Retreats

My retreats are a wonderful way to deepen your yoga practice, build community and connect to the power this holds for individual & collective healing. I have been running retreats since 2021 of varying lengths, themes & price ranges.

They are all centred around my practice, values & approach which you can read more about here. 

Please feel free to get in touch with any questions or curiosities. Scroll down for more information about upcoming retreats, past retreats and feedback from participants. 

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“I’ve had the privilege of attending multiple retreats with Leonie, and each one has been truly transformative. Leonie has a natural ability to create a space where you feel genuinely welcomed as you are, allowing me to fully immerse myself in my own process with presence, acceptance, and a deep sense of safety. Their approach goes beyond being non-judgemental—they actively celebrate and honour whatever arises, creating an environment that invites authenticity and self-exploration. Leonie also offers the freedom to engage with the facilitated activities in a way that best serves your personal journey…

…This flexibility has allowed me to make the retreats exactly what I need it to be, whether it’s leaning in or taking space for reflection. Their retreats have come at pivotal moments in my life, helping to guide important changes and deepen my connection with myself and others. I look forward to continuing this journey with Leonie on future retreats and am deeply grateful for the space they create and the profound impact it’s had on my life.”

Ruth (she/they), Bristol – participant of Roots & Wings 2022, Spirals & Cycles 2023 & Rest to Reawaken 2024.

“I love the mix of play, fun, space & stillness that is cultivated in Leonie’s retreats. To anyone considering a retreat with Leonie, I have lived experience of Leonie being incredibly caring, accepting and as adaptable as they can to ensure all uniquenesses are catered for in one space.”

Marley (they/them), Bristol – participant of Rest to Reawaken 2024 and Roots & Wings 2024.

​​”Since booking onto Leonie’s first Queer Retreat, after coming across it by accident while Googling for something else one night, I have prioritised attending their other offerings as a way to support my own spiritual and emotional practices.  The intentionality in every aspect of the Queer and Nidra retreats that Leonie and their co-facilitators create, the care they offer and the space they hold on retreat allowed me to engage with my own practise on a level I haven’t been able to access on other similar retreats”

Edel (they/she), Bristol – participant on Spirals & Cycles 2023 & 2024, Rest to Reawaken 2024. 

Upcoming

Spirals & Cycles

a queer retreat

23rd – 28th May 2025

Golden Grove Retreat Centre, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8NE

A five-day queer yoga retreat, for LGBTQIA+ people to be held and hold one another in a brave space of svadhyaya (self-inquiry) and cyclical wisdom in the Welsh wilderness. Grounded in daily yoga nidra, breathwork, embodied movement, community living & sharing circles, we will spiral inwards & outwards to connect with our inner cycles (e.g. sleep, menstrual, life) and outer cycles (seasons, lunar, solar). 

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Rest + Magic Retreat

with Leonie & Lou

24th – 27th October 2025

Hazel Hill Wood, Wiltshire

Join us for 3 nights in the Autumnal Wiltshire woodlands, to slooooow down and craft space for rest, magic and community. Lou & Leonie will offer practices to guide you back to your own magic, through individual and collective connection to the power of curiosity, play & ritual. Expect gentle & restorative yoga, yoga nidra, mantra, sharing circles, nature connection, magical food & sauna rituals. 

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Past

Rest to Reawaken: 2024 

A long weekend in the middle of Summer or Lammas, centred around rest, space & softness. An invitation to make the radical choice to rest and take refuge in the mystical practice of yoga nidra or ‘yogic sleep’. A simple schedule of up to four yoga nidra sessions a day with intentional space around this for quiet time, reflection, self-practice and to enjoy the beautiful Welsh lands.

“Going on the Rest to Reawaken retreat came at the perfect time for me and I have taken away so much from it – there is so much power in rest! I had some uncomfortable and challenging times during the retreat, but I always felt I could be open about it and by the end of the retreat I felt so supported and held by both the group and Leonie. Everything about this retreat was thought very carefully about and the food was so delicious. I would happily go back on this retreat every year for the foreseeable future!”

Cloe, she/her, Bristol. 

“Brilliant, brilliant.  Leonie is so skilled in creating a space that is inclusive and open and is held in such a way that the space and dynamic always feels natural and easy to the extent that it doesn’t even feel like it is being facilitated. A transformative and beautiful experience – even these words don’t do it justice. I would absolutely recommend this retreat to any and every human being who wants to rest, connect, grieve, celebrate, laugh, cry, any or all of the above or anything more.  Such a beautiful space to think about and celebrate all the things that make us humans, but from a lying down position!”

Anonymous, Bristol. 

 

“This retreat was like a luxurious balm for the soul. Rest, relaxation, connection to self, community, and nature, nourishing food, good craic, it had it all! I couldn’t recommend Leonie’s teaching and space holding capabilities enough.”

Anonymous,  Bristol

 

“Thank you for an incredible retreat! I was so happy to be a part of it & was left with warm fuzzy feelings that lasted way beyond the retreat. It was one of the highlights of my summer & I’d love to come for a retreat another time.”

Camila she/her, Bristol

 

Roots & Wings: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

A long weekend to move, breath, rest, play & connect; all held in the rugged beauty of the Welsh woodlands and coastline. Gathering as the year turns towards Autumn Equinox, offering a space to pause & reflect on the fruits of summer and what we might wish to release as the natural world begins to let go.

“Roots & Wings has been such a playful and powerful time. The playfulness and power have been singing together with grief, anger, confusion. I’ve felt able to release some real heaviness and pain. I’ve reconnected with my body and as my body is, in relation to others, and nature and space. I felt encouraged to feel the support of the earth…Thank you for helping me to re-engage with this. Re-engage with yoga. Which is love.”

Alex, she/they – 2024

“Leonie creates a beautiful safe space for connecting to nature, my body and like-minded people; for reflection and sharing; for play and exploration. I come away feeling rested and like I have grown physically, mentally and emotionally. I have been before and I would go again.”

Suzannah, she/her, Weston-Super-Mare – 2022 & 2023

“Leonie’s retreat was so beautiful. Their teaching style is so gentle and compassionate and their voice is the perfect guide through poses and meditations. I felt so safe and nurtured. Thank you Leonie!”

Amy-Beth, she/her, Bristol – 2023

“It was a wonderful weekend! Leonie did such a great job of being inclusive to everyone and explaining things in such an accessible and relatable way. I found it thought provoking and inspiring. I enjoyed that there was time to be playful and joke as well as heal and listen.”

Lynn, Bristol – 2022