Waking Up To Life Weekend UK Retreat, May 2025

~ MORE INFO COMING SOON ~

at the exquisite The Quaives Estate in the Canterbury countryside

This is a yoga and embodied wellness retreat, created for real women leading real busy lives.

A warm and welcoming space for those who may have never come to a retreat before.

For those who need some space,  nourishment, reconnection to nature and themselves.

For those who want to feel grounded, clear-headed and powerful in their choices again.

For those who are so used to taking care of everyone else and feel that hunger to be off duty just for a little bit.

For those who want to slow down but find it hard.

For those who want to reemerge from the Winter months feeling ready for all that the Spring and Summer ahead can bring.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

✨ Restorative, Yin & Dynamic Flow Yoga, Embodied Explorations & Breathwork ✨ One of mine and Holly’s shared values is ‘curiosity’. It moves us away from trying to perfect and curate ourselves, and instead move into greater levels of embodied presence, self embrace and powerful awareness. We will move, breathe, explore, ground and set the conditions for deep rest. You’re in seriously good hands. 

✨ Nature ✨ within and around the estate there is abundant space, ancient trees, rolling fields and beauty. Moving from Spring into Summer is about reemerging, reawakening through our senses and reconnecting to the aliveness around and within us. You will not be disappointed here  

✨ Beautiful, Nutritious Gourmet Vegetarian Food ✨ me and Holly bloody love our food and so this was really important to us. Expect every sense to be delighted and your body to be deeply nourished. All allergies, intolerances and preferences can be catered for.

✨ Connection & Rest ✨ we have designed this weekend to ensure you have the space to read your book, have time to yourself, have a nap!! AND also connect with other big-hearted people both in the guided sessions, dinner parties, walking out in nature or over a cuppa

ITINERARY:

* This is a guide to the weekend. All activities are optional and subject to change.

Friday…

2pm Arrive, tea, snacks and get settled

4pm Opening welcome circle

5pm Countryside walk

6.30pm Dinner

8pm Yin & Restorative Yoga

Saturday…

8.30am (optional) Tea and gentle embodied wake up practice in nature

9am Vinyasa Yoga Flow

10.15am Breakfast

11am Free Time

1.30pm Lunch

2pm Free Time

4pm Letting The Heart Lead - visualisation journey, breath work and creative journaling

6pm Intuitive Movement Session - explore your innate vibrancy through embodied and somatic celebratory practices

7.30pm Dinner Party - Celebrating good food, good people & good music.

Submit your favourite tunes for the evening’s playlist!

9pm (optional) Fire Circle

Sunday…

8.30am (optional) Somatic Meditation

9.30am Breakfast

10.30am Free Time

11.30am Resourced & Ready Integration Session - bringing together all that we’ve explored into effective practices you can weave into real life

12.30pm Closing Circle

1.30pm Lunch

2/2.30pm Goodbyes

THE VENUE:

The Quaives is situated 15 minutes from Canterbury, easy to reach from London, and nestled between two idyllic Kent villages, Ickham and Wickhambreaux, with stunning countryside, rivers, and streams all around for optional cold immersions. You will have 19 acres of open space, manicured gardens and winding paths to explore within the grounds leading to private cottages, secret gardens, an underfloor-heated light-filled yoga studio, tennis court, hot tub, outdoor yoga platform, tipi for ceremony's, fire pits & kitchen allotment.

YOUR GUIDES:

You will be compassionately and expertly guided by myself, and by outstanding Embodied Yoga Teacher, Somatic Healer and dear friend, Holly Sutcliffe. Our personal and professional practices have spanned decades, working within education, mental health, grass-roots community projects and activism. We hold community, integrity, care and play at the very heart of everything we do, and this very special retreat will be no different. Between us, you will be offered a rich exploration of embodied movement, vinyasa, yin and deep restorative yoga, ancient ritual, somatic healing therapy, heart-brain-nervous system healing, EFT, holistic life coaching and more.

ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS:

Scandinavian Kula-Dorm

The kula-dorm was once the tack room for the family horses and has now been totally transformed into a beautiful eight adult bunk-bed Scandinavian-style dormitory with 3 spacious toilets and shower rooms

The Cottages

Within the cottages, you have the option of sharing a double room or having solo occupancy. These quaint 1-2 bedroomed cottages have been beautifully renovated all with spacious living areas, kitchen and bathrooms.

If you’ve read to this point, I’m hedging a guess that you’re feeling tempted to join us on retreat, but perhaps you have questions or concerns. So check out our Frequently Asked Questions below, and feel free to drop me an email on hello@hannahrzysko.com

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS…

1) WHAT’S INCLUDED?

• 2 nights accommodation

• 3 daily delicious and nutritious meals, plus snacks and fresh fruit

• Fresh juices, water, tea, coffee served throughout the day

• Daily yoga classes

• Daily meditation classes

• Group excursions/activities

• Parking

• Wifi connection

2) WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED?

• Additional treatments

• Flights costs

• Airport transfer

• Travel Insurance

• Visa fee

3) DO YOU OFFER REFUNDS?

If the retreat is canceled by us, we will refund your payment. If you can no longer attend the retreat, we do not offer refunds so please invest wisely. There may be an opportunity to transfer your payment into credit to be used towards one of my group or 1:1 programmes, but this will be treated on a case-by-case basis.