Our New Offerings - Tending our Inner Light as the Seasons are Changing
Would you like to join us this autumn and winter? Or next spring? We are excited to introduce you to our upcoming programmes…
The seasons are changing. Here at Findhorn we can feel it in the softening of the light, a new freshness in the wind, the first fallen leaves on the ground and an abundance of toadstools in the dunes and woods…
As the nights are drawing in, nature reminds us that after the hustle and bustle of summer now is the time to come closer together, turn within and tend our inner light. We invite you to experience the special quality of this time together with us, here at the heart of our community at Ecovillage Findhorn and online wherever you are.
Below we share an overview about the different ways you can explore the season with us as we take time for meditation, contemplation, nature connection, song, dance, theatre and more…
We hope you enjoy exploring our autumn and winter offerings and the first glimpses of our experiences in the coming year.
You can find all our offerings here:
💖Our Signature Programmes
The graceful way our Experience Weeks, The Findhorn Garden Week and Following your Calling have been unfolding over the summer inspires us to look ahead. Over the rest of this year we have a range of offerings to choose from - Experience Week, Finding Inner Sanctuary, the three month EcoTheatre Quest: A Journey into Place, and When we're 64: A Living Story to celebrate the community's 64th birthday!
From there we continue into 2027 with two more Experience Weeks, another Following your Calling (we had so many people on the recent waitlist), and some exciting new creations coming to life…
If you've thought about joining an experience with us in the Ecovillage, below are the links to sign up for our programmes. We'd love to welcome you here!
Here is more information about our Signature Programmes:
13-18 December, 21-26 February, 21-26 March, 25-30 April
You’re invited to slow down, listen in and remember what's possible. Enjoy a lived experience of being in community, with simple practices and time in nature, exploring what shifts when we move from 'I' to 'We'.
24 - 31 October
Amid increasing uncertainty, rapid change and growing complexity, explore ways to stay grounded, connected and inwardly resourced. Enjoy an experiential week of reflection and renewal.
The Journey into Place - Ecotheatre Quest
24 October - 30 January | A three month residential programme at the heart of Ecovillage Findhorn
Can a landscape shape who we become? Join an immersive three-month ecotheatre quest into the mysterious ways our lives are shaped by the places that call us. Guided by internationally acclaimed theatre practitioner Laura Pasetti.
When we're 64: A Living Story (Community Birthday Week)
14-21 November
During the Birthday Week, when this community pauses to mark its own beginnings, we invite you to step into its living record, explore memory, and weave threads that serve those who come after.
10-17 April
Is there a purpose seeking to emerge and express itself in you? Through shared practice and gentle enquiry, this week offers space to listen more deeply to the directions unfolding in your life, and explore the path of your personal calling.
At a glance:
All Signature Programmes
Autumn/ Winter 2026
Finding Inner Sanctuary: Living in Times of Change | 24 - 31 October
The Journey into Place: Ecotheatre Quest | 24 October - 30 January | A three month residential programme at the heart of Ecovillage Findhorn
When we’re 64: A Living Story (Community Birthday Week) | 14-21 November
Experience Week: From I to We (Weaving in Nonviolent Communication skills) | 13-18 December. You can choose to stay on over Christmas and New Year in the community.
Spring 2027
Experience Week: From I to We | 21-26 February
Experience Week: From I to We | 21-26 March
Following your Calling | 10-17 April
Experience Week: From I to We | 25-30 April
☘️Our first online programme: Celtic Wisdom
We are delighted to share our first online programme in collaboration with Earth & Soul. Internationally acclaimed Celtic scholar John Philip Newell offers a nine-part teaching series on the lineage of Celtic Wisdom for today, with teachings, meditative practice and live discussion. It runs on Tuesdays from 5.30pm to 7pm UK time, beginning 3 November 2026 and continuing through to 16 March 2027. Wherever you are in the world, you are warmly welcome to join.
✨Seeds of Light
Seeds of Light continues to unfold. Twice a month we gather online with people from around the world who resonate with the spirit of the community and the founding practices that inspire our work, from the UK to Australia, Brazil to Tanzania. It is a steady circle of connection, with inspiring guest speakers, that reaches beyond the Ecovillage, helping to make the global Network of Light more visible one spark at a time.
Seeds of Light Guest Speakers 2026
We celebrate the abundance of wisdom and experience. Be inspired by the guest speakers who contribute to each call. You're welcome to pop these dates in your diary:
Sat 19th September 10am - Helle Brok, Denmark
Wed 7th October 5pm - more news coming soon
Sat 17th October 10am - Michael Shaw
Wed 4th November 5pm - Michael Lindfield, USA
Sat 21st November 10am - Christian Sarti, Luxembourg
Wed 2nd December 5pm - more news coming soon
Mapping and Empowering the Network of Light
Behind the scenes, we are working not only to map the wider Network of Light, but to empower it. In collaboration with Co-sy, an innovative co-operating system, we are developing an online platform where those who share this calling can meet, support one another, develop projects together, and create a positive impact in the world. We look forward to sharing more on this soon.
🫶Offerings in Partnership with community members
Alongside our Signature Programmes, Findhorn Foundation SCIO collaborates with other educators in delivering other offerings in the Findhorn Ecovillage.
In July we welcomed Barbara Swetina and Joachim Goerke for Homecoming in Song and Stillness, a week of piano, circlesinging and shared stillness that filled the Universal Hall with music and brought the community together in a different key. In early August, Helen Sieroda and Diana Whitmore held ‘More than a Number: Navigating Age over 55’, a weekend for those ready to move beyond the cliché that age is just a number, exploring retirement, redefining purpose, and the deeper questions that growing older invites. Both were a joy to host, and a reminder of how much this community has to offer.
Here is more information about our offerings in partnership with community members:
Navigating Life with Nonviolent Communication | 9 to 11 October
In a fast paced, busy world of overwhelm and easily misread messages, a weekend to slow down and explore being honest even when it's scary, asking for what you want clearly, and learning to de-escalate conflict. Through identifying your feelings and needs, and articulating them to others, you will build empathy skills to navigate difficult conversations with loved ones, colleagues, teenagers and children, and learn to show up more authentically in your relationships.
Healing Our World: From Despair to Repair (Autumn Conference) | 16 to 20 October
Hosted by our partner, Ecovillage Findhorn CBS, this five day international conference brings together practical solutions, courageous conversations and creative expression in response to the challenges facing our world. Confirmed speakers include Mike Berners-Lee, one of the UK's leading voices on sustainability and climate action, alongside Donnachadh McCarthy and Alan Watson Featherstone, founder of Trees for Life. We invite you to connect, be inspired and strengthen the ways we can heal our world, together.
Spirit at Work | 21 to 25 October
For visionary coaches, leaders and change agents ready to lead with purpose and depth, this residential programme brings the transpersonal alive in coaching, consulting and leadership practice, looking beyond a narrow version of self to work with and through the individual to create change in the world. Led by Christopher Connolly and Hetty Einzig, with sessions from Findhorn community pioneers in regenerative agriculture, ethical building and social enterprise.
Foundations in Coaching | 6-9 November 2026
Coaching helps people find clarity, take ownership and discover their own way forward. This internationally recognised course offers practical skills that can be applied immediately in everyday leadership, community and professional practice.
Crossing the Threshold | 28 December - 3 January 2027
During this magical time of the year you are invited to join Barbara Swetina and Jilani in six days of celebration and relaxation in a community of heart, drawing on the riches of the Findhorn and Sufi traditions in song, dance, story, soul work, creativity and ritual.
Growing2gether: Professional CPD Training in Transformational Work with Young People (online) | 29 January to 16 April 2027.
An accredited training for anyone working for the wellbeing of children and young people, using Positive and Transpersonal Psychology to help young people move beyond being seen as a "problem" and discover their own potential.
Eldest Daughter Retreat 2027 | 5-8 March 2027
Leading with resilience and ease: Join eldest daughters of all ages who share this life path that shapes us into women of responsibility and leadership. Explore how you manifest leadership in your personal and professional life, and how you can keep the balance.
At a glance:
All Programmes in Partnership with community facilitators
Navigating Life with Nonviolent Communication | 9-11 October
Healing Our World: From Despair to Repair (conference) | 16-20 October
Spirit at Work | 21-25 October
Foundations in Coaching | 6-9 November 2026
Crossing the Threshold | 28 December - 3 January 2027
Growing2gether: Professional CPD Training in Transformational Work with Young People (online) | 29 January - 16 April 2027.
Eldest Daughter Retreat 2027 | 5-8 March 2027
💞 FREE OFFERINGS - Ways to stay connected
However far you are from Findhorn, there are simple ways to stay connected. We offer small regular practices, held daily and weekly, that keep us in touch with each other and with ourselves.
🕯️ Weekday Meditation | Mon - Fri | 9am UK time
Every weekday morning at 9am UK time, we gather for thirty minutes on Zoom or Facebook. A small moment of stillness as your start of the day with guidance from Eileen Caddy, shared with people from around the world. Replays are available on our YouTube channel.
🕊️ Be Peace | 1 minute | 12 noon | every day
At 12 noon each day, wherever you are, you are welcome to pause for one minute to Be Peace, a small act of quiet as a reminder to stay connected with yourself and all of us.
💌 Weekly Inspiration Email | each Friday | in your inbox
Each Friday our Weekly Inspiration Email lands in your inbox, a moment of inspiration to take with you into the weekend and beyond.
🌐 Facebook, Instagram, YouTube & Website | visit us anytime online
Stay up to date with all our news and inspiration on our Social Media channels and our YouTube channel.
✍️ Write to us at connect@findhorn.org
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