Communicating with Nature & Animals : a Findhorn retreat

Communicating with Nature & Animals : a Findhorn retreat

Monday 16 - Friday 21 June 2025

Spend time on retreat in the world-renowned Findhorn community as you learn to communicate with animals and other aspects of nature. Founded on the principle of 'co-creation with nature', Findhorn is the perfect place to expand your own ability to connect deeply and understand the natural world?

The teaching part of the retreat will include learning or refreshing your telepathic communication techniques as well as practicing with the animals, plants and wildlife onsite, and your own animals at home.  We will explore the woods, dunes, beach and the bay together as we connect with different beings and listen to what they have to tell us.  We will also connect with the unseen realms - nature spirits, devas, the sidhe, angels - which are so evident here.

There will be time in the schedule for you to explore the community at your own pace.  Choose from a variety of holistic offerings: meditation, dance, yoga, pottery.  Take a dip in the hot tub or the sea, enjoy a sauna, or book a massage. Experience the community's other guiding principle 'love in action' and join a gardening work party for a couple of hours.  Visit the village and sample traditional Scottish fare in the local pubs and cafes, or visit the Phoenix cafe onsite for a variety of choices to meet all dietary needs.

This retreat is suitable for all levels, from complete beginners to experienced communicators.  

You will learn: 

• The principles of interspecies communication
• What telepathic communication is and how it works
• To send and receive message effectively
• How animals see the world and how they express themselves
• To apply these skills in your daily life
• The profound lessons that animals can teach us

outcomes:

• Understand other species
• Reawaken your innate, forgotten skills
• Experience the natural world through new eyes
• Help animals become confident, calm and relaxed
• Tune-in to any aspect of nature and hear its response
• A deeper relationship with all animals, both domesticated and wild
• The ability to connect with the unseen realms

WHAT'S INCLUDED:

• FIVE DAY in-person training
• Celebratory evening meal (Thursday)
• Meditation, singing, dancing and other community activities at Findhorn
• A tour of the community and its history
• WORKBOOK containing activities, exercises and ongoing practices
• FREE first session with Understanding Animals' online practice group (meets twice-monthly)
• Membership of Understanding Animals' private Facebook group
• The chance to take part in small group Mentoring Sessions

DATES:  2pm Monday 16th June - 9am Saturday 21st June
cost:    £350 / £295 early bird (early bird ends on 21st April, bookings close on 11th June) 
OFFER:  Book with a friend and get £40 off each (choose the 'group ticket' option when booking)

WHAT TO BRING:

• PRINTED recent photo of an animal you know well (perhaps your own) who you would like to connect with, ensuring you can see the animal's eyes in the photograph. (Please bring a print-out rather than on an electronic device)
• Notebook and pen
• Water bottle, walking shoes, all-weather gear (for rain & sunshine!)
• A sense of adventure and an open heart

ACCOMMODATION:

There are a number of accommodation options within the community.  Ecovillage Findhorn offers single or twin-rooms in a shared house;  Findhorn Bay Caravan Park has chalets, eco cabins, holiday caravans and camping; the Findhorn Hinterland Trust provides wild camping pads; and there are also several B&B options in the community and in the nearby village, including the Findhorn village hostel.

ABOUT JACQUELINE:

Jacqueline is an animal communication teacher and mentor working in Europe, Australia, Africa and online.  Jacqueline has been communicating with animals since she was a child, growing up on the family farm.  This profound connection with nature deepened further through studying with aboriginal elders while living in Australia.

Several years later Jacqueline lived and worked in the Findhorn Community in Scotland where she met renowned animal communicator, Anna Breytenbach.  Anna became Jacqueline’s mentor and they worked together for several years.  Jacqueline has also studied with indigenous elders from Ecuador and North America.

Jacqueline is a Reiki master teacher, a transpersonal therapist and a master facilitator. She is passionate about reconnecting people to their love of nature, and helping restore balance and harmony between humans and the rest of the natural world.  Read more about Jacqueline and explore her other work at  www.understandinganimals.org

LOCATION:

Findhorn Ecovillage
The Park, Findhorn, Forres Moray IV36 3TZ

www.ecovillagefindhorn.com
www.findhorn.org

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