Peaceful Warriors Retreats

There is no life without breath, it is fundamental, essential, and we often take it for granted. But is your breath pattern supporting your health in the best way it could?

Breathing is mostly an involuntary process, but we can intervene and consciously control how we breathe. When this is done well and with correct understanding, it can change our entire physiology and directly impact our mental state.

Breathwork doesn’t have to be complex or dramatic. By regularly practicing controlled yet simple exercises, you will experience a major boost in overall health as well as build your capacity to adapt and appropriately respond to stressful situations.

The bedrock of our retreats is yoga. We believe that to connect and engage positively in the world, it is necessary to do the inner work first. Yoga provides time to connect within, to develop awareness and a strong, felt sense of being centered. Once you have this core connection established, the trials and tribulations of life can be experienced with a little more ease and grace.

Who doesn’t want that?

We offer a range of styles of yoga and meditation techniques, grounded in both science and tradition.

We are interested in training the body to be capable, resilient, strong, and adaptable.

Can you squat down to pick up something heavy without straining your back? Can you reach the thing you need on the top shelf with ease? Can you negotiate obstacles in your path with confidence? Jump from a height and land confidently? Or even climb a tree like you did when you were a kid?!

Natural movement training brings more freedom and aliveness to the body as well as increasing overall levels of fitness and wellbeing.

We focus on fun and sustainable movement practices that will improve the function of your nervous system, increase your bone and joint health, reduce pain, and enable you to live with freedom and ease.

It’s easy to get bogged down in the seriousness of life. But it needn’t be like that all the time. Work and play are not necessarily opposites and when you can imbue everything you do with a sense of playfulness, you become more human.

Everywhere in the world children play and explore when they have the opportunity. There is plenty of research that suggests children learn best through play. As adults we tend to focus on ‘work’, and ‘play’ becomes something left behind.

In fact, playful activities can make you more focussed, alert, and creative as well as increase your brain power. And of course, lighten the emotional load a little and put a big smile on your face.

We are often overstimulated by electronic devices as well as our internal thoughts and feelings. This overstimulation can inhibit your brains natural resiliency and plasticity, as well as decrease your cognitive function and habit control.

When we give the body and brain the opportunity to take non-sleep deep rest (NSDR), the nervous system can take a break from the fight-flight-freeze sympathetic state and move towards a restful parasympathetic state. Brain wave activity slows to Delta frequency, the same you would achieve when in a very deep, restful sleep.

When we are in this hypnagogic state (the trippy place between wakefulness and sleep) there are fewer thoughts and distractions which allows the reinforcement of newly formed knowledge and strengthens neuroplasticity. So yes, resting can make you smarter.

Humans are social beings, wired for connection. A sense of belonging strengthens mental and emotional well-being, supports personal growth, and enriches our experience of life.

At our retreats, community naturally forms through shared experiences. Whether through movement, group activities, or fireside conversations, meaningful connections emerge effortlessly. Many arrive alone and leave with lifelong friends.

We cultivate an environment of support, play, and deep connection, where laughter, shared challenges, and quiet moments together foster a true sense of belonging.