Move into Wellbeing – A Morning Retreat

Are you curious to discover how you can radically increase your wellbeing? Join Kate Sagovsky & the BCA founders for a carefully curated mini-retreat that will introduce a range of wellbeing practices – Feldenkrais, Yoga & Meditation – that cultivate body-mind wellbeing, and allow participants to reconnect with their embodied experience. 

WhereThe William Elder Building, 56-58 Castlegate, Berwick, TD15 1JT
Date: Saturday, 4 January
Time: 9.30am–1pm
Facilitators: Kate Sagovsky, Jo Ladd, Tom Sykes & Ben Lewis
Who: this workshop is for all adults 18+

All equipment is included in this workshop.

Ticket Price & Booking 

All of our events are priced on a pay what you can sliding scale – no questions asked – just head to our booking page and choose the right price for you.

Full Price – £40
Reduced Price – £20
Concession – £5

All our events can be booked via email and paid for in person, if you would prefer to book in this way please contact us here.

In a warm and welcoming environment, this small group (max. 15 participants) will be guided by experienced teachers through a range of complementary wellbeing practices – including sitting & walking meditation, gentle yoga, & the Feldenkrais Method.

Discover what works for you and how you might begin to introduce, develop and deepen a regular mindfulness-movement practice into your everyday life.  Leave this unique workshop feeling relaxed and free in your movement, less stressed, and more connected to yourself and others. 

Introduction to Feldenkrais: Discover the magic of the Feldenkrais Method in this relaxed and fun session. You will be guided through different sequences of slow, gentle movements, using simple, easy-to-follow instructions. Together, we will explore how slowing down and bringing your awareness to physical sensations can enable you to move, breathe, and live your life more fully and with greater ease. We invite you to join us if you are curious about how the Feldenkrais Method can help you reduce pain, fatigue, and stress; change unhelpful habits; and cultivate deep self-awareness. We will introduce you to some of the key concepts of this ground-breaking method, and allow you to experience for yourself how mindful movement explorations can facilitate a transformative journey of self-discovery, and encourage internal resilience, balance, clarity, & strength.

 

Introduction to Meditation: BCA founder Ben Lewis will introduce the group to simple seated and walking meditation practices, of no more than 10-minutes at a time, throughout the day. These practices will explore our felt-experience and will compliment the two movement practices perfectly.

Introduction to Yoga: Come and explore the benefits of a gentle yoga practice that’s suitable for all – even if you’ve never tried yoga before! Work at your own level in a safe and supportive environment. Yoga aims to connect body, breath and mind and encourages us to explore how we feel, rather than how we look. Berwick Contemplative Arts would like to encourage and support you to begin, reconnect with, or continue your yoga journey with our gentle, friendly, and encouraging ‘Yoga for All’ practice. Because yoga is for everyone!

Schedule:
9.30am: Welcome from BCA
9.45am: Sitting Meditation (10-minutes)
10am: Feldenkrais (45-minutes)
(Break)
11.10am: Walking Meditation (10-minutes)
11.25am: Gentle Yoga (50-minutes)
12.25am: Sitting Meditation (10-minutes)
12.40pm: Discussion & Questions (20-minutes)

Everyone is welcome: all sessions are accessible for complete beginners, as well as those with more experience. Please wear comfortable clothes that don’t restrict your movement and bring layers you can add for warmth.

Interested in joining but not sure that it’s right for you?
Many people have fears that their fitness levels, personal physical challenges, body shape, age, or other factors may mean they will not be able to partake in a workshop, or would not be welcome there. We believe mindfulness and movement is for everyone – and we mean, everyone – and aim to make our spaces as accessible and inclusive as possible. Our teachers are specialists in working with a wide range of people, adapting their teaching to your needs. If you have any questions, anxieties, or fears about participating please contact us and we will happily talk through your personal circumstances and make sure the workshop is accessible for you.

Parking

If you are planning to drive to one of our workshops please note that for the majority of parking in Berwick you will need to purchase a parking disc (£1) and that parking restrictions apply for nearly all parking in Berwick (parking discs are not required in long stay car parks).

If you have booked onto a workshop of 3 hours or more, on any day other than a Sunday, you will need to park in one of the long stay car parks (see image).

Please click the image to view a map of car parks in Berwick.

If you have any questions about parking or anything else to do with this workshop, please contact us here.

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