Day Retreats

Jun
20

Summer Solstice Friday 20th June 10am - 4:45pm at New House Farm

Friday 20th June 10am - 4:45pm at New House Farm

20th June -

A day of yoga, Pilates, wild wellbeing, saunas, reflexology, massage, sound baths, cold therapy, breathwork, meditation circles, styling workshops, a long table picnic style lunch and much more magic.

Included in the price on 20th:

💫 fresh juice on arrival

💫 2 x yoga/pilates/fitness classes

💫 group sound bath with renown opera singer Dervla

💫 picnic style long table lunch by Boul Food under the oaks (in the barn if wet)

💫 1 x yoga nidra/breathwork/meditation session

💫 1 x sauna & cold plunge experience

💫 closing solstice ceremony around the fire

✨ Sunset Saunas, fire pit chats, cacao ceremony & Ecstatic Dance with the incredible Anna-Lisa

Exact timetable & class timings will be released next week

Facilitators include:

💫 Restorative & Yin Yoga with founder Claire Behrens https://www.instagram.com/theacupuncturist

💫 Yoga, functional fitness and weights with Julie head teacher at The Acupuncturist & https://www.instagram.com/julie_k_yoga

💫 Core conditioning Pilates with Becky Uden from https://www.udenpilates.com/

💫 Ayruveda & Foraging with JoJo Webber from https://www.instagram.com/the.ayurveda.academy

💫 Know your colours & body shape with Chloe Lindsey-Fynn Stylist https://www.instagram.com/chloefynnstyling

💫 MenoYoga with Sally Parkes from https://www.instagram.com/sallyparkesyogaschool

💫 Fire ceremony, breathwork, reiki and yoga nidra with Brittney & Alex from https://www.instagram.com/lunarlinks_wellbeing

💫Sound bath & reflexology with renown opera singer Dervla https://www.instagram.com/reflexologysolace

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The Soulful Session Series - episode 3 💫 Saunas, Cacao, breathwork 💫
Jun
11

The Soulful Session Series - episode 3 💫 Saunas, Cacao, breathwork 💫

The soulful session series episode 3
June 11th

Strawberry Full Moon🍓🌕 🌾
17.30-20.30pm
£45

SOLD OUT
email bookings@theacupuncturist.life to be added to a waitlist

  • 5.30pm -6.30pm Hot Saunas & cold plunges by the pond

  • 6.30pm - Claire’s signature spicy Cacao & intention setting in the magical barn

  • 7pm - 8pm Restorative yoga into deep Yin

  • 8pm - 8.30pm Crystal sound healing with Julie

  • Full moon rising by the fire pit in the field

The Strawberry Moon 🌕 is one of the farthest full moons from the sun simply because Earth's orbit 🌍🌞 of the sun is slightly elliptical. That means there's a closest point and a farthest point in its orbit.

June's full moon, called the Strawberry Moon, will also be the first full moon of the summer. And because of how low the full moon will be positioned, it will appear larger than normal and may even appear to have a golden or orange tint 🧡

The 🍓🌕 is a powerful reminder that if you work toward something, your dreams 💫 can come true. As such, when it appears in the sky 🌌 , it'll light up your path and guide you toward positive growth and transformation 🙌

The Strawberry Moon 💛🍓 has to do with things coming into existence, or being illuminated ✨ It’s a time when people can see the fruits of their labor appear and they can gain deeper insight into how to achieve their goals.

June's full moon is in Sagittarius ♐️ while Jupiter is in Cancer ♋️ , which boosts our moods. It is also a good time to take stock of the blessings ✨ and abundance you have in your life while also slowing down and enjoying it all.

According to astrologer Popa, this month’s Strawberry Full Moon highlights the past while also looking toward one’s future. The Strawberry Moon is all about inviting people to reflect on how far they’ve come in their life and look forward to where they plan to go,” she shares. “This is a time to focus on all of your long-term plans and serious commitments.” ⚡️💥🔥

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Beltane Celebrations
May
1

Beltane Celebrations

We are so excited to share the details of our Early Summer Beltane Celebrations 🌞🌸🌿

This is a time when Spring is at its peak and nature is bursting and blossoming with fertility and vibrancy. Beltane is a pagan ceremony that marks the halfway between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. It is a time of year for dancing around the fire and rejoicing in the wonders of the changing seasons. It's the perfect time for celebrating fertility, but this doesn’t have to just be about making babies! It is also about curating a fertile mindset and rejoicing in abundant thinking, creativity and prosperity.

Here's what we have planned for each beautiful event:

🌿Beltane Celebrations - Thursday 1st May 2025 🌿

5pm-6pm saunas/cold therapy in the garden 🔥🛁🧊🌿

6pm-6.30pm cacao & mandala making moment under the oak trees 🌳🌤️🌸

6.45pm-8.30pm slow flow yoga into yin, breathwork crystal sound healing with Julie & Claire 💎🧘‍♀️🎶

Price - £40 without a treatment

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The Soulful Session Series next event- Recharge & Renew
Apr
10

The Soulful Session Series next event- Recharge & Renew

Come and celebrate the passing of the Equinox and the arrival of Spring under the new moon

with Julie & Claire ✨ Thursday 10th April, 6pm-8.30pm

The Spring Equinox is all about celebrating the balance of light & dark.. of rebirth & growth and embracing change within the new season. So come and join us to ignite the Wood 🪵🌳 element within. We will sow the seeds of change within you, and let a more dynamic energy flow within. It’s a great time of year for a detox. And an energetic spring clean!

We must look after our bodies at the time of seasonal change. One day it’s sunny and warm, the next there is a chilly wind! So containing & preserving the Spring energy whilst our bodies start to stir with the ever increasing daily light is paramount. Spring is all about growth, rebirth & expansion, but we must not over do it. Like nature, there is no hurry right now to blossom & bloom

We will serve our signature spicy & warming Cacao on arrival and let you have 15mins of quiet time to reflect and journal 📝 what you’d like to let go of, what seeds of intent you’d like to bring into the evening and to plant with the arrival of Spring 🌷🌷🌷

Claire will open the class with gentle breathwork and mediation. Then Julie with ignite fire in our bellies with some dynamic but slow flowing yoga asana. Claire will take over and drop you into a deep Yin session before Julie seals the practice with crystal bowls, chanting & a long Savasana 🕉️

DM me or Julie to get on the presale list. Bookings going live on our website tomorrow

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Create and Radiate
Feb
13

Create and Radiate

Come and celebrate the passing of Imbolc and the Snow Full Moon rising in the Eastern Sky 🌕🌌 with Julie & Claire ✨ Thursday 13th February, 6pm-8.30pm

As The Almanac teaches us so beautifully, Imbolc is the time of year when we begin to feel the earth quickening with signs of life 🌱Brave new shoots, who have survived the cold & dark are pushing through the hard earth to reach the light. The 1st of February marks the midpoint between the Winter Solstice 🩵& the Spring Equinox 🌙Although the sun is still low in the sky, it is rising a little further north, signifying a shift past the halfway point, and hence bringing with it a subtle quickening of hope. It is one of the major Celtic festivals celebrating light, fire & rebirth and a stirring of expectations of the season to come 🌿

🔥 Come and join us to ignite the inner flame within and to gently warm the earth of our new studio and of your own internal home. Just as the full moon in Leo inspires, we can radiate warm & vitality into our hearts, those of our family and of all our community.

☀️ We must thaw our cold bodies, like the earth too must do and gently awaken our energies with the ever increasing daily light. Gently but slowly, allowing radiance to flow in our hearts to to start to sow seeds of creative energy, while still taking things slowly and with care 🙌

🤎 We will serve our signature spicy & warming Cacao on arrival and let you have 15mins of quiet time to reflect and journal 📝 what you’d like to let go of, what seeds of intent you’d like to bring into the evening and to plant with the coming of Spring 🌷🌷🌷

🌬️ Claire will open the class with gentle breathwork and mediation. Then Julie with ignite fire in our bellies with some dynamic but slow flowing yoga asana. Claire will take over and drop you into a deep Yin session before Julie seals the practice with crystal bowls, chanting & a long Savasana 🕉️

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Winter Wreath Making Class
Dec
5

Winter Wreath Making Class

Join Nina Leeming of How to Love Your Garden & Claire Behrens of Wild Wellbeing for a special Winter wreath-making workshop, using locally foraged greenery and berries.. with a luxury twist of ribbons, feathers, cacao & Wintering magic.

We love being able to use locally foraged Sussex materials, enabling people to create a something that has a unique sense of place. Each wreath will be personalised by hand-picked seed heads and grasses, stunning feathers and an array of luxurious velvet ribbons to bring Christmas into the heart of your home. Come along and celebrate Winter with us.

9.45am - Arrival into Claire’s cosy wellbeing studio.
Claire will serve a warming & invigorating cup of cacao and guide you into a 20 minute mindful breathwork & meditation session. This will help ground you into moment and help unleash the inner artistic & creative flow.

10.30 - 12.30pm - Inspiring Wreath making workshop
with Nina around Claire’s light filled kitchen table.

12.30pm - Lunch
Warming & nourishing spicy soup will be served to keep energies high before leaving around 1pm.

Come and enjoy some Winter magic with us

Time: 10am-1pm
Price: £75

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Winter wellness Day
Nov
30

Winter wellness Day

£55 for 3 hour workshop and includes cacao, nutritious energy ball & fresh tumeric health shot

For two groups of 10 people

Group 1 women

  • 12pm-12.45pm Yoga with Claire to awaken & move the body

  • 12.45pm-1.45pm Wimhoff inspired breathwork and mindset training to prepare for hot & cold therapy

  • 1.45pm-3pm hot and cold therapy. Cold immersions and saunas 🔥

Group 2 men

  • 3.15-4pm Yoga with Claire to awaken, mobilize & move the body

  • 4pm-5pm Wimhoff inspired breathwork and mindset training to prepare for hot & cold therapy

  • 5pm-6.15pm hot and cold therapy. Cold immersions and saunas 🔥

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Cumnor House Christmas Charity Fair
Nov
29

Cumnor House Christmas Charity Fair

Join me at Cumnor’s Christmas Fair in Danehill for a day of festive celebration in aid of the school’s charities of the year, The Cumnor Foundation and The Peak Adventure.

This year, Cumnor is creating a Wellness Zone alongside shopping, a food hall, Cumnor café and wreath-making workshops. We are offering four wonderful wellbeing classes with 100% proceeds supporting the charities. We will also be running a wellbeing stand for all your Christmas presents including bath salts, Amly Botanicals, Sensara and lovely candles and girlies wellbeing gifts. I’m also going to be selling Chuckle Soaps which are brilliant for the kids and stocking fillers!

Class prices are £10 if booked in advance, £15 on the day.

All proceeds go to charity.

8:30am - 9:30am
Morning Hatha Flow with Angela Nyman
Angela teaches yoga every Wednesday at Cumnor. She’s a kind, gentle soul who loves to teach a very traditional yet strong hatha based yoga practice. The perfect start if you’re new to yoga, or if you love to focus on alignment, strength, flexibility and mobility and practice in a calm and nurturing environment. Check out Sussex Yoga (sussexyoga.co.uk)for more info on her


11am- midday
Yoga with weights with Julie Karmel

Julie is a pocket rocket! Strong as an ox yet super soulful. She teaches with Claire at New House Farm every Wednesday & Friday. She will warm you up with yoga then get you fired up with weights & resistance bands! The class will end with a long relaxing yoga style stretch out. Look up Julie K Yoga for more info


12:15 - 1:15pm
Restorative lunch time yoga with Claire

Claire is the founder of The Acupuncturist and has been practicing Yoga & Chinese medicine for 25 years and loves to combine her passion for both on the mat. Her classes are deeply nourishing & nurturing and you will flow to music from Yang to Yin. You will enjoy Dynamic flowing movements into holding poses and a restorative end.

Class prices are £10 if booked in advance, £15 on the day.

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Autumnal Yoga supper club
Nov
20

Autumnal Yoga supper club

Hormone workshop & breathwork

Come and join us for a super soulful evening of restorative yoga & breathwork with Chinese Medicine practitioner & Yoga teacher Claire, followed by an incredibly informative and inspiring workshop with Naturopath & Herbalist Rachel Boon.

We will dive into why our hormones go array in the perimenopause and how we can help ourselves to achieve happier hormones and live in a more balanced, harmonious way.

5.45pm cacao on arrival

6-7pm restorative yoga & breathwork to mobilize and nurture our body

7pm-8.30pm workshop

8.30pm nutritious ayruvedic supper and Q&A around the kitchen table

Time: 6pm-9:30pm
Price: £60

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Full moon heart -opening breathwork
Oct
17

Full moon heart -opening breathwork

Join us for our incredible Autumn Equinox Wellness Day! As summer's warmth wanes and the leaves begin to turn, experience a shift in energy and vitality with the approach of the Autumn Equinox.

We'll celebrate the new season by honouring the Harvest Moon, closest to the equinox, which serves as a reminder of preparation and reflection as we transition deeper into autumn. We invite you to a day of rejuvenation designed to refresh both body and mind.

Experience a day filled with carefully curated wellness classes, workshops and nurturing treatments that will leave you revitalised, restored and ready to embrace the new season.

Let’s come together for a day of connection, renewal and seasonal celebration, embracing the transformative energy of the equinox and the guiding light of the Harvest Moon.

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Supermoon yoga supper club
Oct
16

Supermoon yoga supper club

Wednesday, 16th October 2024, 6pm-9:30pm at New House Farm

Embrace the magic of the season under October's full Hunter’s Supermoon, the closest to Earth this year. The evening begins with a warming mug of cacao, followed by intention setting and a restorative yoga session led by @julie_k_yoga accompanied by the soothing sounds of crystal bowl healing.

After grounding your body and spirit, gather for a nourishing Ayurvedic long-table supper, lovingly prepared by @jo_lentaigne, to honour the abundance of autumn. ⁠

Spaces are limited, so please email bookings@theacupuncturist.life or head to the link in bio to reserve your spot.

We can’t wait to share this special evening with you! 🍁🙏✨

RESTORATIVE YOGA
Intention setting followed by a restorative yoga class

CRYSTAL SOUND HEALING
Soothing sounds of crystal bowls to heal the mind and spirit

AYURVEDIC LONG-TABLE SUPPER
Nourishing Ayurvedic supper, home-cooked by the wonderful Jo Lentaigne

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Autumn Equinox Celebration
Sept
20

Autumn Equinox Celebration

Join us for our incredible Autumn Equinox Wellness Day! As summer's warmth wanes and the leaves begin to turn, experience a shift in energy and vitality with the approach of the Autumn Equinox.

We'll celebrate the new season by honouring the Harvest Moon, closest to the equinox, which serves as a reminder of preparation and reflection as we transition deeper into autumn. We invite you to a day of rejuvenation designed to refresh both body and mind.

Experience a day filled with carefully curated wellness classes, workshops and nurturing treatments that will leave you revitalised, restored and ready to embrace the new season.

Let’s come together for a day of connection, renewal and seasonal celebration, embracing the transformative energy of the equinox and the guiding light of the Harvest Moon.

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