Focusing, NVC and Presence Face to Face Residentials @ Braziers Park 2026
31st January 2026 - 25th October 2026 Braziers Park OX10 6AN
Specialist Workshop/Event
Focusing, NVC & Presence Residentials 2026
Braziers Park, Oxfordshire | Transform crisis into creative response
Early FLAG for 31.01.2026 BUT first residential starting on 23 – 26 April 2026
“The desire to be heard, the desire to be seen, the desire to breathe freely — the desire to be great.” — Martin Luther King
Three Transformative Retreats to Rewire How You Meet Life
1. Embodied Empathic Presence
April 23-26 | Thu 4pm – Sun 2pm
What if your wounded parts could become allies? Through Focusing, body-based practices, self-empathy, and felt-sense awareness, discover how stuck patterns dissolve when met with somatic presence. Also including the Empathic tenderness of some NVC principles and practices, Learn to hold yourself with the tenderness you’ve been seeking.
2. Reality NVC – Confidence where Angels Fear to Tread – The Residential
Sep 24-27 | Wed 4pm – Sat 2pm
Can we stay open-hearted when everything feels at stake? Navigate identity triggers, ideological clashes, and planetary crisis without collapsing or hardening. Practice empathy across difference with grit, authenticity, and surprising moments of humour.
3. Focusing CPD for Therapy and Body-work Practitioners
Oct 22-25 | Thu 4pm – Sun 2pm
Sharpen your capacity to stay present with complexity add tremendous value to your client and your own capacity for Agency and Presence. Learn, develop – refine Focusing skills, work with increased sensitivity and diligence with high activation, strengthen nervous-system resilience. For therapists, coaches, and practitioners ready to deepen. CPD certificate (18-20 hours).
Embodied Relational Presence — A pioneering synthesis of Focusing’s felt-sense wisdom, NVC’s compassionate communication, and mindfulness practice. Because inner transformation is outer transformation.
Braziers Park — 55 acres of ancient Oxfordshire woodland. Gothic mansion. Nourishing meals. Nature as co-teacher.
Attend one or all — Each retreat stands alone; together they form a trilogy.