IN SAFE HANDS
Our Guides
& Practitioners
Miriam Darlington
AUTHOR, TEACHER & NATURE GUIDE
Miriam’s first collection of poetry, Windfall, was published by Oversteps Books in 2008. In 2012, Otter Country, In Search of the Wild Otter, a creative non-fiction nature memoir came out with Granta. In 2018, she published a travel book all about owls, Owl Sense with Guardian Faber. This creative non-fiction study of the wild owl and its mythology was a BBC Radio Book of the Week and Sunday Times bestseller.
Miriam tutors for the Arvon Foundation, and writes freelance for The Guardian and Resurgence-Ecologist magazine as well as her regular column, the Nature Notebook, at The Times. She lives in Devon with a daughter and a dog, and teaches Creative Writing at Plymouth University.
iONE HARRIS
YOGA & LANGUAGE TEACHER
Ione has been studying yoga for over 25 years and trained in Spain with Harminy Hannigan at Nayanayoga, where she qfor inviting the mind and boldy towards health and emotional balance enabling us to tune in to our surroundings.
Presently, Ione is studying Ayurveda to align further with natue and to accompany her practise.
During the retreat Ione will offer gentle wake-up morning classes and evenings of deep relaxation with Yoga Nidra. Whilst at Cabilla, she will also be available to chat through any health issues seen through an Ayurvedic lens.
Ione’s philosophy is, you are welcome whoever and however you are…
Merlin Hanbury-TENISON
THE CUSTONIAN OF CABILLA
Cabilla is Merlin’s beloved family home and after serving in the forces and working in the city he returned to unexpected challenges. A farm that was failing and one of the UK’s last remaining fragments of Atlantic temperate rainforest being ravaged by overgrazing. Merlin began a fight to save one of the world’s most endangered habitats and founded The Thousand Year Trust
With the help of his wife Lizzie, Merlin runs Cabilla Corwall and we are delighted that Merlin will be leading a walk through the ancient forest and surronding land during our retreat.
Questions?
Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions.
We would love to chat and tell you more about our incredible guest facilitators!