Soothing Childhood Abandonment retreat 17th-26th November 2024 "Empower yourself" Exploring your inner child and healing relationships
Welcome to Soothing Childhood Abandonment Retreat Exploring your inner child and healing relationships
Samsara garden retreat is nestled into the jungle in beautiful Northern Goa, 10 minutes walk from stunning Ashvem beach.
Our eco cabins are delightful, with comfy beds and exquisite Indian furniture and ensuite bathrooms.
As you step foot into this idyllic setting, you will instantly be greeted by a sense of tranquillity and inner peace. Waking up to the sounds of the jungle, monkey calls and morning bird song.
A 400 years old sacred Banyan Tree forms the heart of the place, it is located right next to our spacious Yoga Shala.
The cabins are built with natural materials and equipped with wooden furniture from Rajasthan. Each hut has its own magic - and additionally to that also a bathroom with shower and a terrace. Hot running water is available and heated by our solar plant. The surrounding tropical forest creates an out-of-this-world relaxing atmosphere, sunlight breaking through the leafs of old mango and cashew trees, which spend a welcoming shade during the midday heat. Luxury for us means having everything you need, being surrounded by beautiful nature - not missing the unnecessary things you know from home.
There are many secluded day bed areas for private reflection. Our venue is designed for community, connection, self discovery, meditation, dance, celebration and contemplation!
We provide two delicious plant based meals daily made with love by our in house local chef, feasts made from fresh local ingredients, providing explosions of colour and taste all with an Indian feel.
What will you experience....
This immersive retreat will be a beautiful hand held experience for those who have not been to mother India before. It will offer a total rejuvenation for your mind body and soul.
We will be focusing on the abandonment wound and how that affects all of our relationships, especially with ourselves. We will be exploring how we develop co-dependency as a result to cover up this wound and how these self defeating patterns ravage our ability to love and have healthy relationships.
This experience will give you a real understanding of why we are this way, what we can do to change to make our relationship story healthier, unpacking all aspects of this journey.
During the retreat, we will embark on a journey of healing and therapeutic workshops together within a warm, safe and secure setting. We are here to offer you the necessary tools and and embrace a newfound sense of freedom.
We deep dive into the themes of inner child healing and learning to lovingly parent ourselves. This journey will be a heart opening transformative journey using different techniques and experiential workshops to release the old and bring in a new way of being, in all our relationships especially with ourselves.
We will take you on a journey of evolving self development and inspirational, innovative workshops which will give you an insightlful sense of peace where you can declutter the mind and connect with the heart.
Who is the Soothing Childhood Abandonment retreat designed for?
This retreat is specifically designed to help women and men who want to embark on this inner healing journey to embrace and love the abandoned child within.
Each of us faces unique circumstances that impact us individually.
Do you relate to any of the following issues?
Emotionally absent parents
Physical and emotional difficulties in relationships
Struggles with intimacy, rejection and abandonment
Self defeating behaviours in relationships (e.g sabotaging. people pleasing)
Difficulty setting boundaries in your life and finding your voice
Engaging in dysfunctional relationships, such as being drawn to emotionally unavailable people
Struggles to put yourself first in relationships
Difficulty managing strong emotions
If any of these resonate with you, this retreat is for you..
WHAT YOU'LL GAIN FROM ATTENDING
In this transformative retreat, you will:
Understand the nature of your childhood abandonent and its impact on your life.
Follow a clear roadmap for the healing journey.
Discover how this healing can propel your personal and professional growth.
Access tools and resources for ongoing healing, such inner child work, estatic dance, yoga and movement, copedendency and boundaries workshops.
Within our nurturing and safe environment, built on trust, connection, and respect, you can openly share and work through your most challenging issues and painful experiences at your own pace. This space is designed to hold and support your healing journey, as you explore and discover your true self among a community that values vulnerability and honesty.
TRANSFORMING CHILDHOOD ABANDONMENT INTO EMPOWERMENT
Together, we will explore the path towards freeing yourself from the roles in your family system, the chronic people pleasing, and the feelings of disconnection and resentment that hold you back. Let us guide you in rediscovering your innate ability to effortlessly find the peace you so deserve.
Through engaging in both group and individual exercises, you will embark on a transformative journey where you will uncover fresh pathways to embrace your genuine self and unleash your true potential. This empowering experience will pave the way for you to embrace your inner strength and evolve into the incredible person you were always destined to become in every aspect of your life
Meet Vanessa
I am a qualified psychotherapist, coach, practicing for nearly two decades now. In 2022 I became an author with my book 'The REBEL method.
After years of active and chronic addiction I came into recovery in 2001 to be confronted with a whole heap of self esteem work I needed to do.
I used to be terrified of judgement and was a chronic people pleaser.
I had no boundaries in my life with others or with myself.
There were abandonment issues from my childhood which I needed to work through.
My life was limited as a result and I felt frustrated at my inability to find authentic meaning in my life.
Following a life transition into running my own business in 2017 (the business of my dreams) I ventured onto a spiritual path which took me to Australia to a retreat last year.
There I connected with some of my lineage. I had always been curious about my grandmother who was an alcoholic. Was that where I got it from?
My journey since then has involved a deeper level of healing and discovery and I am so excited to share this with others to help them 'Heal their mother line' and release what has been passed down to us in dysfunction and mental struggles due to the restrictions that have been placed on women for so many years.
Meet Amanda
I have worked in addiction and family services for over 20years as a passionate motivated individual who believes people can always change if they are willing to do the work. I am an independent trainer and public speaker on addiction and the effects, working with organisations and companies across the UK. My love is formatting and facilitating group work/workshops to enable people to gain more awareness around their struggles in life using interactive playful techniques that are based on experiential learning that can be innovative, dynamic and captivating.
I qualified as a yoga teacher in 2017 and have been hosting retreats and working with private clients since then. My journey led me to specialising in codependency and learning what healthy relationships are. My passion is to support people to do the inner work to heal from the effects of childhood trauma in order to have
loving relationships with themselves and others. This journey has transformed all of my relationships and helped to remove my inner critic that tormented me for years in recovery.
I got clean in 2001 and had years struggling with relationships, self-loathing and destructive self-talk.
Also every time a relationship ended I wanted to kill myself, I couldn’t understand the strength of these emotions and where they came from. I also had ten years of disastrous relationships picking people that were unavailable. I couldn’t voice my needs in a relationship as I believed everyone would leave me. I lacked boundaries and avoided feelings by caretaking others. At ten years I almost had a breakdown due to doing too much and compulsive giving (codependent rock bottom).
I started to look and learn about the effects of emotional neglect (trauma) and went into
codependency recovery. This was the missing piece of the puzzle that has transformed my relationship with self which has enabled me to feel authentic and comfortable in my own skin. All my relationships changed as I stopped running form my story and started to unpick the damage that was done to me through emotional neglect by my two heavy drinking parents. I realised I had to unlearn some long standing self-defeating behaviors in order to address the abandonment that sat under these. I have built a loving relationship with my inner child, which is like coming home to myself with self-love and self-care being part of my daily routines. I changed my life as a result of this and started to live in India for the winters, putting self-care above chasing financial wealth.
Our 10-night retreat includes:
10 nights’ accommodation (single or sharing with twin beds)
Airport pick up on arrival
2 delicious plant based meals daily made with love by our in house local chef, a feast made from fresh local ingredients
Opportunity to experience some of best restaurants in Goa at very affordable prices
Gentle morning yoga flow and relaxing yin yoga in the afternoon
One free massage
Deep dive therapeutic workshops
Guided meditations
Creative healing activities
Ecstatic dance
Singing/ chanting workshops
Variety of holistic bodywork and massage treatments (affordable prices - one provided free)
Self-reflection time
Beach walks
Sea swimming or dipping
Trips out to local markets and deserted beaches
Workshops on boundaries and changing dysfunctional relationship patterns
Family systems work
Inner child work
Forgiveness work
Testimonials
"This retreat has given me the gentle encouragement, support and tools to make changes in my life that I know will enable me to overcome my own barriers to happiness and peace"
Mandy September 2023
“I especially loved the inner child workshop, and the realisation that self-care isn't selfish, its essential. Everyone should attend a retreat!”
Participant April 2024
“I found the inner critic and inner child work most beneficial, I felt like I really broke some ground, and am now implementing some new healthy habits to help identify who I am.”
Participant April 2024
RETREAT Own room cost £1150 - FULLY BOOKED Shared room cost £850
If you would like a conversation with us to make sure it is the right option for you and to find out about the retreat do please book a call.
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On applying you will be asked to have a short discussion regarding your needs so we can make sure we are able to support you in the best possible way.
Initial deposit requirement to secure your place.
Single room £600 - Fully Booked
Shared room £400.
We still have a few shared room places available.
SOOTHING CHILDHOOD ABANDONMENT RETREAT Goa India
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