Autumn Equinox Retreat

The Forest at the Turning.  A Forest Bathing and Sound Healing Journey at the Autumn Equinox with Lisa of HINOKI and Michelle of Alchemy in Harmony.

What to expect:

– Guided forest bathing walk
– Sound healing with Tibetan singing bowls
– Gua sha self-care practice with a tool to take home
– Seasonal wild tea ceremony
– Your own face oil made by yourself
– Take home goody bag with tea, oil, gua sha tool

The autumn equinox is one of the most quietly powerful moments in the year. Day and night held in perfect balance, light and dark equal, before the world tips gently toward the dark half of the year. In the forest, this threshold is felt rather than calculated. The trees know. Leaves begin their slow fire of colour, the air carries the first real chill, fungi push through the forest floor in quiet abundance, and the earth exhales something ancient and settling. This is a moment of exquisite balance — harvest and release, fullness and surrender, held in the same breath.

This guided forest bathing and sound healing journey invites you to step into the heart of the equinox, to stand at the threshold with the trees, and to allow yourself to be held by the forest and carried by sound.

Presence deepens as we move slowly and intentionally through the woodland, guided in forest bathing practices that awaken the senses and attune us to the living world at this turning point. We notice the fire beginning in the canopy, the quality of equinox light slanting long and golden through the trees, the cool and fertile scent of the earth beneath our feet. The equinox asks nothing of us except to arrive — to receive, to linger, and to feel what it is to stand inside a moment of perfect balance.

Awareness expands as we attune to the forest’s equinox rhythms. Seeds release and travel, fungi weave their networks through the darkening soil, and the woodland moves with the quiet purpose of a world that knows exactly what it is doing. Through gentle invitations, we open to the intelligence of nature at its most transitional — a mirror for our own cycles of harvest, release, and necessary rest.

Resonance unfolds as sound healing is introduced by Michelle of @alchemyinharmony. Surrounded by trees in the first flush of their turning, we are bathed in healing vibrations as Tibetan singing bowls and intuitive sound move through the autumn air. Sound weaves with the rustle of falling leaves and the deep stillness of the equinox, inviting profound relaxation, energetic clearing, and alignment. The body becomes an instrument, the forest a resonant chamber, and the threshold moment a portal for release and renewal.

Intention clarifies at the equinox threshold. This is the traditional time of harvest — not only of what grows in the earth, but of what has grown within us through the long light of the year. What are you harvesting from this season of your life? What has ripened and is ready to be honoured? And what, held long enough, is ready now to be released back to the earth with gratitude?

Healing deepens as nature, sound, and touch work together at this pivotal moment in the year. Drawing on the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, we are introduced to gua sha — a gentle self-care practice that supports circulation, lymphatic flow, and seasonal balance as the body transitions into autumn. Before we begin, we make our own facial oil, blending botanicals chosen for the season into a nourishing base that we will use during the gua sha practice. Rooted in the same philosophy as the forest itself, this ritual invites us to tend to ourselves with intention and slowness, releasing what has stagnated and supporting the body’s natural movement into the quieter season. Each participant takes home their own gua sha tool and their hand-blended facial oil to continue the practice beyond the forest. Together with the grounding of the trees and the coherence of sound, these elements — forest, vibration, and touch — offer a complete and deeply nourishing equinox medicine.

Belonging strengthens as we share this threshold moment in community, witnessing one another within the great turning of the year. The equinox has been marked collectively by humans for thousands of years — standing together in the forest at this moment, we join something ancient and faithful. We are not separate from this cycle. We are part of it.

Connection completes our journey as we gather for a seasonal wild tea ceremony, warming hands around cups as the forest settles into its equinox stillness. The experience lands through warmth, taste, and shared reflection — a closing ritual as old as the season itself.

The invitation continues. Step into the forest at the equinox. Stand at the threshold with the trees. Let yourself be held at the balance point, release what the season is ready to take, and remember your place within the great turning — held by the earth, carried by sound, tended by touch, and gently aligned with one of the most sacred moments in the natural year.

The first six to book will receive an early bird price of £105. After that, the full price of £120 applies.