Online Retreats: Space to Explore. Room to Grow. Time to Heal with Heather Mason

Description

Space to explore. Room to grow. Time to heal.

Discover what yoga therapy and contemplative practice can offer your wellbeing and personal development. Led by Heather Mason, founder of The Minded Institute, these standalone online retreats bring together yoga therapy, Buddhist practices, relaxation, mindfulness, loving-kindness and compassion, informed by physiology and neuroscience.

An opportunity to learn through guided practice with Heather, deepen your awareness and experience these practices for yourself.

Explore retreat dates below

Follow your curiosity

A retreat can be a space for discovery as much as for rest. Time away from your usual routine offers an opportunity to explore how you relate to your body, where you place your attention and how you respond to yourself and others.

You might come to develop your mindfulness, deepen an existing practice, explore ways to improve your mental health or discover a different approach to personal growth. Or you might simply welcome time for rest, reflection and enjoyment.

Whatever draws you to a retreat, the invitation is to explore with curiosity and openness.

Learn from a teacher with depth of experience

Heather Mason is a yoga therapist and educator whose work connects contemplative practice with contemporary understanding of the mind and body.

Her expertise is also informed by lived experience. Her own long-term experience of depression, anxiety and PTSD led her to intensive contemplative practice in monasteries and ashrams across South and Southeast Asia. This personal exploration, alongside postgraduate study in Buddhist Studies, psychotherapy, medical physiology and neuroscience, helped shape her distinctive approach.

In these retreats, Heather shares that depth of experience through guided practice.

Explore the body, mind and heart

Yoga therapy practices invite exploration of the relationship between body, breath and mind. Mindfulness invites attention to present-moment experience with curiosity and less judgement, while relaxation practices offer time to rest.

Buddhist practices add a rich contemplative perspective. Loving-kindness and compassion practices explore how to cultivate warmth and care towards yourself and others, bringing a relational dimension to personal development.

Together, these approaches offer opportunities to develop self-awareness, deepen your understanding and explore qualities you would like to nurture in everyday life.

Contemplative wisdom, informed by science

Heather’s understanding of physiology and neuroscience informs both the choice of practices and the way they are guided.

Rather than treating the body and mind as separate, her approach explores their interplay through movement, breathing, awareness and rest. The emphasis is on exploring these relationships through practice, with space to notice your own responses.

The value of retreat extends beyond the time set aside: it can introduce ways of practising and reflecting that you choose to develop further in daily life.

What to expect

• Live online retreats with Heather Mason, delivered via Zoom.
• Each retreat runs from 10am–2pm UK time.
• Guided yoga therapy and contemplative practice, with space for rest and reflection.
• Open to beginners and experienced practitioners.
• £50 per retreat. Each date is booked separately; you do not need to attend the full series.
• Lifetime access to the recording of each retreat you book is included.

Choose a date to join us

Each retreat is a standalone experience, with its own character shaped by Heather’s guidance and the practices explored on the day. Choose a date that suits you and make time for learning, practice and personal exploration. There is no need to attend earlier dates before joining.

All times below are UK time.

Booking and payment take place on our student learning platform. Select a date above to open that option, then sign in or create an account at checkout.

Already booked? View your retreat bookings on the student learning platform. Sign in, then select Open your retreat beside your booked date for your Zoom joining details and recording once available.

Joining details and recordings

Your Zoom joining details are available on the protected information page for your booked date within the retreat course. We will also email you a reminder with the Zoom link closer to the retreat. Please check your audio and video before joining and set up a comfortable, quiet space for movement and rest. You may wish to have a notebook nearby.

Your booking includes lifetime access to the recording of your booked retreat. Personal sharing is generally not recorded, but incidental participant questions, comments or references may remain. Please bear this in mind when choosing what to share during recorded portions.

Access is specific to the dates you have booked. You are welcome to book further retreats whenever you wish.