Keeping it Real in a Frantic World at Broughton Hall with Ruby Wax 12 -17 March 2024
Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Overview
Ruby Wax comes together with Rahla Xenopoulos (mental health and empowerment expert) and Gelong Thubten (a Buddhist Monk) to guide on how to keep yourself mentally and emotionally healthy when the world is going crazy around you. Ruby describes this retreat in her own words:
"Thubten, Rahla and I are offering this 5-night retreat because we know that when we feel connected to our bodies and minds, it’s as if we’ve found home. And when we find home, things like uncertainty and loneliness don’t pack the same punch.'
The outside world may be in chaos, but if we know we’ve always got the house of “us” to come back to, we will always have a refuge. The aim of this retreat is to help you find that refuge, or at least help you build one. We offer this retreat as a guide to help bulk up our emotional resilience as far as learning to deal with the unknown.
Retreat dates
What we love
- Immersing yourself in nature: Wild Swimming, Woodland Sauna Experience and Forest Bathing
- The level of dedication and passion the facilitators have to help people with mental and emotional wellbeing
- The Avalon Wellbeing Centre is state of the art with a beautiful pool, heat rooms and hydrotherapy and breath-taking, glass-fronted studio spaces.
Who should go
- Those looking to build more mental and emotional resilience
- Those who suffer with consistent anxiety and high levels of stress
- Those who want to increase their own feelings of self worth
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Highlights
This retreat focuses on building mental and emotional resilience. When factors and events outside of our control thrusts us off balance we can suffer with anxiety, extreme levels of stress and feelings of worthlessness. During the retreat you will learn tools and techniques to get you through these times without feeling overwhelmed and drained and to be able to find moments of tranquility to keep you centred.Ruby Wax, a long time advocate on mental health, will guide you on how to take control of an overstressed and over critical mind with the help of Thubten, an Oxford educated Bhuddist Monk, that been teaching mindfulness meditation internationally for over 20 year and is a world pioneer in the mindfulness movement.
The aim of this retreat is to help you find that refuge, or at least help you build one. To do that, we have to be fearless, bring dark realities out into the light and accept them. This takes courage and effort, and most people would rather just “have a nice day”. But we’ve seen what happens when the days stop being so nice. We know we need some kind of safety net so the fall doesn’t kill us. So that when the waves of living feel unswimmable, and we feel we’re going under, there are enough life jackets to go round.
During the retreat, we will offer workshops and tools which support us to get through a day - without thinking we’ve failed, that we didn’t do enough, that we should have or could have ... (well, you know the lyrics). To remind us that who we are is enough. And that if we can believe that, if we can create a calmer environment inside us, this will impact on what’s outside us, too."
Arrival is at 4pm and checkout is at 2pm.
- Thai Massage
- Reiki
- Aromatherapy Massage
- Sound and Energy Healing
- Indian Head Massage
- Holistic Facial
- Reflexology
- Pregnancy Massage
Fitness & Activities
- Explore the beautiful Yorkshire Dales right on the doorstep
- Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester are only an hour's drive away
Rooms
Images below are indicative as the rooms are all slightly different. Please call us for the latest availability on 0203 735 7555
Bathroom is shared.
Double occupancy not available in the room type.
Price:
£1,500 for single room use
* The image is an example of a room. All rooms are different.
Room has an en-ensuite bathroom.
Double occupancy not available in the room type.
Price:
£1,600 for single occupancy
* The image is an example of a room. All rooms are different.
Available for single use or sharing (double or twin beds)
Price:
£1,800 for single occupancy
£3,300 for 2 people sharing a room (£1,650 pp)
* The image is an example of a room. All rooms are different.
Double occupancy not available in the room type.
Price:
£1,800 for single occupancy
* The image is an example of a room. All rooms are different.
Available for single use or sharing (double or twin beds)
Price:
£2,000 for single occupancy
£3,600 for 2 people sharing a room (£1,800 pp)
* The image is an example of a room. All rooms are different.
Bathroom is shared.
Suitable for single use or shared use (double or twin bed)
Price:
£2,200 for single occupancy
£3,600 for 2 people sharing a room (£1,800 pp)
* The image is an example of a room. All rooms are different.
Room has an en-suite bathroom
Suitable for single use or shared use (double or twin bed)
Price:
£2,500 for single occupancy
£3,900 for 2 people sharing a room (£1,950 pp)
* The image is an example of a room. All rooms are different.
Room has an en-suite bathroom.
Suitable for single use or for couples - one super king bed
Price:
£2,900 for single occupancy
£4,600 for 2 people sharing a room (£2,300 pp)
* The image is an example of a room. All rooms are different.
What’s on the menu
Example Menu:
Breakfast
- Breakfast buffet with juices, yoghurts, fruits, granola and cooked option e.g. eggs and seasonal greens.
Lunch
- Selection of three seasonal salads
- Crudities and Dips
- Fruit and Sweet Bite
Dinner
- Squash & Red Onion Filo Tart, Almond Pesto, Tabbouleh
- Butterbean Tikka Masala, Bombay New Potatoes, Turmeric Kale & Peshwari Sprinkle
- Lemongrass Thai Green Chickpea Curry, Lime Marinated Greens, Satay Cauliflower
- Cashew Mac & Cheese, Charred Sweetcorn Salsa, Peri Peri Broccoli
- Tandoori Cauliflower Naan, Mango Salad, Lentil Daal, & Crispy Onions
Location
By car
By RoadWhen travelling from Skipton bear left 200 metres past The Bull Inn. When travelling from Lancashire, follow signs to Skipton, turn right 200 metres after the A59/A56 roundabout.
By Rail
Broughton Hall is 3 hours on the train from London Kings Cross to Skipton.
Families, Children & Infants
This is an adults only retreat.
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