By the Dart • Advertising Feature
Learn to be mindful in the woods – that’s the offer from a south Devon education and nature charity.
mindfulness retreats under canvas where participants will learn life-enhancing meditation skills and get closer to nature. The Nature Connection retreats will take place in comfy, furnished bell-tents set up on the Woodland Campsite close to Sharpham House. The benefits of connecting with nature and
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developing a mindfulness practice combine to create a powerful synthesis, often resulting in feelings of gratitude, wonder, calm, self-insight and positive emotions. Participants will experience guided meditations in the Great Outdoors, movement & sitting practice close up to nature, medicine walks and the change to learn plant knowledge and lore and foraging and feasting on wild food. “At Sharpham, we are especially interested in mindfulness as a way of helping people reconnect to nature, towards building a more compassionate, sustainable and socially just world,” said Programme Manager Ben Ballard. “We’ve been a centre for mindfulness for
Events in March & April
Wild food fans will enjoy our Forage & Feast Day on Sunday 20 March, with Sharpham’s resident forager Brigit-Anna McNeill leading a walk through the Estate to find – and then deliciously cook-up - nature’s bounty. There are monthly mindfulness practice drop-in sessions, for those looking to sustain and strengthen their practice within a group. These happen in the South Wing at Sharpham House on Thursday March 24 and Thursday 28 April. There’s also a 1-Day Introduction to Mindfulness workshop on Saturday 16 April. There’s a Day of Silent Meditation at The Barn
on Saturday March 26. This begins from Totnes’ Steam Packet Inn with a silent walk to the Barn. One of Sharpham’s quarterly open days happens in April. On Sunday April 3, it is the Spring Garden Open Day. This year it will be extra special as it is the 300th anniversary of Capability Brown, the famed landscaper thought to have designed Sharpham’s parkland. There is more information and pictures at our website here
www.sharphamtrust.org Or call 01803 732542 or email
bookings@sharphamtrust.org
Weddings (and funerals) at Sharpham
The Sharpham Trust’s spectacular setting beside the River Dart in South Devon, makes it the perfect wedding venue. On a few occasions each year, the Trust
welcomes couples to use Sharpham House and its wonderful gardens exclusively for their weddings.
Many couples choose to hold their ceremony on Sharpham House’s famous feature: our spectacular, oval, cantilevered staircase, rising three floors beneath a domed ceiling and lantern skylight. The Sharpham Trust is a charity working to connect people with nature and to promote
mindfulness and well-being through a programme of retreats in the House and its woodland and at the renowned Barn Retreat Centre, through mindfulness courses at Sharpham and in Totnes and Torquay and through arts, events and outdoor learning. The Trust’s 550-acre Estate – within a designated
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - is home to Sharpham Meadow Natural Burial Ground and the award-winning Sharpham Wine & Cheese. For more information, visit
www.sharphamtrust.org. To arrange a wedding viewing, email housemanager@
sharphamtrust.org or call 01803 732583.
HE SHARPHAM TRUST – based in a sublime setting beside the River Dart - has unveiled a programme of
more than 25 years, long before the term became fashionable, and we’re surrounded by rich wildlife including the rare Cirl Bunting, Goldcrests and Firecrests. “We are within an Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty far from the noise of traffic or city-life – it’s perfect for people who want to explore themselves, develop mindfulness and make a stronger nature connection in their lives,” he said. The Woodland Retreats, including mixed and
women-only retreats, take place from April to October at The Sharpham Trust. Other retreats at Sharpham More than 1,500 people benefitted from teachings via The Sharpham Trust in 2015 and this is set to rise. 2016 retreats in Grade 1-listed Georgian villa Sharpham House include Moments to Savour: Conscious Cookery and Mindful Eating, a creative writing and meditation retreat, the Taking Mindfulness Deeper retreat and the popular Mindfulness for Beginners, yoga and walking retreats. There are also 6-night retreats in the Buddhist tradition, beginning each Sunday at the renowned Barn Retreat Centre.
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