“I had the most incredible experience and treasured the gift of spending time with Hamish. His passion for nature; along with his gentle wisdom and deep experience of journeying into wilderness was very inspiring to me. I had not realised that Mother Nature was such a strong healer, teacher and holder.”
“One of the toughest things I ever put myself through... deeply profound and life changing .. Hamish is an amazing facilitator... applying the most gentle yet tough love while softly steering me towards one breakthrough after another.”
This experience is for you if you are longing for inner space, more time in nature and the opportunity to really listen to where your heart wants to take you.
Held in the Knoydart Peninsula, Scotland’s last true wilderness, this is a five day deep dive into nature and the self. Central to this experience is a 2 day ‘solo’ - a period of fasting in solitude in a place of your choosing on the mountainside.
In a world obsessed with speed and accumulation, this retreat offers something quite different and critical; the opportunity to experience who you really are when you take away all the ‘doing’ and ‘stuff’ that clutters your life, and you instead, rest in ‘being’.
I will guide you through some beautiful nature connection, energy cultivation, breathing, relaxation and awareness exercises that will resource you on your solo and beyond. Inspiration for these exercises comes from ancient and indigenous cultures as well as more contemporary practises. More specifically, the teachings to me from John P Milton of Way on Nature and Michael and Rhonda from the Natural Academy, amongst others.
I will support each of you on your own developmental path, but held within a group container of committed and adventurous people embarking, together, into the unknown. The fasting over the solo time, will sharpen your awareness, cleanse your body and literally open you up to new possibilities.
My wish is for you to come away from this experience feeling truly alive, resilient and with a deeper understanding of what is important to you. Your relationship to the natural world is likely to go through a shift, which will bring about the beginning, if not the continuation, of a profound adventure of wisdom, joy and heart.
These immersive wilderness experiences have been the biggest catalysts for my own growth and sense of purpose and it gives me great pleasure to facilitate this for others. See my latest blog here of a similar experience I had recently.
The group size will be intimate to encourage both depth in our shared experience and also a real focus on each individual.
The outline of the program is as follows:
arrive Mallaig in time for the first ferry to Inverie at 8am in the morning on May 11th.
one hour walk to the bothy.
2 days of connection, training and preparation.
2 days of fasting in solitude on the mountainside.
a day and half of sharing, meaning making and integration.
leave in time for the last train from Mallaig on the 16th.
Cost: £1,350 no VAT per person
Included in the price:
30 mins 1:1 coaching with me prior to travel to begin the process and find clarity of intention.
all facilitation, coaching and training over the 5 days.
food whilst on retreat in Knoydart.
accommodation (we will be staying in a basic bothy when not out on solo).
a facilitated group Zoom call a few weeks after the experience for further integration and support.
Not included:
travel to and from Knoydart, including the ferry
accommodation, food and any other related expenses before arriving in and after leaving Knoydart.
your own medical insurance.
please bring your own camping equipment for this experience.
For more information please do get in touch! We can have a consultation call and see whether this is the right thing for you. If so, 50% payment is required on booking to secure your place.
More logistical information will be given upon registration.
“Those hours with nature put a mirror to myself that I’d been avoiding for months. That moment at the top of the mountain and our following debrief made me see positivity and understand myself in a way that I’ve never known”