Retreats
The Yoga for Life Project Founder & Director Claire Whalley, offers a series of nourishing, reviving and therapeutic yoga retreats in some of the most idyllic retreat locations across the UK, Europe and India.
The Retreats
Across a long weekend, Claire aims to bring you true respite from your daily routine and from the stresses that can come with life. All retreats will include morning meditation or a silent walk bringing you back into the present and heightening your senses to the natural world, morning yoga, evening restorative yoga and yoga nidra – the practice of conscious sleep. Claire will weave yoga philosophy into the classes enabling you to come to a better understanding of self and a more meaningful life. As an all year round outdoor swimmer, Claire likes to share the mental and physical benefits of swimming and will take you to some wonderful sea and river locations. There will also be opportunities for relaxing, walking and massage. Some of the retreats also offer art and or foraging and cooking.
Working with Cancer/Long Covid & burn out.
As a specialist yoga instructor working with people living with Cancer and Long Covid/autoimmune conditions and burn out, Claire also offers specialist retreats tailored to the people present. Contact Claire for more info: claire@theyogaforlifeproject.co.uk
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Retreats for special groups/parties…
Claire offers bespoke yoga retreats for special events including birthdays, friend getaways and work away weekends. contact claire@theyogaforlifeproject.co.uk
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Terms & conditions
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Students receive a full discount if they cancel up to a month in advance.
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Students receive 50% if they cancel up to 2 weeks in advance
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Any cancellation under 2 weeks cannot be refunded.
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If students can fill their place then a full refund can be given on receipt of payment for the replacement booking.
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If there is a lock down students will be entitled to transfer to another date or receive a refund.
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If the teacher becomes sick or unable to take the retreat, a suitable replacement teacher will be found and the refund policy will still apply.
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Scroll down to explore our retreats
Idyllic Devon Retreats with yoga & swimming
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Situated in the heart of rural Devon, in the most stunning rolling landscape between Exmoor & Dartmoor, warmed by open fires and calmed by beautiful gardens, in this beautiful cob & thatch, 17th century home, this nurturing retreat, will take you off the beaten track and back in time. You will find yourself in one of the most beautiful & peaceful places you have ever experienced. Feel the layers of tension release.
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With Dartmoor on the doorstep, you can enjoy some fresh water swims in the crystal clear rivers and magical pools.
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In winter, join therapeutic yoga teacher, Claire Whalley and enjoy winding down, cocooning in, nourishing and restoring. In spring, enjoy restoring, revitalizing and embracing new beginnings. In summer, take the time to reassess and recharge, embracing the positivity and vitality of summer. In autumn, like the trees losing their leaves, release & let go so you can embrace a new quality of openness and acceptance. Through breathwork, meditation, gentle yoga, yoga nidra (the practice of conscious sleep) and immersion with nature, allow your nervous system to destress and take the opportunity to release any tension you’re holding in the body.
Revitalise your body with nourashing, freshly cooked and locally sourced vegetarian cuisine. (All food requests can be catered for). Enjoy the healing balm of the local countryside and the refreshing waters. And expect to return home feeling re-energised, with a sense of purpose, ready to embrace new beginnings. ​
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Dates for 2024 - option to stay 2 or 3 nights:
28-31 March
11-14 April
3-5 May
13-16 June
5-7 July
9-11 August
11-14 October
1-3 November
5-8 December
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Nearest Station Crediton (2hr 15’ journey from London Paddington)
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Early booking advisable
£495pp (2-night) or £695pp (3-night) in a double room. Single or shared occupancy.
£450 ( 2-night) or £650 (3-night) mezzanine single upstairs
£450 ( 2-night) or £650 (3-night) mezzanine single garden room
£300 (2-night) or £425 (3-night) bring tent and camp in garden
Bring a Friend and receive 10% off for yourself and your friend
contact claire@theyogaforlifeproject.co.uk for bookings
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Yoga, Swim & Art Retreats at Tiptoe Tree Lodge, The New Forest, Seaside Retreat
Join yoga teacher Claire Whalley and swim coach Angus McChesney on this uplifting mid summer’s retreat.
Angus will be guiding us on some exciting sea swims. Coastal swims with views of the Isle of Wight or if weather permits, wild swimming off a boat, exploring the sandy beaches, coves and caves around the Needles of the Isle of Wight.
Claire will be offering uplifting outdoor practice outside in the gardens of Tiptoe Lodge, in the New Forest and on the beach, tapping into our summer energy and embracing the mid-summer sunshine. Before breakfast she will be offering guided breath work and meditation to tap into our inner stillness and at sundown, a gentle restorative yoga practice and yoga nidra, the practice of conscious sleep, to ease physical and emotional
tension from the body and welcome in a night of good sleep.
Delicious vegetarian or vegan food, locally sourced from Tiptoe Lodge’s garden will bring you sustenance. Expect to return home feeling revitalised and with an inner sense of deep peace & harmony. Opportunities also to have an art class with artist Annabel Eyres.
26-28 July
22-25 August
27-29 September
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£350pp (2-night) or £500pp (3-night) for the glamping yurt for 2
£485pp (2-night) or £695pp (3-night) for a shared room
£535 (2-night) or £750 (3-night) for a single room
£60 boat supplement for swim trip to Isle of Wight
Bring a Friend and receive 10% off for yourself and your friend
contact claire@theyogaforlifeproject.co.uk for bookings
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Healing Retreats and Cancer Retreats in Little Blakenham​
A therapeutic yoga retreat to give your body & mind a chance to really nourish and restore
Join therapeutic yoga teacher Claire Whalley & specialist chef/nutritionist Daphne Lambert for a few days of tranquility and nourishment of the body, mind & soul. Claire will guide you through meditation, breath work, reviving and restorative yoga practices, all tailored to your specific individual needs. There will be optional discussion designed to welcome openness and acceptance and opportunities for gentle, beautiful walks in the gardens and woods of Cottage Farm, which has a heated pool. This along with delicious, healing, plant based dishes, created from from fresh seasonal produce will invite your natural system of self-repair to switch on, enabling you to return home with a revived sense of energy and inner harmony. Daphne will also offer a kitchen demonstration.
2024 dates TBA
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Single room: £500
Shared room: £450pp
contact claire@theyogaforlifeproject.co.uk for bookings
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Special Long Covid Retreats
As well as scheduled retreats we can create bespoke ones to times that suit you.
2024 dates & locations TBA
contact claire@theyogaforlifeproject.co.uk for bookings
Private groups/Party's
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We can create bespoke retreats tailored to your times and needs. Extra activities include foraging and cooking wild foods to support the immunity, art, writing, yoga philosophy, swimming, creating herbal remedies to support our health.
