Weekend Walking Retreats in Dartmoor National Park, Devon
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I have a deep connection to this land - physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
I was born here, and have spent many years living on or near the moor.
I feel it is my country.
This is an invitation to come and explore nature and yourself in this beautiful wild land.
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Connecting with nature, slowing down and such yummy food! A wonderful weekend, and so beautifully guided by Jo. I left with such peace inside me.
Carin Carber - Stockholm, Sweden
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Walking Journeys to the Wyld Heart offers you the chance to :
Explore the unique and enchanting landscape of Dartmoor National Park.
Retreat from the hustle-bustle of daily life.
Nurture yourself with a weekend of fresh air, gentle exercise, nourishing food, warmth - and inspiring company.
Reconnect to nature to remember we are a part of nature.
Be gentle with yourself.
Learn about wild food.
Experience your natural surroundings in a new and exciting way - through your senses, the arts and the elements.
Slow down. Stop. - and reflect on the delicate interconnected relationship of everything that is a part of our world.
Be inspired by one of the oldest living cultures on earth, the Aboriginal Australians.
Build up your confidence in nature.
Discover and explore the subtle beauty in the small and the ordinary.
Befriend the British weather!
Co-create and take part in ceremony.
Have the time and the space to deeply connect with your wyld heart.
Leave no trace.
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Enabling me to share a most unique weekend with some wonderful people in a place of outstanding natural beauty. Wyldheart took me to a place of tranquility, offered me an ancestoral connection, and an understanding of the land and all its inhabitants.
Pippa Griffin - Dartmouth, Devon
Walking Journeys are held regularly throughout the year.
Please phone or email to register interest and for upcoming dates.
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Location : Dartmoor National Park, Devon
Accommodation - Comfortable, basic accommodation in a camping barn.
(converted barn with very basic amenities - sleeping on the floor on a mat with sleeping bag.)
Toilets, showers, kitchen and wood burning stove.
Walks a reasonable level of fitness is required for the weekends.
- may be up to 8 miles and on uneven ground with various gradients.
*Walks will vary according to seasons, weather conditions
- and the needs and requirements of the group*
Food Delicious, fresh and home cooked. Local organic and wild food will be used as much as possible
- according to seasonal availability.
Cost - £140, all inclusive.
Outline of a typical weekend :
Friday evening - gathering at 5pm for a warm welcome by the wood burning stove.
Enjoying a hearty meal of fresh, seasonal, local organic produce.
Group introductions and outline for the weekend.
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Saturday - early rise.
Gentle stretching
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Satisfying breakfast.
All day walking - exploring nature and self - creating art in the landscape.
Picnic lunch.
Return to basecamp for rest time.
Evening Feast :
- wild "bush tucker" (according to seasonal availability) and organic produce.
Storytelling around the fire.
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Sunday - start again with gentle stretching.
Breakfast.
A short walk - stopping for lunch on the trail.
Wyldheart ceremony.
Back to camp.
Tea and close - departing mid-afternoon.
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This ground and this earth,
like brother and mother.
We come from earth, bones.
We go to earth, ashes.
Bill Neidjie