Return to Aliveness Retreat
A late summer homecoming in the English countryside
25th-27th September 2026 | Clophill, Bedfordshire
A gentle, powerful weekend to settle into the season of late summer and connect with the earth - to slow down, receive deeply and return to the aliveness within yourself before the year begins its descent.
Small, intimate group. Limited spaces. Are you ready to return?
Summer has a way of pulling us outwards.
We go. We do. We keep up.
Even when nothing is "wrong", something in us stays on the surface.Then late summer arrives.
What Chinese medicine calls the fifth season - the season of the Earth element.
That golden, gathering time between the fire of summer and the cool descent of autumn.
This is the season of nourishment and receiving. Of allowing the warmth of the year to finally land in you. Of slowing into the harvest before the long turn towards winter begins.
It is not a time to push harder. It is a time to be deeply, wisely fed.
Return to Aliveness is an invitation to meet this season consciously. To slow down, receive, and allow yourself to be nourished - in your body, your nervous system, your sense of self. To come home to yourself at the exact moment the year is asking you to.
Not through effort or fixing, but through being held, guided and met in the right conditions.Signs this retreat is for you:
You feel like you’ve been holding it together for a long time.
Your nervous system feels busy, braced, or tired of coping.
You know a new chapter is here, but you haven’t quite stepped into it yet.
You’re ready to outgrow patterns you understand but still repeat.
You want depth, safety, and real change, not another surface-level reset.
You’re craving space away from roles, noise, and constant input.
You are ready to slow down and receive - really receive - perhaps for the first time in a long time.
You want to feel more alive, more present, more yourself.
You sense that the turn of the season is an invitation - and this year, you want to meet it.
What this retreat is…
Return to Aliveness is a short, potent maturation container.
Across one late summer weekend, you’ll be guided by Debbie Beharrell and Sarah Matlock through a deep process of BodyMind Maturation, embodiment and integration practices that support lasting change.
This is not about becoming someone new. It’s about shedding what you are no longer willing to carry.
Maturation coaching works at the level of being - the identity, patterns and survival strategies that quietly organise your life. When those shift, everything else follows.
You won’t leave with a to-do list.
You’ll leave with a new place to stand.
The Retreat Flow
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Arrival in the late afternoon.
Time to land, settle and exhale.
Welcome drinks and dinner together.
Opening circle, gentle grounding and orientation into the weekend.
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A full day of immersion.
Morning bodywork.
Deep maturation coaching sessions.
Nourishing meals and spacious breaks.
Nature time in the surrounding woods and fields.
Afternoon integration and reflection.
Evening ceremony around the fire to anchor what has shifted.
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Morning bodywork.
Breakfast together.
Completion circle and integration.
Final shared lunch.
Goodbyes and time to return home.
EARLYBIRD PRICING - 25% OFF - AVAILABLE UNTIL EASTER (5TH APRIL 2026)
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EARLYBIRD PRICING - 25% OFF - AVAILABLE UNTIL EASTER (5TH APRIL 2026) -
Room Options & Payment Plans
King Room (2 rooms available)
Investment:
Single occupancy £1,722 EARLYBIRD £1,295
What’s included:
2 nights accommodation (Friday 25th – Sunday 27th September 2026)
Comfortable king bed with private ensuite
All retreat sessions and facilitation
Nourishing meals throughout the weekend
Maturation coaching and guided inquiry
Nervous system regulation, embodiment and breathwork
Completion and post-retreat integration calls
If you would like to book the king room with another person, please get in touch.
Only 2 left!
Twin Room (4 rooms available)
Investment:
Single occupant £1,596 EARLYBIRD £1,200
Shared (per person) £1,131 EARLYBIRD £850
What’s included:
2 nights accommodation (Friday 25th – Sunday 27th September 2026)
Comfortable king or twin bed with shared Jack & Jill style bathroom
All retreat sessions and facilitation
Nourishing meals throughout the weekend
Maturation coaching and guided inquiry
Nervous system regulation, embodiment and breathwork
Completion and post-retreat integration calls
Only 1 left!
Bunk Room (2 rooms available)
Investment:
Single occupant £1,297 EARLYBIRD £975
Shared (per person) £831 EARLYBIRD £625
What’s included:
2 nights accommodation (Friday 25th – Sunday 27th September 2026)
Comfortable single bunk bed with shared bathroom.
All retreat sessions and facilitation
Nourishing meals throughout the weekend
Maturation coaching and guided inquiry
Nervous system regulation, embodiment and breathwork
Completion and post-retreat integration calls
Shared Room Options
Some experiences are meant to be shared. If there is someone you would like to come alive alongside this September, you’re warmly invited to join together.
There are two ways to book a shared room:
Book together - if you and a friend are both joining, get in touch and we will allocate you are shared room.
Ask to be paired - if you’d like to share but don’t have someone in mind, let us know when you get in touch and we will match you with another attendee.
Payment Plans
Interest-free payment plans are available on request.
If you’d like to explore options, please mention this when you get in touch.
