Nigel's Solo Retreat - Part I

I’m going on a solo retreat. Partly because we offer them to our guests, but mainly because it’s something I’ve never done and I think it might be a bit wonderful. I’ve booked the Lotus Belle for 60 hours. I have an inkling of what to expect and how to go about it, but who knows.

The Lotus Belle is very, very off grid. I won’t get cell phone coverage, I will be deep in the forest, on my own. It will be me, the forest and the cocoon.

Apparently, a key part of the solo retreat is setting the intention. What do I want to get out of this exercise?

So I’m skimming through a list of solo retreat intentions and questions that appear after a good long google.

We’ve posted a few on our website here.

The idea is that before you go on your solo retreat you set yourself an intention or intentions. Scribble down a few sentences. A question or two, the kinds of questions we seldom get the time to ask ourselves: Who am I at my core? What ignites my passion and brings me joy? How do I want to feel? 

I’m doing Saturday to Monday. Sunday is the first day of Spring - new growth, new beginnings.

I think my intention is going to be about a project I’m working on alongside my other beautiful life at Wild Forest. I’m going to ask where it may go? How does it unfold? How does it work? What resources do I need? How do I balance it with my current life, my loves, my lover?

I’m looking forward to it. I’m excited. I'm a little nervous. I’m trying to go into it with an open heart, an open mind, no expectations. 

I wonder what will happen.