A retreat is not an escape, it’s not a place to hide. A retreat is a space of discovery, of exploration, to remember who you really are, and how you can live. During these five days you will find your flow, transitioning away from the noise of what we call modern living. Anxiety, worries, self doubt, loss and fatigue from the burnout of “everything” will be released.
All the thinking has been done for you. Complimenting the yoga, meditation and healing schedule is an opening fire ceremony, cold water swim, forest swimming and outdoor sauna. In addition there is full moon bathing and forest walks. Our retreat programs are thoughtfully balanced, subtlety moving from one space to the next physically, emotionally and spiritually.
In addition to all-over physical health and improved brain function, we help to ease worry and doubt that create anxiety, fatigue and low self worth to leave you with a deeper sense of happiness and joy. This all helps the relationships with yourself, your family and the people around you to improve.
The continued healing energy will permeate your system for up to four weeks after you leave the retreat.
There is no prerequisite to join this experience. Surprise yourself, learn new ways of moving, new ways of being through the practice of yoga, meditation and breathwork, unlock blocked energetic pathways and thought patterns with Pranic Healing.
Meet Our Coach – Mickey Monroe
Mickey’s goal is to help people thrive by living better lives at work, home or play! Starting from the inside out. Mickey is a teacher who encourages and inspires her students to reach their full potential. Her unique, avant garde approach to wellbeing leads to increased productivity and creativity in all aspects of life. She has over 30 years’ experience in wellness, human resources and training with an emphasis on improving happiness, wellbeing, stress and anxiety management.
An International Yoga Alliance certified Vinyasa and Yin Yoga teacher, Macrobiotic Kushi Institute Practitioner and advanced Pranic Healer. Her dedication to the practice has formed a unique teaching style that is bold and empowering.
An authentic charismatic ambassador for healthy living, Mickey lives a life where there are no limits. Combining her love of healthy living she returned to modelling at the age of 51 after a 25 year gap. Restarting a successful career in the 80’s as a model in Tokyo, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, New York and London, fronting the covers of i-D Magazine, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and the closing copy of 80’s iconic magazine Honey, to now a face for over 50’s women. Mickey has been featured in commercials for Marks and Spencer, John Lewis and Schwarzkopf, to name a few.
Glamour and high-octane environments are a fun arena but Mickeys passion is to be able to help others reach their full potential.
The location for our Yoga and Healing Retreat is Broughton Sanctuary in Yorkshire UK. The sanctuary is enveloped in a deep sense of the sacred. Steeped in history, there have been catholic services held within the Hall’s very own chapel every day for the last 400 years. This stunning chapel carries a profound sense of stillness and silence, a portal to the divine, regardless of which faith or background you come from.
The Tempest family are the sanctuary custodians and have lived in the area for over one thousand years. The Tempest’s are one of the oldest Catholic recusancy families in Britain. They were martyrs for their faith and were persecuted throughout the reformation. Their ancestors were in fact killed for their faith on the land, the highest act of devotion.
The current custodians have been turning Broughton into a universalist, non-dogmatic Centre of Light to hold space for deep transformational work. They have incorporated the golden mean and fibonacci (natures design) into new building structures and design, including the state-of-the-art Wellbeing Centre, Avalon. Through the use of organic shapes, textures and colours, and by bringing nature indoors through the use of glass-fronted studios and rooms, the space has a calming effect on the mind and carries a great sense of peace. A few years ago, after incorporating the fibonacci into designs across the Estate they found that amazingly the Hall was built on the only Fibonacci number in over one thousand years, in 1597, an incredible synchronicity.
ITINERARY
DAY 1 SUNDAY MARCH 5
14.00 ARRIVAL Open Space for arrival, coffee & tea available.
16.00 CHECK IN rooms will be available
16.45 OPENING FIRE CEREMONY: walking through the gate of transformation, fire circle. Introductions, a sharing opportunity. Cleansing Chanting with OM, powerful cleansing through the emotional, mental, physical planes
Walk back through the woods, enjoy the fresh air and beautiful Broughton estate. Weather permitting, alternative yoga at Avelon if its raining
19.00 DINNER and evening talk with Mickey; what is manifestation, how to heal, letting go. Candlelight meditation
DAY 2 MONDAY MARCH 6
07.15 SILENT MORNING START, HOT LEMON, YOGI TEA available
07.30 CHANTING, MEDITATION in the Hall
08.30 BREATHWORK & YOGA Avelon Wellbeing Energising practice
10.30 BRUNCH
12.30– TIME OUT Opportunity to book a treatment, or healing with Mickey. Relax enjoy the indoor pool and sauna
15.00 AFTERNOON TEA
16.00– YIN YOGA Avelon Deep relaxation practice
18.00– EARLY DINNER
Evening walk to sacred stones, stargazing walk with Mickey
Day 3 TUESDAY MARCH 7 FULL MOON
07.00 SILENT MORNING, allowing a space for reflection, yogi tea and hot lemon water
07.30 CHANTING MEDITATION a guided pranic healing meditation
08.30 DYNAMIC YOGA fire up the energy. Strong physical energising practice with Mickey
10.00 BRUNCH
13.00 COLD WATER SWIM AND SAUNA , cleansing preparation for full moon
15.00 AFTERNOON TEA
Time Out, relax, opportunity for a pre booked treatment at Avelon, healing session with Mickey
18.00 DINNER
19.30 Pranic Healing group meditation, with powering energising channelling on projects, hopes and dreams for the future, more than manifesting,,,make it happen!! This will happen outdoors at the stones weather permitting
DAY 4 WEDNESDAY MARCH 8
07.00 SILENT MORNING, allowing space for reflection, yogi tea and hot lemon water
07.30 CHANTING MEDITATION
08.30 YOGA POWER Lifting up the energy to the surface, a fun liberating practice
10.00 BRUNCH
12.00 MOON BATHING due to the time of year we have scheduled this in here rather than the late afternoon or evening
15.00 AFTERNOON TEA.
TIME OUT relax, opportunity for a pre booked treatment. Enjoy the Avelon pool and sauna, explore the grounds. Opportunity for healing session with Mickey.
19.00 DINNER PARTY IN HALL DINING ROOM Last supper, dress up dinner with mock-cocktails – please note this is an alcohol free retreat
DAY 5 THURSDAY 9 MARCH LAST DAY
07.00 SILENT MORNING, allowing a space for reflection, yogi tea and hot lemon water
07.30 EARLY MORNING WALK BACK THROUGH THE GATE OF TRANSFORMATION , THE OTHER WAY AROUND. meditation
08.30 VINYASA YOGA a grounding but spiritually uplifting practice…Go home on a high !!
10.00 BRUNCH.
Checkout at 10, have brunch then at leisure until 12 NOON
