DOWN TO EARTH - ADDICTION RECOVERY WEEKEND RETREAT

Founder of elf meditation - I offer a warm welcome and an  open heart to all and invite you to join me on these incredible events throughout the year that range from shamanic practices, sacred space ceremonies including Summer and Winter Solstice events and other festival calender events. My events also include  meditation, sharing circles, trance dance,full moon and  cacao ceremonies, self care courses and also for  addiction. I have been teaching meditation for more than 10 years and am a reiki master, shamanic practioner and recovery coach and guide.

Greta Sherratt

Join us for this brilliant retreat to kick start recovery for 2025 - coming together for connection, sharing, spirituality, fun &amp; nature.

High Lane Farm, Congleton Road, Gawsworth SK11 9RR

Join us for this weekend retreat to embrace a holistic approach to addiction recovery and connect with others who know what it is to experience addiction.Whether you want to get sober or already are this retreat is to bring us together to explore spiritual ways of keeping us well and bring us together in a beautiful space to share whats going on for us.This is open to those who have experienced addiction with alcohol, gambling, work, relationships, underearning, debt, substances, lonliness, isolation, codependency, porn, sex, Information Technology, exercise, food and any others you can think of.The purpose of this retreat is to create a safe space for healing, sharing, connecting, understanding and to create community and immerse ourselves in nature and the elements. We will also be working from a bell tent with a warm fire.This is not a detox or addiction recovery program.There is nothing quite like being sat around a fire out in the great outdoors, in community sharing our truths with others who get us because they just get us.For those who wish to there is the option to camp or bring a van. Plus the farm has a Wild Spa with hot tub and sauna to relax and detox throughout the day at an optional charge of £20.There are just so many amazing offerings here and a unique aspect of this retreat is the merging of recovery principles with spiritual practices such as sacred ceremony and ancient, tribal practices like shamanic drumming which has been found to reduce stress, calm the nervous system and take us into a meditative state.The whole basis of Down To Earth Sober is to create a recovery community out in nature where you get to explore which ways work for you.We will cover what is addiction, the importance of surrender and other aspects of recovery plus how spirituality can help. We will have sessions of yoga, recovery principles, workshop off self enquiry, sharing circles, Sound Healing with crystal bowls and the gong, mantras/Kirtan, Sacred Plant Medicine Cacao Ceremony, Shamanic Drumming and alone time. There will be daily meditation sessions, spiritual practices such as mindful walking, creative workshop and if you dont want to take part in any of these things you dont have to either.There is also the option to use the wild spa with sauna and hot tub to connect to the element of water and help shed some toxins. This is available for an extra £20 payable on the day to the farm.This retreat has been put together by Greta at Elf Meditation who is an experienced Event Facilitator, Shamanic Practitioner, Reiki Master, Meditation Teacher and Addiction Recovery Guide. She works from lived experience of her own personal journey of addiction recovery. Her work is inspired from spiritual practices and 12 step recovery principles and a higher power. Greta will be joined by Paul Makinson of Wallah Kirtan, Leeds, a gifted and very experienced ceremonial musician facilitating Self Enquiry workshops &amp; Kirtan with mantras and song.Claire Clayton from Let Go and Grow Yoga, Manchester offering a relaxing session of movement and sound and Gill Black from Age of Light, Macclesfield facilitating her Dream Catcher workshop.Sessions run from 10am-9pm on Saturday and Sunday 10am till 5pm Sunday.Option to bring a van or camp or rent a shepherd hut. There is also a selection of hotels and airbnb's nearby.For more info please contact Greta on <a href="tel:07379436082" title="tel:07379436082" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">07379436082</a>.Each person to bring donation of food to share for lunch for both days.Striclty SOBER event with no substances to be used during this retreat.Price does not include spa or camping which is £15 per night or £20 for a van. There is also a shepherds hut for hire. Please call High Lane Farm, Macclesfield to book your camping space on <a href="tel:07788700470" title="tel:07788700470" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">07788700470</a>.We accept no responsibility for the huge amount of peace we are sure you will have and (we also accept no liability or responsibility for any injury, loss or damage). Please note no refunds are given once booking.This weekend is dedicated to the future generations to come - to bring healing to planet. Please join us.Things to bring with you:-Refillable water bottleYoga MatBlanketCushionEye coveringComfortable shoes and welliesClothes appropriate for weatherOffering of lunch for both days as a gesture of giving.Rattle or drum (if you dont have one please message me)Note pad and penOfferings for the fire

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