About The Retreat

2024 Dates

23rd – 26th August

Join us for a long weekend of wellness on our August bank holiday yoga retreat Norfolk at our stunning eco-retreat centre. Enjoy beautifully landscaped gardens with a Japanese garden and swimming lake.

One of the best times of year to stay at this retreat centre, when the summer is at its peak and the grounds are truly stunning in all their glory.

Enjoy yoga outside in the sunshine in the morning to energise and enjoy a more restorative practice in the evening on this august bank holiday yoga retreat in Norfolk. Enjoy a guided walk to Castle Acre on the first afternoon and a yoga workshop with your teacher on the second afternoon.

We love it here and have been running our yoga retreats here for 14 years! As an eco-retreat centre, everything has been built with sustainability at the heart of all that they do.

There is a swimming lake where you can row boats, a newly developed garden with meandering paths, a Japanese garden and fire pits to stargaze in the evenings. There is also an outdoor heated pool to cool off and take the heat off and a garden cafe where you can enjoy a coffee and cake after a swim.

Find a connection to nature in the expansive grounds and find enjoy meeting new people. Reconnect to you and release tensions and stresses of everyday life.

Enjoy a guided walk to castle Acre and the next day take a day trip to Holkham beach if you came by car.

Venue

As an eco-retreat centre, everything has been built with sustainability at the heart of everything they do. There is a swimming lake where you can row boats, a newly developed meandering garden with paths, a Japanese garden and fire pits to stargaze in the evenings.

There is a Kitchen Garden Cafe where you can enjoy a latte or chai and connect with others staying at the venue. There is also an outdoor heated pool.

Yoga

Morning yoga on your August bank holiday yoga retreat Norfolk:

During your yoga retreat in Norfolk, you will be treated to 2 x 2-hour classes a day. Enjoy an energising flow class in the morning to increase flexibility and strength while making you feel relaxed, leaving plenty of time for meditation and savasana. Get what you need from each class by going inward and really listening to your inner wisdom so that you can nourish and revive in the individual way that you need.

Evening yoga on your August bank holiday yoga retreat Norfolk:

The evening yoga class will be more restorative finding yourself in longer holds, allowing the body to open up in its own time. Feel grounded, calm and nourished from the evening practice.

If it is warm and sunny yoga will be outside.

About the teacher

Melanie has a wealth of experience working on retreats since 2014. A dedication to yoga and its lifestyle led her to train with Frog Lotus yoga International Spain alongside her holistic therapy career.

From teaching to hosting to massaging, her skill set is vast. Her classes are holistic in style using the meridians and chakra system and bringing in a magical workshop feel as well as knowledge on the philosophy of yoga and its root.

Expect her classes to be compassionate, mindful and nurturing in feel which encompass her optimistic, vibrant yet peaceful personality. Melanie aims to give each Yogi something to take away with them to work on physically or mentally.

Melanie joins us at Adventure yogi and now lives in Manchester the North West of the UK where she holds regular classes and workshops mainly in Yin Yoga her specialist yoga style where she takes you through a journey of the meridians.

Her vinyasa flow classes are often chakra based learning about these powerful energetic centres through movement breath and meditation to help settle each and every yogi into the retreat.

Retreat schedule

The yoga retreat starts from 4 pm on so that you can settle in and relax before the yoga class that starts at 6 pm – 8 pm and then dinner.

We finish at 11 am after the usual morning schedule and breakfast.

Daily Itinerary

8am – 8.25am
Silent meditation walk in the grounds

8.30am – 10.30am
Morning Yoga & Meditation Class

10.30am
Brunch served, wholesome, healthy, filling, creative

12pm-5pm
Free time to read and relax

1pm – 3.30pm
Saturday – a walk to Hill Fort with packed lunch.

12pm – 5pm
Sunday – relax at the venue, drive to Holkham Beach if you came by car, try other walks

5pm – 7pm
Evening yoga and meditation class

7.15pm
Delicious vegetarian feast

9pm
Fire pit star gazing

10pm
Bedtime!

Cuisine

We believe that our retreats should be nurturing in every way. So our Vitality Chefs will create tasty, healthy, vegetarian meals for you from local, seasonal produce.

All of our food is gently detoxing and we cater to various dietary preferences. Our guests are always impressed by our creative, flavoursome dishes — that’s because the food is just as important to us as the yoga.

Accommodation

These luxury en-suite rooms combine a rustic charm with quirky modern twists. They are nestled in a courtyard formation around the Barn which is the yoga, dining and chill-out space. The main barn has underfloor heating throughout, wood burners and big cosy sofas in a living space to relax into.

Each bedroom has original artworks by renowned artist Oliver Barnett, giving each room a unique interpretation of a natural scene creating a perfect harmonious colour balance with the handmade curtains and cushions. All of the bedrooms and bathrooms have their own underfloor heating. They also have super comfortable, extra thick sprung mattresses and high-quality cotton linen.

Twin or double rooms: The rooms are spacious enough for two people to share a room comfortably, with cosy single beds and crisp linen and beautiful en-suite bathrooms that have either a bath or a shower room.

Triple rooms: These rooms have the same thoughtful eco-design as the twin or double rooms but with an extra area which is a day bed for the third person in this lovely triple. There is a spacious en-suite bathroom also.

Single rooms: We have limited single rooms available and they have a single supplement of £150.

Retreat price

A twin/double room is for two people sharing either two single beds or a double bed.

The main barn rooms:

Shared Twin/Double with ensuite bathroom £749pp

Single occupancy with en-suite bathroom £899pp

This is a room for 1 person with a double bed

The Cottages:

Shared Twin with ensuite bathroom £649pp

Single occupancy with en-suite bathroom £849pp

Includes

• Cosy Barn accommodation set in 21 acres of thoughtfully designed gardens surrounded by beautiful Norfolk countryside
• 2-hour morning yoga practices to energise and awaken
• 2-hour evening yoga to unwind and calm with restorative practices, meditation and Yoga Nidra
• Silent meditation walks pre-yoga in the morning around the lake
• Delicious wholesome and hearty vegetarian / vegan brunch
• Light lunch on one day and packed lunch on walk day
• Delicious and creative 2 course vegan evening meal
• Saturday afternoon: Guided afternoon walk to Castle acre to refresh and invigorate
• Sunday afternoon: relax and enjoy the grounds, have a massage, a swim or wild swim in the lake
• Use of the swimming pool, swimming lake and extensive grounds
• Yoga equipment

Does not include

* Travel to and from the venue
* Treatments are extra

What past guests have said

“I arrived full of physical tension and I’m leaving radiating sunshine! Thank you for making this possible! I loved it ALL!”

“An amazing, relaxing and nourishing weekend, I met incredible teachers and people and go home inspired. Thank you.”

“Can’t wait to return. Please do another just the same next August. The perfect escape and I’m sad to leave but feel mended and with a happy heart.”

Location and how to get here

By Car
We are situated in Norfolk to the east of Kings Lynn. The nearest town is Swaffham, to the South. If you are driving, we send out travel information in the welcome pack.

By train
The train station is Downham Market, 30 minutes from the venue. We offer a complimentary service to arrange taxi share if you catch the recommended train times.

We recommend that those travelling from London catch the following trains:
Departs London Kings Cross 13.44
Arrives Downham market 15.07

Departs Downham market 12.08
Arrives Kings Cross 13.35