A huge honour to be invited to write about Nature Quest, rites of passage and our journey to becoming wilderness guides in this month’s Green Spirit. This beautiful soulful magazine carries the torch for authentic spirituality and nature connection. Pick up your copy at www.greenspirit.org.uk
Our March newsletter is here with reflections on the coming of spring in the northern hemisphere, all our retreats for 2026 and much more. Dive in!
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Places are booking now for our deep-dive immersion into self-generated ceremony, Nature Quest. 4 days and nights alone fasting in peaceful mid-Wales. Join us if you're ready to mark a turning point or transition in your life. Powerful, vital, nurturing, this is the work for our times. 16-25 July.
Just two places remaining for our first 'Write Here Write Now' retreat running from 12-17 April (not March as it says below... 🤦♂️) - space and time to work on your dream writing project in beautiful restful surroundings with community and mentorship on hand... emergence-uk.org/write-here-w...
A smiling woman with glasses and long grey hair. Fern Smith.
A bald man in wild landscape looks at the camera. Philip Ralph.
We are life partners, Fern Smith and Phil Ralph, and @emergenceuk.bsky.social is our work together. Please share and contact us with any questions. Come and join us soon. We'd love to welcome you.
A stone barn with wooden extension in the evening sunshine.
A logburner blazes in a cosy sitting room.
A wide image of a wooden floored group room.
Places are booking now for all our retreats. We also offer the barn, our micro-retreat centre in the beautiful Dyfi biosphere, for self-led artist residencies at affordable rates. Find out more here.
emergence-uk.org/the-barn/
A lone walker in the mountain wilderness.
And in high summer, btw 16-25 July, our Nature Quest. This is for you if you are facing a turning point in life and want to mark it by undertaking a rite of passage ritual of 4 days and nights alone in beautiful nature fasting. We love offering this powerful work.
emergence-uk.org/summer-solst...
TS Eliot's Four Quartets surrounded by Tarot cards.
In early September 6-11 we're fulfilling a long-held dream of offering our first retreat spent in company of one of the most beloved poem cycles of all time, TS Eliot's 'Four Quartets'. Immerse yourself in words of meaning, hope, life and death. Not to be missed.
emergence-uk.org/four-quartet...
A footpath sign beside a gravel track in the high Cambrian Mountains.
Paired with 'Spring Forward' is our autumnal offering of 'Fall Back' from 22-25 October, marking the shift into the regenerative darker days of winter. Taking stock, going inwards, warm fires, good food. A chance to settle into rest and rejuvenation.
emergence-uk.org/fall-back-20...
An open laptop with the words 'Where to begin...' on the screen.
This year we're delighted to be offering two retreats for writers in a collegial and supportive gathering to 'Write Here Write Now'. With mentoring on hand from @philralph.bsky.social, award winning screenwriter and playwright. Dates are 12-17 March and 4-9 October.
emergence-uk.org/write-here-w...
Three women dressed in black dance on a beach at dawn.
Our first retreat from March 12th to 15th is 'Shake It Off', an opportunity to learn and practice TRE (Tension & Trauma Release Exercises). This wonderful work will help you reconnect to health and potency, alleviate stress and support the nervous system.
emergence-uk.org/shake-it-off...
A small black and white dog surveys hills and farmland.
All our retreats for 2026 are now open for bookings. From calming spaces to write and learn body work, to deep dives into beloved poems and our nature connection work, we hope there's something here to support and nourish you in these days of change. 👇🧵
emergence-uk.org/upcoming-eve...
A trig point overlooks a lake in the Cambrian Mountains.
To mark the beginning of Spring, we're offering our much loved short retreat 'Spring Forward' from 26-29 March. A guided space to make intentions for the year ahead and to rest in the beauty of nature's rebirth.
emergence-uk.org/spring-forwa...
Thank you Carole 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️
A smiling woman with glasses and long grey hair. Fern Smith.
A bald man in wild landscape looks at the camera. Philip Ralph.
We are life partners, Fern Smith and Phil Ralph, and @emergenceuk.bsky.social is our work together. Please share and contact us with any questions. Come and join us soon. We'd love to welcome you.
We will be announcing more retreats for later in the year soon. In the meantime, you can sign up to our monthly newsletter to keep up to date.
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A stone barn with wooden extension in the evening sunshine.
A logburner blazes in a cosy sitting room.
A wide image of a wooden floored group room.
Places are booking now for all our retreats. We also offer the barn, our micro-retreat centre in the beautiful Dyfi biosphere, for self-led artist residencies at affordable rates. Find out more here.
emergence-uk.org/the-barn/
A lone walker in the mountain wilderness.
And in high summer, btw 16-25 July, our Nature Quest. This is for you if you are facing a turning point in life and want to mark it by undertaking a rite of passage ritual of 4 days and nights alone in beautiful nature fasting. We love offering this powerful work.
emergence-uk.org/summer-solst...
TS Eliot's Four Quartets surrounded by Tarot cards.
In early September 6-11 we're fulfilling a long-held dream of offering our first retreat spent in company of one of the most beloved poem cycles of all time, TS Eliot's 'Four Quartets'. Immerse yourself in words of meaning, hope, life and death. Not to be missed.
emergence-uk.org/four-quartet...
A footpath sign beside a gravel track in the high Cambrian Mountains.
Paired with 'Spring Forward' is our autumnal offering of 'Fall Back' from 22-25 October, marking the shift into the regenerative darker days of winter. Taking stock, going inwards, warm fires, good food. A chance to settle into rest and rejuvenation.
emergence-uk.org/fall-back-20...
A trig point overlooks a lake in the Cambrian Mountains.
To mark the beginning of Spring, we're offering our much loved short retreat 'Spring Forward' from 26-29 March. A guided space to make intentions for the year ahead and to rest in the beauty of nature's rebirth.
emergence-uk.org/spring-forwa...
An open laptop with the words 'Where to begin...' on the screen.
This year we're delighted to be offering two retreats for writers in a collegial and supportive gathering to 'Write Here Write Now'. With mentoring on hand from @philralph.bsky.social, award winning screenwriter and playwright. Dates are 12-17 March and 4-9 October.
emergence-uk.org/write-here-w...
Three women dressed in black dance on a beach at dawn.
Our first retreat from March 12th to 15th is 'Shake It Off', an opportunity to learn and practice TRE (Tension & Trauma Release Exercises). This wonderful work will help you reconnect to health and potency, alleviate stress and support the nervous system.
emergence-uk.org/shake-it-off...
A small black and white dog surveys hills and farmland.
All our retreats for 2026 are now open for bookings. From calming spaces to write and learn body work, to deep dives into beloved poems and our nature connection work, we hope there's something here to support and nourish you in these days of change. 👇🧵
emergence-uk.org/upcoming-eve...
Our February newsletter is out sharing stories of our adventures facilitating spaces and conversations away from home. In these times of challenge and change, learning 'how to tell the truth' is a survival skill.
All our retreats for 2026 are now booking. Check it out.
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Every strand of the arts are *already* the preserves of the elite. As I argued last year👇 TV is one of the worst offenders. What no one seems prepared to acknowledge is this is dramatically worsened by there being far less work across the board.
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Writers! This year @emergenceuk.bsky.social we're delighted to be offering 'Write Here Write Now', two small community writing retreats for anyone who wants to make time for themselves and their writing away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
emergence-uk.org/write-here-w...
A beautiful, moving visit to Dyfi Donkeys to mark Christmas Eve. What an honour and joy to spend time with these soulful indefatigable beings.
Nadolig Llawen/Merry Christmas and peace to all. Here’s to more soulful connections in 2026.
A beautiful, moving visit to Dyfi Donkeys to mark Christmas Eve. What an honour and joy to spend time with these soulful indefatigable beings.
Nadolig Llawen/Merry Christmas and peace to all. Here’s to more soulful connections in 2026.
Our retreat programme for 2026 is live! We’re thrilled to be offering our first residential writing retreats - Write Here Write Now with dates in April & October. Available to anyone of any level and any genre - a restful, focused, supportive, productive space. Link below 👇