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El Paradiso

by Hannah Davis

El Paradiso is a secluded 200-year old farm (finca) which has been converted into a retreat for a few rat-race escapees, near Malaga in the Spanish province of Andalucia. The autho...

Holidays for Relaxation and Improved Wellbeing

by Alexandru Rotaru

Health Management holidays are now more popular than ever; people are increasingly looking for ways to escape the stresses and strains of modern life and to get their health back on...

Holidays or High Holy Days

by Cynthia Alves

An inspirational article encouraging readers to plan and take soul-restoring holidays - not just to get away from it all which inevitably results in bringing along the tape-loop ...

Holistic Benefits of a Retreat

by Kay Zega

In my work as a counsellor, multi-therapist and wellness/positive life change specialist and personal/spiritual development coach, I've become aware of increasing numbers of peop...

Holistic Retreats - Holidays for an Inner Journey

by Sharon Black

Sharon Black looks at holistic retreats that offer themed courses, designed to nurture the mind, body and spirit in tranquil surroundings. These are enjoying an increase in popular...

Meditating On a Plastic Bottle!

by Mike Webster

The author discusses the subject of meditation, and of retreats, in which people experience an environment conducive to re-evaluation of their lives, meditative development, a se...

Mystical Gardens of Bellenau

by Vivienne Silver-Leigh

Vivienne Silver-Leigh shares her experiences of Chateau Bellenau in Normandy, which has been restored over the past three years to provide a peaceful and magical setting for transf...

Natural Health Holidays in Sunny Spain

by Jan Williamson

Jan Williamson, a complementary health practitioner from Exeter in Devon, coordinates health care holidays in Southern Spain where this naturopathic approach can be taken even furt...

Scotland's Spiritual Retreats

by Lynda Hamilton

This article provides a very informative introduction to five spiritual retreat centres in Scotland:  Kagyu Samye Ling Buddhist Centre, Traigh Bhan Retreat House, Lendrick Lodge Ho...

Soukya - Revolutionary Alternative Health Farm in Bangalore

by David Lowe

The brainchild of Isaac Mathai, a South Indian doctor who completed his MD at the Hahnemann Post Graduate Institute of Homeopathy in London, Soukya offers a range of alternative he...

South East Japan - A Calming Retreat in the Face of Adversity

by Lynda Hamilton

The author writes that despite the tragic events in Japan, which saw a trilogy of disasters wreak havoc across the north east in March 2011 - killing more than 18,000 Japanese - thi...

Yoga and Detoxification in Tuscany

by Lynda Hamilton

This article is a detailed and very inspiring account of the centre in Tuscany, run by husband-and-wife team, John Parkin and Gaia Pollini, on The Hill That Breathes. The remote an...