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personal and self development
Alicante Weight Loss Centre
based: Alicante, Spain
website: www.runinthesun.com/health/weight_loss_Holidays.asp
Weight loss holidays benefiting from a fully qualified team of weight loss professionals. All guests concentrate solely on their personal weight loss goals; combining fitness training, nutrition and cookery classes, massage, life coaching, holistic therapies and yoga.
| weight loss | keep-fit/gym/fitness breaks | retreats | self development | yoga | aromatherapy | massage | Spain |
Anam Cara Centre
based: Andalucia, Spain
website: www.anamcaracentre.com
Life coaching courses for personal and professional development. Alan and Grace Chatting welcome you to life-changing experiences on their residential courses at their centre in Southern Spain. Also relationship renewal weeks for couples.
| self development | retreats | Spain |
Away
from it all ...
based: Andalucia, Spain
website: www.retreat.es
Retreats in Spain. Join an occasional group retreat in stunning
surroundings in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Southern Spain.
Take time out and reconnect with nature, yourself and others in
an earthly paradise. Take advantage of cheap flights to Malaga or
Granada from many UK airports.
| relaxation | retreats
| self development | Spain |
breakthroughbreaks.com – Persoma UK Ltd
based: Cheshire, UK
website: www.breakthroughbreaks.com
A unique opportunity for you, your group or organisation to enjoy a life-transforming experience in the relaxing surroundings of the Mediterranean. Learn how to make positive changes personally, professionally or in sports or athletics. Offering a custom programme based on cutting-edge insights and techniques from NLP, EFT and positive psychology.
| holistic holidays | NLP | self development | team building/management courses | groups | tailor made | tai chi | yoga | Turkey |
Casa del Llanete
based: Malaga, Spain
website: www.casadellanete.com
Be inspired by the Valle del Genal, Serrania de Ronda in real Spain. Independent minded small groups and individuals explore your own interests and potential through drawing and painting or through action methods, for training, life choices, stress management, personal creative development, also a base for walkers, cyclists and birdwatchers.
| painting / drawing | self development | retreats | Spain |
Catapult Club (The)
based: Devon/Dorset, UK
website: www.thecatapultclub.com
The Catapult Club offers the ultimate girls' weekends, designed to empower and indulge. They teach practical skills like how to project your voice, how to defend yourself, how to 'work' a room and how to really relax. Staying in gorgeous country mansions where the emphasis is on indulgence and fun.
| women only | self development | retreats | relaxation | weekends / short breaks | groups | England |
Cortijo
Romero
based: Órgiva, Granada,
Spain
website: www.cortijo-romero.co.uk
An alternative holiday centre in Spain that will exceed expectations,
unwind as you step into this beautiful, relaxing, stress-free paradise.
With spectacular grounds, private pool, holistic therapists, fabulous
vegetarian food and a diverse range of courses to suit your needs,
you'll understand why so many guests return.
| self development | meditation
| yoga | tai chi | reflexology | dancing (mixed styles) | salsa
| writing | Spanish language | vegetarian | singles holidays | Spain
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Dreams of Tuscany
based: Gwynedd, Wales, UK
website: www.dreamsoftuscany.com
Self development holidays in Northern Tuscany. You can consider making life choices and changes whilst relaxing in the sunshine. Offering daily workshops plus time to relax, swim and take a massage under the olive trees. Accommodation is in a beautiful villa (with a pool) and workshops are run by skilled facilitators.
| self development | weekend spa breaks | massage | Italy |
Energyia
Starbound Enterprise
based: London, UK
website: www.energyia.com
Energyia Holistic Holiday Retreats with author and presenter Michele
Wilburn on the Greek Island of Zakynthos include Energyia Kinetics,
YogaFlow, Pilates style conditioning, CardioKinetics for aerobic
fitness, Self spa pampering and massage, natural thalassatherapy
and beauty boosters. Personal development themes integrate consultation,
meditation and activities to revitalise wellbeing and energy.
| holistic holidays |
keep-fit / gym / fitness breaks | self development | yoga | retreats
| meditation | beauty therapies | relaxation | massage | Greece
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Fitness & Beauty Ltd
based: Hertfordshire, UK
website: www.fitnessandbeautyweekends.com
If you're interested in health and wellbeing, want to combine exercise with nutritional information and life coaching, as well as beauty workshops and treatments, then Fitness & Beauty weekends are for you. Three days packed schedule for ladies only at select locations across the South East of England.
| weight loss | yoga | keep-fit / gym / fitness breaks | running / athletics | power walking | beauty therapies | self development | women only | UK |
Fully Equipped
based: Tarn, France
website: www.fullyequipped.biz
A unique self development experience designed to help you make dramatic changes to yourself and your life immediately. Create the future you deserve using cutting edge personal breakthrough tools and techniques. Small groups supported and guided by an internationally renowned coach, therapist and trainer in the beautiful South of France.
| self development | retreats | NLP | relaxation | meditation | team building / management courses | weekends / short breaks | France | UK |
Grange by the Sea (The)
based: Isle of Wight, UK
website: www.thegrangebythesea.com
The Grange by the Sea, Isle of Wight, is an offshoot of Skyros Holistic Holidays. Specialising in short breaks with a wide range of courses including writing, life coaching, yoga and more. The Grange is listed in the AA's Best British B&B Guide and offers 4-star guest accommodation.
| self development | yoga | writing | painting / drawing | weekends / short breaks | singles holidays | Christmas and New Year | UK |
Hill That Breathes (The)
based: Le Marche, Italy
website: www.thehillthatbreathes.com
The Hill That Breathes is a holistic centre in the heart of Italy, set on a 100 acre wooded hill, with panoramic pool and close to the renaissance hill-town of Urbino – and with the scrummiest vegetarian Italian food you'll find anywhere.
| holistic holidays | yoga | tai chi | meditation | relaxation | retreats | massage | vegetarian | self development | family/child friendly | Italy |
Kalikalos Holidays
based: Magnesia, Greece
website: www.kalikalos.com
Kalikalos Summer School offers a full summer programme of holistic community-based workshops, retreats and workcamps. Offerings include tai chi, yoga, monviolent communication, meditation, advaita, mediation and eco-village trainings. The centre is unique in that it is run as a community.
| holistic holidays | tai chi | yoga | self development | meditation | herbalism
| painting/drawing | ethical/ecotourism | writing | Greece |
La Platriere
based: Auvergne, France
website: www.laplatriere.co.uk
Holidays with a difference! Affordable French cooking courses with excursions to rural French cheese farm; livestock markets and vineyard. Hands-on learning from French chef (English translation.) Wine tours and wine courses visiting well-known vineyards during summer and autumn. Or be pampered on Christmas and New Year getaways.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | retreats | self development | Christmas and New Year | France |
Life Change People (The)
based: Chiang Mai, Thailand
website: www.thelifechangepeople.co.uk
Exclusive Life Change holidays in Thailand. Combine a luxurious tropical holiday with your individual Life Change programme and return home a new person! Enjoy stunning hotels, spa treatments, adventures, sightseeing and work with your personal practitioner on a plan to transform your life. The effects of this holiday will last a lifetime!
| self development | spa hotels/accommodation | holistic holidays | groups |
tailor made | Thailand |
Mairela Healing Retreat
based: Kuhmoinen, Finland
website: www.mairela.com
Holistic healing holidays at a lakeside cottage with traditional sauna set in the natural environment of the Finnish forest. Personal sessions with an experienced healer, workshops, meditation and reiki, or just peace and serenity. Guests gather tools to enhance their daily life on all levels, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
| holistic holidays | detoxification | reiki | meditation | self development | massage | relaxation | retreats | Finland |
Potential Energy
based: France
website: www.potential-energy.co.uk
KickStart your fitness/weight loss in sunny France – with walking, running, cycling, tennis coaching and relaxing in beautiful countryside. Advice on: getting and staying fit and active, weight loss, nutrition/healthy eating, training tips, staying motivated and having fun. A balanced approach to your health and fitness, whatever your age.
| keep-fit / gym / fitness breaks | weight loss | walking / trekking / hiking | cycling | tennis | running / athletics | relaxation | massage | team building / management courses | self development | France |
Red Dandelion
based: Dorset, UK
website: www.reddandelion.co.uk
'Life Strategies' weekends held in Weymouth and in the Cotswolds are designed to give you time-out to think, plan, discover who you are, what you really want and how to make it happen in a caring, supportive and fun environment. One weekend can change your life!
| self development | weekends/short breaks | England |
Red Sea Relax Resort
based: South Sinai, Egypt
website: www.red-sea-relax.com
Located on the tropical waters of the Red Sea, within meters of teeming reefs, stunning desert landscapes and fascinating local culture, Red Sea Relax Resort offers personal and professional development programmes, holistic holidays, therapeutic retreats, (pre-designed or tailor-made), along with relaxing, cultural or active itineraries. Women's only retreats also available.
| self development | retreats | holistic holidays | NLP | diving / snorkelling | yoga | tailor made | women only | team building / management courses | Egypt |
Renaissance Weight Loss Academy
based: Alicante, Spain
website: www.weight-loss-holiday.com
The Renaissance Academy provides you with a holistic approach to lifestyle change leading to improved health, increased fitness, higher energy levels, body reshaping and maintainable weight loss. Program length varies from one to six weeks. All programs are residential and are solely for females aged 25 or over. Maximum number of guests is four.
| weight loss | keep-fit
/ gym / fitness breaks | holistic holidays | resort spas | self development | massage | reflexology | women only | singles holidays | pilates | meditation | Spain |
Responsibletravel.com Featured Site
based: East Sussex, UK
website: Responsibletravel.com
A superb worldwide selection of holistic and wellbeing holidays and retreats to destinations from Asia to South America and from Ireland to Italy. Time to relax, do yoga or Pilates, meditate, enjoy the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine or Ayurveda treatments, take a holistic workshop, a life coaching holiday, a fitness break or just a quiet retreat.
| retreats | holistic holidays | keep-fit
/ gym / fitness breaks | yoga | meditation | self development | ayurveda | relaxation
| pilates | tailor made | Worldwide |
Skyros
based: Isle of Wight, UK
website: skyros.co.uk
Inspirational holistic holidays in idyllic locations. Over 150 courses with experienced facilitators in Greece, Cuba, Thailand and Cambodia. Sailing, creative writing, yoga, dance, life-coaching and much more. Like-minded people, delicious food, exuberant nightlife and an informal relaxed atmosphere. Holidays to fire the imagination, uplift the spirit and recharge the body.
| holistic holidays | self development | yoga | writing | singles holidays | singing courses | massage | salsa | Thailand | Cuba | Cambodia | Greece |
Somersault Consulting
based: London, UK
website: designyourfabulousfuture.com
'Design Your Fabulous Future' retreats have been created to delight your mind, body and soul. Combining the latest coaching, NLP, hypnotherapy, reiki and beauty therapy techniques, with delicious chef-prepared food, these all-inclusive retreats focus on creating the life you want.
| NLP | self development | retreats | meditation | beauty therapies | reiki | weekends/short breaks | England |
Spanish
Reflections
based: Andalucia, Spain
website: www.spanish-reflections.co.uk
Our range of holistic retreats let you combine relaxation and fun
with the chance to learn something new with like-minded people.
So, if you'd like a holiday with a difference, lovely accommodation
and great food, then join us for a week in the beautiful natural
environment of Southern Spain.
| retreats | holistic
holidays | yoga | self development | massage | reiki | relaxation
| Christmas and New Year | singles holidays | Spain |
Sparta-Gym
based: Alicante, Spain
website: www.sparta-gym.com
Sparta-Gym, based in Javea, Alicante, offers fitness holidays with a range of packages to suit differing needs. Whether your concern is weight loss, fitness training or a weeks relaxation, they will create a package and accommodation to suit your needs.
| keep-fit/gym/fitness breaks | weight loss | massage | beauty therapies | self development | Spain |
Tai Chi Thailand
based: Chiang Mai, Thailand
website: www.taichithailand.com
Meditation in movement; learn a complete Tai Chi Chuan sequence in 8 days in Chiang Mai Thailand. This 8 day intensive training course includes instruction in: the Essential Posture Sequence, sitting and walking meditation, Chi Kung, Tai Chi theory and philosophy. Teaching at a tropical roof top garden. Course materials included, accommodation 'optional'.
| tai chi | meditation | self development
| massage | acupuncture / acupressure | Thailand |
Vortex Vital
based: Malaga, Spain
website: vortexvital.com
All natural colon cleansing, detox
and weight reducing programs in Andalusia. The best start to changing
lifestyle, diet, relax or to rejuvenate. Offering a 7 day Detox
program or order the detox kit to the cleanse at home, or anywhere.
They also offer holistic and alternative therapies to improve general
health.
| detoxification | holistic holidays | relaxation | weight loss
| self development | feng shui | Spain |
Wellbeing
Holidays
based: Small Cyclades, Greece
website: www.wellbeing-holidays.co.uk
From her island base in Greece international NLP Presenter, coach and author,
Pam Rigden hosts wellbeing workshops and retreats. Focus on getting what you
want from life (for both individuals and couples), weight management or stress
reduction. The programme includes optional yoga, pilates, relaxation classes,
reiki and massage.
| self development | weight loss |
relaxation | retreats | yoga | pilates | reiki | massage | holistic holidays
| Greece |
Well Healed
based: North Yorkshire, UK
website: wellhealed.org.uk
Solutions for both individuals and businesses who want to get the best from themselves. Well Healed provides retreats where techniques/skills that can be applied to improve people's everyday lives are taught in a warm and nurturing environment. They work all over the North of England and the Midlands.
| retreats | tai chi | reflexology | NLP | team building / management courses | meditation | stop smoking | weight loss | self development | England |
Xenergie Consulting Ltd
based: County Galway, Ireland
website: www.xenergie.com
Personal development holidays in the Burren, one of Ireland's most
magical and mystical settings. Rediscover, rejuvenate and relax
on a short weekend courses set amongst 50 acres of stunning landscape
in a secluded, private setting; wide range of courses and workshops
available. Arrangements for incentive and corporate groups too.
| self development | holistic
holidays | team building / management | meditation | relaxation
| retreats | yoga | Ireland |
XL-Yourself
based: Haute Savoie, France
website: www.XL-Yourself.org
Personal development workshops and retreats offering a unique experience for mind, body and spirit. Alpine retreats in an idyllic setting on the slopes of Mont Blanc, just one hour from Geneva; numbers limited to six. Participants describe their experience as life-changing, astounding‚ unbelievable‚ phenomenal and profound. Workshops also held in Ireland and UK.
| self development | retreats | team building/management courses | meditation | holistic holidays | Ireland | UK | France |
Yoga Breaks Spain
based: Alicante, Spain
website: www.runinthesun.com/Yoga-Breaks.asp
Yoga breaks in Spain offering you a new zest to life. Yoga holidays, weekends and short breaks based in Moraira, on the beautiful coast of the Costa Blanca. Moraira, is an unspoilt haven where the mountain backdrop tumbles through fruit laden valleys, giving way to the sparkling blue, clear, Mediterranean.
| yoga | retreats | meditation | reflexology | holistic holidays | aromatherapy | feng shui | beauty therapies | massage | self development | pilates | Spain |
Yoga
Travel
based: Cornwall, UK
website: www.yogatravel.co.uk
Yoga holidays with scuba diving, elephant trekking and horse riding – as well as oodles of lovely beach time. Unique yoga adventures in Marrakech, Thailand and the Red Sea.
| yoga | retreats | holistic holidays
| massage | meditation | relaxation | self-development | Egypt | Thailand | Morocco |
Flirting
Academy
based: UK
website: www.flirtzone.com
The Flirting Weekend is an intensive and in-depth two days of flirting
and personal enhancement.
| self development | singles | UK | Holland
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Inner Journeys
based: New South Wales, Australia
website: www.innerjourneys.com.au
Spiritual and Reiki retreats. Ecotours focused on spirituality and
traditional medicine.
| native peoples | retreats | self development
| botanical | reiki | ethical and ecotourism | Asia | Australasia
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Saarsha House
based: Waikanae, New Zealand
website: www.saarsha.co.nz
Retreats providing a range of natural, physical and spiritual treatments that cover the full spectrum of body, mind and soul.
| massage | reflexology
| kinesiology | reiki | shiatsu | self development
| UK |
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