Antidotes to our world
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 [...]
STOP PRESS: Ibiza Retreats run regular, 5-day Yoga from the Heart retreats throughout Ibiza’s season from March until October. Designed to attend to your mind, body and soul, the retreats have been crafted around the philosophy that there is ‘power in gentleness’, and will encourage you to get out of your head and into your heart [...]
In short: Before I share my views on the luxurious Six Senses Zighy Bay I wanted to get back to basics and tell you about Dzogchen Beara, a lovely Tibetan Buddhist retreat centre on the unspoilt Beara Peninsula in Ireland. It’s under the spiritual direction of Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, set on high cliffs looking out [...]
In short: So, a little more on Sara Campbell’s retreats as some of you have requested. Sara runs group yoga classes, private yoga retreats and freediving workshops in the laid back, beachside town of Dahab in Egypt. She’s a highly likeable, very fit and talented Kundalini yoga teacher who also happens to be a freediving champion – [...]
In short: I’m not really into dedicated fitness breaks, but I love love love the highly inventive Wildfitness holidays, created in 2001 by all-round athlete Tara Wood, who’s warm, funny and lovely to be with. Tara’s team use outdoor, natural surroundings to get you fit so you feel as far from an urban gym as you possibly can, and somehow [...]
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 [...]
In short: Reclaim Your Self was set up by down to earth and dynamic massage therapist Julia Sampson, more affectionately known as Jools, and offers affordable healthy holidays that combine yoga, healthy eating and holistic therapies in cleverly-picked locations around the world. Run by a small team of expert therapists, teachers and chefs, the holidays often include coaching and activities such [...]
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 [...]
