healing waters lakeside retreat in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire

Settled by the lakeside in your own luxury yurt this is a place for reflection, slow living and intimate connection with nature. With a feeling of being far from modern life and all its pressures. Free to unwind you can rediscover and gather to you the lost parts of you, let go things you may have been carrying both known and unknown. 

This abundantly feminine landscape reminds us of our own ever changing nature as dawn sparkles her reflection on the water and dusk falls quietly around the trees in its comforting cloak. Peace and birdsong, nature and quietening. Time to you.

13 - 16 September 2024

Space is limited to a maximum of 8 so our gatherings will be soft, intimate and with plenty of room to come just as you are. In the cocoon of the private woodland, trails meander to individual and very spacious yurts. Each is exquisitely designed with hotel standard beds and bedding, its own log burner and outside fire pit. You may have a neighbour or two somewhere nearby, but you will feel that the space is entirely yours when you want it. All yurts face the water and are steeped in the grounded energy of the trees.

With all food and drink provided, you can join our shared table for meals, but you also have your own woodland mini-kitchen where you can store treats, your favourite teas and even take your breakfast if you wish to make the most of solitude within the container of a loving group.

• nature walks connecting you to Earth and your own Earth body
• forest bathing, soaking in the healing energy of the trees and land
• sensitive and tender intuitive Yoga movement to reawaken your sense of joy in being (no experience needed)
• practices to release hidden tension and stagnant energy
• coming together in warm-hearted circle to share, explore and evolve
• Yoga Nidra to tap into the higher wisdom within you 
• Meditation to balance your mind 
• Lake bathing to cleanse and restore your sense of oneness, wholeness and connection to self
• Time to simply be

*all activities are included within the break and all are optional so if you feel like skipping a session and taking time to yourself know that this is welcomed too

Sessions take place on the land and in the womb-like Temple Tent, a bountiful and spacious domed yurt fully equipped with everything from sheepskin rugs to meditation cushions. The Temple Tent is nestled in the forest surrounded by trees with their roots running beneath its floor, supporting deeper connection to Mother Nature and a return to essence of your own natural inner being far away from all other demands and roles. 

Don't leave it to late to decide as this wondrous space is likely to fill quickly...

"Thank you for all your warmth, generosity and humanity; for creating such a beautiful and nurturing experience and for all your care and tender holding of us. I feel altered by this past few days in a way that escapes my thinking mind. I will cherish the memories and hold them in my heart as a safe still centre to return to." Val  

Please note, all yoga retreats are subject to the returns / cancellation policy which you can find here