Vinyasa Flow & Yin Yoga Retreat

Join Ananda Yoga Retreats for a restorative four-day yoga retreat in the heart of the Lake District.

Led by teacher Rebecca, this retreat is suitable for all levels and combines flowing Vinyasa Yoga with deeply restorative Yin Yoga, creating a balanced practice that builds strength, improves mobility and encourages relaxation. Whether you’re looking to establish a regular practice or simply enjoy moving your body in beautiful surroundings, you’ll be supported to practise at your own pace.

Surrounded by the breathtaking mountains, lakes and woodlands of the Lake District National Park, you’ll experience the peace and tranquillity that makes this one of the UK’s most inspiring landscapes. Away from the demands of everyday life, this is an opportunity to slow down, reconnect with nature and enjoy a gentler rhythm of living.

Alongside the daily yoga programme, there is plenty of time to relax, enjoy the sauna and cold plunge facilities, explore nearby lakes and walking trails, or simply curl up with a book and take in the beautiful surroundings. The retreat offers the perfect balance of movement, rest and meaningful connection.

As with every Ananda Yoga Retreat, our focus extends beyond the physical practice. We create a warm and welcoming environment where guests feel supported, cared for and connected, allowing space to rest, reflect and return home feeling restored in both body and mind.

Throughout your stay, you’ll enjoy delicious vegetarian meals prepared using fresh, seasonal ingredients, thoughtfully designed to nourish and complement your practice.

Retreat package - 3 nights accommodation, all meals and the full retreat programme.

• Yoga Workshops

    - Morning 3hrs & Evening 2hrs - Vinyasa Flow; Kundalini Yoga & Sound; Yin Yoga & Sound

• Sound healing

   - Crystal bowls; Shamanic Drum; Gong Sound bath

• Yoga Nidra

   (deep semi hypnotic relaxation);

• Philosophy to deepen and enhance your understanding of yoga and the subtle body;

• Guided walks in nature;

• Vegetarian, gluten free nutritional plated meals ( vegan options available and full dietary requirements catered for )

• Unlimited use of our Cold Water Therapy Tanks & Heated Sauna.

  
  

Additional Extras - Massages and facials from our onsite therapists

• Swedish massage

• Aromatherapy massage

• Back & Shoulder massage

• Reflexology

• Reiki

60 Minute treatment - £80

90 Minute treatment - £120

Water Sports on the Lake of Coniston

Kayaking / Paddle boarding 2.5hr sessions - £50

Please add any treatments you would like to prebook into the form at check out. Payments for the treatments are done on the day with the therapist.

The Venue

A Restorative Escape in the Heart of the Lake District

Nestled on the shores of Coniston Water, our beautiful retreat venue offers a peaceful sanctuary surrounded by breathtaking mountain and lake views. Rich in history yet thoughtfully renovated, it provides the perfect setting to slow down, reconnect with nature and immerse yourself in your yoga practice.

With elegant en-suite accommodation, spacious communal areas and a purpose-built yoga shala overlooking the iconic Old Man of Coniston, every detail has been designed to support rest, reflection and wellbeing.

During your stay, you’ll also have the opportunity to enjoy the venue’s stunning outdoor spaces, including landscaped gardens, a glass-fronted sauna, cold water therapy tanks and a communal fire pit. Just a short walk away, Coniston Water offers the chance for wild swimming, paddle boarding or simply enjoying the beauty of one of the UK’s most spectacular national parks.

Whether you’re practising in the light-filled yoga shala, relaxing in the gardens or watching the changing light over the fells, this tranquil setting provides the perfect backdrop for a deeply restorative retreat.

Vinyasa Flow, Yin Yoga Workshops & Sound Baths lead by Rebecca Haslam

From Sanskrit ‘To place in a special way’, Vinyasa aligns a deliberate sequence of poses with the breath to strengthen our mind and body connection.  A portal into self enquiry and discovery, where the emphasis lays less on the external and more on the internal. Moving one breath, one movement in a dynamic and explorative flow to increase and move any stagnant energy within. An opportunity to reconnect, to unravel and ignite our inner fire, not to find but to reconnect with our true self.

Each practice will begin with Pranayama (breath work)and/ or Meditation to bring us into a state of introspection, before moving through carefully curated movements designed to cultivate more of an equilibrium within the body moving both functionally, creatively and playfully. Drawing upon influences of Mandala Yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Rocket and yin weaved with Ancient Yogic Philosophy. A chance to deepen your practice and reconnect with yourself.

Yin works on the subconscious mind, unravelling the stuff we never truly dealt with at the opportune moment when it was held in the conscious mind. As a modern society of suppressants and consumers, we have become masterful at avoiding any kind of emotional discomfort. Over time, all our residual traumas become so deeply ingrained into the subtle fascia layers of our bodies, that they form part of the psyche, lurking deep within, waiting to be later triggered over and over again.

When you practice Yin yoga, you are creating nurturing space within the body and mind, to be present and to experience all of your emotions in full without the feeling of overwhelment. Learning the art of softening, of letting go, and allowing your emotions be present encourages the body to heal and release. Suppressing our feelings day by day becomes exhausting on the mind. Yin yoga creates an internal environment which encourages the mind and body to let go of emotions that aren't serving us well, and become aware of the things that need more of our attention. This helps work through mental blockages and find more peace, as the practice heals us deeply on a cellular level.

Deposits £200 - Final balance due 4 weeks prior to the start of the retreat.