wellness retreatS
our signature retreat combining yoga, nature, meditation, heritage & time to rest
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3 Days | 2 Nights ❋ All Inclusive ❋ North Yorkshire ❋ Private Home ❋ Small Group
A Digital Detox with Heart
We gently encourage you to leave behind laptops, tablets, and smartwatches. There are no TVs in the rooms. What you’ll gain instead is immeasurably more valuable: presence, peace, and the space to hear your own wisdom.
Perfect for You If...
You’re craving a pause from the relentless pace of modern life. You’re ready to trade scrolling for stillness, productivity for presence, and constant connectivity for genuine connection with yourself, and with others (without giving up comfort, beauty or exceptional food).
Your Group, Your Sanctuary
With a maximum of just 20 guests, this retreat offers an intimate, transformative experience where you’ll feel seen, held, and supported. Come alone and leave with kindred spirits. Come with a friend and deepen your bond.
2027 DATES
Friday 9th - Sunday 11th April
Tuesday 8th - Thursday 10th June
Friday 10th - Sunday 12th September
Monday 25th - Wednesday 27th October
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Prices
Single Occupancy - £950.00 per person
Double Occupancy - £750.00 per person
Reconnect, restore, regenerate
Experience a transformative journey reconnecting to oneself and nature in the magnificent surroundings of Carlton Towers, a historic 1000-year-old Yorkshire estate. Away from screens and schedules, you’ll be guided through a carefully woven programme of ceremony, movement, sound and stillness. Each session designed to help you reconnect with yourself, with others, and with the natural world around you.
Every signature retreat carries the flavour of its season. In the food on your plate, the workshops you join, and the energy you’re invited to move with, not against. Spring brings renewal - summer, vitality - autumn, release and winter, restoration. Wherever you join us in the calendar, you’ll leave not just restored, but fluent in the season’s energy long after you return home.
“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir
The Carlton Towers retreat Experience
‘Bridgerton meets Breathwork’
Your sanctuary is a Victorian Gothic masterpiece and home to the Fitzalan Howard family, where historic grandeur meets modern hospitality.
Sleep in beautifully appointed rooms filled with character and charm. Wander through walled vineyard gardens.
Lose yourself in 250 acres of peaceful parkland where time moves differently.
This retreat offers more of a private house stay than a conventional wellness retreat.
MEET YOUR FACILITATOR
MARISKA GUNTER
Born in South Africa, Mariska carries the spirit of the African earth, forests, woodlands, and sea within her soul. Her early experiences of finding peace and understanding through solitude and deep reflection have shaped her into a guide for those seeking meaningful connection, with themselves, with others, and with the natural world.
A certified Vinyasa yoga instructor, Sylvotherapist, Reiki 2 practitioner, and holistic masseuse, Mariska draws on the rich and varied training to offer a truly integrated path to wellbeing - one that moves the body, quiets the mind, and restores the spirit’s connection to nature.
Mariska’s life’s work is dedicated to the health of humanity and the planet we call home. She believes that our pursuit of optimal health and longevity must begin within, and a collective rise in consciousness, allowing us to thrive within nature rather than resist the very life force that sustains us.
At Carlton Towers, Mariska invites you to embark on a three-day journey of reconnection. Through the flowing movement of vinyasa yoga, the grounding practice of sylvotherapy (forest bathing), the subtle energy work of Reiki, discover the profound interconnectedness of all souls and experience the joy of coming home to yourself, to community, and to the natural world that embraces us all.
Join Mariska for an unforgettable retreat where ancient wisdom meets present moment awareness, and where every experience is crafted with care, intention, and the vibrant energy of the African spirit that flows through her work.
Explore the itinerary
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You arrive carrying the weight of the world you’ve temporarily left behind - emails, deadlines, the relentless hum of everyday life. As you step into the historic grandeur of Carlton Towers, something begins to soften. A warm cacao ceremony draws you into the circle of fellow travellers, where intentions are set and the breath slows. An evening of restorative yoga gently coaxes tension from your body, while a candlelit dinner nourishes you from the inside out. By the time you curl up in your beautifully appointed room, you’ll already feel lighter, as though the retreat has quietly begun its work.
Please Note: The below is an example itinerary and certain activities may alter due to weather conditions.
3:00pm - Check-In
4:30pm - Opening Circle/Welcome
5:30pm - Immersive Heritage
6:00pm to 7:00pm - Dinner
8:00pm to 9:00pm - Reiki Sound Bath
9:30pm - Retreat to your room
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You wake to stillness. Morning breathwork and meditation greet the day with intention, and something in you begins to open. Breakfast becomes an experience rather than a routine. Then the forest calls - and inside Carlton Towers’ ancient woodlands, time moves differently. The forest bathing session invites you to simply be, awakening your senses in ways a screen never could. A picnic lunch beneath the Copper Beach tree, free hours to wander, journal, or sink into silence, dine in the vines and an evening firepit under the stars - by nightfall, you’ll feel reconnected to something you may have forgotten was there.
7:45am to 9:00am - Morning Meditation with Rise & Shine Yoga
9:00am to 10:00am - Breakfast
10:00am to 11:00am - Free Time
11:00am to 1:00pm - Forest Bathing Experience*
1:00pm to 2:00pm - Light Lunch
2:00pm to 3:30pm - Free Time
3:30pm to 4:30pm - Historic Tour
4:30pm to 5:45pm - Free Time
5:45pm to 6:15pm - Carlton Towers Signature Lavender Martini Demo
7:00pm to 8:00pm - Dine in the Vines
8:00pm to 9:00pm - Firepit Sharing Circle
10:00pm - Retreat to your room
*Free time allocated within the itinerary where you can pre-book extra treatments (additional charges apply)
Massage treatments will be available and are pre-bookable on the day of check-in with Natalie for massage/reiki treatments. Slots are subject to availability on a first come first served basis between 10am - 4pm.
Loving Release
This is a whole hour of loving release for your back, shoulders, neck and scalp.
Enjoy a slow, nurturing massage experience to reset your nervous system; allowing you to sink into deep rest. £65.00 1hr treatment
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There’s a particular kind of clarity that arrives on the final morning. You move through meditation and journaling with a quieter mind, and a more settled body. Over a farewell breakfast, you’ll gather the tools to carry this feeling home - breathwork, somatic practices, a sustainable rhythm for the life waiting for you. You leave not just rested, but genuinely restored. Goodie bag in hand, you step back into the world, but somehow, it feels different now. So do you.
8:00am to 9:00am - Mindful Meditation & Journaling or Lake & Bird Watching Stroll
9:10am to 10:00am - Farewell Breakfast
11:00am - Check-out with Group Photo
Enjoy the grounds, Stables Tearoom or Holistic Treatments
How It Works
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Browse our available dates and choose a retreat date that works well for you and your schedule.
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Select double or single occupancy.
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After booking, we'll send you a Welcome Pack with everything you need to know including health questionnaire, packing list recommendations, add-ons to consider, and more.
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We'd recommend booking your transportation to and from the event as soon as possible, to ensure you can arrive without any complications or delays. We have free parking onsite and a list of local taxis to try. We offer free pick up/drop off service at Selby Train Station.
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Now all that's left to do is pack your bags and get excited for a wonderful restorative and self care experience.
Experience a transformative journey reconnecting to oneself and nature in the magnificent surroundings of Carlton Towers, a historic 1000-yr old Yorkshire estate. This carefully curated retreat offers our guests the opportunity to step away from digital overwhelm and rediscover balance through mindful practices reconnecting to oneself.
Find out more and explore the itinerary
Friday 9th - Sunday 11th April
Tuesday 8th - Thursday 10th June
Friday 10th - Sunday 12th September
Monday 25th - Wednesday 27th October
Single Occupancy - £950.00 per person
Double Occupancy - £750.00 per person
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