Some years don't need reviewing so much as resting. As the light draws in and everything outside races toward Christmas, this is a whole day to do the opposite, and let the year settle in you before the next one asks anything of you.

What if, instead of rushing towards the end of another year, you gave yourself a day to stop and notice the year you've actually lived? 

On Saturday 12 December, I'm bringing The Year Within to a close with a small, intimate day at Yoga Chew Valley.

The morning will be spent with me in guided reflection before we join the wider group for The Art of Wintering in the afternoon.

We'll look back across 2026 with guided reflection, conversation, journalling and quiet time. This is about creating enough space to recognise what twelve months of living have actually done.

1:15-2:00PM
We break to share lunch together, slowly, followed by the arrival of those joining us in the afternoon.

This is where we move from reflecting to experiencing. The afternoon softens us further with warming touch, slow breath, gentle movement, and sound to rest inside.

I won't be running The Year Within again in 2027. My work is evolving, with an increasing focus on human flourishing and the person beneath all the roles, responsibilities and doing that fill our lives.

So this isn't the beginning of another programme but an opportunity to bring this year, and this particular chapter of my work, to a thoughtful close.