Active Meditation Retreat
Spring Awakening – March Dates:
- Wednesday 11th March
- Thursday 12th March
- Saturday 14th March
- Sunday 15th March
Get ready to thrive in 2026 with wellness expert, Maria Parvati as she guides you with her practical approach to holistic wellness on this one or two day retreat (you choose one or two days). Spring is the perfect season for new beginnings – a time to plant the seeds for forming new habits.
You will come away with the knowledge to establish an enjoyable and sustainable home practice. By the time you leave something will have shifted. A renewed sense of joy, a strengthened sense of self, and positive momentum that continues to unfold throughout the year ahead.
During the retreat Maria will introduce active meditations to get the life force energy moving around the body resulting in a more expansive way of being, essentially returning you to access more joy and happiness. This means that you won’t be sat down all of the time.
There will be times for movement and times for stillness. Everybody can do this type of bio-energy active meditation, you do not need to be flexible or stand in advanced postures, yet you can have life-force-energy activated with these simple practices.
In addition to the active meditations, Maria will guide you in gentle breathwork, hands-on (optional) healing, a shamanic healing ritual where old habits can be released and where you can foster new ones to fully embody your best self.
There will also be sound baths for deep relaxation and integration.
Being in Mother nature is part of your re-alignment, and the 12 acres of English country gardens including woodland walks down to the river will enable you to reset your nervous system.
This event can be booked as a residential or experienced as a day guest. Book to stay and receive a 10% discount off room rates. However if you want to stay elsewhere there are other options within a short drive away, in Malmesbury, Tetbury, Sherston and surrounding villages.
Read the review of Whatley Manor’s first active meditation retreat in Wellbeing Magazine.
Testimonial from a previous attendee Lucy Wilkinson – ‘If you are thinking of trying this experience, you are right, do it and listen to your heart’.
For more information on the practices Maria Parvati teaches please see here website www.yogashaking.com and follow Maria Parvati on Instagram @maria_parvati
Pricing per person:
- £150 for one day
- £270 for two consecutive days
Includes the following –
- Arrival refreshments
- Buffet lunch
- Mid-afternoon refreshments
- All retreat activities with Maria Parvati
- Sound healing gong immersion
- Retreat Goodie Bag in collaboration with our spa partner GAIA Skincare
Timings – Arrival for a 9am start finishing around 5.30pm/6.00pm.
Whatley Events
Maria Parvati
Maria Parvati is originally from Finland and has travelled the world on her spiritual journey that started at an early age. Today she is a master of energy and has been leading groups and retreats for over two decades world-wide.
In her workshops and retreats she intuitively transforms energies in the room with depth and clarity in order for healing to take place.
She has always been fascinated about finding inner happiness and the practice of bio-energy active meditations is one of the most profound ways of activating one’s inner joy, as Maria Parvati truly believes that “happiness is our birthright”
Find out more her website www.yogashaking.com and follow Maria Parvati on Instagram @maria_parvati
TESTIMONIALS
Find out more about the active meditation experience by reading the testimonials of guests who joined previously.
Sue Baxter, Guest of Whatley Manor:
“It was great. I actually haven’t done any meditation properly before. I find it really difficult to clear my mind and today with all the different ways that you did, with the shaking, and the mantras, it was really good. My body, my mind, everything feels more peaceful and just lifted, which is great when there is so many difficult things going on in the world at the moment. It was really enjoyable and I’d like to do more.”
House events
We host regular events as part of our calendar, Sunday lunch with live Jazz, Sunday Cinema screenings and garden tours with our Head Gardener, you will find all the details below.
Book any of our events on their own or combine with an overnight stay to enjoy every aspect of the Whatley experience.
