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2020 Closing Ceremony

Monday 28th December, 09.00-10.30 am GMT Online Register in Advance As we are all well aware, 2020 has been a year like no other. All of us have been confronted with multiple challenges. Some of these have been practical in nature; social isolation, restrictions to our freedom, adapting to radical changes to the way we live and work, illness, and financial pressures. Then there has been the psychological and emotional impact; fear of the unknown, worrying for the wellbeing of the people we love, the health service, the economy, our communities, our world. All of this has been compounded by the slowing of our lifestyles, giving us ample time to think and feel our emotions. While it has been an immensely testing time, it has equally gifted us a precious opportunity. In self-isolating, Universal Energy has forced us into a period of deep reflection and self-inquiry. Insights, growth, and expansion have emerged, shifting us individually and collectively to a higher level of consciousness. Invoking the transformative power of ritual and intention-setting is a powerful way to close to any retreat, as those of you who have attended our closing fire ceremonies at the Sanctuary will know. In some way, 2020 has been an extended retreat, and when reflecting on how we could best serve you, our global community of friends, as we close this year; we felt strongly that we wanted to recreate our signature closing ceremony. This ceremony will support you to let go of the challenges and integrate the lessons from this extraordinary year, and move into 2021 with clarity, intention and purpose. We are excited and grateful to bring this offering to you in collaboration with renowned Healer, Teacher and Intuitive, Mary Aver. Mary will bring her years of wisdom to officiate a fire ceremony, symbolising transformation and renewal. Buddhist Monk Venerable Nimal will also offer blessings for the new year. A few weeks ahead of the event, we will also be sharing an e-book with journaling prompts, designed to help you reflect on all that you have learnt in 2020, about yourself, and any shifts in how you view the world around you. It will also ask you to think about the incoming year, how you want to feel, live and be in the world, and to set intentions to manifest in 2021. You will have the opportunity to share with the circle if you feel called, although sharing is not an obligation if you feel shy or would rather keep your reflections for yourself. We are honoured to facilitate this sacred journey and are so looking to sharing this energetic space with you. Logistics: Date: Monday 28th December 2020 Time: 09:00-10:30 am GMT Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rdOiqpjsvE9FjX_LzixBTP1sOWNXlyP83

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Coming Home Autumn & Winter

Saturday 19th September, 09:00-10:30am (BST)   2020 is the year of revelation. At the start of the year, the world came to a pause, forcing us to stop and retreat, reflect on our lives and imagine a new way of being; personally, and for our communities and planet. Regardless of whether we are rich or poor, young or old, and which country or continent we live on, the impact on our lives has been significant. Now that we are moving into the latter part of the year, it seems the virus may be hanging around a little longer than many of us hoped or expected. As human beings it is in our nature to evolve, and we somehow always find the strength to adapt to changes in our external environment. We believe this strength is cultivated through a positive relationship with ourselves, and also trusting that everything external is happening for our highest good. Our Coming Home series was created to bring you into deeper connection with yourself and your intuition. Even in times of sorrow and despair, profound insights and answers are always waiting to be found within. In the summer we decided to move our online gatherings to a bi-monthly format (every other month) in response to the ‘Zoom fatigue’ felt by many, ourselves included. After two months break, we are looking forward to holding space for you, our community, on Saturday 19th September at 09.00am BST. We have an incredible line-up of world classes teachers and facilitators to guide us through the final three-part Autumn and Winter instalment of our Coming Home series, where our intention is to provide you with the necessary tools and advice to navigate the darker months. The next Coming Home gathering will be in November, and much like the closing ceremonies on our retreats, we feel it is important to hold a final session in December to reflect on the year, grieve, celebrate, and set intentions for 2021. In Part I, our Founder Sam will host and facilitate a group energy healing, and we will also have two guest teachers leading an energising yoga practice, and a simple meditation session which can be practiced daily. Find a quiet space, and set up a yoga mat, cushions and blankets beforehand. You could also light candles and burn some incense or essential oils. Please have some water to hand and you may also want to bring additional layers, such as a jumper and socks as your body temperature may be changeable during the session. The gathering will be around 1 hour and 30 minutes. Register here and you will be emailed a Zoom link for the session.

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Somerset “The Spiritual Nature of Life” – Find your Inner Peace

We hosted our early summer retreat “The Spiritual Nature of life” at the beautiful 42 Acres Retreat in Frome, Somerset. It was a magical couple of days spent to help everyone who came along rejuvenate and find inner peace.  View this post on Instagram We are back in Somerset ✨ where our friends from holistic healthcare clinic @ourbreathoflife are holding a long weekend of rejuvenation through kundalini yoga, osteopathy, acupuncture, massage and delicious Sri Lankan food at 42 Acres. They’ll be taking over this account to share a little of their experience with you ✨ This photograph is magic @marenlander_kundalini and her gong by the oak trees at 42. #breathoflife #42acres #kundalini #yoga #osteopathy #massage #nourishment #holistic #health #nature #wellness #retreat #rejuvenate #gong #sound #healing #somerset #meditation #instagram #takeover A post shared by 42 Acres Retreat (@42acresretreat) on May 27, 2016 at 3:14am PDT 5 days of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, Cranial Osteopathy, Body Work, Acupuncture, Gong Sound Healing, Shamanic Cacao and Fire Ceremonies, Dance, Delicious Vegetarian Food to help everyone who came along find their own inner peace. Our wonderful teacher Maren Lander started our Cacao ceremony, a truly fantastic ceremony which allows us to have a sacred time and space for ourselves away from the stresses of everyday life. It is the perfect ceremony to switch off from a hectic and busy lifestyle, and to focus on the silence and peace within ourselves. It helps us to become clearer on who we are, where it is we may be going, and what is available to us in terms of opportunities. It also helps to shift emotional baggage, to let go of the past and find your way. If you simply need to lift your spirits or want to connect with yourself, a Cacao ceremony can help you regain the focus you need to become a happier you. As day turns to light, we end our days around a fire, being at one with nature. The fire ceremony is magical, as with the stars over our heads, we all reflect on our time here and what we have learnt about ourselves. We hope to see you soon at our retreats, our London clinic, or at our Sanctuary in Sri Lanka! “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” Rumi Yasmin

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Sen Wellness Sanctuary – Easter Retreat

Easter and the season of Spring carry the energies of rebirth, transformation, and renewal, a journey that, both individually and collectively, we are being called to undertake through current events and circumstances. The Sen Wellness team has been reflecting on how best to support you, our community, at this time and has curated a 7 Day Easter Retreat for you to participate in from the comfort of your home. Starting on Easter Monday, 13th April, and running until Sunday 19th April, the retreat will provide you with the structure, tools, and energetic ‘container’ in which to be supported to go inward, spend time with yourself, and find balance and calm. The retreat will include morning rituals, daily Kundalini Kriyas and meditations, evening yin yoga and yoga nidra, mantra chanting, sound healing and breath work, as well as resources and guidance to help boost your wellbeing. Many of these will be delivered by Sen Wellness teachers, familiar faces to those of you who have been on one of our retreats. To support this healing journey, we recommend that you abstain from consuming coffee, alcohol and sugar, reduce internet and social media usage where possible, and nourish your body with wholesome vegetarian food. We invite you to share your experience, including any thoughts and reflections you have throughout the seven days via Instagram and Facebook, tagging @senwellnesssanctuary (Instagram) and @SenWellness (Facebook) in your posts. From this engagement we will be awarding two prizes at the end of the retreat to a winner and runner up – a Seven Day Spiritual Warrior Bespoke Retreat at the Sanctuary in Sri Lanka, and a treatment package at the London Clinic. We will announce the winners on social media and notify them by email on Friday 24th April. Please either email us or send us a DM with your email address to receive the daily emails with details of the programme and links to classes and healing sessions.

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Coming Home: July Gathering

We are conscious that while technology has played an essential role keeping us connected in recent months, with many parts of the world now slowly starting to open up there will likely be more opportunities to gather with community in person. We will therefore be transitioning our online healing series Coming Home, to a bimonthly (every two months) format. This month, we warmly invite you to the next instalment of Coming Home, taking place on Saturday 18th July at 9am BST (10am CEST, 6pm AEST). The event will be around 1 hour and 20-30 minutes. Sen Wellness Founder and renowned healer, Sam Kankanamge, will host and facilitate a group energy healing session, and we are delighted to have guest practitioner Marco Ardani joining us, along with Buddhist Monk Ven Nimal. Marco is a sacred musician who guides people to tap into the therapeutic potential of singing, sounding & toning. In this session, he will lead us through tools and practices from his body of work, VOCA SOMA®, a holistic system which guides people to discover the therapeutic potential of their own voice for a deeper sense of embodied connection, emotional resilience, and authentic expression. We will be using breathing patterns, visualisations and movements to connect voice, body and breathe. These are practices that everyone can do regardless of experience. In fact, rather than skill, the most important aspect engaging this work is a willingness and courage to listen, be curious, to discover and to play. You can prepare in advance by finding a quiet space for the session and setting up a mat or comfortable space to sit with a cushion and blanket. Please register here in advance for the gathering and you will be sent a Zoom link.

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Coming Home: Summer Solstice Gathering

It was a joy to hold space for our inaugural Coming Home healing offering last month and to see both familiar and new faces from around the world. This month we are bringing you a special Summer Solstice gathering on Saturday 20th June at 9am BST/UK time (10am CEST, 6pm AEST) to celebrate the height of summer. Sen Wellness Founder, Sam Kankanamge, will host and facilitate a group energy healing, and Buddhist monk Ven Nimal will join us from his monastery in Sri Lanka to offer a guided meditation and mantra for blessings and wisdom in a time of crisis. In June, Kundalini Yoga and Meditation teacher Victoria Amore, who is a regular at our London Clinic, will be our guest teacher. Victoria will lead you on a journey to call on your inner light. We will move, stretch, and open the body to connect to the enlivening solar energies that are pulsating within. Join us to celebrate the Summer Solstice on Saturday 20th at 9am BST/UK time by registering in advance here.

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Coming Home: Monthly Healing Series

As lockdown is extended in many parts of the world Sen Wellness is here to continue supporting you. While we can choose not to engage with the constant stream of pandemic-related news, the tendency to live in our heads can easily disrupt our natural state of calm and peace as we fixate on the past and project into the future. We have created our new monthly healing series, Coming Home, to provide a space for you to connect more deeply with yourself, help you to be more grounded and present, and gather with like-minded, conscious community across the globe. Coming Home will be on the third second Saturday of each month, with the first gathering taking place this Saturday 16th May at 9am BST (10am CEST, 6pm AEST). Sen Wellness’ Founder, Sam Kankanamge, will host with the Buddhist Monk Ven Nimal, and a different guest teacher or practitioner each month. In May, our resident yoga teacher, Pleuni Van Hulten, will be sharing an embodiment and mantra singing practice. Sam will also facilitate a group healing session. We warmly invite you to join us on Saturday by registering here.

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Somerset “The Spiritual Nature of Life” – Find your Inner Peace 26.05 – 30.05.

We hosted our early summer retreat “The Spiritual Nature of life” at the beautiful 42 Acres Retreat in Frome, Somerset. It was a magical couple of days spent to help everyone who came along rejuvenate and find inner peace.  5 days of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, Cranial Osteopathy, Body Work, Acupuncture, Gong Sound Healing, Shamanic Cacao and Fire Ceremonies, Dance, Delicious Vegetarian Food to help everyone who came along find their own inner peace. Our wonderful teacher Maren Lander started our Cacao ceremony, a truly fantastic ceremony which allows us to have a sacred time and space for ourselves away from the stresses of everyday life. It is the perfect ceremony to switch off from a hectic and busy lifestyle, and to focus on the silence and peace within ourselves. It helps us to become clearer on who we are, where it is we may be going, and what is available to us in terms of opportunities. It also helps to shift emotional baggage, to let go of the past and find your way. If you simply need to lift your spirits or want to connect with yourself, a Cacao ceremony can help you regain the focus you need to become a happier you. As day turns to light, we end our days around a fire, being at one with nature. The fire ceremony is magical, as with the stars over our heads, we all reflect on our time here and what we have learnt about ourselves. We hope to see you soon at our retreats, our London clinic, or at our Sanctuary in Sri Lanka! “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” Rumi Yasmin

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Clarity and Reconnection ~ Finding a Clear Path to Self ~ 27 April – 3 June

Join Jade Wood and Terri Broughton for a transformational retreat combining yoga, craniosacral therapy and clarity life coaching woven into the wild jungle coastline of Sri Lanka. This retreat is a week-long personal and group exploration integrating movement, meditation, insight and healing and is the perfect platform to initiate transformation. This will be a true gift to give to your self, a time completely focused on your wellness, self-development, your mind and body together as one. Access your deeply held resources of health and happiness and create a more vibrant life. Highlights Two enriching one-to-one sessions: 1 Clarity life coaching session with Terri 1 Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy treatment with Jade Daily embodiment practice with Yin yoga and meditation Creative activities, nature walks and precious time to rest and rejuvenate A retreat experience of a lifetime surrounded by nature 7 nights’ accommodation in artisan beachside cabanas Delicious Ayurvedic meals throughout the retreat The retreat pogram What could be lovelier than to immerse yourself totally in self care through gentle exploration of body and mind and restoration of your true nature as an abundant being? On this retreat we give you the opportunity to move towards the life you dare to dream and to connect with your inner source of health and wisdom. The movement and meditation practices are accessible to all, with gentle Yin Yoga for embodiment – in this style of yoga we practice postures that are held softly and enjoyed for many minutes at a time – Yoga Nidra for full body relaxation, a guided Meditation journey to settle you into your reserves of deep peace and increase body awareness and relaxation. Each morning we will practice together in the Yoga Shala with the sound of the ocean to soothe you. In the afternoons we will have a group circle to talk, draw, craft and create using natural materials. In the time in-between you may do as you wish, walk, read, rest, write or socialise. As part of the retreat you will get TWO nourishing personal sessions, each an hour long, that are tailored to support your process. We will all come together as a supportive community of individuals, gathering for a dedicated purpose to manifest positive change in our lives. A week to fully enjoy the benefits of life spent outside of the usual demands of work, worry and stress where you will be immersed in the beauty of nature and supported by the elements. We aim to help you clarify your most authentic expression of who you are and let it shine, finding greater clarity and peace of mind and taking home tools to make you feel more at ease navigating life’s ups and downs. Terri Broughton Terri is a lifelong learner. She is a clarity coach with over 20 years of experience. A natural leader and teacher, a mother and a grandmother, a published author and an artist. She has devoted her life to helping others to examine, investigate and develop their full potential and their sense of self. Terri supports people to see their own innate wisdom. She believes in being compassionate and respectful while challenging individuals to find answers within themselves. Jade Wood Jade is a mover, sharer and vibrant lover of life. She teaches Yin Yoga teacher trainings, retreats and workshops globally and looks to the wisdom of the body to inform us how to live more fully, wholesomely and in line with our truth. She is an intuitive healer with experience as a Thai masseuse, shiatsu and craniosacral therapist and holds nurturing space for the body to tell its story with tender attentiveness, recognizing each of us as spiritually embodied beings. Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Treatment This therapy invites a greater sense of self-awareness through gentle holding. Jade will bring your attention to your body using touch that feels supportive and relaxing, helping you to embody the sensations that your system holds. This process and can aid you in releasing pain, trapped emotions or general imbalances by bringing increased spaciousness to the stories held within. Jade is a sacred witness to your process and provides a nurturing and supportive environment for positive change to manifest. Clarity Coaching Session This distinctive style of coaching explores how your experience of life is generated. An opportunity to look at life with fresh eyes. Terri will impart and evolve a deeper knowledge of yourself by understanding the “inside out” nature of experience. You will be guided towards a natural clear state of mind where a deeper understanding of your innate wisdom can emerge and you can explore your true potential. What to expect Prices include accommodation, food and retreat activities. It does not include flights (to Columbo airport). Transfers from the airport will be coordinated. Before April 26th, Special Early Bird Discount £1250 The retreat includes shared accommodation from the 27th until the 3rd in beautiful beach-side cabanas, ecologically luxurious these twin rooms are designed by local artisans with ensuite facilities and beautiful thatched roofs – private queen size cabanas are available for £500 extra for singles and £600 for couples. Three fresh meals a day will be served, prepared with local ingredients to support your health and vitality by an Ayurvedic chef. Arrival supper on the night of the 27th and a farewell lunch of the afternoon of the 3rd is provided. May in Sri Lanka is a traditional time for calling in new energy and the vibration of the seasonal rains helps to wash away any stagnancy and welcomes fresh insight. Would this retreat suit me? This retreat is the perfect platform to initiate transformation. If you are feeling a little lost or need to refocus your way of being in the world, or clearly feel ‘this is my time’. We are here for you. Essential quiet time will also be offered between the group activities of yoga, meditation and creative circle, this is offered for personal reflection, relaxing and being in the moment. Connect with your inner source of health and wisdom, and discover the most authentic expression of who you

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