Elemental Being Retreat
| Apr 18 |
Fri 18th Apr 2025
4pm – Mon 21st Apr 2025, 4pm BST (UTC +01:00) |
| Eden Rise Retreat Center, Totnes, UK | |
| https://dandelion.events/e/elemental-being-2025 | |
| Promoted by |
Megan Avery
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| Attending |
18+ people
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| Enquiries to | elementalbeingretreats@gmail.com |
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THE INVITATION
Join us on the Elemental Being Retreat for a tender-brave exploration of our interbeing with all that is.
As we move towards Beltane, we will celebrate the full spectrum that life offers, weaving together therapeutic practices, embodiment, archetypal explorations, the 8 Cs of internal family systems, land ceremony and more.
Through the magic of the group container, we will connect more joyously to ourselves, each other and the natural world.
Four juicy days in community to liberate your Elemental Being!
“The support was incredible. I felt so comfortable being myself fully - tears and all! Thank you for providing a space that is so freeing. The world needs more of this love, safety & compassion.”
WHAT TO EXPECT
Each day will follow a similar rhythm, which every session being optional, although full participation is encouraged to experience the fullness of this carefully curated experience.
Example Timetable
07.30 - Meditation, breath & dance - meeting the Great Wisdom Goddess, archetype and element for this day
08.30 - Breakfast
10.00 - Yoga session & group process
13.00 - Lunch & free time
16.00 - Afternoon workshop & land connection ceremony
19.00 - Dinner
20.00 - Evening workshop
EARTH - the calm + centered sovereign
- opening
- group connection
- making the altar
- yoga nidra
WATER - the curious + creative lover
- Meeting the land
- Earth ceremony
- Water ceremony & wild swim
- Meeting our emotions & different parts with loving kindness (based on IFS practices)
FIRE - the confident + courageous warrior
- Fire ceremony - song, voice & music
- Cacao ceremony
- Dancing the elements
AIR - clear + compassionate healer
- Partner play
- Integration practices
- Metta meditations
- Final celebration and close
“I can say whole heartedly that I have come away a better person and it has catapulted me into improving and changing my life even more than before. Becoming better for myself and those that I love. Going on this retreat is one of the best decisions I have ever made.”
WHO IS THIS FOR?
The group is open to everyone who feels a calling to connect more deeply to themselves, community, the natural world and the mysteries of life. Unfortunately the site is not accessible for those with certain physical disabilities - please contact Megan to discuss further.
Taking part in this retreat requires adequate mental and physical health to be self-responsible within group processes; we are all facing the horrors and joys of life and your whole self is fully welcome, but do get in touch if you have any concerns or questions.
WHY COME?
“Where to begin!! The cacao ceremony was so rich, soulful & at times incredibly confronting. I felt a deep connection to myself that I truly thought I'd lost. I also worked through some personal shadows that needed releasing, to do that with the support from this group was so powerful. Also the final practices I found particularly moving. What a beautiful exercise in expressing self love. Megan's knowledge always blows me away, and Bendy's kind heart kept the space so soft & nourishing. Grateful is too small of a word” - CHELSEA, BRISTOL
To meet our different parts with curiosity and compassion, to connect to the richness of our bodies and the deep wisdom that can be found there, to unlearn the bullshit and remember our truths, to touch into our unique gifts and the profound power of community.
This will be a gentle yet brave, welcoming yet challenging, soft yet strong space for you to be held and from that loving place, explore your edges. All workshops are also optional, with free time each day.
WHO ARE THE FACILITATORS?
Megan - A little about the experience I will be leaning into to hold you in this space alongside the rest of the team: I am a clinical psychologist working with adults with complex trauma in the NHS, an experienced yoga teacher & teacher trainer, and a nature-based facilitator with over 14 years of experience holding space for others and more than 20 years of practicing yoga. I also founded and direct the Bristol Yoga Roots Project with two dear friends.
Claire Bender - assistant teacher, make-up magician, and space holder in her own right: https://www.houseofbendy.com
Shell Toll - chef: https://www.flowwithshell.com/catering (pics on website all from last year's retreat)
“I cannot recommend this retreat enough. Megan holds space so beautifully and the days are crafted so carefully to journey you through the elements, connecting you to nature and your heart, through your body. I really loved the barefoot elemental walk and cacao dance ceremony. I felt free to be myself. Writing this is making me realise just how much we did as there’s so much more I could say! What took me most by surprise is how connected to the whole group I felt in just a few days that it was difficult to leave. I am so grateful for this experience and definitely recommend you take the leap and go on this wonderful journey. I am already booked on to Elemental Woman! If I was to sum it up in one word it would be: joyful.” - AMY , BRISTOL
ANYTHING ELSE?
When not in the yoga space you can enjoy the chill out areas, peaceful gardens or the sauna. Only a short trip away is the colourful town of Totnes and the River Dart, ideal for wild swimming. The retreat space is surrounded by the glorious Yeoland, with altars to the different elements across the landscape. In the free time in the afternoon there will be craft activities and trips to the river or coast that are optional. Shell will be serving up three delicious meals a day, plus snacks and hot drinks. If you haven’t eaten Shell’s food before, prepare to have your experience of ‘retreat food’ completely redefined!
“It was absolutely amazing. I thought the balance of movement, reflection, learning, talking in big / small groups, activities, quiet time, noisy time, fun time, sad time and DANCING was brilliant”
A webpage with images and links to videos is here: https:/www.meganavery.co.uk/elemental-being-retreat-2025
Are you feeling the call? We would LOVE to welcome you in to this circle of love, empowerment, vulnerability, strength, mystery and playfulness. You are so welcome, as you are. Reach out with any questions to elementalbeingretreats@gmail.com
With love and power
Megan and the team
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CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations refunded (minus £50 deposit) up to 60 days before the retreat or at any time if you can fill your space. Deposits are non-refundable to cover admin time.
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Feedback on Megan Avery's events
| Stephanie Holden on Elemental Being Retreat | 2 months ago | |
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Absolutely amazing retreat. Megan created a wonderful schedule and hosted the group with sensitivity and deep insight. This was my third time on this retreat and it is the best I have ever experienced in over 40 years of yoga practice. 🙏
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| Sula on Elemental Being Retreat | 2 months ago | |
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Absolutely blown away by the power of this retreat. Megan holds the space with gentleness and power, and is very experienced in group work. This is not just a yoga retreat, there is so much depth and wisdom shared, and I already feel the work here rippling out to my every day life. No emotion is too big to share, we were well held (and fed!) throughout. I've already booked onto the next one! :)
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| Dunja L. on Imbolc Workshop 2025: Being, Becoming, Belonging | 5 months ago | |
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Meghan is just incredible. Gorgeous, soft and wise and so beautifully present in the space. Her work is so important and inspiring and I would recommend it to anyone in this world. She will really take you through a journey towards discovery but will never push you too far and you will feel so safe and held!!! Big big love to this human !
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| Portia H. on Imbolc Workshop 2025: Being, Becoming, Belonging | 5 months ago | |
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Excellent facilitator, a safe space held for all. Highly reccomended.
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| Dia D. on Imbolc Workshop 2025: Being, Becoming, Belonging | 5 months ago | |
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Beautifully held workshop! I felt welcomed and held. The workshop had a great mixture of practices and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Highly recommend Megan as a facilitator.
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| Carrie B. on Imbolc Workshop 2025: Being, Becoming, Belonging | 5 months ago | |
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As always, Megan’s workshop was pure magic. It was a beautiful combination of reflecting, exploring, dancing with what is present and resting. A perfect afternoon for resetting and connecting with other people in the community. Megan holds the space for you to be truly present and authentic. The only down side is it’s not long enough!
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| Caroline P. on Wild Feminine: Yoni & Breast Massage Workshop | 8 months ago | |
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Beautifully presented, interesting, informative… full of Loving compassion, trust & honesty… all SO appreciated… Pace was perfect - thk u both🙏🏽🌹🥰
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| Jane Cain on Elemental Woman Transformative Retreat | 10 months ago | |
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This retreat was more than I ever imagined it could be. I felt I touched my core, remembered who I really was and what was important in life. Megan is a very powerful and sensitive woman who has used her own life journey, years of experience as a clinical psychologist treating deeply traumatised patients along with her extensive knowledge of yoga to create this retreat. She has woven her knowledge, beliefs, heartfelt desires and dreams into an intricate web which she conveys very concisely from her heart to the group. She holds every single person with her seemingly tireless attention and weaves them together to love and hold each other, giving the group hope in our increasingly dark world. She encourages you to remember the positive and work with the negative. The eco retreat itself is beautiful and well tucked away, the food was amazing and I emerged a more whole and joyful person.
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| Emma Rhydderch-Roberts on Elemental Woman Transformative Retreat | 10 months ago | |
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I was so impressed by Megan's facilitating and vulnerability. I'm really taking away the importance of sisterhood and connection, this week has been so important in beginning to heal my relationship towards and with other women. The connection with my yoni is so much stronger, I feel like it's the first time I've really listened to and honoured her, which has brought up a lot, but feels like a significant and useful shift. Also the caring and nurturing aspect of the group, the practices and the food has been so important, it's made me want to nurture and look after myself more since the retreat. It was such a beautiful and magical week. I'm so so grateful.
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| Anonymous on Elemental Woman Transformative Retreat | 10 months ago | |
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There are so many things to say about this retreat, it operates on so many levels – but it's one word, transformative, that runs through my thoughts. It allows time and space, to think about yourself as a woman, what that really means, what influences your behaviour, how to free yourself from limiting beliefs. To connect to yourself physically, through yoga, through touch and sound and movement, and to the group, through learning and sharing, being in a beautiful space eating delicious food, having loads of fun – it's all amazingly transformative, it changes how you think. Megan creates a space that feels so safe you can allow yourself acts of freedom, to see what could transform, to commit a radical act of being. The experience of living in a community of women seeking knowledge, all on different paths, is an experience so rare as an adult woman, so magical in itself, that you should grab it with both hands. I wish I'd experienced this retreat as a young woman too, it would have transformed my life sooner. You could find a seed here; a kernel of knowledge to enable you to pass from one state to another, perhaps to begin to realize yourself as part of a wider whole. None of it is easy; but just to be, to feel at home in a safe group of women, who will listen to you and tell you of their own experiences, opens up your mind like a flower. It makes you feel less alone, less small, more powerful as a woman; and who doesn't need that in this world?
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