A weekend of slowing down, re balancing yourself to feel nourished and grounded.
Retreat Highlights:
Time to focus on yourself: Enjoy gentle slow flowing movement using yoga with the Alexander Technique to align your body and experience buoyancy and lightness in yourself.
Rebalance your diet with the hidden powers of the moon: Enjoy our bio dynamic produce, from the land to the plate, lovingly created by our chefs and have 2 light ‘meals’ (Saturday evening and Sunday morning) that help reset your digestion.
Cookery Demonstrations: Saturday and Sunday morning you will have the option of watching Alison cook simple tasty recipes that help reset your digestion. These recipes come from her Jigsaw Method book that will be available for sale (or you can purchase it from Alison’s website.)
Tranquil Surroundings: Indulge in relaxation, leisurely walks, and fireside reading in a beautiful part of Wales, Eryri National Park with Dark Sky Status.
“I learnt the art of slowing down and taking time to practice self care.”
What to Expect:
Meet like minded people and enjoy good quality time to help bring you back to yourself. Learn some yoga poses that will help to improve your balance and posture with the Alexander Technique. Discover how you can eat simpler food and still be satisfied by following the hidden power of the moon in relation to your body organs.
This Retreat will Help You:
The retreat can help you find your balance in relation to how you move and what you eat. If you find that your sleep, energy or posture is compromised by the food that you eat and the way you move your body, then this is the retreat for you.
Who is this Retreat For?
For people in need to reset their digestion.
For people in need to restore their energy and a sense of self.
For people who feel disconnected from themselves.
For people who need a reset due to hectic pace of life.
For people who want to restore balance.
The yoga is suitable for beginners or for those that would like to build more alignment, awareness and deepen their practice
Join us at Trigonos with Alison of discovery, and leave with a sense of peace, clarity, and a deeper connection of yourself.
“The reminder to slow down helped me to get lost in the movement.”
What is The Alexander Technique?
The Alexander Technique, named after its developer Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869–1955), is an alternative therapy based on the idea that poor posture causes a range of health problem. It allows to to "re-learn" the fundamental building-blocks of movement, posture, balance, breathing and reaction.
The Alexander Technique can offer:
Relief from related posture pain,
Greater body awareness,
Stress management
Reduction of tension,
Improved results for performers and athletes,
A more comfortable pregnancy,
Faster recovery time following injury or surgery,
Better vocal use,
About the Facilitator
Alison trained with the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique in Kendal, Cumbria and has been teaching since 2001.
She has also trained as a Reflexologists with the Association of Reflexologists, Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance Professionals, and specialises in Pregnancy and Childbirth qualifying as a Doula and in Eutokia.
Before her training she worked in the computer industry and initially came across the Alexander Technique through back pain.
She has always had a love of movement and wanted to be a dancer as a child but suffered from digestive pain and was unable to pursue this dream.
Since her mid twenties she has applied her Alexander Technique and Yoga knowledge to improving her quality of movement and running style. She now teaches people how to regain the joy of movement without the need of pain killers or operations. In 2024 she published her first book - The Jigsaw Method - Building balance into your diet with the power of the Moon.
She also has a love for cycling, gardening, and cooking. Through her natural love of cooking she runs cookery demonstrations and developed a routine to help maintain her digestive health which she now teaches on her Re-balancing Your Diet Programmes along with the concept of Life Style Nutrition.
With her family of two boys she has developed an interest with teaching the Alexander Technique to children both in and out of school.
This type of work really inspires Alison to create fun ways of learning both for adults and children, helping people learn in an easy way, feeding their confidence and spirit.
For further details, visit Alison’s website.
An Insight to the Retreat…
Everything shared throughout the retreat is optional, this is space for you.
7:30am Yoga
8am Breakfast
9:30am Exploring the area and foraging for food (self lead activity)
11am Cookery demonstration in the dining area with discussions on how to eat in line with the moon phases
12:30pm Outdoor yoga in the garden
1pm Lunch
2pm Free time, foraging / drawing plants, afternoon swim or exploring outside the grounds (self lead activity)
4pm Lazy yoga session
5:30pm Light evening meal following recipes in the Jigsaw Method book
Cost
Residential – Prices are from £432.00 per person. Prices includes facilitator fees, accommodation and all-inclusive catering.
You can choose from the following options:
Single Occupancy -Double Bed Ensuite £612.00 per person, Single Bed Ensuite £582.00 per person, Single Bed Non-Ensuite £462.00 per person.
Shared Twin Occupancy - Double Bed Ensuite £462.00 per person, Single Bed Ensuite £447.00 per person, Single Bed Non-Ensuite £432.00 per person.
Non Residential – Price is £283 per person. Price includes facilitator fees, and all-inclusive catering except breakfast.
Concession - Trigonos offers 30% discount off the course for locals (for Nantlle Valley Residents only) and for unemployed.
Terms and Conditions
A non-refundable £100 deposit is required within fourteen days of booking to secure your place. The remaining balance is then due twenty-eight days before the event start date.
The deposit will be retained for any cancellations up to twenty-eight days beyond the event start date.
The full cost of the event will be retained for any cancellations made within twenty-eight days of the event start date.
We advise that you take out insurance to cover against any costs incurred should you have to cancel.