THE SELF PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Show yourself some love and discover these wonderfully calming wellbeing events taking place across Surrey this month. Restore some calm and enjoy gong baths, tai chi, sunrise meditations, mindfulness retreats and more.
SUNRISE MEDITATION AND FOREST BATHING / MARCH 5 / HOLMBURY HILL
Enjoy the elevation of Holmbury Hill and get set for a scenic sunrise meditation and Forest Bathing session in the heart of the Surrey Hills. Improve your wellbeing as you let nature stimulate your senses. Whether the sun shines or the rain falls, behold the magnificence of natural beauty in its rawest form.
For more information, visit hinokiforestbathing.co.uk
CHANT AND DRUM EVENING / MARCH 8 / SOLAR SISTERS, GUILDFORD
Feel the collective energy as you and like-minded wellbeing enthusiasts spend the evening with Guildford’s Solar Sisters in this Chant and Drum evening. Release tension and find resolve as you sing loud and proud while banging your drum with gusto in a supportive and welcoming environment.
For more information, visit solarsisters.uk
GONG BATH / MARCH 19 / BURPHAM YURT, GUILDFORD
Benefit from the power of sound at this Pluto & Venus Gong Bath hosted by Charlie Leigh and held at Burpham Yurt. Dating back to ancient cultures, Gong Baths and are a form of meditation where you “bathe” in the healing vibrations of sound. Lie down, immerse yourself in the healing vibrations, and leave feeling restored and rejuvenated.
For more information, visit charlieleighyoga.co.uk
CHOOSE HAPPINESS WITH MEDITATION / MARCH 25 / FARNHAM MALTINGS
At this event, Buddhist nun Gen Nyingpo will guide you through meditation practices that open your heart to deeper levels of happiness. She will use the instructions from the much-loved text, Eight Steps to Happiness by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, which reveal essential methods for transforming life’s challenges into positive states of mind.
For more information, visit farnhammaltings.com
MINDFULNESS AND COMPASSION RETREAT / MARCH 31 – APRIL 2 / THE FINTRY TRUST, BROOK
Needing purposeful R&R? Get away from it all and spend some days away for some much-needed self-care this March. Found tucked away in the countryside, why not sign up for this Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat, whereby you’ll have guided meditations and given practices that’ll help combat the turbulent world we find ourselves living in?
For more information, visit thefintrytrust.org.uk
TAI CHI QIGONG / EVERY WEDNESDAY / SHP HEALTH, DORKING
Cultivate your life’s energy with this calming yet invigorating Tai Chi Qigong session with SHP Health in Dorking. With gentle, sweeping movements and roots in Chinese medicine, martial arts and philosophy combine coordinated body posture, movement and breathing that’ll work together to improve your body and mind.
For more information, visit shphealth.co.uk