NHS Gift Retreats
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Hello!
My name is Jools and I am the owner of Reclaim Your Self retreats . We have been supporting UK NHS workers since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, offering free retreats to our exhausted healthcare teams. These people have been giving so much of themselves and working in incredibly difficult situations. They have been working really hard for a long time now and many are experiencing burn-out, anxiety, insomnia, PTSD, grief, depression and exhaustion.
Our retreats for NHS workers
We usually run yoga retreats around the world but during the pandemic we have been donating our time to support NHS workers. We have joined forces with generous venue owners to create free retreats for healthcare workers from all over the UK to come together, recover from their challenging work situations, rest and be cared for by our experienced team.
We ran our first retreat in September 2020 and it was very special. Read about it here.
Our special guests
We are offering places to healthcare workers who have been particularly impacted by the pandemic. If you know someone who needs our support, you can nominate them for a place here.
NHS workers can be nominated by friends, family and colleagues or they can apply themselves for a place. Everyone who gets a place and attends a retreat can then pay it forward by nominating their colleagues for future places. We have already received over 200 nominations and they keep coming so we have a long wait list of people who need this retreat.
Please help us raise funds for more gift retreats
We have seen first hand what is happening to our healthcare workers and it's heartbreaking. Life has been very tough for them and the impact of what they have been through will be felt for some time. Our retreats have a lasting positive impact on those who attend.
We would like to run as many of these retreats as we can
After our first retreat in 2020, we have since raised enough funds to run 3 more retreats in 2021. We would love to offer 4 retreats in 2022. The need is great and the impact of the pandemic on our health service the people who work so hard to look after us all is huge. The more of these retreats we do, the more we can see their positive impact. If you would like to donate towards future retreats any amount is welcome. Thank you so much.
How is the budget spent?
The usual costs for running a retreat like this would be around £13,000 so it is thanks to the incredible generosity of the whole team, our hosts and the amazing companies that sponsor these retreats that we are able to offer a very high quality retreat for £4000.
What is included on our gift retreat?
We offer a full wellness programme for our guests who can do as much or as little as they wish. Our retreats include:-
*Morning yoga classes, meditation and mindfulness sessions
*Massages, acupuncture and reflexology sessions
*Facial treatments, manicures and pedicures
*Breath work sessions
*Forest bathing & nature walking
*Afternoon restorative yoga sessions
*Self care and yoga for fatigue/burn out sessions
*Haircut, styling and pamper sessions
*Evening deep rest, yoga nidra and sound healing sessions
*One to one and group therapy sessions
*Delicious meals, lots of treats and a glass of wine with dinner
*Time to debrief and share experiences with NHS peers
"Thank you for my retreat, I had the most amazing time and I honestly don’t think I’ve ever felt so calm and relaxed. It was very therapeutic to spend time with other healthcare workers and talk about our experiences, compare notes and offer support to each other. All of your team were so kind and welcoming and I will definitely use some of their wellbeing techniques to deal with difficult situations in the future. Thank you again.”
Read about the retreat in detail here.
My name is Jools and I am the owner of Reclaim Your Self retreats . We have been supporting UK NHS workers since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, offering free retreats to our exhausted healthcare teams. These people have been giving so much of themselves and working in incredibly difficult situations. They have been working really hard for a long time now and many are experiencing burn-out, anxiety, insomnia, PTSD, grief, depression and exhaustion.
Our retreats for NHS workers
We usually run yoga retreats around the world but during the pandemic we have been donating our time to support NHS workers. We have joined forces with generous venue owners to create free retreats for healthcare workers from all over the UK to come together, recover from their challenging work situations, rest and be cared for by our experienced team.
We ran our first retreat in September 2020 and it was very special. Read about it here.
Our special guests
We are offering places to healthcare workers who have been particularly impacted by the pandemic. If you know someone who needs our support, you can nominate them for a place here.
NHS workers can be nominated by friends, family and colleagues or they can apply themselves for a place. Everyone who gets a place and attends a retreat can then pay it forward by nominating their colleagues for future places. We have already received over 200 nominations and they keep coming so we have a long wait list of people who need this retreat.
Please help us raise funds for more gift retreats
We have seen first hand what is happening to our healthcare workers and it's heartbreaking. Life has been very tough for them and the impact of what they have been through will be felt for some time. Our retreats have a lasting positive impact on those who attend.
We would like to run as many of these retreats as we can
After our first retreat in 2020, we have since raised enough funds to run 3 more retreats in 2021. We would love to offer 4 retreats in 2022. The need is great and the impact of the pandemic on our health service the people who work so hard to look after us all is huge. The more of these retreats we do, the more we can see their positive impact. If you would like to donate towards future retreats any amount is welcome. Thank you so much.
How is the budget spent?
The usual costs for running a retreat like this would be around £13,000 so it is thanks to the incredible generosity of the whole team, our hosts and the amazing companies that sponsor these retreats that we are able to offer a very high quality retreat for £4000.
What is included on our gift retreat?
We offer a full wellness programme for our guests who can do as much or as little as they wish. Our retreats include:-
*Morning yoga classes, meditation and mindfulness sessions
*Massages, acupuncture and reflexology sessions
*Facial treatments, manicures and pedicures
*Breath work sessions
*Forest bathing & nature walking
*Afternoon restorative yoga sessions
*Self care and yoga for fatigue/burn out sessions
*Haircut, styling and pamper sessions
*Evening deep rest, yoga nidra and sound healing sessions
*One to one and group therapy sessions
*Delicious meals, lots of treats and a glass of wine with dinner
*Time to debrief and share experiences with NHS peers
"Thank you for my retreat, I had the most amazing time and I honestly don’t think I’ve ever felt so calm and relaxed. It was very therapeutic to spend time with other healthcare workers and talk about our experiences, compare notes and offer support to each other. All of your team were so kind and welcoming and I will definitely use some of their wellbeing techniques to deal with difficult situations in the future. Thank you again.”
Read about the retreat in detail here.
Organizer
Jools Sampson
Organizer