About The Retreat

Join us on our January New Year Peak District retreat! Enjoy time to restore after a busy year, with yoga, amazing hikes, stunning scenery and delicious vegan/veggie food to feel energised and ready for 2025.

You will be staying in a beautiful property that has been finished to a high standard of modern comfort and is situated in the Derbyshire dales.

With uninterrupted views across the valleys of the Peak District, you can do as much or as little as you like on our retreats! Relax by the log burner on one of the many cosy sofas, or enjoy the great outdoors on our guided hikes.

Our days on this Peak District Retreat will be filled but relaxing! Included in the price are two guided hikes with qualified mountain guides directly from the house, a setting intentions workshop for the year ahead, delicious plant-based meals, and yoga to nourish both body and soul..

Yoga

On our January New Year Peak District Retreat, the classes are suitable for all abilities. From beginners to intermediate, everyone is welcome. Our inspiring and experienced teachers are well-practised at adapting the class to everyone’s level.

The yoga teacher will create a more dynamic class in the morning to get you ready for the day’s hike and the evening class will be slightly longer to enable deep relaxation with more restorative yoga styles.

About the teacher

Louise Windsor

Louise began her Yoga journey whilst living a fast-paced lifestyle in London practicing dynamic styles of Hot Yoga. This fitted in with the intensity of her life and opened her up to what it felt like to be truly in the moment. After spending months in India at ashrams and taking her first teacher training, in Hatha Vinyasa Flow, she decided to shift things down a gear and move to Brighton in 2012. It was there that her Yoga mentor suggested to her that even though she was drawn to dynamic Yoga what she really needed was the opposite, to slow things down, to help heal injuries and to find a sense of balance.

It was then Louise discovered Yin yoga, a slow mindful practice that is the perfect tonic to a busy over stimulated world. Louise has since studied Yin with Norman Blair, Sarah Powers and Bernie Clarke and now runs her own Yin Teacher Trainings. She is a life coach, Reiki healer and blends all of this with the philosophy of Yoga & Chinese Medicine when she teaches.

Louise is passionate about helping people create space in their life to connect with themselves, to breathe deeply, to think clearly and listen to their heart’s guidance. Yoga has taught Louise that all you ever have to do is be yourself, just as you are right now and this underlying in her teaching. Louise teachings Mindful Hatha Flow & Yin Yoga and teaches to all levels.

Retreat schedule

On our January New Year Peak District Retreat, arrival is from 4 pm on Tuesday 2nd January. This allows time to settle in before the first yoga class at 6 pm. Dinner will be served at 8.00 pm.

The retreat will then end at 10 am on Friday 5th January 2024 after a shorter yoga class and brunch.

Daily Itinerary

7.30am
Pre yoga teas and snacks

8am – 9.30am
Morning yoga class to energise

9.40am
Brunch of warm and cooked vegan and veggie options

10.30am – 4pm
First day: Guided hike in the peak District with qualified hiking guides with packed lunch

10.30am – 4pm
Second Day: Guided hike in the peak District with qualified hiking guides with packed lunch

5pm – 7pm
Restorative evening yoga class to unwind and calm

7.15pm
2 course vegetarian/ vegan evening meal

9pm
Fire pit, get snuggly with blankets and hot choccy

10pm
Bedtime!

Cuisine

All of our retreat chefs are highly experienced and passionate about their craft. We have always been a vegan/vegetarian company! Expect delicious and creative brunch, lunch, and 2-course evening meal. Each meal will be balanced to keep you energised all day.

If you are out for an all-day hike we will provide you with a healthy packed lunch to keep you re-fuelled. Our food is now 100% organic and locally sourced and we and our chefs are working towards reducing plastic and waste as much as possible.

Accommodation

The perfect blend of rustic with contemporary luxury. This venue is located near Grindleford in the Hope Valley area of the Peak District was recently converted from a cattle shed in 2017 into a truly beautiful retreat space.

The open-plan layout creates a spacious but homely feel, boasting three seating areas through two sitting rooms, a log burner to curl up in front of, and stunning views! There are 11 ensuite bedrooms giving everyone privacy and space. An outdoor fire pit is a perfect spot to enjoy the dark skies for some stargazing and there is an abundance of walks directly from the front door!

Retreat price

A twin/double room is for two people sharing either two single beds or a double bed. If this option isn’t available on the website please email us to ask for availability.

Shared Twin/Double ensuite bathroom Valley views £895pp

Shared Twin/Double ensuite bathroom Patio View £795pp

(a twin is two single beds for two people, a double is a double bed for two people sharing).

Single occupancy, en-suite bathroom and Valley Views £995pp

Single occupancy, en-suite bathroom Patio View £945pp

(A single room has a king size double bed for 1 person)

Includes

• Comfortable cosy accommodation in rural tranquil Peak District, all rooms with en-suite bathrooms
• Modern but cosy house in stunning valley with amazing views
• Morning yoga practice which will energise and awaken sleepy bodies and a variety of types of meditation practice to calm the mind
• Evening yoga practices to unwind and calm with restorative practices, meditation and Yoga Nidra
• Setting intentions workshop
• Delicious wholesome vegetarian/vegan brunches
• Light lunch/ Packed lunch if hiking
• Delicious vegetarian/vegan evening meals
• 2 Guided hikes through the Peak District with qualified guides

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

Although it feels like a million miles away, we are only a 3.5hr drive or a wonderful 2 hour train journey away from central London.

The nearest big train stations are Sheffield and Chesterfield where you will find taxis. It’s about a 20-25 minute journey by car to either Sheffield or Chesterfield.

Chesterfield is the best station from London

Recommended trains from London – Chesterfield

OUT: 14.32 London St Pancras ARR: 16.28 Chesterfield
RTN: 11.55am Chesterfield ARR: 14.31 London Kings Cross

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