Reconnecting to Sacred Nature

“Reconnecting to sacred nature” is a retreat running at Hilfield Friary on Friday 24th (from 12pm) to Sunday 26th (3pm) April 2026 geared at those of different spiritual traditions and none enquiring into the sacredness of nature in the midst of the ecological crisis.

The retreat has five aims:

• To help participants develop a deeper connection to and love for the beauty, awe and sacredness of nature.
• To honestly face the environmental crisis with hope, courage and a sense of personal agency.
• Draw on different world spiritual traditions to inspire, challenge and guide our response.
• Become part of a wider movement for positive, regenerative change in our society
• Learn to know, honour and protect mother earth, allowing all life to flourish.

The retreat will immerse participants in the beauty of creation in the Dorset countryside – slowing us down to nature's pace. Providing time for reflection, meditation and stillness inspired by nature. It will draw upon the philosophies and writings of different world spiritual traditions, the principles of Joanna Macy’s book “Active Hope”, as well as earth sciences and evolutionary biology.

Feedback from past retreatants has been very powerful:

"That was an amazing weekend - much more than anyone could have planned or imagined...It's about increasing our awareness of the awe of nature and how we can see the divine in it." Chris Bemrose

“A massive thanks for the weekend. It really was a healing experience. Rediscovering the awe and wonder of nature.” Anne Watson

The retreat will be led by facilitators from Soul Rewilding (https://www.soulrewilding.co.uk/) a not-for-profit collective founded in response to the climate and ecological crisis the earth faces.

Soul Rewilding believes the environmental crisis is at heart a spiritual crisis and that we need to relearn a new humility and spirituality that reconnects us to the sacredness of the earth and all other than human life.

The cost per person for three days and two nights and all meals is £280. To secure your booking a £100 deposit (non-refundable) is required at the time of booking. To book a place on the retreat please contact Mike Mullins at [mikemullins@soulrewilding.co.uk](mailto:mikemullins@soulrewilding.co.uk).