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A restful, multisensory mini-retreat for spring
A feast for the senses. Take time to nourish your body and revive your mind though guided aroma, movement, taste, rest and healing touch.
Join Ellen from Amberluna Apothecary and Marianne Swift Therapies for a nourishing spring mini-retreat.
Scroll down to find out more, or read more about your facilitators.
What to expect
During this 3 hour mini-retreat, you'll cosy up with plenty of blankets, bolsters and yoga mats in Montpellier-based yoga studio, YogaSara.
You'll boost your wellbeing through aromatherapy, blending and tasting fresh, cleansing spring herbal teas, and nourish the body and mind with a nurturing, gentle yoga session with experienced yoga instructor and psychotherapist Marianne Swift.
Medical Herbalist and Aromatherapist Ellen will guide you through creating an aromatherapy blend to support you through spring, as well as a bespoke organic tea blend - both of which you’ll be able to take home.
You’ll then receive some more deeply restorative yoga practice with Marianne along with hands-on aromatherapy massage with Ellen and finally, you’ll sink deep into rest with a guided Yoga Nidra relaxation with Marianne.
You should know
Participants are encouraged to bring anything that makes them cosy and comfortable. Mats, blankets and bolsters are all available at YogaSara but please bring jumpers, socks and more, we actively encourage it so you’ll be as warm as cosy as possible.
You'll also need to have layers which allow access to your shoulders, neck and upper arms for the massage section of the retreat, and perhaps wear something you wouldn't mind getting oily.
ALLERGIES AND HEALTH CONDITIONS
For your safety and wellbeing, please email us if you are pregnant, have allergies or a health condition as we’ll be using a range of natural herbs, foods and oils in the session.
Price
£65 pp.
We have 20 spaces available, and booking is essential. Some low cost spaces are available - please contact us for details.
Your facilitators
Marianne Swift
Marianne Swift is an experienced Yoga Facilitator and Psychotherapist based in East Bristol.
Her love for yoga revolves around our relationship with ourselves, and with others. Endlessly curious about movement, she is passionate about the benefits of yoga for both our physiology and mind. Through her practice and teaching, she explores how playful, accessible and mindful movement boosts our overall wellbeing and can help to improve our mental health.
Ellen Rowland
Ellen Rowland is a Medical Herbalist, Aromatherapist, and the founder of AmberLuna Apothecary.
Ellen believes that wellbeing should be accessible and inclusive. Through AmberLuna Apothecary, she supports neurodivergent people to live and feel well, and provides a range of therapeutic treatments, books, workshops and events to engage and inspire communities with the natural world, and connect us to each other.