Spring Retreat
Quaives | 20-22 May 2022
Location.
The exquisite Quaives country estate is set 19 acres of open space, manicured gardens and winding paths leading to private cottages, secret gardens, a yoga studio and tennis court.
The location is easy to access and only 2 hours from London.
We chose this enchanting property specifially as we fell in love with their huge amounts of green space to chill in during the day and escape the city.
What’s Included.
An opportunity to meet with the retreat leaders and other guests on a zoom call before the retreat to explore expectations and answer any last minute questions.
2 nights accommodation with a choice of beautifully styled Scandinavian dormitories or cosy self catering cottages
Daily breath work and yoga activities using a unique approach drawn from different traditional Indian wisdom, enriched with Tibetan tradition and augmented by relevant modern-day science and research
Choose from a range of indulgent relaxation activities including leisurely country walks and bespoke massages and treatments*
Celebrate and set new intentions with our opening and closing ceremonies
Lovingly cooked vegetarian meals using organic and local produce, cooked by a gourmet chef onsite
Expertly designed workshops exploring different techniques to help you let go of things that do not serve you and soak up new ways of re-connecting with your inner self
The luxury of time. We encourage you to do as little or as much that will help you feel refuelled, re-charged and relaxed.
*some activities such as massages come at an additional cost
Download our brochure to find out more about our planned activitiesRetreat Leaders.
Sumiya Basha - Yoga Expert
Poppy Jaman - Mental Health Expert
Jaan Madan - Mental Health Expert
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Sumiya is the founder of Love & Lentils Yoga and a senior yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance.
Following many years practising law in a high-pressure, corporate environment in London and Sydney, she qualified to teach yoga 13 years ago. Her teaching experience began in earnest when she decided to share what she was learning.
Sumiya has spent much time in India exploring the roots of the yogic and Ayurvedic systems and is particularly drawn to traditional and ancient forms of wisdom from around the world.
Sumiya is professionally trained to teach breath work techniques that help restore balance and harmony to the mind and body, and has also partnered with Re-Balance to provide specially-tailored sessions for corporate clients.
With more than a decade’s experience guiding students as they blend yoga practice into their daily lives, Sumiya’s teaching style is accessible and aware, both light and carefully supportive, and always student-led.
She encourages students to cultivate an approach to their own practice that is both mindful and curious, to explore their own connection with yoga and what it means to them, and most importantly to “see what happens”.
Sumiya teaches what she herself practices every day, working intuitively with her students to explore the possibilities inherent in allowing the breath to guide the way.
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Poppy Jaman OBE is British Bangladeshi and one of the co-founders of Re-Balance. She started her career as a community development worker and her passion for supporting the growth of healthier, empowered communities is still very much at the heart of her work. One of her many passions is empowering underrepresented and underserved black, indigenous and women of colour.Poppy has been practicing yoga for 12 years and values the different aspects it brings into her day-to-day. She feels a deep connection to her practice where it plays a key role in her continuing journey of well-being restoration and recovery.
She has also experienced many different retreats around the world and really attunes to the power retreats can have on general wellbeing, physically, mentally and spiritually. Her love for music, colour and movement certainly comes through when she’s dancing in her many sarees!
Poppy is an internationally respected mental health advocate, national policy advisor and social entrepreneur. A global ambassador for mental health in the workplace, CEO of the City Mental Health Alliance and Trustee for The Centre for Mental Health.
Poppy also founded Mental Health First Aid England and served two terms on the PHE Advisory Board.
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Jaan is co-founder of Re-Balance. He thrives on meeting and working with people. His career has followed a belief in the necessity for healthy environments, working both with the individuals that make them up and communities as a whole.
He started learning valuable skills and knowledge as a youth worker, now many years later, he still approaches all his roles from a desire to understand people’s experiences and support them in finding their voice.
Jaan loves nothing more than spending time outside, there’s never a wilderness too big or too small to explore. He is also known to do some open water swimming, running and experiencing new wellbeing techniques such as mindfulness, laughter yoga and loves to share his experiences to help others find their sanctuary of self.
Jaan became interested in yoga through watching the positive impact it had on 2 people close to him - his younger daughter and wife, Poppy. It took time for him to try it for himself, but when he did, he came back for more.
More recently he has grown a deeper interest in developing his own practice to explore how yoga helps to connect him physically and emotionally, as well as a vehicle to share those moments with others.
Pricing
Shared Dormitory
8 single beds (4 x adult bunk beds) in a stylish, cozy, clean spacious room, with 3 modern toilets & shower facilities.
Our dormitories are perfect for solo travellers looking to make new friends!
**2 x spaces remaining**
** SOLD OUT**
Self Catering Cottage (shared)
Our Fuschia cottage comes with 2 bedrooms with the second bedroom having adult bunkbeds.
There is a shared kitchen, lounge and bathroom.
2 x Self Catering Cottage
Our Bumble Bee and Songbird cottages come with en-suite & kitchen/lounge.
Songbird cottage can either be arranged as a double bed or 2 x single beds.
Bumble Bee Cottage available
**Songbird Cottage sold out**
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Getting here.
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The nearest train stations are:
Canterbury West
Canterbury East
If you are coming from London, the quickest trains are from King’s Cross St Pancras or Stratford, and takes about 51 minutes to Canterbury West.
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Take Bridge turn off and turn left at the first junction. Make for Patrixbourne, Bekesbourne. Take the first left at the pancake roundabout, sign posted to Littlebourne. You will pass Howletts Zoo on your way into the village of Littlebourne. At the junction take a right and immediate left onto Nargate Street, and drive all the way along it, following the Little Stour River all the way to Wickhambreaux. You will pass a white Mill on your left, and the village green with The Rose Inn pub on your right. Drive around the green so the pub is now on your left hand side and follow straight ahead into the village and past a village primary school on your left, take the next left turning opposite a thatch cottage. This is Seaton Road, drive all the way and before a sharp bend to the left you will find our gated entrance, right next to a children's playground.
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Take the A257 road to Sandwich. You will go past Canterbury Golf Club on your route to Littlebourne. You need to drive down the hill at Littlebourne passing the recreation ground and the village shop on your left. Take the next left onto Nargate Street following a sign to Wickhambreaux. Drive all the way along Nargate Street, following the Little Stour River until you reach the Wickhambreaux. You will pass a white Mill on your left as you cross over the Little River Stour, and the village green with The Rose Inn pub on your right. Drive around the green so the pub is now on your left hand side and follow straight ahead into the village and past a village primary school on your left, take the next left turning opposite a thatch cottage. This is our road, Seaton Road, drive all the way and before a sharp bend to the left you will find our gated entrance, right next to a children's playground.
If you have problem finding us you may be on The List as we share a post code with our neighbour on the other side. Zoom into maps and make sure you head down Seaton Road, we are right next to a children's playground.