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Take time to realign, reduce pain and feel good in your body
Awaken, align & shine at this transformational two-day retreat at
The Retreat, New Forest, Dorset with Carol Yates
July 12th and 13th, 2025, 09.30am - 4:30pm both days
Cost: £175.00
About the Two day retreat
The main focus of this weekend is to relax, renew, enjoy, learn self -care exercises and techniques to help release tension and pain.
We will be using Somatic exercises to relieve pain in:
Shoulders and neck
Hips
Back
Pelvic girdle and psoas muscles
Spinal misalignments
There will be:
breathing exercises designed to help regulate the nervous system and relieve anxiety.
Chair Somatics. exercises done on the chair
Led relaxations by Carol, renowned by Yoga students and private clients for her soothing and healing voice when leading deep relaxations.
On leaving you will have the option of taking away audios made by Carol to help direct your self- care routine at home.
Relax & Rejuvenate
Enjoy delicious, nourishing lunches (included).
Freshly made teas and coffees in the cafe.
Cozy up by log fires and unwind in the sauna (included).
Delight in walks in one of England's most ancient forests where it isn't unusual to see deer grazing
The Retreat does have lovely accommodation onsite, to be booked separately.
What is Somatic movement therapy?
Somatic therapy is very much about releasing tension from the body. Holding tension often unconsciously in the muscles can distort the natural alignment of our body which creates discomfort and pain.
This can easily slip into a chronic situation of holding the body in a distorted position eg. one shoulder is lower than the other, one hip is lower, the head cant turn to the side, the back is painful and becomes stiff. When we focus mindfully on releasing the muscles which are holding the tension and pulling us out of line we can relieve the distortion and the pain can be dramatically reduced. Over time with self-care exercises those muscles will learn how to release tension. The somatic movements are done very slowly and mindfully in order to make a connection with the brain cells. The brain can then make a memory of how to release and eventually you learn the method, the pain goes away
Immerse yourself in this Two day event designed to help you raise your energy and live a healthy and happy life
Learn self-care techniques to dissolve stress, ease tension, and improve mobility.
Immerse in guided relaxation practices to leave you feeling nurtured and renewed.
Carol is a highly experienced Yoga and Somatic Movement Therapist and Counsellor, helping people free their bodies, mind and emotions from chronic pain and tension.
Carol has led transformational workshops across the UK and New Zealand combining light activation and connection with Angels with Somatics, Reiki healing, energy work, and meditation.
Investment
£175.00 per person (includes both days, Teas, lunches, and access to a log-fired sauna).
Come away feeling radiant, deeply connected to self and with a renewed sense of freedom in body, mind, and soul.
Somatics and Yoga Therapy Retreat
July 2025
Diana Cooper May 2025 Newsletter
Looking after your physical body for Ascension
'With their usual alacrity my guides sent me Carol Yates, a lovely, gentle lady, who talked to me enthusiastically about Somatics Movement Therapy. This consists of simple movements, done very slowly to train the muscles to relax. She took me through some exercises and I practised them for a little while each day. I could not believe the difference! The ache in my back simply went and it felt fluid. All the shooting pains down my arms from my stiff shoulders vanished. I felt I was walking taller.
Carol describes Somatics as self-care exercises to relieve pain, re-align the body, manage anxiety, regulate the nervous system and more.
Her voice is so soothing, that it takes me into a lovely meditative state whenever I listen to the recording of the exercises. I told her that I couldn’t imagine anything more healing than a whole weekend of Somatics. What an ascension boost. And she has agreed to do a weekend retreat in the New Forest in July with limited numbers! I have booked my space already!' Diana Cooper