Retreats
Women’s Wellness and Yoga Retreat at Sunset Bay Chapel, Wales 10th-16th June 2024
Would you like to be part of a deeply nurturing and balancing yoga and well-being immersion experience set in the stunning Sunset Bay Chapel on the gorgeous Cambrian Coast?
This women-only retreat will give you the space to breathe, come back to yourself, relax, clear your head, reassess, and reconnect to who you are as a woman, helping you move forward in your life with renewed energy, vitality, enthusiasm, and inspiration.
Through a rich variety of yoga, meditation, group experiences, and holistic therapies, you will be able to take a pause and connect with your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies. We will teach you effective, practical strategies to boost your energy, resilience, and fitness levels, introduce good healthy habits, relax and release your tensions, and calm your mind.
This is an opportunity to come together with like-minded women, share stories and experiences, make new friendships, and support each other in learning new skills, journaling, and receiving insights.
There will be an abundance of delicious healthy food, lots of time for fresh air and walks, and time for quiet, laughter, and connection.
Agenda to include:
1.Two daily yoga sessions led by two experienced teachers in the enchanting main hall of Ty Capel or the chapel’s serene zen garden.
2.Group sessions exploring a range of holistic practices: circle discussions, journaling, self-compassion, auricular acupuncture, movement to music, meditation, reiki and HeartThread Body Wisdom therapies.
3.How to use yoga, breathing, meditation, and relaxation techniques across a variety of themes to support well-being, including reducing stress and anxiety, regulating the nervous system, managing strong emotions, trauma, and feelings of overwhelm; decreasing fatigue and promoting good sleep; building strength and resilience of body, mind, and spirit; increasing self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-esteem for self-development and self-fulfilment; exploring stillness and movement; expanding awareness of pelvic floor health; and providing nutrition for the body and soul.
4.An individual holistic therapy session for healing, relaxation, and supporting your journey.
There will be time each day to rest or explore the local surroundings. Tywyn Beach is only seven minutes away, a huge expanse of sandy beach stretching from north of the seaside town of Tywyn down to the Dovey Estuary, and the harbour of Aberdyfi several miles to the south. Delight in fresh air, beach walks, and sea dips.
You can also relax in the retreat’s own hot tubs. As add-ons (for an extra payment), you can treat yourself to a massage and/or pre-book paddleboarding sessions.
The retreat is fully catered and will provide nourishing and nutritious breakfast, lunch, and dinner to complement wellness, prepared by our very own chef.
Sunset Bay Ty Capel (https://www.sunsetbayretreats.com/)in Wales is rated ‘Excellent’ on TripAdvisor and listed as one of the top ten UK retreat hosts in 2023 by The Guardian, Vegan and Food, and Living Magazine, and Townhouse Magazine.
We aim for you to leave the retreat feeling rested, inspired, and empowered to re-engage in your world with newfound skills, enthusiasm, inspiration, and resilience.
Price: £1300 shared accommodation, £1750 single occupancy.
To Book your space please contact Elly @ purpleelly@sky.com
Your Retreat Hosts
Gabriella Angus
Gabriella is a holistic therapist, teacher, lightworker, and shamanic practitioner with more than three decades of experience. She has worked extensively with clients from all walks of life, both individually and in groups, and has witnessed the positive effects that holistic therapies can have on people. She is deeply committed to women's health and well-being, having conducted her first women's workshop in 2003. Since then, she has facilitated numerous workshops, courses, and retreats and remains as impassioned as ever.
Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step in your life. Tip toe if you must but take the step!”
Well. that was Clare in 2018! After a 30-year career at senior management level in local government and a life of multi-tasking family and work life, her ‘wheels fell off’ and she needed a change and refocus. Inspired by her early career roots and degrees in Sports Science and PE teaching, and enthusiasm for an active lifestyle, Clare first committed to a regular yoga practice and fell in love! Clare’s personal practice is Ashtanga yoga, and her passion for the practice has grown because it makes her feel stronger, more flexible, calmer, and inspired to achieve; and she can see improvement like no other practice.
Over the last 5 years, Clare has studied the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Foundation Course and qualified as a BWYQ L4 500-hour Diploma in Yoga Teacher. She is also an accredited Menopause Yoga teacher and trained Ashtanga teacher with the renowned David Swenson. As a qualified Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) Diploma Practitioner in Executive / Business Coaching, Clare tries to enhance her yoga teaching with conversation skills to support students who want to improve their health and wellbeing.
Clare firmly believes yoga is for ‘every body’ and aims to vary yoga practice to meet all needs, as well as support, motivate and provide the tools to anyone facing life’s mental and physical challenges to keep as mobile and active as possible for them, take moments to restore, and help reduce stress, anxiety and overwhelm – and at 60 years old she can definitely say it’s never too late to start!
Eliane Codiroli
Eliane Codiroli is the founder of the Hertford Yoga Shala. She qualified as a Yoga teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) in 2006 and as a BWY Children's Yoga teacher in 2007. In 2014 Elly trained as a Foundation course tutor with the BWY and is now running her 6th course. She has recently trained as a BWY Diploma course tutor and is now running her first BWYQ course. In addition, Elly is trained to teach Ashtanga Yoga Mysore and is a Senior Teacher registered with the Yoga Alliance.
Elly is a passionate and versatile Yoga teacher. Her own chosen Spiritual practice is Ashtanga Mysore. However, she also loves teaching traditional Hatha Yoga, Gentle/Restorative Yoga, Children’s/Teen Yoga, Vinyasa Flow and Yoga for people with disabilities. Elly believes that anyone can do yoga and that therefore Yoga is fully inclusive. Her classes are generally small (6-13 people). Elly strives to create a supportive environment within her Yoga groups with regular social outings to help the group bond. For Elly yoga keeps her mind and body healthy and helps her deal with the stresses and difficulties in life. Elly has seen many people benefit from Yoga in a variety of different ways.
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