Midsummer Birthday Bonanza
Celebration - Connection - Community
1st - 5th July 2026
with Prabuddho, Niraj & friends
We have 3 major reasons to celebrate this summer…and we’ve rolled them all into one!
It’s 30 years since Leela was formed!
It’s over 30 years since Prabuddho was born (it’s a round number though he can’t quite remember)!
And it’s 20 years since Niraj brought Biodanza here!
So the party is well and truly ON!!
This will be an event catering to all those who have ever visited Thorngrove House in the last 3 decades, to anyone associated with great Leela stalwart and all round great guy, Prabuddho, and to all those that have danced with Niraj in Zorba, Shankara, the Marquee and beyond in the last twenty years!
We aim to satisfy all of you and accordingly
WE ARE PRICED TO CELEBRATE!!!
Celebration Summary
Begins on:
Wednesday July 1 at 16:00
Ends on:
Sunday July 5 at 16:00
Duration:
5 days / 4 nights
Hosted by:
Prabuddho & Niraj
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Meet your Party Hosts
Niraj & Prabuddho
Clear your diaries, gather your friends and get booked in for the first of many amazing celebrations this summer at the friendliest most welcoming place in the land!
This festival is for anyone, whether you are new to Leela, were here 20 years ago, or you are a regular visitor every year!
We will celebrate the new, the old and “all things Leela”! There will be a variety of workshops, meditations, DJs and other entertainments for you to savour. Whoever you are, you will enjoy the magic of the beautiful grounds, amazing vegetarian food, and chats by the fire under the stars. And, of course, plenty of hugs, laughter, memories and new friendships formed.
The idea for the festival arose when Prabuddho, a Leela regular since time began, had the idea of celebrating his birthday at Leela – in the Spring instead of the actual date near Christmas. He is amazed to find this idea has morphed into a 4-day mid-summer event, combined with the 20th anniversary of Niraj’s Biodanza festivals and as a prequel to Leela’s 30th anniversary!
So, we have three reasons to celebrate (if you need any!)
All are welcome; we will honour the Leela traditions of friendship, celebration, and having fun.
Our super stellar programme will include:
Morning Meetings with Niraj & Prabuddho, music from Parvesh
Biodanza with Niraj & friends
Yoga with Nartan
Ecstatic Dance with Seth
Bioenergetics with Dev & Abhi
Improv Comedy with John Cremer & Prabuddho
Gong Baths with Darpan
AcuEnergetics® with Premal
Trance Dance with Archan
Osho Meditations with the Leela team
AUM meditation with Prabuddho & Parvesh
Shamanic Tantra with Ranjana
Shamanic Drumming with Zohar
Evening Meeting with Prabuddho (+ Osho!)
Talent Show with Niraj
Tantric Tango with Navanita
Art workshop with Shanna Mandira
Saturday Night Dress Up Themed Party "Wild, weird, wacky or wonderful”
DJ's include Parvesh, Paro and…
DJ Rich Biscuit from York headlining Friday night
We are adding more workshops and events to make this as extra special as it deserves so if you have any ideas or you'd like to offer something please email: [email protected] (marked *For Prabuddho/Niraj).
Of course the Leela Healing Centre will also be available for you to treat yourself to a wide variety of excellent and effective treatments for your health and wellbeing.
"Old School" Celebration
This is going to be a somewhat more "old school" celebration that was more common in the past than it is today, so grab your tickets NOW for this one off event to mark three very significant milestones and join us for this amazing triple header at the height of summer! Prabuddho, Niraj, the whole community including Missy Lissy the cat would love you to be here, celebrate, meet, hug, dance, laugh with each other and do all things Leela for 4 days!
Prabuddho (host)
Niraj (host)
Meet your facilitators
Niraj
Zohar Bahir
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The Talent Show is a much loved Leela tradition: a playful, creative evening where those who feel called can step onto the stage and share something of themselves.
A song, a poem, a theatre piece, a dance, a joke, a costume, a character, a tender moment, anything is welcome..
There will be a limited number of spots for performers, and just as much space to be part of the audience. And with the Leela audience, you are in the best possible hands: warm, loving, encouraging and ready to celebrate whatever wants to be expressed.
Guided by Niraj, this is an evening of courage, creativity, laughter, connection and the joy of seeing and being seen.
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Biodanza means “the dance of life” — a joyful, embodied practice that uses music, movement and connection to bring us more fully into the present moment.
Through simple guided dances, music and group exercises, Biodanza opens a space for vitality, pleasure, emotional expression and deeper connection with yourself and others.
No dance experience is needed.
Zohar Bahir
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The shamanic drum is unique. It connects us to the beat of our heart, the heartbeat of The Land, the heartbeat of Mother Earth and the heartbeat of the cosmos. The shamanic drum creates coherence, unity and thus it brings people together.
The shamanic drum, also known as The Shaman’s Horse, is a sacred tool used by our shamanic ancestors since ancient times. The shamanic beat enables access to non ordinary realities where we can encounter Gods and Goddesses, celestial beings, ancestral spirits and spirit helpers and guides. Through the connection to Spirit, we can bring back healing, guidance, knowledge and wisdom. Our life can change and transform.
This workshop is open to all levels, absolute beginners to those for whom shamanism is a way of life. WELCOME.
Ranjana
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This uplifting embodied experience invites you to open the chakra channel that runs along the spine through a guided solo Tantra Flow meditation. The journey is followed by a subtle tantric practice designed to help you connect with the loving presence and inner bliss that emerge when you are fully embodied, grounded in the earth, and open to the sky. Exploring the principle of "as above, so below," we cultivate a deeper connection with ourselves, life, and the flow of energy within.
Inspired in Tantra and Shamanic traditions
Ranjana
Shanna Mandira
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Step into a colourful, playful space of creativity and self-expression.
This workshop is an invitation to explore your own creative flow.
Come as you are, ready to play, create, experiment and let your inner artist have some space.
John Cremer
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John Cremer has taught improv here at Leela for over twenty years.
He is the founder of the Maydays - one of Europe's top improvisation companies and he has trained and performed in Chicago, the Mecca of improv.
John is an award winning professional speaker who has worked with a range of top notch organisations around the world.
His teaching style is an unusual blend of positive and supportive vibes with the occasional challenging leap into the unknown.
Premal
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Premal has been a Bodywork practitioner for over 25 years. For the last 10, she has become more curious and focused on the Energybody!
She is excited to share with you her passion for energy work and will be offering an intro to healing with AcuEnergetic techniques.
About AcuEnergetics (accurate energy medicine) AcuE is a fairly new healing modality, combining ancient wisdoms from the Chinese, Middle Eastern, Judaic and Indian traditions with up to date Energy medicine practices.
Prabuddho
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The OSHO Evening Meeting is an invitation to move from celebration into stillness.
The evening is structured with music, dancing, let go, meditation and presence — beginning with energy and expression, and gradually settling into silence and deeper listening.
This is a space to let the body move, allow the mind to soften, and enter a shared field of awareness, meditation and inner quiet.
No experience is needed. Simply come as you are, ready to move, listen and be present.
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Improv comedy is great for increasing confidence, trust, communication skills and the ability to respond to new situations.
No previous experience is necessary for this playful workshop.
There will be some simple warm up games and group interactions and we will learn some easy Improv techniques.
There isn’t any need to try to be funny, quick or clever, and it’s impossible to do it wrong! Plenty of laughter is always guaranteed!
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The AUM Meditation is a powerful social meditation created by Veeresh and rooted in the Humaniversity tradition and a favourite of many.
It is an active, interactive journey through the many colours of human emotion — from expression and release, into connection, silence and meditation.
Through movement, sound, emotional expression, partner exercises and shared presence, you are invited to let go of stress, meet yourself more honestly, and reconnect with your aliveness.
AUM stands for Awareness, Understanding and Meditation: a journey of feeling, expressing, witnessing and coming home to yourself in the support of the group.
Come ready to move, express, connect and discover the freedom that can open when everything is welcome.
Abhi
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Bioenergetics is a body-based practice that helps us release tension, awaken energy and reconnect with what is alive inside.
In this session, Abby will guide us through simple exercises using breath, movement, grounding and expression. These practices invite the body to soften, open and let go of stored stress or emotion in a safe and embodied way.
This is not about doing anything perfectly. It is about listening to the body, allowing energy to move, and giving space to what wants to be felt, expressed and released.
A powerful practice for coming back into presence, aliveness and deeper connection with yourself.
Devaraj
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Devaraj has been bringing Bioenergetics and body-based therapy into the Osho Leela field for many years, offering a direct and powerful way to work through the body.
In this session, he will guide us into Bioenergetic exercises using breath, movement, grounding and expression to help release old holding patterns and reconnect with our natural energy.
This work invites us to move beyond talking and thinking, and into the deeper intelligence of the body — where tension, emotion, strength and aliveness can be felt and transformed.
A grounded and energising session for coming back into the body, freeing what has been held, and reconnecting with vitality, presence and inner strength.
Darpan
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A gong bath is a deeply relaxing sound journey where you are invited to lie down, rest and receive.
Through the powerful vibrations of the gong, the body can soften, the nervous system can settle, and the mind can begin to quieten. The sound moves through layers of tension, emotion and thought, creating space for release, restoration and inner stillness.
There is nothing to do and nowhere to get to. Simply allow yourself to be carried by the waves of sound.
A nourishing session for deep rest, energetic cleansing and coming back into balance.
Navanita
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Join Navanita for a juicy session of 'Tantric Tango' connecting, breathing and moving together to gorgeous tunes... mmm.. a celebration of sensual pleasure! 💗All is welcome 🌹
Navanita
Seth Newman
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Ecstatic Dance is a sober, conscious dance journey where you are invited to move exactly as your body wants to move.
Guided by Seth Newman — DJ, facilitator and founder of Ecstatic Dance London — this session offers a space for music, movement, expression and release. There are no steps to learn, no choreography and nothing to perform.
The dance floor becomes a place to let go of the mind, follow your body, awaken energy and connect with yourself and the group through shared presence.
Come as you are, ready to move, sweat, soften, play and be danced by the music.
Nartan
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Nartan is a passionate yoga practitioner and teacher. She began practising 15 years ago, experiencing many physical and mental benefits, and over time have developed a deep awe and appreciation for the ancient roots of the practice, self-awareness, achieved through movement, breathing techniques and stillness.
Bayari
Abhi
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The Angel Bath is a gentle, nourishing space to rest, receive and be held in a field of softness.
Guided by Bayari, this session invites you to lie down, relax and open to the subtle presence of angelic energy, healing sound and deep inner peace.
There is nothing to do and nowhere to get to. Simply allow yourself to be bathed in light, tenderness and still allow yourself to be bathed in lightness, letting the body soften and the heart receive.
A beautiful space for restoration, comfort, energetic cleansing and reconnecting with the quiet support that is always available.
Shanna Mandira
John Cremer
Seth Newman
Premal
Darpan
Nartan
Devaraj
Bayari
Parvesh
Parvesh
Parvesh
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The AUM Meditation is a powerful social meditation created by Veeresh and rooted in the Humaniversity tradition and a favourite of many.
It is an active, interactive journey through the many colours of human emotion — from expression and release, into connection, silence and meditation.
Through movement, sound, emotional expression, partner exercises and shared presence, you are invited to let go of stress, meet yourself more honestly, and reconnect with your aliveness.
AUM stands for Awareness, Understanding and Meditation: a journey of feeling, expressing, witnessing and coming home to yourself in the support of the group.
Come ready to move, express, connect and discover the freedom that can open when everything is welcome.
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DJ Parvesh invites you to join him in a soulful space as we celebrate life. He brings sunshine and sublime sounds from across Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
‘I deliver joyful sun-soaked mystery and magic loaded with groove. Melt in the glow of blazing basslines and dive into sparks of tropical genre hopping magic.’ Parvesh
Parvesh
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Prabuddho and Niraj both value Leela immensely and are honoured and privileged to be able to put this summer extravaganza for us all to enjoy!
Practical Information
Arrival and departure times
Arrival Wednesday July 1st 2026 from 4 pm (gathering starts 6.30pm)
Ends Sunday July 5th 2026 @ 2 pm.
What’s included …
Full access to all workshops, music, and events
5 days / 4 nights accommodation (or camping)
All meals and teas
Sauna access and festival facilities
Festival & Accommodation Costs
Full event tickets
£330 + accommodation
Your ticket includes:
Full access to all workshops, music, and events
5 days / 4 nights accommodation (or camping)
All meals and teas
Sauna access and festival facilities
Weekend tickets (from Fri 4pm)
£220 + accommodation
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Payment Plan
We understand that everyone's financial situation is unique, so we've designed our payment plan with flexibility in mind.
Secure your place by spreading the total cost into manageable instalments. We offer the option to pay a deposit and spread the balance over the remaining months before the payment deadline which is a few weeks before the start of the event. There is a £5 charge for using this payment plan option, and payment dates will be clearly outlined when you book.
Cancellation & Refunds
Our Cancellation policy can be found here.
Food at Leela
All food is vegetarian, drawing inspiration from cuisines from around the world. Garden produce is used when available including green salads and culinary herbs.
There is a separate tea making area with a wide range of beverages which include herbal teas, coffee, decaf, green and black teas, hot chocolate, plus cow’s milk and alternative milks.
We cater for the following diets …
Dairy-free / Egg-free
Gluten Free
Sugar conscious
Vegan and vegetarian
Food is prepared in a shared kitchen where allergens are present. See our food information page for details.
