Barn Coordinators
Upcoming Programs by Barn Coordinators
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: Loving-Kindness (Metta) 6 night Dharma Pathway retreat
Also With Ethan Pollock
June 15 - 21, 2025
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.
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: Refuge and Belonging: A Buddhist retreat for People of Colour (6 nights)
Also With Nadia Abdel-Karim and Viren Jeram
August 24 - 30, 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: 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.
Living in Awareness: a 6-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
October 5 - 11, 2025
Cost £425-£575. Meditation, community and connection to the land
Awakening the Heart: a 4-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
October 14 - 18, 2025
Cost £325-£450. Meditation, community and connection to the land
Touching the Earth: a 6-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
October 19 - 25, 2025
Cost £425-£575. Meditation, community and connection to nature
The Barn: Equanimity (upekkha) 6 night Dharma Pathway retreat
Also With River Walton
October 26 - November 1, 2025
Cost: £475 - £615. In this retreat, we'll practise cultivating steadiness in the midst of our lives, through meditation in relative stillness and relative movement and in daily life activities and community.
Buddhism for Beginners: 6-night retreat at The Barn
November 2 - 8, 2025
Cost £425-£575. Do you want to learn more about Buddhism? This retreat is for you.
Dreaming the Path: a 6-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
Also With Arthabandhu
November 9 - 15, 2025
Cost £475-£615. This retreat will be an opportunity to cultivate deeper awareness - and how this can be brought into a relationship with dream and sleep experience.
Awakening the Heart: a 6-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
November 23 - 29, 2025
Cost £425-£575. Meditation, community and connection to the land
Being and Belonging: a 4-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
December 2 - 6, 2025
Cost £325-£450. Meditation, community and connection to the land
The Barn: Compassion (karuna) 6 night Dharma Pathway retreat
December 7 - 13, 2025
Cost: £475 - £615. This is the second of a four-part retreat series on the Brahmaviharas or ‘Divine Abodes’: four qualities of heart to cultivate for wellbeing and liberation - loving kindness (metta), compassion, joy and equanimity.
Living in Awareness: a 6-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
December 14 - 20, 2025
Cost £425-£575. Meditation, community and connection to the land
Living in Awareness: a 4-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
January 6 - 10, 2026
Cost £325-£450. Meditation, community and connection to the land
Awakening the Heart: a 6-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
January 18 - 24, 2026
Cost £425-£575. Meditation, community and connection to the land
The Seven Factors of Awakening: a 6-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
Also With Colette Power
January 25 - 31, 2026
Cost £475-£615. The Seven Factors of Awakening are qualities that The Buddha identified as leading in the direction of liberation and insight.
Being and Belonging: a 6-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
February 1 - 7, 2026
Cost £425-£575. Meditation, community and connection to the land
The Barn: Refuge and Belonging: A Buddhist retreat for People of Colour (6 nights)
February 8 - 14, 2026
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.
Buddhism for Beginners: 6-night retreat at The Barn
February 15 - 21, 2026
Cost £425-£575. Do you want to learn more about Buddhism? This retreat is for you.
The Barn: Working With Emotions (6 nights)
Also With Ramiro Ortega
February 22 - 28, 2026
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.
Living in Awareness: a 6-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
March 8 - 14, 2026
Cost £425-£575. Meditation, community and connection to the land
Awakening the Heart: a 6-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
March 15 - 21, 2026
Cost £425-£575. Meditation, community and connection to the land
Transformation and Healing: a 6-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
Also With Vari McLuskie
March 22 - 28, 2026
Cost £475-£615. On this retreat we have the opportunity to slow down, calm down and to build community together.
Touching the Earth: a 4-night Buddhist retreat at The Barn
March 31 - April 4, 2026
Cost £325-£450. Meditation, community and connection to nature
The Barn: Joy (Mudita) 6 night Dharma Pathway retreat
June 14 - 20, 2026
Cost: £495 - £650. In this retreat, we will explore the meaning, significance and depths of joy - and ways to cultivate more joy.
The Barn: Equanimity (upekkha) 6 night Dharma Pathway retreat
December 6 - 12, 2026
Cost: £495 - £650. In this retreat, we'll practise cultivating steadiness in the midst of our lives, through meditation in relative stillness and relative movement and in daily life activities and community.