Our story
The journey is within you Breathe, Accept & Embrace
- At Yoga Retreat Holidays, we believe your nervous system naturally rebalances when held in a space of genuine care and true stillness.
We approach well-being holistically, harmonising the mind, body & spirit. To support your journey, our dedicated facilitators curate an immersive daily curriculum.
We weave traditional Yoga with therapeutic breathwork, mindfulness, sound baths, Qigong & somatic movement, offering diverse experiences to cultivate peace.
By blending mindful presence with absolute serenity to discover the practices that truly resonate with your personal healing.
Our intention
Three core values
- Nurture - Every detail is chosen so you can soften, slow down and be cared for
- Reconnect - Restore harmony within, time to listen to your body as you hear it whisper
- Grow - Embracing personal transformation through cultivating self-discovery
Meet your facilitators
The hearts behind the practice
- Amber Serene Amber is a dedicated Yoga therapist specialising in essential physical rest for those experiencing stress, depression, anxiety and insomnia. Her intuitive sessions combine; Breath work, guided Meditation, Somatic movement & Shamanic sounds.
Raised in a holistic lineage her journey began training under her father’s guidance, offering massage and acupuncture treatments in London. In her early twenties, a profound love for yoga led her across Asia, where she immersed herself in Eastern practices and earned her RYT 500-hour certification in both yoga therapy and multi-style yoga.
Amber’s teaching style is compassionate, down to earth and creative. As a passionate Ecstatic Dance facilitator, she beautifully weaves healing, expressive movement into her offerings with a gentle, intuitive presence. You will experience a safe, nurturing container for somatic healing.
- Lula Rose McGill Lula is a 200 RYT and began her yoga journey 15 years ago, discovering the healing benefits of yoga, & noticing how rejuvenated, energised, and calm she felt.
She spent seven years exploring acrobatic aerial arts as well as functional movement. Lula soon found Vinyasa yoga and at the heart of Vinyasa flow is the connection between breath and movement. This creates greater mental clarity, more mindfulness, and awareness in the body.
Lula's classes are grounded in strength, alignment-focused with a mindfulness approach. She offers a safe space for students to grow themselves and their practise.
- Holly Vallance Holly grew up in a large extended farming family, where a theatrical B&B was the heart of gatherings and shared meals. From an early age, she learned that offering nourishing, home-cooked food is one of the simplest and most meaningful expressions of welcome.
Holly is passionate about cooking and serving delicious, wholesome, seasonal, locally sourced, plant-based food. Her intention is to nourish, inspire curiosity, and offer guests a genuine sense of warmth and welcome throughout their retreat experience.
- Marigold Fiddian-green Goldie creates dedicated spaces for people to nurture their well-being through movement, nourishment, and nature. Her holistic philosophy is anchored in a lifelong connection to the land and grounded by a degree in Nutrition and Food Science.
After studying traditional Ashtanga and Hatha yoga in Rishikesh, India, she developed a teaching style that balances structured breathwork & meditation whilst blending asana practices.
Goldie seamlessly integrates breathwork, meditation and fluid Hatha and Ashtanga movement. Each session emphasizes a nature-informed rhythm with dedicated time for deep relaxation to restore body & mind.
- Tiffany Reeve Tiffany has been a retreat chef for over 8 years and currently living between Portugal and the UK.
Tiffanys style of cooking is built on seasonality, inspired by her childhood growing up on a 5-acre smallholding where her family grew much of their own food. For Tiffany cooking for retreats is an absolute joy! She loves using wholesome, nourishing ingredients to support you on your wellness journey and hold a nurturing space for your practice.
- Susan Lynch Susan Lynch is an experienced retreat facilitator, qualified Kundalini and Yin Yoga teacher, breathwork teacher, EFT practitioner and coach, with over 20 years’ experience in personal development and wellbeing work.
Her teaching style is warm, grounded and intuitive, blending movement, breath, mindfulness, somatic practices and deep relaxation to help people slow down, reconnect with themselves and feel more at peace within themselves.
Susan has facilitated on a range of wellbeing retreats, including anxiety and depression retreats, and has also run her own coaching and walking retreats in Spain. Her sessions are accessible, supportive and designed to meet people where they are.
What Awaits You Here
What Stays With You
- Return physically refreshed
- Mentally relaxed & Spiritually enriched
- Peaceful, restorative environments
- Self-development & Exploration
- Warm community connections
- Natural, gentle weight management
- Nutritional guidance support
