The Reset: Women’s Cooking & Wellbeing Retreat
Friday 12 - Monday 15 April 2024
Spring is a time to emerge and flourish!
Join us for an immersive weekend of Plant-Based Cooking & Therapeutic Yoga specially designed to help you reset from winter and sync with the seasonal qualities of renewal and invigoration.
Inspired by Ayurvedic Rtucharya - nutrition and lifestyle rituals for spring, over the weekend we will explore holistic approaches to women’s health and wellbeing through specialist workshops and practices.
Co-hosted by experts in their field - retreat chef & Healing Diets Coach Bex and Yoga Therapist Eirian - you will be held in a nourishing and supportive environment in the warm embrace of community.
Based in The Peak District National Park, our cottage is the perfect spot to get away from it all and reconnect to the rhythms of nature and yourself.
What to expect over the weekend…
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Guided by Bex, you will learn cleansing Ayurvedic recipes and seasonal nutrition tips to support your wellbeing as we transition into the spring season, with opportunities to personalise recipes to balance your current imbalances.
The detailed workshops will focus on ‘sattvic’ food – fresh wholefood recipes that are easy to digest, balancing and harmonious for the mind, and supportive for women’s health.
Bex brings fun and vibrancy to the workshops, which you will see and savour in your culinary creations! There will be a mixture of cooking demonstrations and hands-on activities to help you feel empowered to continue your culinary journey at home.
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Led by Yoga Therapist Eirian Collinge, explore mindful yoga & somatic movement practices to help you feel connected, restored, rejuvenated & content.
Yoga for women’s health
Using the lens of yoga traditions and bodywork models, this workshop we will explore soothing practices in line with hormonal health.
Yoga for digestive health
Therapeutic Yoga offers a holistic view of digestive system health as the heart of our whole being - during this workshop you'll gain greater understanding of the continual communications between the gut and the brain, the relevance of the fascia, vagus nerve, psoas-diaphragm connections & stress in relation to digestive health.
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Enjoy grounding, delicious seasonal meals made with locally sourced organic ingredients – all of the food will be vegan, gluten free and nourishing!
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The weekend will allow you the time to explore the different layers of your being through specialised cooking and yoga workshops; giving you the opportunity to deepen your knowledge with like-minded souls in a peaceful environment.
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Digest the day’s learning through deep restful yoga practices blending Yin Yoga, Somatic Movement, Pranayama & Yoga Nidra meditation.
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Enjoy simple activities like walking in the fresh air, allowing your senses to open and soak up the elements of nature around you. Cosy up with a good book in the cottage or take a relaxing soak in the hot tub under the stars!
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Learn more about your own unique body and personality type, and feel empowered on your own personal wellbeing journey. Learn new daily rituals, take away new recipes as well as self-care tips and simple yoga practices to help you to continue your journey at home.
Your co-hosts Eirian Collinge & Bex Shindler
Bex and Eirian have been collaborating on wellbeing projects and retreats for a few years now. Both passionate about seasonal wellbeing, they dreamt up THE RESET from their beds early one morning on retreat!
They share a similar history of burnout and insomnia that prompted their respective journeys to wellbeing and the creation of their businesses, The Mindful Kitchen and Cariad Yoga.
Bex in a creative Plant-based Chef and Healing Diets Coach. She has been catering for retreats and private clients since 2016, drawing upon the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda in her recipes and menus. Bex believes that what we eat forms the foundation of our health, and by fostering a mindful relationship with food, we invite more vibrancy, compassion and connection into our lives. There begins the ripple effect of change and transformation!
Eirian is a Senior Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist. She has been facilitating seasonal retreats since 2016 and is passionate about helping others find the balance between work, rest and play. Eirian’s journey with yoga & meditation has taught her how to build resilience through compassion and deal with life’s challenges in a wonderfully creative way. Her workshops are playful and accessible, creating a supportive environment where students can move freely, reconnect to themselves and feel empowered through their practice.
The details
Thirkelow Cottages, The Peak District
Arrival: 2pm, Friday 12 April
Depart: 10am, Monday 15 April
Spaces are limited to 8 guests
Investment is £555 per person for 3 nights’ accommodation at the cottage plus all nutritious, plant-based meals and workshops. All bedrooms are en-suite twin rooms (shared) - these can also be made up as a shared double. If you have a room preference, please let us know at the time of booking and we will try to accommodate.
Payment plans are available and a £150 deposit will secure your place.