28 Day Residency at Ecovillage Findhorn

Package Dates

Date and Time Details: On your arrival date, check in is at 3pm. On your departure date, check out is at 10am.

Location: Park Ecovillage Findhorn

Address: The Park Ecovillage, Findhorn Community, Findhorn, Forres, UK

  • £750.00 – Low Season Price: Nov - March
  • £900.00 – Shoulder Season Price: April, Sep - October
  • £1,100.00 – Peak Season Price: May - Aug
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Join us for a retreat at Ecovillage Findhorn, a designated UN-Habitat best practice model for holistic and sustainable living. Explore our community and it’s wide variety of educational offerings, or take time to deepen your spiritual inquiry with your own self-directed combination of meditation, dance, inter-faith and nature-based practices. Experience life in a spiritual community, embracing our guiding principals; inner listening, co-creation with nature and love in action.

Our beautiful Guest Lodge and Bunkhouse, now owned and run by the community, are available as accommodation for your retreat, with a choice of single, double or twin room.

 

Elements of a typical retreat:

    • Daily meditations
    • Devotional singing, and interfaith prayer
    • Deep nature immersion
      • Fire: fire rituals, whisky barrel hot tub soaking, wood-fired sauna by the sea
      • Water: sea, Findhorn river
      • Earth: forests, beaches, dunes, and the Dava Moor
      • Air: the Northern Lights are a common sight here in Findhorn, and the Bay a sanctuary for birds, including the famous pink-footed geese who rest here during their migration
    • Sacred dances of many traditions – 5 Rhythms, Ecstatic Dance, Sacred Circle dances and more.
    • Saturday possibilities: attendance to Sangha at Gomde Scotland or Northern Lights Sangha in Findhorn for Buddhist dharma practice
    • Sunday possibilities: morning Taizé held at the Ecovillage, or attendance at nearby Pluscarden Abbey for traditional Christian practice; alternatively, for an earth-based approach to embodied spiritual connection, Bless Dance takes place in the mornings on the Bay, and more dancing on Sunday evenings in the Universal Hall – 5 Rhythms Sweat Your Prayers, Ecstatic Dance & Open Floor. 

Your retreat is self-tailored, with spaciousness to explore our Ecovillage and it’s community offerings, as well as going within for deeper contemplation and rest.

 

 

 

Schedule Options:

Mon – Sun: Early morning meditation – 6.30 – 7.30am
Mon – Sat: Meditation 8.35 – 8.55am
Mon – Sat: Taize (sacred singing) followed by meditation – 8am – 9am
Sun: Taize followed by meditation – 9.30 – 11am
Mon – Sun: Heavenly Hot tub – 5 – 10pm (payable here when booking your room)
Mon: Yoga – 9.30 – 10.30am *
Wed: Play with Clay at Findhorn Pottery – 10am – 12:30pm *
Thurs: Yoga – 8am – 9am *
Saturday: Sacred Dance – 9.30 – 11am *
Sunday: Bless Dance – 11.30am – 1pm *
Sunday: Traditional Music, open session, 1 – 4pm
Sunday: Ecstatic Dance/5 Rhythms/Open Floor – 6.45 – 8.30pm *

(* events by donation/cost: £5-£15)

Depending on the dates of your stay there will be other offerings in the community, including our whole community meditation, community dinners, song circles, workshops, volunteering opportunities, etc. You’ll receive a more detailed plan of weekly events upon arrival.

Retreats are self catered, though the Phoenix Cafe is open daily for breakfast and lunch, and the Phoenix shop for all of your delicious, organic grocery needs.

 

 

Additional Nearby offerings: 

Pluscarden Abbey – Benedictine Chanting & Silent Prayer:

Mon – Fri – 4.30am, 6.15am, 9am, 12.40, 14.30, 17.30, 19.55
Sun: 4.30am, 6.15am, 9am, 9.45am, 12.40, 16.20, 17.15, 19.35

Altyre Chapel:

Traditional Service – Wednesdays at 10am

Gomde Scotland:

Saturday morning guided meditation, puja and lunch, & other Buddhist offerings throughout the year