Retreats located on islands, big & small

Vital Energy retreats on Ibiza with Harley Street nutritionist Vicki Edgson

Vicki Edgson

In short: A Harley Street nutritionist and naturopath for over 16 years, the vibrant Vicki Edgson started her luxury retreats on Ibiza in 2011 to help people reclaim what she calls the ‘vital energy’ they need to live a full and healthy life. On offer in June and October each year at a private villa [...]

Regular 5-day yoga retreats on Ibiza

IBiza Retreats yoga

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 [...]

Wildfitness: get fit holidays that don’t feel like hard work

The Queen of Retreats (4th from left) and her fellow wild fitness fanatics

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 [...]

Ibiza Retreats: yoga, coaching, writing, horse-riding & more

Uncluttered buildings abound on Ibiza, the perfect place for a retreat

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 [...]

Kamalaya: a spa with soul in Thailand

Kamalaya view

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 [...]

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