Yoga and Meditation Retreat celebrating Beltane , a time of growth and creativity

Friday May 1st – Sunday May 3rd

You are warmly invited to join this Yoga and Meditation residential Retreat at Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist Centre from 1st-3rd May 2026.
Set within the peaceful surroundings of Samye Ling Tibetan Centre, this Yoga and Meditation Retreat at Beltane offers a rare opportunity to step away from everyday demands and immerse yourself in stillness, nature and seasonal renewal.
Beltane is an ancient Celtic festival marking the threshold between spring and summer, traditionally celebrated around 1st May. It is a time when the earth is fertile, sap is rising, and life-force (prana) flows freely.
This yoga and meditation retreat offers a gentle yet enlivening space to align with the energy of Beltane through embodied movement, breath, meditation, creativity and reflection. Rooted in seasonal wisdom, the retreat invites you to reconnect with your inner vitality while remaining grounded, nourished and supported.
This is the 3rd year that Jill has hosted retreats at Samye Ling Tibetan Centre.
The retreat costs between £190-£270 depending on the accommodation you choose. This price includes all meals from the Friday evening meal to Sunday lunch time. All vegetarian .
A £120 fee is required on booking the retreat after 1st April.

Accommodation booked through Samye Ling [email protected] . This is payable on 1st May at check in after 3.30pm.
Accommodation including full board £35 per night in a dorm room
£59 per night in a single room Potala
£75 per night in a single room Retreat
for more information and to book your place please email Jill at
[email protected]
This retreat is shared by Jill Dobbie of Yoga from The Heart Dumfries. Jill trained as a yoga and meditation teacher at the internationally renowned Mandala Yoga Ashram in South Wales from 2015-17, having completed a foundation course with Yoga Scotland in 2014. She completed the Yoga4Health training course with Yoga in Healthcare Alliance in 2019. Jill is insured and a registered yoga teacher with The British Wheel of Yoga.
Jill has been teaching yoga for 10 years, and teaches 7 classes a week in community centres and village halls in and around Dumfries, SW Scotland.
Jill has a passion for sharing yoga to support mental health and well-being and making yoga accessible ( chair yoga). She has taught yoga to NHS staff as part of a winter well-being programme, well-being yoga for NHS Community dental staff, chair yoga with Alzheimer’s Scotland, yoga and meditation for Dumfries & Galloway Breast Cancer Support Group, yoga for unpaid carers at Catherine Street Inclusive Play park.
Jill also volunteers at Lothlorien Therapeutic Community regularly where she shares yoga, joins in gardening / cooking and shares her creative interests and also her love of nature.