events &
experiences
take time out, try something new, find community
there is a rich variety of experiences on offer at mill yard…
We aim to offer something for everyone at Mill Yard; whether you’d like to take part in a richer, longer movement practice, express yourself creatively, learn something new, or just enjoy the embrace of community.
All of our upcoming events & experiences can be found below - click on ‘View Event’ to find out more, and book.
Our workshops make wonderful gifts too. Bring a friend and enjoy something new together, or give a Gift Voucher and allow them to choose their own experience (there’s a link at the bottom of the page if you’d like to create your own gift card)
Monthly Doula Drop-in
Are you pregnant, preparing for, or navigating life with a new baby?
You are warmly invited to a FREE monthly Doula Drop-In at Mill Yard with local Doula Kate Wallace.
This is a relaxed and welcoming space where you can pop in for support, or to ask Kate any questions you have about pregnancy, birth, or adapting to life with a new baby.
Somatic Sundays
Gently nurture your nervous system and reconnect with the innate wisdom of your body.
Somatic Yoga is an extended monthly practice that spills into Sunday evenings. 90-minutes of self-enquiry and exploration designed to help your whole system soften and settle, leaving you feeling calmer, clearer and more at ease.
Kundalini Yoga: Sahej Kriya for Ease
Awaken your energy, restore balance, and uplift your life!
This monthly class is about fusion: taking the precise, mind-clearing practice of Kundalini yoga and merging it with the deep, conscious listening of Somatic work. Think of it as a 90-minute conversation between your body and your awareness.
Rewrite Your Future Health: The Science of Disease Prevention & Healthy Ageing
The diseases that kill us and affect our quality of life as we age - heart disease, stroke, dementia, diabetes and cancer - are at least in part, preventable.
Come and find out what the latest science tells us about disease prevention and biological ageing, and what we can do about it…
Thresholds Reset
Step through the thresholds of breath, cold and heat - a guided rest to release, renew and return to yourself.
Thresholds invites you to pause the noise of daily life and move through a powerful cycle of guided breathwork, ice immersion, and sauna heat, each a threshold in itself, helping you release tension, find calm, and reconnect with inner strength.
Sound Interwoven: Yew
This season's Sound Interwoven invites you into winter's stillness, where sound, silence, and the spirit of Yew guide a journey of release.
Descend through sound as the expressive tones of the cello merge with the vibrations of Crystal Alchemy singing bowls. Within the still depths, we listen, shed, and dream into the ancient wisdom of the land.
Coffee & Connect: Small Business Networking
Are you an established, new, or soon-to-be small business owner?
If so, would you like to meet like-minded, supportive people in your area, pick up a few new skills, feel more connected, or simply get out of your home office for a change? Then this is the event for you!
An Introduction to Pilates: The Fletcher Approach
Whether you are new to Pilates, and want to find out more - or are more experienced on the mat but would like to broaden your knowledge of Pilates styles, this workshop is for you.
In this two-hour workshop, Íse introduces some Pilates fundamentals, and explains more about the dance-inspired Fletcher Pilates approach. Explore the foundational sequences and the thinking behind them, then bring it all together in a Level 1 Mat class.
Full Moon Sound Bath
November's Full Moon, the Frost Moon, is the last before Yule. It arrives with the first frosts, as the mercury dips and the darkness draws in.
Rising in Gemini, this moon invites us to gather around the hearth, sharing the warmth of togetherness and the clarity of a flickering flame. Come for a candlelight Sound Bath to warm the heart and feed the soul.
Soulful Sundays: Human Design
Soulful Sundays is our new monthly reset at Mill Yard: an unhurried space to settle after a busy week, meet like-minded people and step into the next one replenished.
Each session begins in the studio, then spills over into the Piggery for brunch from our own Mill Yard Café. This month we welcome Íse, who will share her knowledge of Human Design: a soulful lens for understanding who you truly are.
Winter Wreath Make
Inspired by the frosty, snow-coated Christmas of our dreams, join Lucy Lee of Ramshackle Flowers at Mill Yard to create a beautiful festive, winter wreath this December.
Surrounded by an array of festive white, silver, and natural tones, Lucy will guide you in the art of sustainable wreath-making with dried flowers using a natural wreath base and flowers and foliage grown and foraged by her.
Sounds of Solstice
Join Verity for a Sound Ceremony to pause with the Sun and dream with the Earth before the light is reborn.
Deep winter is a threshold, the most receptive point of the year, when the land lies still through the dark nights. Gather close in candlelight and the warmth of good company. Together we'll share ritual, rest and sound to draw us into deep winter dreaming.
Winter Wellbeing: Deep Rest Retreat
Join expert facialist Nicole of Fig & Nettle and Verity for a day to meet the deeper layers of your being, building reserves of rest, strength and vitality, with a good glug of nourishment along the way.
Together, they’ll guide you through facial fascia work and somatic movement, savour a silent sauna and the warmth of the fireside, before settling in for Yoga Nidra and Sound Bath to close.
Breathwork Discovery: A 4-Week Journey into the Breath
What if the breath could become a doorway to greater self-awareness, balance and wellbeing?
Join us for a four-week journey exploring the fascinating world of breathwork — bringing together science, yogic wisdom and immersive experience to deepen your understanding of the breath and its profound influence on body, mind and spirit.
Fermenting for Flavour & Health
Learn about the benefits of fermented foods for health - and how to create fermented recipes including water kefir, milk kefir, kombucha & sauerkraut at home.
Roisin, founder of local fermented drink Wildling is sharing her knowledge with this hands-on fermenting workshop.
Full Moon Sound Bath
October’s Blood Moon, or the Hunter’s Moon, is the second full moon after the Autumn Equinox.
Once the harvest was gathered and the land began to slow, our ancestors hunted to sustain themselves through the darker months. Rising in Taurus, this moon invites us to cleanse our blood, strengthen our bodies and root into our innate worth. Come gather your strength for the season ahead.
Introduction to Aromatherapy
An introduction to Aromatherapy Blending with Nic Prichard from Pure Cariad Aromas.
With over 25 years of Aromatherapy experience, Nic will guide you through the benefits of essential oils, and how to use them safely at home. She will bring a wide selection of beautiful essential oils for you to explore.
Kundalini Yoga: Energy of Angels & Ancestors
Awaken your energy, restore balance, and uplift your life!
This monthly class is about fusion: taking the precise, mind-clearing practice of Kundalini yoga and merging it with the deep, conscious listening of Somatic work. Think of it as a 90-minute conversation between your body and your awareness.
Coffee & Connect: Small Business Networking
Are you an established, new, or soon-to-be small business owner?
If so, would you like to meet like-minded, supportive people in your area, pick up a few new skills, feel more connected, or simply get out of your home office for a change? Then this is the event for you!
Monthly Doula Drop-in
Are you pregnant, preparing for, or navigating life with a new baby?
You are warmly invited to a FREE monthly Doula Drop-In at Mill Yard with local Doula Kate Wallace.
This is a relaxed and welcoming space where you can pop in for support, or to ask Kate any questions you have about pregnancy, birth, or adapting to life with a new baby.
You, in Colour: A relaxed and uplifting insight into the world of colour
A relaxed and uplifting introduction to the world of colour, and to the colours that make you look and feel your best.
Join Michaela Sargeant, Colour Analyst and Personal Stylist, for a beautiful, hands-on experience exploring how colour can influence the way we see ourselves, how we feel, and how confidently we move through the world.
Reiki Share
Remember your inner light, share and feel held in community.
A gentle Reiki gathering to meditate, exchange healing, and connect with fellow friends. Begin with a guided meditation, move into shared Reiki practice, and close by the fire with tea, treats, and conversation. Open to Reiki Level 1 or above, from any lineage.
Full Moon Sound Bath
September's full moon carries an old name: the Song Moon.
As she comes around again, this cycle invites us into the sweetness, sustenance and delight of harvest.
We gather to let the bowls sing through us: the grief that hasn't found its note yet, the joy that's been humming beneath the surface, the sweet relief of being held in sound.
Gather - Women's Circle
As summer's outward spin begins to slow, you’re invited us to Re-Gather at the Equinox.
Join our supportive women's circle held every other month; a space to reconnect with yourself, with others, and with the rhythm of the seasons. Leaving you feeling more attuned to yourself and the world around you, supported by the embrace of community.
Hawthorn Sound Ceremony
Settle into the heart of Hawthorn with a Sound Ceremony at the threshold of the Equinox.
Together we’ll honour the turning tide, steeping in the medicine of Hawthorn as you receive the restorative power of sound, offering steadiness and solace as we prepare to enter the darker half of the year.
Coffee & Connect: Small Business Networking
Are you an established, new, or soon-to-be small business owner?
If so, would you like to meet like-minded, supportive people in your area, pick up a few new skills, feel more connected, or simply get out of your home office for a change? Then this is the event for you!
The Blending Table: Introduction to Aromatherapy
An introduction to Aromatherapy Blending with Nic Prichard from Pure Cariad Aromas.
With over 25 years of Aromatherapy experience, Nic will guide you through the benefits of essential oils, and how to use them safely at home. She will bring a wide selection of beautiful essential oils for you to explore.
Kundalini Yoga
Awaken your energy, restore balance, and uplift your life!
This monthly class is about fusion: taking the precise, mind-clearing practice of Kundalini yoga and merging it with the deep, conscious listening of Somatic work. Think of it as a 75-minute conversation between your body and your awareness.
Somatic Sundays
Gently nurture your nervous system and reconnect with the innate wisdom of your body.
Somatic Yoga is an extended monthly practice that spills into Sunday evenings. Seventy-five minutes of self-enquiry and exploration designed to help your whole system soften and settle, leaving you feeling calmer, clearer and more at ease.
Coffee & Connect: Small Business Networking
Are you an established, new, or soon-to-be small business owner?
If so, would you like to meet like-minded, supportive people in your area, pick up a few new skills, feel more connected, or simply get out of your home office for a change? Then this is the event for you!
Kundalini Yoga
Awaken your energy, restore balance, and uplift your life!
This monthly class is about fusion: taking the precise, mind-clearing practice of Kundalini yoga and merging it with the deep, conscious listening of Somatic work. Think of it as a 75-minute conversation between your body and your awareness.
Somatic Sundays
Gently nurture your nervous system and reconnect with the innate wisdom of your body.
Somatic Yoga is an extended monthly practice that spills into Sunday evenings. Seventy-five minutes of self-enquiry and exploration designed to help your whole system soften and settle, leaving you feeling calmer, clearer and more at ease.
Drop-in family art morning: make a beautiful weaving using natural materials
Drop-in to Mill Yard with your child or children and work creatively together to create a unique piece of artwork you can take home. Make a beautiful natural weaving, using some of the wild plants that grow all around us at Duncton Mill.
Drop-in family art morning: make magical sun prints
Drop-in to Mill Yard with your child or children and work creatively together to create a unique piece of artwork you can take home. Make a magical sun print using some of the beautiful plants that grow all around us at Duncton Mill.
Summer Holiday: Story Makers
A Storytelling Workshop for Children with Vicky Paine
Story Makers is a hands-on, imaginative one-day workshop for children. Through drama, movement, voice, improvisation and creative play, they’ll work together to develop characters, build worlds and give their stories shape and voice within a supportive, encouraging environment.
Sound Interwoven: Mugwort
Join Garwyn and Verity for an immersive evening of sound and plant attunement.
As Summer reaches its peak and July's Full Moon draws near, we gather to weave sound with one of nature's most magical wild plants, Mugwort.
Coffee & Connect: Small Business Networking
Are you an established, new, or soon-to-be small business owner?
If so, would you like to meet like-minded, supportive people in your area, pick up a few new skills, feel more connected, or simply get out of your home office for a change? Then this is the event for you!
Women’s Run Wild
Awaken the wild within, move freely, breathe deeply, and feel supported in community.
A monthly gathering for women to move, reset, and recharge. Each session blends energising and restorative breathwork, an uplifting group run, and the soothing heat of the sauna with an invigorating cold plunge.
Sunrise Soundscape
An invitation to rise with the sun and meet the morning with presence.
Make an occasion for quietude before the world awakes and life begins to stir. Here in our little valley, you'll be held by the sounds of the waking earth as an intuitive sound journey unfolds. Receive the resonance of Crystal Alchemy Bowls, woven into the living soundscape of the morning.
Knit & Nourish
A relaxed, welcoming space to knit, crochet or craft - chat and unwind. Designed to slow the pace and bring people together.
Whether you are brand new to knitting, have years of knitting experience, or have something else that you’d like to bring along to make, you are very welcome. There is no pressure, and no structure. Just a warm, friendly atmosphere where you can enjoy the simple rhythm of knitting and good conversation.
Men’s Wild & Well
Awaken the wild within, steady the mind, and live well in your strength.
A monthly gathering for men to move, connect and challenge themselves in body and mind. Each session blends physical activity from short runs to playful challenges, stretching and strength work with the restorative heat of the sauna and the invigorating cold plunge.
Kundalini Yoga
Awaken your energy, restore balance, and uplift your life!
This monthly class is about fusion: taking the precise, mind-clearing practice of Kundalini yoga and merging it with the deep, conscious listening of Somatic work. Think of it as a 75-minute conversation between your body and your awareness.
Knit & Nourish
A relaxed, welcoming space to knit, crochet or craft - chat and unwind. Designed to slow the pace and bring people together.
Whether you are brand new to knitting, have years of knitting experience, or have something else that you’d like to bring along to make, you are very welcome. There is no pressure, and no structure. Just a warm, friendly atmosphere where you can enjoy the simple rhythm of knitting and good conversation.
Full Moon Sound Bath
Reconnect to the cyclical rhythms of the moon with Verity's monthly moon-attuned Sound Baths.
June's Strawberry Moon rises at the heart of the season's abundance. Arriving in Capricorn, it invites reflection and discernment, illuminating what is timeless and what is fleeting, while encouraging us to honour our long-term visions and release what no longer serves.
Women’s Run Wild
Awaken the wild within, move freely, breathe deeply, and feel supported in community.
A monthly gathering for women to move, reset, and recharge. Each session blends energising and restorative breathwork, an uplifting group run, and the soothing heat of the sauna with an invigorating cold plunge.