Silent Healing With Horses 06/12/2026 until 11/12/2026

This 5-day meditation retreat includes 3 full days of silence, offering a rare opportunity to slow down, turn inward, and reconnect with yourself. Throughout the retreat, you will spend time in nature and with horses, supported by structured meditation and gentle guidance.

Highlights

• An area of outstanding natural beauty
• Daily meditations with horses
• A beautiful Victorian house on the coast
• Views of the Lake District mountains
• Peaceful woodland walks
• Careful, structured tuition and guidance in silent practice and meditation
• Delicious organic vegetarian food
• A private walled garden
• Leave feeling light, peaceful, clear, and renewed
• The benefits will stay with you long after the retreat ends

Why Silence?

Silence creates the space to meet yourself more directly. Without the usual noise of daily life or the need to respond to others, your attention turns inward and the patterns that shape your sense of self begin to soften.

In that stillness, the labels and roles we often rely on can fall away, allowing life to appear more clearly, like a calm lake reflecting reality. This can reveal where growth is needed and what may be holding you back.

Silence also helps you notice how you relate to others. Often, our reactions are shaped by old emotional wounds, sometimes rooted in childhood, which can lead us to judge, resist, or try to control what is happening around us. During this retreat, those reactions can be observed more clearly and released with support.

As you move through silence, structured meditation helps you process what arises. Feelings such as anger, grief, or irritation are no longer projected outward; instead, they can be felt, understood, and healed. In time, the mind settles like still water, creating space for peace, joy, love, compassion, and creativity to emerge more freely.

The House

Sunnycote, 39 Silverdale Road, Arnside. LA23 2EL

You will stay in a beautiful large Victorian house close to the sea in Arnside. Arnside and Silverdale is classed as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the edge of the Lake District National Park. The house is within easy walking distance of the bay, with views of the Lake District mountains, as well as forest and hills nearby.

The house accommodates 16 guests in total, but bookings for this silent retreat are limited to 10 people. This creates a calmer atmosphere, with less pressure on the kitchen and bathrooms, more peace and space, and the option for 4 guests to have a private room.

Styled in a quirky bohemian way, the house offers many places to sit and rest, plus a completely private walled garden. There are books to enjoy, and in your free time you are encouraged to walk, swim, and journal.

Travel

The house is within walking distance of the train station, with a short train journey from Lancaster. Arnside is also close to the M6; exit at Carnforth and continue for around 15 minutes along country lanes. The nearest airport is Manchester, with regular trains from Manchester to Lancaster, then a change to Arnside.

Itinerary

Please arrive at 4pm on Day 1. You will have one hour to check in, dinner is served at 5pm, and the welcome circle begins at 6pm, finishing at around 9pm.

Day 2

8am - Breakfast
9am - Meditate With Horses
12.30pm - Lunch
2pm - Meditation and mindful walks
6pm - Dinner
7pm - Free time to read a very gentle book, draw or paint, meditate or journal

Day 3

8am - Breakfast
9am - Meditate With Horses
12.30pm - Lunch
2pm - Meditation and mindful walks
6pm - Dinner
7pm - Free time to read a very gentle book, draw or paint, meditate or journal

Day 4

8am - Breakfast
9am - Meditate With Horses
12.30pm - Lunch
2pm - Meditation
During the afternoon you will have the option of a 15 minute check in with your teacher
6pm - Dinner
7pm - Free time to read a very gentle book, draw or paint, meditate or journal

Day 5

8am - Breakfast
9am - Meditate With Horses
12.30pm - Lunch
2pm - Meditation and mindful walks
6pm - Dinner
7pm - Mantra Lounge

Day 6

Breakfast
9am - Coming out of silence
10am - Closing Circle
12 noon - Goodbyes

Please ask to add £200 to upgrade to a private room.