Overview
Take a deep breath, feel the grass beneath your feet, and settle into a slower rhythm for our Healing Retreat. This intimate two-day experience is designed to nourish both horse and rider — mind, body, and soul. Learn new ways of connecting with your equine partner and re-discover your own body and well-being. Rest in our boutique yurts while your horse grazes peacefully outside. Explore nurturing treatments with our wonderful practitioners, dedicated to helping you unwind, deepen your partnership, and return home grounded, refreshed, and reconnected. What’s Included; Horseback Yoga with KatashaYoga Breathe, stretch and reconnect with your horse. The session aims to be a little fun and ultimately enhance trust, improve balance, ease tension, and deepen your bond with your equine friend. Level Up Performance Session- Rider-Based Pilates with Laura Milner Laura brings her expertise as an international-level rider and performance coach to help you understand your own biomechanics. These sessions gently improve your strength, balance and alignment so you can feel more confident, effective, and connected in the saddle. Sound Healing with Jim French Experience a soothing sound bath that settles the nervous system and encourages emotional calm. Jim’s work with horses adds a unique layer of depth — horses relax and respond to the low, resonant frequencies of his gongs and bowls. Horse & Rider Reiki with KatashaYoga A retreat highlight — Sink into deep relaxation with a gentle, healing Reiki session from Katya, enjoyed from a cosy daybed right in your horse’s paddock. Feel your body unwind as you absorb restorative energy, while your horse senses the calm connection and relaxes alongside you. A truly special shared experience for horse and rider. Your Retreat Experience • Space to simply be with your horse in the peaceful nature • Support with confidence, trust, and communication • Learn new techniques to look after your body and mind • A boutique yurt to sleep in, with your horse grazing outside • Guided Horse Ride- explore the local forestry and dales • Delicious homemade meals prepared for you throughout On our final night, we’ll gather around the campfire for a warm, grounding Cacao Ceremony as Jim’s soundscapes drift through the firelight. Whether you’re seeking confidence, calm, connection, or a fresh perspective, this retreat offers a space for you and your horse to grow together.
Accommodation
Healing Retreat- Shared Yurt
2-4 guests per Yurt
FROM$444.67
Healing Retreat - Own Camping / Horsebox
Non-yurt option
FROM$389.09
Dates
July 2026
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Healing Retreat- Shared Yurt
05 - 07 July 2026
FROM$444.67
Healing Retreat - Own Camping / Horsebox
05 - 07 July 2026
FROM$389.09
Hosts
A restorative escape for horse & rider with sessions from our wonderful practitioners; Rebalance your body, reset your mind, and deepen your partnership with your horse through Horseback Yoga, Reiki, Pilates and Sound Therapy.
KatsahaYoga- Reiki & Horseback Yoga
Katya brings together her lifelong love of horses, her reiki and yoga practice to help people and their horses connect on a more mindful level. With roots in Parelli natural horsemanship, she has spent years building trust-based relationships with her own horses, and now blends breathwork, gentle movement, and meditation to support harmony between horse and rider. Her Katsaha Yoga sessions offer a grounding, heart-led space for both partners to relax, tune in, and move together with ease. Katya is delighted to be part of this retreat and looks forward to welcoming you and your horses into this shared practice.
Level up performance Laura Milner — Rider-Based Pilates
Laura is a passionate horsewoman and former GB dressage rider who has competed up to international level, bringing a wealth of experience and heartfelt dedication to every session she teaches. With a clear, supportive coaching style, she’s committed to helping riders understand how thoughtful flatwork and mindful movement can transform both their own balance and their horse’s way of going. As a UKCC Level 2 flat, pole, and jump coach and an AASE Hartpury graduate, Laura blends expert knowledge with genuine enthusiasm. Through her business, Level Up Performance, she works with riders off the horse to build strength, mobility and body awareness—so they can feel more effective, confident and connected in the saddle.
Jim French - Sound Therapy
After a colourful career spanning hospitality, retail, and travel, Jim discovered his true calling through a life-changing experience at a Family Constellation workshop in Bali. That moment opened the door to a deep passion for healing, leading him to train in hypnotherapy, past-life regression, and ultimately the transformative world of sound therapy. Jim now brings a grounded, compassionate presence to every session, using gongs, singing bowls , native American Flute- sounds to support emotional balance, relaxation, and inner clarity. His work extends to animals and humans and works especially well for horses and dogs. The animals respond beautifully to the calming low frequencies of his sound baths. Jim’s approach is gentle, intuitive, and rooted in a genuine desire to help others feel more connected, centred, and at ease.
Kate Risker - Acre & Shelter
Founder of Acre & Shelter, a boutique smallholding on the Dawnay Estate, Kate is passionate about horses, nature, and mindful rural living. She has created a space where riders can unwind, reconnect with their horses, and experience the peace and beauty of the North York Moors.
Drawing on 25 years of experience as an events producer, Kate launched Pony Glamping in 2022 and has since been curating unique stays, experiences, and retreats for guests at her home. Her years of travelling the world, paired with her individual creativity, shape everything from the cosy glamping yurts to the group retreats — ensuring every guest feels welcomed, grounded, and inspired.
Luxuriously designed yurts for warmth and comfort
Pony Glamping
The yurts are furnished cosily with maximum comfort and warmth in mind; duck down duvets, blankets and cushions. Each sleep 2-4 with a double bed and two single memory foam mattresses. There is a food station with cool box in the yurt with basic kitchen attire, BBQ/firepit, Solar lighting and phone charging. Includes a private waterless loo (top of the range!) and shared Hot Horsebox shower.
The paddock is right outside so you be staying with your horse in the great outdoors. The paddock is sectioned off with Solar Powered electric fencing with water and hay available if grass supplies are depleted.
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