Home Retreat: A Calming Online Mindfulness Day

Is this Event for Me?

Mindfulness for Challenging Times (15 March 2026) is a one-day online Home Retreat from Sharpham Trust, offering a calm and supportive retreat space for mindfulness practice from home.

You’ll likely enjoy this retreat if you want:
a gentle, structured day of live mindfulness guidance, supportive community connection, and practices that help bring steadiness and self-compassion through uncertain or challenging times.

What you’ll find across the format includes:

One-Day Online Home Retreat (8:40am–4:30pm) ·
Live Teachings and Guided Mindfulness Practices ·
Supportive Small-Group Community (Max 15 Participants) ·
Group Sharing and Connection Across Distance ·
Mindful Movement Practices (Qi-Gong and Yoga) ·
Daily Nature Connection Practices from Home ·
Downloadable Practices to Revisit After the Day ·
Sliding Scale Contribution (£20 Minimum; £50–£100 Suggested) ·
Hosted by Sharpham Trust via Zoom

Home Retreats: A Calming Online Mindfulness Day

Sharpham Trust’s Mindfulness for Challenging Times is a one-day Home Retreat offering for anyone seeking steadiness and support through uncertain or demanding seasons of life.

Held online from your own home, the retreat brings the feel of a shared retreat day into everyday space, with live teachings and guided meditation sessions led by experienced facilitators.

As part of Sharpham Trust’s Online Retreats and Virtual Retreats, this gathering combines mindfulness practice, self-compassion teachings, and a supportive community atmosphere across a single day.

What You Experience During the Day

This one-day home retreat is shaped around live guided practice, with teachings and meditation sessions offered by skilled facilitators throughout the day.

Alongside the guided elements, participants come together for group sharing, creating space for connection, empathy, and a sense of retreat community even while joining remotely.

Mindful movement practices such as qi-gong and yoga are also included, alongside daily nature connection practices that support a feeling of being part of the natural world from home.

Sharpham Trust provides downloadable practices as well, supporting time away from the screen and offering resources that can be returned to after the retreat day concludes. Teachings explore how mindfulness and self-compassion can help people stay steady through challenging times.

A Small-Group Retreat Community (Max 15 Participants)

A defining feature of this home retreat is its small-group setting. Sharpham Trust holds participants in a supportive and nurturing community across the day, with opportunities to connect and share experiences together.

Group sharing sessions encourage connection and empathy, with space for smaller group conversations within the overall retreat circle. With a maximum of 15 participants, the day is designed to feel personal, attentive, and held.

Participants are invited to be fully available, supporting group coherence and a settled sense of shared presence. The retreat is experienced from home, with an emphasis on a confidential and undistracted space throughout.

Facilitators Guiding the Retreat

Sharpham Trust shares that this retreat is guided by experienced facilitators from their mindfulness and nature connection retreat team, with leaders varying depending on the available date.

Martyna Raczka is a qualified teacher in MBSR, MBCT-L, and Finding Peace in a Frantic World, with experience delivering online and in-person courses and retreats.

Nadia Abdel-Karim has practised mindfulness and meditation since 2015, trained as a Mindfulness Practitioner in 2019, and has co-facilitated Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction courses and retreats at Sharpham’s Barn Retreat Centre.

Other listed facilitators include Nicky Mason, with over 20 years’ meditation experience and a background in counselling and nature connection facilitation, and Patti Summerville, a long-term meditation practitioner, trained mindfulness teacher, Hatha Yoga teacher, and former manager of Sharpham’s Coach House until 2024.

Sliding Scale Pricing and Accessibility

Sharpham Trust offers this one-day Home Retreat on a sliding scale:

Sharpham also recognises that finances can feel challenging for many people, and this pricing approach allows the retreat to remain welcoming across different circumstances.

Next Available Date (2026)

Sharpham Trust lists the following upcoming date for this one-day online retreat in 2026:

15 March 2026
Facilitators vary depending on the date.

Preparing Your Space for a Day Online

To support the retreat experience, Sharpham Trust invites participants to prepare a room at home where they will be free from distraction, with a confidential space held for the full day. Full availability for the duration of the retreat day supports group coherence, and attendance from start to end is expected.

The retreat takes place online using Zoom. Participants need a computer or phone with speaker and camera, and Sharpham sends guidance for using Zoom after booking. A guide to getting the best out of the day is also provided.

Retreat Format: Timing, Zoom Delivery, and Full-Day Presence

Sharpham Trust offers Mindfulness for Challenging Times as a one-day online Home Retreat, delivered live using Zoom.

The day runs from 8:40am to 4:30pm, held as a small group experience with a maximum of 15 participants. Participants attend from the start to the end, supporting full presence throughout the day.

About Sharpham Trust

Sharpham Trust shares an ethos of building a more mindful, compassionate, and environmentally sustainable world. They connect people with nature and foster mindfulness and well-being through a wider programme that includes retreats, mindfulness courses, outdoor learning, and the arts.

Sharpham Trust is based at Sharpham House, Ashprington, Totnes, Devon, UK.