Alfoxton Park - The Dynamics of Stillness

The Dynamics of Stillness

Movement and meditation with Paramananda

7th - 14th August 2026

This retreat offers ideal conditions to quieten the mind and dive deep into your meditation and movement practice.

Paramananda's sessions offer unique pathways to embodiment and absorption, often involving poetry, relaxation and music. This retreat will explore the intersection of meditation and bodywork. Meditation will be accompanied by a unique opportunity to receive hands on guidance from Lucy Ascham, an experienced Alexander Technique teacher.

Alongside the daily schedule there will be offerings of ritual, guided walks, open fires, silence and saunas.

Facilitation Team

Paramananda

Paramananda has been teaching meditation and leading retreats around the world for over 30 years. He is also a poet and author of four books on meditation: Change Your Mind, A Deeper Beauty, The Body and The Myth of Meditation.

Lucy Ascham

Lucy is a healer, teacher and facilitator. She has been working with individuals and group workshops, taking people from pain towards freedom for over 2 decades. She is a Certified Resonant Healing Language Practitioner 2024-25 and has been working in private sessions with Sarah Peyton since 2008. She has been an Alexander Technique teacher 2003 and Constellations Facilitator 2019.

This retreat is open to those with a regular meditation practice for at least 6 months. We'll ask you to provide information about your meditation experience during the booking form to make sure the retreat is right for you.

Timings & travel

Timings

Please arrive between 3pm and 5pm on the first day. Dinner is served at 6pm. The retreat will finish by midday on the last day.

Travel

The nearest railway stations are Bridgwater and Taunton. We are about 1h 15min from Bristol by car.

The 15 bus leaves Bridgwater at 16:50 during college term dates and stops at the Plough Inn in Holford. We are a 15min walk from there.

Please get in touch for further advice with public transport, or for help arranging lifts / carpools.

Make sure to put "Coach House 2, Alfoxton Park" into Google Maps. Other variations will take you to Alfoxton House nearby which is not us. Otherwise use grid reference 51.165187, -3.220080.

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Accommodation & Food

Accommodation

This is a camping retreat - bring a tent or live-in vehicle. Toilets, showers and a sauna are available. Warm and waterproof clothing are advisable, along with gloves and boots or wellies. You may also wish to bring a torch and hot water bottle.

We have limited accommodation indoors for those with specific needs. Please let us know when you book if this is the case for you.

Food

Delicious vegan meals will be provided throughout the retreat.

Accessibility & Diets

We are committed to Alfoxton being a fully accessible venue and are working hard to achieve this. However, while the renovation work continues, visitors with specific mobility or accommodation needs may experience barriers to accessing all areas of the building and land.

If you have any questions or concerns, just get in touch, and please inform us of any significant dietary or accessibility requirements before submitting your booking request.

Costs

Alfoxton Park is a charity and works on the principle of Dana or a 'gift economy'. Read more about Dana here.

A £137 deposit will secure your place on this event. You will be invited to make a donation to Alfoxton when you attend.

If you are an Triratna Order member and need financial support to pay a retreat deposit, you can apply for a grant from the Abhayaratna Trust.

Technology, Alcohol & Drugs

All of our events are alcohol and drug free.

During the meditation retreats we ask you to turn off your mobile phones and other devices and not contact people outside of the retreat.

For all other events and workshops we ask you to be mindful of the use of devices and stay present, in order to make the most of your time here.

Any Questions?

Check our FAQ page or send us an e-mail at events@alfoxtonpark.org.uk

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