For women who want a holistic approach to feeling emotionally balanced, physically strong and in control of their feminine health.
Retreat Highlights:
Understanding your body better: Empower your feminine well-being and inner health confidence.
Introduction to Hypopressives: Gain an understanding of the benefits and tools.
Handy top tips: Gain useful insights for better lifestyle and diet.
Emotionally balance: Develop the understanding of breath work and its importance.
Understanding Hypopressive and its benefits: Gain the understanding of how it works and its benefits.
Discussion Space: Engage in open conversations about women's health in a small and supportive environment.
Delicious Nourishing Food: Enjoy our deliciously grown bio dynamic produce, from the land to the plate, lovingly created by our chefs for you to enjoy.
Tranquil Surroundings: Indulge in relaxation, leisurely walks, and fireside reading in a beautiful part of Wales, Eryri National Park with Dark Sky Status.
“Lara’s retreat was fantastic. She is very experienced and knowledgeable and was able to clearly explain both the practice and the underpinning evidence. The practical elements were invaluable, with demonstrations and individual feedback. Lara is an excellent teacher and is sensitive and professional in discussing this topic. She was happy to answer questions, and did so with clarity and reassurance. Overall this has been a hugely interesting and useful retreat and provides a solid foundation for women wanting to understand their body and explore hypopressives.”
What to Expect:
Through the weekend, Lara will discuss simple ways we can protect our feminine health, with practical sessions focusing on Hypopressive breathwork, foundation postures, and a Level 1 standing flow that integrates breathwork and postural holds within a flowing movement sequence.
To ensure personalized attention and a relaxed environment for discussions, the groups are intentionally kept small, with a maximum of 8 participants. This allows Lara to provide ample support and individual feedback.
You will receive a handout detailing the techniques you have learned.
This Retreat will Help You:
• Improve attitude: Feel more positive in your feminine health.
• Improve connection: More 'together' & confident in your posture, core and pelvic floor.
• Improve wellbeing: Rebalanced body and mind and feel relaxed.
Who is this Retreat For?
• Women.
• Individuals of all ages, sizes, shapes, and fitness levels.
Join us at Trigonos for a weekend of discovery, and leave with a sense of peace, clarity, and a deeper connection of yourself.
Hypopressive exercise offers a gentle and holistic approach to enhancing core, pelvic floor & overall health,
“Every woman, of whatever age, will learn really useful information and skills to help take care of our pelvic health. I wish I had learned more about how my body actually works years ago. But it’s never too late to tackle longstanding issues and I believe my learning will help with my continence in old age. ”
What is Hypopressives?
Hypopressive exercise is a gentle whole body technique that uses a combination of rhythmical breathing techniques, postural holds and mindful movement, that activates the pelvic floor and deep core muscles.
Hypopressives are used to help with:
Back/pelvic pain
Misbehaving bladders
Prolapse
Birth related abdominal separation (DRA)
Hypopressives helps to improve:
Breathing
Circulation and lymphatics
Digestion
Exercise endurance
Posture
Relaxation & stress management
Sleep
Sex
Core and pelvic floor muscle function
Tummy tone
About the Facilitator
With over 25 years’ experience as an NHS physiotherapist Lara’s expertise since 2012 has been focused on Pelvic Health. Her deepest passion lies in empowering women to discover a deep-rooted, inner sense of well-being that enables them to seize control of their feminine health and pave the way for their well-being journey.
Lara's personal pelvic health journey has strengthened her belief in the importance of looking beyond the pelvic floor, a sentiment supported by research findings.
Through Hypopressive exercise, she has helped many other women make their own positive transformations, embracing a holistic approach to address common feminine health concerns.
For more information, visit Lara’s website.
An Insight to the Day…
Everything shared throughout the retreat is optional, this is space for you.
8am Breakfast together
09:30am Discussions
11am Break
11:30am Practical exercises
1pm Lunch together
2pm Discussion and practical exercises
4pm Afternoon tea together
4:30pm Free time
7pm Dinner together
8pm Wind down with a nature guided walk, meditation, and/or fireside conversation
A note from Lara
Special Health considerations for Hypopressives:
The apnoea (breath-hold with vacuum) element of Hypopressive breathwork is not recommended if you are pregnant or affected by any of the following health complaints;
an active cancer
cardio-respiratory disease
uncontrolled blood pressure
acute inflammatory gut disorder such as Crohn’s Disease
had recent abdominal surgery
This is because, during the Hypopressive apnoea, pressures within the body are lowered. This ‘vacuum effect’, may not be tolerated in people with the conditions above, but will not affect your ability to do and enjoy the other elements of Hypopressive exercise.
Upon booking you will be required to complete a short health questionnaire to ensure that where necessary the technique is modified to suit you.
If in any doubt, you must seek advice from your doctor/relevant heath care professional before booking a place, I will not be able to make judgement on your fitness to participate on the day
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.