Drumwhill Blog

Perhaps it is a funny question…. but actually how many of us know what yoga, or anything is about until we have explored and experienced it for ourselves. Without exploration and the experience of something, it is simply a concept, or a perception, made up of what we have seen and heard. And in truth,…
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Well 2020 was a rather odd and unexpected year. We had just got our booking systems up and running and we were ready for a busy old year here at Drumwhill. Then, unexpectedly, everything changed. It took a little while in March to adjust to the new normal and having no one here… and then…
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Take a look around  …. love is everywhere! ❤ I have always loved hearts.  For as long as I can remember! What’s not to love about them.  ? I used to doodle hearts everywhere… bits of paper … school books … notebooks … edges of magazines. I even have a folder that I covered in…
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2020 sees our second spring here at Drumwhill … and although we have much more of an idea what to expect when it comes to the garden. It is still surprising and delightful to see all the bulbs emerge from the ground. Ground where, just a few months ago, there was no sense or sign…
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There is something very special that occurs when we go on a retreat. Something rather miraculous happens when we allow ourselves 2 … 3 … or even 4 days… out of our day to day lives … with all that we have going on. Something beautiful comes, in that commitment to ourselves … to be…
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There’s been a definite change in the weather over the last week or so. A bit more of a chill in the air.The nights are arriving earlier.The winds have picked up.And the rains are more frequent. That can only mean the arrival of the wonderful season of Autumn. Autumn means colour and lots of it.…
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Well, almost a year after arriving here it finally feels like all the hard work and late nights have been worthwhile. We’ve held our first retreat. We’ve had out first B&B guests. And , finally, we’ve had our first guests in the holiday cottage. This doesn’t mean the end of the hard work and late…
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