We have put together an alternative Christmas list to delight your loved ones with herbal elixirs, menopause masterclasses or plant-based cookery training, all created by the inspiring people that contribute to Swell Yoga retreats.
Tailored plant-based cooking advice with Vegan Wise
If you know someone who is interested in veganism, or just looking to eat more healthily and seasonally, check out Vegan Wise.
Vegan Wise is a plant-based cooking and nutrition business run by Swell Yoga’s top chef Nikita (read about Nikita’s fascinating food journey here). Vegan Wise offers gut-friendly recipes, cooking classes, and 1:1 advice.
Choose from a number of online recipe bundles, like ‘Recipes For a Happy Gut’ or ‘Gluten-free Desserts’.
Learn about the medicinal magic of nature with Sacred Seeds
Sacred Seeds is a small apothecary run by herbalist and all-round expert of the natural world, Alice Betony.
From her home in Sussex, Alice makes divine small batch herbal products such as Nerve Ease Tonic and Liquid Sunshine. She makes many of her elixirs from scratch, imbuing love and healing energy into the process.
“I believe my direct relationship and using fresh plants to make the tonics and tinctures brings a more potent medicine, capturing the essence of the herbs direct from field or hedgerow and stored into these medicines,” writes Alice.
Sacred Seeds also hosts foraging, wild medicine walks, workshops and herb garden volunteer days.
Give the gift of soul food with a Swell Yoga retreat!
(We couldn’t not drop our own retreats in there!) Treat someone, or even yourself, to a rejuvenating Yoga retreat by the coast. We run four types of retreats throughout the year, each with a unique theme, and all created to nourish and inspire people in different ways. There are warming Winter Getaways, educational Cooking, Yoga and Wellness Weeks and at our orchard campsite in the summer, we host lively surf and yoga Glamping Weekends and Surf Coaching Weeks.
Have a look at our rejuvenating Winter Getaway at the beautiful Holwell Retreat centre in January 2022, with candlelit Yoga and a soothing garden sauna.
Give someone the tools to flourish with a Menopause Masterclass
Ayurvedic Yogic Practitioner Kriya (short for Kriyasagar) has 28 years of experience in Ayurvedic Yoga and women’s health. She runs a monthly online Menopause Masterclass which offers practical guidance to support the transition through peri-menopause using the tools of Ayurveda and Yoga, AND she will be hosting a Cornwall retreat from March 31-April 3 2022.
“Menopause is a HOT topic. There is an apparent shift in consciousness awakening to this previously taboo subject as more and more women openly discuss this stage in their lives. Although there is much ‘chatter’ about the negative connotations, there is AS much conversation about the value of celebrating this natural transition in every woman’s life.”
Students can join the online Menopause Masterclass on the first Saturday of each month from 9.30-12pm for £20.00. On Saturday 8th January 2022 Kriya will be investigating 'AHARA - Food as Nourishment’ - exploring the energetics of food to discover which qualities best support our inherent constitutions during the menopausal transition.
The in-person retreat at a stunning retreat centre in Cornwall runs from Thursday 31st March to Sunday 3rd April 2022. Women of all ages and life stages are invited to explore the fundamental principles of Ayurveda to discover how to reset and regain balance, realign their course, vision the life they dream of living and nourish a graceful transition.’