Tutors: Choden and Jacky Seery

Dates: 24th July- 29th July 2026 (exact times to be confirmed)

Booking info: Please contact info@mindfulnessassociation.net for the booking link

Price: £530.00 payable in five monthly instalments of £106.00.

Times: The retreat starts at 9.00am on Friday 24th July and ends after lunch on Wednesday 29th July 2026. (exact times to be confirmed)

Venue: Crichton Central, The Crichton, Bankend Road, Dumfries, DG1 4TA.  For more details about the Crichton please click here.

The cafe in Crichton Central is open for food/drinks from 10am until 4pm (last food orders being 3.30pm) and the Bistro in Easterbrook Hall serves food Thursday-Sunday 11am-4pm. Please find the Bistro menu attached here and the cafe menu here to see all the options.

There is an on-site Bankend Bar & Brasserie Holiday Inn, for room rates and availability please click here. Breakfast is served between 7.00am and 10.30am on a weekend and 7.00am- 10.00am on weekdays and dinner between 17.00pm and 21.30pm. There are over 200 complimentary car parking spaces for hotel guests.

Please click here for the evening menu at the Holiday Inn, tables are available to book via the website. Please find here a list of alternative accommodation in the area and there is also Air B & B and booking.com. These are purely suggestions, not personal recommendations.

There is free car parking outside Crichton Central and in the large car park outside Easterbrook Hall. Electric charging points and cycle racks are available outside Crichton Central and across the estate. The number 5 bus route from Dumfries town centre takes you from Great King Street to The Crichton Campus. The venue is a 10-minute car ride from Dumfries train station and 45 minutes from the M6.

Accessible parking spaces and a Changing Places Toilet are available at the venue.

There is a 12 metre swimming pool, sauna and steamroom which is open daily from 7am-8pm. Booking is essential and you can pay as you go if you are not staying as a guest, please just book at the Bistro.