Day Retreats and Events
The next day retreat will be held by Sevanti at Barcombe Village Hall on Saturday 30th August 2025. Please contact Pip here: school@being-in-unity.com to register your interest.
A Day of Rest, Movement & Deep Renewal!
Whether you’re completely new or returning to practice, you are welcome just as you are. Every session is held with an open, non-judgmental atmosphere, inviting you to listen to your body and honour your needs throughout the day. All are welcome!
Join us for a nourishing day retreat designed to support your whole being – body, heart, mind, and spirit.
Guided with care and sensitivity, this is a space to move gently, rest deeply, and reconnect with yourself and others in a peaceful, inclusive environment.
What to Expect:
A flowing, meditative yoga practice, suitable for all ages, bodies, and levels of experience. The morning invites grounding, breath, and gentle awakening through mindful movement.
After a nourishing break with herbal teas, fruit, and light nibbles, we’ll move into a meditative movement and dance session, drawing on Open Floor conscious dance.
This is an invitation to explore natural, expressive movement as a pathway to deeper awareness and release—no steps to learn, no experience needed, just your presence.
Following a restful lunch break, we’ll continue with a supportive partner yoga practice, including acupressure massage techniques and the healing presence of Reiki-inspired touch. These practices invite deeper relaxation and a shared sense of connection.
Our day will gently close with Yoga Nidra, a deeply restful guided meditation accompanied by crystal singing bowls, followed by a closing circle to ground and integrate your experience.
Register your interest by emailing: school@being-in-unity.com
Day and half-day retreats are also held at our beautifully restored Turkish bath house: The Unity Centre, in Lewes, and at other wonderful venues – more info to come for future dates.
“Exactly what I needed in my life right now. Some time and space to slow down, relax and look after myself again. “ – David
The Day’s Schedule
(estimated timings)
10:00 – 10:15 – arrival & opening
10:15 – 11:30 – Unity yoga
11:30 – 12:00 – break (tea & light nibbles)
12:00 – 13:00 – meditative movement & dance
13:00 – 14:00 – lunch – (Please bring your own lunch – you may wish to share!)
14:00 – 14:45 – supportive partner yoga with acupressure & healing
14:45 – 15:45 – yoga nidra & sound healing
15:45 – 16:00 – closing circle before departure
Cost – £55 (concessions £48)
For further information and to reserve a place, please contact Pip : school@being-in-unity.com
All ages and capabilities are welcome.
“I am so glad I gave myself the time to do this. I cannot think of a day better spent. I feel alive again.” – Beth
What to expect from the day
The retreat is led, as in previous years, by Sevanti, the founder of Unity. You can read more about Sevanti here.
Unity Yoga is about ‘being with oneself’. It is a deep and meditative flow and inquiry into organic, natural movement.
Through sensitive authenticity, we can explore a diverse spectrum of asanas with various dynamics. Meditation, breathing, letting go, and humility; are the entry points to a long-term nourishing and inspiring practice. The central focus is on the relationship with the breath and the awareness of our fundamental state of being.
The body-mind is respected as a whole system, honouring the felt sense of emotions, thoughts, and beliefs. With courage, surrender, and lightness we tune in to our energetic intelligence; releasing tensions held in the body and mind.
Open Floor Dance
Mindful movement is a deeply restorative, invigorating, and empowering practice. There are no set steps to learn or expectations: the movement journey is inspired by tuning into our inner resources such as grounding, centering, activating and settling, and spacious awareness, to name just a few. Read more about Open Floor conscious dance here.
Unity Partner Yoga™/Supported Yoga
Unity Partner Yoga™ (also known as Supported Yoga) is a deep, restorative, playful, and sacred practice of yoga, and is a fun way of practicing yoga with a friend or partner. It complements our usual self-practice, enhancing and deepening it on a physical and spiritual level. It is also a great way of working with a group of people and feeling the underlying message of yoga – true connection and union. Unity Partner Yoga can awaken an inner oasis of deep peace and meditation, where we relate with another and with ourselves, through truth, trust, and tenderness, and there is also plenty of opportunity to result in entangled giggles too!
Dates in 2025
- 10:00 – 16:00 Saturday 30th August 2025 at Barcombe Village Hall
- 22-26th October 2025 – ‘Gravity & Grace’ an International Open Floor Dance Retreat in Spain – Click here for more info: GRAVITY & GRACE
Whilst all will be provided, please feel free to bring your own mat and any other yoga props you like to use if you prefer.
To register your interest in joining our retreats, please email Pip here: school@being-in-unity.com.
“A joyous day of self-healing and nourishment with wonderful people and of course, Sevanti. Thank you so much” – Nellie
About Open Floor
Open Floor conscious dance is a deeply restorative, invigorating and empowering practice. There are no set steps to learn and there is no pressure or expectations: the movement journey is inspired by tuning into our inner resources such as grounding, centring, activating and settling, spacious awareness, contraction and expansion, and release – to name just a few.
We build resilience, get to know ourselves better, increase our physical and mental flexibility, and observe and express our emotional selves. Beautiful musical scores, silence and poetry are woven together to accompany our mindful embodiment via focused physical body ‘anchors’.
Starting with a warm-up and ending with meditation and deep rest, we enjoy a guided yet expansive exploration in a non-judgemental, inclusive environment where we begin to trust the body and the way it wishes to move.
For the next Open Floor class, see the live booking system below.
You can also experience Open Floor at The Unity Centre.
Sevanti writes
“Having trained in ballet since the age of five and in contemporary dance at degree level at The Laban Centre, London, dance has always been my main passion, alongside yoga. I have danced 5 Rhythms, Biodanza and many other modalities, in addition to teaching my own style ‘Meditational Movement’ for many years.
“I am now so grateful to have discovered ‘Open Floor’ in the last few years and to be training in this life-enhancing form of conscious dance. It brings together all my interests and passions in such an accessible and coherent way.
“My intention is to create a supportive, healing environment to let ourselves release pressure and worry, tune into our physical and emotional needs, befriend our mind, connect with our spirit and restore ourselves in a celebration of life through dance.”
Sevanti has recently graduated as a fully accredited Open Floor teacher. Prices remain as affordable as possible.
“Join a global community where all are invited to experience mindful movement, self-discovery and the healing power of dance” – Open Floor International
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About Open Floor
Open Floor conscious dance is a deeply restorative, invigorating and empowering practice. There are no set steps to learn and there is no pressure or expectations: the movement journey is inspired by tuning into our inner resources such as grounding, centring, activating and settling, spacious awareness, contraction and expansion, and release – to name just a few.
We build resilience, get to know ourselves better, increase our physical and mental flexibility, and observe and express our emotional selves. Beautiful musical scores, silence and poetry are woven together to accompany our mindful embodiment via focused physical body ‘anchors’.
Starting with a warm-up and ending with meditation and deep rest, we enjoy a guided yet expansive exploration in a non-judgemental, inclusive environment where we begin to trust the body and the way it wishes to move.
For the next Open Floor class, see the live booking system below.
You can also experience Open Floor at Unity retreats.
Sevanti writes
“Having trained in ballet since the age of five and in contemporary dance at degree level at The Laban Centre, London, dance has always been my main passion, alongside yoga. I have danced 5 Rhythms, Biodanza and many other modalities, in addition to teaching my own style ‘Meditational Movement’ for many years.
“I am now so grateful to have discovered ‘Open Floor’ in the last few years and to be training in this life-enhancing form of conscious dance. It brings together all my interests and passions in such an accessible and coherent way.
“My intention is to create a supportive, healing environment to let ourselves release pressure and worry, tune into our physical and emotional needs, befriend our mind, connect with our spirit and restore ourselves in a celebration of life through dance.”
Sevanti has recently graduated as a fully accredited Open Floor teacher. Prices remain as affordable as possible.
“Join a global community where all are invited to experience mindful movement, self-discovery and the healing power of dance” – Open Floor International
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