Heart Alchemy
Retreat Day
7th September 2025
Wasing Park, Aldermaston
Rest your body, Open your heart, Recharge your spirit.
Yearning for deep rest and renewal?
Welcome, love. It’s good to have you here.
We live in a world that rarely pauses — where we’re pulled in countless directions, tending to careers, family, and the endless rhythm of to-do lists. In the rush, we so often forget to tend to ourselves — to our breath, our bodies, and the quiet whisper of our hearts.
Heart Alchemy is an invitation to come home to yourself.
This is not just a retreat day — it’s a sacred return. A space where you can soften, unravel, and remember the power and beauty of simply being. A day devoted to deep rest, embodied presence, and soul nourishment — where your only job is to exhale.
A Space of Renewal
This retreat has been crafted with tenderness and intention to guide you into deep connection — with yourself, with others, and with the wisdom that lives in your body.
You’ll be held in a nurturing rhythm of:
- Somatic movement practices to awaken your body’s intelligence.
- Restorative Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep) to dissolve fatigue and access deep inner realms.
- Guided meditation and breathwork to soothe your nervous system and expand your heart.
- Women’s Circle gatherings to share, be witnessed, and reconnect in sisterhood.
- Moments of silence, stillness, and reflection to drop below the surface of everyday life.
This is a day to step out of the noise — and into the quiet magic of your own heart.
What You’ll Experience
Morning Circle & Grounding Practice
We begin in sacred circle, arriving fully into the space through grounding, guided Yoga Nidra, and gentle embodied movement. You’ll be supported to release the tension you didn’t even realise you were holding.
Afternoon Practice & Shared Connection
After a delicious, nourishing vegetarian lunch, we gather again in circle for heart-led conversation, co-regulation practices, and deeper inquiry. Together, we explore what it means to feel truly held — in body, in spirit, and in community.
Yoga Nidra — A Gateway to Deep Rest
You’ll be guided through two Yoga Nidra practices — a beloved element of Tanya’s work. This powerful practice invites you into a liminal space of rest and dreaming, where healing happens beneath the surface and the heart can truly awaken.
Embodied Movement to Reclaim Your Breath and Flow
Soft, slow movement will help energy move through your body — unlocking tension and allowing more spaciousness, freedom, and flow.
Throughout the day, gentleness is our guide. You are welcome exactly as you are — whether you feel radiant or raw, energised or tender. You are invited to participate in a way that honours your body’s wisdom and your own pace.
The Alchemy of Circle
Something powerful happens when women gather — a remembering, a rekindling. In our circles, we listen, we speak, we feel, we rest — together. We co-create a space where healing becomes possible through presence and shared humanity. This is the essence of Heart Alchemy.
The Flow of the Day
10:00am — Opening Circle
Grounding, guided Yoga Nidra & somatic movement
12:30pm — Nourishing Lunch
Light vegetarian meal shared in community
1:30pm — Afternoon Practice
Heart circle, co-regulation practices, embodied movement, guided rest
3:30pm — Closing Circle
Reflection, integration, and soft landing
5pm — Depart
You Are So Welcome Here
Whether you’ve been walking this path for years or are just beginning to listen to your inner call, Heart Alchemy offers a space for you to rest, recalibrate, and rise — grounded, radiant, and reconnected to your deepest essence.
Come as you are.
The Pavillion ~ Wasing Park
Nestled within the heart of Wasing’s breathtaking estate, The Pavilion is a light-filled sanctuary surrounded by ancient woodland and the gentle hum of nature. This beautiful space offers an atmosphere of peace, spaciousness, and calm — an ideal setting to drop into stillness and reconnect with yourself.
It’s more than a venue — it’s a sanctuary. A place where transformation begins quietly, through deep presence, gentle holding, and the alchemy of space, silence, and sisterhood.
Tanya Forgan
Tanya is a Somatic Bodyworker, Mindfulness Mentor, and Embodiment Therapist devoted to guiding women into deep states of self-discovery, healing, and inner awakening.
With a profound trust in the body’s innate wisdom, she weaves together ancient and contemporary practices to create safe, nurturing spaces for rest, renewal, and transformation.
Known for her intuitive care, gentle presence, and finely attuned sensitivity, Tanya holds space with deep reverence for the nervous system, inviting repair, regulation, and reconnection. Her work is rooted in somatic intelligence and conscious relating—offering women the space to soften, exhale, and remember their natural state of wholeness.
Join the Circle
Book before 1st of July for an Early Bird price of £129
Book after 1st of July £149
Getting to Wasing Estate by train:
Nearest Train Stations
Midgham is 2 miles (5 minutes) - doesn’t have a taxi rank.
Theale is 7½ miles (15 minutes)
Newbury is 9½ miles (25 minutes)
Reading is 11½ miles (25 minutes)
Basingstoke is 11 miles (25 minutes)
If you are travelling from London, trains depart from Paddington to Midgham and Theale, via Reading.
If you are travelling by train and require a taxi from the station, please let us know in advance so that we can arrange that for you.
If you have any questions about how to get to/from Wasing Estate please contact [email protected]
Refund Policy:
60 to 30 Days or More Prior to Retreat Date:
- Your payments will be refunded.
29 Days or Less Prior to Retreat Date:
- Payments are non-refundable but transferable.
By registering for the retreat day, you agree to these terms and conditions. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please contact Tanya directly.