Live workshop · Taunton · October 2026

Healing From the Past and Returning to Our Innate Wholeness

Awakening to a natural state of love, peace, and understanding

A single mature tree in an open meadow in the West Country

What if healing from the past did not depend on managing old stories or fixing difficult thoughts and feelings? Join Dr Bill Pettit and Dr Rani Bora for two immersive days at The Castle Hotel in Taunton — an invitation into a deeper, spiritually aligned understanding of mind and life.

  • Friday 23 – Saturday 24 October 2026 · two full days
  • The Castle Hotel, Castle Green, Taunton
  • In person · open to all · no prior knowledge required
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Early bird £275 until end of August 2026 · Secure checkout via Stripe

This is for you

If you are looking for something beyond the mainstream

This workshop is for adults drawn to alternative, holistic, and spiritually aligned ways of understanding themselves — and their place in the world — who long for healing, peace, and a fuller sense of abundance in life.

  • You sense that past experiences still colour how you meet the present — and you are ready for a different kind of understanding.
  • You have tried managing thoughts, feelings, or symptoms, and wonder whether something quieter and deeper is available.
  • You are open to a psycho-spiritual view of mind: that wellbeing is not something to force, but something we can return to.
  • You want insight that continues after the weekend — not a workbook of techniques to practise.

Therapists, coaches, and healthcare professionals who share this orientation are warmly welcome. No prior knowledge of the Three Principles is required.

About the workshop

A different kind of understanding

This is not a traditional teaching-based workshop. Through stories, dialogue, reflection, and real-life insights, you begin to see that while some life events can be painful in the moment, they do not define who we are at our core.

Drawing on decades in psychiatry, neuroscience, coaching, and spiritual insight, Drs Pettit and Bora point to a simple possibility: a return to the experience of wholeness is not an exception — it is the rule in action. Beyond the noise of low or anxious thinking lies something constant — a deeper intelligence, a natural resilience, and an innate capacity for clarity, peace, and wellbeing.

The foundation

Rooted in the Three Universal Principles first articulated by Sydney Banks.

Mind

The universal intelligence behind all life — the energy and wisdom that underlies human experience. Not the personal mind, but the intelligence of life itself.

Consciousness

The gift of awareness — what allows us to know our experience as it unfolds, from the inside out.

Thought

The creative power that shapes how we experience life from moment to moment. Understanding thought as the medium of experience changes everything.

What to expect

What you will experience

You will not be handed a workbook or told what to think. Through stories, open dialogue, and reflection, you begin to see something new — and that seeing itself is the change.

  1. 01

    How experience is created

    Understand how human experience is created in the moment — and why this insight changes how we relate to painful memories.

  2. 02

    Why distress can settle

    Why distress can feel so real — and how it naturally shifts when we stop fighting it. Not through technique, but through a deeper understanding of thought.

  3. 03

    Beyond the stories of the past

    How identities form around pain — and how they can dissolve. The labels we carry need not define us. Something deeper always remains.

  4. 04

    Resilience as your natural state

    Why healing and peace are not something we need to force — they are the default of a mind that has been allowed to settle.

Your facilitators

Decades of experience, one shared conviction

Two clinicians who have spent their lives bridging conventional psychiatry with a spiritual understanding of human wellbeing.

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Co-facilitator

Dr William (Bill) Pettit

MD · Board Certified in Psychiatry & Neurology

Dr Bill Pettit brings over six decades of experience in medicine and neuroscience, and more than fifty years in psychology and psychiatry. For over forty years he has shared internationally — across 13 countries — a spiritual understanding of the universal principles of Mind, Consciousness, and Thought, originally articulated by Sydney Banks in 1973. He was personally mentored by Sydney Banks for 26 years.

His career spans service as a US Navy Flight Surgeon and Chief of Psychiatry at the US Naval Nuclear Submarine Base, more than 15 years teaching in academic institutions, and co-authoring six peer-reviewed papers on the Three Principles. He holds an adjunct faculty position at Creighton University School of Medicine.

60+ Years in medicine
13 Countries shared
26 yrs With Sydney Banks
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Co-facilitator

Dr Rani Bora

MBBS · FRCPsych · PGCE

Dr Rani Bora brings over two decades of experience in psychiatry and integrative mental health, and more than fifteen years in transformative coaching. A Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, she shares a holistic, psycho-spiritual approach to mental wellbeing she calls Mental Wealth.

In 2023 she co-founded The Holistic Psychiatry Clinic — a CQC-regulated practice serving clients across the UK. Through her clinical practice, coaching programmes, and workshops, she supports people to move beyond diagnosis, reduce or come off psychiatric medication safely where appropriate, and reconnect with their natural state of peace and resilience.

20+ Years in psychiatry
15 yrs Three Principles
15+ Years in coaching

Voices

What people say

Words from those who have experienced this work.

About Dr Bill Pettit

“It’s rare to find someone who stands as firmly in the world of conventional medicine as he does, while also embracing spiritual wonder in his life and work.”

Colleague & fellow practitioner

“I love how Bill shares The Three Principles understanding in a way that makes perfect sense both at an intellectual level and at a deeper level. He integrates current research, clinical psychiatry, and neuroscience with the psychospiritual in a way no one has ever been able to.”

Therapist & workshop attendee

“My life became easier. My most important relationships improved. Work became more enjoyable. To this day, the time I spend with patients discussing The Three Principles is the most enjoyable and most gratifying part of my job.”

Doctor & long-term student of his work

About Dr Rani Bora

“Working with Dr Rani Bora has been transformative. She brings an extraordinary level of care, presence, and insight to every session. Her gentle yet strong guidance makes you feel seen and supported.”

Rachel Stocker

“Rani not only heard me fully, but also saw my soul, my deepest desire and longing for creating something meaningful. She supported me to clearly see the possibilities and to courageously act on making them my reality.”

Safa Safa, Coach

“Whenever I came to her confused or frustrated, she guided me through my emotions in a logical manner and equipped me with powerful tools to centre myself and think clearly. If you are looking for coaching with a genuine therapeutic depth to it, I cannot recommend Rani highly enough.”

Samer, Business Leader
The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal in Somerset

The setting

The Castle Hotel, Taunton

Two full days in a historic, family-owned hotel in the heart of Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom — a calm, welcoming space for the kind of quiet reflection this work invites.

The Castle Hotel has been run by the Chapman family for three generations, known for warm hospitality and thoughtful food. It sits in the town centre on Castle Green, a short walk from Taunton railway station, with overnight rooms if you wish to stay. Parking is available on site and is paid — it is not free.

Taunton is well connected for UK and international travellers. Direct trains run from London Paddington in around two hours, and from Bristol Temple Meads and Exeter St Davids in under an hour. The nearest airports are Bristol and Exeter; from London’s airports, continue west by train. The hotel is about two miles from the M5.

If you are travelling from further afield, consider arriving a day early or staying on — Somerset and the wider West Country offer coastline, hills, and historic towns within easy reach of Taunton. Lunch, tea, coffee, and refreshments are provided on both workshop days. For rooms and venue details, visit the-castle-hotel.com.

Venue

The Castle Hotel
Castle Green, Taunton
Somerset, United Kingdom

Dates

Friday 23 October
Saturday 24 October 2026

Getting there

Rail: London · Bristol · Exeter
Air: Bristol & Exeter airports
Paid parking on site

Practical details

What is included

Format

In-person immersive experience · two full days

Included

Live sessions with both facilitators · lunch, tea, coffee & refreshments both days

Bonus webinar

21 October 2026 · 7–8 pm online with Drs Pettit & Bora (super early bird tier)

Who can attend

Open to all · no prior knowledge required

Recommended pre-reading

Prepare your experience

For those who wish to deepen the weekend — or decide whether to attend — Dr Pettit encourages reading The Enlightened Gardener and The Enlightened Gardener Revisited by Sydney Banks. Dr Bora also recommends Second Chance, especially for anyone seeking hope and a gentler path of self-discovery.

The Enlightened Gardener by Sydney Banks

The Enlightened Gardener

Sydney Banks

A gentle introduction to the Three Principles through story and dialogue.

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The Enlightened Gardener Revisited by Sydney Banks

The Enlightened Gardener Revisited

Sydney Banks

A deeper continuation — read second for the fullest preparation.

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Second Chance by Sydney Banks

Second Chance

Sydney Banks

Banks’ first book — a story of hope beneath troubled circumstances.

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Investment

Reserve your place

Choose the rate that matches when you book. Early bird is available until the end of August 2026.

Super early bird

Until end of May 2026

£250

  • Two full days live
  • Lunch & refreshments both days
  • Bonus webinar 21 Oct, 7–8 pm

This tier is closed

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Early bird

June – end of August 2026

£275

  • Two full days live
  • In-person access to both facilitators
  • Lunch & refreshments both days
Book now · £275

Regular

September 2026 onwards

£310

  • Two full days live
  • In-person access to both facilitators
  • Lunch & refreshments both days

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