Mindfulness Retreat for Wellness and Relaxation

If you are ready to reap the benefits of the qualities mindfulness meditation instils, it will stand you in good stead, through any challenges that come your way. Not only that, but also, this will bring you the clarity of mind and intuition to create the most successful life you can imagine. Isn’t this a benefit of mindfulness meditation that everyone would want? We focus on building real skill through practice, not theory alone. Because transformation happens not in knowing, but in doing.
By the end of your weekend, you may notice something subtle yet powerful—a sense of lightness, clarity, and renewed energy. This retreat, in a peaceful oasis, isn’t about escape; it’s about reconnection. A chance to pause, reset, and return to your life feeling centered, restored, and calm.

Contemplative reflection is a deliberate, constant practice of looking thoughtfully and deeply at experiences, concepts, or the inner self to elicit insight, meaning, and personal growth.

Holistic mindfulness empowers individuals to transform awareness into purposeful action. By blending mindful practices with guided coaching, participants learn to clarify personal goals, release limiting beliefs, and build resilience. This supportive approach nurtures self-compassion while encouraging accountability, helping progress feel both natural and motivating. The result is greater emotional balance, sharper focus, and a renewed sense of direction – equipping people to live with confidence, clarity, and intention.

Inviting you to step out of autopilot and into the present moment. By learning to observe thoughts, emotions, and behaviours with clarity, you will gain the power to respond intentionally rather than react impulsively. This practice reduces stress, sharpens focus, and builds emotional resilience. With greater self-understanding, participants can align daily choices with their values, creating a life of balance, purpose, and authentic wellbeing.

By cultivating present-moment awareness, you’ll learn to pause before reacting, listen with empathy, and communicate with clarity. This mindful approach reduces emotional reactivity, fosters mutual understanding, and encourages solutions that respect everyone’s needs. As a result, conflicts become opportunities for growth rather than stress, helping people build stronger relationships, maintain balance, and navigate challenges with confidence and compassion.

Anyone who has any form of mental health issues, for example, memory loss, Parkinson’s disease or senile dementia can benefit enormously from regularly practising Mindfulness.​

It promotes neuroplasticity – the ability of the brain to change continuously throughout an individual’s life. The aim of neuroplasticity is to optimize the neural networks, neurons and synapses to change their connections and behaviour in response to new information, sensory stimulation, or damage and any dysfunction.

The retreat has bedrooms on the first floor only therefore is not suitable for wheelchair users or those that have difficulty with stairs. However, we do have a chairlift that is usable within a certain weight. You only need to ask.

We grow herbs and vegetables in our little allotment.

Open all year round, once a month.. Courses are held on the last weekend of each month. Next availability : 26th February; 26th March; 23rd April; 28th May

It is a retreat over 3 full days, Friday to Sunday.
Arrival is on a Thursday evening between 6 and 8 p.m. and departure is on Sunday at 4 pm.

Typical programme:

8.30 - 9.30 am Breakfast
10 - 11.15 Mindfulness meditation: Teaching and Practice.
11.15 - 11.30 Break for Tea and contemplative reflection
11.30 - to 1 p.m. Mindfulness Meditation: Teaching and Practice.
Afternoons are a time for yourself, consultation or treatments and exploration of the area

Price per person for 3 nights is £395 but for 2 persons it is £510 for 3 nights.

By Car: Once you are heading to Poole in Dorset, you will find the mindfulness centre at the address: Rosamund House, in Penn Hill.
By Coach: Once you arrive at the National Express Bournemouth Coach Station OR if you prefer Poole Coach station, you can take any bus to Penn Hill. The Centre, itself, is on the No. 20 bus route.
By Plane: to Hurn (Bournemouth International Airport) Airport, you may simply take a taxi to the Centre.