I’d love you to join me on a journey deeper into what wellbeing means for you, and from that knowledge to find sustainable, practical ways to bring about positive change in your life.
Your body is already an expert at detoxifying and restarting itself .
At the retreat, I provide is time, space, techniques and practices to help you help yourself and find a more balanced lifestyle.
The retreats provide a gentle way to cleanse, nourish, rebalance your system, allowing you to return to yourself.
Please see my Yoga Cleanse Retreats video for more information.
- All ages
- Beginners
- Intermediate
- Advanced
- Men & Women
Going on retreat is an act of loving service to yourselves, to your family and to the world. The impact of this gift is far reaching.
Booking on one of my retreats will donate 30 trees in your name as I am now fundraising in aid of TreeSisters. Visit their website here
I run a number of seasonally tailored retreats throughout the year for over 10 years now. The groups are small (10-20 people) so that I can spend time with each participant and so that for the period of the retreat we can spend time together as a living community.
These retreats don’t entail harsh regimes or fasting.
We will practice yoga together, exploring physical, mental and spiritual balance through movement and breath.
We will cook and eat together learning how food can nourish our bodies and balance our entire selves.
We will reconnect with nature and with our natural selves in the beautiful family-run, ecological spaces that I have carefully chosen for the retreats.
Let yourself be nourished.
Let yourself go inwards and explore the places that need attention.
Let yourself be accepting, gentle and forgiving.
Let yourself acknowledge that this inner work is intrinsically linked to service beyond ourselves.
Let yourself be the change.
YOGA
Teaching yoga is a joy I have had the opportunity to offer guidance for the last 14 years. During the retreats I offer supportive and playful classes suited to beginners as well as to students who have spent more time on a yogic path. The classes focus on the liver and lymphatic system meridians using vinyasa and restorative yoga, as well as breathing exercises to regenerate and support the nervous system. We will also look at companion breathing exercises to help alkalize the body and stimulate the liver function.
We will finish our sessions with meditation or Yoga Nidra, an ancient form of deep relaxation to set intention and release deep tensions.
You can read more about my style of yoga here
FOOD
Beautiful, organic, seasonal, and where possible, local food is central to every retreat. Together we will prepare and eat both cooked and raw foods chosen to nourish the body and support mental and physical balance.
Nourishment is a core element of my work and the retreats include guidance and education of how you can use food to rejuvenate the self.
During our time together, you will learn how to prepare superfood shakes and smoothies, and how to cook healthy delicious food, including raw chocolate and turmeric shots (all sugar, gluten, animal protein free).
SEASONS
Our bodies respond to the cycles and rhythms of the year. I design my retreats to honour and move with these.
- Autumn is a time for slowing down; the perfect time to nurture and restore your body and mind.
- Winter is a time to strengthen the immune system, to reflect, heal and find mental clarity.
- Spring is the best season for a quick liver cleanse; for rest and rejuvenation.
- Summer is the perfect time for the body to cleanse fully, allowing for deep relaxation and regeneration.
I am a strong believer in the healing power of the natural world and I carefully choose beautiful, peaceful places to retreat. I am very grateful to be able to collaborate with the teams that run these places and share their values of sustainability, community and living in harmony with their surrounding environment. By supporting them I can provide you a perfect supportive environment for your relaxation and rejuvenation. See my upcoming retreats here
A Typical Day:
08.30-09:00: Superfood shake
09.00-11.00: Morning breathwork, Vinyasa yoga & Yoga Nidra
11.30-13.30: Preparing and eating raw & cooked lunch
13.30-14.30: Silent walk, private consultation, treatment or just time to chill out
14.30-15:00: Tea & raw snack break
15.00-16.00: ‘Healing Living Kitchen’ class
16.00-17.00: More treatments to pamper yourself / free time
17.00-18.30: Restorative/Yin yoga & meditation class
18.30-20.00: Food preparation & delicious vegan meal
20.30-21.30: Yoga Nidra / meditation / movie
My retreats combine structure and space to just be, action and relaxation, opportunity for learning and reconnecting, opportunity for reflection.
They start on Friday afternoon at 4pm (let me know if you need to arrive later) and finish at 3pm on Sunday.
The full schedule can be downloaded here:
). We are both feeling the health benefits and have much improved complexion, hair and nails. We have also been enjoying doing yoga”“Rina created a wonderful nourishing space, and her yoga and meditation classes took me beyond my previous experience to a calm, warm and beautiful place in my mind whilst enabling me to make new shapes with my body. The food we cooked was delicious – I really did not know healthy food could be so incredible – and I learned a lot about feeding my body with the nutrients it craves to work best. The surroundings were divine and the group sessions supportive and illuminating. I left feeling refreshed and uplifted with my mind and body truly detoxed, relaxed and energised. I can really only describe the experience as magnificent. I am so grateful I went, it is probably the most positive thing I have done for myself in a very long time.”
“Rina weaves a wonderful web of well-being, drawing on so many inspiring traditions around the world- be it Ayurvedic, Native American shamanism, or wisdom from African healing traditions. This makes her approach to teaching yoga and healthy eating truly unique, original and most of all enjoyable”