About The Retreat

Dates:

23rd – 26th May

22nd – 25th August

26th – 29th September

Join us in the spring, summer or autumn for our 3 night hiking and yoga holiday in the Lake District.

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.

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.

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.

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 Teachers

May: April Davis
April’s journey with yoga, philosophy, and astrology began over twelve years ago, when she first stepped onto the mat and discovered a way to move her body with fluidity. From that moment, she felt a deep connection to her authentic self, and the journey began. As a surfer with a great love for the ocean, and a soul drawn to the trees and mountains, April finds solace in nature whenever she can. In the warmth of summer, you can often find her by the coast, immersed in the water, or setting off on spontaneous adventures in her van.

Having taught yoga for several years, April brings a compassionate, somatic approach to her practice. April’s initial 200hr Hatha Yoga teaching training was a beautiful life-changing experience, which led to further training within embodied yin, restorative yoga and vinyasa flow, her guidance encourages students to feel into their own bodies and explore their unique authenticity. Ever the student herself, April is currently deepening her knowledge through sound and somatic movement practices, weaving new insights into her teachings.

Beyond her hatha, hot yoga flow, yin, and restorative weekly yoga classes, and her work on retreats around the world, April is studying to become a psychotherapist, with a masters in Psychology of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Her vision is to merge her expertise in somatic yoga, intuitive movement, astrology, and sound with creative psychotherapeutic modalities, creating a space where she can serve as an integrative holistic therapist.

August: Melanie May
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.

September: Meriel Hubart
Meriel offers warm, welcoming classes that blend dynamic Vinyasa and restorative yoga, with a focus on feeling good in your body. Brought up in a family that values well-being and self awareness, she has a natural interest in personal growth. She loves bringing people together through movement, connection, and shared experiences – always with plenty of fun and laughter.

With a love of travel – exploring and learning about new cultures and languages, being creative with paints and textiles, being immersed in nature gathering from hedgerows, hiking, wild swimming, and all things adventurous, she infuses her teaching with a fun-loving, authentic, lighthearted spirit.

A 500-hour trained teacher, Meriel studied in India under Yogacharya Lalit Kumar and has over six years of full-time teaching experience.

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

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

All the rooms are en-suite.

Twin/double room with en-suite bathroom:
Price: £749pp

Single en-suite:
Price: £899

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.