6-night retreat

The Barn: The Seven Factors of Awakening (6 nights)

With Will Evans and Barn Coordinators

November 24 - 30, 2024
Sharpham Trust
Cost: £445 - £595. The Seven Factors of Awakening are qualities that The Buddha identified as leading in the direction of liberation and insight.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

December 1 - 7, 2024
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

CANCELLED: Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

December 8 - 14, 2024
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

The Barn: Interbeing & Emptiness - a Buddhist retreat with Vari McLuskie (6 nights)

With Vari McLuskie and Barn Coordinators

January 5 - 11, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost: £475 - £615. In this retreat we will explore the interconnectedness of all of life, including our very own.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

January 19 - 25, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

January 26 - February 1, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

The Barn: Refuge and Belonging: A Buddhist retreat for People of Colour (6 nights)

With Lucy Chan, Viren Jeram and Barn Coordinators

February 2 - 8, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost: £210 - £510. This retreat is for Black, Asian, and People of Colour (BPOC) to live, work and practice in community at The Barn Retreat.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

February 23 - March 1, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

The Barn: Satipatthana Sutta retreat - 4 ways to cultivate mindfulness (6 nights)

With Antonia Sumbundu and Barn Coordinators

March 2 - 8, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost: £475 - £615. This retreat will focus on the four ways to cultivate mindfulness as outlined in the Satipatthana Sutta given by the Buddha.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

March 9 - 15, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

The Barn: Dharma Pathway Joy (Mudita) retreat - 6 nights

With Ramiro Ortega and Barn Coordinators

April 6 - 12, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost: £475 - £615. In this retreat, we will explore the meaning, significance and depths of joy - with a particular focus on the attitudes and practices that support its cultivation.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

April 13 - 19, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

The Barn: Earth in Mind - Dharma, Deep Ecology and the Land (6 nights)

With Rupert Marques

April 27 - May 3, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost: £475 - £615. This retreat connects mindfulness and The Dharma with the natural world – at a time when the world urgently needs our care.

Buddhism for Beginners: 6-night retreat at The Barn

With Barn Coordinators

May 4 - 10, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Do you want to learn more about Buddhism? This retreat is for you.

The Barn: Ease of Being LGBTQIA+ Retreat (6 nights)

With Armel Wraight, Lindsay Alderton and Barn Coordinators

May 11 - 17, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost: £425-£565. This is a retreat for those identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, non-binary, genderqueer, and those who simply don’t fit into the gender identity or sexual orientation norms of our society.

The Barn: Tending the Garden - an eco-gardening retreat (6 nights)

With Luciana Edwards and Barn Coordinators

May 25 - 31, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Come join with us to tend our inner and outer gardens - the inner garden of our minds through meditation and silence, and the outer garden of The Barn to prepare the soil and plant the seeds for the growing season.

The Barn: Working With Emotions (6 nights)

With Lucy Chan and Barn Coordinators

June 1 - 7, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost: £475 - £615. In this retreat, we will use the lenses of Western and Buddhist psychology to learn about our emotions in an experiential way.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

June 8 - 14, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

The Barn: Dharma Pathway: Loving-kindness (Metta) retreat - 6 nights

With Ethan Pollock

June 15 - 21, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost: £475 - £615. This is the first of a four-part retreat series on the Brahmaviharas or ‘Divine Abodes’: four qualities of heart to cultivate for wellbeing and liberation.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

June 22 - 28, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.
Buddhism & Ecology

The Barn: Remembering Ourselves as Earth: Buddhism and Ecology (6 nights)

With Tasha Bassingthwaighte, Nina Jankelson and Barn Coordinators

June 29 - July 5, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost: £425 - £565. In this retreat we'll explore how traditional Buddhist teachings like interdependence & emptiness intersect with ecology - the science of relations between living beings.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

July 6 - 12, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

Buddhism for Beginners: 6-night retreat at The Barn

With Barn Coordinators

July 13 - 19, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Do you want to learn more about Buddhism? This retreat is for you.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

July 27 - August 2, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.
retreat for men at The Barn at The Sharpham Trust

The Barn: Meditation Retreat for Men (6 nights)

With Barn Coordinators

August 3 - 9, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost: £425 - £565. This retreat is for men only. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

August 10 - 16, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

August 17 - 23, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

August 24 - 30, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

The Barn: Retreat for Young People (6 nights)

With Barn Coordinators

August 31 - September 6, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £195-£495. This 6-night Barn retreat is for people aged 18 to 30 only.

The Barn: Buddhism and Psychotherapy (6 nights)

With Nigel Wellings and Barn Coordinators

September 7 - 13, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost: £475 - £615. This retreat is specifically for psychotherapists, counsellors and mental health professionals who want to enhance their understanding of how the ideas and meditative skills of Buddhism may be integrated into their work.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

September 21 - 27, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.

Being and Belonging: The Barn - a 6 night Buddhist meditation retreat

September 28 - October 4, 2025
Sharpham Trust
Cost £425-£565. Based on the three pillars of meditation, community and working on the land, Barn retreats help develop a mindful approach to our lives, work and relationships.