wellness retreatS
our signature retreat combining yoga, nature, meditation, heritage & time to rest
july or September | from £950
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.
3 Days | 2 Nights ❋ All Inclusive ❋ North Yorkshire ❋ Private Home ❋ Small Group ❋ From £950 per person ❋ 50% deposit required ❋ July & September
Monday 6th - Wednesday 8th july
Monday 21ST - Wednesday 23RD SEPTEMBER
£950 PER PERSON (Double Occupancy)
£1175 PER PERSON (Single Occupancy)
10% Welcome discount: Use RETREATWELCOME10 at checkout
“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir
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. This carefully curated retreat offers our guests the opportunity to step away from digital overwhelm and rediscover balance through mindful practices reconnecting to oneself.
❋ What You'll Experience on this Retreat
❋ Your Journey Awaits This isn’t just a weekend away, it’s a carefully orchestrated journey back to yourself. Over three transformative days, you’ll release digital overwhelm, reconnect with nature’s rhythms, and restore your inner balance through mindful practices designed to nourish body, mind, and soul.
❋ Nourishment for Body & SoulSavour seasonal, locally-sourced cuisine served in breath-taking settings, from the state rooms to al fresco dining in the walled garden wineyard. Learn mindful eating practices, enjoy health cocktails crafted with intention, and gather around the firepit for cacao and marshmallows under the stars.
❋ Sacred Spaces, Profound ConnectionBegin with a welcome cacao ceremony in the historic Bow Drawing Room. Share your story in intimate circles with fellow seekers. Explore Carlton Towers’ magnificent Staterooms on a private historical tour. End your evenings by the fire, sharing reflections and insights beneath Yorkshire’s starlit sky.
❋ Freedom to Simply BeBetween sessions, luxuriate in unstructured time. Perhaps indulge in optional massage treatments, journal beneath the ancient Copper Beech, take a wild walk, or simply rest. Bird watch across the parkland. Stargaze by the lake. The choice is yours.
❋ Tools for Lasting TransformationThe retreat doesn’t end when you leave. You’ll be equipped with tools to learn nervous system regulation, somatic stress release, restorative breathwork, and sustainable digital wellness strategies to carry forward into your daily life.
❋ Ancient Grounds, Timeless WisdomWake to guided meditation as dawn breaks over thousand-year-old woodlands. Practice gentle yoga in the elegant Venetian Drawing Room. Walk barefoot through ancient forests in guided Shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) sessions, engaging all your senses as nature becomes your therapist.
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.
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 with 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 her guidance, 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.
Day OneArrive & GROUNDING
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.
Check-In
4:00pm
Opening Circle/Welcome
5:30pm
Sleepy Yoga With Nidra Relaxation
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Retreat To Your RoomApprox. 9:30pm
Day TwoIMMERSION & RENEWAL
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.
Morning Meditation with Rise & Shine Yoga
7:45am – 9:00am
Breakfast
9:00am - 10:00am
Forest Bathing Experience*
11:00am - 1pm
Light Lunch
1:00pm
Historic Tour
4:00pm
Health Cocktails & Aperitifs
6:30pm
Dinner/Dine In The Vines
7:00pm
Firepit Sharing Circle
8:15pm - 9:30pm
Retreat To Your Room
9:30pm
*Free time allocated within the itinerary where you can pre-book extra treatments (additional charges apply)
Treatments will be available and are pre-bookable on the day of check-in with either Lucy or Natalie for massage/reiki treatments. Slots are subject to availability on a first come first served basis between 10am - 4pm.
Treatment Information can be found here.
Day Threeintegration & regeneration
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.
Mindful Meditation & Journaling or Lake & Bird Watching Stroll
8:00am – 9:00am
Farewell Breakfast
9:00am - 10:00am
Checkout With Group Photo
11:00am
Enjoy the grounds, Tearoom or Holistic Treatments
How It Works-
Browse our available dates and choose a retreat date that works well for you and your schedule.
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Sign up and pay your 50% deposit to secure.
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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.
Book Your 2026 retreat
monday 6th - wednesday 8th july
Monday 21ST - Wednesday 23RD SEPTEMBER
