We will share a delicious vegetarian lunch, gluten free options are available.

Jess will share some simple but powerful tools that you can easily implement into your lives to create change in mind and body.

We will be lead in a silent walk through the stunning Wasing woods and en route we will spend some time connecting and immersing with nature and the trees, which has been scientifically shown to boost our immune system, improve sleep, increase energy levels, reduce stress, and improve mental wellbeing.

Arriving to a beautiful lake and wood-fired sauna, we will experience through a Cold-water Immersion and Sauna experience. NO experience is necessary for this and it’s such an invigorating and empowering experience! 

In the afternoon we will practice Yin and Restorative yoga and allow all tension and stress to melt away. 

And conclude the day with a powerful Crystal Sound bath

You will receive a follow up email including the tools and practices we share on the day and recommended reading to help you implement and build further on this day of empowerment and inner strength

Your guides on this journey 

Jess Horn

Jess is a Senior Yoga Teacher, teaching workshops and leading retreats across the world, a Yoga Teacher Trainer and Teachers Mentor.

Practicing for over 20 years, she has found it to be an empowering, transformational and supportive practice and is passionate about sharing the tools that support her in living a more Empowered and Conscious life, with others

Particularly interested in teaching meditation, movement and mindfulness which she feel’s is so necessary to help deal with the challenges of modern living.

Jess skilfully provides a space where everyone feels comfortable, and can challenge themselves safely, whether they are complete beginners, or more experienced yogis.

Jess is also a fully certified Sound Healer and loves to share the profound and magical experiences of the Alchemy Crystal Bowls 

Jess has been featured several times in Yoga Magazine, OM magazine and collaborates regularly with YogaMatters.

Tania Park 

Tania is a Forest Bathing Practitioner, Massage Therapist, and the Wellbeing Coordinator at Wasing.

Having found huge support in her personal journey through yoga, meditation, contrast therapy and breathwork, she is passionate about holding space for people to enable them to take a pause from the business of life and reconnect to their inner selves.

Tania is delighted to be offering these day retreats at Wasing, with the intention of providing people with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the healing properties of the natural world.

Includes:

• Yoga
• Meditation
• Breathwork
• Yoga nidre 
• Sound Bath
• Cold Water Immersion
• Wood-fired Sauna
• Nature Immersion
• Nourishing & tasty lunch (gluten free option available)
• Herbal teas & delicious sweet treats
• Cacao
• Nearest Train Stations

Each gathering includes:

• an explanation of the chakra we are working with
• a guided intention-setting meditation
• gong bath and sound immersion
• integration time with optional journaling and chance to pick an oracle card
• herbal tea and grounding snacks
• a gifted organic roller oil blend for the specific chakra

What to expect

Upon arrival at our beautiful Yoga Pavilion, you will find a comfortable space to lie down – we supply yoga mats, bolsters, eye-pillows and blankets, you are also very welcome to bring your own if you prefer.

We begin with a short-guided meditation to help you settle and bring focus to your intentions. From there, you will be bathed in the sounds of the gongs and other instruments, allowing the vibrations to gently realign your energy and bring you back into balance.

After the sound, you’re welcome to take your time re-emerging, to journal, pick an oracle card, sip a nourishing herbal tea, and enjoy a grounding snack.

As a gift, you’ll also receive a beautiful chakra-specific essential oil blend to use during the session and take home with you.

Your host – Monica Bazzani

Monica is a qualified sound therapist, Reiki Master, and Qigong teacher. Monica is passionate about sharing sound and its many healing benefits on the body, mind and nervous system, and during the Sound Bath will blend gongs, crystal singing bowls, Tibetan bowls, and other percussion to create a rich, resonant soundscape.

About Wasing Estate

At Wasing, we see things differently. That we are inherently part of nature and that what harms the planet ultimately harms us. Everything is connected. Wasing Wellbeing is a dedicated & unique space for revitalising and healing experiences, guiding your journey towards powerful personal care and sustainable health and wellness. These sessions take place at Wasing’s beautiful Yoga Pavilion.

Please note:

Not recommended for those with pacemakers, metal implants, tinnitus, sound sensitive conditions or epilepsy or those who are pregnant in their 1st trimester. We do not offer any medical advice whatsoever. You attend the event at your own risk. If you have any health-related queries, please consult with your Doctor before making a booking. T&C’s apply

We will then journey into the ancient woodlands at Wasing estate for a guided forest bathing session.

Mindful time spent in nature has been shown to boost our immune system, improve sleep, increase energy levels, reduce stress, and improve mental wellbeing.

A pause for a delicious vegetarian lunch

Lovingly prepared by Colline’s Kitchen, using fresh and locally sourced ingredients.

The group will then be guided through some gentle Qi Gong exercises and shown some acupressure points.

Qi Gong helps to regulate lymphatic flow, connects us to our bodies, and helps clear any stagnant energy. It has many health benefits, can bring clarity and focus to the mind and is very gentle so suitable for all levels of fitness.

Visy will guide everybody through the drum making. The day will close with a deeply relaxing gong bath and a carefully crafted goody bag to take home with you.

Gong Baths use vibrations to bring the body into a state of rest. As a result of today’s hectic lifestyle, our nervous system can spend a lot of time in ‘fight or flight’ . The vibrations during a Gong Bath lower the brain waves, bringing you into the ‘rest and digest’ state, where your body can start to regenerate and heal at a cellular level.

Tania & Monica are passionate about sharing these restorative practices, and you will be shown techniques that you can take home with you to incorporate into your daily routine, as well as being gifted a carefully crafted goody bag.

Sunday Soul Retreat includes:

• Cacao
• Forest Bathing session in ancient woodlands
• Delicious vegetarian lunch
• Guided Qigong session
• Gong Bath
• Gift bag

Your guides on this journey

Tania Park

Tania is a Forest Bathing Practitioner, Massage Therapist, and the Wellbeing Coordinator at Wasing.

Having found huge support in her personal journey through yoga, meditation, contrast therapy and breathwork, she is passionate about holding space for people to enable them to take a pause from the business of life and reconnect to their inner selves.

Tania is delighted to be offering these day retreats at Wasing, with the intention of providing people with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the healing properties of the natural world.

Monica Bazzani

Monica is a qualified sound therapist, Reiki Master, and Qigong teacher.

Monica is passionate about sharing sound and its many healing benefits on the body, mind and nervous system.

During the Gong Bath Monica will blend gongs, crystal singing bowls, Tibetan bowls, and other percussion to create a rich, resonant soundscape.

You will then continue our evening with a restorative crystal bowl sound healing journey, connecting with your chakras (our energy centres), different frequencies and vibration. Sound creates a beautiful frequency and intent, which encourages healing.
This session is designed to help you feel grounded, calm and relaxed.

Veronika uses the following instruments throughout the session:

• Crystal Bowls
• Koshi Chimes
• Tingsha
• Drum

Please ensure that you wear warm, comfortable clothes. All yoga props will be provided. 

Herbal tea will be served after the session to create further relaxation in your body and mind.

For any enquiries please email: wellbeing@wasing.mrsdemo3.co.uk

We look forward to welcoming you soon!

Note:

This session is not suitable for anyone suffering from epilepsy, tinnitus or sound sensitive conditions, pregnancy (1st trimester) and anyone with metal plates in the body. If you are expecting, please do reach out to us prior to booking onto the workshop, so we can ensure our teacher is able to support you and your baby through the session or advise otherwise.

Autumn Equinox Half Day Retreat Includes:

– Welcome circle 

– Grounding Autumn Flow Yoga practice (incl Somatic Movements, breathwork and meditation)

– Silent woodland walk and hilltop meditation

– Cacao ritual

– Wholesome treats

– Journaling (guided by journal prompts)

– Time to reflect and set intentions

– Use of essential oils and self-massage

– Restorative Yoga (incl optional light hands-on touches)

– Deep guided relaxation and luxuriously long Savasana

– Take-home seasonal reflections

Please wear something comfortable and warm, and bring suitable clothing, footwear, and your journal for our walk.

Your host:

Senior Yoga Teacher Maura Barber-Oosterhuis

Maura’s love of yoga is infectious. Her guidance is ‘soulful and seasonal’ and focuses on deepening breath, body and self-awareness. Committed to offering a heartfelt experience she will encourage you to reach further by breathing fully and feeling deeply. Her 25 years of yoga experience range from the dynamic Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow Yoga to the gentler Somatic Movements, Yin and Restorative Yoga. With a keen interest in mindfulness and meditation Maura’s unique style is infused with these. She feels hugely inspired by the teachings of Ayurveda and loves sprinkling her offerings with little gems of Ayurvedic wisdom. Always taught from the heart, Maura’s gently flowing yoga is a compassionate blend of deep breathing and mindful moving.

“I love celebrating the seasons. Recognising and honouring the changes in nature always encourages me to adjust my own rhythms accordingly. Moving with the energy of the Earth feels beneficial on many levels and definitely helps my day to day life flow with more ease. Honouring the seasons with like minded people is always a powerful experience, it would be lovely to have you with us!” – Maura (Tranquil Flow Yoga)

T&C’s apply.

 The day

9.30am
Arrival at the woodland venue

10.00am-10.30am
Welcome circle by the fire with cacao and a light snack

10.30am-12.30pm
Guided foraging walk through the woodlands

12.30pm
Seated lunch under the stretch tent

After lunch
Dessert by the fire

Finish: approximately 3pm – 3.30pm

Example of menu (please note this is subject to change)

Foraged mushrooms with hand cut pasta, and walnut and wild garlic pesto

Venison ragout with mustard mash king edward potato, grilled hisbee cabbage

Pumpkin pie spiced cheesecake with pumpkin jam

Your Host:

Joe Cathers is a chef, and forager, and has been exploring the woodlands of Wasing for many years now.

‘From a young age, I found myself drawn to the forest. At first a playground. Chasing a flutter of butterflies, peaking the tallest trees, collecting cobnuts, wild strawberries, raspberries and black ones too. The forest always gifted us a snack to continue following the deer trail.

 The vast layers of knowledge that lay on these trails would not open up until many years later when I found myself an accomplished chef in search of harvesting the perfect ingredient.

I started my journey in the kitchen at a young age for pocket money. Before long I found myself at Johnson and Wales University studying Culinary Arts in Charleston South Carolina. After graduation, I trained at the highly acclaimed Keswick Hall in Virginia. Working here increased my desire to become fully immersed in all sensual aspects of modern cooking. Wanting to increase my knowledge I bound for England to work for one of the most upcoming chefs, Heston Blumental at the Fat Duck. From here I went to the Montague Arms to work with Adrian Coultard before leading the kitchen at the Running Horse in Winchester. Here I became recognized for creating award winning food but also connecting with local farmers, fisherman and foragers. Provenance became everything to me. Developing relationships with the folk producing the food encouraged me back to the deer trail. In search of a better work life balance, I found myself at Wasing Park Wedding venue. Here I unstilled the same philosophy-Field to Fork. Feeling ever more drawn to the forest, I left the wedding venue to head the woodland kitchen so I could continue my quest to become more entuned with what lies on the deer trail.

 There must be mushrooms in this forest, I would tell myself. After hours becoming days and days becoming weeks. My first Porcini had disclosed is location to me. The memory of my Cheshire smile still lives with me. Then came my first troop of winter chanterelle. They were everywhere!

Wanting to share some of my knowledge, I took my son out on a forage one day. His first question was about some green weed that we walked past. I had no idea what it was, and I then found myself on another quest of understanding Weeds and what they had to offer.

Our forests and hedgerows have supplied humans with medicine and food for as long as we have walked along the deer trail.’

Please note:

This event is suitable for participants aged 12 and over.

This event is run outdoors and will take place come rain or shine. Please bring appropriate clothing and shoes.

Please note that this is an outdoor event and will take place in all weather conditions, where it is safe to do so. Appropriate attire and footwear are recommended.

T&C’s apply.

For any enquiries please email wellbeing@wasing.mrsdemo3.co.uk