Only rarely do spectacular weather and lunar events come together to produce the most phenomenal of winter conditions. Clear, calm skies without a breath of wind combine with sub-zero temperatures to freeze water vapour in the air producing ice crystals on the cold surfaces of trees, plants and ground. The result is a hoar frost that brings to all it comes into contact with, a touch of breathtaking magic as the world is seen again in a new light. The landscape is brought to our attention suddenly, as if for the first time, when the taken for granted shapes of nature – leaves, grasses, berries and seed pods – are made shockingly beautiful overnight, and revealed dramatically by day: their forms and edges highlighted with feathered white crystals glistening in the winter sun.
Add to this a magnificent Wolf Moon, and you have the perfect conditions for a winter yoga retreat in England.

Trees in Winter. Once, on a wintery walk in Canada, my father who taught me the value of walking in silence to learn how to pay attention to nature, and to be with one’s own thoughts, and feelings, broke the quiet of the woods by suddenly telling me something I hadn’t known about my mother. […]