Spring (Easter Break) Healing Retreat

This Spring/Easter break retreat offers a special taster of three much-loved experiences: crystal healing, astrology, and nature-based retreats, all set in the stunning Scottish Highlands.

During the retreat, you will explore the foundations of working with crystals for self-healing. This includes how to choose, cleanse, and tune crystals, along with which stones may support grounding, protection, and a stronger energy field. You will also learn simple self-healing techniques and discover crystals that can be used in everyday life, from easing stress to bringing greater harmony into the home.

Astrology is another key part of the experience. You will begin to understand your birth chart and explore it in an experiential way for healing, using crystals to help access and shift energy. The Zodiac is created on the floor with glyphs representing the planets and houses, and you step into it to feel the dynamics of each placement. This process supports the release of blockages and helps you move closer to alignment with your true self.

The retreat also includes time in nature, with outings to waterfalls, ancient sites, and ancient healing stones. These experiences are supported by tuning in with the mineral kingdom. In addition, there is free time to enjoy the hills and forests around the center. Many walks and hikes begin directly from the center, and a waterfall is located just a few minutes’ walk up the hill behind Creagan House.

Retreat schedule: participants arrive on Friday morning, with the first session after lunch on Friday 3rd. The retreat ends on Wednesday 8th in the morning after breakfast.

What you will experience:

• What crystals are and how they support healing
• Grounding and grounding crystals
• How to choose, cleanse, dedicate, and tune crystals
• How to sense the energy field and work with light/energy at beginner level
• Strengthening the energy field and sensing the energy of Rose Quartz
• Protection and self-healing techniques with crystals
• Using crystals in daily life and caring for them
• How to begin reading your birth chart
• Healing work with the birth chart and the mineral kingdom
• Working with intention through crystals and experiential astrology
• The meaning of the planets, signs, houses, and the Zodiac
• Gentle hikes, nature walks, waterfalls, ancient sites, and healing stones

Food: all meals are vegetarian and home-cooked. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and teas, coffees, and snacks are included. Dietary options available on request at booking include dairy free, gluten free, sugar conscious, vegan, and vegetarian. As this is a small retreat center, meals are prepared for everyone together, so individual meal preparation is not available beyond these options. Produce is locally sourced where possible, some is home grown depending on the season, and organic ingredients are used when available. Lunch is usually homemade soup, and dinner is a main meal.

Accommodation and retreat costs per person: all prices include 5 nights’ accommodation, full board, refreshments, and all workshop content. The retreat workshops can also be taken without full board; please enquire for details and pricing.

• Private En-Suite Double Room for 1: Normal Price £1,095; Early Bird £1,030 if deposit is paid six weeks before the course start date.
• Shared En-Suite Twin Occupancy Room: Normal Price £920; Early Bird £870 if deposit is paid six weeks before the course start date.
• Private En-Suite King-Size Bed Bedroom for 1: Normal Price £1,195; Early Bird £1,130 if deposit is paid six weeks before the course start date.
• Private En-Suite Four-Poster Bed Bedroom for 1: fully booked for the April 3rd taster retreat.

Additional costs: Stirling train station pickup and drop-off is available for £15 each way. Glasgow International or Edinburgh airport pickup and drop-off is available for £25 each way. Extra nights may also be booked: Thursday 2nd April before the retreat, or Wednesday 8th April after it ends. Extra nights are £95 per person for bed and breakfast in a private room, or £75 per person in a shared room.

Facilitator: Rob Burlinson leads the retreat. He is an experienced workshop and retreat teacher, has taught the Academy of Inner Resonance two-year Diploma Course in Crystal and Energy Healing since 2014, and has facilitated week-long crystal retreat workshops at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland since 2017. He is a fully qualified Integrative Counsellor, trained in Experiential Astrology, and began his crystal and energy healing training in London in 2007.