Barn Coordinators
Upcoming Programs by Barn Coordinators
The Barn: Interbeing & Emptiness - a Buddhist retreat with Vari McLuskie (6 nights)
Also With Vari McLuskie
January 5 - 11, 2025
Cost: £475 - £615. In this retreat we will explore the interconnectedness of all of life, including our very own.
The Barn: Refuge and Belonging: A Buddhist retreat for People of Colour (6 nights)
Also With Lucy Chan and Viren Jeram
February 2 - 8, 2025
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.
The Barn: Satipatthana Sutta retreat - 4 ways to cultivate mindfulness (6 nights)
Also With Antonia Sumbundu
March 2 - 8, 2025
Cost: £475 - £615. This retreat will focus on the four ways to cultivate mindfulness as outlined in the Satipatthana Sutta given by the Buddha.
Buddhism for Beginners: 6-night retreat at The Barn
May 4 - 10, 2025
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)
Also With Armel Wraight and Lindsay Alderton
May 11 - 17, 2025
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)
Also With Luciana Edwards
May 25 - 31, 2025
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)
Also With Lucy Chan
June 1 - 7, 2025
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.
The Barn: Remembering Ourselves as Earth: Buddhism and Ecology (6 nights)
Also With Tasha Bassingthwaighte and Nina Jankelson
June 29 - July 5, 2025
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.
Buddhism for Beginners: 6-night retreat at The Barn
July 13 - 19, 2025
Cost £425-£565. Do you want to learn more about Buddhism? This retreat is for you.
The Barn: Meditation Retreat for Men (6 nights)
August 3 - 9, 2025
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.
Solitary retreat in The Hermitage - 6 nights for Men
August 3 - 9, 2025
A solitary, silent, and self-sufficient retreat in The Hermitage
The Barn: Retreat for Young People (6 nights)
August 31 - September 6, 2025
Cost £195-£495. This 6-night Barn retreat is for people aged 18 to 30 only.
The Barn: Buddhism and Psychotherapy (6 nights)
Also With Nigel Wellings
September 7 - 13, 2025
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.