Nourishing Summer Day Retreat

Nourishing Summer Day Retreat

Join us for a relaxing day retreat filled with nourishing activities to revitalize your mind, body, and soul this summer!

By Bridgeen Rea-Kaya

Date and time

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 09:30 - 16:00 GMT+1

Location

Dunadry Hotel And Gardens

2 Islandreagh Drive Dunadry BT41 2HA United Kingdom

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About this event

  • 6 hours 30 minutes

Nourishing Summer Day Retreat

“From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax and be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we can walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth.” Thich Nhat Hanh

Join us on Saturday 17 August from 9:30am for tea, coffee and scones a full day of self-care and self-compassion.

Our retreat will be held in the Dunadry Hotel's 'Garden Room' which, as the name suggests, is in the beautiful gardens of the hotel, which has its own set of peacocks roaming about!

Life can get hectic for all of us, we can all get so busy and caught up that we have no time to reflect on where we are, what we’re doing, and where we are going. We need to take time out. Preferably in a peaceful, beautiful place, like the Dunadry Hotel, where all our needs will be catered for.

This will be a true day of rest. We will be served sandwiches and wraps (all vegetarian) for lunch. There will be lots of space, time, and silence with guided self-compassion practices to support your restoration. And we will end the day with a nice cup of tea/coffee and some gratitude practice.

Throughout the day, Bridgeen will guide you through various mindfulness and self-compassion practices and exercises that will help you cultivate a deeper sense of self-awareness and self-acceptance. You'll learn how to be kinder to yourself, and how to let go of negative self-talk.

It’s a real chance to deepen your practice. The schedule includes meditation, a mindful sense and savour outdoor walks and deep relaxation practices incorporating self-compassion and mindfulness.

Some experience in meditation, mindfulness, and/or yoga is desirable.

Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with yourself and others in a supportive and nurturing environment. Sign up now to reserve your spot!

What people said about my previous retreats:

"Great experience! Peaceful setting, couldn't have been better! You really helped me understand mindfulness and 'come home'. Edith Doran

"It was really lovely, I genuinely enjoyed all of it. It helped me relax completely. I want to explore this way of being more. The views over the garden were stunning." Melissa Joyce

"Really appreciated the whole experience which was very calming and meditative. I liked the peaceful room, gardens and staff." Eric Morrison

"I liked the mixture of style of meditaion/mindful practice, the permission to opt out, no pressure, no judgement. Loved the whole programme options and choices. Private room, very clean, lovely location. It was wonderful nuturing and supportive, thank you Bridgeen." Julie

"I loved all of it. It came at really opportune time in my life, the loving kindess was especially great. The surroundings very beautiful." Terri

"I liked the space and time to stop and be and to remember who I am and what I have. Beautiful setting, calm and peaceful. It was wonderful, calming, steading, space, time, self-care, lovely group, lots of variety and chance to come home." Pauline

"I enjoyed the guided meditations as it helped me to 'switch off', it has inspired me to get back to this practice. The setting and grounds were beautiful. The rooms were very comfortable." Clare

"I liked all of the program, loved the time given to walking and private time. I found the silence difficult at the start during meals but felt it was beneficial. I liked the food and the clean tidy room and peaceful ambiance. Enjoyed the experience, it helped me to relax and taught me to love and be kind to myself so I can do this for others." Tracey Sproule.

It is possible to pay offline Contact me via mindfulmind@outlook.com

As always, tickets for Immeasurable Minds events are not refundable or transferable. Thank you.

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Bridgeen is a pioneer of mindfulness and mindful self-compassion classes for the general public in Northern Ireland. She has a Masters in Mindfulness Based Approaches (Msc) from Bangor University, Wales. She is an accredited and trained Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) Teacher, a qualified yoga teacher (YFNI), Reiki Master and a lover of the slow down movement. You can watch her 2014 TEDx talk here.

Bridgeen follows all the good practice guidelines for mindfulness teachers. She is also a member of the British Association for Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA) and the Mindfulness Teachers Network Ireland (MTAI). Bridgeen is also a qualified mindfulness supervisor, please email her if you are a mindfulness teacher and would like supervision mindfulmind@outlook.com.

A proud member of Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing with the dharma name: True Profound Happiness. Bridgeen has studied extensively with the international Plum Village mindfulness community since first visiting in July 2005.

Bridgeen has been Centra's Mindfulness Ambassador since 2017 and an associate trainer for the HSC. She lead the Action for Happiness course 'Exploring What Matters' a first for Northern Ireland, in summer 2018.

Bridgeen has been featured in the local media numerous times with TV, Radio and Newspaper articles – these can be found on her website here

Bridgeen has an MBA and a BSc in Communications, Advertising and Marketing. Bridgeen's foray into the holistic business began in 2005 when she began teaching yoga.  Immeasurable Minds was originally a part-time business but she gave up her Civil Service job and went full-time in January 2014. She got married in 2017 and added Kaya to her surname to honour her lovely husband. 

During the COVID-19 lockdown Bridgeen rose to the challenge to support people through the challenging circumstances. She offered FREE twice daily meditations via zoom and created Corona Jackanory Stories on the Immeasurable Minds YouTube channel and added many FREE meditations to her Insight Timer Channel.

Her personal motto is "There's no need to run, strive or struggle: just be.'

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