The Nurture Retreat
Dorset // 20 - 22nd Feb 2026
A grounding, women’s winter retreat for deep rest, calm, and reconnection.
Rediscover your rhythm and replenish your energy on this nurturing women’s retreat in Dorset — a slow, restorative weekend designed to help you step away from everyday pressures and return to yourself.
In modern life, slowing down can feel impossible. Even in winter, our world rarely rests — leaving many women feeling depleted, overwhelmed, or disconnected from their inner calm.
February offers a natural pause. A gentle moment in the year to soften, breathe deeply, and welcome true restoration.
The Nurture Retreat invites you to experience deep rest for your nervous system, emotional balance, and inner clarity.
Over three peaceful days, you’ll be guided through restorative yoga, meditation, breathwork, and nourishing practices that soothe your body, quiet the mind, and reconnect you with your heart.
This might be for you if you’re feeling:
• Drained or overstretched
• In need of grounding, clarity, or emotional reset
• Disconnected from yourself and craving space
• Ready to prioritise rest and true self-care again
Held by meditation coach Sally Davis and yoga teacher Carolyn Thompson, this women-only winter retreat blends gentle movement, mindful rest and supportive guidance, with nourishing organic meals and peaceful nature — helping you return home feeling centred, replenished, and deeply cared for.
This is about presence, not performance, returning to intuition, over autopilot.
A weekend where choosing rest, or mindful movement, your way,
nurtures whole being.
Your Nurturing Practices
Everything is an invitation, this is YOUR Nurture Retreat.
You could explore grounding, restorative Yoga practices, where we soften our edges, let go of fixed alignment ideas, slow it down. Tend to tired-wired nervous systems, be with each breath, embodied, resting into the now.
You could dive into Mindfulness and Meditations with Sally Davis www.leapindfulness.com, exploring visualisations, silence and energy work. Her aim is to support you to a true sense of knowing, deeply connected to your intuition.
Taking what you need, any time, is always a strong choice too.
Your Nurturing Space
Bonhays offers you a sanctuary of welcome, peace and simplicity: a beautiful, secluded Meditation and Retreat Center, nestled in the hills of West Dorset, between Bridport and Lyme Regis and just two miles from the sea.
Set around a central courtyard, with the soft curves of the straw buildings and the hills beyond, there is quiet and stillness here.
The centre provides great communal spaces as well as many peaceful and secluded spots for quiet and reflection.
Your Nourishing Meals
Breakfast will be a self serve buffet and our private chef Evie will create delicious, nourishing meals for us to share together in the conservatory dining room.
All meals will be Vegetarian and seasonal, with an emphasis on nutritious, plant based, and nurturing food.
Vegan, Gluten Free, and other dietary requests can be catered. Just let us know on booking.
Recommended
"The yoga was so empowering and like nothing I have experienced before. I felt entirely comfortable to do whatever my body felt comfortable with and not put pressure on myself to do it in the ‘Instagram’ way!"
“Thank you to Carolyn and Sally for your time and energy, what a wonderful weekend. I have felt supported to connect with my deeper self, which I haven’t given time to for so long - I leave feeling I have renewed my fire! “
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“This has been such a positive experience. Carolyn and Sally you worked so well together to guide us through this weekend. There have been loads of deeply profound and powerful moments, and so much joy and laughter, which I didn’t realise I was in need of so much. Thank you so much for your inspiration. I absolutely loved this weekend.”
"The perfect opportunity to retreat from the world, back to myself. I felt safe, looked after, seen and heard all weekend. The venue was just perfect and the food delicious. I am already looking forward to the next one.”
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Schedule (TBC)
Friday
1-1.30pm Arrive
1.30pm Light lunch
3.00pm Welcome Circle
Space to Be.
6.30 pm Dinner
8.00 pm Journaling & meditation
Sat
8.00 am Yoga Unwind
9.30am Breakfast
11am -1pm Mindful Connection
1.30pm Light lunch
Space to Be.
4.30 - 6pm Restorative Yoga & Nidra
6.30pm Dinner
8pm Evening practice
Sunday
9am Yoga Rest in movement
10.30am Brunch
12 - 1pm Closing Circle
1pm Home time
Everything included
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2 nights accommodation at Bonhays Retreat Centre, Dorset
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7+ hours of guided yoga, meditation, journaling and connection practises with two experienced guides
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Breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus Sunday brunch
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Fresh fruit bowl always available, plus teas and fresh coffee
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Indoor heated swimming pool to use any time
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Cosy studio space well equipped with props
Invest In You
Twin / Single Bunk Bed £495pp
Large Twin / 1 x single, 1 x double bed £545pp
Private room / single bed £545pp
Private Room / Double bed £595pp
Only £150 deposit needed to secure your space
All rooms come with shared bathrooms