Last night's Candlelit Yoga Supper Evening

Bliss

We had a lovely group of eight in last night for a Candlelit Yoga and Supper Evening with Laura.

With the hall lit just by candles and the fire, Laura led a gentle restorative yoga hour, where we used the bolsters, cushions and blocks to assist our practice.

After a delicious (and nutritious!) supper of soup, brownie bites and warming drinks, we then returned to our mats, snuggling under duvets and warmed eye masks.

Laura talked us through a short relaxation and meditation, followed by a sound session, where she uses quartz bowls, tibetan bowls and koshi bells.

Sound Meditation has many benefits

It quietens the mind, promotes wellbeing, inner peace and calmness and feedback from our many evenings say a good night's sleep afterwards is the best one!

Our next evening is on Tuesday 23 March

7pm - 9:30pm

£30

Book Now as places are limited and tend to go very quickly

Spring at Treetops

We are having a quiet week, as it's half term, enjoying the sunshine and the snowdrops.

Don't forget if you love snowdrops and are near Newbury, go and visit 

Welford Park

open til Sunday 3 March

(closed on Mondays and Tuesdays)

After half term we are welcoming Claire back after her hand operation, and we have spaces available on 

A Walk in the Cotswolds

Wednesday 27 February

Magnolia Spring Blossom

Thursday 28 February

Both classes run from 9:30am - 3pm and cost £75

This includes all of your materials and a 2 course lunch with a glass of wine.

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Further ahead in March we have our popular

Beginners & Refreshers Watercolour Class

Tuesday 26 March

Singing in the Rain

Wednesday 27 March

A Colourful Market Scene

Thursday 4 April

For all other Watercolour dates, click HERE

We have one space left on our February Candlelit Yoga Supper Evening with Laura

Tuesday 26 February

7pm - 9:30pm

£30

&

5 places left on

Friday 22 March

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Laura is holding a Relax & Restore Retreat Day here on Saturday 9 March

11:30am - 4:30pm

A lovely relaxing day, full of yoga, relaxation, fresh air, creativity, delicious food and sound meditation.

£75

2 places left

Our next AromaYoga evening with Rachel is on Wednesday 1 May

7pm - 9pm

£25

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Lucy is here for a NEW Freehand Machine Embroidery workshop on Tuesday 19 March

10am - 3pm

£60 this includes all your materials and a light lunch

(bring your own machine)

and also another Papercutting Class,

these are great fun, and our next one on Tuesday 7 May is Personalised Papercutting, you will choose in advance some templates for cards, that Lucy will prepare for you and bring along to the class.

10am - 3pm

£60

I'm really looking forward to welcoming Linzi from The White Horse Flower Company for a Floral Workshop

Tuesday 14 May

9:45am - 1:30pm

£90

Linzi will be bringing some beautiful flowers and baskets of goodies and will show you how to create some beautiful floral arrangements.  May is the perfect month for this class.

You will then have a go, with her help, to make something stunning to take home with you.

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In the kitchen we have Sarah returning for an

Aga Baking Class

Thursday 18 April

9:45am - 1:30pm

£65

and I will be running a

Free From Cookery Class

Friday 10 May

10am - 1:30pm

£50

great recipes without gluten, dairy, egg etc

Both classes include a tasting lunch of all the food cooked.

We hope to see you at one of our Spring Classes

To book please email me

Relax & Restore Retreat Day

We had a really lovely and relaxing Retreat Day on Saturday

We welcomed in the New Year with the theme of Sankalpa, which is the setting of intentions.

Our group enjoyed a hatha yoga flow in the morning with Laura, followed by a delicious and nutritious lunch.

Laura led a meditation session in the woods whilst enjoying the peaceful setting.

After some warming drinks we had our wellbeing session as Laura then finished the day with an amazing restorative yoga and sound meditation hour.

If you would like to join us, our next Retreat Day is on Saturday 2 February

(beginners are very welcome)

11:30am - 4:30pm

£75

Laura is also here for our Candlelit Supper Evenings on

Tuesday 29 January

Tuesday 2 February

Friday 22 March

7pm - 9:30pm

£30

What's on in September & October .....

Schools are heading back, the new term is underway

Here are our forthcoming classes for September and October

There are currently spaces available on them all

Tuesday 25 September - Watercolour Greece

9:30am - 3pm  £75  lunch & materials incl.

Friday 28 September - Free From Cookery

10am - 1:30pm  £50  tasting lunch incl.

Thursday 4 October - An Intro to Papercutting

10am - 3pm  £60  lunch & materials incl.

Monday 8 October - Woolly Drop in Club

1:30pm - 4pm  £5  wool & refreshments incl.

Wednesday 10 October - Watercolour Autumn Leaves

9:30am - 3pm  £80  lunch & materials incl.

Wednesday 17 October - AromaYoga Evening

7-9pm  £25  nibbles & warm drinks incl.

Thursday 18 October - Evening Arm Knitting

7pm - 9:30pm  £80  fizz & nibbles incl.

Saturday 20 October - Relax & Restore Retreat

11:30am - 4:30pm  £75  lunch & goody bag incl.

Wednesday 24 October - Watercolour Beginners

9:30am - 3pm  £75  lunch & materials incl.

Thursday 25 October - Watercolour Wild Poppies

9:30am - 3pm  £75  lunch & materials incl.

Email Emily to book

Relax & Restore Retreat Class August

Laura returned to hold another Relax & Restore Retreat, we hold these on a Saturday and it's a great opportunity to escape, come somewhere quiet and peaceful, and have us look after you for the day.

The theme was Keep Your Cool, which we used in our yoga practice, our foods and our wellbeing activity.

After a delicious free-from lunch Laura took the group down into the woods, for some mindfulness (and whilst her back was turned, collecting nettles for the tonic we made in the afternoon) she discovered all of them zipping down the zip wire!

 In the afternoon we made some relaxing bath salts to take home, infused with lavender and rose petals.

We finished with a truly relaxing sound meditation and yoga nidra, below is a picture of of the bowls and bells Laura used.

Our next Relax & Restore Retreat is on Saturday 20 October

11:30am - 4:30pm

£75

Only 4 places left.

Blissful Relax and Restore Yoga Evening

Last night Laura led a wonderful Yoga session.

As the weather had been so lovely, we spent the first hour in the garden concentrating on our grounding and breath, followed by some gentle yoga flow and restorative yoga.

The birds were singing so loudly, or perhaps it seems amplified when your eyes are closed and you are lying on the ground!

We came inside to get cosy with some lovely warming nutritious and delicious soup followed by chai lattes and cacao drinks.

By now the sun had set, the hall was lit with candles and the scent of large jugs of lilacs.

A gentle meditation flowed, and then the best bit, warming eye masks and a duvet for the yoga nidra and sound meditiation.

Thank you everyone for joining us and floating peacefully into the night.

Our next evening is on Tuesday 12 June, 7pm - 9:30pm, £30.

Book soon as places are limited and go very quickly.

Our upcoming Relax and Restore RETREAT DAY is on Saturday 16 June and has 4 spaces left.  11:30am - 4:30pm  £75

Namaste

x

Relax & Restore Retreat March

On Saturday we held another Relax & Restore Retreat Day with Laura from The Wellbeing Feeling.

It was a lovely relaxing day and great fun.

We started the morning with a gentle flow yoga session and meditation.

Followed by a delicious lunch.

The theme of the retreat was "Sowing the Seed", whether quite literally sowing seeds, eating seeds and psychologically planting seeds of thought etc

Seeds have many dietary benefits, and are great added to our cereal in the morning, our salads at lunchtime, our cakes and bakes at tea time, and our casseroles and pies.

I made a vegetarian cottage pie, very vibrant thanks to the beetroot!

recipe here 

With a winter slaw salad, with an extra sprinkling of seeds and a tahini dressing.

After lunch Laura took everyone into the woods for a mindfulness walk, some meditation and lots of chat!

And they returned to sowing seeds, which was fun, coir pots and interesting seed mixes.

And after all that exhausting work (!) it was time for relaxation and a good lie down.

Finishing with a wonderful Yoga Nidra session

(More than one person fell asleep!)

If you would like to join us on our next Retreat Day, we are holding one on Saturday 5 May.

11:30am - 4:30pm

£75

Namaste

Blissful Candlelit Yoga Supper Evening

Following last night's beautiful Sunset in Newbury, we had our Candlelit Yoga Evening with Laura Routh-Parsons.

The hall was lit by 'millions' of candles, the fire was lit and the room was cosy.

Following a warming welcome drink of mulled apple, Laura led a gentle yoga flow and meditation.

Our 8 Yogis enjoyed a soup supper followed by chai lattes and warm cacao drinks.

We had a delicious lightly spiced butternut squash and butterbean soup

 and this yummy broccoli soup ...

... served with gluten free croutons, roasted seeds, dairy free coyo yoghurt, roasted peanuts and pomegranate seeds

After supper, Laura took us through some pranayama breathing before we laid down under the duvets with warming eye masks listening to the sound of the crackling fire.

Bliss!

Our next Candlelit Yoga evening is on Tuesday 13 March 2018

7pm - 9:30pm

£30

2018 Relax & Restore Classes

Yoga and Meditation

From Monday 8 January 2018 we will be holding Relax & Restore Classes with Laura Routh-Parsons.

Session 1

Gentle Flow Restorative Yoga: 9.30am - 10.30am

Session 2

Meditation: 10.45am - 11.45am

Time to connect, balance and restore your body, mind and soul.

Ideal for beginners and others wanting a gentle start to the week in a small and welcoming environment.

The price is £10 per session and everything will be provided for you; mats, towels, cushions, blocks, belts, eye masks and blankets.

(If you book the 5 week block you receive 10% off)

Please email to book up to 8am on the Monday mornings to ensure that there is a mat for you. 

Candlelit Yoga Evenings

On Tuesday 23 January we are holding another wonderful Candlelit Yoga Evening by the fireside.

Gentle yoga and meditation led by Laura with a delicious supper of nutritious soups and warming drinks.

The class runs from 7pm - 9.30pm and costs £30.

Relax & Restore Retreat Day

On Saturday 20 January we will be having another relaxing Retreat Day at Treetops.

Running from 11:30am - 4:30pm you will enjoy a great day in a small group taking part in gentle yoga, meditation, yoga nidra, a wellbeing workshop, a delicious and nutritious lunch, a creative activity and a gentle mindful walk within the 3 acres of grounds and woodland at Treetops.

We cater for all dietary requirements. 

Around the fire in the woods.

The day costs £75, we currently have 3 spaces left for this Retreat.

Winter Wellbeing Relax & Restore Retreat Day

Laura and I had a fantastic time at our Relax & Retreat Day on Saturday

A great group of people, who came together to enjoy yoga, meditation, a delicious lunch, a mindful walk, hot tea and hot water bottles by the outside fire in the woods, a gut health and wellbeing talk, followed by making our own sauerkraut, finishing with some restorative yoga (stretching) and yoga nidra (sleeping snuggled under a blanket!)

Perfect 

The fire was lit and our yoga room was ready

Lunch followed, the pudding was a particular highlight!

Pear and Chocolate Flapjack Crumble

All our food is dairy free, gluten free and vegetarian, and we can also cook for vegans.

Healthy, warming and delicious.

It was such a sunny day, after lunch the frost had disappeared and everyone put on layers and layers and headed out into the grounds.

Laura took everyone down to the woods where we'd lit a fire with a circle of chairs around it.

Hot water bottles and herbal tea ....

Eyes closed ....

Laura lead a relaxing meditation

Heading back up to Treetops .....

Once dark, everyone relaxed their bodies and minds, all we could hear was the fire crackling; it was a great end to the day.

Our next Relax and Restore Retreat day is on Saturday 20 January 2018

It costs £75

11:30am - 4:30pm

A little update .....

Latest new from Treetops....

All of our Art classes are booked until the end of the year.

We will be announcing 2018 Spring classes starting in February very soon, so keep your eye on this blog and your email, as once out they will book very quickly.

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There are spaces available on our Christmas Parties Aga class next Thursday, the 30 November

9:45am - 1:30pm

£75

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A great gift voucher idea would be an invite to our next Relax & Restore Retreat day on Saturday 20 January

11:30am - 4:30pm

£75

A mix of yoga, relaxation, mindfulness, meditation, healthy eating, a creative activity and a gentle walk.

A great way to start 2018

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Before then if you would like to come and try Yoga or Meditation (or both) with Laura, you are very welcome to come to our Monday morning sessions, we have 2 left before the end of the year.

Monday 4 December

Monday 11 December

9:30am - 11:30am

£25 per session