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The Healthy Home is an ideal space if you are a retreat host looking for a beautiful space for about 10-12 guests.

The house is a product of loving design and attention to detail, curving surfaces and all natural materials including wood, marble and natural eco paints. The sensitive renovation and building work inspired a best-selling book called ‘The Healthy Home’.

The house became known as ‘The Healthy Home’ when healthy living author, Gina Lazenby, moved in and following on from the successful launch of her international best-selling Feng Shui House Book was asked to write The Healthy Home title. The development of the house from tiny cottage to the larger property on offer today, provided the research for the book.

The Healthy Home philosophy is to live in a calm, healing and regenerative environment with minimum toxins and low electro-magnetic fields.

Since the house was made available for exclusive use, it has hosted several yoga and wellbeing retreats and this is what the house was originally intended for to provide an oasis of calm in a natural and rejuvenating space.

The atmosphere is peaceful and calming. People visiting from the city often find they sleep unexpectedly deeply, feeling rested and rejuvenated.

The 700 year old original cottage (Peel House) was extended in 1997 by conversion of the barn and then in 2004 the stunning extension was added with its 2-storey high 2m wide windows, offering a twenty mile view over the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.

Outside, there are three terrace levels from which to enjoy the spectacular views across the valley. Everybody comments on how breathtaking the views are.

Organically cultivated for the 50 years we have owned it, the garden is quite a nature sanctuary and we've counted 30 species of birds from wrens and collard doves to lapwings, curlews, barn owls and sparrow hawks.

Accommodation & Bathrooms

There are six bedrooms in total including a private 1 st floor suite ‘The Panorama Lounge’ comprising of double bedroom, bathroom and large lounge area with a fully fitted kitchen for the host/teacher.

There is also a double bed settee for retreat staff in the lounge area. That leaves five bedrooms with ten beds (7 singles, 4 doubles) for use by your clients. One of the bedrooms has an ensuite. There is a total of 6 bath/shower rooms at the property.

The Barn has three bedrooms above the Lounge. Bedroom 3 (Partridge) has a King size with two single beds and an en suite shower room. Bedroom 4 (Lapwing) has twin beds.

Bedroom 5 (Dove, the Secret Bedroom) is small and has a double bed (OK for a couple or ideal to offer an attendee paying a single supplement to be on their own).

Guests in Beds 4 and 5 have an adjacent shower room as well as additional showers in the Barn and Top Hall. We value deep comfortable sleep and invest in high quality mattresses and most beds have Nikken far-infra red quilts.

In addition, our neighbour has Street Head Cottage next door with five bedrooms and we can work with them to book that extra accommodation if needed.

Yoga & Workshop Spaces

The Big Room:

This large space is ideal for group gatherings for education, meditation or yoga.

It works for eleven mats which is usually the leader and ten guests. The doors open onto the top terrace and there are spectacular views over the gardens to the valley below. This big room opens into the lovely Conservatory where you can enjoy valley views and our private woodland.

All the chairs, light sofas and tables you see in the publicity photos are removed for yoga. There is a CD player and amplifier for playing streamed music or from your smart phone. Speakers in the ceiling.

Room size: 23’6” x 16’7” / 7.17m x 5.05m

Private Suite for Workshop Leader:

The Panorama Lounge on the first floor of the New Building (above the Big Room) has the most breathtaking views, particularly of the sunrise across the Aire Valley.

It is perfect as a quiet, private space and we do suggest that together with Bedroom 6, it is set aside for exclusive use by the workshop leader.

It can also be an additional sleeping space (using the sofa bed) or as a resource room for massages etc (we have a massage table). There is a private bathroom next to this bedroom and a fully fitted kitchen within the lounge area with a large breakfast table.

Several Gathering Spaces: 

In addition to the Big Room, there are five other lounges and gathering spaces: the Conservatory, Panoramic Lounge facing the sunrise, Barn TV Lounge, cosy Tea Parlour and Dining Room with Library area. The Barn Lounge has two large, long sofas and chairs set around a big curved TV.

This can be used for DVDs or as a screen for material projected from a laptop. The Library area in the Dining Room has many books on wellbeing on the wall shelves.

Kitchen & Catering

The kitchen is very well equipped for group meals. Many large plans, dishes, mixing bowls and serving containers. Plenty of crockery for up to 16 and another set of 16 is in storage.

More than 20 settings of cutlery. Spice drawers have condiments and in season, the garden outside has fresh bay
leaves, mint, sage, oregano and lemon balm.  There is a Gas hob, two electric fan ovens, fridge freezer and second tall larder fridge.

Covered food can also be stored in the cold cellar (off the kitchen). We have a hand blender, NutriBullet, Juicer, large slow-cooker, Popcorn maker.

There is a log fire in the kitchen and stools to sit by it. There is a Farmhouse style dining table for buffet service and additional space.

Plenty of space for cooking demonstrations or cookery teaching.  If you don’t want to bring your own cook, we have contact with cooks and catering services who can provide the meals that suit your programme.

Tea Service: 

The Tea Parlour is a sitting area where we keep info about the area and maps for walking. Retreat guests like to use this cosy space to hang out on the sofa and chairs We can set up a separate tea station so that your guests need not disturb the kitchen at break times. There is a cupboard full of vintage tea china.

Dining Room:

This is right next door to the kitchen with a large oak table and seating for 14. There is a second table that be used as an extender or separately for service. For special events, alternative dining can be set up on two large trestle tables (we have large cloths) in the Big Room or out on the terrace (as needed and weather permitting). The trestle tables are stored in the Conservatory.

Amenities

• Super Fast Internet: Even though it is a retreat people still want and expect fast internet. We have now
  managed to upgrade the broadband from a very weak BT signal of 1.5mb to a fast 30mb.
• Parking: there is space to park three cars outside the entrance to the house and 4-5 in the top parking area.
• Catering/chef
• Maintenance and support

Location and how to get there

The Healthy Home is on a hilltop (Cononley Moor) overlooking the Airedale Valley and the craggy tops above Crosshills that connect with the wild moorlands towards the Bronte sisters’ home of Howarth, and the filming location for movie Wuthering Heights.

TRAIN: Six minutes by car to Cononley rail station to take a train east to Leeds and change for London Kings Cross. (London – Cononley/Skipton is just over 3 hours).

Book trains in advance for great value tickets. Ten minutes drive to Skipton where the station also has a rail line running west to Carlisle and up to Scotland (as well as Leeds).

Rental cars can be hired in Skipton, Crosshills and Leeds. Taxis from Skipton station can be booked.

ROAD: The bypass on the A629 means that Bradford is 30 minutes away and that connects with the M62, and the M1 to London.  Two miles away is the county border with Lancashire, with a 10-minute drive to Colne and the M65 motorway connecting western routes, M6 and Manchester.

The Lake District is just one hour away by taking the A65 from Skipton north west to Ambleside. Harrogate is a 45 minute drive east along the A59.

Booking & Contact

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