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Breath, Body & Beyond – A 1-Day Private Retreat For Women

Justine is the Queen of British Breathwork and Lucas’s restorative massages combine intuition and insight with bodywork, allowing profound shifts. Conde Nast Traveller Spa & Wellness Guide 2023

Justine and renowned body psychotherapist Andrea Lucas are teaming up in 2023 to launch an immersive one day retreat that draws upon ancient teachings integrating powerful touch, movement, Breathwork and active listening to help women in overwhelm and HFA (High Functioning Anxiety). The retreat will be for you, and you alone, with a 100% focus on you, your needs, desires and requirements.

Breath, Body & Beyond’s mission is to help educate you into facilitating your own healing. You’ll be guided through a magical, restorative, informative and healing day, helping you find the root cause of your physical and emotional discomfort and give you the tools you need to overcome the challenges you face. In this one unique day retreat, you’ll be supported in rediscovering your true nature and begin the process of healing deeply the symbolic tunes of your body. Justine and Andrea hold a sacred safe space, allowing your heart to open, enabling you to embrace new feelings of wholeness and radiance. You’ll leave feeling transformed with a deep inner peace.

What you’ll experience

1. Begin the process of alleviating pain and ill health

At their root, pain and ill health have unspoken and unexpressed thoughts and most of these remain unexamined. Breathwork and body psychotherapy will help to gently begin the process of helping remove these from the body.

2. Change the way you think

Your body is a metaphor of your mind. What shows up in your body has everything to do with your mind. Your body is designed to thrive and heal, but often the mind gets in the way and disrupts the process. Changing our thoughts is a pathway to self-healing and this one-day retreat will start you thinking in an entirely different way about yourself, and about your body.

3. Reclaim your personal power

Our potential for healing is actually limitless, we just don’t realise it. This retreat will help you reactivate the parts of yourself you’ve closed down over the course of your lifetime and reclaim control over your life, making better, more conscious, clearer decisions about yourself, your health and your life in general. Working with your breath on an ongoing basis (we’ll teach you how) is a wonderful way of keeping in tune with the inner you.4. Helping you deal better with stress and anxiety

Most people spend way too much of their day living with elevated stress and anxiety levels which can lead to us disassociating from our feelings rather than the healthier way, which is to work through them as they arise. We’ll use powerful methods of releasing stuck energy that is held deeply in the tissues of the body, as well as showing you how to allow your emotions to arise whilst using helpful steps to avoid overloading yourself with stress and anxiety.

4. Release tension, trauma and emotional baggage

To be human is to have emotional baggage and often trauma, too. Tension in your body reflects the tension in your psyche because memories and emotions reside in the body resulting in energy blocks and imbalances. Emotions are energy and Breathwork and body psychotherapy begin the process of releasing these from the body before they manifest as dis-ease and illness, helping to transform the oldest and most painful memories, release physical tensions, soothe the heart and ultimately restore the body and mind to its optimal health. freeing you to live a healthier and happier life.

How your private retreat day will run

10 am: Arrival. You’ll begin your day by enjoying a light refreshment including Welle Co Calming Tea – a blend of potent herbs traditionally used to help calm, relax and ease the mind. Each cup unites the effects of hops, valerian, lemon balm, passionflower and skullcap to create a soothing sensation, which helps you begin your day with a sense of conscious calm and wellbeing. Also available is a Welle Co Super Elixir green juice – this iconic super greens is an all-in-one, vegan solution that helps support all 11 systems of the body – from the immune and digestive systems to hair, skin and nail health. Carefully curated with over 40+ naturally derived ingredients, The Super Elixir™ provides a complete solution for your entire body including wholefoods, herbal extracts, vitamins, minerals, and probiotics.

10.30 am: Breath coach Justine will guide you through a 120-minute Conscious Connected Breath experience.

Breathing is a forgotten tool for healing and optimising your physical and mental health. Conscious Connected Breathwork is a powerful and safe way to infuse the body with oxygen and energy and recharge your system to its maximum healing capacity. It can lead you to optimum health, mental and emotional clarity and experience an ever-deepening relationship with yourself. It’s a gentle, simple, yet profound technique that will help open up the full potential of your breathing system for better physical and emotional wellbeing. The many benefits, include increased energy, better immune response, and increased ability to deal with stress in a healthy way. This 120 min session will include:

• Introduction to Conscious Connected Breathwork
• Intention setting
• 45-minute guided breath session
• 10 minute Shavasana (deep relaxation)

12.30 pm: Nutritious ayurvedic lunch, followed by some quiet time for journaling to capture your feelings, reflections and experiences at this point in your day. Included is a personalised Touching The Soul journal to make notes and take home with you.

1: 45 pm Body psychotherapist Andrea will take you through 120 mins of deeply restorative body massage work. Known as a ‘Guardian Angel’ in the massage therapy world, Andrea combines her highly developed intuition and astute psychological insight together with an in-depth understanding of the human body. Andrea’s healing hands and her light and vibrant presence define her as the holy grail of massage therapists. Leave feeling transformed with a deep inner peace.

3.45 pm Tea/Juice and also you’ll also have the opportunity to try an incredible, nutritious homemade Peace & Plenty Collagen & Cacao Protein bar packed with Ancient & Brave Cacao + Collagen blend, dates, seeds, toasted coconut flakes and oil, ginger slices, nuts and cacao (if you have a nut allergy, we’ll substitute for a nut-free alternative).

4.00 pm Therapeutic reflection and insights with Andrea and Justine.

5 pm Finish your day.

1 week later, at a time to suit you, Andrea and Justine will have an online follow-up session with you for 45 minutes.

Introductory price: £1200

Full price: £1800

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NEED TO KNOW

This retreat takes place in a beautiful location in Harrow-on-the-Hill, North London on Thursdays throughout 2023. You’ll be nourished and held safely by Justine and Andrea and the day is for you and you alone.

Please check you have no contraindications for the Breathwork before booking this retreat day. If you have any dietary requirements we’ll ensure this is well catered for.

Directions will be sent to you by email before the session and please do feel free to contact me anytime to discuss any questions or concerns.

To learn more about Andrea Marie Lucas’s work, head over to her website here.

To ask any questions about this private retreat day get in touch with me here and I’ll get back to you as quickly as I can, always the same day if it’s Mon-Friday – weekends and holidays may be slightly slower.

About Justine

Justine is a former CEO turned certified Breathguru © Conscious Connected Breath coach and the founder of Wonderbreath. Her entire wellbeing roadmap of the past twenty or so years began with trying to understand herself and her place in the world, Justine began her love of Breathwork twelve years ago with a rigorous Ashtanga yoga practice and believes our breath is the most powerful tool we possess.

Justine is also a Shinrin-yoku (Forest Bathing) guide, qualified to advance level with the International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine and founder of Wonderwoods – Forest Bathing Made In Britain. She’s the co-author of a lockdown-inspired book called I Am Every Woman – A Collection Of Extraordinary Life Journeys and a forthcoming guide to nature connection, called Wonder Woods – Finding Wisdom In The Forest.

About Andrea

Andrea is a body psychotherapist with 30 years of experience. Her philosophy is that a healthy flow of life force is crucial in the body’s energy field if there is to be a sense of physical and emotional wellbeing. Her psychotherapeutic approach is comprehensive in its precision, in its methods, and results. Andrea’s compassionate presence allows you to see your truth; her psychological presence and wisdom helps you transform old and painful memories; and her caring and insightful qualities supports you to release any physical, energetic and emotional tension. Andrea’s vibrant energy and caring creativity is always present and she embraces the underlying faith of her spiritual higher self as a unique combination for transformation to occur. She is well-known and respected in the field of healing, providing meaningful, heart-filled, spirited treatments and has dedicated her life to unravelling the mysteries of the mind/body connection.

She has undertaken studies in integrative psychotherapy and personal development, and I am registered and accredited with the BACP. In addition, she has studied worldwide in the clinical application of numerous bodywork disciplines and modalities. These include anatomy and physiology, reflexology, acupressure, trigger point techniques, sports massage, yoga, stretching, breath-work, and advanced clinical and remedial massage. (JING ACMT). She works with an open heart to be available to each individual who wishes to discover the inner music of their own life.

From January 2023 to April 2023 the retreat day will take place on Thursdays in Harrow-on-the-hill, Middlesex (near London) with options in the Cotswolds beyond that. More details to follow, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Connecting To Your Wilder Self – a 1 Day Retreat For Women May 25

This Connecting To Your Wilder Self 1-Day Retreat for women is dedicated to connecting you with the restorative powers of nature.

As a small group of like-minded women, we will spend the day together on Sunday 18th May 2025 to celebrate the month the oak tree bursts into life and the time when things really begin to warm up both underfoot as well as high above ground on the edge of a beautiful wild-flower meadow within the 3,500-acre re-wilding project on the Knepp Estate. This day will be a welcome antidote to the relentless stress of modern day, technology-fuelled living. It’s an opportunity to unplug, unwind, recharge and open up your senses to the natural world that surrounds you in all directions here. This is a day of healing magic, where we focus on positive lifestyle changes and equipping you with tools to help you live a healthier, freer, more connected, and happier life.

You’ll experience the transformative power of Conscious Connected Breathwork and understand how breathing is a forgotten tool for healing and optimising your physical and mental health. You’ll also experience the gentle, calming power and wonder of Shinrin-yoku (Forest Bathing), the Japanese-inspired practice of Shinrin-yoku and how being in the forest soothes our nervous systems and boosts our immunity. For those who would like to, you’ll also find out why everyone is going wild for Wild Bathing. It’s a magical experience and hugely rewarding experience, so now is your chance! We’ll finish off by gathering, as we did long ago, with a Campfire session and learn why fire has been used throughout human history as an aid for transformation.

Community is at the heart of a Wonderbreath experience, where you arrive as strangers and leave as friends. This will be a magical journey in nature, beautifully designed to bring out your inner power, reconnect to the wild, nurture & nourish your entire body, and uplift your soul. This is an intimate, small group retreat of 8 women only, to allow for individual attention.

More detailed information about the sessions that take place during the day

1. The transformative power of Conscious Connected Breathwork

Breathing is a forgotten tool for healing and optimising your physical and mental health. This morning session of Conscious Connected Breathwork is a powerful and safe way to infuse the body with oxygen and energy and recharge your system to its maximum healing capacity. It can lead you to optimum health, mental and emotional clarity and experience an ever-deepening relationship with yourself.  This session is a gentle, simple technique that will help open up the full potential of your breathing system for better physical and emotional wellbeing.  The many benefits, include increased energy, better immune response and increased ability to deal with stress in a healthy way.

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2. The healing powers of Shinrin-yoku (Forest Bathing)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After lunch we’ll head out into the nearby woods where you’ll experience the Japanese-inspired practice of Shinrin-yoku, translated as Forest Bathing. You’ll feel incredible, just hanging out in the forest together in this beautiful month of bluebells and Beltane, but we’ll do so much more than that. You’ll learn techniques to open up your five senses and experience how being in the forest soothes our nervous system, balances our blood pressure, helps us to sleep better and enhances our NK (Natural Killer) cell activity, which boosts our immune systems. It’s a deeply calming, reconnecting and balancing experience.

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3. The sensory wonders of Wild Bathing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have you ever had the experience of feeling utterly revived by bathing in wild water? It’s a magical experience and now is your chance. This session is based on the principles from the book Blue Mind by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols – written about the remarkable effects of water on our health and wellbeing, along the myriad of evidence that cold water immersions improves our energy levels, calms our nervous system, boosts our endorphins  for a feel-good factor that’s hard to beat, and improves circulation. Cold showers are all the rage, but they’re a second-rate substitute to wild bathing where you really feel part of the natural world as you bob about!  This is a supported, gentle way to experience how being in wild water helps you deeply connect to your body. You’ll be delighted by the flow of positive feelings and find yourself coming firmly into the present, letting go of life’s frustrations and gaining a greater sense of clarity.

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4. Releasing and connecting Campfire session

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fire has been used throughout human history as an aid for transformation. Fire ceremonies allow us to honour our life lessons and let go of old stories, dramas and belief structures by placing them in the fire and emerge feeling renewed and reborn. In a world that propels us into wanting more and more and that faster is better, a fire ceremony is the perfect medicine to step into timelessness. It’s an invitation to connect back to a tradition of hundreds of thousands of years of ancestors, who sat around a fire to share stories, keep warm, to cook food and to dance.

MEET JUSTINE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Justine, founder of The Life Adventure and a certified Breathwork coach.  She was born curious and adventurous. She’s spent the last 15 years exploring ways to live and feel better through ashtanga yoga, kinesiology, Celtic shamanism and mythology, psychotherapy, plant communication and mindfulness, to name a few. For many years, she was a self-confessed ‘on-the-go’ CEO of an experiential travel company and no words of warning from others about the importance of slowing down, could stop her. She only really listened after a series of injuries forced her to stop. Her slow recovery invited her to start learning how to ‘be’ rather than ‘do’. She’s also a certified Shinrin-yoku guide with the International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine (INFOM)and set up/runs the Selsey Sea Bathing Society to encourage people back into the cold water.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED

• A guided 2-hour morning Conscious Connected Breathwork session. This form of Breathwork has been called a detox for every level of your being for good reason and includes intention setting for the day.
• A delicious and nutritious vegetarian lunch and dessert.
• A guided woodland immersion experience based on the gentle, yet profound Japanese principles of Shinrin-yoku (Forest Bathing).
• A guided and supported Blue Mind-inspired wild bathing experience and post-dip herbal tonic and snack.
• Herbals teas throughout the day.
• A campfire session around the firepit with woodland tea and releasing ceremony.

The day runs from 10.30am to 5.30pm

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PLEASE NOTE

To take part in the Breathwork session, please ensure you have none of the following contraindications. If you do, please get in touch before booking:

Medical and Psychiatric Contraindications To Participating In Breathwork

Breathwork results in certain specific physiological changes in the body and also can result in intense physical and emotional release. Therefore, for safety purposes, we do not allow persons with the following conditions to participate in a breathwork session:

​Medical Contraindications

• Epilepsy
• Detached Retina
• Glaucoma
• Prior strokes or seizures
• Pregnancy – first trimester only – ok after that
• Asthma (if you have asthma you can participate but you must have your inhaler available)

Psychiatric Contraindications

• Prior diagnosis by a health professional of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia
• Psychotic or borderline psychotic states
• Any other medical, psychiatric or physical conditions which would impair or affect ability to engage in any activities that involve intense physical and/or emotional release.

Please email us if you are at all unsure whether one or more of the above apply to you.

Feedback from previous attendees

Have you got what it takes?

Kieran Low was once a successful professional rugby player with the world at his feet, turning pro at 18, he became a Scottish international player at 22. Yet he was forced to retire aged 25, after sustaining multiple concussions and a brain injury, during his short, but eventful, career. One of the matches is described as follows.

As the fog finally lifted, Kieran became conscious of his teammates around him, the applause of the crowd and the lights illuminating the Murrayfield pitch were in brilliant contrast to the cold dark sky engulfing the stadium.  That moment – 23rd November 2013 – should have been one to savour, Low having made his international debut against Australia. But instead, it’s one where the cursed male ego has ensured it was one of abject confusion.

Did any the 56,000 fans in the stadium register that Low, just 22 at the time, was a blindside flanker who was vacant and playing on autopilot?

“It was my first cap and I was getting frustrated not getting my hands on the ball so took a really bad line towards a ruck the and ran straight into a big Australian fella, I remember thinking ‘it’s my first carry in international rugby, I can’t go off the pitch’. I then took a blow to my head, and I had no idea where I was, but I’ve seen the video and I just played on in autopilot. It was male pride and ego.”

His traumatic experiences both on and off the field led to him searching for ways to rediscover the person he’d lost and through this journey he discovered healing through a natural lifestyle philosophy and holistic approach to health with a strong focus on breathwork and nature therapy.  He has learned a huge amount about his life experiences through deep self-exploration and now shares his knowledge and experiences to help others.

Kieren has accepted that the ‘black dog’ of depression is always with him nowadays, but now he understands his predicament he is able to bear it. But it wasn’t always that way.  He ended up going through periods of depression and anxiety and just poor mental health in general, understanding the severity of his concussions, but completely unsure sure what to do about it.

And when he began to see a notable decline in his performance as a result of his physical and mental health. he started to drink a lot more and began taking painkillers.

Alongside the many challenges he faced, like many people, Kieran suffered from imposter syndrome the whole of his rugby career, always noticing a ‘lack’ as a result of coming from a working-class family in Sussex who never went to the ‘right’ schools.

Now, in an altogether better place thanks to nutrition, breathwork, nature immersion, exercise and surrounding himself with the right people, Kieran’s varied talks cover:

• The journey he’s been on, placing great emphasis on sharing the way he’s learned to down regulate the body’s nervous system.
• His understanding of how we can only control certain things and the importance of letting go of what we cannot.
• How he came to the conclusions he has about life and why he believes many others can benefit from the practises he has learned over the years on his dramatic life journey.
• General mindset themes including how to turn negatives into positives and how a brain injury was the best thing that ever happened to him.
• How all this is underpinned by the power of your breath, living closely alongside and with the natural environment and his general life philosophy.

To discuss what talk Kieran can deliver for your organisation, please get in touch with us here at [email protected]

Presenter Andrea

A restorative intuitive bodyworker and integrative psychotherapist. The primary focus of my bodywork is on long lasting release, both physically and emotionally. I believe with loving intention, a genuine caring presence along with the fusion of strength and tenderness, the heart opens and allows you to listen to sensations, lighten the tensions allowing energy to flow, restoring the body, mind and soul to vibrant life.

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What’s included

A 1 day retreat as described above including all food and drinks as described, 1 x 90 mins Conscious Connected Breath session, 1 x 60 min Conscious Connected Breath session, 1 x 120 mins body psychotherapy session and a 60 mins therapeutic reflection session.

Price £1,200.00

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Presenter The Life Adventure

For individuals and organisations who want to feel and think better, both emotionally and physically, The Life Adventure is a wellbeing consultancy and online platform that offers you practical tools and techniques in the form of talks, workshops, programmes and online video. We teach you how to live your life more fully, how to be more present and how to operate at your best, both at work and play. We give you clear, practical takeaways on unique subject matter that will change the way you, and your organisation, sees the world, forever.

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What’s included

A guided 2-hour morning Conscious Connected Breathwork session. This form of Breathwork has been called a detox for every level of your being for good reason and includes intention setting for the day.
A delicious and nutritious vegetarian lunch and dessert.
A guided woodland immersion experience based on the gentle, yet profound Japanese principles of Shinrin-yoku (Forest Bathing).
A guided and supported Blue Mind-inspired wild bathing experience and post-dip herbal tonic and snack.
Herbals teas throughout the day.
A campfire session around the firepit with woodland tea and releasing ceremony.

Price £175.00

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Presenter Kieran Low

Kieran Low was once a professional rugby player. He turned pro at 18, became a Scottish international at 22 and retired at 25 after sustaining multiple concussions and a brain injury, during his career. He was led to healing himself through a natural lifestyle philosophy and holistic approach to health including breath and nature therapy. He has learned a huge amount about his experiences through deep self-exploration and now shares his knowledge and experiences to help others.

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1 hour interactive talk

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