28TH NOVEMBER - 1ST DECEMBER 2025

Grief Retreat

Join Death Doulas & Grief Facilitators Tree Carr and Rachael Carter for a transformative four-day journey of healing and renewal in the serene landscapes of The Dreaming.

Your Journey

Embark on a transformative, healing journey through grief with renowned Death Doulas Tree Carr and Rachael Carter. This four-day retreat is a sanctuary for those navigating the profound emotions of loss, grief, and bereavement, offering a compassionate, nurturing space to honour your personal journey.

Set against the backdrop of The Dreaming’s serene and sacred landscape, the retreat integrates a person-centred approach with nature, meditation, art therapy, dreamwork, and sacred rituals. Each session is designed to help you reconnect with yourself and the natural world, guiding you through the profound processes of reflection, renewal, reconciliation, and rebirth.

Over the course of the retreat, Tree Carr will guide you through introspective exercises, emotional expression, creativity, and ritual, offering tools to process your grief on a deep, personal level.

Rachael Carter will support your journey of self-nurturance, helping you rest from the weight of grief and find clarity and inner guidance on your path to healing. Together, they create a compassionate and sacred space, allowing participants to express grief freely and without judgment.

This retreat is not just a time to grieve, but an opportunity to heal, reset, and renew. With ample time for personal reflection and immersion in nature, you’ll be able to fully embrace the beauty and tranquillity of the Welsh landscape.

Each element of the retreat is thoughtfully designed to support your emotional journey, offering both community support and solitude as needed.

Join us and let nature, ritual, and connection guide you through your grief toward healing and renewal.

Your Guides

We are honoured to host Tree Carr and Rachael Carter, two specialist teachers deeply dedicated to exploring the profound realms of life, death, and transformation. Together, Tree and Rachael offer a unique and compassionate space to explore the intersections of consciousness, spirituality, and the human journey.

  • Tree is a published author, TEDx speaker, and a leading figure in the field of Transpersonal Psychology, specialising in the profound realms of dreams and death.

    With a deep passion for exploring the intersections of consciousness, spirituality, and the human experience, Tree has written five insightful books that dive into these topics, offering readers a unique lens into the mysteries of life, dreams, death, and beyond.

    She is a graduate of The Alef Trust in their programme on Transpersonal Psychology and is a CPD Crossfields Institute Certified Death Doula, guiding individuals through the delicate processes of end-of-life care with compassion and wisdom.

    Through her work as a Death Doula and Transpersonal Guide, Tree helps people navigate some of life’s most transformative moments with clarity, empathy, and compassion.

  • Rachael Carter is an end of life Soul Doula® & accredited trainer, Yoga Teacher and a Wellbeing & Spiritual Life Coach with over 10 years of experience.

    A Soul Doula provides holistic, emotional and spiritual support to the dying as they transition and leave this life. During her time as an end of life Soul Doula, she has had the privilege of supporting hundreds of people on their dying journey and has also worked with various organisations, such as Dying Matters & Public Health, to influence the way we approach death in the community.

    Rachael is a TEDx speaker and has been featured in The Independent, BBC Radio Leeds, OM Yoga Magazine, Psychologies and Spirit & Destiny.

The Details

Dates : Thursday 28th November - Monday 1st December 2025

Check In : 3pm

Check Out : 10am

Location : Rhydoldog House, Rhayader, Wales, LD6 5HB

For more info on how to get here, click here.

Pricing

Pricing is on a sliding scale based on your room choice, starting from £650 for the entire retreat. Head to our bookings page for more details.

What’s Included:

  • 3 night’s luxury accommodation

  • All of your nourishing home cooked food & drinks

  • Beautifully curated retreat programme

  • Access to 47 acres of ancient, breathtaking lands

  • Access to our natural plunge pools

  • Enjoy our tranquil home and gardens

“Words can’t describe the energy that this place holds, from the minute you arrive you can feel the magic. We had the most beautiful weekend with the most amazing people, I will cherish the memories for a lifetime.”

- Claire Wright

The Nurturer Guest, 2024

“I knew my time at The Dreaming would be a wonderful break in stunning surroundings but I was not prepared for it to be life changing. You leave The Dreaming wondering, "Was I dreaming?" but thankfully, it's all real.”

- Kiri Pritchard McLean

Comedian, Writer & Former Artist in Residence

The Location

Nestled in the heart of the Elan Valley, Wales. Our retreat offers a serene and rejuvenating environment, away from busy work life, whatever the weather.

Set within forty seven glorious acres of ancient land, The Dreaming is a rural wonder which offers true serenity and blissful tranquility. Once a 15th century Cistercian monastery, this fabulous property passed through Georgian and Victorian aristrocratic families to the designer Laura Ashley and her family in the 20th century.

Laura Ashley directed her multinational interior design company from Rhydoldog House and then, in 2020, our founder Charlotte Church, with the help of talented collaborators, reimagined, refurbished and reconfigured it.

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Accommodation

Luxurious rooms with modern amenities awaits you, each designed by award winning designers to provide comfort and tranquility.

Each rooms interior reflect our passion for other cultures. Natural materials and tactile draping create den-like spaces, whilst original floorboards and textured walls give coherence and a cosseting feel to the seven rooms, each with its own distinct name and character.

The essence of connection thrives through our shared rooms. Our distinctive approach assigns beds individually rather than by room, encouraging meaningful interactions with fellow guests.

Embracing shared living is ingrained in The Dreaming’s values, creating an environment where bonds flourish.

  • For 2 Individuals Sharing

    Inspired by Luna herself, The Moon is designed to honour the lunar goddesses. Using handmade natural materials, it is a purifying and calming space, with soft flowing white fabrics. Luxurious beds with fabric privacy screens, a spacious seating area, and an ensuite with moon-shaped bath overlooking the Moon Garden.

    It is south facing, overlooking the Elemental garden, with a breathtaking view of the Nant Caethon Valley.

  • For 2 individuals sharing

    The best place to experience the breaking of day, The Dawn is south facing with a balcony to enjoy the view of the Elemental garden and the Nant Caethon Valley.

    The handmade soft furnishings were created using natural dyes to reflect the colours of sunrise, bringing a brightness to the room. With luxurious beds and fabric privacy screens, a seating area, rustic pine furniture, and an altar to honour the solar deities, a stay in The Dawn is an energy restoring experience. Its bathroom is across the hall, and has a Moroccan-inspired tangerine tadelakt shower.

  • For 2 Individuals Sharing

    Inspired by the wonders of mycelium (the network of fungal threads that connects all the plants of the forest together) The Mushroom is designed and crafted using rustic natural materials to achieve an earthy, grounded feel, dark antique wooden furniture and warm neutral tones in its spacious seating area, and luxurious beds with fabric privacy screens.

    It is south facing, overlooking the Elemental garden, with a breathtaking view of the Nant Caethon Valley, and includes an ensuite bathroom, with a walk-in shower, and a bath with a view, surrounded by a selection of botanical plants.

  • For 3 Individuals Sharing

    A stay at The Wanderer is an immersive experience, with natural materials and artefacts from Africa, Peru and Mexico. This is the room for explorers, and has a spacious seating area, and luxurious beds with fabric privacy screens.

    The room is south facing, overlooking the Elemental garden, with a breathtaking view of the Nant Caethon Valley, and includes an ensuite bathroom, with a shower and bath, and a window seat to take in the view.

  • For 1 Individual or Couples

    Honouring the design and forest reverence in Japanese culture, Forest Spirits is north facing and overlooks the ancient woodland.

    With traditional Japanese tatami flooring, a spacious seating area, and a luxurious king-size bed, the room also has an ensuite bathroom with a black tadelakt shower and a porcelain lotus sink. Immersive Japanese experience for all of the senses, including the scent of traditional Japanese Tatami Mats.

  • For 2 Individuals Sharing

    North-facing to the deep forests, The Womb is a celebration of womanhood. With soft flowing fabrics, all handmade and dyed using natural ingredients, it has the nourishing, secure feeling of being swaddled. Luxurious beds with fabric privacy screens, a seating area, and a playful ensuite with a pink tadelakt shower.