The Hearth 2025

The Hearth is a ceremonial nature-immersion retreat. During these six days, you will be spending extended time in nature, expanding your boundaries and your ability to communicate with the world, through fasting, guided breath and voicework, and prayerful movement. You will spend time sitting in council around the fire, sleeping under the stars, off-grid and close to the land, with just yourself, with nature and with a small group of fellow explorers.

This is a timely invitation to leave behind the trappings of your busy life and sink deep into the mystery that is the natural world, and begin to understand your intimate relationship with it. This is a call for you to sink a tap-root deep down into the soil, to connect you back with the source of all things, to find ballast, balance and a new orientation for yourself and for the future.

with Mac Macartney, Tugba Kirhan and Joey Waterson

In this ceremony, in the beautiful valley of Embercombe, we follow the steps of those who walked this wild land thousands of years ago, connecting with something sacred, sometimes forgotten and yet very necessary, now more urgently than ever. Our intention is to find a deeper appreciation of ourselves as a crucial part of nature, rather than separate from it, and the sense of belonging, peace and purpose that this may bring for us and those that we return to. Join us.

The Hearth is open to those who have participated in The Journey at Embercombe and to anyone who is ready to deepen  their understanding of themselves and the unique offering they can make to the world.

This programme involves breathwork, fasting and sleeping under canvas for three consecutive days. If you have not participated in The Journey programme please contact support@embercombe.org before booking to see if this the right programme for you.

ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation is at Embercombe in shared or single occupancy or camping.

FOOD: All your meals are included. Organic, vegetarian food is lovingly prepared on site using produce from the Embercombe garden wherever possible. Special diets are adeptly catered for. Please indicate if you require this on the  booking form.

PRICING: 
£980 Subsidised Ticket
£1,105 Regular Ticket
£1,230 Supporter Ticket

Please consider purchasing a Supporter Ticket if your finances allow it, to subsidise participants who can’t afford the full price.

Limited bursary places are available for £588 on application here.

BOOKING: To book and pay for your place, please select the tickets on this Booking  Form. 

BALANCE PAYMENTS:  If you have previously purchased a Deposit Ticket and are looking to pay the balance of your ticket in full, please do so here. If you would like to split your balance payment into monthly instalments after a Deposit only booking, then please register for this here.

ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation as standard is in shared yurts. If you would like to add a private yurt, please complete your booking below and then click here to pay the surcharge for single occupancy.

SLIDING SCALE: We ask that you read about our ticket pricing model here and reflect on your financial situation before choosing which ticket to purchase.

Read our Booking Terms & Conditions here.