This winter I invite you to join me for a weekend of yoga and wellbeing practices designed to lead you on a journey inwards towards nourishing your soul. As the cycle of the year transitions from Autumn (with its tempestuous, changeable feel) and moves into Winter, life can start to feel like a struggle; shorter days, abundant darkness and oftentimes day after day of grey skies that can make us want to run to the sun and yearn for it’s end. Societal demands and winter are like oil and water. Nature pulls in, but we are still expected to give out. It is this time of year that ‘to nourish’ must be made a priority.

The Inner Journey retreat is intended to be nourishing but also challenging. We will not shy away from going deep. You will be immersed in a full spectrum of yoga practices. Over the course of the weekend there will be 5 asana sessions (both dynamic and more subtle), generous time for pranayama, mantra & meditation as well as philosophy & self-inquiry.

The retreat is ideal for regular yoga practitioners and/or yoga teachers/trainees who are looking for an immersion that will help them deepen their self awareness and practice while gaining inspiration for their life/own teachings.

You will get the most out of it if you come with an open heart and mind. There is an amazingly uplifting and healing strength that comes from getting together with a group of like-minded women. From the verbal connection to the laughter to the shared mealtimes and the the sense of peace that comes from time spent quietly together.

Please note: while there will be strong practices you do not have to able to perform physically difficult asana to attend this retreat – modifications can be offered to suit all body types and injuries.

Poundon House is set within extensive landscaped gardens and looking out over an expanse of English countryside, it is the ideal quiet and calm space in which to nourish.

The house was built in 1908 with large groups in mind. Poundon House is blessed with generously sized rooms. Each of the bedrooms have been carefully redecorated and restored over the last five years, while staying true to the (slightly eccentric) country house-style of the era. There are 5 bathrooms, as well as 5 additional toilets. Dressing gowns, shower gels and hand products as well as two towels per guest are provided.

Tea stations are offered throughout the house, and a stunning open fire warms and welcomes guests in the main drawing room.

Located near the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire border, it is also within easy reach of London, the South East, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, the Cotswolds and Bristol, with fantastic transport links to all of these places.

The nearest train station is Bicester North.

Charlie has been a practitioner of yoga since her late teens and teaching for the past five. For Charlie, yoga is a lifelong transformative practice that enables a soulful connection between mind, body and spirit which in turn facilitates joyful, authentic living.

Her classes are strong and fun but mindful, infused with yoga philosophy. She encourages her students to own their yoga experience, to use their breath to reconnect their minds and body thus developing the strength, balance and freedom that yoga brings.

A very important part of her journey as a yoga teacher is to continue her journey as a student. She does this through self practice and self study, by attending classes, trainings and workshops, through reading and studying about yoga and related topics, and by living her yoga both on and off the mat.

Charlie holds a 500hr Level 4 Teacher Training Diploma with The British Wheel (tutored by Lyn Core) and a 35 hour Forrest Yoga Continuing Education for Teachers with Jambo Truong (taken in May 2016)

The Inner Journey: A winter weekend retreat for women

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