Off Site Residential Retreats

From $100 PER PERSON

Day Retreats

Day visits are a perfect escape for a mini-break as Billabong Retreat is only 45 minutes from Sydney, 30 minutes from Castle Hill and 10 minutes from Rouse Hill. Check location

All our day retreat packages include:

use of retreat facilities including magnesium pool and lounges
unlimited teas, coffees and filtered water
delicious whole-food vegetarian lunch
afternoon tea
option to add on daytime yoga classes, wellness workshops, spa treatments, consultations and saunas
Prices from $100 + add on extras

Day visits are a perfect escape for a mini-break as Billabong Retreat is only 45 minutes from Sydney, 30 minutes from Castle Hill and 10 minutes from Rouse Hill. Check location

All our day retreat packages include:

On Site Non-Residential Retreats

Location: Ashe House
Price: €350.00 (Deposit: €150.00)
Start Date: Wednesday, 19th February
End Date: Wednesday 9th April
Retreat Day: Saturday, 29th March

Our Offerings

Mindfulness Courses

8-Week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Course
8-Week Mindful Self Compassion (MSC) Course
Annual Residential Mindful Self Compassion (MSC) Intensive Course – Ballyvaloo
Residential MSC Intensive (Larne)
Non-Residential Retreat Days/Weekend
Evening Meditations

As you pay attention to the images above you are in fact practicing mindfulness… by simply tuning into your experience as it is right now as you look at the screen:

Body awareness… sensations arising in the body… warm , cool, sensations of pressure, touch… the breath moving in and out of the body… are you aware of the breath or any sensations as you look at the images?
Self awareness… where is your attention right now as you watch the screen… are you aware of what the body is in contact with sitting, standing or lying?
Becoming aware of what you are feeling right now… observing each emotion as it arises in the moment as you take in more of the image
Are you aware of your thoughts or judgements right now… perhaps already deciding if you like or dislike what you’re seeing or reading so far….

You already have this wonderful innate capacity to be really present in the moment and in the ordinary moments in daily life… By paying attention to these ordinary moments you are practicing informal meditation practices.

By choosing to attend a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course you will be introduced to formal meditation practices to support and strengthen the informal meditation practices. Medical and scientific research studies have shown that both formal and informal mindfulness practices have profound effects on our brains, minds and bodies.

The Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction programme is the original official, evidence-based intensive 8-week programme developed by Jon Kabat Zinn, the founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).

The programme should only be delivered by qualified teachers from a recognised teacher training programme. All facilitators teaching at Ashe House are fully trained to teach the 8 week programmes and adhere to the Irish Good Practice Guidelines for teaching Mindfulness-Based courses as developed by the Mindfulness Teachers Association of Ireland (MTAI).

This 8 week life-skills course combines experiential mindfulness practices with the latest tools and techniques of neuroscience, positive psychology and the study of well-being.