BarnRetreats

20/03/2026

Our friends Ambios Ltd at Lower Sharpham Farm and our charity The Sharpham Trust do THIS!

18/03/2026

Beautiful advice that we live by at The Barn

13/03/2026

Our charity is seeking an Assistant Venue Manager and a Marketing/Comms manager - anyone qualified and interested in those roles?
SEE LINK IN COMMENTS FOR DETAILS🙏

💚 Great new opportunities at our nature-mindfulness charity...
1. Assistant Venue Manager - closing date 26 March
2. Marketing & Communications Manager - closing date 13 April

Join an esteemed values-led organisation, support our mission to make a more mindful, compassionate and sustainable world - and help us take our retreats to the next level. For details, including how to apply, see the link in Comments.
NB: We won't be taking applications via social media.

11/03/2026

If you're considering a lovely gift for your Mum on Mothers' Day - we do gift vouchers that can be redeemed against retreats.

Of course, it's good to ensure that Mum is up for staying on retreat with us first, but if she is, then we'd be happy to help!

Visit our website and search "gift voucher"

08/03/2026

A woodland retreat for women on the Sharpham Estate close to The Barn. Begins June 12.

Hear from previous participants about their experiences, then visit our site and search "women".

05/03/2026

"Living simply makes loving simple. The choice to live simply necessarily enhances our capacity to love. It is the way we learn to practice compassion, daily affirming our connection to a world community"

- bell hooks, All About Love

03/03/2026

It's World Wildlife Day!

This year's theme is Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Conserving Health, Heritage and Livelihoods.

So please enjoy some pictures of our resident forager Brigit-Anna McNeill leading our Forage for Food & Medicine Days, running:

• April 12
• May 10
• May 31
• July 19
• October 11

Visit our website and search "forage".

Or forage for "forage", even...

27/02/2026

Sit with us this week...

Sign up to get reminded of our Weekly Online Sit that happens each Tuesday evening.

We sit together, online, from 7pm UK time, for 40 minutes or so.

All welcome, although we ask that you sign up to our Online Meditation Alerts to get that week's Zoom link.

(you can sign up from our page)🙏🏽

24/02/2026

"Sharpham provided a very well held and balanced (as well as beautiful and inspiring) Woodland retreat!

Perfect for rebalancing and taking time out for myself, deepen my practice and have a phone detox! thank you Sharpham Trust"

- retreatant on a Being With Nature woodland retreat on the beautiful Sharpham Estate

💚📸Jane Knight

20/02/2026

"Loved my 6 day retreat at the Barn Retreat Centre. Surprised how much I enjoyed the community spirit and shared activities. Cooking together and sharing cleaning tasks was surprisingly enjoyable.

"The leaders were warm and supportive. The location in the countryside was very calming and I enjoyed the meditations and the walks in the surrounding countryside. It did rain most of the time in Febuary but I still had a great time and was able to get out quite a lot despite the rain.

"The food was really good, recipes were available which was helpful.

"I felt that I learnt a lot from my fellow retreatants many like me were new to the Barn. There are shared bathrooms but it is quite a small centre so it was always easy to get access to a one of the six bathrooms and toilet.

"Going into silence after 9:15 to the next morning took some getting used to but good for the sleeping routine. Great place to experience living in a Buddhist community"

- Recent 5-star review on Google.

PS: New room labels by retreatant Karen. Thank you!

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18/02/2026

Art inspired by and made on retreat at The Barn by Joseph Kohlmaier.

13/02/2026

As it's LGBTQ History Month, allow us to share that there are just a few spaces left on Ease of Being - a 6-night meditation retreat for the LGBTQIA+ community beginning May 17.

This retreat was called for by LGBTQIA+ retreatants at The Barn - a venue in the Buddhist tradition.

Since our first one in 2022, each one has been joyous, supportive, loving - and over-subscribed.

Please join us for our next edition of this beautiful retreat. Visit our website and search "lgbtqia".

(if the retreat is full by the time you get to it, it's still worth adding your name to the Alert List as people do drop out).