Join us for 3 days of exploring Celtic and indigenous mysteries, mythology, folklore, ancient history and guided meditation.
Are you curious about our ancient history and our connection with our ancestral wisdom and landscape? Immerse yourself in our beautiful surroundings and be guided through this transformative experience with Lucas and Milly.
Retreat Highlights:
Forest Bathing & Meditation: Connect with nature and restore your energy.
Guided exploration in Eryri National Park: Walks in the Celtic Neolithic landscape.
Exploration into ancient roots: Delve into the shamanic and indigenous roots of ancient Britain.
Storytelling and performance: Fireside storytelling on Celtic and British mythology and Folklore.
Guided Mugwort Ceremony: Using indigenous herbs for a guided meditation.
Journaling & Creative Writing: Supported self-reflection and creative exploration.
Delicious Nourishing Food: Enjoy our deliciously grown bio dynamic produce, from the land to the plate, lovingly created by our chefs for you to enjoy.
Tranquil Surroundings: Indulge in relaxation, leisurely walks, and fireside reading in a beautiful part of Wales, Eryri National Park with Dark Sky Status.
“It has been an amazing and profound experience to move, dance, drum and journey. There has been born in me a new deeper immense respect and honour of all who have come before me in whatever form and an understanding and acceptance of the changes that will inevitably continue. I feel very small and humbled by the vastness of all this and am in a new state of awe at our being! ”
What to Expect:
The Shaman and the Serpent: An exploration into the shamanic and indigenous roots of ancient Britain.
Storytelling and Performance: Based on Celtic and British mythology and Folklore.
Walking the Dragonlines: Walks in the Celtic Neolithic landscape.
Connecting with Nature: Forest bathing.
Mugwort Ceremony: An indigenous herbs used for centuries for healing and to support a deeper meditation.
Step Into the Wild: Deepening our connection and understanding of our wildlife and the historical importance of their role and place in our culture and our lives.
Creative Immersion: Journaling, creative writing, poetry and artistic expression and movement.
Free Time: Options for rest, rejuvenation, forest bathing, wild water swimming, explore the stunning landscape.
This Retreat will Help You:
• Deepen your understanding of Celtic and British mythology and Folklore.
• Strengthen your connection to and understanding of nature.
• Exploring indigenous roots.
• Build a sense of place, belonging and purpose.
• Restore balance, clarity and inner harmony.
Who is this Retreat For?
For people who are interested in mythology, folklore, ancient history, meditation, journaling, peace, reflection, health, nutrition and nature.
“I found the retreat to be a most wonderful experience. A great combination of fun, friendship, information and expressions. Meditation, movement, music, beautiful songs, stories, legends, history, fantastic portrayals of the archetypes, walks in beautiful places, nature connections. The knowledge, wisdom, enthusiasm, passion and authenticity of the facilitators was remarkable!”
About the Facilitators
Lucas Davey
Lucas is a trained druidic bard, published author (of The Whispering Pearls), nature and visionary artist and forest gardener who is passionate about this ancient and sacred landscape we inhabit, its wildlife and our connection and relationship to them. Adopted at birth, he has always held a fascination with both our personal and collective historical and cultural ‘roots’, particularly with exploring and revealing those alchemical pathways, places and stories of our past hidden or lost to the mists of time. In line with his family’s tradition (his great grandfather founded The Byre Theatre in St Andrews, Scotland), Lucas turned his bardic talents to creating Into the Dragon’s Womb, a production he recently performed to rave reviews on the Goddess Fyr Stage at this year’s Medicine Festival. Into the Dragon’s Womb is more than just theatre, but explores the actor’s role as shaman, plunging the audience into a mythological deep-dive which, as one audience member wrote, “touches the core of who we are, reminding us of our role and responsibilities within the greater web of all beings”.
Milly Jackdaw
In 1996 Milly had a profound and unexpected encounter with Merlin whilst meditating in the eye of the neolithic, chalk figure carved into the side of Whitehorse Hill, Uffington near Oxford. Milly subsequently fulfilled her dream of becoming a professional performer and worked as such with an environmental children’s theatre company. In addition to performances, Milly facilitates workshops and run nature-based residencies in the UK. Milly has studied Welsh Mythology, trained in field ecology, plant whispering and animal communication, is a trustee of ecological restoration charity Coetir Anian, and has completed a rewilding apprenticeship. She has facilitated nature connection, tree medicine and storytelling workshops as well as leading story walks. This year Milly has been supported by Arts Council Wales to research and develop a storytelling performance based on the tales and histories of Merlin. For further information go to www.millyjackdaw.com/blog
An Insight to the Day…
Everything shared throughout the retreat is optional, this is space for you.
0800 - 0900 Breakfast
0900 - 1100 Exploring our Shamanic roots
1100-1130 Morning break
1130-1230 Forest bathing and meditation in nature
1300 Lunch together
1400 - 1600 Guided walk
1600 Afternoon tea together
1700 Mugwort ceremony
1900 Dinner together
2000 Fireside storytelling and performance
Cost
Residential – Prices are from £572 per person. Prices includes facilitator fees, accommodation and all-inclusive catering.
You can choose from the following options:
Single Occupancy -Double Bed Ensuite £752.00 per person, Single Bed Ensuite £722 per person, Single Bed Non-Ensuite £602.00 per person.
Shared Twin Occupancy - Double Bed Ensuite £602.00 per person, Single Bed Ensuite £587.00 per person, Single Bed Non-Ensuite £572.00 per person.
Non Residential – Price is £408 per person. Price includes facilitator fees, and all-inclusive catering except breakfast.
Concession - Trigonos offers 30% discount off the course for locals (for Nantlle Valley Residents only) and for unemployed.
Terms and Conditions
A non-refundable £100 deposit is required within fourteen days of booking to secure your place. The remaining balance is then due twenty-eight days before the event start date.
The deposit will be retained for any cancellations up to twenty-eight days beyond the event start date.
The full cost of the event will be retained for any cancellations made within twenty-eight days of the event start date.
We advise that you take out insurance to cover against any costs incurred should you have to cancel.