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4 Day Yoga Medicine Retreat in Lake District, UK
Sunny Brow Farm, Outgate, LA22 0PU, Ambleside, Cumbria, UK
UK Yoga Retreat with Rituals
Positioned at the significant change points within the cycle of the year, each of Sunny Brow Farm's Yoga Medicine Retreats is a transformative journey of self-discovery, compassion, and love. They offer a unique and special space for you to unfold into and receive whatever you need in the moment. Each held session of the retreat is inspired by a blend of yin and yang forms of practice to support opening to deeper levels of love, self-awareness, and awakening.
Meet the instructors
Suzy-Anne
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Highlights
- Overall, 12 hours of Yin and Yang blended, sacred, and healing sessions
- Eclectic practices from yoga and earth spiritual tradition
- Hatha Flow, Yin and Restorative yoga
- Breath practices, cacao ceremony and loving self-enquiry
- Sacred ritual with the Celtic wheel of the Year
- Twice daily delicious, freshly cooked, plant-based meals (brunch/lunch and dinner)
- Breakfast energy ball and afternoon tea snack
- 3 nights in beautiful 5-star barn conversion accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
3 days with instruction
Group size: Maximum of 12 participants
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
15:30
Check-out Time:
10:00
Facilities
- Dining area
- Fireplace
- Kitchen
- Lounge
Sunny Brow Farm’s retreat accommodations are beautifully renovated barn conversions. There are four barns renovated into self-contained barn cottages. Two cottages take up the upper and lower parts of a Lakeland bank barn, and two are smaller and separate. All barns have bedroom/s, bathroom/s, living space, kitchen, and dining area. The barns have been lovingly renovated to allow modern fittings and style to sit alongside the old barn features and optional log burners. Characterful yet with modern comfort, the barn accommodation will fulfill all your needs. They are all equipped with good Wi-Fi.
The yoga studio and massage rooms are nestled within the area of the barn conversions, and the studio overlooks woodlands and sheep pastures.
Itinerary of barns
- The Old Dairy is a ground-floor barn cottage with two private bedrooms—one double and one single—which share a bathroom and living space. This barn is also where retreat guests eat communally on a large oak table.
- Sunny Brow Barn: one bedroom that can be twin or double ensuite, with private living space.
- The Hayloft is an upper-floor barn cottage in a large renovated hay barn. Two twin or double ensuite bedrooms that share a large open-plan living space.
- Bracken Barn – one bedroom that can be twin or double ensuite, with private living space.
Program
All of the Yoga Medicine retreats include a blend of asana, pranayama, self-enquiry, and meditations inspired by the ancient texts of yoga, infused with empowering practices from earth spiritual tradition, and the Celtic fire festivals to celebrate and sync with the season’s gifts.
Sunny Brow Farm’s close proximity and connection to nature beautifully hold each retreat. Suzy-Anne and her team create space within this holding, using yin and hatha yoga, breath work, earth spiritual practice, loving self-enquiry, natural and elegant cuisine, ritual and ceremony, cacao, drum, sound, and movement.
Woven with careful thought from over 10 years’ experience of running retreats, our itinerary is full and ample, yet inclusive of personal space for your own adventures. Each Yoga Medicine session becomes bespoke for the group gathered and can suit beginner or advanced practitioners.
Group size
Good sized groups of between 8 and 12 people, big enough for a social crowd to meet like-minded people, and small enough for privacy and/or intimate group connection.
Daily Schedule
Friday
- 15:00 Arrival starts. Please aim to arrive latest at 16:30, as Suzy loves to start with everyone
- 17:00 - 19:30 Yoga medicine opening ceremony
- 19:45 Dinner
Saturday
- 08:00 Optional breakfast energy ball
- 08:30 - 10:30 Yoga medicine
- 10:45 Brunch
- 12:00 - 16:45 Inclusive massage / enjoy a walk
- 13:00 Afternoon snack available in Old Dairy starts
- 17:00 - 19:00 Yoga medicine
- 19:15 Dinner
Sunday
- 08:15 Breakfast
- 09:00 - 12:30 Yoga medicine - cacao ceremony
- 12:45 Lunch
- 13:30 - 16:45 Inclusive massage / extras / enjoy a walk
- 15:00 Afternoon snack available in Old Dairy
- 17:00 - 19:00 Yoga medicine
- 19:15 Dinner
Monday
- 08:30 - 09:00 Yoga medicine closing ceremony
- 09:15 Breakfast
- 10:30 Departure
The itinerary may vary very slightly for each Yoga Medicine retreat at the different times of year and will have differences within what is included in each session to allow for the gifts of each season.
Included excursions
The itinerary shows all the inclusive sessions on-site. On Yoga Medicine Retreats we do not offer any facilitated off-site excursions, but due to our location in the lake district many people choose to do their own hikes and/or wild swims. We can give our recommendations for this if you wish.
Instructors
Suzy-Anne Saunders
Suzy is the owner and manager of Sunny Brow Farm Holistic Retreat. Suzy is a professional yoga teacher, shamanic practitioner, inner dance facilitator, holistic therapist and Reiki master, macrobiotic and healing food practitioner, and a devoted and blessed mum of three beautiful souls. She came to holistic living and spiritual development in her early twenties, starting her holistic teacher and facilitator training with yoga in 2006, and is currently still adding to her skill set and 'All Nations sweat lodge training. In April 2018 her cookbook ‘Conscious Cookery’ was published.
Retreat location
Sunny Brow Farm is a beautifully renovated old Cumbrian farm, set within the hills and dales of the Lake District National Park. This allows easy access to the lakes, rivers, forests, villages, and beautiful hikes within the stunning South Lake District.
Sunny Brow Farm itself is nestled in the dale near Black Fell, with streams, sheep pasture land, and woodland directly on the doorstep. Being in such close proximity to nature is such a gift for a quiet and natural stay.
The nearest village is Hawkshead (5-minute drive), and the nearest small town is Ambleside (10-minute drive).
Unique features
Activities
- Massage
General
- Dining area
- Environmentally friendly
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
Services
- Wedding
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
Sunny Brow Farm's food ethos is to nourish the body with natural, elegant, and really tasty plant-based cuisine. A love of seasonal, organic, homegrown, and wild foods from nature’s garden influences their menus. Using inspiration from these elements, they consciously plan and prepare the menus for the retreats. The menus are always seasonal to allow for a deeper connection to nature’s gifts at each time of year.
Their approach is rooted in macrobiotic principles, emphasising gut health through healthy plant-based foods, whole grains, and optimum preparation methods like fermentation. They prioritise a rich variety of vegetables and predominantly unprocessed, plant-based ingredients. Sunny Brow Farm maintains a fully gluten-free and refined sugar-free menu. While their focus is primarily on plant-based foods, they occasionally incorporate natural organic yoghurt and farm-fresh eggs. They pride themselves on catering for all food intolerances at no extra cost to the guest.
On retreat, everyone enjoys meal times around a large oak table in the Old Dairy barn, a social space to enjoy like-minded fellow retreat guests, and the gifts of foods cooked, prepared, and served with love. They serve two large eclectic meals each day; plus, lighter breakfast and afternoon tea snacks are also available.
The following meals are included:
- Brunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Organic
- Lactose Free
- Whole food
- Ayurvedic
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
- Book an extra treatment from the spa list below
- Cosy down in your barn living space—maybe in front of a fire—with a book (there is a yoga / holistic book library if you wish) and cup of tea or cacao (extra costs for logs and cacao)
- Enjoy lakeland walk/hike (varying from easy to more challenging)
- Wild swimming locally
- Enjoy a trip to Sacred Essence, a wonderful local shop (10-minute drive) selling great holistic goods.
- Enjoy a trip to Hawkshead village, Ambleside, Windermere or Coniston
Spa treatments
On your retreat, one of the holistic massages is included per person in the price (this could be swapped for reiki should you wish). The retreat will have a selection of other additional treatments available to book at extra cost. The list for these is below. Further information on each of these treatments is available in the retreat welcome pack and/or can be discussed in person when you are here.
- Extra holistic massage: 60 GBP / 1 hour
- Hot stone massage ritual: 70 GBP / time: 1 hour
- Reflexology: 55 GBP / time: 1 hour
- Himalayan salt scrub massage: 65 GBP / time: 1 hour
- Ayurvedic massage: 60 GBP / time 1 hour
- Indian head massage: 30 GBP / time: 1/2 hour
- Ginger compress with back massage: 65 GBP / time: 1 hour
- Reiki: 60 GBP / time: 1 hour
- Soul healing: 1 hour / 60 GBP
- Soul reading: 1 hour / 65 GBP
- Transformational healing: 1 hour / 60 GBP
- Crystal healing: 1 hour / 60 GBP
- Macrobiotic / dietary consultation: 60 GBP / time: 1 hour
What's included
- 12 hours of facilitated sessions of yoga and earth spiritual practises
- 1-hour inclusive massage
- 2 large meals per day (brunch/lunch and dinner)
- 2 snack meals (breakfast and afternoon tea)
- Tea, herbal Infusions and coffee
- One session includes a cup of cacao
- Access to Yoga/Holistic book collection
- 3 nights accommodation with all linen and luxury towels included
- Use of all yoga equipment and yoga book library
What's not included
- Extra massages – although they are available at extra charge – see below
- Extra cacao – although it is available at extra cost of £5 per cup
- Logs for log burners – package of all you need for a lovely fire £7.50 (matches/kindling/firelighters and bag of logs)
How to get there
Recommended Airports
MAN
Manchester Airport
125 km
Transfer not provided
Driving directions from M6
- Take exit 36 and head northwest towards Kendal and Windermere
- At Sizergh, the road becomes the A591 but keep driving straight ahead towards Kendal and Windermere
- You will pass Kendal and arrive at a large roundabout, take the second exit (straight on) towards Windermere
- When you arrive at Windermere, carry on following the A591 to Ambleside
- When you arrive on the outskirts on Ambleside (Waterhead), you will come to a junction with traffic lights, turn left here onto the A5059 Borrans Road
- You will pass the Waterhead pub and through a twisting section of roadway
- When the road straightens out, take the left hand turning after the rugby club ground (signposted to Coniston and Hawkshead)
- Follow this road around to the bridge, then turn left going over the bridge. You will now be on the A593
- After approximately one mile, take a left-hand turn onto the B5286 towards Hawkshead, driving over the Brathay bridge
- After approximately 1.5 miles, take a sharp right-hand turn, there is a signpost here for The Drunken Duck Inn
- Drive up the hill and straight past the Drunken Duck Inn
- After 3/4 mile, the driveway to the farm is on the right-hand side
Arrival by bus
From the Windermere train station, you can catch the 505 bus. If you are feeling adventurous, you can ask the driver to drop you at the junction for The Drunken Duck Inn and Sunny Brown Farm, it’s a short two miles walk from there.
Please note, if you choose to use public transport to get there, not only will they pick you up and drop you off in Hawkshead, but they will also pay for your first full days bus pass (worth up to 22 GBP), which will give you unlimited travel within the Central Lakes Bus network.
Arrival by train
The nearest train station is in Windermere. From Windermere’s train station, you can use local transportation to reach Hawkshead Village. Free of charge transfer from Hawkshead Village is available upon request but you have to call or email at least two weeks prior to your arrival to arrange this. On your departure, they would take you to Hawkshead Village too.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% 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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