Please read our guidelines for guests before booking a course or visiting Braziers.
Friday 24 to Monday 27 May
Mini Indi Film Festival III
Spring Bank Holiday
Register interest / reserve a place here
Wednesday 22 May
Thames Valley Environmental Records – Recorder Field Day at Braziers
Spend a day in the field together sharing knowledge and practising identification and surveying. Email for details admin@braziers.org.uk
June 2019
Friday 14 to Sunday 16 June
Balancing Opposites – How to Encounter Peace
A 3-day shamanic workshop set at the time of Solstice where we can experience fully how to balance different states and perspectives. Creating expressive and harmonious as well as peaceful connection and relationships. Learn and experience how the ancients bring harmony to life’s connections. We will dive deep into the masculine and feminine as well as the relationship between life and death and much more. Read more info here This is a rich workshop with space to breathe as well as learn and is offered by Wild and Home. More info here.
Saturday 15 to Sunday 16 June
Celtic Spiritual Healing
This special weekend retreat is designed to nurture and transform your relationship with yourself. Come and learn ancient Celtic methods for deep, gentle change: adapted for our present time by Kate E. A. Berridge. The ‘Earthall’ Celtic meditation system is compatible with all spiritual paths and philosophies which honour the sacred energy of nature and all life.
£150 for non-residential two day course. Lunch & refreshments provided. Additional meals and overnight stays available; Braziers three tier rates apply. Times: 09.30 – 17.30 pm – concessions available –Book here
Saturday 15 to Sunday 16 June
Summer Herbals
Make your own herbal preparations with Rasheeqa Ahmed from Hedge Herbs – learn techniques for distilling and refining herbs for medicinal use. Learn to identify, harvest and create herbal remedies capturing all that summer goodness for later use. No previous experience needed but returning participants will find this instruction particularly beneficial. £150.00 2-day non-residential course Lunch & refreshments provided.Additional meals and overnight stays available; Braziers three tier rates apply. Times: 09.30 – 17.30 pm concessions available Book here
Friday 21 to Sunday 23 June
Inter-Community Volleyball Weekend
Join us for the annual Diggers & Dreamers volleyball weekend.
As well as the usual volleyball, we’d like to invite all those participating to take part in a sharing circle (of skills, knowledge, cooking, etc.) and in camp cooking, leading games and more.
Bookings are now open, use the form below and email it to admin@braziers.org.uk to join us.
Friday 28 to Sunday 30 June
Jamie’s BodyMind Yoga Retreat
Ashtanga/ Hatha mix of yoga with the emphasis on flowing sequences.
For more information see Jamie’s website
July 2019
Friday 5 to Sunday 7 July
A new festival to Braziers Park! The Elementary Festival. Come immerse yourself in a magical world of music, movement and relaxation through live performance, workshops, sound journeys and healing sessions. Come and see a wide range of instruments from around the globe including fujara, tabla, hang, sitar, cajon, African drums, American Indian flutes and flamenco guitar…oh, and just a little bit of didgeridoo!
For more information and tickets click here
Monday 22 to Thursday 25 July
Braziers international House Team Reunion
Another chance for past ‘house team’, volunteers and residents from around the world to spend a few days living and working at Braziers and meeting old and new friends. Working alongside the current residents in the mornings – cooking, cleaning, gardening, hosting, flower arranging and spending the afternoons and evenings relaxing in good company. There’ll be time for reminiscing, walks, outings and entertaining ourselves.
Cost: £27 a day for a single room, £22 a day for a shared room (This is on half-time working basis).
To book please contact admin@braziers.org.uk.
Friday 26 to Sunday 28 July
Yoga Retreat
More Information can be found here
Sunday 28 July
Deep Listening
Deep Listening is a workshop introducing Pauline Oliveros’ Deep Listening practice which explores the difference between the involuntary nature of hearing and the voluntary, selective nature of listening. This workshop is open to all with no previous experience or training needed, just a willingness to participate.
The practice includes bodywork, sonic meditations, interactive performance, listening to the sounds of daily life, nature, one’s own thoughts, imagination and dreams. It is an invitation to expand your awareness of the sonic environment, externally and internally, in a collaborative, experimental and playful way, for personal and community growth. Book Here
August 2019
Friday 2 to Sunday 4 August
SUPERNORMAL Festival
SUPERNORMAL is a three-day, experimental arts and music festival. It offers a platform for artists, performers and musicians to work collaboratively and creatively for a new kind of audience seeking experiences out of the mainstream. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW SHORTLY…
Friday 9 to Sunday 11 August
Middlesex School of Complimentary Medicine
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Friday 23 to Monday 26 August
The Freedom to Learn Forum 2019
The Freedom to Learn Forum is an annual festival celebrating our growing movement here in the UK. We are an emerging network of young people, families, educators and educational spaces and we believe that learning happens best when children and young people have a voice and choice in their education.
Share in the experiences, learning, joy, challenges and solutions to growing spaces where children and young people learn together by simply being together.
Camping and rooms available. For more information and tickets click here
Friday 30 to Sunday 1 September
Taiji-Qi Gong & Bodywork Retreat
Immerse yourself in a weekend of Taiji & Qi Gong and Body work to experience a deepening and refining of your practice.
Click here for more information and booking details.
September 2019
Friday 6 to Sunday 8 September
Yoga Prema with Lila Conway
We are planning a deeply nourishing few days of yoga asana, pranayama, meditation, inspiration, wholesome vegetarian meals, good company and plenty of time for rest and reflection too. Details and booking information can be found here
Friday 13 to Sunday 15 September
Yoga With Chris
A weekend to nourish your body, mind and spirit. Slow down, quieten, and renew your inner resources. Leave feeling relaxed and de-stressed.
Click here for more details and booking information.
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September
Action for Peace
#PeaceDay
An exploration of past, present and future action for peace to mark UN International Peace Day – workshops, films, theatre, discussions, music, skillshares and action planning. Speakers and sessions from CND, Campaign Against Arms Trade, Nuclear Information Service, Greenpeace, Author of ‘Hammerblow’, Nukewatch, Veterans for Peace and peace campaigners including ex military. Join an internatioal Minute of Silence, Moment of Peace at Midday. Music from some of the finest peace and protest singers and musicians: Seize The Day and Robb Johnson and a conversation with Peggy Seeger!
Discuss and debate the ethics of our Trident ‘nuclear deterrent’ with experts, hear about the UK’s plans for Trident upgrades and the costs and risks emerging, examine the INF Treaty that US and Russia are tearing up – what will it mean? Hear about the new UN Nuclear Ban Treaty , winner of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, meet veteran campaigners, peace builders and an ex Royal Navy nuclear submarine Commander. Workshops on non-violent direct action, games, poetry, walks… Read more...
October
Friday 4 to Sunday 6 October
Sole 2 Soul yoga retreat
Expect Yoga, meditation, workshops, healthy and hearty food, gong bath (no water involved!) and lots of fun in beautiful surroundings.
Click here for more details and booking information.
Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 October
A Four Day Yoga Retreat with The Yoga Hall
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Friday 25 to Sunday 27 October
Wider Community Weekend
Experience life in the UK’s oldest secular community with a number talks, walks, and workshops.
November
Friday 1 to Sunday 3November
Yoga & Meditation Retreat with Ladan Soltani
Join me for a rejuvenating, autumn weekend of yoga, meditation & relaxation at this charming country house. There will be morning & evening yoga classes. Guided mindfulness meditation, pranayama (Yogic breathing) & relaxation ( yoga nidra ) in the evenings. All levels are welcome. For more information and booking please click here
Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 November
Introduction to Permaculture
With Trish Whitham and John Baker
Permaculture Association curriculum.
A wonderfully inspiring weekend in an idyllic location learning the permaculture basics – ethics, principles and design tools to re-imagine your life, your garden, farm, community or any project for sustainability, regeneration and abundance – it’s not just about gardening! To book please click here For more info and pictures from previous sessions go here
Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 November
Winter Herbal Medicine
Make your own herbal preparations with Rasheeqa Ahmed from Hedge Herbs – learn techniques for distilling and refining herbs for medicinal use. Learn to identify, harvest and create herbal remedies for winter ailments and general health. £150.00 2-day non-residential course Lunch & refreshments provided.Additional meals and overnight stays available; Braziers three tier rates apply. Times: 09.30 – 17.30 pm concessions available . Book here
Friday 22 to Sunday 24 November
Calm Heart Weekend Retreat with Ruth Culver
For more information and booking please click here
Friday 29 November to Sunday 1 December
Yogi Wonderland , Yoga with Alice
For more information and booking please click here
December
Saturday 7 to Sunday 8 December
Foundation Certificate in Nonviolent Communication
Would you like to bring more peace and compassion to your relationships and your life?
– Discover new ways to communicate and resolve conflicts
– Lean to understand and meet more of your needs and those of
the people around you – in your family, at work and in your community
This weekend workshop will give you an understanding of the key concepts and principles of Nonviolent Communication (NVC). You will learn some practical tools and methods to help you connect with your underlying needs and values and those of the people around you, so that you will be able to approach relationships – and yourself – with greater understanding, choice and compassion.
You will receive a certificate at the end of the course and attendance will give you access to further Nonviolent Communication courses for which a Foundation is a requirement.
Clare Palmer is a certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication with 15 years experience. £150 including lunches and refreshments.
Additional meals and overnight stays available; Braziers three tier rates apply. Times: 09.30 – 17.30 pm. Concessions available
Bookings opening soon – to reserve a space email courses@braziers.org.uk
Friday 13 to Sunday 15 December
Middlesex School of Complimentary Medicine
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Sunday 29 to Wednesday 2 January
New Year Yoga retreat
More information available here