About The Retreat

Dates:

12th – 15th September

17th – 20th October

Autumn is such a beautiful time to experience a hiking and yoga retreat in the Lake District. The colours are turning from a vibrant green to hues of red, orange and soft browns. It is one of our favourite times of the year to visit as the crowds are gone and it takes on a slower pace of life.

With majestic mountains to climb, breathtaking views, and beautiful lakes to enjoy a cold water dip, this stunning landscape is a place to immerse yourself and feel connected to nature.

With our qualified and very experienced mountain guides on hand to lead the day hike, and your yoga teachers to lead a more gentle yet equally as stunning walk to Tarn Howes directly from our retreat centre, immerse yourself in nature and feel the benefits of this, being away from the frenetic and urban landscape of your day to day living. Take a packed lunch and just sit and watch the world go by, or enjoy a bit of forest bathing and meditation.

The chef is local to the area and set up the first-ever vegetarian restaurant in Ambleside, so from indulgent cuisine to rejuvenating wellness activities, we make sure this Lake District hiking and yoga retreat has something for everyone.

After a day’s excursions, unwind with evening yin and restorative yoga and yoga Nidra, followed by a delicious vegan and vegetarian evening meal. Whilst out in the vast expanse of natural beauty, take a moment to breathe, meditate, and absorb the serenity that te Lake District.

Suitable for those who love more dramatic countryside experience, love hiking or being active. If you have never been hiking before that’s ok, but just bring suitable clothing and your hiking boots, and be prepared to be active!

Accommodation

The house is set in a beautiful location in the heart of The Lake District overlooking extensive gardens with spectacular views.

There are 13 luxury en-suite bedrooms in the main house and there are rooms in outer buildings, which are freshly decorated in a traditional/contemporary style. There is a choice of single occupancy rooms, double beds or twin sharing rooms with two single beds.

The public rooms of the house are there for you to relax in. There’s always a wood-burning stove will keep you toasty warm.

It’s luxuriously decorated, with stylish bedrooms, bathrooms and public areas. The atmosphere is calm and relaxing and with a feeling of space. It’s the perfect place to switch off and take some time out for yourself.

The house is surrounded by 80 acres of gardens comprising of patio gardens, a vegetable area, wildflower lawns, orchards, woodland and grazing land.

Cuisine

The food on this Lake District yoga retreat is catered to you by the venue. The venue owner is a vegan/vegetarian chef and they source organic and locally sourced ingredients. The breakfast is pre-ordered and is a choice of cereals or porridge, a choice of eggs and hot cooked breakfast, juice, coffee, tea and herbal teas.

Lunch is a packed lunch to take with you on your hikes each day. Dinner is a 2-course dinner inspired by different countries, created by the chef and all diets are welcome please let us know beforehand.

Yoga

Our classes for our yoga retreat in the Lake District are really special, with natural light coming into the purpose-built, high ceiling yoga shala overlooking the mountains.

It’s glass-fronted with spectacular views, wooden floors and lots of room to stretch out as well as a wood burner to keep warm in the colder months. It’s a truly inspiring space to practice yoga.

There will be two staggered yoga classes for each yoga session scheduled to accommodate the group in order to follow the guidelines of social distancing. The yoga teacher will create a more dynamic class in the morning to get you ready for the days hike and the evening class will be slightly longer to enable deep relaxation with yoga nidra.

Yoga Teacher

Maddie Rowland

Maddie is a professional vocalist and musician, Sound Healer and Yoga Teacher from Cornwall. Over the last 10 years she has been sharing her love for Yoga and Music between Cornwall, Portugal, Sri Lanka and Bali, facilitating workshops, kirtans, retreats and 200 & 300 HR Yoga teacher training programmes with Spanda Institute.

Trained in Vinyasa Flow style and Hatha yoga, mindfulness, Trauma sensitive yoga and sound healing, Maddie creates a safe and soulful space for her students to explore their bodies through dynamic, energy shifting flows and meditative movement.

In her classes Maddie combines her passion for world music and sound, using a variety of instruments and channelled vocals to create a healing space, guiding you along a journey of sound and moving meditation.

Alongside a passion for surfing, Maddie has spent time focusing on Yoga for Surfers, combining breath-work and surf specific movement practices to support people in the water. When not on the mat, you can find Maddie exploring the best surf spots , or skateboarding with her female Skate collective which she runs in Cornwall, Wild Women Skate!

Retreat schedule

The hikes are intermediate level. If you are an inexperienced hiker we recommend practising before coming on this retreat or choosing our Peak District retreats where the hiking is accessible for beginner hikers.

Your hiking yoga retreat starts from 4pm and on the last day departure time is at 11am

The two full days of the retreat follow the daily schedule opposite.

8am – 9.30am
Morning yoga and meditation class to warm up the body ready for the hike

9.45am
Brunch of healthy energy boosting breakfast foods, porridge, eggs

10.30am – 4pm
First day: Let’s go hiking with qualified mountain guides

10.30am – 4pm
Second Day: Guided walk to Tarn Howes with yoga teacher or enjoy something else in the Lake District

5.30pm – 7.30pm
Evening yoga, meditation and Yoga Nidra class

7.45pm
Delicious hearty and wholesome 2 course evening meal

9pm
Relaxation time

Retreat price

Prices are in British pounds

Standard Twin room with en-suite bathroom: £649 per person

Standard Single en-suite: £799

Included

• Cosy guest house accommodation in rural tranquil Lake District
• 3 x 1.5 hrs of morning yoga practice which will energise and awaken sleepy bodies and a variety of types of meditation practice to calm the mind
• 3 x 2 hour evening yoga practices to unwind and calm with restorative practices, meditation and Yoga Nidra
• 3 Delicious wholesome and creative vegetarian/vegan brunch 3 delicious evening meals
• 3 delicious vegetarian/vegan evening meals
• 1 x Guided hike with packed lunch and experienced and qualified guides in the Lake District National Park
• 1 x Guided hike to walk to Tarn Howes with your hike guide and a packed lunch

Not included

• • • Travel to and from the venue
    • Treatments are extra

How to get here

By car

The nearest town to the retreat is Hawkshead in Cumbria which is about a 5-hour drive from London.

By Train

National Rail will release train ticket availability around three months before travel.

The nearest station is Windermere. It’s about 9 miles from the retreat with a taxi journey time of 30 minutes. The journey from London by train is about 4 hours. You will be allowed into the venue from 4 pm, so please aim to arrive in Windermere at 3:30 pm.

Shortly before the retreat starts we will set up a Whatsapp group, which will allow you to organise shared transfers to and from the venue with fellow yogi’s.

Booking

Have a question? To enquire about or make a booking on this Autumn hiking and yoga retreat in the Lake District, get in touch via the form below.