Join Kerry Veitch & Pablo Castro for a time for healing, connection and growth, as you are guided back to source, back to the essence of who you are and what you have come here to experience.
For four years this retreat has invited you back to your beginning. This year, we go further — into the liminal spaces between who you were born to be and who you have become.
In these four days we invite you to slow right down, to feel the magic in full body presence, to be able to explore deep rooted, somatic imprints. We’ll be working with the birthing energy through The Waters. This powerful energy field carries with it the power to bring us into a new way of being, from birth to death into rebirth….
We move through this journey with the four elements as our guides, each day opening a different doorway.
We begin with Water and birth. We surrender to the waters to decide what is needed — not what we plan, but what wants to move through us. The waters know the way; our task is to trust and follow, as we return to the very beginning of our story.
We continue with Earth — our connection to nature within us, and to what lives in our bones. Here we meet our ancestors, whose breath and blood carry forward into our own. We work with the patterns inherited, the unresolved held in the body, and the gifts of lineage alongside its weight. This is ground work, literally — coming home to the body as earth, as inheritance, as root.
We meet Fire and death. Fire asks us to find our NO — the boundary, the release, the letting go of what no longer serves. In facing what must end, we find what wants, finally, to be liberated.
We work with Air and the breath itself. Conscious connected breathwork carries us into an altered state where the body can process emotion, energy, and pattern on a somatic level — air as the medium through which all the other elements move and integrate.
In this experiential retreat we honour the birthing energy as a sacred process, knowing that it will guide us perfectly to rebirth and a new awareness.
Water Oracle mirrors your uniqueness, revealing strengths and gifts. By attuning to the depths of the Water, Mariel inspires you to emotional awareness and inner peace. In a society dominated by left-brain thinking, we often overlook the power of wonder.
Mariel is a passionate hobby photographer with a deep love for capturing water reflections.
Mariel finds magic in the alchemical process of creating Water Oracle, where enigmatic patterns emerge as the water freezes. Guided by values of authenticity, connections and creativity, her work explores beauty and symbolism found in water and nature.
You are welcome to have a reading with a personalized digital image infused with healing frequencies, imaginative guidance featuring a healing story, and a 1-hour Water Oracle Consultation to deepen your experience. You will be able to get in touch with Marielle directly. The reading is a beautiful addition to the retreat but is not included in the price. There is a discount if you let Marielle know you joined this retreat.
Pablo Castro is a Breathwork Practitioner and Trainer. His passion for breath, felt sense and water therapy is at the core of what he shares with one to one’s and groups around the world.
He is a surfer, free diver and lover of the ocean, more and more he is called to work with and within the element of water. Pablo holds water breath ceremonies and has also trained with Wataflow.
His work has led to the profound realms of rebirthing and he is in awe of the gentle yet profound power of warm water, loving presence and gentle holding. With great love and honor he is deeply excited to be sharing this incredible work. Pablo has been a lead trainer with Alchemy of Breath for 6 years, and is based in Italy.
Nestled in a sacred hotspot between four mountains and close to the evocative ruins of Llanthony Priory – the haunting remnants of one of the greatest buildings of medieval Wales – Fforest Barn is an idyllic location for a spirited nature connection experience.
The retreat offers peace and tranquillity in a stunning wilderness landscape and has incredible views from inside and out with amazing walking opportunities in each direction.
Fforest Barn is an ideal place to recharge your batteries and revitalise body and mind. Just 60 minutes from Bristol and Cardiff and 2.5 hours from London.
All glamping options have beautiful high spec, shared toilet and showers. Deposit of £275 required. (£200 non refundable) Payment plans available, balance payment due by 1st May 2026. If you are booking from outside the UK, payment can be done through WISE, and you must cover the transfer fees.
Please email kerryveitch@thesacredbreath.co.uk for more information.
Venue address: then follow directions by car below, the postcode does get you there.
Forest Coalpit Farm, Abergavenny NP7 7LL
By Train – We’re about 10 mins from Abergavenny train station. If you’re coming by train you go from Paddington to Newport, then change for Abergavenny. This should take max 2.5 hours and cost circa £40. There are buses for under £10 to Newport, then take the train, or maybe bus all the way. There are also trains from Birmingham New Street, via Hereford.
If you need a taxi to/from Abergavenny call Peter at A Cabs on 01873 737736 or 07958 702208. This costs around £10 one way.
By Plane
We are equidistant from Bristol or Cardiff Airport – about an hour away. A taxi costs about £120 each way – eg £60 each is two people. Call Peter at A Cabs on 01873 737736 or 07958 702208. Alternatively, you can hire a car at the airport.
By Car
This is where the SatNav gets you to. Forest Coalpit Farm, Abergavenny NP7 7LL. Then Go to the right and keep going – past a chapel, a house on the left, Chapel Farm on the right, until you come to Forest Coalpit Farm. Keep going to the end of the road. You’ve arrived at Fforest Barn.
We will send a welcome email with all details closer to the time.
A deposit of £275 is due upon booking. (£200 is non-refundable).
The full balance is due by the 1 May 2027
Please email me for different Payment options:
Pay in full upon booking.
Pay the deposit and then two equal payments from the remainder of the balance: Due 1st April & 1st May.
Pay the deposit and then the balance by May 1st.
Monday 12 July arrival from 2pm for a 4pm start, until Friday 16th departure 10am
It is really important to us that you receive support following the retreat, there will be an online zoom meet up for everyone. Date TBC end of August
We offer a full refund, with a £200 admin fee deducted for withdrawals – 1 month prior to the retreat or more. After that there is a zero refund policy, unless we have a waiting list.
The accommodation in the main building offers a stylish selection of double, twin and bunk rooms, while outdoors the choice extends to hand-painted gypsy caravans, an ecopod, a cabin and a luxury safari tent and treehouse, with close access to an eco-loo and shower.
This is a full board retreat with our passion to ensure healthy, fresh, nutritious vegetarian food.
You will be able to select a preference for accommodation & dietary requirements on the booking form.
This is a sample of the daily programme
7.30am – Light DIY breakfast, eggs, home made breads, museli
7.30am – 9.00am – Yoga, Meditation or Conscious Walking – Preparing the mind and the body
9am – Group workshops
11.30am – Break time & healthy snacks
11.45am – Group workshops / water breathes
1.00pm – Lunch
2.30pm – 5.30pm – Embodied Breathwork session / warm water breathes
6:30pm – Dinner
8pm – Campfire & Music
Once you decide to book, there will be a short booking form to complete & a health questionnaire, & some questions for you to consider around your birth (not compulsory at this stage) – before you pay your deposit.
We will email you again the form which will invite you to find out more about the circumstances around your birth, in case you need to find out more.
