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.
Buddhism & Ecology

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.
retreat for men at The Barn at The Sharpham Trust

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.