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True North
The Fagli Edition Tirthan Valley, Himachal Pradesh ,11–16 February 2027 · Six days, five nights
First, you. Then a festival. Then the quiet.
You are the one who holds it.
At work, they bring you the problems nobody else can fix. At home, you know where everything is,
what’s due, and who isn’t doing well. Everyone calls you first.
You are good at all of it. That’s the problem.
Somewhere along the way, you stopped asking what you want. It doesn’t show up as a crisis. It shows up
as sleep that doesn’t rest you. A short temper with the people you love. Sunday evenings that feel heavy.
Being told you are doing amazingly, and feeling nothing.
You can carry it for another year. Most people do. The only question is whether you want to.
The idea
Most retreats offer you calm. But if you’ve been running for years, sitting still can feel impossible.So we start the other way round. Movement, art, drums, a mountain festival, and a lot of laughter. You let it all out first.
Then the quiet comes on its own, and you’ve earned it.
Know your parts. Know your purpose.
The valley
Every February, the villages of the Kullu valley celebrate Fagli. People put on carved wooden masks, the
drums start, and they dance winter out of the valley to welcome spring.
We go as explorers.
The rest of the week is river, forest, wooden villages and fire. No queues. No sights to tick off.
An outward journey, to go inward.
The Arc
What Have You Set Aside To Hold Everything Else?
THAW
You arrive in the afternoon, settle in, and put the journey down. By the evening, the city has started to leave your body. Most people laugh more on the first night than they expected to. Nobody asks what you do for a living.
MASK
We all wear a face to get through life: the one that works hard, says yes, and keeps it all together. Today, you get to look at yours. By the end of the day, you'll understand which parts of you keep getting in your way, and why they have been working so hard. Expect a lot of laughter along the way.
FAGLI
The valley's festival day. We walk through a village and visit an old temple, then join the celebration as guests, with a local host. What happens after that, around the fire, we'll leave for you to find out.
UNMASK
The deepest day, and the quietest. You go inward, gently, at your own pace. Things you have carried for a long time finally get some room. By the evening, most people feel lighter than they have in years. It falls on 14 February. This year, the date is with yourself.
SPRING
A slow morning. No alarm. Then a day lived the way you have always wanted to live one: in the forest, by a waterfall, painting, sleeping, or doing nothing at all. You choose. You'll end the day knowing what you want more of in your life.
TRUE NORTH
The last morning brings everything together. We won't say more than that. You leave with clarity on one thing you want next, and a simple way to keep it alive at home. You won't be a different person by the time you get home. That isn't the promise. But you'll know which way you're facing.
What you'll leave with
Your True North, in your own words
Something to come back to when the noise starts again.
One thing for the next 90 days
Not a list of possibilities. One clear direction.
A daily practice
Five minutes a day, using your body, for when life gets loud again.
And the thing that matters most
Knowing the parts of you that get in your way, and finding the part of you that already knows.
It starts before the valley, and doesn't end when you leave
JANUARY
A one-to-one call with me, and a few small things to try at home.
FEBRUARY
six days in Tirthan. You meet your circle for the first time there.
March
online circles with your group, and a WhatsApp group to keep you going.
Preeti leads this journey.
Not a teacher. Not a coach. Not a guru. Someone who knows the ground and walks it beside you. She spent 18 years designing spaces, offices, homes, places where people live and work, before realising the spaces people needed most weren't physical ones. She holds a Master's in Expressive Arts and Movement Therapy, covering movement, art, music and drama. She has been a certified yoga teacher since 2011, trained under Dr Daniel Siegel, and studied at Transform Trauma, Oxford. She doesn't give you answers. She helps you find your own.
Preeti leads this journey.
Not a teacher. Not a coach. Not a guru. Someone who knows the ground and walks it beside you. She spent 18 years designing spaces, offices, homes, places where people live and work, before realising the spaces people needed most weren't physical ones. She holds a Master's in Expressive Arts and Movement Therapy, covering movement, art, music and drama. She has been a certified yoga teacher since 2011, trained under Dr Daniel Siegel, and studied at Transform Trauma, Oxford. She doesn't give you answers. She helps you find your own.
Others upgrade where you sleep. We change what happens to you.
- Five nights' stay in Tirthan Valley
- All meals: local, seasonal, home-style
- About 25 hours of guided work together, all led by me
- All materials and your journal
- The Fagli festival with a local host
- A village walk and a visit to an old temple
- A forest walk in the Great Himalayan National Park
- A waterfall walk
- A one-to-one call with me in January
- Online circles and a WhatsApp group until the end of March
Travel to and from Tirthan Valley, travel insurance, and personal expenses.
Fly to Bhuntar (Kullu), then drive along the river into the valley. Or fly to Chandigarh and drive up. Full travel notes come once you have joined.
To join, request an invitation and fill in a short form. If it looks like a fit, we will set up a short call. The investment and payment details are shared with you then.
Fly to Bhuntar (Kullu), then drive along the river into the valley. Or fly to Chandigarh and drive up. Full travel notes come once you have joined.
To join, request an invitation and fill in a short form. If it looks like a fit, we will set up a short call. The investment and payment details are shared with you then.
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Somewhere between the river and the fire, you'll find the part of you that knows.
