Our Programmes

Resilience in The Age of Burnout

25th October 2024 - 27th October 2024

Facilitator: Dr Lucy Chan & Ethan Pollock

Whether you’re recovering from a period of stress, or you’re showing signs of burnout, now is the time to pause, and learn tools to rest and build resilience. This mindfulness and self-compassion weekend will support you in moving through life with more ease, grounded-ness, and well-being.

Event time: 25th October 2024 4:00pm - 27th October 2024 4:00pm

Interested in spreading the cost of this course? Select Clearpay at checkout.

What Is Included

For the majority of our courses, both residential and non-residential rates are available. Residential options are fully inclusive with all meals provided. Non-residential options include suppers, lunches and all refreshments and exclude B&B. Some of our short day courses, events and talks do not include meals and refreshments. For more details about this course, please see the Practical Information section below.

Additional Activities

Mindful walking through our woodland trails
Meditate in our Woodland Sanctuary
Go on a hike and explore the Cotswolds AONB
Discover surrounding charming market towns

At a Glance

Discover how the practices of mindfulness, self-compassion and nature connection can resource ourselves
Creative workshops to identify how and why we drive ourselves to burnout
Learn how to transform unhelpful habit patterns, whilst still staying engaged with our place in the world
Explore how to harness the energy of fierce compassion to express and maintain healthy boundaries (and say no!) from a place of care
An opportunity to express embodied rest through gentle movement, time in nature, periods of silence and deep rest practices.

What You Will Gain

Practices to ease stress, overwhelm and fatigue and to bring our nervous systems back into balance
An understanding of behaviours and beliefs that are driving burnout, and how to meet and transform them
Ways to express needs and healthy boundaries
Space to slow down, rest and connect with nature
Periods of quiet to attune inwards, as well as times to connect with likeminded people

Booking Options

Residential (single)Residential single rate

£490.00

Residential (shared)Residential shared rate

£440.00

Non-residentialNon-residential rate

£370.00

Interested in spreading the cost of this course? Select Clearpay at checkout.

Resilience in The Age of Burnout Tutors

Lucy Chan

Ethan Pollock

More about Resilience in The Age of Burnout

During this retreat we will explore the practices of mindfulness and self-compassion to resource ourselves during times of stress or challenge. We’ll be looking deeper into personal habit patterns that drive us towards burnout, whilst building self-agency to make choices, and hold boundaries, to ensure we maintain our well-being. Rest is an act of resistance, and we will explore the value and richness of spaciousness, as a way to reconnect to ourselves.

Symptoms of burnout can range from emotional and mood changes, to physical manifestations such as headaches and insomnia, to utter exhaustion. This weekend will be a way to take care of our bodies and nervous systems, whilst providing ways we can nurture our resilience.

Practical Information

Arrivals from 4pm with afternoon tea. Course starts with a welcome meeting at 5.30pm followed by dinner. Please bring a notebook and pen. Some elements will be led outside so please bring suitable clothing and shoes.

“I left feeling better in myself and more spacious, thanks to the gentle guidance and compassion of Lucy and Ethan and being in the company of a lovely group of people

Previous participant

About Hawkwood

Hawkwood is a stunning Grade Il listed 19th Century country house, surrounded by 42 acres of sustainably managed woodland, farmland, and gardens. Set in the heart of the Cotswolds - an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - it is a sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of modern life. With a diverse selection of nearly 150 courses, there's plenty to choose from, including courses in transformative leadership, future thinking, inner life, music and the arts.

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