Silent Healing with Horses Retreat

Lancaster, England

Discover Your Perfect Retreat

Follow the invitation of horse, nature and neighbour to the silent peace table in your heart.

This five-day silent retreat is carefully designed to gradually cultivate lasting peace in your mind, body, and soul. You will have the opportunity to release the neurological noise and emotional distractions, allowing you to experience complete clarity. This clarity will equip you with new tools to foster a wholesome new beginning moving forward.

Facilities

Experience the magic

•  Bask in the outstanding natural beauty of beaches with mountain views 
• Bathe in ancient woodlands and forage for medicine and nutrition
• Experience the powerful healing of 3 days of complete silence 
• Find serenity beside gentle, healing horses 
• Learn where you need to grow, what is holding you back,and feel a deep shift taking place
• Nourish your body and soul with yoga, nutritious food, and carefully structured meditation. 

This transformative retreat offers an opportunity to explore deep silence, embodiment, and healing while immersing yourself in the gentle embrace of nature, mountains, and the sea. Guided by the intuitive wisdom of horses, you will engage in profound meditations and practices designed to reconnect you with your inner peace and balance.

Why Silence?

Our sense of self - Often we get a sense of ourselves, our physical representation of consciousness, through bouncing off other people. With the constant feedback to what you are putting out into the world, you are suddenly addressing no one but yourself. 

This is where the labels and options that define us, our gender, how old we are, even what car we drive, fall away and we are left with a lake of still water - through which we can see reality very clearly. In looking into this Lake you will discover where is is you need to grow and exactly what is holding you back. 

Our sense of others - On a conscious level, we tend to blame people around us for the things that we cant control and which upset us. While we are doing this, it serves to temporarily elevate us from life’s pain and numb our own. However, we are often unaware that our reactions to other people are caused by build up of wounding in our unconscious. This wounding (perhaps from childhood) triggers our reactions and we frantically try to control the world, sorting situations into “good” or “bad”, “can deal with” or “cannot deal with” and this causes us to suffer, because, of course, we cannot control what everyone around us does or says. We can however, control our reactions if we can see, like still water, where the reactions are actually coming from and let them go. 

While you are in silence you are internally processing your unconscious wounds. We sit in deep and structured meditation to help move this process along. Your feelings of anger, grief or irritation cannot be projected onto the people around you and so you feel them, and you heal them. This leaves a mind like still water. You can see who you are and align yourself completely with what it is you want. You have direct access to the peace, joy, love, compassion and creativity in your super conscious, without your wounds being in the way. You are lighter than air and experiencing complete joy and equanimity. 

The House

Sunnycote, 39 Silverdale Road, Arnside. LA23 2EL

You will be staying in a beautiful large Victorian house near the sea in Arnside. Arnside and Silverdale is an area classified as Outstanding Natural Beauty on the edge of the Lake District National Park. You are a very short walking distance from a bay with views of the Lake District mountains and extensive forest and hills. 

The House sleeps 16 in total. But for the silent retreat, we restrict the bookings to 10 people. This puts less pressure on the kitchen and bathrooms to allow for peace and space and also gives 4 people the option of having a private room. 

The house is beautifully decorated in a quirky bohemian style with lots of places to sit and rest, including a completely private walled garden. There are plenty of books to read and of course, we encourage, walking, swimming and journalling in your spare time. 

Travel

Arnside has a train station within walking distance of the house, a short journey from Lancaster. It is also close to the M6 — leave at Carnforth and drive 15 minutes through country lanes. The nearest airport is Manchester, with regular trains from Manchester to Lancaster, then a change to Arnside.

Itinerary

Please note, the schedule may shift slightly depending on the weather. If it rains, we’ll move outdoor sessions indoors.

You’ll arrive on Sunday evening to settle in and prepare for silence. During the opening gathering, we’ll cover practical details — housekeeping, meals, timing, and any concerns about communication, medication, or diet. This is a time to release any worries and ready yourself for the coming days.

Each day follows a simple rhythm, marked by the gentle sound of a bell to guide transitions between meals, meditations, and rest.

At the start of each afternoon meditation, you’ll receive guidance and a focus for contemplation, supported by readings and poems. You may choose to meditate quietly in the paddock, on the beach, or among the trees. Your meditation leader will offer guidance when needed, and Katherine — who has worked daily with these horses for years — will lead you through the Meditate with Horses sessions with care and attention to safety.

Daily Schedule

• Monday–Thursday:
• 8:00 am – Breakfast
• 9:00 am – Meditate with Horses
• 12:30 pm – Lunch
• 2:00 pm – Meditation
• 6:00 pm – Dinner
• 7:00 pm – Free time to read, meditate, or journal

• Friday:
• 8:00 am – Breakfast
• 9:00 am – Closing silence and reflection
• 10:00 am – Closing circle
• 2:00 noon – Departures

• 3 full days of silence
• Area of outstanding natural beauty
• Daily meditations with horses
• Beautiful Victorian house on the coast
• Views of the Lake District mountains
• Beautiful woodland walks
• Careful structured tuition and guidance in silent practice and meditation
• Delicious organic vegetarian food
• Private walled garden
• Leave feeling light, peaceful, clear and renewed. 
• The benefits will never leave you. 

• 3 full days of silence
• Area of outstanding natural beauty
• Daily meditations with horses
• Beautiful Victorian house on the coast
• Views of the Lake District mountains
• Beautiful woodland walks
• Careful structured tuition and guidance in silent practice and meditation
• Delicious organic vegetarian food
• Private walled garden
• Leave feeling light, peaceful, clear and renewed. 
• The benefits will never leave you. 

Meet your host

Katherine Beaumont

After a traumatic horse-riding accident that shattered her pelvis, Katherine embarked on a transformative journey of self-discovery through meditation and connecting with her horses, ultimately founding "Meditate with Horses" and finding profound personal healing and happiness.

At Meditate with Horses, our team is united by a shared passion for connecting people with nature's spirit through the transformative power of horses. Each member brings unique expertise, compassion, and dedication to creating meaningful experiences for our clients.

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From guiding therapeutic sessions to leading our inspiring retreats, we are here to support your journey every step of the way. Get to know the faces behind Meditate with Horses and discover the individuals who make our programs truly extraordinary.