Summer Solstice retreat
Yoga, WIm hof, breathwork, paddleboarding, saunas & a woodland feast
18-21st June 2024
Do
Settle in before starting the retreat with tea, cake and our opening circle. Day one (Tuesday) is all about grounding and connection, so we will meditate and practice breathwork in a Wim Hof workshop before dinner, yoga Nidra and a good, long rest.
Wednesday will bring morning yoga and meditation, followed by a hearty brunch. Then another Wim Hof workshop with cold water immersion! After lunch in the afternoon you are welcome to relax, walk, swim, paddle board or jump in the sauna. Then we will practice yin yoga before dinner and a campfire.
On Thursday there will be more morning yoga and meditation before breakfast, then SUP yoga sessions and learning paddleboarding techniques on the lake and a relaxing afternoon with yin yoga. Today is the Summer Solstice, so we will have a lovely midsummer evening feast.
Friday morning will be vinyasa yoga, meditation and breakfast, before our closing circle and departures. The yoga classes are themed around the natural elements, bringing nature into your practice.
All activities are optional but encouraged, so you can nap, read or swim and explore - it’s completely up to you.
Stay
In a magical woodland village in Somerset. Some of the great things include: a wood-fired sauna, a roundhouse for yoga with a log burner, a covered outside yoga platform, hammocks, showers with views across the woods, a secret lake for swimming and paddle boarding. There are a few compostable toilets spread across the site, and a toilet and shower block overlooking the woods.
Rooms will be allocated on a first-come first-serve basis. There are a range of yurts, wooden cabins, a shepherds hut and even a cob roundhouse, all with their own log burners and private fire pit areas outside. There are also two discounted tent prices for bringing your own tent!
The yurts can be set up for triple occupancy for 3 friends (in a single and double bed). The treehouse cabins and shepherd's hut are double beds. The cob roundhouse can be a twin or a double. The others are a mix of twins and doubles.
Eat
All the food on the retreat is prepared by Beth the Free Range Chef, our chief Wild Times chef. It is all nutritious, wholesome and vegetarian. Snacks, drinks and meals are provided.
There will be fruit and a hot drink station for you to help yourself to throughout, with herbal teas, coffee, fresh mint, lemon and ginger. We can cater for dietary requirements if you let us know beforehand - we will send you booking forms 8 weeks before to get your dietary requirements and more information.
Jack Witts and Alex Mytton, our Co-hosts for this retreat
I am a certified Wim Hof Method Instructor and Breathwork Biohacker located in Bristol, UK and this retreat is really near to where I grew up in a beautiful, wild place! My mission is to empower individuals and groups to enhance their quality of life, with techniques for influencing the nervous system and a range of tailored practices to suit diverse needs. With practical tools that are easily accessible, individuals can confidently step beyond their comfort zones and align with their purpose, values, and authenticity - Jack Witts
I'm incredibly excited for this retreat in June. Not only is the location ridiculously cool & very up my street - A.K.A fully immersed in nature - but I also get to collaborate with someone, I guess you could say I look up to in the retreat space, Jenny Clark. She's a bit of a retreat powerhouse so I'm very excited to be a part of the amazing work she does and hopefully bring some of my own individual elements from my retreats & work to the experience - Alex Mytton
Location: Somerset
Campwell is a woodland camp around six miles north-east of Bath on the Somerset/Wiltshire border, South-West England. It is hidden away down quiet lanes with wild hedgerows. The site is all about low-impact living, from the outdoor kitchen where you can cook over fire, to the eco-friendly toiletries in the compostable loos.
This wild place encourages you to go off-grid, turn off your phone and immerse yourself in nature. Enjoy walks around the woods with views across the green Somerset hills. Read and relax in a hammock or in the wood-fired sauna. Wander down to the tucked away botanical wild swimming lake, surrounded by beautiful trees. It's a 20 minute walk through the woods and down a hill to the lake, or you can walk along the lane which is slightly shorter.
Example Schedule:
Tuesday
4-5pm: Arrive, settle in, tea time.
5pm: Opening circle, meditation
5.30pm: Wim Hof workshop
7.30pm: Dinner
9pm: Yoga Nidra
Wednesday
8.30am: Vinyasa yoga, meditation
10am: Brunch
11.30am: Wim Hof workshop
1.30pm: Lunch
3pm: Free time, sauna, walk. swim, SUP
6.30pm: Yin yoga & soundbath
7.30pm Dinner, campfire.
Thursday
8.30am: Vinyasa yoga, meditation
10am: Brunch
11.30am: SUP yoga session
1.30pm: Lunch
2.30pm: SUP yoga session
5.30pm: Yin yoga
7.30pm Summer solstice dinner feast, campfire, music
Friday
8am: Vinyasa, meditation
9.30am: Brunch
10.30am: Closing circle, departures
Schedule subject to change / going with the flow. Do as much or as little as you like.
What’s Included
● Accommodation in a magical, hand-crafted woodland camp
● All delicious meals, snacks + drinks
● Seven x 1/1.5 hour yoga classes
● Daily guided meditation
● Unlimited saunas
● Optional wild swimming in the lake
● A 2 hour introduction to paddle boarding session, including a SUP yoga class + equipment
● Magical Soundbath
● 2 x Wim Hof workshops with a certified Wim Hof coach
● Yoga mats, blankets, bolsters + blocks
● Luxury goodie bag
What’s not included
● Transport to and from the retreat
● Travel insurance