4 Days Summer Detox and Yoga Retreat in UK

During this retreat, you will stay in a cottage at West Lexham. The venue is a work of passion and is crafted out of the heritage building that are the legacy of over 1,000 years of farming and stewardship of nature.

Summer is the perfect time for the body to cleanse fully, allowing for deep relaxation and regeneration. Rina would love you to join her on a journey deeper into what wellbeing means for you, and from that knowledge to find sustainable, practical ways to bring about positive change in your life. The retreats provide a gentle way to cleanse, nourish, rebalance your system, allowing you to return to your self.

Your body is already an expert at detoxifying and restarting itself, what I provide is time, space, methods, and practices to help you help yourself and find a more balanced lifestyle. Rina runs a number of seasonally tailored retreats throughout the year. The groups are small (no more than 18 people) so that she can spend time with each participant and for the period of the retreat, you can spend time together as a living community.

The retreat does not entail harsh regimes or fasting. You will practice yoga together, exploring physical, mental and spiritual balance through movement and breath. You and Rina will cook and eat together learning how food can nourish our bodies and balance your entire selves. You will reconnect with nature and with our natural selves in the beautiful family run, ecological spaces that Rina has carefully chosen for the retreat.

• Let yourself be nourished
• Let yourself go inwards and explore the places that need attention
• Let yourself be accepting, gentle, and forgiving
• Let yourself acknowledge that this inner work is intrinsically linked to service beyond yourselves
• Let yourself be the change

Yoga

Teaching yoga is a joy Rina has had the opportunity offer guidance on the mat for the last 13 years. During the retreat, she offers supportive playful classes suited to beginners as well as those who have spent more time on a yogic path. The classes focus on the liver and lymphatic system meridians using vinyasa and Restorative yoga and breathing exercises to regenerate and support the nervous system. You will also look at companion breathing exercises to help alkalize the body and stimulate the liver function.

You will finish the sessions with meditation or yoga Nidra, an ancient form of deep relaxation to set an intention and release deep tensions. Rina's retreats combine structure and space to just be; action and relaxation; opportunity for learning and reconnecting; opportunity for reflection. They start on Fridays at 4:00 p.m. (it’s okay to be late, just let her know) and finish at 3:00 p.m. on Sundays.

Sample daily schedule

• 08:30 - 09:00 Superfood shake
• 09:00 - 11.00 Morning breathwork, Vinyasa yoga, and yoga Nidra
• 11:30 - 13:30 Preparing and eating raw and cooked lunch
• 13:30 - 14:30 Silent walk, private consultation, treatment, or just time to chill out
• 14:30 - 15:00 Tea and raw snack break
• 15:00 - 16:00 "Healing Living Kitchen" class
• 16:00 - 17:00 More treatments to pamper yourself or free time
• 17:00 - 18:30 Restorative or Yin yoga and meditation class
• 18.30 - 20.00 Food preparation and delicious vegan meal
• 20:30 - 21.30 Yoga Nidra, meditation, or movie

This retreat includes contemplative walks in the countryside.

This retreat will take place at West Lexham in Norfolk, UK. West Lexham is a unique venue for rural retreats or countryside holidays. It is set in a protected valley with the UK's cleanest chalk stream it is verdant and bursting with nature.

West Lexham has floating water meadows, ancient trees, lakes, and formal gardens for you to explore. The venue is almost run on renewables with solar panels for power and a woodchip boiler for heat. All the water is fresh from the chalk aquifer making it rich in minerals and taste delicious.

Nearby places

• Cambridge - 75 minutes
• Kings Cross - 1 hour and 25 minutes
• London - 2 hours
• Norwich - 45 minutes

Beautiful, organic, seasonal, and where possible, local food is central to every retreat. Together, you and Rina Golan will prepare and eat both cooked and raw foods chosen to nourish the body and support mental and physical balance. Nourishment is a core element of Rina Golan's work and the retreats include guidance and education of how you can use food to rejuvenate the self.

During you and Rina Golan's time together, you will learn how to prepare superfood shakes, smoothies, cook healthy delicious food, including raw chocolate and turmeric shots (all sugar, gluten, and animal protein free).

Be an adventurer

Bewilderwood is a huge, award winning forest of family fun and outdoor adventure. Treehouses, zip wires, jungle bridges,crocklebogs, twiggles and boggles, storytelling, boat trips, marsh walks, and really yummy food are available in this location.

Discover Castle Acre

The village of Castle Acre takes its name from the walled castle built in the 12th-century by the Normans, with its ruins of a medieval priory and castle standing proud against the local countryside, it is walkable at just two and a half miles from West Lexham.

Explore the Green Britain Center

The Green Britain Center, designed by the famous architect Sir Norman Foster, has some absolutely unique displays and information focused on the big three issues, energy, transport, and food. Just miles from West Lexham, you can climb the 300 steps of the only wind turbine in the world which is open to the public. Don't worry you can stop at platforms on the way up for a breather!

Go ape

Enjoy two to three hours in the trees taking on zip wires, Tarzan swings, rope ladders, and a variety of obstacles and crossings. Climb and conquer some of East Anglian's oldest Douglas Fir trees in the heart of Thetford Forest. The course layout leads you on a journey around the site with each section hidden from view by a mass of rhododendrons and native scrub. Test your wits on site three and experience go ape's longest stirrups crossing. It gives a whole new meaning to horseplay!

Take the Peddars Way Walk

This path runs only a mile or so from West Lexham. A 46-mile national trail from near Thetford to Holme-next-the-Sea on the North Norfolk coast. The walk follows an old Roman road that may have been built along an even older trackway. It connects with the North Norfolk Coast path and is easy walking.

During this retreat, you can book a massage or body treatment for an additional cost. Reiki and cosmetic acupuncture are available for approximately 65 GBP for a one hour session.

• 1 daily organic lunch
• 1 daily superfood shake
• 1 daily vegan dinner
• 1 healing living kitchen class
• 2 daily Vinyasa, Restorative, Yin, or Nidra yoga classes
• 3 nights accommodation
• Daily morning breath work and meditation sessions
• Daily snacks and tea
• Silent walks through the countryside

• Additional activities
• Airfare
• Airport transfer
• Spa treatments

Driving directions from London

• Take M11.
• At junction nine, take the A11 exit to Newmarket / Norwich.
• Leave A11 at Thetford, and take A134 to Mundford.
• At the roundabout, take A1065 signposted Swaffham.
• At Swaffham continue on A1065 signposted Cromer.
• Pass by turns for Castle Acre on your left and the George and Dragon pub on your right.
• Take next right after the right turn signposted West Lexham (approximately five miles out of Swaffham).
• Go to the end of the lane and turn left.
• You will see a brick archway. Continue around the corner and take the next right at the gate marked West Lexham.

Driving directions from West Country

• Take M5 then M4 towards London.
• Then M25 towards Watford and continue on M25 to M11 junction.
• Take M11 then A11exit to Newmarket / Norwich.
• Leave A11 at Thetford, and take A134 to Mundford.
• At the roundabout, take A1065 signposted Swaffham.
• At Swaffham continue on A1065 signposted Cromer.
• Pass by turns for Castle Acre on your left and the George and Dragon pub on your right.
• Take next right after the right turn signposted West Lexham (approximately five miles out of Swaffham).
• Go to the end of the lane and turn left.
• You will see a brick archway. Continue around the corner and take the next right at the gate marked West Lexham.

Driving directions from York and North East

• Head for A1(M) South.
• Continue on A1(M)/A1 to Sleaford junction.
• Take A17 towards Sleaford and continue on A17 towards Kings Lynn, then A47 east.
• Continue along A47 towards Norwich until turnoff signposted A1065 Cromer.
• Follow A1065 for approximately five miles.
• Pass by turns for Castle Acre on your left and the George and Dragon pub on your right.
• Take next right after the right turn signposted West Lexham.
• Go to the end of the lane and turn left. You will see a brick archway.
• Continue around the corner and take the next right at the gate marked West Lexham.

Driving directions from Preston

• Head for the M62 eastbound towards Leeds, hen take the A1(M) South.
• Head for A1(M) South.
• Continue on A1(M)/A1 to Sleaford junction.
• Take A17 towards Sleaford and continue on A17 towards Kings Lynn, then A47 east.
• Continue along A47 towards Norwich until turnoff signposted A1065 Cromer.
• Follow A1065 for approximately five miles.
• Pass by turns for Castle Acre on your left and the George and Dragon pub on your right.
• Take next right after the right turn signposted West Lexham.
• Go to the end of the lane and turn left. You will see a brick archway.
• Continue around the corner and take the next right at the gate marked West Lexham.

Arrival by airplane

Please book your flight to arrive at London Stansted Airport (STN). Transfer from and to this airport is available upon request.

Arrival by bus

The X1 bus goes from Norwich and Kings Lynn to Swaffham which is the nearest town.

Arrival by train

The nearest train station is Downham Market. Trains run from London Kings Cross to Downham Market every hour and every half hour at certain peak times. Journey times are approximately one hour and 25 minutes. Network Railcards give you a discount off fares. If you are taking more than one train journey in the South of England or are traveling in a group it is well worth investigating.

If you arrived at London Stansted Airport (STN), you can take a train to Ely then change for a train to Downham Market.

• The deposit is fully refundable if the booking is cancelled up to 15 days before the arrival date.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.