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.
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 Autumn Retreat at Dishma Valley, Davos, Switzerland
Date: 24th-26th October, 2025
Location: Dishma Valley, Davos, Switzerland
Three days, two nights retreat with Myriam and Nicole.
Unplug - disconnect from the distractions and noise, and let go like the Autumn leaves. Come home to calm, confidence and balance.
Set in the stunning Shima retreat space, surrounded by mountains, forests, and rivers, this weekend offers:
✨ Nature Immersion & Forest Bathing
✨ Mindful Walks
✨ Nourishing Yoga
✨ Yoga Nidra relaxation & Sound Healing
✨ Fire ceremony on letting go
✨ Meaningful Connections & Community
Day 1 Friday October 24th
5pm Arrivals at Shima in Davos
Grounding Yoga & Yoga Nidra
Dinner
Welcome Circle
Day 2 Saturday October 25th
Yoga & Yoga Nidra
Breakfast
Nature Immersion Walk
Qigong
Picnic Lunch
Fire Ceremony
Restorative Yoga & Yoga Nidra
Dinner
Meditation, Music and Mantras
Day 3 Sunday October 26th
Yoga & Yoga Nidra
Breakfast
River walk
Lunch
Closing Circle
2pm Retreat Ends
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 Facilitators
Myriam and Nicole are multi-modality practitioners passionate about helping people connect to their inner wisdom, purpose and peace to contribute ease-fully to a kinder, happier, healthier world.
Myriam supports people to come home to calm and balance with nourishing yoga, yoga nidra, meditation, sound healing and nature connection. www.reconnectionrest.org
Nicole creates conscious spaces for well-being, personal growth & transformation. Embodiment. Meditation. Yoga. Integral life coaching. Nature rituals & ceremonies. www.heartfulawakening.com
Retreat cost: 450.-
Early bird until August 30th 380.-
Subsidised solidarity spots available.
Room & Meals at Shima:
Two nights full board
395.- in a single room
345.- in a double room (with a friend)
Take time to release what no longer serves you and come home to clarity, strength, and flow — held by nature and supported by gentle practices and presence
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
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 30/11/25
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
