Upcoming Celebrant Retreats
The Creative Fire
The Creative Fire Celebrant Retreat recognises
that our relationship to and with creativity
infuses everything we do professionally.
This retreat will gently awaken your creative embers,
and ignite and liberate the inner creatrix so that your
celebrant artistry may shine in the world.
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A time to laugh and a time to play
A time for forging friendships and a time to relax
A time for walks in nature and a time to be nurtured
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You will leave this retreat with new skills, and items you’ve crafted that can be used (and recreated) in your work as a celebrant.
Venue
Held at Glassonby Hall, Eden Valley in Cumbria
This lavishly restored five-star 15th Century Cumbrian Longhouse of Baronial splendour offers a peaceful retreat set amid rolling Cumbrian fells and farmland.
When you arrive, you step into the vaulted main hall, with vast stone hearth, arrowslit windows and iron chandeliers. Don’t be surprised if you sense the medieval revelry of yesteryear. We eat in the flagstone dining hall for more formal meals and gather in the Aga-warmed large kitchen for breakfast and lunch.
This peaceful retreat is a cocoon from the world with its beamed living room and deep windows with views over the Cumbrian hills. Deep sofas and a grand woodstove offer just the place to sit back and relax. Let yourself be enchanted by the Hall’s contemporary opulence layered over medieval majesty.
Spring 2026
Friday 27th March – Monday 30th March
We keep our not-for-profit celebrant retreats deliberately small (max. 10)
so you can get to know other attendees
and enjoy a relaxed environment.
Your Celebrant Investment
*£555
Includes your own double bedroom for three nights in 5* luxury accommodation,
all sessions and materials with our carefully chosen tutors,
and a nourishing vegetarian menu created by our private chef.
There is the option to share a room with a celebrant you know for £444 each
To receive a booking form, email: veronikarobinson@hotmail.com
Retreat hosted by Veronika Robinson, with guest tutors
- Celebrant (across all rites of passage) with 30 years of experience internationally
- celebrant trainer at Heart-led Ceremonies Celebrant Training
- mentor to celebrants internationally
- author
- metaphysician
- interfaith minister
- retreat hostess
Veronika has a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing, and is the author of over thirty books, including several for celebrants such as The Five Elements; The Successful Celebrant; Write That Eulogy; Funerals for Children; The Discrimination-free Celebrant.
Upcoming publication: Love Story
Crafting Bespoke Rituals
Dates TBC
A powerful and inspirational retreat
in the heart of the beautiful Cumbrian countryside
Learn to write compelling narrative
and meaningful choreography
Sessions include:
- The Search for Meaning
- Understanding Ritual
- Bespoke Ritual Creation
- Enhancing Intuition
- Word Medicine
- Enhancing Your Rituals with Beauty and Grace
- Heart-softening Practice
- The Dance of Choreography
- Elevating Others With Inspired Ritual Creation
During this retreat, you’ll learn how to quickly increase your vibrational energy so that you can hold space for others while enhancing your ceremonies with bespoke rituals.
Immersive and structured heart-led sessions are cushioned by relaxation and connection, delicious foods, walks in nature or reading by the woodstove.