Allanton Peace Sanctuary

Allanton Peace Sanctuary Allanton Peace Sanctuary is a meeting place of the heart, bringing together people of all faiths and cultures. May Peace Prevail on Earth.

Our intention is to spread the message 'May Peace Prevail on Earth', to help achieve harmony within the individual, in society, and with our environment. We do this through activities including the Peace Pole Project, World Peace Flag Ceremonies, and Education Projects. Find out more - and please join in :) https://www.allantonpeacesanctuary.org

Allanton World Peace Sanctuary is the European Sanc

tuary of ‘May Peace Prevail On Earth International’, an international organisation with NGO status, supporting the United Nations mission for realising World Peace. The Society’s Headquarters are in New York, and there are offices in San Francisco, Munich and Tokyo. The Society aspires to a world in which all different races, ethnic groups, religions, cultures, customs, and all forms of life are respected. We can help to build our civilisation to become one in which there is a harmonious balance between material and spiritual values.

🌈 The Sights and Sounds of Allanton…✨Last week, whilst planting new native tree saplings across the sanctuary, we looked...
18/05/2026

🌈 The Sights and Sounds of Allanton…✨

Last week, whilst planting new native tree saplings across the sanctuary, we looked up to find this unexpected gift stretched across the sky: a double rainbow appearing just as new roots were being placed into the earth.

It stopped us in our tracks, as we gazed on in wonder. Small moments like this have a way of inviting us to pause. To notice. To remember that even amongst the doing, planning, digging and tending, there is beauty quietly unfolding all around us.

Embodying and reflecting our Heart to Earth approach… reconnecting with ourselves, with nature, and with the wonder-full moments we can so easily rush past.

🌿 New roots below.
🌈 The splendour of nature above ✨

22/04/2026

🌍✨ Blessed Earth Day!✨🌍

On this Earth Day, we pause to honor the living, breathing planet that sustains us all.

Every tree, every ocean wave, every breath we take is a reminder:
We are not separate from the Earth — we are part of it.

Peace in the world begins with peace in our relationship to the Earth.

Today, we invite you to:
🌱 Walk gently
🌿 Speak gratitude
🌍 Act with care

Together, may we nurture a more peaceful, harmonious world — for all beings, everywhere.

May Peace Prevail On Earth!

🌼 ✨The Sights & Sounds of Allanton ✨🌼 Spotted today…. Can you see it? Hidden in the blossom? A pair of beautiful Grey Wa...
08/04/2026

🌼 ✨The Sights & Sounds of Allanton ✨🌼

Spotted today….
Can you see it? Hidden in the blossom?

A pair of beautiful Grey Wagtails (their bright yellow colouring radiant in the spring light) resting in blossom, and basking in the sun today… a small, grounding moment in the Garden of Abundance as it returns to life.

The Sights and Sounds of Allanton’s Sanctuary grounds offer gentle pauses like this: peaceful, present moments to simply be still.
To notice, to listen, to watch, to breathe, and just be.

In our Heart to Earth practice, this is where it begins: finding stillness, reconnecting to self, nature, and a quieter sense of wellbeing 🌿

26/03/2026

🌿 🌸 🐝 Pause a Moment 🐝 🌸 🌿

Just for a few seconds…
let yourself land here.

The soft hum of a bee,
moving from flower to flower,
completely at ease in its work, held by the warmth of the sun.

No rush.

Just the quiet rhythm of life in Allanton’s Garden of Abundance… unfolding, gently.

🌿 Heart to Earth
A gentle return…
to yourself,
to the natural world,
to this moment.

🌿 The Sights and Sounds of Allanton

A space you can return to,
even from a distance.

Take a breath.
And stay here as long as you need.

Nothing to do… just be(e). 🐝

🕊️ Can you see it?Look closely… just above the Peace Pole Henge.☀️ A quiet moment during our “Heart to Earth” Spring Equ...
25/03/2026

🕊️ Can you see it?

Look closely… just above the Peace Pole Henge.

☀️ A quiet moment during our “Heart to Earth” Spring Equinox Retreat last weekend…

And then, this…

A shape in the clouds.
A softness.
Something that feels like a dove.

Maybe it’s there.
Maybe it isn’t.

But something shifts when we slow down enough to notice.

To be present.
To really see what’s in front of us.

🔥 This is the beginning of The Hearth 🔥

💫 A space to return to.
A space to reconnect: with yourself, with each other, with nature and with the world around you.

☁️ If something in you softens when you look at this… that’s not by accident.

That’s where this begins.

With you.

🕊️ Can you see the dove?

📷 Photo credit: .project

✨ Final 2 spaces available for our new Heart to Earth Spring Equinox Retreat ✨🌈 THIS SATURDAYThe Equinox marks a moment ...
18/03/2026

✨ Final 2 spaces available for our new Heart to Earth Spring Equinox Retreat ✨

🌈 THIS SATURDAY

The Equinox marks a moment of balance - when light and dark meet as equals.

Heart to Earth practice is a gentle invitation to pause, reflect, and recalibrate. Bringing balance, renewal and awakening as we go fully into Spring.

- Where might balance be needed in your own life right now?
- What is ready to grow as the days lengthen?

Heart to Earth is a simple, experiential pathway that reconnects self, nature and community - to create lasting wellbeing.

We’re looking forward to welcoming those joining us this weekend into the peace and stillness of the sanctuary 🌼 🌱✨

2 places available:

📅 Saturday 21st March 2026
🕰️ 10am-3pm
📍 Allanton Peace Sanctuary, Auldgirth, Dumfries & Galloway
🎟️ Book Your Space:
https://www.allantonpeacesanctuary.org/whatson

🌿 BESPOKE GROUP WELLBEING DAYS 🌿Set within the peaceful grounds of Allanton Peace Sanctuary in Dumfries & Galloway, our ...
17/03/2026

🌿 BESPOKE GROUP WELLBEING DAYS 🌿

Set within the peaceful grounds of Allanton Peace Sanctuary in Dumfries & Galloway, our wellbeing retreat days invite groups to step away from the noise and pace of everyday life and into a space created for reflection, renewal and reconnection.

Allanton exists as a sanctuary for peace, a place where people can pause, reconnect with nature, self and community - exploring how inner peace ripples outward from the self into our families/friends, communities and the wider world.

Our bespoke retreat days for groups of up to 20 people are ideal for organisations, networks and community groups seeking meaningful time together away from daily pressures.

These carefully curated days create a calm, uplifting environment where participants can rest, reflect and recalibrate, returning refreshed, inspired and better able to support themselves and others.

A typical day may include practices such as:

🧘 Gentle yoga + breathing exercises (accessible for all abilities)
🎨 Mandala + reflective creative practices
💭 Guided meditation + quiet contemplation

✨ Walking the 7 Stations Meditation Walk through the sanctuary grounds, which includes:
🔥 Fire of Purification practice
🌳 Setting intentions at the Clootie / Wishing Tree
🌀 Labyrinth of Light reflections
🌱 Garden of Abundance exploration

🌿 Time outdoors connecting with the naturally relaxing environment of Allanton

Together these practices nurture mental, emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing, supported by the restorative power of nature and shared reflection.

💫 £800 for groups of up to 20 people
🍲 Includes a healthy light lunch made from local seasonal produce and refreshments

💬 “An amazing experience – I love the atmosphere, so gentle, relaxing and welcoming. The lunch provided was outstanding.”

💬 “From start to finish it was just what was needed, it cleared my busy head.”

💬 “Such a peaceful place. I left feeling more able to cope, calmer, with a better mood and mindset.”

💬 “A gentle, very nurturing space.”

💬 “Metaphorically, the sun is coming back into my life.”

📩 Enquiries: [email protected]

✨ Only 8 slots remaining this year ✨

🌿 We’d love to welcome you to Allanton 🌿

✨ 🌱🌼 Preparing for our new Heart to Earth Spring Equinox Retreat 🌼 🌱✨Allanton is quietly getting ready to welcome you th...
16/03/2026

✨ 🌱🌼 Preparing for our new Heart to Earth Spring Equinox Retreat 🌼 🌱✨

Allanton is quietly getting ready to welcome you this weekend for our Spring Equinox Retreat.

Daffodils are opening across the grounds, the sun is returning, and the sanctuary is slowly preparing itself - paths tended, spaces readied, hearts waiting to be warmed.

The Equinox marks a moment of balance - when light and dark meet as equals.

Heart to Earth practice is a gentle invitation to pause, reflect, and recalibrate. Bringing balance, renewal and awakening as we flow fully into Spring.

- Where might balance be needed in your own life right now?
- What is ready to grow as the days lengthen?

Heart to Earth is a simple, experiential pathway that reconnects self, nature and community - to create lasting wellbeing.

We’re looking forward to welcoming those joining us this weekend into the peace and stillness of the sanctuary 🌼 🌱✨

Still a few spaces available:

📅 Saturday 21st March 2026
🕰️ 10am-3pm
📍 Allanton Peace Sanctuary, Auldgirth, Dumfries & Galloway
🎟️ Book Your Space:
https://www.allantonpeacesanctuary.org/whatson

🌱 ☀️ ✨ The late afternoon sun’s rays bursting through into The Garden of Abundance ✨ ☀️ 🌱 Peace begins within 💫         ...
12/03/2026

🌱 ☀️ ✨ The late afternoon sun’s rays bursting through into The Garden of Abundance ✨ ☀️ 🌱

Peace begins within 💫



Join us in The Garden of Abundance for our ‘Heart to Earth’ Spring Equinox Retreat focused on balance, renewal and awakening:

📅 Saturday 21st March - Sunday 22nd March 2026
📍 Allanton Peace Sanctuary, Auldgirth, Dumfries & Galloway
🎟️ Book Your Space:
https://www.allantonpeacesanctuary.org/whatson

🌱 🌞 The Garden of Abundance Awakens 🌞 🌱The sun has returned to Allanton, and with it the quiet stirrings of spring.Ladyb...
11/03/2026

🌱 🌞 The Garden of Abundance Awakens 🌞 🌱

The sun has returned to Allanton, and with it the quiet stirrings of spring.

Ladybirds warming themselves in the light.
Buds beginning to appear on the trees.
First signs of colour returning to the garden.

After the stillness of winter, life is gently re-emerging, basking in the sunshine.

This is the rhythm we follow in our Heart to Earth practice - recognising that the seasons unfolding around us are also invitations within us…. A time to stretch a little, to breathe deeper, to begin again, and emerge into the radiant rejuvenating spirit of the sunshine.

In the garden it means pruning, tending, clearing space for new growth, and emerging with fresh energy ready to fully reawaken.

Perhaps inwardly it means the same.

Spring has well and truly sprung 🌞🌿

Join us for our Heart to Earth Spring Equinox Retreat focused on balance, renewal and awakening:

📅 Saturday 21st March - Sunday 22nd March 2026
📍 Allanton Peace Sanctuary, Auldgirth, Dumfries & Galloway
🎟️ Book Your Space:
https://www.allantonpeacesanctuary.org/whatson

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May Peace Prevail On Earth Int
Auldgirth
DG20RY

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