Weekend Retreat Info


Welcome to Sing Out!

TREALY FARM INFO

Trealy Farm is a 138 acre organic mixed farm on a hillside looking out towards the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons. It’s a beautiful, wild and secluded space. Amongst the fields of sheep and the small herd of horses, are woodlands and wilderness and magical places: Trealy wood, Women’s Oak, the coppice, meadow, secret garden, and ancient yew, hillside walks and a stone circle. 

The weekend is a fund-raiser for Pete Lawrence’s first album in two decades, a collection of new songs designed to be sung together in community. These are songs for our times — not just to listen to, but to sing. In an age marked by division and disconnection, collective singing is more vital than ever. It reminds us of what it means to be human: to raise our voices in harmony, to listen deeply, to come together around a shared vision.

The retreat is a co-creation between Pete Lawrence and Helen Yeomans. 

Arrival from 17:00 Friday August 29th, leave 16:30 Sunday afternoon 31st.


THE WEEKEND

Arrival is from 5pm and you are welcome to sauna, swim and use sitting room or walk or settle in your private space. Dinner will be at 7 pm followed by a social.  

Wifi is available. No password required.

Please consider bringing:

Walking shoes or boots, outdoor clothes, dry robe, swimming towel, swimming costume (optional). 


CATERING

Some meals will be fully catered with delicious, nourishing and sustainable ingredients. Other meals will be self catering. All participants have access to a kitchen. We grow vegetables on the farm, all organic, and there is a farm shop next door at Square Farm selling a range of foods.

Breakfast: Serve Yourself. Eggs, sourdough bread, oats, honey, butter, various milks, dairy & DF yoghurts are in the Pavilion kitchen and can be found in the freezer at bottom of fridge, fridge and on top of sideboard. 08:30-09:30

Please bring any cereals, marmite, yogurt, cheese or anything else you may fancy. There are two fridges.

Lunch: A light lunch, consisting of salad will be served. (13:00-14:00)

Evening: Either a meal in the house (cooked communally) or a BBQ outside, Friday and Saturday 19:30

If you want to drink alcohol please bring it. We will not provide snacks. 


ROOMS

We provide all bedding and indoor towels if you have booked a room space.  There are two saunas.

If you can fit in any outdoor firewood in your vehicle, it's always welcome here.


THE SCHEDULE

We will meet for a welcome evening meal on Friday evening at 19:00 (arrival from 17:00). Saturday workshop hours will be 10:30 - 16:30 with breaks, allowing time to prep dinner, to socialise or swim / sauna. Sunday 10:30 - 15:00. 

Friday and Saturday evenings will featuring informal song teaching around the community campfire - bring songs, bring a guitar!


GETTING THERE

Trealy Farm is challenging to find using just the postcode and may take you to the wrong house. Easiest way is to use What3words - download the app on your phone. Our words are host.excellent.estuaries

Full directions  We advise printing as signal is variable in the area



FOOD STUFF: Monmouth

The Farm shop next door at Square Farm opens most days 10-6pm. Turn right out of drive and take next right – they have their own and local meat, organic veg, ice cream, rice, pasta, butter, milk etc 

Waitrose, Lidl, Iceland, Co Op all available in Monmouth.

Waitrose – turn right out of drive, right again… keep going until you get to a mini roundabout (c 5 miles). Turn left then right at lights over bridge. Waitrose is in front of you and Monmouth High Street awaits you. 

Coffee #1 almost opposite Waitrose is a great coffee shop. 

Next to Waitrose is Marches Deli – very special cheese olives, drinks etc and a good cafe at the back. 

Malthouse does decent fry up. The Griffin pub is doing interesting occasional food with visiting chefs – intersting place expanding all the time. 

MONMOUTH OTHER STUFF

Church St at top is nice. There are also some good independent bookshops and a wonderful old cinema the 'Savoy' all on Church Street. See http://www.monmouth-savoy.co.uk/cinema2/

The Church – St Mary's which can be reached via Church Street is beautiful.

FOOD STUFF: Abergavenny

Angel Bakery in Abergavenny opposite Angel Hotel is THE BEST baker in UK (sourdoughs as well as other breads and cakes) and also sells cheese. 

Eat at The Angel Hotel or Pizzorante - both excellent.

Great coffee and very good lunch at The Chapel which also sells lovely art and art materials and books. Has interesting talks and music events. 

Helpful contacts:

Cab firm: Ace Taxis 07754 174596 Amber Cars 01600 712 200

Doctors: Monmouth next to Waitrose: http://www.chippenhamsurgery.co.uk/01600 713811
Out of Hours Emergencies 0845 6001231

Hospital/ A&E:  Abergavenny is nearest. http://www.emergencynhh.co.uk/ Should you need 999 then you need to tell them, from Abergavenny, exit at Raglan. Red House Farm track NP25 4BL.

Dentist: 29 Monnow St Monmouth NP25 3EF

01600 716815


Looking forward to going on this journey together with you...

Keep It Lit! 

Pete and Helen xx


October Wild Spa

Wild Spa at Trealy Farm: October 26-29th: 

A celebration of nature

I’d like to invite you to check out my new UK base, Trealy Farm at its autumnal best. 

I will be working alongside Ruth, the farm owner to welcome you to our first multi-day Wild Spa. We will be spending two full days and two half days (arrive for welcome dinner Thursday, say goodbyes after Sunday lunch which will also be a birthday celebration for me) in the rustic splendour of nature on a hill just outside Monmouth. The hillside, where there is a stone circle and fire pit, offers spectacular views to Bannau Brycheiniog (formerly known as Brecon Beacons), the Sugarloaf, The Skirrid and The Black Mountains. 

The gardens offer a wonderful fresh water natural pool for swimming and an infrared sauna next to it. 

We will also be awakening to wonderful breathwork sessions from Yael, Circle time for sharing, walking, talking, exploring, and celebrating. Ruth will be offering meditation with her horses. 

Saturday night culminates in a full Hunters Moon at 21:24 and evenings will also feature music in the Pavilion. 

Delicious and nutritious food will be cooked by Ruth (let us know any dietary requirements and preferences) and please bring what you’d like to drink. 

The is not a public event, it is invite only, with costs shared equally between us. 

Accommodation ranges from farmhouse rooms to cabins to basic caravans. You can use the bell tent or bring your own tent or camper van - check with Ruth for costs, which averages out around £50 per night.  

See Accommodation Options

We would share the other venue and admin costs between us and this would vary depending on the numbers. If we have ten guests, this will be around £180 per person including all food and venue costs. If we have an expected 14 attendees it will be around £160 pp. 

Please let me know asap if you’d like to accept my invitation and I will look forward to sharing time with you at the end of October. You can confirm you place BY BOOKING HERE

Contact Ruth to book accommodation separately.


The Setting


Join us for a beautiful three-day sojourn where you can immerse yourself in a world of nature, connection and self-discovery at Trealy Farm.

Set in breath-taking Welsh natural landscape, Trealy Farm is a 138 acre organic mixed farm on a hillside with spectacular views towards the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons. It’s a beautiful, wild and secluded setting, yet easily accessible, just off the M4, M5, and M50, with public transport links to Newport / Abergavenny, and onto London and the rest of the UK.

Get back to nature, connect with the land with a replenishing stay in a cosy and rustic retreat that’s perfect for small groups, situated in glorious peaceful Monmouthshire farm countryside, with a natural swimming pool, two saunas (one infra-red), an orchard and gardens next to the farmhouse, ancient woodland, stone circle, fire pit and magnificent vistas just a few minutes walk up the hill.

The Invitation 

  • Two breathwork sessions with experienced  teacher Yael Hochenberg
  • Meditation in the presence of horses facilitated by Ruth Tudor, host of Trealy Farm, Equine Facilitated Therapist & Coach
  • Natural Swimming Pool with saunas (infrared and wood fired)
  • Sharing circle, a space to speak and have witnessed your own emergent experiences confidentially and with support
  • Fully catered with delicious and nourishing lunch cooked by experienced chef
  • Towels and dressing gowns provided
  • Residential, but non-accommodation options possible too.
  • 18 participants maximum.

  

Meet your Hosts: 


Ruth Tudor: Ruth is the host at Trealy Farm. She leads courses of her own, as well as opens the space for others to lead workshops and courses. She is a qualified and experienced psychotherapist with additional and special trainings in body therapy, boarding school survivor trauma, equine assisted psychotherapy, including for change and leadership. She has done research on Ecotherapy and issues related to climate change and climate justice.  Read More

 

Pete Lawrence: Founder of Campout and its affiliated social network Campfire Convention, Pete’s previous projects include the Cooking Vinyl label and the pioneering Big Chill festival.  A lifelong activist campaigning for peace and social justice, he passionately believes in the potential for personal change through awareness and connection and the self-organising capacity of communities as a spark for wholesale systemic change. His work for Campfire has given birth to the Trailblazers concept, which puts community connection at the heart of societal transformation. His UK base is at Trealy Farm in a shepherds hut and camper van.

We encourage you to bring:

  • A mat / blanket / cushion to sit on
  • What you would like to drink
  • A water bottle
  • Warm and waterproof clothing (+ boots) for the Welsh hillside
  • Snacks for post-sessions 

Suggestion to wear something comfortable that you also feel confident in!


Practitioner:

Yael Hochenberg: Embodied Dance-Flow Into Transformational Breath®: An Early Morning Body-Centred Kick-Off!  

Wake up and GET IN to your body, warming it up from the inside-out, ACTIVATING your authentic Inner-Dance; with lightly guided somatic facilitation from Yael. 

From here your breath will naturally become activated, ready for the seamless shift into a conscious-connected-breathing session via the dynamic breathing pattern of Transformational Breath®, leading to an ANCHORING-IN of your personal intention for the day ahead! 

8:00 - 9.15am Friday and Saturday