The Turning: an autumn retreat of pause and possibility

Saturday 27 September 2025

autumn leaves
Photo by Jeremy Thomas on Unsplash

9.30am-4.30pm, Downhead Park, Milton Keynes

As the leaves turn and the days draw in, you’re invited to do the same: slow down, take stock, and gently let go. 

The Turning is a one-day autumn retreat designed to help you gather the gold from your year so far, notice what’s shifting, and make space for what really matters.

Through a rich mix of awareness exercises, reflection, meditation, guided journalling, and soulful conversation, we’ll explore five themes of the season:

🍂 Harvest – honouring the growth and gifts of this year so far

🍁 Change – recognising what’s shifting in and around you

🍃 Fall – letting go of what no longer serves you

🌰 Hibernation – tending to your needs through better self-care

✨ Light – finding the light within and without that will see you through the fallow months.

Throughout the retreat you’ll be nourished with delicious food, surprise gifts, and the quiet joy of being in a small, warm-hearted group (max 12 people). This is a chance to exhale, realign, and walk into the darker months feeling lit from within.

Why come?

Because you need a pause. A breath.

Because something is shifting and you’re not quite sure what it is yet.

Because you want to feel more grounded, grateful, and gently inspired.

Because the year’s not over—and there’s still gold to be found.

Because autumn is wise—and so are you.

Book your place now

Saturday 27th September, 9.30am-4.30pm

The Quaker Centre, Downhead Park, Milton Keynes (five minute taxi ride from Milton Keynes Central station)

Cost including delicious lunch and refreshments throughout the day, plus a goody bag to take away £125 (Earlybird available until 1st September); from 1 Sept £145 

Workshop leaders: Jane Matthews and Davinder Chauhan

Only 12 places available. Book now by contacting Davinder on 07498 317630 or email davinder.healyourlife@gmail.com