The best yoga retreats in the UK and Ireland for 2023
If there was anything the pandemic taught us, it was to remain agile and open-minded. As plans were scrapped, flights were cancelled and the world closed up shop, we learnt to travel within to find peace during an unprecedented time. Now that things are normalising, we've not forgotten the joy that simple pleasures gave us during lockdown, from at home yoga classes to walks in the park to bedroom stretches and morning breathing exercises. But the world of wellness has opened up once more, and, boy, are we thrilled to get together and release our inner yogis. Whatever wellness now means for you, we’ve chosen these yoga retreats in the UK and Ireland for catering to all. Here are our top picks.
March Yoga at Fritton Lake, Norfolk: 3-5 March 2023
Yoga teacher Sarah Malcolm is running her next retreat at this thousand-acre rewilding project. Hosted in a 16th-century Clubhouse turned luxury hotel, expect roaring fires and country-chic interiors. Guests will stay moments from the two-mile-long Fritton Lake, which has its own floating sauna – try a sweat-to-swim dip to get the circulation pumping. Beyond uplifting vinyasa and slow soothing practices, there’s a heated outdoor pool, tennis courts and SUP boards. Seasonal food is cooked by Chris Barlett – former chef at The Fat Duck – who dreams up bespoke menus daily.
Price: £715 pp based on a sharing room.
Website: sarahmalcolm.co.uk