Workshops and Retreats
Supporting The Authentic Expression of Who You Are
Workshops, Retreats, Festivals & other Events
These personal development and well-being workshops are about who we are in our innermost essence, the flame of life within us. A safe space where we can be our authentic selves, without the protections and masks. They are a place of growth and expansion, supporting you in letting go of the barriers that limit and restrict who you really are.
I also run Forest Bathing (Shinrin Yoku) nature connection groups in Sussex.
Workshops, retreats, festivals & other events
These personal development and well-being workshops are about who we are in our innermost essence, the flame of life within us. A safe space where we can be our authentic selves, without the protections and masks.
They are a place of growth and expansion, supporting you in letting go of the barriers that limit and restrict who you really are.
I also run Forest Bathing (Shinrin Yoku) nature connection groups in Sussex.
Upcoming Events
15
Febuary 2026
Forest Bathing – Tilgate, West Sussex
Forest Bathing
Tilgate, West Sussex
“A very relaxing couple of hours. I was able to let go of some of the concerns of my life and enter into a magical, peaceful inner space feeling connected with nature.”
Come and share this simple but beautiful nature immersion work. Based on the Japanese tradition of Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing), we will participate in several guided nature connection exercises that open us to the deep replenishment that nature can offer us when we drop into stillness and are fully receptive. This is therapeutic and restorative on many levels, it relaxes our nervous system, reconnects us to our centre & supports our overall sense of wellness and vitality.
Afterwards we will gather round a fire for tea, snacks and to chat.
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This event is being run by The Holistic Wellness Community and takes place in woods at their base in Tilgate, Crawley.
You’ll be gently guided through simple sensory practices to help you open more fully to your connection and relationship with the nature around you – for example, exploring the textures of bark, grass, and leaves, attuning to the sensation of sunlight or wind on your skin, as well as some gentle movement and conscious breathing. As you settle into these experiences, you may find yourself naturally returning to a sense of inner stillness, allowing stress and tension to gradually release.
There will be time for quiet reflection and also for speaking with each other to share our experience, exploring our inner landscape as well as the outer one.
You are invited to come exactly as you are, with whatever mood or feelings that are with you at that time. Nature offers an accepting and healing environment where everything is allowed to simply be.
10:00 am - 1.00pm
Tilgate Drive, Crawley, RH10 5PH
Free. Opportunity to make a donation if you wish.
15 – 17
May
Healing in Nature workshops at the Wood Festival, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire
Forest Bathing at Wood Festival
Oxfordshire, UK
“A family-friendly festival of music, creativity & Nature.
A rich programme of 50+ free workshops, talks and activities for all ages. A multiple Greener Festival Award winner with a solar-powered wooden stage, wood-fired showers and composting loos with a view! Feel real rhythms, not algorithms, hear music with roots and discover artists who have something to say.”
I will be running Healing in Nature sessions. These will be guided Nature Connection events encompassing elements of Forest Bathing and Mindfulness to support you in connecting with the deep still place within. It will be an invitation into a deep surrender and letting go, allowing nature to be your guide.
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Come and share this simple but beautiful nature immersion work. Based on the Japanese tradition of Shinrin Yoku (Forest Bathing), we will participate in several guided nature connection exercises that open us to the deep replenishment that nature can offer us when we drop into stillness and are fully receptive. This is therapeutic and restorative on many levels, it relaxes our nervous system, reconnects us to our centre & supports our overall sense of wellness and vitality.
See all the workshops and activities being held at the Wood Festival.
15 - 17 May
Braziers Park Camp Field, Ipsden, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 6AN
1 – 5
July
Reconnection workshops at the Embodiment Festival, Mundekulla
Embodiment Festival, Mundekulla
Långasjö – Sweden
A FESTIVAL FILLED WITH MOVEMENT, PLAY, WISDOM, NATURE, ART & SOUND
“We will bring our senses into dance, music, yoga, meditation, acrobatics, lectures, arts and much more – celebrate, play, learn and connect.
All will take place in the idyllic surroundings of Mundekulla´s forest, beautiful buildings, lush greens and community.”
I will be offering a short form of the Reconnection workshops at this wholistic festival. The workshops will explore the possibility of moving from a state of separation, survival and struggle into trust, connection and flow.
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This will be a time spent together where we don’t need to do anything, be anything, prove anything, fit in, please others, be good enough, etc or make any effort in order to be loved and accepted. It is a glimpse of going beyond the experience of separation and survival (i.e., the world of competition, struggle etc) into connection, union and a remembering of our innate perfection and wholeness.
When we come together and have the support from others we can find the courage to drop the old patterns, the negative thoughts, doubts and insecurities, as none of these factors are who we really are. We are so much more, as behind the illusion of struggle and separation we are really all one. As each of us takes a step into openness and truth, we can then experience the support from others who want us to be free to be ourselves fully, as this is what we all want in our deepest being. This is the uplifting energy that emerges in the workshop that makes taking these steps feel natural and easy.
1 - 5 July
Mundekulla Retreatcenter 361 95 Långasjö - Sweden
“I loved this workshop! Thank you Mark for bringing it here! Clean and simple, tender and kind, and ruthlessly authentic, a space of safety and trust that offers the opportunity for each and every emotion/block/fear/”resistance”/barrier/”issue” to come up and out and be met so that it can melt and be integrated at its own perfect pace. He will not let anything untrue pass unchallenged and he will be open to and unshaken by all that you bring. This is the place to take a step further with the help of a safe group of friends. I love that Mark comes from trust in the oneness of us all and at the same time carries a great therapeutic toolbox making it feel light and effortless. Loved the bioenergetics. And so many other things…”
Julia – Therapist & mother
“Mark is brilliant at creating a safe space for you to be yourself and to heal. He leads with both wisdom and clarity, and a bonus is his great sense of humour. He is kind and empathic and I really appreciated the consideration and respect he showed me and the other members of the group. He made me feel empowered and worthy, seen and listened to. I´m so grateful for having found this workshop on my journey home to myself. I will absolutely come back.”
Allison
“Wow, I got the opportunity to experience a Reconnection day in rural Portugal, and it was so valuable! Mark tuned into the group, adapted the process to the needs and flow of the day and was sensitive to each person’s journey. Thank you!“
“Mark is great at facilitating and gently guiding the changes that are difficult to make alone. I found it a very worthwhile, valuable opportunity in a lovely supportive group.”
“I highly recommend the Reconnection workshops with Mark. He has a unique way of leading a workshop of personal development. During these two days, the majority of the participants took huge steps forward, myself included. You can feel that Mark genuinely cares for each one of the participants. He uses different perspectives during the workshop as theoretical, physical, psychological, and spiritual; so all parts of you can follow. He creates a safe environment where he includes everyone. He encourages you to take steps forward in your development and invites the whole group to support you. During this time I felt I could open up to my vulnerability and I dared to meet my fear and I released some old protections that hold me back. I’m so thankful that I went to this workshop and if I have the opportunity I want to continue to work with Mark, because his methods really work. “
“Mark holds such a deep clear space. He sees and feels deeply on so many seen and unseen levels.
“I find these reconnection days that Mark holds massively rewarding. I have been to a few, and each time I have met new insights, valuable learning and authentic connections to myself and other humans! I’m very touched by the depth, safelty and honesty that Mark’s way of holding and listening brings.”
Sophia – Musician
“Excellent workshop Family constellations! I am now reading more about it and planning to attend the next workshop. Mark is offering a patient, caring knowledgeable, and safe environment. thank you!
“Family Constellations and Reconnection is hugely beneficial to anyone who wants to delve into a deeper sense of themselves and those around us. I just spent a day with Mark and others at a Familly Constellations day and found Mark to be sensitive to my curiosity around the subject. No issue or feeling is too small, no emotion is left unaddressed and one feels very safe in the hands of his guidance. An amazing day leaving many feelings opened up and questioned. Lovely bunch of people too!
Christopher – Business Advisor
“A profoundly moving & nurturing day spent sharing & deepening our connections with ourselves & others in a safe, loving space. Mark’s insight & guidance always communicated with deep sensitivity & clarity.”
Chrissy – Clothes designer
“I have known Mark for a few years now, and have been doing reconnection with him for the last 2 or 3 times. He brings humanity to the group, a very rare quality to show these days. I find him tremendously insightful in he’s interventions. Very creative, not afraid to take chances, and steer the vessel in any direction that he intuitively knows. All this in a very held space, another rare quality. Always available after, to keep holding whatever came up to the participants. I find he’s work pioneering and so much needed.”
Antonio – Gardener & decorator
“I felt blessed to be part of one of the most beautiful workshops I have ever attended. I felt safe and free to dive deep into my inner, most true self. The experience of seeing what I have seen inside me, it is priceless, the feeling of love and support I have received from the members of the group were deeply touching. I Loved every moment of it, thank you everyone for being so open and honest and for allowing me to be part of this amazing morning together”
Sylvia – Reiki Healer
“Mark has a rare and profound combination of joining the spiritual and the human which I find rare. Down to earth, human and normal, and at the same time spiritually profound and deep. His workshop/retreat was very powerful and cut to the core of what human connection is about. His experience and sensitivity is evident when holding the space and it felt safe and very nurturing to unravel what was inside of me that’s not usually something I dare to bring to the surface. Thank you Mark!”
Stefan
“Mark holds a unique safe space that invites total honesty into the room, and in doing so brings insight to the blind spots and that powerfully creative unconscious that has us in challenging dynamics. He is great at facilitating the unpicking of the masterful masks…and freeing up a whole more informed and authentic way to be yourself.”
Serena – Art Therapist
“I would wholeheartedly recommend Reconnection, I have attended several intensive courses/workshops that Mark has held, now also a couple online too, and he is very skilled at holding a space where you really feel it is a safe space, whether you just sit and be, or listen to others, or share your innermost feelings, he holds the space with gentleness and compassion and non-judgment and is great at shining a light on the deeper truths within those feelings we may dare to share, often we have constructed so many protections and armour around ourselves over our lifetime to keep us safe and hold so tightly to our conditioned behaviour ,reactions and beliefs etc that we can’t see our own truth or who we really are, If we want to go there Mark is excellent at facilitating us in breaking free from our own internal prisons to discover our true authenticity within and live from that place.”
David – Software Analyst
“Mark’s gentle guidance into opening our stories and seeing new angles through the constellation is priceless. It’s very nourishing to do your own one or be part of someone else’s, even be observing what is unraveling before your eyes as observer. I’ve been to few and looking forward to more.”
“Mark holds space and guides participants through the constellation process very skilfully. His expertise and experience is self-evident in creating a safe container for full authentic expression and giving clear guidance for participants to discover their own ‘Ahah!’ moments – embodied unravellings of conscious and unconscious cruxes. I felt empowered and excited by the possibilities the work opened up for me regarding my relationships and perceptions of various situations in my life. I unreservedly recommend Mark’s work.
Annie – Yoga teacher and Somatic Coach.
“Beautiful, deeply touching, an eye opener into my life and who I truly am. I felt safe, I felt supported throughout the workshop and most of all I felt loved and connected to other amazing human beings who, like me, found the courage to open up and be ourselves 
I loved every moment of it! Thanks to Mark and everyone else who was there at the workshop yesterday and made the day so very special!“
Sylvia
FAQ
What does optimal well-being mean?
Optimal wellbeing is a state of being naturally in tune with life and its cycles. It means you are not acting against the flow of life but in accord with it. It means looking after yourself on every level. Optimal wellbeing can only truly come about from self-love. No amount of effort, pushing ourselves at the gym to achieve certain goals or striving to be something other than who we are can ever bring genuine wellbeing as there is always a cost that eventually comes from being harsh with ourselves. Optimal wellbeing means to be sensitively tuned into life and what it is asking of us in every moment. This is about being in a state of surrender and trust in life. The Reconnection Workshops and retreats help facilitate this and support you in being guided by the inner knowing within you in all action you take in your life.
What is the best personal development programme?
There are many personal development programmes, seminars and retreats, all offering different things, so it depends on what you are looking for. There are those that focus mainly on achieving goals and objectives, empowering you to be more effective in what you are doing. Other programmes have more of a spiritual emphasis and some are about reprogramming your belief systems. The Reconnection workshops and retreats that I am offering are all about remembering who you are at the innermost level of your being. We create a space of profound safety and trust so that you can explore your vulnerability and reconnect with the unique qualities that are at your essence. These events are not about changing who you are but shedding the many masks and becoming more comfortable with the true you within. Central to this approach is letting go of struggle, effort and feelings of isolation & separateness, and instead connecting with others in the spirit of union, support and connection. This brings more joy, spontaneity and aliveness into our life. Does this sound like something you want? If so then join us for one of our deeply moving, inspiring and life affirming Reconnection Workshops.
You can send a message to get in touch or call me on +44 7944 312741, or you can book a free 30-minute introductory session.
Online sessions or face-to-face coaching, counselling and psychotherapy in Brighton. Nature-based therapy and ecotherapy in Sussex.