Wales, United Kingdom
Out & Wild Wintering Weekend - Bore Place, Kent - 20th to 22nd November
A Weekend focused on embracing winter, with manifesting, vision board making, a sound bath, gentle movement and connections.
Overview
This fully catered weekend is designed around the idea of slowing down, resting, and restoring during the colder months. Rather than focusing on productivity or intense fitness, it emphasizes comfort, reflection, intentions, gentle movement, and connection. Think of it as embracing the season instead of pushing through it. There will be a focus on rest and reflection and setting intentions; breathwork, guided visualisation, vision board making, intention setting and journaling; gentle movement, sound baths, dawn and dusk walks in the beautiful countryside. Great home cooked food and cosy evenings with new connections. Plus optional saunas and massages. We are taking over the whole of a coach house, small cottage and beautiful function room. There are mainly shared rooms, with options for campervans and motorhomes. All bathrooms are shared. There are 5showers rooms and 3 separate wcs. The location is Bore Place, a beautiful 500-acre, regeneratively managed historic site and charitable organisation, just an hour from London. As a charity, their mission is to care for the land and inspire people to live happy, healthy and sustainable lives. Led by Polly Shute, founder of Out & Wild and expert leads in breathwork and sound baths.
Hosts
Polly Shute
Polly is the Founder of Out & Wild. Over the last few years she has taken a keen interest in wellbeing and especially manifesting. Polly has led both in person and virtual manifesting sessions for groups and individuals.
Schedule
Arrival is from 3pm on Friday. We will need to leave rooms at 11am on Sunday but will have a closing circle at 11am in the hall we are using. At 12pm there will be an option for a group walk and a meal at local pub at 2pm (you pay for this).
You can arrive from 3pm. We will check you into your rooms and show you the shared spaces. You will have time to settle in and meet others. Dinner will be at 6.30pm. At 8pm there will be an Opening Circle in the Hall.
There is an optional dawn walk.
There is an option dawn walk, then breakfast. We start our session by putting things down, journaling on the year behind you, what you're proud of, and what took more than it gave. Only then do we turn to what you actually want more of, and why: not resolutions, but the handful of things that make you feel most like yourself.
After lunch there's a guided visualisation, blankets, low light, a slow walk through a day in your life a year from now and then two unhurried hours of making, with materials spread across the tables and the option to work in silence or in company. You'll finish by showing your board to one other person and naming one thing you'll do in the next month, written on the back so it travels home with you.
After the session, you will have free time before a Group Dinner. Then we will have a fire pit and a sauna.
Sunday we will have a Sound Bath at 8.30am, followed by Brunch at 10am. You will need to have packed up by 11am. You can take bags into the main hall. At 11am we we will have a closing Circle. After this there is an opportunity for an optional walk at 12pm and Lunch (you pay) at a nearby pub.
Extras
Bring a dog
20 - 22 November 2026
Note dogs are only allowed in cottage so only available in twin rooms here
Accommodations
Bed in a shared bunk room - early bird price
20 - 22 November 2026
share a room with 1 x bunk bed
Room to yourself in a bunk room - early bird price
20 - 22 November 2026
own room with 1 x bunk bed
Single Bed in a Twin Room - early bird price
20 - 22 November 2026
Single bed in a shared twin room
Sharing a Double room - early bird price
20 - 22 November 2026
Double bed in shared room
Room to yourself in double room - early bird price
20 - 22 November 2026
Double bed in room to yourself
Bed in a twin room in cottage - early bird price
20 - 22 November 2026
Share a room with 2 x twin beds, can bring dog
Single Bed in a Triple room - early bird price
20 - 22 November 2026
Single bed in a shared triple room with 2 x single beds and one bunk ( the person with bunk can choose top or bottom)
Bed in Quad room - early bird price
20 - 22 November 2026
Share a room with 4 x twin beds
Stay in Campervan - early bird price
20 - 22 November 2026
Stay in van - you can use all shared facilities
Saturday Day Pass - early bird price
20 - 22 November 2026
Can attend all activities and have the lunch and eve meal.
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Venue
Bore Place
Bore Place is situated on a private 500-acre organically managed estate in rolling Kent countryside. It is the ideal spot to get away from it all and disconnect and rejuvenate. It is only a short drive from the pretty towns of Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells and an hour from London, yet it is a haven of peace and stillness that feels a world away from the hectic pace of day to day life.
Bore Place is a non-profit organisation that believes in a world where people and the natural world work together to regenerate the environment and ourselves.
The 19th-century Old Stable offers accommodation for up to 25 guests, with 11 bedrooms and 4 bath/shower rooms. The property features a spacious living room with a log burner, a large dining room, and a generously sized separate kitchen, making it ideal for group gatherings.
The downstairs of the property is wheelchair-friendly, offering a fully accessible bedroom and bathroom. Nestled at the heart of the Bore Place Estate, guests can enjoy the charming courtyard garden, which includes fruit trees, a water feature, a picnic table, and a firepit—perfect for alfresco meals and evening gatherings.
FAQs
There will be a mix of rooms. This will include shared twins and triples and doubles.
There will be 5 Campervan spaces
There is also a cottage with two bedrooms that is dog friendly
You’re welcome to bring alcohol if you wish, though we gently encourage you to skip it for this time, so you can get the most out of the weekend. The practices are designed to support deep rest, nourishment, and a clear mind.
Yes, you’re welcome to join as many sessions as you like. All activities on the schedule are optional, so you can follow your own pace and choose what feels right for you throughout the retreat. All nourishing, delicious meals are included from start to finish.
The sauna tent and massage treatments are available during the retreat but are paid for separately.
Well behaved dogs can be in the twin rooms in the cottage
