Why we all need a wellness retreat now and then

Being and staying well is vital to lead a happy, fulfilled life, and whatever our situation – whether we’re busy with a flourishing career, struggling to make ends meet or just ticking by quite nicely – we all could use a wellness retreat for a break from everyday life and to revive ourselves.

The wellness retreats featured on Queen of Retreats pay attention to mental, physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. They take visitors in, cosset them and put them back on track, healthier, happier and fitter, with more zest, more energy and more inspiration.

UK retreats to recharge

For authentic caring and superb treatments, Middle Piccadilly at Holwell near Sherborne in Dorset is the place to go. This peaceful, back-to-basics vegetarian retreat offers various relaxing and detox breaks in a 17^th century thatched cottage surrounded by rolling countryside. Patrons can recharge their batteries and have treatments with therapists who work with skill, dedication and heart.

Fitness fans will love Stede Court Private Fitness Retreat, a charming 1623 Grade Two-listed house set in a pretty corner of Kent. Owner Kathryn Freeland, a renowned personal trainer, designs bespoke wellbeing and fitness retreats for people of all ages and abilities. This is a great place to kick start a fitness routine with relaxing yoga, HIIT sessions, dips in the swimming pond and nutritional talks.

Retreats in Europe to boost wellness

Maison Ila is a heavenly house of healing in a sleepy French village in the foothills of the Pyrenees. This is the place to go for those who need nurturing. Visitors are offered meditation, sound healing, breathwork, yoga, shamanic healing and rejuvenating and chakra-balancing spa treatments, along with wild water bathing, forest bathing, hill walking and cycling.

Those who prefer a more medical approach to wellbeing could consider Park Igls Health Retreat near Innsbruck in Austria. A swish medical spa, it offers a variety of health programmes that pivot on preventative Modern Mayr Medicine and the belief that good health depends on good digestion. Visitors come to deal with serious health issues, to lose weight and recharge.

Anyone if search of some luxury need look no further than Six Senses Ibiza. Tucked away at Xarraca Bay on the peaceful, private, northern tip of the island, this sumptuous hideaway offers a variety of wellness programmes that cover yoga, fitness and detox as well as immunity, sleep and heart health. There’s a multi-floored spa, a yoga shala, an impressive gym, a boxing ring and experienced therapists.

For Italian class and style, Preidlhof will tick all the boxes. This gem in the South Tyrol has some of the finest therapists and healing masters in the world, yet it’s based in a cosy, family-run hotel. This is the perfect place to come to profoundly rebalance both physically and emotionally, and to receive spiritual succour or recover from trauma, illness or heartbreak.

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