Nature-based retreats combining breathwork, movement, and timeless practices — designed to reset your body, calm your mind, and reconnect you to what matters.
ANCIENT TOOLS, MODERN RESILIENCE
Healing through movement, breath and courage.Practices to ground your mind, energise your body and anchor you in you truth.
Each element of our retreats is carefully curated for growth — rooted in ancient techniques, supported by science, and shaped by Katherine Howlett’s lived experience of transformation.
Breathwork: Scientifically-proven techniques that calm the nervous system and build resilience.
Cold Water Therapy: A controlled plunge into cold for clarity, energy, and emotional reset.
Sauna heat: Woodfired sauna therapy that perfectly complements cold water training and breathwork.
Yoga: Movement, strength, and stillness to reconnect body, breath, and awareness.
Nature Connection: Immersion in natural surroundings to restore balance and clarity.
Community: A supportive space to connect, share, and grow with others on the same path.
Upcoming Day Retreats
One-day experiences to pause, reconnect, and reset.
Find Your Flow: Breathe & Nourish Your Soul Day Retreat
NEXT DATE: SATURDAY 6TH JULY, 10AM - 2PM, BHAKTIVEDANTA MANOR, WATFORD, WD25 8EZ, £25
Our June retreat was incredible, a beautiful gathering of movement, breath, laughter, and deep connection.
We’re doing it again — and you’re invited.
Join us for a powerful half-day retreat including grounding yoga, energising breathwork (pranayama), a nourishing vegetarian feast, and a transformative talk on life purpose and the modern teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. You are welcome to spend the rest of the day exploring the
Afterwards, you're welcome to stay and explore the stunning grounds, from the peaceful rose gardens and cow sanctuary to the temple rooms and sacred spaces of Bhaktivedanta Manor.
Booking opens soon - register your interest to be first in line.
Summer Solstice Breathwork Ceremony and Day Retreat
SATURDAY 21ST JUNE, 10AM - 8PM, THE BURROW, FRENSHAM, SURREY (near FARNHAM) £45
Celebrate the longest day of the year with breath, movement, and deep connection — all held in the stunning natural beauty of private land, The Burrow.
We'll begin with grounding yoga and breathwork at 10am, followed by a day of nurturing events, sacred ceremony, and community connection.
This is your invitation to honour the turning of the light, connect with your inner wisdom, and embrace the power of shared ritual.
Held outdoors, surrounded by ancient trees and open skies — the perfect space for reflection, celebration, and healing.
Yoga in the Clover Garden Day Retreat - Winchester Garden Festival
THURSDAY 26TH JUNE, 10AM - 4PM, LONGSTOCK PARK, STOCKBRIDGE (WAITROSE LECKFORD ESTATE) £85
A full-day retreat of breathwork, yoga, nature connection, and seasonal food — held in the stunning surroundings of Longstock Park.
This is a rare opportunity to practice in the Grade II listed Bothy, now beautifully converted into a wellbeing space. We’ll move and breathe together on the Clover Lawn, soft underfoot, surrounded by mature trees and birdsong.
Enjoy barefoot grounding, uplifting breathwork, and delicious plant-based lunch sourced from the Waitrose kitchen garden — all designed to reconnect you with nature and yourself.
Limited to 12 guests.
3-Day RetreatS at Gambledown Farm
FROM £580 PP, HAMPSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE, 30 MINS FROM WINCHESTER.
Reset your nervous system, reconnect with yourself, and rise with others, all in 270 acres of stunning countryside. Each retreat includes:
Yoga + Breathwork
Ice Bath + Sauna Heat
Fire Circles + Shared Meals
Luxury barn accommodation + nourishing food
We have fun on retreat, and we go deep. You’ll learn, grow, and leave with lasting tools and new support.
Choose your path:
Women’s Healing Retreat
For women moving forward after separation or emotional trauma. A gentle, powerful space for recovery, reconnection, and deep healing.
Men’s ‘Power Up Your Purpose’ Retreat
A post-separation reset for men. Build strength from within, refocus your purpose, and reconnect to your body through movement, breath, and ice.
Mixed Retreat: Yoga & Breathwork for Everyone
Perfect for couples, friends, or solo guests. A joyful, healing journey of breath, cold-water therapy, nature connection, and community.
FOUNDER OF BLUESTONE RETREATS, YOUR GUIDE AND TEACHER
Meet Katherine Howlett
I'm Katherine — founder of Bluestone Retreats and passionate guide of breath, movement and mindset work.
After navigating deep personal transformation, I created Bluestone to help others reconnect to their truth, their joy, and their breath. These retreats are rooted in the Living Yoga Method — an integrative practice that brings together ancient wisdom and evidence-based tools.
This work has changed my life. Now, I hold space for yours.
I also speak publicly about post-separation abuse and the power of healing practices to rebuild life after trauma.
🎙️ Book me for podcasts, radio, TV, or teaching
📩 katherine.e.howlett@gmail.com
Sustainability Work
I also consult on net zero infrastructure, social value, and ESG strategy — from solar and heat pumps in historic buildings to ISO 14001 audits and sustainability reporting.
📩 To work with me, email katherine.e.howlett@gmail.com.
EXPERIENCE THE BLUESTONE RETREAS FRAMEWORK
Harness your potential
Are you ready to break through your own barriers and liberate yourself from day-to-day stress, and limited and negative thought patterns? The Bluestone Retreat experience is set up to promote your own growth and self-development as well as building connection and community through the experiences including the fire pit and cold water ice bath.
The best bit, is that you'll go home feeling grounded, centred and energised with a renewed sense of what is possible for you and a tool kit of techniques to use in your daily life.
HOT & COLD WATER THERAPY
Release your inner Wim Hof
Release your inner Wim Hof as we use cold water therapy and heat therapy in our iconic 'Fire and Ice' process to upgrade the body's stress response. First we'll spend time in the Sauna. This dilates your blood vessels, causing you to cool down quicker when you then jump into ice-cold water.
We then use Breathwork to harness the power of the fire and ice after the ice immersion, after which you are free to re-enter the sauna. Each individual's cold exposure is timed by stopwatch and managed closely by Katherine, a qualified fire and ice instructor. Staying within the time limits will ensure you stay within the safe operating physical 'training zone' for your body.
What to expect on our 3-Day Retreats
Led by certified Yoga Teacher and Breath Coach Katherine Howlett, you will learn a toolkit of scientifically proven breathwork techniques and ancient and modern research into heat & cold exposure to increase your overall health, vitality, sense of connection and life longevity.
The practices and challenges are fun and team building. We support each other through the ice bath challenge, connect around the firepit, share wisdom and insights, experience tangible results from breathwork protocols, strengthen and reconnect with our bodies, experience joy, push our own boundaries and lose old limitations.
Breathwork
As the foundation to our practice, you'll learn to use your breath to upgrade your nervous system, brain chemistry, respiratory and cardiovascular health.
Yoga Asanas
Focussed yoga flows to connect your breath to your posture work to internalise awareness, warm up the body, strengthen, tone and detoxify.
Mindset practice
Upgrade your mindset through evidence-based breath and mindfulness practices designed to help you harness your true potential & thrive.
Sauna heat therapy
In our wood-fired barrel sauna, we will be using alternating heat and cold therapies to boost brain function, promote weight loss and optimise wellbeing.
Cold water therapy
Embrace your inner Wim Hof with ice baths to strengthen the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system, focus the mind. increase endorphins and more.
Community
Make friends for life through our community focussed approach and support. Commune around the fire pit each night and enjoy meals together.
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN NATURE ON A RESIDENTIAL RETREAT
Stunning countryside location
Our retreat takes place in 270 acres of stunning Hampshire countryside, just 20 minutes from Winchester, Southampton and Salisbury. Gambledown Farm is a family run luxury wellness retreat and eco farm dedicated to bringing you back to nature.
Immerse yourself in luxurious Gambledown Farm where every detail has been meticulously crafted to cocoon you in comfort and indulgence, including cuisine served by celebrated Chef, Sushil. Surrender to the therapeutic embrace of nature as you experience green landscapes and unwind amidst the harmonious sounds of the countryside.
There is a choice of luxury accommodation on offer, including private and shared rooms.
Explore Gambledown Farm Wellness Retreat
set in 270 acres of countryside
FRESH SEASONAL WHOLESOME FOOD
Delicious chef-prepared food
Our fabulous extensive vegan menu is a fusion of rich flavours and nutritious ingredients, meticulously curated to support your well-being and uplift your senses.
All our food is blessed and loaded with nourishment to ensure that every bite supports your transformative retreat experience. You will be able to learn the ancient bhakti yoga techniques of preparing and purifying food, and take this knowledge home with you, for bodily detoxification and health restoration.
A highlight of our retreat experience, Chef personally serves her dedicated menu to our guests in our retreat dining room, and we aim to nourish you and offer you a fun and enjoyable dining experience.
INCLUSIVE RETREATS THAT HONOUR EVERY BODY & BELIEF
We sweat, breathe, and grow - together.
EVERY BREATH IS A STEP TOWARDS STRENGTH-TOGETHER
Held by the cold. Held by each other.
STRONG INDIVIDUALLY, INVINCIBLE TOGETHER
Held by the cold. Held by each other.
ALL INCLUSIVE BREATHWORK & YOGA RETREAT
What's included
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Luxury Accommodation
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All meals and snacks, chef prepared and served to you at table
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8 Breathwork Sessions, teaching 6 techniques for brain & body health
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6 Warm Bodywork Yoga Flows
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2 Fire & Ice Sessions
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1 Yoga Nidra Session for Deep Relaxation and Sleep
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Mantra Meditation, Kirtan and Om Sound Bath
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Tea, Coffee, Yogi Tea, fruit, snacks and cake.
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Connective Group Ice Bath Support, Guidance and Safety Protocols
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Comprehensive 140 page Yoga, breathwork, cold water training, heat therapy, mindset training, bhakti yoga practices and food preparation manual with step-by-step instructions, protocols, posture flows, guided meditations and illustrations.
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Nature walks, dark skies, eco farm with sheep and goats.
Prices from £580pp
Prices and Payment Plans
You're not just investing a weekend away in a stunning natural location, you're securing a mindset shift and wisdom that is life-changing. Think of this opportunity as CPD or as personal development, it's an investment as important as a professional course or qualification.
A deposit of £225 will secure your place, and a we offer payment plans, with final installments 6 weeks prior to the retreat, at 0% interest. The retreat experience is inclusive of all meals, accommodation, snacks, refreshments, yoga, breathwork, cold water and heat therapies and activities - plus our manual to take home.
We look forward to welcoming you to Bluestone Retreats.
Feel free to What'sApp us with any questions on +44 7905320001.
Master suite ensuite
£720 single or
£1050 double occupancy
Reset and Recalibrate. Private suites, each with it's own private bathroom.
Luxuriate in your own space. Our three hotel-style master suites each have private bathrooms, and superior double or king size beds. One suite has its own kitchen, one is flooded with natural light, and one has private access to a garden. All rooms have boutique hotel luxury bedding and soft furnishings.