October 27, 2022
Wildcrafted Wellness Weekend in the UK | A Sea-full of Goodness in Cornwall
Island Spirit Founder, Kirsty Barnby has been on quite the adventure around the UK with her cycle from Lands End to John O’Groats. The trip has inspired her to create our first wildcrafted wellness retreat in England. We couldn’t be more excited! This is what is on offer, starting in January 2023.
Leaflet – Wildcrafted Wellness Cornwall January 2023
Our first ever Wildcrafted Wellness Weekend in the UK
The master room
In January 2023, Kirsty will be welcoming visitors to Polzeath in Cornwall for a ‘Wildcrafted Wellness Weekend’ in aid of charity Seaful. During the trip, you will focus on body awareness, creativity and compassion on the cliffs of the Cornish coastline.
After a turbulent couple of years, the trip will provide the perfect opportunity to recentre oneself. We feel it’s the ideal chance to nurture the soul all within the beauty of mother nature and her soothing properties.
Activities on offer at our wellness weekend in the UK
The house of the cliff
This special weekend will include a number of the activities that we at Island Spirit are known for. To start the day, you can ease into the day with yoga and meditation sessions. It will then be followed by a clifftop and woodland walk and a rockpool photography workshop.
We will also have plenty of time to relax and enjoy the scenery. The days will be interspersed with communal, handmade fresh meals, an inclusive craft activities or wellness workshops. There will also be opportunities to take part in foraging and even a life drawing session.
Wellness and support for environmental protection
Baby Bay, Polzeath Beach
Our trip is made even more special as proceeds will go towards Seaful (being mindful of the sea). This British organisation is highlighting the plight of the oceans and the environmental impacts of climate change on our waters.
Seaful believe that mental health is inextricably linked to our connection to the natural world. And this is something we at Island Spirit also believe! They want to create ocean ambassadors and stewards by helping people find their own personal connection to the big blue. Of course, we hope this is something you will find or embellish upon during your time with us in Cornwall.
Seaful currently has two main projects. The Vitamin Sea project was inspired by the founder, Cal Major’s, paddle boarding journey that followed a similar route to Kirsty’s cycle ride. She used the journey to find proactive solutions to the cataclysmic ocean plastic problem. Then she realised that personal connection is the key, and there the idea for the charity was born.
To create a solid grounding for the charity, she investigated both the local stories and the academic research around the sea and mental wellness. Now they promote sea stewardship and for ocean citizens to contact their local parliamentary representatives to enact legislative change. They also encourage everyone to be a conscious consumer, take part in local beach cleans and raise awareness in their local communities.
A UK wellness weekend to fight against climate change
At Island Spirit, we believe that we all need to become ocean stewards and to protect the oceans that create half the oxygen we breathe. These actions will help stabilise our wider ecosystems and therefore are a pivotal part in the fight against climate change.
We pride ourselves on carbon-conscious travel, sensitive to the needs of the local communities in which we work. In line with this, we are offering free collections and drop-offs from Bodmin Parkway, the closest train station to Polzeath. This ethos permeates in everything we do, wherever we do it. Therefore, we invite you to join us on our first home-based adventure in Cornwall, to raise money for this amazing charity.
Included
3 nights and 2¾ days of activities over a long weekend
6 studies of Hatha and ashtanga asanas (yoga postures)
3 guided meditations
2 local walks
Rockpool (mobile phone) photography workshop
Framed image of your best photo from the rockpool photography session
Life drawing, shell matchboxes workshops
Double bedrooms or twin rooms
Bodmin Parkway train station collection and drop-off
Homemade meals
Availability
2oth January 4pm – 23rd January 12 noon 2023
Our special launch prices:
- Double front room two pax occupancy £460pp (two spaces available) NOW £410
- Twin front room per person £460 (two beds available) NOW £410
- Twin back rooms £410pp (two beds in one room available) NOW £370
Itinerary
Arrival – Friday 2oth January
Arrive at 4pm, relax
5pm Welcome ceremony
6pm Yoga in the Coach House
7.30 pm Dinner
9 pm Meditation
Day 1 – Saturday 21st January
8am – Wake up to a locally sourced smoothie and fresh coffee
8.30am – Foraging
10am – Communal breakfast
10.45am – A woodland and clifftop walk and talk
1.30pm – Communal lunch
2.30pm – Siesta
3pm – Craft and wellness workshop or activity
4pm – Relaxing tea time
5pm – Yoga in the Coach House
6pm – Free time / 30 min integrated therapeutic healing massages
7pm – Homemade dinner
8pm – Free time
9pm Meditation
Day 2 – Sunday 22nd January
8am – Wake up to a locally sourced smoothie and fresh coffee
8.30am – Morning meditation
10am – Communal breakfast
10.45am – Rockpool mobile phone photography workshop followed by a clifftop walk
1.30pm – Communal lunch
2.30pm – Siesta
3pm – Craft and wellness workshop or activity
4pm – Relaxing tea time
5pm – Yoga in the Coach House
6pm – Free time | 30 min integrated therapeutic healing massages
7pm – Homemade dinner
8pm – Free time
9pm Meditation
Day 3 – Monday 23rd January
7am – Earlier wake up to a locally sourced smoothie and fresh coffee
7.30am – gentle stretch yoga in the Coach House
8am – A hill walk and alfresco meditation
9am – Communal breakfast
9.30am leaving ceremony
10 am store bags and join an optional walk before lifts back to the station
Accommodation
A spacious, communal house perched on a cliff in North Cornwall on the iconic Cornwall coastal path. A variety of room types and a dedicated Coach House space for our meditation and yoga sessions make it a very special location.
Optional Extras
Surfing
Offers
Book you and a friend before December 15th, 2022 for £20 discount per person.
If you want more information about our next Wildcrafted Wellness Weekend in the UK, please email kirsty@island-spirit.org.
