Antidotes to our world
In short: This is a very easy place to relax – as a B&B guest in one of two farmhouse rooms, or self-catering in a cottage, yurt or your own tent. Hosts Julie and Richard are friendly and laid back, and you can book relaxing hot stones treatments, therapeutic massage and reflexology with capable local [...]
In short: This is a privately-owned, peaceful and civilized health spa an hour’s drive from London with an unpretentious, holistic approach to health. It’s set in 47 pretty acres, and adjoins 700 acres of National Trust land. Your base is a gorgeous manor house which the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson rented in the 1860s, and a less attractive [...]
The superior, empathic coaching skills of Larah Davis and the careful yoga teaching of Susie Howell are the reason to book a healthy holiday with Ibiza Retreats. We had a chilled out day of treatments, chats, yoga and NLP* coaching together at the Atzaro Hotel near Sant Joan in the Ibizan countryside – they were relaxed, down [...]
In short: This is a rare treat. A comfortable, 400-year old house in the Lincolnshire countryside where two expert ayurvedic practioners offer bespoke retreats lasting 3, 5 or 7 days. Andy and Laura Shakeshaft are genuine, normal & full of integrity, and have created a real haven of calm. Cleanse body & mind with daily oil [...]
Most of us know a sustainable sense of wellbeing stems from having a nutritious diet, plenty of down time, regular exercise, balanced relationships, a job you enjoy and a well designed home in an environment that you love. Sounds superb, but the daily toll of a busy life and the general struggle of being human [...]
In short: This beautifully renovated, wooden-floored 17th century water mill is the eco-friendly family home of Melissa Kendall, an expert on nutrition and sustainability who runs healthy holiday company Jiva Healing. Come for juice fasts, healthy eating breaks, yoga weekends, fitness breaks and other breaks, or book your own private retreat for your family or friends [...]
In short: Tilton House is a large and lovely white-painted Georgian house set at the foot of the South Downs National Park. It offers a range of creative and holistic breaks during the weekends, and relaxing B&B and self catering during the week. It’s the former home of economist John Maynard Keynes and his Russian ballerina wife, [...]
In short: So well do Jiva Healing run their healthy holidays that they fill each of their breaks by word of mouth alone. Set up by nutritionist Rebecca Andrist and chef Melissa Kendall, the company organises affordable and effective Juice Fasting and Healthy Eating breaks at simple hotels in India and Europe and at Littleton Mill in the UK. To take [...]
In short: I think Kamalaya is one of the world’s best destination spas if you’re looking for genuinely holistic programmes that take into account your whole being. It’s set beside a private lagoon at the quiet end of Koh Samui, in a fairy tale ravine strewn with granite boulders and tropical plants. Villas and thatched public spaces are [...]
In short: The Scarlet is a refreshingly different, rather fun and totally unpretentious place to relax that offers dedicated 3 night, 4 day wellbeing escapes throughout the year as well as gorgeously indulgent stays. It was built by three sisters as an adults-only retreat where, as one of them told me, ‘we could take our husbands to [...]
