Awaken: A Transformative 3 Day Spring Retreat 🦋
Step into the energy of spring at Awaken, an intimate 3 day retreat designed to nurture your soul and align your heart’s desires.
24 May 2025
Arrive: 4pm 24th May 2025 - Leave: 2pm 26th May 2024
Awaken with the energy of Spring
Step into the energy of spring at Awaken, an intimate residential retreat designed to nurture your soul and align your heart’s desires. Held at the tranquil Trigonos Centre in Snowdonia, this exclusive experience will guide you to connect with nature, raise your vibration, and embrace the transformative power of renewal.
Spring is a time of blossoming potential and intention-setting. Awaken offers carefully curated practices that engage all your senses, helping you feel aligned, uplifted, and ready to thrive into summer.
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Why Come to Our Awaken Retreat?
- Feel nurtured and uplifted in a safe, supportive environment.
- Raise your vibration with inspiring, tailor-made practices that awaken all your senses.
- Deepen your connection to nature and your heart’s desires.
- Receive a beautiful wellness goodie bag filled with delights to nourish your body, mind, and soul.
- Leave with tools to continue flourishing in your everyday life.
Ultimately, a Sens8 Retreat is a profound journey of self-discovery and transformation, offering you the tools and insights to live a more authentic, purposeful, and fulfilling life.
The Retreat Itinerary
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"The Retreat was a wonderful and special long weekend. It is one of the best things that I have ever done and I got a lot out of it. The activities were fantastic and inspiring. The food was superb, I loved every meal. The venue was beautiful and in a stunning location. One of the best parts was meeting such lovely people that I hope to stay in touch with."
Featured Activities
Raise Your Vibration with Crystal Sound Healing 💎
Immerse yourself in the healing frequencies of crystal singing bowls with Sarah Wheat, an experienced sound healer dedicated to restoring balance and alignment through the power of vibration. With a background in aromatherapy, reflexology, and training in homeopathy, Sarah has a profound understanding of how sound and energy work to bring the body into harmony.
Sarah explains that every cell in our body resonates with sound and vibration. The frequencies of the crystal bowls help the body naturally realign, elevating its vibrations to a state of harmony and wellness. This deeply restorative and sensory experience is enriched by the embrace of Mother Nature and culminates in a transformative cacao ceremony.
Allow yourself to absorb, release, and align as you step into balance and renewal.
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Live Welsh Harp and Angelic Vocals 🪽
Join us for a magical, heart-centred experience as Siân Llewelyn’s live Welsh harp blends with Charlotte Benz’s angelic vocals in this spiritual performance. Together, they will uplift and inspire with evocative songs, performed live from the heart, designed to touch the soul and stir the imagination. This joyous event will fill the air with positive energy, inviting guests to join in song if they wish, creating a deep sense of connection, unity, and joy.
This collaboration promises to be a highlight of the retreat, showcasing the unique synergy between Sian’s exquisite harp and Charlotte’s evocative voice.
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Angel Meditation 🧘♂️
Dive into a gentle, restorative angel meditation, where you’ll be guided to find the space to connect with your inner wisdom and peace. This sacred meditation encourages you to release tensions, calm the mind, and open up to the guidance that the angels have for you at this powerful time of the year.
As part of the session, you’ll receive a personalised angel card that can provide clarity and insight, illuminating the path forward. These messages will serve as gentle reminders of your strengths and potential, inviting you to align with your highest self as we journey through the season of renewal.
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The Healing Power of Nature: An Essential Oils Workshop 🌹
Discover the transformative power of doTERRA’s Certified Pure Tested Grade essential oils, nature’s medicine for body, mind, and spirit. These potent oils will feature throughout the retreat, enhancing meditation, emotional balance, and connection through the healing power of aroma.
In this enlightening workshop, learn how essential oils can:
🌸 Clear emotional and physical trauma.
🌸 Deepen your meditation practice.
🌸 Support restful sleep, ease tension, and boost immunity.
Empower yourself with natural solutions for 80% of your healthcare needs from home – whether it’s soothing headaches, easing colds, or supporting emotional wellbeing – all without the side effects of modern medicine. Step into a world where nature nurtures and heals.
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Meet your Retreat Facilitator
Charlotte Benz 🦋 Facilitator
Charlotte Benz is a versatile healer, teacher and artist dedicated to empowering others. As a Reiki Master, AromaTouch Trainer, and practitioner of Thought Field Therapy, she provides transformative healing experiences that release negative emotions and restore inner peace.
Charlotte, alongside Jack Canfield of The Secret, co-authored the bestselling book Recipe For Success. This inspiring book has helped many individuals achieve their dreams, and Charlotte brings the same energy to her retreats.
With training in theatre and as a fully qualified teacher, Charlotte uses her teaching and public speaking talents to inspire and motivate. Her workshops are filled with creativity and joy, helping participants embrace their dreams.
Residing in picturesque North Wales with her partner, three children and three cats, Charlotte is deeply connected to Mother Nature and loves spending time with her family. Her retreats offer participants a chance to reconnect with the natural world and find tranquility in the stunning Welsh landscape.
Sarah Wheat 🔆 Special Guest
Sarah Wheat is a passionate holistic practitioner with a deep love for bringing health and healing to others. With years of experience as an aromatherapist, reflexologist, and ongoing training as a homeopath, she blends various modalities to support well-being. Her journey took an exciting turn when she discovered the powerful connection between energy, sound, and vibration, and she became fascinated with how sound can shift and balance the body’s energy.
Through the soothing frequencies of crystal singing bowls, Sarah creates an uplifting and restorative experience that allows participants to relax, let go, and realign. The gentle vibrations of the bowls help the body tune into its natural rhythm, clearing blockages and raising energy levels. Sarah’s sound healing invites you to reconnect with your body, leaving you feeling refreshed, balanced, and harmonised.
Sian Llewelyn 🎼 Special Guest
Sian is a distinguished Welsh harpist renowned for her exceptional talent and captivating performances. Her musical journey was shaped by esteemed harpists Gwenllian Dwyryd, Elinor Bennett, and Nansi Richards, whose tutelage honed her skills to professional mastery. Sian further refined her craft at the prestigious Royal College of Music and Drama, solidifying her reputation as a formidable presence in the world of classical music.
Throughout her illustrious career, Sian has graced countless weddings and events with her enchanting harp performances, earning acclaim for her ability to create an atmosphere of elegance and serenity.
During our upcoming Awaken Retreat, Sian will collaborate with the accomplished singer Charlotte Benz. Together, they will weave a tapestry of harmonious and serene music, designed to uplift and inspire.
“The spark of emotional strength that I gained from that weekend has caught fire throughout the year. I have spoken with Charlotte a few times and become very emotional because I really feel that the time we spent together was so special. It came for me at exactly the right moment. I am so thankful to her for sisterhood and positivity.”
Your Retreat Setting
Immerse yourself in the tranquility and rejuvenation of a nurturing residential retreat at the beautiful Trigonos Centre, nestled in the heart of Snowdonia.
The Trigonos Centre, nestled in the serene Nantlle Valley, provides a cozy and safe haven. With stunning views of mountains, lakes, and meadows, this is a place to feel cared for and inspired. Enjoy wholesome, organic meals prepared with love, relax by the fire in the library, and immerse yourself in the peaceful environment of this unique retreat centre.
Relax and unwind in our beautifully appointed rooms, each designed to provide the utmost comfort and serenity. Enjoy the tranquil ambiance and stunning views of the Snowdonia landscape from your private retreat.
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The Food
Indulge in delicious, locally sourced vegetarian and vegan meals prepared with love and care by our talented chefs. Each meal is designed to nourish your body and delight your senses, using the finest seasonal ingredients.
All the food is freshly made everyday from homegrown biodynamic or locally sourced produce. We believe strongly in providing seasonal, local, and nutritions vegetarian meals to our retreat guests, and as such it is prepared with great care, love and imagination.
Book your Retreat
Experience the ultimate in comfort and relaxation with our ALL-INCLUSIVE Awaken Spring Retreat package.
The bedrooms (all en suite) are comfortable, bright and some with beautiful views. In spring you can open the windows and in the cooler times the environmentally friendly wood chip boiler ensures that everywhere is warm.
Booking below includes your retreat experience and activities as well as the accommodation you prefer.
| Name | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| Private Double Ensuite | £690.00 | |
| Private Single Ensuite | £660.00 | |
| Shared Twin Ensuite | £570.00 | |
| Non Residential | £375.00 |
FAQs
Towels and soap are provided. In the interests of sustainability we do not change towels every day. If your stay is for 5 days or more we will automatically change towels at around the mid-point. If you require clean towels at any point they are always available on request. All beds have cotton sheets and duvet covers.
Trigonos is essentially a vegetarian venue. Very occasionally we will provide meat or fish in order to meet individual dietary requirements when it is essential to do so.
Trigonos has an excellent reputation and wide experience of catering for vegan, gluten-free and other essential dietary needs.
Visitors are welcome to bring their own alcoholic drinks and we will happily supply glasses. Trigonos does not have a license to serve alcohol.
All public areas such as meeting rooms and dining room are on the ground floor and suitable for wheelchair access. Some bedrooms are suitable for people with disabilities.
Broadband wi-fi is available to our visitors in all of our buildings and bedrooms. But please remember that this is a rural area and ‘superfast’ may be a bit slower than you expect.
Trigonos is situated in a mountainous area and mobile phone signal is limited. Currently the EE network seems to provide the best signal in the area, but we cannot guarantee this. You are welcome to use our payphone.
There is a payphone in the main house (Plas) for guests for incoming and outgoing calls: 01286 882 600. It is best to ask people to call you at a time you are likely to be available, e.g. around meal times.
Urgent messages for visitors can be sent by email or left during office hours on the Trigonos office number: 01286 882388.
A small stock of toiletries, etc. are available to buy should you need them during your stay. We supply Faith in Nature Fragrance Free Shower and Foam Bath in all rooms.
Guests are welcome to use the lounges and library to relax during their free time.
Trigonos is primarily a centre for courses, events and other organised activities. As such we do not provide hotel style cleaning services in individual bedrooms. We will always endeavour to meet requests for assistance. If your stay is for 5 days or more we will clean rooms at around the mid point of your stay.
Trigonos has 18 acres of gardens, woodlands, meadows and horticultural land, all accessible to our visitors. A few areas have limited access and these are clearly marked.
There is access to the lake adjoining Trigonos. Swimming and all other activities involving the lake are entirely at your own risk. Trigonos cannot accept any liability for such activities.
There are many superb low level and mountain walks within a few miles of Trigonos. We have route sheets for some of the more local walks; ranging from easy low level to major mountain walks. Please remember to always follow the mountain code.
If there is accommodation available before and after your event you are very welcome to extend your stay. Please contact Trigonos directly (not via the retreat organiser) to check availability.