TIME + DATE: 10am-3pm, Saturday 7th February 2026

LOCATION: Allanton Peace Sanctuary, Auldgirth, Dumfries. DG2 0RY.

VALUE: £60

🌿 Heart to Earth Retreats at Allanton Peace Sanctuary  

Our ‘Heart to Earth’ series of retreats revolve around the Celtic wheel of the year.

They are based on the concept of recognising that by finding and nurturing peace within yourself and in your heart, the positive ripple effects of this naturally ripple out to family, friends, community and the world around you. Thus we can each contribute to peace building and the incremental achievement of ‘May Peace Prevail on Earth’.

Change yourself, change the world.

Join us at Allanton Peace Sanctuary for a quiet, nurturing experience as we attune to the shifting rhythms of the earth. 

Our Imbolc Retreat welcomes the earliest stirrings of spring on Saturday 7th February 2026

✨ A Seasonal Gathering at Allanton    

As part of Allanton’s series of seasonal gatherings, we are hosting a day devoted to listening deeply to nature’s rhythms and honouring the beginning of spring.

We are taking the time to celebrate the ancient Celtic festival of Imbolc, to honour the first signs of the return of spring.

You may not be able to notice the signs quite yet but underneath the surface the work is underway – spring has begun, there is more light and there is more sun, and our friends the snowdrops are here to remind us.

Through gentle practices, restorative stillness, and time in the sanctuary grounds, we will tune into the earth’s early stirrings and welcome the soft expansion of the season to come.

✨ Imbolc - Returning Light, Quiet Renewal

Imbolc is the time to mark the returning of the light, as we in the northern hemisphere approach Spring, in the Wheel of the Year, an auspicious time between the solstice and equinox.

A moment to pause, to sense the turning of the wheel, and to reconnect our hearts to the earth’s slow, steady unfurling.

Together, we honour the sacredness of this seasonal shift, recognising the presence of magic and miracles in the smallest signs of returning life.

✨ Heart to Earth Practice   

Heart to Earth is a simple yet transformative series rooted in presence, compassion, and interconnectedness.

Heart to Earth is the practice of aligning your inner world with the world around you.

Change Yourself, Change the World.

🌱 What The Day Holds

• Guided Heart to Earth practices include yoga, breathing, visualisation exercises and outdoor meditation (7 Stations)

• Time for silence, reflection, peace building, and gentle movement

• Connection with self, others, community, the land, the season, the earth and the returning light

• Space to restore, reset, and realign with nature’s unfolding cycles and rhythms. 

Booking Information

These Heart to Earth gatherings are gentle, day-long experiences held at Allanton Peace Sanctuary.

Your ticket includes all guided practices, quiet reflection time, use of the meditation room, access to the sanctuary grounds, and complimentary refreshments. 

This is a day for quiet guided contemplation to welcome the turning of the wheel. The day will start with a gentle yoga practice accessible for all levels and abilities, on the mat or chair.

We will continue the day with reflective meditative practices, in Allanton's meditation room and/or outside in the beautiful grounds of Allanton Peace Sanctuary, taking time to recognise the power our thoughts, words and actions have, in the creation of our own and others' wellbeing.

You are welcome to arrive from 9:30 to settle in for your day retreat, and get comfy so we can all start together at 10am.

The lunch provided is vegan and gluten free.

If you have additional dietary needs beyond this, please bring your own pre-prepared food. 

Please also let us know if you have any access requirements.

Further details on what to bring, how to prepare, and how to respectfully use the sanctuary will be shared in a follow up email after booking.

Guest Agreement

After reading this and continuing to purchase your Allanton experience you are agreeing to have read and understood the guidance in our ‘Staying at Allanton Peace Sanctuary Terms & Conditions’ statement (below). Therefore agreeing to honour the quiet atmosphere, detox environment, the ‘Leave No Trace’ approach, access shared facilities, and the vegetarian/vegan food provision. This ensures we all use the sanctuary and its grounds with care, respect and kindness for ourselves and others.