3 Day Yoga and Wellbeing Reset in Cumbria, UK
United Kingdom Yoga and Wellness Retreat
From the moment you arrive on retreat, your body begins to exhale. Shoulders drop, your breath deepens, and the busyness of life starts to fade. “It’s time to rest, reset, and let go.” This bespoke retreat experience inspires you to reconnect, reset and recharge your physical and emotional wellbeing. Expect to reconnect with nature, rest from the busyness of your modern lives and recharge your physical and emotional wellbeing with their signature stress, energy and wellbeing reset rituals. These will leave you energized and inspired with practical tools to continue the energy, mood and wellbeing boosting benefits in your daily life and will create space for you to feel lighter, calmer, and claim back your energy for life.
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Highlights
- Energizing yoga and mindful movement workshops
- Seasonal herbal remedy, self care and wellbeing workshops
- Calming breath, movement and mobility workshops
- Meditation, mindfulness, and relaxation workshops
- Yin yoga, mindful movement, stress and fatigue reducing workshops
- Fully equipped yoga/activity studio and outdoor deck looking out towards the Howgill Fells
- 2 nights luxury ensuite accommodation in a beautiful countryside location
- Nourishing and plentiful plant-powered food
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Accommodation
Facilities
- Barbeque facilities
- Dining area
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Terrace
- Yoga studio
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Parking lot
- Wireless internet
Accommodation at St. Marks is luxurious ensuite twin-bedded or double rooms with towels and toiletries provided and stunning views of the Howgill Fells. The separate yoga/activity space has wooden floors, high ceilings, and lots of natural light flooding in, making it the perfect place to expand on or kick-start your yoga and wellbeing practices.
The house has everything required for a restful and cosy stay away from home, very well equipped kitchen, large dining room with log burner group table for meal times and wellbeing workshops, large lounge area with log burner, TV and cozy sofas, smaller reading lounge with log burner, comfy sofa and chairs to get lost in a book or enjoy some quiet time. Outside there is the firepit with seating, various outdoor seating looking out toward the rolling countryside.
Program
Join Debbie from My Holistic Bliss who has been leading yoga and wellbeing experiences in the UK and Europe for the last 10 years.
These are 3 days to reset and boost your energy, mood and wellbeing.
This will consist of mindful movement, Yin, Yang yoga, meditation, countryside walks, evenings by the firepit, wellbeing workshops to boost your skin, sleep, immune and digestive system throughout the seasons, feel good meditation, mindful movement and yoga outside in the elements to reset and restore your wellbeing.
Your accommodation, meals, snacks, drinks, yoga and wellbeing workshops will all be provided and you will leave with a toolkit of yoga, movement and wellbeing practices to support you throughout the seasons.
You will explore and practice ways to transition into the current season and beyond feeling physically and emotionally balanced, re-energized and restored.
Debbie from My Holistic Bliss has hosted 100's of retreats over the last decade and will guide you through meditation, yoga and movement workshops throughout the weekend, including Five Element Yin yoga, pranayama (breath control), yoga Nidra (yogic sleep), mobility, meditation and self care workshops. Debbie is an experienced yoga and movement coach, and a traditional Chinese acupuncturist with a particular interest in women's wellbeing, stress and energy boosting wellbeing.
The yoga and movement style will be a combination of Yin, mobility, Yang yoga and Qigong mindful movement. All levels are welcome to join whether you have practiced yoga before or not, and she will ensure you're working at the appropriate level / intensity.
Enjoy walks around the beautiful Yorkshire Dales to connect with nature or you can just relax by the open fires in the house and watch the world go by.
The 3 days will include:
- Seasonal Yin and Yang yoga that honors the current season and how to better balance the ebbs and flows of your energy and stress levels both on and off the mat
- Introduction to acupressure and Yin yoga and how they can support your physical and emotional wellbeing
- Qigong, mindful movement, meditation, mindfulness and journaling with tools to reduce the impact stress, anxiety and overwhelm can have on your physical and emotional health
- Sweet dreams workshop with practical tips and practices to improve your sleep quality to feel well rested and ready to face the challenges life throws your way
- Seasonal nourishing meals
- Nourishing skin and body self care rituals
- Aches away body acupressure and myofascial release to ease tension, aches and pains in the body
Each Reset retreat is themed around the current season with specific practices that support your body, mind and soul at that particular time of year, plus the all year round nourishing practices. The intention is to give you practical tools you can easily make part of your everyday lifestyle to stay well and feel good.
Program for the retreat
Full information of workshop content will be made available prior to attending the retreat. However, if you have any questions, just get in touch.
Day 1
- Check into your accommodation from 16:00 onwards and enjoy a selection of refreshments and treats.
- 18:00 Welcome circle, stretch and unwind
- 19:00 2-course evening meal
- 20:00 Sleep and relaxation rituals
Day 2
- 8:00 Enjoy a slow morning with your continental buffet style breakfast of homemade granola, fruit, yogurt, sourdough bread and preserves
- 9:30 Breath, meditation, movement rituals
- 11:00 Seasonal skin, body and digestive health rituals
- 12:00 Lunch
- 13:00 Free time to explore, head out for a walk, book a treatment or get lost in a good book
- 16:00 Afternoon refreshments and treats
- 17:00 Yin yoga and relaxation rituals
- 18:30 2-course evening meal
- 19:30 Group connection in lounge or by the firepit
Day 3
- 8:00 Enjoy a slow morning with your continental buffet style breakfast of homemade granola, fruit, yogurt, sourdough bread and preserves.
- 9:30 Breath, meditation, movement rituals
- 11:00 Seasonal skin, body and digestive health rituals
- 12:00 Lunch
- 13:00 Free time to organize for departure and enjoy some unhurried time to read, head out for a walk or relax in the house
- 15:00 Closing meditation, Yin yoga
- 17:00 Depart St. Marks
Instructors
Debbie Jenkins
Debbie has been working in the health and wellbeing industry for 16 years. In 2011 she opened up her private fitness and yoga studio to help bridge the gap between community and corporate health and fitness facilities, giving people the option to exercise or practice in a more personal and results-focused environment. She has always had a love for practicing both Ashtanga and Vinyasa yoga and started her teaching journey with The British Wheel of Yoga doing the foundation course, then completed 200hr teacher training in Rishikesh, India, and more recently the 50hr Yin yoga teacher training.
Retreat location
Located side by side to the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, St. Marks is a character-filled house in the stunning landscape of Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales National Park. You are surrounded by beautiful countryside and nature, providing an inspiring and relaxing place for people to nourish themselves spiritually, physically, and emotionally while connecting with the beautiful North Yorkshire Dales.
Unique features
General
- Barbeque facilities
- Dining area
- Fireplace
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Terrace
- Yoga studio
Services
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet access
- Parking lot
- Wireless internet
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
The food will be fresh, home cooked, and wherever possible, organic plant-based and vegetarian food. Throughout the weekend, you will be eating carefully planned homemade nutritious meals, snacks, juices, and smoothies to help support your yoga and wellbeing practice, also giving ideas for recipes to try when back home.
All meals on retreat are vegetarian with gluten-free options too. If you have a specific dietary requirement, please specify this when booking your place and My Holistic Bliss will ensure everyone is catered for appropriately.
If you do feel the need for additional treats, you can bring along your own items, however you will be very well fed during your stay. If you would like to have an alcoholic drink to enjoy with evening meals, that’s fine but you will need to bring your own and of course drink responsibly to ensure you get the most out of the weekend.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snacks
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Gluten Free
- Organic
- Whole food
- Other dietary requirements on request
Things to do (optional)
Walk around the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, the option to participate in a fun group activities, or you can just relax by the open fires in the house and watch the world go by.
Treatments available at additional cost
- De-stress and balance acupuncture 65 GBP
- Cupping therapy - 50 GBP
- Deluxe crystal gua sha and facial cupping, skin firming and boosting facial - 55 GBP
- Express 30-minute skin hydrating facial - 39 GBP
- Facial and acupuncture combined 60-minute treatment - 60 GBP
Spa treatments
- Cold water plunge bath on-site free to use during your stay. Plus many local cold water swimming and dipping spots.
What's included
- Yoga, movement, mindfulness, and wellbeing workshops
- Meditation and relaxation workshops
- Space away from distractions to breathe, relax, reconnecting with nature and likeminded souls
- Intention setting and journaling
- Energizing and restorative reset retreat
- Towels and toiletries in room
- 2 nights accommodation
- Breakfast, lunch, evening meals, and snacks
- Tea, coffee, juices, herbal teas, and water
What's not included
- Airfare
- Travel to and from the venue
- Airport transfers
- Alcoholic drinks
- Additional food and snacks
- Personal expenses
- Acupuncture, facials, cupping therapy and 1:1 treatments
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Manchester Airport
111 km
Transfer not provided
Leeds Bradford Airport
75 km
Transfer not provided
Newcastle Airport
92 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) or Newcastle Airport (NCL). For further information on how to get to the venue, please send an inquiry to My Holistic Bliss.
Arrival by train
There are a couple of options for train stations with local Oxenholm and Kirby Stephen Train Stations around 20-30 minutes away from the venue. Links to local taxi companies that are able to collect you from the train station and drop off at the venue can be provided. Please send an inquiry if you require this information.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 16% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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