhist practice, and is the pathway to insight and wisdom as we come to understand the true meaning of reality. Although Mindfulness is normally associated with Buddhism, most major religions and current New Age philosophy have similar concepts to develop an intentional and non-judgmental awareness of self and the world about us.

The aims of this course are to develop techniques for self-healing through self-awareness. Participants will be able to manage thoughts and feelings which emerge by applying Mindfulness techniques and so experience more balance and harmony in their daily lives. It is intended that by devoting one day a month over three months to the understanding and practice of Mindfulness participants will develop the knowledge and practice of staying present and aware. There will be more advanced courses for those who wish to pursue the practice further.

Cost for each day is £50.00 per person, or for the whole course, £120.00 per person. The day starts at 10.00am and finishes at 5.00am there will be breaks and an hour for lunch. Please bring a packed lunch and dress warmly in layers.

Venue will be in Meopham, Kent which is accessible from the M25, M20, A2/M2 motorways and by rail from Victoria Station.

Anne Simpson is an experienced facilitator of meditation courses and brings her healing skills and knowledge to the workshops and courses she conducts. She has practiced as a Registered Homoeopath for ten years and is also a Registered Healer. Anne aims to encourage knowledge of how to self heal through her practice.

To book your place please contact Back to the Source at 01474 815755 and leave your details. Space is limited to a minimum of six and a maximum of 10 participants. Places are booked on a first come, first served basis so do please book early. A non-refundable deposit of £25 is required to secure your place for one day or £60.00 to secure your place for the course.

This day is open to everyone – beginner meditators are welcome.

Coming into the Light with the Full Moon Workshop

This day will provide an opportunity to release any greyness and dullness we may experience during the short, dark winter days as we come into the season of light, joy and celebration.

The Winter Solstice and Christmas festival celebrate the Light and so herald the beginning of longer days. This is expressed by lighting up of candles, houses and gardens and sitting around warm fires. The Full Moon gives us an opportunity to release and let go of any greyness and dull areas we may have in our life as we come into the light. With meditation and creative visualisation, space will be created to invite Angels and other Beings of Light to join us, and so we may co-create a personalised Advent Calendar of affirmations, and intentions as we come into the light.

So please bring with you one or two changes you would like to set in motion and these will be incorporated into the day.

Please also bring a journal or diary, a crystal pendulum and a packed lunch.

Cost for the day is £50.00 per person. The day starts at 10.00am and finishes at 5.00m there will be breaks and an hour for lunch.

Venue will be 15 Station Road, Meopham, Kent which is accessible from the M25, M20, A2/M2 motorways and by rail from Victoria Station.

Anne Simpson is an experienced facilitator of meditation courses and brings her healing skills and knowledge to the workshops and courses she conducts. She has practiced as a Registered Homoeopath for ten years and is also a Registered Healer. Anne aims to encourage knowledge of how to self heal through her practice.

To book your place please contact Back to the Source at 01474 815755 and leave your details. Space is limited to a minimum of six and a maximum of 10 participants. Places are booked on a first come, first served basis so do please book early. A non-refundable deposit of £25 is required to secure your place.

This day is open to everyone – beginner meditators are welcome.

Angels and Crystals Meditation workshop

This day provides an opportunity to learn more about the celestial energy of the angelic realm and the universal energies of the mineral realm of mother earth. The combination of these energies can be very powerful and help us enormously with our life’s journey.

Angels are beings of light in the heavenly realms who have assisted and guided the wellbeing of humankind for millennia. They are known for their compassion, infinite love and kindness.

Crystals are produced in the earth’s crust and have been used since the dawning of civilisation to assist mankind with healing and communication with universal energies.

Using meditation and guided visualization connections will be made to the energies of crystals and angels, and techniques will be learned to enable us to access these energies for our own healing journey.

Please bring up to three different crystals which you have acquired – one being a crystal pendulum - to nourish the spirit. To feed the body please bring a packed lunch – teas, water, biscuits and snacks will be provided. To make a record of your experiences bring a journal or diary.

Cost for the day is £50.00 per person. The day starts at 10.00am and finishes at 5.00am there will be breaks and an hour for lunch.

Venue will be 15 Station Road, Meopham, Kent which is accessible from the M25, M20, A2/M2 motorways and by rail from Victoria Station.

Anne Simpson is an experienced facilitator of meditation courses and brings her healing skills and knowledge to the workshops and courses she conducts. She has practiced as a Registered Homoeopath for ten years and is also a Registered Healer. Anne aims to encourage knowledge of how to self heal through her practice.

To book your place please contact Back to the Source at 01474 815755 and leave your details. Space is limited to a minimum of six and a maximum of 10 participants. Places are booked on a first come, first served basis so do please book early. A non-refundable deposit of £25 is required to secure your place.

This day is open to everyone – beginner meditators are welcome.

Harvest Festival and Autumn Equinox Meditation Day

This day will provide a space to gather in all of our achievements and to give thanks for the blessings in our life. It will be a day of integration.

The Autumn Equinox is a time when daylight and dark are equal in terms of hours. It is also a time when crops are harvested and all the fruits and benefits of summer are brought in to sustain us through the winter.

This then is a perfect time to integrate what the year has brought and to take stock of the fruits of our labours. It is also a time to plan planting for the next growing year.

Bring with you to this day at least 2 achievements of the year and/or any qualities or experiences you would like to integrate into your life now. Techniques will be learned on how to integrate and how to experience balance through meditation and guided visualisation.

Please also bring a journal or diary; a crystal dowsing pendulum and a packed lunch.

Weather permitting, some of the day will be spent at Coldrum Barrow, a local megalithic site, so also bring warm layers and walking shoes.

Cost for the day is £50.00 per person. The day starts at 10.00am and finishes at 5.00am there will be breaks and an hour for lunch.

Venue will be 15 Station Road, Meopham, Kent which is accessible from the M25, M20, A2/M2 motorways and by rail from Victoria Station.

Anne Simpson is an experienced facilitator of meditation courses and brings her healing skills and knowledge to the workshops and courses she conducts. She has practiced as a Registered Homoeopath for ten years and is also a Registered Healer. Anne aims to encourage knowledge of how to self heal through her practice.

To book your place please contact Back to the Source at 01474 815755 and leave your details. Space is limited to a minimum of six and a maximum of 10 participants. Places are booked on a first come, first served basis so do please book early. A non-refundable deposit of £25 is required to secure your place.

This day is open to everyone – beginner meditators are welcome.

Full Moon and April Fools Meditation Workshop

This day will provide an opportunity to let go of what we no longer want or need in our life. Many of us carry a weight of unnecessary baggage and have no idea where to leave it. Even the Left Luggage facility is closed indefinitely!

April Fools’ day is the first day of spring in the vernal equinox and is traditionally a time for new beginnings, growth and fertility. A full moon helps us to release and bring closure to certain aspects our lives. So if you want to release old patterns that no longer suit, this day will teach you how to do this safely and easily through meditation techniques and creative visualisation.

Bring with you to this day at least 2 redundant parts of your life which you would like to release, and space will be given to explore these; allowing you to bring in the new.

Techniques will be learned to enable us to see how the potential in our life may be realised through meditation and guided visualisation.

Please also bring a journal or diary, a crystal pendulum and a packed lunch.

Cost for the day is £50.00 per person. The day starts at 10.00am and finishes at 5.00am there will be breaks and an hour for lunch.

Venue will be 15 Station Road, Meopham, Kent which is accessible from the M25, M20, A2/M2 motorways and by rail from Victoria Station.

Anne Simpson is an experienced facilitator of meditation courses and brings her healing skills and knowledge to the workshops and courses she conducts. She has practiced as a Registered Homoeopath for ten years and is also a Registered Healer. Anne aims to encourage knowledge of how to self heal through her practice.

To book your place please contact Back to the Source at 01474 815755 and leave your details. Space is limited to a minimum of six and a maximum of 10 participants. Places are booked on a first come, first served basis so do please book early. A non-refundable deposit of £25 is required to secure your place.

This day is open to everyone – beginner meditators are welcome.

New Moon and St Valentines Meditation and Visualisation Workshop

This day will provide an opportunity to explore what we want from our life in the form of a new opening – it might be a relationship, a vocation, abundance, peace or a change for the better generally.

Bring with you to this day at least 3 dreams (new and old are equally welcome) and space will be given to explore these.

Techniques will be learned to enable us to see how the potential in our life may be realised through meditation and guided visualisation.

Please also bring a journal or diary, a crystal pendulum and a packed lunch

Cost for the day is £50.00 per person. The day starts at 10.00am and finishes at 5.00am there will be breaks and an hour for lunch.

Venue will be 15 Station Road, Meopham, Kent which is accessible from the M25, M20, A2/M2 motorways and by rail from Victoria Station.

Anne Simpson is an experienced facilitator of meditation courses and brings her healing skills and knowledge to the workshops and courses she conducts. She has practiced as a Registered Homoeopath for ten years and is also a Registered Healer. Anne aims to encourage knowledge of how to self heal through her practice.

To book your place please contact Back to the Source at 01474 815755 and leave your details. Space is limited to a minimum of six and a maximum of 10 participants. This day is open to everyone – beginner meditators are welcome.

Fireworks and Full Moons

This course is designed to help anyone who is seriously interested in their healing journey to self-heal. Using meditation as an entry portal to access areas in the mental/emotional, energetic and physical bodies where stress and tension are often held, we will explore ways to release dis-ease and so move forward. Meditation techniques are developed for meditators at all levels, and participants will leave with the ability to further enhance their personal meditation practice.

It is also intended that this course will provide a deeper supportive tool for those in the healing professions, but it is not a pre-requisite of the course to be working in such a profession. Although all will benefit from this course, the format is not suitable for anyone with severe mental health issues.

The course is held in my home and refreshments will be provided. You are asked to bring a picnic lunch, dress warmly in layers and to come with an open mind as I will be working with the energy of the group to contribute to the day’s content.

The cost for the day is £50.00 per person. Space is limited to a maximum of 10 and a minimum of 6. If interested please contact me on 01474 815755 and leave a message.