Blossoming You – for women in a tender space between change and becoming
BOOKING OPEN : SPRING RETREAT Thursday 16TH – Sunday 19TH APRIL 2026
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Location: Hazel Hill Woodland Trust, Salisbury, SP5 1AU
New shoots are stirring beneath the woodland floor. A New Moon emerges in the darkness.
In this tender time of thresholds and potential, we invite you to join us for four days of slowing down—listening for what has ripened in the compost of your past, nurturing seeds that are waiting for rain and sunlight, and giving space to buds newly emerging.
Together we’ll lean into the companionship of trees, the grounding of soil, and the wisdom of stillness found in nature. We’ll move gently between solitude and shared exploration—exploring bodywork, dreaming, and conversation with the land.
Blossoming You is for any woman who feels she’s at a fork in the road, or at a threshold – because of menopause, loss, or other life-change. Are you seeking a space to rest into the rhythm of becoming? If this resonates deep inside your mind, heart, body and soul, then this offering is for you.
Andrea Hobbs and Lucy Furniss continue to journey towards, through and beyond our own experiences of change – embracing uncertainty, growing into new ways of being, leaning into the wisdom and delight offered by trees, animals and all the land.
We want to share and invite you to explore these spaces and uncover what’s alive in you.
You will be spending 4 days and 3 nights nurturing your own uniqueness, held gently by the rhythm of the beautiful woodland at Hazel Hill.
You will have support and space to listen to and seek your own wisdom – germinating insights that arrive and encourage you on your Soul’s journey.
Re-discovering your own blossoming-self is the theme of our Retreat: slowing down, and creating space for you to dream into beyond and connect deeply with the natural world around us. Our ancient ancestors knew how to listen to the whispers of the land and be open, and we’re passionate about returning to this lost wisdom.
We’ll be inviting you to explore your edges, focus on the threshold you may find yourself at, and take a deep but gentle dip into your passions, hopes and fears.
Our Wild Way Retreats are a held space for what is already emerging, and transforming in you as Woman on this land and in these times of great challenge and change. We offer a place where you can feed, water, and tend to your Soul’s growth.
We promise compassionate companionship, presence, support, and beautiful surroundings where the dance of change may seek you, as your soul’s voice emerges in its own timing.
“Simply put, this retreat has enabled me to reclaim my power. It gave me the soft empowering space I needed to face my darkest fear and begin to move through it. Coming out of the retreat I have felt brave enough to make a huge life change that I didn’t think possible” Holly, 2024
Event Highlights
- Nature Connection: Being still and connecting deeply with the natural surroundings, inviting a sense of inner peace and growth and entering into the liminal dream space
- Holistic Activities: Engage in a variety of creative and somatic activities to bring you into connection with yourself and the support that arrives from nature, working with grief, loss, and letting go as well as opening to new possibilities.
- Shared Spaces: Immerse yourself in safe, warm and comfortable spaces – the perfect setting for supportive and restorative group experiences with women who share this journey.
” Helen, Embercombe Solstice retreat 2024What’s included for you
- Daily guidance by qualified, skilled and intuitive wild therapists
- Daily Dream-circle weaving our visions together
- Wild ‘sit spot’ solo time in nature
- Relaxing guided meditations
- Liminal Shamanic sound bath
- Fireside talk and reflection time
- Somatic movement to bring you to your body
- Oracle card guidance
- Rituals woven in honour of the season and what the group brings
- Creating from natural objects
- Group growth sharing
- Nourishing time for yourself
Andrea Hobbs: Experienced crafter-artist, Wild Therapist, Meditation Mind Calm Coach, Tarot and Oracle Card Guide.
At Blossoming You, Andrea tends the fertile meeting place between creativity, intuition, and the more-than-human world. With over four decades exploring alternative spiritual lineages, she walks with a grounded mysticism—one that trusts the Earth as teacher and imagination as bridge.
Her intuition opens doorways into the unseen dimensions of experience: the shimmer between stillness and inspiration, the moment when silence begins to sing. Andrea invites participants to explore creativity not as performance, but as listening—to the land, to the body, to the inner whispers of the soul.
Blending contemplative practice with artistic play, she helps you find balance between vision and embodiment, between wonder and presence. Under her guidance, transformation unfolds less as an event and more as a blossoming that knows its own timing.
Lucy Furniss: Experienced Gestalt and Wild Therapist
At Blossoming You, Lucy walks alongside you as a companion at the edge of becoming. Drawing on her years of Gestalt practice and Wild Therapy, she helps participants listen to the subtle languages of body, land, and imagination—those quiet places where growth begins before it blooms.
Lucy weaves dialogue, movement, and nature-based ritual to invite psychological and ecological rewilding. Her guidance encourages you to meet the more-than-human world not as backdrop, but as co-facilitator and mirror—helping you sense what wants to awaken and what is ready to rest.
She holds a tender trust in the Earth’s capacity to teach and transform us, reminding each participant that blossoming isn’t about performance or perfection; it’s about remembering how to live in rhythm with the world that made us.
Learn more about Lucy’s ongoing practice at www.lucyfurniss.co.uk.
Investment:
Includes expert guidance, materials, delicious vegetarian meals and bunkhouse accommodation or space for camping or campervan.
Early bird price £457 per person available until 16th February 2026.
Full price after that £487 per person.
*Optional ‘Gift Forward’ price £507 which enables us to begin to build up a bursary to support other women who may want to attend but can’t afford the full cost.
Full payment required by 30th March 2026.
A £250 deposit holds your place with us. We know that life can shift in unexpected ways, and while deposits are usually non-refundable, we’ll always do our best to work with you and find a kind solution if circumstances change.
Payment plans available – feel free to ask.
We hope to offer a couple of bursary places. If financial support would help you join us, please reach out.
There’s only room for a maximum of 10 and so if this Retreat is calling you, please book early to avoid disappointment.
Registration:
For more detailed information and to book your place, please contact Lucy and Andrea at wildwayretreats@gmail.com.
[Disclaimer: Event details and schedule subject to change. Check our website for the latest updates.]
Meals: Indulge in a vegetarian culinary journey where meals become an opportunity for shared experiences. All food is provided and prepared communally and where possible organic and/or sourced locally, offering a delightful blend of flavours. Together we will craft nourishing dishes to enhance your retreat experience. Cooking and providing for each other is part of this experience and an opportunity to be fully in community with each other. However, you will not be expected to spend hours in the kitchen as most of the preparation is done by us!
Dietary and Personal Requirements: Your well-being is our priority. Please inform us of any dietary requirements at the time of booking to ensure a personalised and satisfying culinary experience. If you have any personal, mobility or other requirements, please be in touch before booking to check your suitability for the site.
Outdoor Environment: Please come ready and willing to be outdoors most of the time and bring appropriate clothing and footwear. Depending on the venue, wild swimming/dipping is not usually part of our schedule, but may be available on site or locally.
Note: This retreat is strictly alcohol and drug free.
Single occupancy availability is sometimes available (not always as this depends on the layout at a venue) and is always limited so will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. For inquiries please contact us at wildwayretreats@gmail.com
We usually have access to a camping area – so if you need tour own space, this is usually the best option.
If this is something that’s important to you, please tell us at the time of booking.
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[Disclaimer: Event details and schedule subject to change. Check our website for the latest updates.]
For more early-doors information contact Andrea and Lucy at wildwayretreats@gmail.com
