A Magical Week of Healing & Transformation — Retreat Wrap-Up

Attendees Of The CBD & All Things Natural Retreat - Oct 2025

Dear Community,

We are thrilled beyond words to share what an incredible week we just had together. From 4th to 11th October, the CBD & All Things Natural Retreat unfolded in ways that surpassed every expectation.

🌿 A Journey of Renewal & Connection

Across seven transformative days, the CBD & All Things Natural Retreat became a sanctuary for restoration, learning, and elevated living. Every detail, from the setting and schedule to the nourishment and facilitation, was designed with intention, creating a seamless flow between relaxation, insight, and deep rejuvenation.

📸 The Lesson We Learned

If there was one lesson that emerged with a smile and a touch of regret, it’s this:

We should have taken before and after pictures.

The transformations that took place over those seven days were nothing short of remarkable, faces softened, eyes brightened, and energy shifted. You could see the release, the glow, the calm confidence that comes when the body and spirit find equilibrium again.

But while our cameras may have missed those visible changes, what was captured instead was far more profound: the laughter echoing through the gardens, the stillness of shared silence, the radiance that comes from true inner renewal.

🌿 Guest Host Spotlight:

Basil Palmer

A defining presence at this year’s retreat was Basil Palmer, founder of Pempamsie Health Stores, a respected pioneer in holistic health and natural living. Basil guided participants through a thoughtfully designed detox and renewal protocol, including digestive cleansing, probiotic rebuilding, alkaline nutrition, and the foundations of blood purification. Within a week, attendees lost up to 20lb (almost 1.5 stones) of unwanted weight.

In his first retreat experience, Basil chose not only to facilitate but to fully immerse himself in the journey, walking beside participants, engaging in every practice, and witnessing first-hand the transformative rhythm of a Transcending Matters retreat. The process left him profoundly inspired, describing it as a “living embodiment of healing.”

What emerged from this encounter was more than collaboration - it was alignment. With deep mutual respect, Basil and Tarun Hari Das now begin shaping future programs that unite their expertise in physical health and consciousness work, bringing forward a new era of truly integrated transformation.

✨ Lead Facilitator Reflections: Tarun Hari Das

At the heart of every Transcending Matters retreat lies the steady presence and vision of Tarun Hari Das, a guide devoted to the art of conscious transformation. Throughout the week, Tarun wove together the threads of meditation, movement, sound, and self-inquiry, creating a seamless experience that touched every dimension of being.

His facilitation invited participants not just to relax, but to awaken, to remember the intelligence within the body, the stillness behind the mind, and the sacred rhythm that connects all life. Each session carried both precision and grace: structured enough to hold depth, yet spacious enough for genuine discovery.

As the retreat unfolded, Tarun witnessed not only the transformation of those he guided, but also the evolution of the retreat itself, a living organism that grows with each experience. Reflecting on the week, he described it as “a reminder that healing is not something we do, it’s something we allow.”

🌍 A Collective Awakening — Air, Land & Sea

There are moments in life when a group becomes more than individuals, when hearts align, energies merge, and something far greater begins to move through everyone. This retreat was one of those moments.

By the final days, a deep bond had formed among all who attended, a community shaped by shared growth, laughter, vulnerability, and revelation. It was as if every meditation, every conversation, every breath of ocean air had drawn us closer, weaving together a tapestry of human connection that words can barely describe.

The pinnacle of this unity came during the Air, Land & Sea Meditation - a profound ceremony that brought the entire group into complete harmony with the elements. Standing barefoot on the earth, breathing with the wind, and gazing out toward the vast sea, each participant felt the undeniable truth of our interconnectedness. The air reminded us of spirit, the land of grounding, the sea of emotional flow - all merging within us as one living field of awareness.

That moment sealed the week. It anchored a new sense of strength, resilience, and belonging, not as a fleeting feeling, but as a lived knowing. We left the retreat not just as friends or participants, but as a unified community, grounded, elevated, and forever connected by the shared frequency of healing.

🌅 The Journey Continues - Vital Nature Retreat Announced

As our week came to a close, the energy was unmistakable, soft, radiant, and full of possibility. We left not with an ending, but with a continuation. The connections made, the insights gained, and the renewed vitality within each participant became seeds for what comes next.

In honour of this evolution, we are delighted to announce that the next chapter of this journey will take place from 11th–18th April 2026 under a new name:

✨ The Vital Nature Retreat ✨

This new title reflects the true essence of our experience - vitality, connection, and nature in perfect harmony - while allowing our message to flow freely across all platforms. Though the CBD element remains a valued part of our philosophy, the retreat’s identity will now speak more broadly to holistic, integrative wellness and conscious living.

The Vital Nature Retreat will continue the legacy of immersive transformation that defined our October gathering, bringing together the same depth of teaching, the same calibre of facilitators, and the same nurturing environment that made this past retreat so extraordinary. But it will also expand, evolve, and refine: a new level of experience designed for those ready to deepen their journey into natural vitality and awakened living.

To everyone who joined us in October - thank you. Your presence shaped something rare and unforgettable. And to those who feel the call for the next one - your space in the circle is already waiting.

With deep gratitude and anticipation,

The Transcending Matters Team

Awaken the extraordinary within.

For more information, visit: https://www.transcendingmatters.com/vital-nature-retreat