Author and PR guru Lynne Franks will be talking about the Seed Pod movement of women coming together in small safe, community groups all over the country. The talk is called We Grow and it’s about supporting each other and our communities particularly in these times, growing food and reaching out to support those in need.

A guided journey into an ancient grove of pomegranate trees, where women’s rage is welcomed as sacred fury and men are present as allies and witnesses. Held in the yurt with music by composer Finn Petcher and voiced live by Dr Ros Watts

Turn your demons into employees by transforming shadows.

Jamie Catto is a British musician, filmmaker, and creativity expert known for co-founding the electronic band Faithless and creating the global multimedia project 1 Giant Leap.

Facilitator & Coach: Catto leads workshops and masterclasses on creativity, intimacy, and "shadow work" to help individuals and corporate teams unlock their potential.

The Shakti Tantra family are running a number of workshops at Connect and will be holding the Connect Yurt space this summer. This well established tantra school was founded by Hilly Spenceley, a powerful and dynamic sexual/spiritual teacher.

The range of workshops will be single sex, mixed and couples. Everyone is welcome!

Hilly is a catalyst and initiator. As mother of 6 and grandmother of 11, she is the ultimate wise women and dark angel, working at all times with the shadow.

Learn how to use your body to divine wisdom from the collective unconscious, to heal from blocks in your life, and to find freedom, joy and love. Get a taste for the power of 1:1 and group constellations in this confidential group space, designed to give you insight into whatever blocks you might be facing, without the need to share sensitive details with the group. Workshop for ages 18 and up.

Hosted by Betty Lish (Voice of BBC Radio 1, Founder of Empowered VoiceOver Academy & Online Business Coach) & Joanna Casey (Shamanic Healer & Artist), we’ll move through:

🌿 Cacao Ceremony to open the heart

🌿 Shamanic Drum Journey to awaken your inner visions

🌿 Voice Activation to release and embody your true sound

John “Hoppy” Hopkins is a Life & Death guide on a mission to demystify death and turn mortality awareness into a modern wellness movement. Through his content channel Dying to Live with Purpose, he helps people break free from limiting fears, reconnect with what matters, and live lives with fewer regrets. 

Life and Death guide

This session is a relaxed, family-friendly introduction to cacao as a food of connection rather than a trend or a ritual performance. Jimmy Greenwood from Black Cat Cacao will share his personal journey with cacao — how working with whole, ceremonial-grade cacao shifted his relationship to food, attention, and intention — and why cacao has been used for centuries as a communal drink rather than a stimulant or a sweet.

Vaughan brings a grounded, intuitive presence to his work as a facilitator. He is a trauma aware Embodied Resilience Practitioner and Conscious Connected Breathwork Facilitator, working with somatic experiencing and central nervous system regulation.

This session combines guided conscious connected breathwork with the therapeutic sounds of the crystal bowls to support regulation of the nervous system. Beth & Sasha create a comfortable environment where breath helps you drop into your body and sound encourages deeper relaxation. The experience is designed to ease overwhelm, quiet internal noise, and promote a sense of calm that lingers long after the session ends.

Annie Bury - Grief Tending and Connection. Details to follow shortly

A truly immersive experience that uses the vibrations and resonant sounds of my voice, singing bowls, gongs, to induce a deeply relaxed, meditative state.

Participants are invited to experience the transformative practice of loving kindness and be held in a sonic transmission of love, whilst also learning tools to regulate their nervous systems.

The themes and energy for the drum journey usually drop in intuitively nearer the time of the event but might be something like meeting your dragon guides, a drum journey to release old energies, meet a particular goddess/guide. The intention is set before we journey.

The journey consists of Open sacred space , Intro to journeying and how I work , Sharing circle (approx 20mins depending on numbers) , Intro to dum journeying , Drum journey (approx 20mins)  , Rest and integration

Part connection ritual, part social experiment, The Blindfold Club invites festival-goers into a series of guided blindfolded conversations. Think speed dating in the dark, but not just for romance. It's a playful and unexpected way to meet new people, spark meaningful conversations and tap into the spirit of freedom, curiosity and connection that makes festivals so special.