Drum Up the Sun: A women’s retreat
3rd - 6th July 2025
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A Taiko Journey / On the Hill collaboration offering three nights and four days of drumming, movement, breathwork and time in nature, on land intentionally created to offer wholehearted experience.
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Elements include:
daily embodiment practice – powerful breathwork – taiko drumming (group & individual) – song & story – collaborative creation of ceremony – spending time in beautiful, intentional land.
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Why attend?
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To experience a unique combination of three skilled practitioners together creating an impactful and beautiful offering
To meet our edges, be challenged, and emboldened through this powerful combination of voice, drum, movement and breath
To rest and be restored by this land, leaving behind the everyday pressures of life
To be witnessed by a generous collective of women without judgement, in celebration of individuality and courage
To give yourself permission to be cared for.
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Together we will…
- Engage in a daily embodiment practice
- Experience powerful breathwork
- Explore sound and rhythm through drumming, movement and voice
- Embrace our vulnerability, offering our self-discoveries and insights
- Discover our collective response to the sun
Retreat facilitators
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Tina Sharman ​is a director and facilitator at On the Hill. Here she creates spaces for people to experience beauty and the possibility of becoming more connected to themselves, to each other and to life. As an accredited practitioner, Tina will be offering breathwork on this retreat. There are possible contraindications or points of discussion and consideration for this practice, which can be clarified when booking.
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Hannah-Jasmine Brunskill is the founder and director of Taiko Journey with 15 years of experience teaching, performing, and creating connection through powerful taiko (Japanese drum) experiences. Hannah is passionate about us responding to what calls our hearts and making strong those threads that bring us back into connection with ourselves.
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Flora Pethybridge is a song and voice practitioner, working as a counsellor and facilitator in a diverse range of healthcare, education and nature-based settings. Using story and sound to explore the ways in which we can tend to the beauty and complexity of being human, her work is about supporting people to find an embodied and authentic relationship to voice and their own unique expression.
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Hannah, Tina and Flora weave three strands of a braid together: bringing different practices and traditions to create a container in which creative and personal expression can be explored, nourished and supported.
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“Thank you so much your dedication and care. The three of you worked so well together to ensure that everyone felt included, safe and protected. “
About your stay
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The facility at the farm has been created for you to feel at home and sink into the beauty of both a natural and beautifully gardened environment.
Learn more about the farm
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For further information and booking details please follow this link.
