Autumn Eel Pie Island Womens Day Retreat
Earth & Stars Day Retreat + Gong Bath
Turn your body into a sanctuary and your practice into a whole-bodied invocation to the energies of the Earth and the Stars; our primordial Mother & Father and the sacred union of all polarities in this powerful field of presence and love.
Saturday, 1st November, 2-6pm 2025
Total Cost: £80
Discounted Place: £45. Available for those on a lower income. Please email info@nadiaraafat.com for discount code.
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It is time to return to wonderful Eel Pie for our seasonal community gathering. As the light turns in, we are also inviting you to turn your attention inwards and downwards through the gateway of the body to discover the inner body; a pulsating, vibrating fleld of continuously moving energy and learn how we can use our yoga; asana, breathwork and awareness to direct the flow of our precious life energy not only through our own beings but out into the wider field of which we are part.
This day retreat explores the polarities of strong and soft; active and passive, inner and outer, open and closed in all their somatic expressions. The extended 2 hour yoga asana session will focus on moving from deep fascial engagement to deep fascial release. Trust me, time will fly by. This will be followed by a 30 minute healing yoga Nidra on intuition and creativity – something we all need to access. After the yoga, a break for delicious refreshments and connection on the terrace, then, from a place of open receptivity, receive the healing sounds of Candice’s all-encompassing Gong bath.
Candice will lead us on a deeply relaxing journey of sound encouraging us to rest within the experience and witness our nervous systems, vagus nerve and brain be both stimulated and soothed by the sound of the Gong.
We will close with a circle of love and connection sealing in our efforts and intensions for the day.
As always this event will be a wonderful opportunity to come together with old friends, make new ones, connect with ourselves and each other and reaffirm our unity and community as we head into the darkness of late autumn.
About Eel Pie Island
Eel Pie Island is a small private island accessed via a footbridge from Twickenham riverside and across the water from Richmond. It is home to a large artist’s community and an array of wonderfully eccentric and curious properties as well as a really colourful rock n roll history.
It is easily accessible by all forms of transport; walking distance from Twickenham station and a stones throw from the High Street, served by many bus routes. Metered parking is also widely available.
Autumn Island Womens Day Retreat
Earth & Stars Day Retreat
Saturday, 1st November, 2-6pm 2025
Total Cost: £80
Discounted Place: £45. Available for those on a lower income. Please email info@nadiaraafat.com for discount code.
Book Your Place Here
About Nadia:
I am a senior registered yoga teacher and teacher trainer with 20 years of teaching experience. I teach hatha, vinyasa and yin yoga alongside yoga nidra, meditation and mindfulness. I am also a holistic pelvic health specialist and a perinatal specialist.
My yoga is creative, fluid and somatically-informed. I will keep you engaged and gently challenged from all perspectives. As a movement teacher, I am always discovering fresh, and new ways of embodying and experiencing ourselves. All my classes are infused with mindful awareness, reverence for movement and for the beautiful philosophical teachings of yoga.
I believe deeply in the power of yoga to awaken us physically, psychologically and spiritually to live the lives we came here to live.
About Candice
Candice Joyce is a dear friend and wise soul sister. Alongside being a mama, she is a talented musician, singer and songwriter as well as a gong bath facilitator. When she is not making music, she practices as a homeopath with a long-standing private practice in Richmond.
Autumn Island Womens Day Retreat
I hope you will join us this November on Eel Pie Island – my favourite urban retreat venue.
The cost of this event will be £80. Early Bird £70 (available until 30 September)
I am also offering discounted places of £45 to those in a lower income bracket.
Please email info@nadiaraafat.com for the discount code.
Saturday, 1st November, 2-6pm 2025
Total Cost: £80
Discounted Place: £45. Available for those on a lower income. Please email info@nadiaraafat.com for discount code.
Book Your Place Here
