Residential Retreats
Retreats are sacred spaces to rest, release what no longer serves and come home to yourself — through yoga, yoga nidra, time in nature, ritual, silence and real human connection. What stays with people most is the feeling of connection — to the earth, to themselves, and to each other. These retreats aren’t just about rest; they’re about remembering who we are when we slow down and feel safe enough to truly be ourselves. Reconnection retreats are created to be affordable, accessible and welcoming to all.
Would you like to experience a Reconnection Day Retreats in Sihlwald Forest? See the Zurich offerings section.
Journey Home Autumn Retreat for Hong Kong leavers, Oxfordshire - FULL
Journey Home Autumn Retreat for Hong Kong leavers, October 10-12th, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire, England
Date: 10-12th October, 2025
Location: Braziers Park, Oxfordshire
A retreat specially created for those who have left Hong Kong and are finding new ground in the UK.
- Gentle, comfortable, accessible yoga for health
- Yoga Nidra and Sound healing for deep relaxation
- Nature connection practices by the leaf shedding trees
- Community sharing circles to be heard and held
A warm, inclusive space to slow down, breathe deeply, and reconnect with yourself, with others, and with the living world around you. A place to release some stress, tension and trauma, to honour your journey, your grief, your hopes— and to support you rooting into your new life. The retreat will be held in English with optional discussion groups in Cantonese. Sliding scale contributions are available to make this retreat accessible to all who feel called.
Braziers Park is a beautiful historic community set in peaceful Oxfordshire countryside. Whether you seek rest, healing, connection, renewal, or simply a pause to listen to your own heart—you are warmly welcome to join.
Journey Home Community Autumn Retreat at Dishma Valley, Davos, Switzerland
Date: 15-16th November, 2025
Location: Dishma Valley, Davos, Switzerland
A weekend to rest, renew, and reconnect with yourself, with others and with Nature.
Set in the stunning Shima retreat space, surrounded by mountains, forests, and rivers, this weekend offers:
✨ Mountain walks with Nature connection practices
✨ Yoga Nidra relaxation, Nourishing yoga & Sound Healing
✨ Outdoor and indoor crafts and games for children
✨ Meditation and Breathing practices for balance
✨ Fire circle on letting go
Retreat Centre
Shima is a beautiful wooden retreat centre in the Dischma Valley, right by a river and forest. Nutritious delicious vegetarian food is served with vegan and gluten-free options.
Retreat cost covering all activities:
200.- per Adult, 300.= for two adults coming together
50.- per child
Room & Meals at Shima:
1 Adult in a single room: 225.=
1 Adult in a shared double (with a friend or partner): 200.=
1 Mum & 1 child: 320.-
2 Adults & 1 child: 496.=
2 Adults & 2 children 590.=
1 Mum with 2 children: 415.=
1 Mum with 2 kids sharing 395.=
1 Mum & 3 children: 545.-
Women’s Wellness New Year Retreat on Cheung Chau, Hong Kong for Women employed as domestic workers.
Date: 3-4th January, 2026
Come back to yourself and receive some nourishment, self-care and rest to restore yourself ready for 2026. Retreat into balance, health and reconnection.
At the joyful Bradbury Camp, on Cheung Chau island, surrounded by nature.
Nourishing yoga, yoga nidra, games, forest bathing, rest and reflection in a supported sisterhood circle.
Come back to calm, balance and strength.
Nourishing Yoga
Games, song and dance
Scenic Nature Walk
Nourishing Yoga
Yoga Nidra relaxation & Sound Healing
New Year Intention setting and envisioning
Meaningful Connections & Community
Day 1 Saturday January 3rd
4pm Arrivals at Cheung Chau
Grounding Yoga & Yoga Nidra
Dinner
Free time & Games
Women’s Wellness Circle
Day 2 Sunday 4th January
Yoga & Yoga Nidra
Breakfast
Scenic Nature walk
New Year Intentions Setting and Envisioning
Lunch
2pm Retreat Ends
Rooms
Beds in friendly dormitories with attached bathrooms.
Food
Chinese food (Rice, soup, meat, veggies) will be provided by the Retreat Centre. Non-pork and non-meat options available.
Cost
Cost including all practices, activities and meals with accommodation in a shared room:
150HKD for women employed as domestic workers.
Please book here.
New Year Women’s Retreat on Cheung Chau, Hong Kong
Date: 9-11th January, 2026
Three days, two nights retreat into peace and connection.
Take the time and space to come home to yourself with Amanda Yik and Myriam Bartu
At the secluded Salesian Retreat Centre, on Cheung Chau island, close to the ocean and surrounded by nature.
Yoga, meditation, yoga nidra, forest bathing, rituals, rest and reflection in a supported sisterhood circle. .
Unplug - disconnect from the distractions. Come home to calm, confidence and power.
✨ Nature Immersion & Forest Bathing
✨ Mindful Scenic Walks
✨ Nourishing Yoga
✨ Yoga Nidra relaxation & Sound Healing
✨ New Year Intention setting and envisioning
✨ Fire ceremony on letting go of the old and brining in the new
✨ Meaningful Connections & Community
Day 1 Friday January 9th
4pm Arrivals at Cheung Chau (later arrivals welcome)
Grounding Yoga & Yoga Nidra
Dinner
Welcome Sisterhood Circle
Day 2 Saturday January 10th
Yoga & Yoga Nidra
Breakfast
Forest Bathing
Lunch
New Year Intentions Ritual
Restorative Yoga & Yoga Nidra
Dinner
Sisterhood Sharing Circle, Music and Mantras
Day 3 Saturday January 11th
Yoga & Yoga Nidra
Breakfast
Nature based Ritual
Lunch
2pm Retreat Ends
Retreat Centre
Salesian Retreat Centre is a Christian Retreat Centre overlooking the Ocean on Cheung Chau island, a 20 minute walk from the pier. The retreat grounds are spacious and set amongst magestic trees.
Rooms
Rooms are simple and clean with twin beds (thin mattresses), ensuite bathroom and shower and private balconies.
Food
Simple Chinese vegetarian food (Rice, soup, veggies) will be provided by the Retreat Centre.
Retreat Facilitators
This retreat will be led by Amanda Yik and Myriam Bartu.
Amanda guides people to move from the head to the heart through nature therapy and group processes.
www.shinrinyokuhk.com
Myriam helps people come back to balance with meditative practices and nature retreats.
www.reconnectionrest.org
Cost
Cost including all practices, activities and meals with accomodation in a single room.
Regular: 4,200 HKD
NGOs / Social workers / low income: 2,800 HKD
Early bird until 30/10/25
3,800 HKD
NGOs / Social workers / low income: 2,400 HKD
Women’s Spring Retreat together with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli at Shima Davos, Switzerland
Date: May 22th-25th, 2026
Four days, three nights retreat with Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Myriam Bartu.
Unplug , disconnect from the distractions and noise and come back to peace and confidence. Ignite your feminine power and reconnect to your intuition.
At the beautiful Shima retreat space, surrounded by mountains, rivers and forests in the Dishma valley.
Yoga therapy, yoga nidra, sound healing, meditation, nature immersion, forest bathing, dreamshare, Tarot reading and community to nurture the wisdom of your inner teacher.
Uma is a yoga therapist with special expertise in yoga therapy for women’s health. She has written four books on yoga for women, including the massive Yoni Shakti and two books on Yoga Nidra - Yoga Nidra Made Easy and Nidra Shakti and An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Yoga Nidra.
Uma shares yoga retreats, trainings and empowerments that support the natural arising of prana shakti: the power of life. She trains specialist teachers in Total Yoga Nidra and Yoni Shakti Well Woman Yoga Therapy for menstrual and menopausal health, pregnancy, birth, and postnatal recovery.
Uma is certified as a Yoga Therapist and has been teaching yoga since 1994. She is co-founder of the Yoga Nidra Network and has developed Total Yoga Nidra, Wild Nidra, Yoni Nidra and Nidra Shakti: radical creative and intuitive approaches to sharing yoga nidra.
Uma identifies her teachings as “post-lineage” yoga, rooted in yoga tantra and drawing on a variety of yogic traditions to share deeply nourishing and enlivening practices appropriate for contemporary life.
Her practice and teaching respects the cyclical powers of the living earth, and honours human life cycles as spiritual initiations (including menarche, conscious menstruation, menopause, birth and postnatal recovery).
Uma will be available for 1-1 readings and mentoring sessions at Shima.
Retreat Centre
Shima is a beautiful wooden retreat centre in the Dischma Valley, right by a river and forest.
Nutritious delicious vegetarian food is served with vegan and gluten-free options.
Retreat start:
Friday May 22, 2025 5:00 pm
Retreat end:
Monday May 25, 2025 2:00 pm
Typical Day Schedule:
8am Yoni Shakti yoga therapy and Yoga Nidra
9.30am Breakfast
10am Nature Walk & Forest Bathing
1pm Picnic lunch
2pm | Free time
5pm | Mantras & Meditation
6.30pm | Dinner
7.30pm | Evening Yoga Circle with Yoga Nidra, Sisters circle and Tarot reading.
Retreat cost: 680 chf.-
Room & Meals at Shima:
Three nights full board
575 chf.- in a single room
500 chf.- in a twin room (with a friend)
Contact & Bookings:
Please book your retreat spot here:
www.reconnectionrest.org
Spring Recharge Retreat at Schweibenalp, Switzerland
Date: June 11-14th, 2026
Four days, three nights retreat at the beautiful Schweibenalp Centre of Unity.
Take a break from your routine and come to Schweibenalp in Interlaken, the most scenic region of Switzerland. Immerse in Nature in this natural “kraftort” power place and recharge your inner battery with deeply nourishing practices amongst mountains, waterfalls, rivers and fields.
Nourishing yoga therapy, yoga nidra, sound healing, meditation, nature immersion, forest bathing, mountain walks, devotional singing, fire ceremony and community to nurture the wisdom of your inner teacher.
Retreat Centre
Schweibenalp is a vibrant alpine multi-faith centre, home to a thriving permaculture garden and community, surrounded by forests and turquoise lakes, where community, nature, and spirituality come together.
Accommodation is in a choice of simple, clean, single, double or multi-bed rooms. We practice in the “Earth room”, a warm, wooden ground floor yoga room with garden access.
Nutritious delicious vegetarian food is served with vegan and gluten-free options.
Retreat start:
Thursday June 11th, 4:00 pm
Retreat end:
Sunday June 14th, 2:00 pm
Typical Day Schedule:
7.15 am Nourishing morning Yoga & Yoga Nidra or Fire Ceremony
8.30am Breakfast
10am Nature Walk, Forest bathing soaking in the power of a massive waterfall or exploring mountains and rivers.
1pm Lunch
2pm | High mountain outing or mindful practices in the permaculture garden
6pm | Dinner
7.15pm | Satsang in the Temple with meditation and devotional singing.
* In case of wet weather, outdoor activities will be replaced by meditative and creative practices and sharing circles indoors.
Retreat cost: Early bird: 280 chf.- until May1st. Regular: 350.=
Subsidies possible for people who have been displaced or are living on a low income.
Room & Meals at Shima:
Three nights full board 261.- to 480.- depending on your choice of room. Please book directly with the Schweibenalp centre.
Contact & Bookings:
Please book your retreat spot here.
