Seminars

An experiential and residential seminar in tranquil luxury in the Inner Hebrides. Achamore House is set within the 50 acres of the magnificent Achamore Gardens, on the small and beautiful Isle of Gigha. Participants will be introduced to all 92 of the LTOE Single and combination essences, both in meditation and with photos, and some directly with the orchids in bloom. We do advise that attendees buy our book prior to attending the seminar, and have at least some experience with the essences.

At the core of the seminar are the 5 to 10 minute meditations we have with the majority of the essences in the range. After each meditation there is the opportunity to share within the small group, which for each seminar is therefore limited to 10 (or occasionally 11) people. Don will also share information and gathered insights, and photos of the orchids, and we will also spend a bit of time in our new greenhouse, where over 700 orchids are growing. Connecting with each essence in meditation, and visually via Don's photos, as well as encountering the living orchids in the greenhouse all adds up to a wonderful and powerful experience.

With the 8-Day seminar we take one day off for a mixture of relaxing, and seeing the island with its stunning beauty, including a short walk up the highest hill whence there is a magnificent view of the island and the sea surrounding us. We watch the weather, and go out on the finest days. The “day off” may therefore consist of two half-days, if the weather suggests this as the best course to follow. One option is for Don to take the group out in the 8.4m boat he skippers (with his other small business, Gigha Sea Tours) on a tour around the island, or even to go to the neighbouring island of Jura for lunch one day. There is a small extra cost for this, but it is an option which is entirely up to the seminar group members.

Orchids are unusual in the essence world in that they not only work on the in-the-body chakras, they also have activity in the chakras that exist above our physical bodies. In this way, they touch our soul at profound levels, and help us to encounter their sublime messages. The seminar provides the fullest possible introduction to their profound and extraordinary energies, and is highly recommended for anyone wishing to understand them more fully.

Don Dennis has been a Director of the Healing Orchids Switzerland since its founding in 1996. He has hosted dozens of workshops for numerous flower essence producers from around the world over the years, and he has learnt about the wide range of flower essences that Healing Orchids Switzerland carry. Introduced to orchids at first by Andreas Korte of Germany, and then more fully by Shabd-sangeet Khalsa of Alaska, his (initially small) collection of orchids began early on to make essences with them. Thus began the process which led to the creation of some 65 individual orchid essences, and 24 combinations which currently constitute the LTOE line. A keen photographer, he has endeavoured to convey the exquisite beauty of the orchids through this medium as well.

Achamore House is the lovely old 'Big House' of Gigha, with 12 rooms to let. When we aren’t hosting our semianrs, the house is run as a 4-star B&B. See our other website for more information about the house: www.AchamoreHouse.com Single rooms are in short supply, so we encourage seminar attendees to share a twin room with one other course participant.

Cost of the 8-Day seminar: £495 inclusive of all costs apart from the evening meals, and a £30 charge per journey for collecting from Glasgow Airport (£60 for the round trip). The £495 cost includes tea breaks and a lovely light lunch of freshly-prepared soup, with local bread and cheeses. It assumes shared twin bedroom B&B accommodation in Achamore House, a single room / room on your own costs an extra £20 per night, which is £160 extra altogether for the 8 nights of the stay.

To book a place on the seminar, please send a non-refundable deposit of £195 to:
I.F.E.R.
Achamore House,
Isle of Gigha,
Argyll PA41 7AD Scotland

or call us on: tel. 41 0 22 736 15 01

or email us at: orchids@pharmacie-eauxvives.ch