A Haven of Peace, a Piece of Heaven
The Bield at Blackruthven
Retreat and Conference Centre

Courses and Guided Retreats
When booking program dates we ask for payment in full to confirm reservation
Journey into Healing - May
17th May 2025
The Purpose – of the workshop is to be open to ourselves, to each other and to God for growth and healing.
Who is it for? – it is suitable for all who are looking for growth and insight in their relationships or in their inner, emotional or spiritual lives. It is not a requirement that group members be professing Christians, but this is the context in which the groups run.
£65
Multiday Silent Retreat - May
21-23rd May 2025
Why silence?
Most people have a yearning for tranquillity and peace. By taking part in a silent retreat, you will have the opportunity to draw back from the normal routines and busyness of life to reflect and allow space for new encounters.
£65 – one day, £160 – two day (1 night), £255 – Three day (2 nights)
Wellness Day for NHS Staff - May
29th May 2025
Wellness Days for NHS staff
Why not join others from the NHS and come and spend a day at the beautiful Bield to slow down, relax and unwind?
The last few years have been challenging for many NHS employees with unprecedented pressures, stress and anxiety affecting energy levels and people’s sense of wellbeing.
This day is for those who would like to take some time out and tend to their own wellbeing.
£65 - NHS Tayside staff need to bring a voucher from their wellness coordinator for free entry
Going Deeper with the Enneagram
28th June 2025
The Purpose of the workshop is to work within the context of personal growth. Having done the groundwork to discover which Enneagram type we feel best described by, in this next workshop we seek to go deeper and learn something of how we can use this information as a basis for our personal growth in self-knowledge and compassion with a view to become a better functioning person in everyday life, and a more compassionate one
£65
Seasonal Quiet Garden Day Summer
8th July 2025
“If you stand still for a few minutes in the relentless onward rush of 21st century life you might hear a quiet but insistent undercurrent. It is the cry of our hearts for space and time just to be, to listen to the heartbeat of creation, to let our souls catch up. Quiet gardens offer just such longed-for oases of peace. They open up once more what all our busy-ness has buried – the precious gift of heart-time and soul-space.”
Margaret Silf – patron of The Quiet Garden Movement
£65
Body Prayer Capacitar Wellness Taster - July
9th July 2025
The practices help transform stress and pain deriving from illness, violence, and the stresses of daily life and open the individual up towards greater wholeness and wellbeing. As individuals get in touch
with their own source of healing and wisdom they can help others.
£25
Walking on the Edge
12th - 15th August
Who is this for?
A retreat for those who feel they are walking on an edge that may feel precarious and full of questions. The edge may take different forms: we are all trying to chart a spiritual course through current times of global turmoil and transition, and many people today are also questioning institutional religious doctrine and practice.
£430 Residental
Seasonal Quiet Garden Day Autumn
30th September 2025
“If you stand still for a few minutes in the relentless onward rush of 21st century life you might hear a quiet but insistent undercurrent. It is the cry of our hearts for space and time just to be, to listen to the heartbeat of creation, to let our souls catch up. Quiet gardens offer just such longed-for oases of peace. They open up once more what all our busy-ness has buried – the precious gift of heart-time and soul-space.”
Margaret Silf – patron of The Quiet Garden Movement
£65
Body Prayer Capacitar Wellness Taster - October
4th October 2025
The practices help transform stress and pain deriving from illness, violence, and the stresses of daily life and open the individual up towards greater wholeness and wellbeing. As individuals get in touch
with their own source of healing and wisdom they can help others.
£25
Holding Space - Vessel Making October
8th October 2025
Holding Space
The practice of ‘Holding space’ refers to the act of being fully present. A conscious effort to maintain a safe accepting environment, free from distractions, where you can listen attentively to the other be that someone else or the still small voice of God.
After a day of meditative making, you will have your own vessel to take home to hold space or whatever you choose to place in it.
£65
Advanced Enneagram
18th October 2025
The Purpose of the workshop is to work within the context of personal growth. Having done the initial Enneagram groundwork and gone deeper, in this next workshop we seek to explore spiritual growth via upstream and downstream exercises. We then will be studying the concept of the Soul Child and delve into deeper waters of what we most judge.
£65
Multiday Silent Retreat - Nov
25-27th November 2025
Why silence?
Most people have a yearning for tranquillity and peace. By taking part in a silent retreat, you will have the opportunity to draw back from the normal routines and busyness of life to reflect and allow space for new encounters.
£65 – one day, £160 – two day (1 night), £255 – Three day (2 nights)
Journey into Healing - November
29th November 2025
The Purpose – of the workshop is to be open to ourselves, to each other and to God for growth and healing.
Who is it for? – it is suitable for all who are looking for growth and insight in their relationships or in their inner, emotional or spiritual lives. It is not a requirement that group members be professing Christians, but this is the context in which the groups run.
£65
Holding Space - Vessel Making December
3rd December 2025
Holding Space
The practice of ‘Holding space’ refers to the act of being fully present. A conscious effort to maintain a safe accepting environment, free from distractions, where you can listen attentively to the other be that someone else or the still small voice of God.
After a day of meditative making, you will have your own vessel to take home to hold space or whatever you choose to place in it.
£65
Seasonal Quiet Garden Day Winter
9th December 2025
“If you stand still for a few minutes in the relentless onward rush of 21st century life you might hear a quiet but insistent undercurrent. It is the cry of our hearts for space and time just to be, to listen to the heartbeat of creation, to let our souls catch up. Quiet gardens offer just such longed-for oases of peace. They open up once more what all our busy-ness has buried – the precious gift of heart-time and soul-space.”
Margaret Silf – patron of The Quiet Garden Movement