Workshops & Events | The Upminster Sanctuary

We offer Interactive Workshops & Events

Here at The Upminster Sanctuary, we offer a diverse range of classes tailored to all levels.

Our serene studio space provides the perfect setting to learn, experiment, and connect with a community of like-minded people. Take a look at our classes, meet our instructors, and find the class that inspires you.

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blossom into a bach flower remedies practitioner

Join Julia Massey, founder of The Upminster Sanctuary, and a respected expert with a lifetime of extensive knowledge of plants, for a comprehensive Bach Flower Practitioner Level Training Course starting in Spring 2026.

This professional-level course doesn’t just teach the system, it dives into the profound emotional and mental states addressed by the remedies, allowing you to truly understand and help yourself, friends, family and future clients.

Course schedule: This training is structured to fit around your existing commitments, running over three Sunday’s, once a month, throughout Spring of 2026.

Discover the profound wisdom of Dr.Edward Bach.

Deepen Your Healing Knowledge.

This professional-level course doesn’t just teach the system; it dives into the profound emotional and mental states addressed by the remedies, allowing you to truly understand and help yourself, friends, family and future clients.

· Learn how Mimulus can bring courage to those struggling with known fears, while Aspen offers peace for vague anxieties and apprehension.

· Discover how Walnut provides protection from unwanted external influences and helps with major life transitions, and how Star of Bethlehem gently soothes the effects of shock or trauma.

· Understand the restorative power of remedies like Olive for extreme exhaustion and Honeysuckle for letting go of the past and living in the present.

· Master the full 38-remedy system, focusing on their unique vibrational qualities to bring balance, clarity, and well-being.

Why Choose This Certified Training? · Certified Practitioner Status:

This professional-level course that culminates in the certification needed to practice confidently.

· Real-World Experience: The curriculum includes essential case studies required for your final certification, giving you practical experience.

· Inspiring Location: Learn directly from nature in the beautiful and tranquil setting of The Upminster Sanctuary gardens, which Julia uses as a living classroom to illustrate the remedies in their natural state.

· Insurance Ready: Upon certification, you will be able to seek professional insurance coverage for your practice if you are already a therapist, including through providers like Balens Insurance Company.

· Expert Instruction: Benefit from Julia Massey’s profound and unique insights developed over decades of working with plants and the Bach Flower remedies.

3 x Sunday’s 09:30 – 17:00

12^th April
10^th May
7^th June

COST £325

birth your own drum

Birthing your own medicine drum within ceremony, connecting you to the deepest part of yourself. Dagmara our experienced Shaman will guide you in a nurturing safe space in the healing Sanctuary Gardens, honouring the land, the deer and the tree from a place of deep respect, love and gratitude.

reiki Training

Embark on your self healing journey with Usui Reiki Ryoho.

Embracing the traditional Japanese teachings you will be guided and given Attunements and Reiju Empowerments with full ongoing support and Reiki Shares.

With our Reiki Master – Clare Gilby – who is a member of the UK Reiki Federation.

reiki Training dates

Reiki 1 – Shoden

20^th & 21^st September 2025 (Full)
28^th February & 1^st March 2026
25^th & 26^th April 2026
25^th & 26^th July 2026
26^th & 27^th September 2026

Cost £220

Reiki 2 – Okuden

18th & 19th October 2025 (Full)
28^th & 29^th March 2026
27^th & 28^th June 2026
29^th & 30^th August 2026
14^th & 15^th November 2026

Cost £280

Mind-Body-Space Natural Wellbeing & Feng Shui WORKSHOPS with Gee

With 30 years of experience in Health care, Gee advocates early intervention and prevention holistic mind-body-space practices to facilitate vibrant health and balanced lifestyles. Her portfolio of skills integrate classical, conventional, and complimentary modalities to serve wellbeing. Her interest in remodelling living space grew from a realisation as a research scientist, that the environment in which we live and work influences our quality of life.

Naturopathy with Gee at the Upminster Sanctuary

Naturopathy and Feng Shui share a common connection. Both ancient practices remind us how to recover balance and harmony through an intimate relationship aligned with the Earths rhythms, Natural cycles and ecosphere, offering a gentle pace to nurture and accelerate healing.

The air we breathe, the water we drink, the light we are exposed to, micro and macro nutrition, stress, pollution and our relationships all interact and influence our cellular makeup, leading to health or lack of it.

Feng Shui is more than rearranging furniture. It is a science devoted to the study of nature and ecology to create and optimise the flow of vital energy through living spaces. Over the decades Gee has witnessed how vitality, purpose and happiness has been restored through the application of authentic Chue Feng Shui. She shares stories of transformation which inspire change.

Naturopathy offers lifestyle guidance aligned seasonally to encourage transformation at a cellular level. Gee combines embodied wisdom of naturopathy combined with NHS experience and provides effective practical insights to restore and maintain wellbeing holistically.

Both practices reawaken our intrinsic ability to reset our biorhythms vital for living an enriched life.

Workshop dates With Gee

Natural Wellbeing Workshops

Tuesday Evening 7-8.30pm (90 minutes)

Immersive self-care workshops that illuminate a naturopathic approach to alleviate common health concerns such as stress, BP, cholesterol, pre-diabetes, menopause, arthritis etc and to live with awareness through the seasons.
Each session Includes seasonal food tasters, breath work, mindfulness, and functional movement to address specific health topics.
Please note – medical advice will not be given. Some workshops may include a guest healthcare professional.

May 9th – Spring Master Cleanse (repeat of 14th April)
May 19th – Menopause & Preserving the life of your joints
June 23rd – The essential role of Vitamin D & Fats (the important role of cholesterol for hormones, brain and cellular health)
July 14th – Summer Detox Guide to Juicing & alkalising your diet
September 8th – Autumn Detox Guide (Digestive Health)
November 3rd – Winter Detox Guide (Adrenal / Kidney Health)

Cost £25

Feng Shui Friday

7.30 – 8.30pm (60 minutes)

Monthly insights to navigate the year of the fire horse for health, wealth and harmony
Top tips to reorganise your home room by room, sleep well and improve productivity.
Each topic empowers you to ‘sharpen’ your intuitive compass to sense energy of people and places.

19th April – Creating Harmony in the Year of the Fire Horse
15th May – Chinese Astrology, Uses & Personality Types
10th July – Feng Shui Garden Design – essential tips for welcoming luck
11th September – Feng Shui Questions & Answers (open forum)
6th November – Feng Shui Interior Design

Cost £15

2 day Certified Chue Feng Shui Foundation Course

10am – 5pm

12th July / 18th July

Please request information pack from geefengshui@gmail.com

Cost £320

Workshops may be repeated or change depending on demand and interest.