The Garden Temple

The Garden Temple The Garden Temple is a nurturing retreat space in Croston, Lancs.

You are warmly invited to join soulful gatherings of creativity, celebration and connection… yoga and meditation, women’s circles, candlelit evenings, aromatherapy and sound baths.

December 9th - 18th I love how source plays with us. I almost knew the moment I ‘committed’ to daily sharing there would...
17/12/2025

December 9th - 18th

I love how source plays with us. I almost knew the moment I ‘committed’ to daily sharing there would be some intervention 😆✨
The day after arriving home from Scotland I became unwell with a fever and have spent the last 5 days in bed. I’ve missed festive gatherings, my pre- Christmas meditation class and women’s circle and don’t even have a tree up yet.
I actually feel peacefully unchristmasy… anyone else?!

The healing process I did in Scotland was profound. It’s work I have been committed to for the past 3 years… healing the imprints of pre and perinatal trauma. It’s incredibly potent life changing work that I realise I have been readying myself for for a long time.
I know this is changing who I am and how I show up in the world for myself and others… no big announcements but I feel the synchronous energy of shedding the year of the snake and heading towards the year of the horse, leaving behind a ‘9’ year and emerging into a ‘1’ year.
Having to surrender to bed rest (no easy job for a ‘doer’ with ADD the week before Christmas!) and detoxify through fever is a fitting end to a year of quiet transformation and skin shedding.

Today….
‘I am holding gently to a trust and optimism in the lightness that 2026 will bring’.

How are you feeling as 2025 comes to an end?

08/12/2025

December 6th, 7th and 8th

‘I am remembering life, my states of being and emotions are in constant flow. I am emotionally free to feel or release anything I wish to. ‘

Yesterday I turned 52 and I spent the afternoon journeying to the east coast of Scotland. It’s a beautiful place where for the last 3 years I have come to engage in some deeply healing ‘work’.

There are always channels of water flowing down through the beach to the sea but this morning after heavy rain there are more than ever. I have a deep sense of releasing some long held emotions and beliefs into the ocean. As I am writing this the sun has broken through the clouds.

I remember my emotions are in constant flow and I am free to feel or release anything I wish’

December 3rd, 4th and 5th Today I am remembering the power of honesty and authenticity. The truth is I haven’t felt insp...
05/12/2025

December 3rd, 4th and 5th

Today I am remembering the power of honesty and authenticity.

The truth is I haven’t felt inspired to post here the last few days… nothing revealed itself or wanted to be spoken. So I didn’t because I’m not very good at saying things for the sake of it!

I was questioning why I had announced I was going to do this in the first place. I softened the grip on the ‘rule’ I made and found a way round it that worked for me.
A couple of days ago a friend and I were admiring the silhouettes of trees. I love their honesty and transparent nakedness… no hiding behind leaf laden boughs, showy blossoms or hanging fruits. They no longer serve anyone else, neither an obvious source of food nor shelter from the elements.

Today I remember and celebrate my honesty and authenticity 🙏🏽

✨December 2nd✨Today I am remembering the strength of my courageous heart. Our soul journeys through lifetimes, each rein...
02/12/2025

✨December 2nd✨

Today I am remembering the strength of my courageous heart.

Our soul journeys through lifetimes, each reincarnation presenting different experiences as opportunities for our soul’s growth. Sometimes we accept and meet life’s offerings with ease but other times life feels too much to bear.
In these moments I try to remember my courageous heart (cœur is French for heart). The heart of our subtle body is the meeting place of the earthly lower centres and the heavenly upper centres. For me it feels like the space where our soul assimilates life.
The heart is not only a physical muscle but an energetic muscle too that loves to be worked.

Place a hand on your heart and breathe in. As you breathe out allow your breath to flow down through your body and into the earth. Breathe back up to your heart and feel your breath filling your heart. Breathe back down through your body into the earth. Begin to sense a fullness in your heart. You are opening a pathway to feeling and courage. This is not about putting on a brave face, there’s no bypassing here. Courage is embodied - through the breath and the body you reach the depths of the heart.

‘I am remembering the strength of my courageous heart’.

December 1st I am strongly feeling Advent or ‘the energy of coming’ this year. For me Christmas is Christ Mas - our birt...
01/12/2025

December 1st

I am strongly feeling Advent or ‘the energy of coming’ this year.
For me Christmas is Christ Mas - our birth into light or Christ consciousness. For years I have practised a meditation that begins with my connection to the earth, creates an alignment between heaven and earth, lights up the pineal gland, bathes the crown in light before it is received by the heart.
Over the years it has awakened and strengthened my connection to god/source/the divine. I feel it through my body and soul…. And as strongly as I feel it, so too do I forget it. I am reminded every day of my human-ness!!

This year I’m feeling the energy of this advent strongly both personally and in the collective… a deep sense of re-memberance- remembering who we are and why we are here and finding a sense of belonging to ourselves, each other and god however that looks for each of us.

So many are going through big challenges. If you feel called please join me in daily intentions of remembrance and becoming to embolden our spirits as we move through the final weeks of 2025 into 2026.

Each day through advent I intend to re-member what it is I am or I am becoming.

Today I am remembering my connection to god. ✨

How are you feeling? Is anyone else feeling a big sense of needing to release old stuff? Physically decluttering, Mental...
22/11/2025

How are you feeling? Is anyone else feeling a big sense of needing to release old stuff? Physically decluttering, Mentally auditing old thought patterns, finally releasing old and well worn beliefs about yourself?

I’m really feeling the need to make the closing of 2025 and the entrance into 2026 as spacious as possible- physically, mentally and spiritually.

Talk to loved ones in spirit or ask your god/higher self/source for guidance and support. Their energy is always waiting to respond to you.

Feel the opening of more and more moments of psychic connection and synchronicity as we move through the coming weeks and months.

With love,
Claire x

✨Meditation from the beginning ✨✨New Class - Tuesdays 5-6.15pm✨If you have always wanted to learn to meditate, have trie...
11/11/2025

✨Meditation from the beginning ✨
✨New Class - Tuesdays 5-6.15pm✨

If you have always wanted to learn to meditate, have tried and struggled to be still or quieten your brain you may want to try Dru Meditation. During a session you will be guided through pranayama (breath work), gentle movement (prana kriyas) as well as experiencing a guided deep relaxation all before you sit to meditate. Your body and mind are ready to settle into stillness and over time these practices become 2nd nature. You will integrate them into your everyday life with ease.
A group that have been coming to these sessions for 2 years now are really feeling the benefits.

After teaching Dru yoga for 4 years I studied Dru Meditation for 18 weekends before qualifying as a teacher in 2015. I have been teaching in a variety of settings since then - retreats, schools, charities, hospitals and corporate events. These practices have kept me sane over the years and have alleviated anxiety and stress during the most challenging times.

The sessions will be held in my Garden Sanctuary, it’s a warm and cosy space where all props are provided. The spaces are limited to 6 and as we are learning and layering practices I ask that you commit to the weekly sessions by paying monthly.

You are welcome to come and try the class during November and December then if you choose to, reserve your place from January. If you are interested in joining please send me a message. The taster classes will start next Tuesday 18th November at 5pm

I’m looking forward to starting this journey with you ,
Claire 🙏🏽

If you’d like to do some of your Christmas shopping in a calm and relaxing space with a glass of something sparkly or a ...
11/11/2025

If you’d like to do some of your Christmas shopping in a calm and relaxing space with a glass of something sparkly or a cup of tea whilst having a little pamper yourself then come along to the new ‘sanctuary’ in Croston. If you already know Neal’s Yard you’ll know how gorgeous the organic products are, if not you’re in for a treat. I’ll even do your wrapping and deliver to your door free of charge ❤️

Sunday 16th and 23rd November, 3-5pm

Please book a space here so I know you’re coming for space and refreshments,

https://bookwhen.com/gardentemple

It may have been cold and rainy outside today but we were cosy in the Garden Temple Sanctuary bathed in the warmth of ki...
09/11/2025

It may have been cold and rainy outside today but we were cosy in the Garden Temple Sanctuary bathed in the warmth of kind hearted company.

We wrote reflections on the ‘treasure’ we have harvested in 2025- all that we want to carry with us into 2026 and all that we were ready to let go in a fire and water ceremony.

Seasonal and elemental self hand, feet and face massages, mudra, meditation, pranayama, gentle asana and deep rest prepared us for journalling before sharing a healthy lunch and tea and chocolates. I love these days…an opportunity to be in sacred space as well as being light hearted and fun ❤️🙏🏽

Here are dates for the next 3 months. The places are limited to 6 on each date. I am also able to organise weekday retreats for your group on request.

Sunday 28th December, 11-2
Sunday 18th January, 11-2
Sunday 8th February, 11-2

Book here…

https://bookwhen.com/gardentemple

I have had a productive week in the Garden Temple Sanctuary…I have varnished the floor and made some shelves… feeling a ...
06/11/2025

I have had a productive week in the Garden Temple Sanctuary…
I have varnished the floor and made some shelves… feeling a little bit pleased with myself 😆

As you can see the shelves are now stocked with lots of organic Neals Yard products. I have used these divine pots and bottles of of skin, bath, body and beauty remedies for years and absolutely love them. These are all samples for you to have a play with and order whether you are here for sessions/retreat days or a Neals Yard gathering where I can offer mini facials and massages.

There are 2 Sunday afternoons gatherings in November for you to come along alone or with friends and family.
Please book below, there is no charge for the event but there are limited spaces. Come alone or bring friends and family just please book a space for everyone coming. I’ll provide warm drinks or something sparkly and some nibbles.

Sunday 16th November, 3-5pm
Sunday 23rd November, 3-5pm

Book here…
https://bookwhen.com/gardentemple

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