Be Free Meditation Retreat 2025

3 day Retreat

Thursday April 10th – Sunday April 13th 2025

SOLD OUT!

email support@lifetraininginstitute.co.uk to be put on the waiting list.

Earth Spirit Centre

Compton Dundon, Nr Glastonbury, Somerset

Be Free Meditation Retreat is a retreat in all senses of the word – from your busy life, from your busy mind and from your habitual ways of doing things. So many of us get caught up in focusing on the outside world. On fixing our relationships, on building our businesses, on getting fit, on planning our next holiday. This four day retreat will be the opportunity for you to let go of everything external and dive deep into the one place we often avoid – ourselves! Or if we do focus inside it is generally to fix something about ourselves that we don’t like.

So these four days will be about coming to a stop. About fully accepting what is, exactly as it is. What happens when your mind is still, there is nothing to get, nothing to achieve and you can dive deeply into the truth of being? Love and play. That’s what happens! So we will be opening to more of the deep internal love that no-one can actually take away from you and we’ll also be playing, connecting and expressing.

This is a meditation retreat with a difference! It will be the perfect blend of class time, still meditation and dynamic meditation, mindful movement, enquiry, contemplation time, nature time, and connection. Dive deeply into the Four Elements in the fireside evenings, walks in nature or watch the sun rise from the airy top of Glastonbury Tor nearby, soak in the hot tub and hang out with the trees flowers in the wooded gardens.

The retreat will include:

  • Stillness meditation sessions
  • Mindfulness in daily life classes and practice
  • Embodied Presence sessions
  • Self enquiry- guided sessions to find a deeper sense of who you are
  • Advanced Dynamic meditations
  • Chanting
  • Tibetan bowl sound healing sessions with Karen Skidmore
  • Embodiment dance sessions with Susie Heath
  • Morning Vinyasa yoga and evening Somatic yoga classes with the fabulous Lisa Butler
  • Spa and sauna
  • Songs around the campfire with Jen Le Marinel
  • Time for reflection and walks
  • Massage treatments will be available (at additional cost)

Some of our magical memories

This is time to truly unwind, let everything in your usual daily life go to give yourself precious time to fully be with yourself. Once you’ve arrived, you won’t have to lift a finger! Delicious meals and snacks will be provided in the dining room. In between sessions you can rest, wander the gardens, go for walks and contemplate in nature.

This retreat is not just about relaxing though. It’s about waking up. Meditation is not just about calming, but about opening up our energy system, opening up our mind out of the daily trance and becoming fully alive. The Self Enquiry sessions will be an opportunity for you to ask questions and be guided past the mind to a deeper experience of yourself. Coming fully into the present allows us to see the mind’s stories for what they are – just stories.

The pre-requisite for attending this Advanced Meditation Retreat is that you have done both a Dynamic meditation class with Annie and a mindful dance session with Susie Heath as well as Annie’s Mindfulness for Women online course or a similar mindfulness course. This retreat isn’t for beginners. It’s for those of you who are really ready to explore the transpersonal and who want to find the deep stillness of being.

Most of you know Annie Stoker personally, but for those who don’t, Annie has done over 35 years of study into the mind and wellbeing, so will be bringing that depth of experience into facilitating the retreat. She has always felt a deep call to finding and sharing freedom no matter what. 

Annie spent twenty years in Australia sitting with many spiritual teachers and spent 3-6 hours a day for nearly a year and a half in sessions with one teacher. Having immersed herself in transpersonal psychotherapy and mindfulness studies along side the eastern meditation traditions she has found a way to make the depth of their focus translate for western women who don’t want a renunciate life. Annie’s Dynamic mediations are a much loved feature of some of the One of many retreats and trainings.

At this retreat Annie will also be joined by a very special guest and her dear friend – the wonderful Susie Heath. Susie has worked with corporates, couples, fashion and plants to name a few of her careers! Susie has written books, hosted a radio show and helped her clients explore sex and intimacy from a whole new perspective. She is a highly skilled facilitator in connecting women to the power of their divine feminine. Many of you will have experienced her magic first hand during one of her dance classes and we are lucky enough to have her facilitating three mindful dance sessions at this retreat.

The Venue

Earth Spirit is an extremely popular venue due to its beautiful country position, proximity to the fascinating town of Glastonbury, ecological ethos, friendly relaxed vibe and fabulous healthy catering. There is on-site accommodation for everyone and the hall and dining room are all on the spot.

Classes and meditations – will be held in the main hall. You will also have time for personal reflection during the day.

Meals – Vegetarian catering for breakfast, lunch and supper is included during your stay. There will be dairy free and gluten free options for all meals and much of the ingredients are locally sourced.

Down time – There is a lovely indoor spa and sauna which you will be open to use at certain times during your stay and very quiet corners in the garden for contemplation.

Accommodation

There are 3 types of simple but comfortable accommodation available during your stay.

1. Standard

Dormitory of 7 beds with a shared bathroom

Twin rooms with shared bathroom

Yurt or belle tent for 2 or 4 with shared bathroom

2. En-suite

Twin rooms with an en-suite bathroom

3. Single room

Single with shared bathroom

Single Occupancy – there are only 2 dedicated single standard rooms at the venue which have a shared bathroom with two other twin rooms. Depending on numbers and room allocations, it may become possible for a few shared bathroom or ensuite twin rooms to be used for single occupancy with a single supplement. Single rooms will be prioritised for those with medical needs. Applicants for single occupancy will be put on a waiting list and availability and allocation will be decided once registration is closed.

 

Your retreat price includes tuition, 3 night’s accommodation and all your meals including supper when you arrive on the first evening and lunch before you leave on the afternoon of our last day.

There are only 28 places available and there are only 6 places left at time of writing. Bookings will be taken on a first come first served basis until sold out. Secure your place by booking a Standard Twin Room below. Please let us know any room type or room buddy preferences at time of booking by emailing support@lifetraininginstitute.co.uk  

Please note accommodation choices including supplemental cost for any upgrades will be invoiced separately a few weeks before the retreat starts once room allocations are finalised.

En-suite twin room supplement + £30 for the three nights

Single occupancy supplement + £60 for the three nights

Please note both supplements will be charged if applicable.

Be Free 3 day Meditation Retreat 2025

SOLD OUT!!

To be put on our waiting list please email:

support@lifetraininginstitute.co.uk

Any requested accommodation upgrades are allocated on a first come first served basis and will be invoiced a few weeks before the retreat starts.

The deposit of £130 is non-refundable.

Susie and I had been dreaming of holding a gentle retreat away from it all since we first met while collaborating on the content for One of many. In the midst of the uncertainties of 2020 we were so excited to have that become a reality as a much needed escape from it all. We are so excited to now be offering our sixth annual retreat and very much look forward to four delicious days together to relax, inspire and connect in presence.