The Gathering – Retreat

Cambrian Mountains – 9-11 Oct 2026

An autumn retreat in Wales

Come back to yourself before winter arrives

During autumn, nature begins to turn inwards.

The light softens and the air sharpens. Then somewhere in you, there’s a quiet call to gather yourself.

In a beautiful Welsh lodge, during a deeply nourishing weekend, you’ll be held in a space that invites you to slow down and reconnect to yourself. After the busyness of summer, it is the time to pause, before the festive season gathers momentum.

What happens on this retreat?

This time away is spent remembering who you are.

This is a space to

• Let your nervous system settle.
• Make things with your hands.
• Enjoy the feeling of space.
• Gently gather the threads of your life and reconnect to yourself.

What you’ll experience

• Morning meditation and stretching.
• Grounded, insightful coaching.
• Deeply restorative Reiki.
• Hands-on, mindful craft practices.
• The simple, ancient rhythm of making sourdough bread.
• Quiet nature connection in a beautiful landscape.
• Optional digital detox (highly recommended).

There will be space for conversation and space for silence too.

Take a look at the agenda and timings for the whole retreat.

The setting, this autumn

You’ll stay in a beautiful, spacious lodge in mid-Wales, with

• Huge windows opening onto expansive natural views
• Warm, comfortable communal spaces
• Quiet nooks and crannies for rest and retreat
• Surrounding nature that invites you to slow your pace

Your hosts

This retreat is held by four people who care deeply about creating spaces and experiences that are nourishing, inspiring and restorative.

We are two couples- Alan & Beth, Kerry & Laurence.

• Alan Creedon – mindfulness, nature connection and practical philosophy.
• Beth Creedon – coaching and presence practice.
• Kerry Tottingham – craft, radical creativity and coaching.
• Laurence Tottingham – Michelin starred chef, Reiki Master and the magic of sourdough.

Together, we have created The Gathering.

Alan will take you on a walk and a nature connection inner adventure. To connect more deeply with the natural world we must first start with a different intention. We will focus on awareness, breath, story and senses, to bring you into a present state with yourself and your surroundings. 

Beth will be supporting your exploration throughout the weekend and on Sunday morning we will have space together to gather the ‘wheat from the chaff’ before you return to consensus reality.

Kerry will work with you to gather and weave together threads, wool, tactile found materials and words as part of the opening workshop, creating your own sensory stories. Together these meaning-filled artworks will form an exhibition of intentions, setting the scene to begin a weekend of self exploration.

With Laurence you will be doing a sourdough workshop. He will show you how to make the dough from scratch, you will help to make flavoured crackers with the sourdough discard, these will be used for our dinner to go with some dips. You will make a starter to take home with a recipe card so you can have a go at home making your own sourdough. Later in the day we will bake the dough in a domestic oven and break the bread together at dinner.

The Gathering, in Wales is for you if...

• You want space to think without interruption.
• You feel a pull to reset before winter.
• You would like to gather yourself again after the summer.
• You crave depth, but without intensity or pressure.
• You want to feel resourced, clear and quietly confident again.
• You want to be in a space held by four very experienced practitioners.

Investment

• £750 per person – all rooms are shared in either twins or triples.
• Early bird rate of £675 available for a limited time.

Includes accommodation, all sessions, and shared meals.

RESERVE YOUR PLACE

Join us for The Gathering
Spaces are limited to 20 people.

BOOK HERE – Installments or in full.

More on your hosts:

Kerry Tottingham, a social change designer, facilitator and leadership coach, and co-director
of A Brilliant Thing CIC. She specialises in Healing-Centred Design®, blending trauma-informed
practice, co-production and systems thinking to support people, teams and organisations to
work in healthier, more sustainable ways.
Kerry works across health, education, community and public sectors, designing and facilitating
practical development work, grounded in lived experience, place and context. Her approach is
relational, creative and evidence-informed.

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Laurence Tottingham, ‘The Reiki Baker’ uses his 30 years of experience as a Michelin trained chef to teach sourdough bread-making on his ‘Slow Rise Wellbeing’ experience days, using a mindful holistic approach. He also offers Reiki treatments as a Reiki Master. He is a 12th generation practitioner from Reiki founder Mikao Usui’s teaching lineage. Baking & Reiki are brought together in a unique way of slowing down & being present.

“I believe making, baking & breaking bread is great nourishing energy & Reiki is literally Universal energy.”

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Beth Creedon has been coaching profesionally for nearly 20 years. She loves to dive deep with individuals 1:1 and get into the deeper workings of our minds. You’ll get very little small talk with Beth. But, you will get fun, humour and a profoundly connecting conversation, every time. She is a transformational coach and focusses on being rather than just doing.

Beth coaches 1:1, runs group courses online and facilitates workshops and retreats in person.

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Alan Creedon’s connection to the outdoors stems from his upbringing in Dingle, Ireland. He has spent many years working outdoors; gardening, landscaping, commercial food growing. He has a passion for wellness and ways to find it. One of the simplest ways is to go outside and breathe with awareness. This is the foundation for the compassionate approach he teaches, which he is always learning from. He runs courses, retreats, facilitates workplace change and works one-to-one.

Together, Alan & Beth run Us. a weekly gathering of open folk. Every Friday, 12-1pm on Zoom we meet and have grounded and expansive discussions about practical philosophy.