weekend women retreat

Awaken the Creative

Movement, Art, and Voice

28-30 March 2025

 

About the retreat

Within the beautiful setting of Launde Abbey, you will experience a weekend with Anand Kirtan, Areeradh and Anna Michalska, exploring music, voice, art, movement, and dance – all for the purpose of connection, healing and joy! There will also be space for meditation and reflection, solo or guided.  

The retreat is in one of the most beautiful settings in the Leicestershire countryside, amongst rolling fields and surrounded by beautiful, peaceful gardens and grounds. We have meeting rooms for our creative activities and access to outside, we have also booked the on site chapel for a sacred singing session. This is a venue which inspires peace and calm.

The retreat is fully catered,  starting with dinner on Friday and ending with lunch on Sunday, with delicious food that will be tailored around your own diets and allergies.

    Who this retreat for

    This retreat is perfect for: people wanting to spend time exploring their creativity. As well as women already working in wellness, yoga, sound, music, art or movement, who wish to learn some wonderful exercises to take back into their own communities and groups. ​

    This is an alcohol and meat free retreat. 

    Accommodation

    All rooms are ensuite, we have access to twins and singles, but space is limited, as the rooms are also rented out to individual retreaters who have come for spiritual reflection. This retreat is women only, so you would be sharing with another woman, but if you have a friend/preference for someone you know is coming and want to share with them, please let us know at time of booking.

    For more details about the venue and surrounding area click here: https://www.laundeabbey.org.uk/

    Price and special offer

    All with ensuite bathrooms. 

    • Twin rooms are £500 per person early bird before 1st December 2024, £550 afterwards
    • Single rooms are £550 per person early bird before 1st December 2024, £600 afterwards

    All costs include Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon, all meals, and teaching.

    The deposit is £200 and is non-refundable.  Please read the booking information below and protect your booking with insurance. Your place is only secured with a deposit. Full payment is due by the end of January 2025.

    We currently have 3 spaces available at a cost price. It’s a special discount supported by the DANCEmandala School of Moving Meditation. Get in touch with Areeradh via Email Here

    A retreat to nurture creativity, connection, and deep rest.

    Space and time to refresh, rebirth,  remember our divine essence.

    Discover

    Your true voice with Anand Kirtan

    Awaken the Creative through voice, singing and music. Experience the magic of your own voice in a safe, supportive space. Learn the harmony of singing together as a community and take home beautiful healing songs to practice and share with your own community. Anand Kirtan works internationally as a medicine musician and kirtan artist and locally as a counsellor and leader on funded artistic/music based projects in the UK community.

    Discover

    Meditative art exploration with Anna

    Awaken the Creative with meditative art. ‘Stepping out of the head and painting with heart. Following guided steps and techniques participants will focus, connect, and expand. Evolving loosening up, letting go of expectations, having fun, and allowing creations to unfold naturally.’ – Anna

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    Embodied movement flow with Areeradh

    Awaken the inner dancer and discover your creative flow. We will invite movement with the support of the DANCEmandala Elemental map to explore and work with this year potent energy of rebirthing. As we dive into somatic awareness, emotive movement, playfulness, we release tension from old patterns and embrace a sense of newness. No experience in dance is required. Bring yourself exactly as you are into this co-creative process and let your body move into joy and freedom.

    Information
    Booking Details
    • ​There are 12 spaces available in a shared twin dome, for two women.
    • Also 4 daytime places without accommodation for those who are local to the site. It is worth noting for the day visitors, that the hot tubs are connected to the private sleeping area of the Domes so less accessible for day guests
    • Twin rooms are £500 per person early bird before 1st December 2024, £550 afterwards
    • Single rooms are £550 per person early bird before 1st December 2024, £600 afterwards
      • All costs include Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon, all meals, and teaching.

        The deposit is £200 and is non-refundable.  Please read the booking information below and protect your booking with insurance. Your place is only secured with a deposit. Full payment is due by the end of January 2025.

      • Booking payment goes to Anand K Carslake, LLoyds Bank (personal account) Sort Code 30-93-14 Account number 03897101

      Cancellation Policy
      If you cancel at any point, you are welcome to self-organize reselling or gifting your place to another woman who’d like to attend. We can’t offer refunds, so it is strongly recommended that at the time of booking, you take out comprehensive travel insurance for your peace of mind.

      If we the organizers cancel the retreat, you will have the choice of being refunded or offered another retreat date option.

      To book in or ask more questions

      please email info@anandkirtanmusic.com 

      We look forward to a nourishing and wonderful experience together. 

      A place of calm awaits you

      the location

      Launde Abbey, Leicester, UK

      A retreat house and conference centre set in the heart of England.
      Enquiry: (+44) 07305818782

      Phone and WhatsApp

      Retreat location: Launde Abbey, Leicester UK

      Launde Abbey, East Norton, Leicester, United Kingdom LE7 9XB

      How to get there

      info@dancemandala.com

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