
Perhaps you know that you take on too much, but saying no still brings a rush of guilt.
You recognise that you’re exhausted, but resting feels uncomfortable.
You can explain why you react the way you do, yet find yourself doing it again.
Understanding matters. So does having an opportunity to experience something different.
This retreat brings together practices that involve your body, your attention and your imagination.
There is room to notice what happens beneath the explanations, to meet yourself with greater understanding and to explore a different response.
This is deep experiential work, held with care by two experienced facilitators.
You’ll be guided throughout, with time between practices to rest, reflect and absorb your experience.
You don’t need to arrive feeling ready for everything.
You need only a willingness to give yourself some attention.
The spring equinox marks a turning point in the year, as the days grow lighter and new growth begins to emerge.
We’ll use that seasonal shift as an invitation to explore:
What have I been carrying that has become too costly?
What needs my attention now?
What do I want to make more room for in my life?
There is no pressure to produce a breakthrough or leave with everything resolved. There is space to listen, discover and begin.
A gentle welcome — time to arrive and settle
We’ll welcome you with tea, nourishing snacks and time to get comfortable in the space. You can meet us, get your bearings and begin letting the demands of the morning fall into the background.
We’ll come together for a gentle introduction to the day, with space for questions and an invitation to consider what has brought you here.
TRE® with Sophie
Working with the Tension You Carry
Stress can become familiar: a clenched jaw, raised shoulders, a held breath or the sense that you’re always ready for the next demand.
Sophie will guide you through TRE®, a somatic practice using a series of exercises to invite the body’s natural shaking response. You’ll explore tension and sensation, notice your nervous system’s responses and begin listening to signals you might usually push past.
With Sophie’s support, you’ll learn how to pause, adjust and work at your own pace. There is time to notice what changes and what your body needs.
Conscious Connected Breathwork with Nina
Space for Deeper Exploration
Nina will guide you through conscious connected breathwork, using a continuous breathing pattern to explore your inner experience.
As you bring attention to your breath and body, sensations, emotions or insights may emerge. This can be a powerful opportunity to meet feelings you’ve had little room for in everyday life.
Nina will support you throughout, with guidance, choice and time afterwards to settle and absorb your experience.
Journalling and Guided Hypnotherapy
Making Space for What Comes Next
After a break for nourishment and rest, we’ll bring the day’s experiences into reflection.
With guided prompts, your own notebook and a pen to keep, you’ll explore what surfaced, what needs your attention and what you want to make more room for. The spring equinox will guide our themes of renewal, possibility and beginning to put down what has become too costly to carry.
Sophie will then lead a guided hypnotherapy meditation and visualisation, offering time for your body and mind to settle. You’ll gently explore how the awareness you’ve gained could translate into everyday choices — listening to a need, allowing yourself rest or responding differently in a familiar moment.
Closing Sharing Circle
Being Heard and Held
We’ll finish together, with space to share what you’re taking from the day while enjoying homemade protein bars.
You can speak or simply listen. You don’t need to explain your experience perfectly or have reached a particular conclusion. We’ll give you time to reconnect with the room and prepare to leave.
Integration
Support Beyond The Retreat
You’ll take home your notebook, reflection prompts and integration materials to help you return to what mattered.
Our follow-up group integration call offers space to reconnect with Sophie and Nina, explore what you’ve noticed since the retreat and consider how to support yourself as you bring the experience into daily life.
A powerful experience deserves time and attention afterwards.
Your place includes take-home reflection and integration materials, plus a follow-up group integration online call with Sophie and Nina.
The call gives you an opportunity to reconnect, explore what you’ve noticed since the retreat and consider how to bring your insights into daily life.
“I just wanted to say how brilliant I thought the day was on Saturday and how much I have taken away with me.
The whole experience was really eye-opening and moving but in the most gentle and nurturing way so thank you for that.”
— Autumn retreat participant
Saturday 20th March 2027, 09.30 – 15.00
£70 early bird · £85 standard · Option to pay in two instalments
Flimwell Park, East Sussex, TN5 7FJ

Somatic Trauma Informed Coach & Hypnotherapist · Certified TRE® Provider
Sophie helps people understand the responses and patterns that have shaped their lives, and explore what becomes possible when they begin relating to themselves differently.
Her work blends personalised somatic coaching, nervous system support, TRE® and hypnotherapy. She brings warmth, clear guidance and a belief that people deserve more than a life spent pushing through.

Nina is a trauma-informed wellbeing practitioner specialising in nervous system regulation and breath-led therapeutic practices. She takes a grounded, evidence-based approach to supporting individuals and groups through stress, burnout, trauma, and emotional dysregulation.
She is a certified TRE® (Tension & Trauma Release Exercises) Provider, Conscious Connected Breathwork Practitioner, and Oxygen Advantage® Instructor, offering sessions both online and in person.
Reserve Your Spot Now
If you’re ready to step into the new season with more grounding, spaciousness and nervous system capacity, we would love to hold this space for you.
Book your place here:
Come exactly as you are. No pressure. No performance.
Just space to breathe, soften, and feel held.
Not at all. This space is beginner-friendly and designed especially for people who are new to this kind of work. You don’t need to know anything about meditation, somatics, or trauma healing—we’ll gently guide you through everything
Just yourself. You don’t need any special equipment. We recommend wearing something comfy and bringing a bottle of water. We’ll provide everything else you need, including tea, snacks, mats & blankets.
That’s totally okay. Sharing is always optional, and you’ll never be put on the spot. This is a gentle, consent-based space where you can participate in a way that feels right for you.
No, this isn’t group therapy—but it is therapeutic. You’ll be guided through trauma-informed practices that are designed to support your nervous system and emotional wellbeing, but it’s not a replacement for 1:1 therapy or medical support.
TRE® stands for Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises—a simple series of movements that help your body naturally shake off deep muscular tension, stress, or trauma. It’s a gentle, self-regulating practice that supports your nervous system to unwind and return to a state of calm.
You will be guided through Conscious Connected Breathwork (CCB), a transformational breathing practice designed to help you access deep physical, emotional, and mental states. Using conscious, connected breathing, this practice helps you connect with your inner self, balance your nervous system, and release emotional blocks, offering a powerful pathway to mental clarity, relaxation, and emotional freedom. We will also be giving you some techniques that you can take away and use daily to support you and your nervous system.
All retreat attendees will be asked to complete a medical questionnaire prior to the retreat. In many cases, practices can be adapted to suit individual needs, but certain conditions require extra care, including:
Cardiovascular issues
Pregnancy
Seizure disorders or epilepsy
Recent surgery or serious injuries
Glaucoma or eye surgery
If you would like to discuss any medical conditions before booking, please feel free to email us at [email protected]