Retreats
Where meaningful journeys begin…
For the last ten years, retreats have been an important part of my own journey, both as a teacher and as a participant. I have had the privilege of living and working in retreat spaces across different parts of the world, where I witnessed the profound impact of stepping away from everyday life and creating intentional space for reflection, connection, and self-exploration.
These experiences inspired me to create my own retreats. I believe that spending a few days immersed in nature, away from the usual rhythms and demands of daily life, while gathering around a shared intention and meaningful theme, gives us an opportunity to reconnect with ourselves, with others, and with a more authentic way of being.
Soul Medicine Retreat
April 28th – May 2nd 2027 / HeartSpace House, Limoges, France
What if the medicine you’re looking for is already within you?
If you’re longing for a space beyond the incessant demands of everyday life – to breathe, to feel, to play, to create and to connect with life – this retreat is for you. Once you slow down and listen, you often find that coming home to yourself is simpler than you’d expect.
We have curated a programme designed to help you slow down, reconnect with yourself and remember something busyness can make us forget: that your own wisdom and creative life force are a source of medicine for the soul.
You don’t need to be an artist, an experienced yoga practitioner, or have any previous experience with the practices we offer. Just come as you are, with a little curiosity and a willingness to explore.
What Will We Explore?
Through creativity, intuitive movement, yoga, meditation, sound and other therapeutic and experiential practices, we’ll create space to reconnect with ourselves, with nature and with life itself.
We will explore what happens when we slow down enough to listen, leave room for the unexpected, and meet life with more openness and curiosity.
There will be space for both connection and solitude, guided experiences and unstructured time, meaningful conversations and moments when words aren’t needed.
What Will I Take Home?
Our intention is for you to leave with more than the memories of a retreat.
You’ll go home with practices and skills you can use again: simple ways of moving, breathing and being that help you to connect deeply with yourself. They’re your own soul medicine, and they’re yours to keep.
Whenever life gets loud on your return home, you’ll know how to pause, check in and give yourself what you need. Your creativity, your instincts and your capacity for aliveness are not things you need to search for outside yourself…because soul medicine is something we simply need the space to remember.
What’s Included?
ACCOMMODATION
HeartSpace House, a newly renovated farmhouse in the Haute-Vienne, France, 30 minutes from Limoges airport. It offers plenty of communal space to unwind and relax, surrounded by gardens, fields and forest, with no light pollution – perfect for stargazing.
Every room is ensuite and has brand new mattresses, 100% brushed cotton bedding, and organic vegan toiletries. The farmhouse also have a wide range of spiritual, meditation and yoga books available for you to read during your stay.
ALL FOOD AND DRINK
Three homemade meals a day plus snacks: plentiful, plant-based and nourishing, with touches of Ayurveda. Breakfast comes with fresh juice or smoothie, fruit, yoghurt and homemade granola. Dinner includes a plated dessert. Bliss balls, cookies and fresh fruit are on hand, with herbal teas and freshly ground organic coffee available throughout the day. Gluten-free and other dietary needs are catered for, just let us know when you book.
THE PROGRAMME
A gentle mix of movement, creativity, stillness, silence and rest. Each day starts with yoga and ends with a relaxing evening practice, all at a pace that suits you.
Our daily creative workshops give you time to make, write and play, with no prior experience needed. Dance and sound sessions are designed to help you let loose, with Yoga Nidra and a Cacao Circle offering moments of deep rest for the soul.
A Glimpse Into Our Days
DAY 1 · ARRIVAL & CONNECTION
DAY 2 · CREATIVITY & EXPLORATION
DAY 3 · EXPRESSION & FREEDOM
DAY 4 · STILLNESS & LISTENING
DAY 5 · INTEGRATION & CLOSING
Morning Practice · 7:30 – 9 AM / Breakfast · 9 AM / Workshop / Free Time · 11 AM / Lunch · 1 PM / Evening Practice · 6 – 7 PM / Dinner · 7 – 8 PM / Evening Gathering · 8 – 9 PM
Silent mornings until breakfast · Optional digital detox. Sample schedule, subject to change.
NOT INCLUDED
Travel to France, (airport transfers from Limoges will be available at extra cost), travel insurance, and personal spending.
Who Is Facilitating?
We’re Rachel and Derya. Between us we’ve been teaching yoga for over 20 years, and have hosted more than 100 retreats, across Europe, Asia and South America. We met seven years ago while working at an internationally renowned retreat centre in Cambodia, and we’ve shared a love of retreats as medicine for the soul ever since. We’ve both watched over and over as people arrive tired and tense, only to leave lighter within mere days. Facilitating retreats will always be the work we love most.
Our experience really is what sets this retreat apart. We’ve facilitated and managed retreats at some of the most prominent centres in the world, and we bring thousands of hours of training in yoga therapy, bodywork, psychotherapy and trauma-informed care to everything we do. All of this goes into making your experience with us feel safe, supported and properly restful.
What’s The Cost?
Private Room (only 1 room left)
Early bird: £1,299 (until 31st January)
Standard: £1,449
Twin / Double Room* (only 1 room left)
Early bird: £899 per person (until 31st January)
Standard: £999 per person
*Twin rooms can be booked as two single beds or as a super-king double.
Shared Triple Room (only 1 room left)
Early bird: £699 per person (until 31st January)
Standard: £799 per person
When Is Payment Due?
Deposit: £250 per person, due at booking to secure your space**
Balance: due by 1st March 2027. Early bird pricing ends 31st January 2027.
**Deposits are non-refundable but can be transferred to another person.
What Happens If I Cancel?
Cancelling before 1st March 2027: You can cancel any time before 1st March for a refund of your payments less your £250 deposit. Just email us at thesoulmedicineretreats@gmail.com.
Cancelling on or after 1st March 2027: Bookings are non-refundable from 1st March, as we’ve already paid for your place and meals by then.
Transferring your place
If you can’t come, you’re welcome to pass your place to someone else at any point. Just let us know their name and contact details and we’ll take it from there. Any refund or payment between the two of you is up to you. We’d strongly recommend travel insurance that covers cancellation.
How Do I Book?
Fill out our registration form and we’ll be in touch with next steps! A non-refundable deposit of £250 is required to secure your spot, and can be paid by bank transfer, Revolut, Monzo or PayPal.
We are so excited to be with you on this very first edition of Soul Medicine Retreat!
Rachel & Derya
Other Recommended Retreats
Over the years, I have had the privilege of being part of retreat communities that have deeply influenced my own journey. While I create and host my own retreats, I also feel grateful to share places that I personally trust and recommend.
Hariharalaya – Cambodia
I am proud to be part of the Hariharalaya community in Cambodia, a yoga and meditation retreat center that has deeply influenced my own path as a teacher and practitioner. I highly recommend exploring their retreats if you feel called to experience a supportive environment that brings together yoga, meditation, community, nature, creativity and self-exploration.
