Slow Soul Sunday – Celebrating Imbolc

Sunday, 2 February 2025, 10:00-13:00

Even if the world outside feels a little crazy, we will create this container of peace and calm to help you to nourish the body and soul and re-learn what it means to slow down.

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“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop once in a while, you could miss it.”

~ Unknown

Renewal. Reflection. Rebirth.

This month our Slow Soul Sunday will be dedicated to the celebration of Imbolc, the lesser known Celtic festival that is all about witnessing the first faint stirrings of Nature coming back to life.

It’s a time of emergence, awakenings and an abundance of possibilities and a reminder that we have made it through the bleakness of winter and that there is strength and wisdom in stripping everything back its bare bones.

It’s also a potent opportunity to get clear on your intentions for the growing season ahead and listen to your deepest soul self to ensure you are following your aspirations and visions for the future. The inner seeds that you’ve been nurturing over the winter months can begin to take form.

Through yoga, mindfulness, breathwork, reflection and contemplation, radical rest and a deeply healing sound bath, we will come home to ourselves and the rhythm of nature where a natural sense of flow, ease, abundance, freedom and happiness resides.

We will practice in the lovely light filled, spacious Kinsbourne Barn in Harpenden.

Just £45 per person if booked before 19 Jan (£55 after).

Louise Neicho, Yoga teacher doing yoga and meditation pose in woodlands with daffodils

This retreat is for everybody, complete beginners are very welcome, come just as you are!

Here’s what Louise has planned for this retreat:

Renewal

Louise will gently guide you through a mindful yoga practice designed to shift stagnant energy, release tension, and open up the physical body. As you move, she will introduce the symbolism of Imbolc, helping you reflect on how its themes of renewal and rebirth can be mirrored in your own life.

Reflection

As we slow down, you’ll ease into restorative and yin yoga poses that invite deep relaxation and calm the nervous system. This is a time to pause, breathe, and look inward. You’ll have the space to reflect on the season that’s passed and thoughtfully set intentions for the one ahead.

Rebirth

We’ll complete our retreat with a deeply restorative yoga nidra session enhanced by sound therapy, preparing ourselves for our own rebirth.

This Slow Soul Sunday will be perfect for you if you:

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find it difficult to create the time for a full retreat

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experience the ‘Sunday blues’ as the weekend comes to a close

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find yourself juggling a multitude of things and reaching overwhelm

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are looking for tools and techniques that you can use in everyday life to re-learn how to slow down

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need some inner nourishment and deep rest

If you have any queries don’t hesitate to get in touch – louise@woodlandyoga.co.uk.

Nature offerings and cards in circle at yoga and mindfulness retreats

Your Teacher

‘Yoga gives us peace and clarity in order to see the beauty and wonder that is all around us’

Louise Neicho

Having spent the first 20 years of my professional life working in and with Nature I feel a deep connection to the natural world that has promoted numerous benefits in my life. Combining this with a love and appreciation of yoga and mindfulness that spans over two decades has enabled me to share practices that help us connect more deeply with Nature and ourselves. I have completed over 1000hrs of yoga and mindfulness teacher training and in 2023 I received a distinction for my master’s degree in Mindfulness where my thesis focused on the wellbeing benefits of connecting with Nature. I can honestly say that yoga and Nature has saved my life on more than one occasion, and I don’t think I would be the person I am today if it wasn’t for my practice. To bring all of this together is simply a dream come true and I hope you will join me and our like-minded community soon.

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Words from my clients

'These are more than yoga sessions! Louise has a gift at transferring a real sense of inner calm and peace, in what has been very challenging times. Her lessons are creative and extremely useful in understanding how to cope in challenging situations. I informed a friend quite simply attending online has been a game changer for me. I feel ready to conquer my day or week ahead. A priceless gift.'

‘A priceless gift’
byLiza Timpson

'Louise has a very unique approach to teaching yoga, drawing learning from nature, neuroscience and nourishing spiritual teachings! I love the variety in her programmes, which combine mindfulness practices, movement and postures, readings and poetry, with wisdom and warmth. I am learning so much about how the mind, body and spirit can work together to cultivate compassion, strength and resilience for ourselves and those around us.'

‘A unique appraoch to yoga’
by Liz Hobman

'What I love best about your classes is that they not only give the benefit of a yoga practice but also deliver simple and practical ways to apply the weekly themes and help support mental wellbeing which is especially important at this time. Speaking as someone who struggled to make time for a single weekly practice, I am now getting to my yoga mat most days and it has become a ‘non-negotiable’ in my daily life and one which I make time for.'

‘Supports mental wellbeing’
by Finola McManus

Ready to join us?

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Connections

Connect with yourself, Nature and beautiful like-minded souls that will ensure you leave feeling grounded and calm but at the same time energised and awakened.

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Location

The Kinsbourne Barn, Harpenden, AL5 3PZ, a beautiful spacious, light filled space set in the Hertfordshire countryside.

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How to Prepare

Bring a yoga mat, blanket and a couple of pillows or bolster. Wear something cosy and comfortable.

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