New Year Yorkshire, January 2nd - 5th 2025

Join us on our January hiking yoga holiday in Yorkshire. Take these 3 nights in January to reset and rejuvenate in your own time and space. Yoga, energising hikes with stunning scenery, a setting intentions workshop to feel clarity and delicious food will leave you feeling energised and ready for the year ahead.

The schedule is full on this three-night New Year’s yoga holiday in January, and you can do as much or as little as you like. Enjoy being active with hikes on each of the two full days, exploring the Yorkshire landscape, and learning more from our local hike guides and feel a connection to the natural environment that you are immersed in. After the hikes, jump in the hot tub with views of the whole valley—a sight to see. Everything is organised for you so that you can switch off and relax and enjoy time to yourself or make new friends with like-minded people.

With yoga twice a day in the yoga barn with wood burner, feel energised in the morning and restored in the evening classes. Float into dinner and enjoy conversation around the table. On this 3 night hiking yoga holiday in Yorkshire, there is also a setting intentions workshop to get clarity on your goals for the year ahead and what you’d like to let go of from the year before.

Your home for these three nights in Yorkshire is an old farmhouse that is modern yet traditional, the owners have imprinted their style with comfy beds, quirky artwork, good quality linen and towels, cushions and throws, it is a home from home and you will feel relaxed as soon as you enter the building. This venue is also special because the family that owns it are regenerative farmers and care deeply for the environment and so they have green practices to help sustain nature in the surrounding area.

A mix of single occupancy and twin with en-suite bathrooms expect to feel relaxed and rejuvenated and energised on this retreat.

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  • Location

    Location
    Swaledale, Marske, North Yorkshire

  • Season

    Season
    winter

  • Duration

    Duration
    3 nights

  • Group size

    Group size
    12

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation
    Private converted farmstead

  • Meeting Point

    Meeting Point
    Darlington train station

  • Yoga level

    Yoga level
    All levels

  • Activity level

    Activity level
    All levels

  • Food

    Food
    Veggie/Plant-based

  • Carbon Footprint

    Carbon Footprint
    56Kgs

From £949
Female
Male
Couples

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INSTALMENT PAYMENT PLAN AVAILABLE. CONTACT US TO FIND OUT MORE

Shared Twin/ Double Rooms — On all of our retreats, twin or double rooms mean two people sharing. If you book one space, you will share it with another guest.

TRAVEL INSURANCE: Please buy a travel insurance policy that works for you in case of any unforeseen circumstances.

Click on the date to reveal The Retreat Team

Yoga Teacher Melanie Hutton

Retreat Chef Rachel Neat

On our January hiking yoga retreat in Yorkshire, feel free to arrive from 5 pm on the first day to allow time to settle in before the first yoga class and dinner.

The retreat will end at 10 am on the final day after a shorter yoga class and brunch.

A Typical Day

8am - 9.30am

Morning yoga class to energise

9.40am

Brunch of vegan and veggie delights

10.30am - 4pm

Second and thrid day: Guided hike in the Yorkshire Dales with qualified hiking guides with packed lunch

5pm - 7pm

Restorative evening yoga class to unwind and revive

7.15pm

2 course vegetarian/ vegan evening meal

10pm

Bedtime!

See what is included in your retreat with us in your January hiking yoga holiday Yorkshire
What's included
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Beautiful cosy high quality accommodation in rural tranquil Yorkshire Dales

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Main house rooms all en-suite, cosy cottage with shared bathroom for two rooms

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Outdoor hot tub with stunning views and firepit area for star gazing

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Beautiful yoga barn

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Setting intentions workshop

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1.5 hrs of morning yoga practice to energise

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2 hour evening yoga practices to unwind and calm with restorative practices, meditation and Yoga Nidra

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Two Guided hikes through the Yorkshire Dales with qualified guides

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River to wild swim in for the brave!

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Delicious wholesome vegetarian/vegan brunches

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Light lunch or packed lunch if out hiking

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Delicious vegetarian/vegan evening meals

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Yoga mats

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Stay in a stunning part of the country immersed in nature

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Amazing AdventureYogi hosts to look after your every need

What's not included
  • Travel to and from the venue
  • Travel insurance - highly recommend getting
  • Yoga Equipment other than yoga mats
  • Massage treatments
Accommodation in Yorkshire

Your accommodation in Yorkshire is situated in beautiful countryside in a picturesque valley in Swaledale in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Guests enter the venue into a spacious hall which runs into the drawing room at the heart of the home, complete with a large open fireplace.

There is also a further television room with a wood burner for those cosy nights in.

The family kitchen is fully equipped and is open plan with the dining room, a spacious and bright space to enjoy building a community around the dining table and share stories.

The Main house has 5 single occupancy double bedrooms with bathrooms ensuite, one bedroom being on the ground floor. It also has two twin rooms with en-suite bathrooms. The Cart House is a small private cottage adjacent to the main house and has one single occupancy double bedroom upstairs and a twin room downstairs and a bathroom they share. It also has a communal living/kitchen/ dining space to relax in.

Exclusively at this venue, there is also an outdoor hot tub with stunning views of the Swaledale Valley, a bbq, a games room with a ping pong table, a fire pit and below the house is the river which guests can swim in.

The yoga room is a beautifully converted barn with wooden floors and high ceilings and fits 12 comfortably.

By car

The nearest town to the retreat is Richmond which is about a 5-hour drive from London.

By Train

National Rail will release train ticket availability around three months before travel.

The nearest station is Darlington. It’s about 20 miles from the retreat with a taxi journey time of 40 minutes.

The journey from London by train is about 2.5 hours and from Edinburgh about 2 hours.

You will be allowed into the venue from 5 pm, so please aim to arrive in Darlington at 4:20 pm.

Shortly before the retreat starts we will set up a Whatsapp group, which will allow you to organise shared transfers to and from the venue with fellow yogis.

3 nights stay all-inclusive except massage treatments.

A twin is two single beds for two people, a double is a double bed for two people sharing.

Shared Twin ensuite bathroom  £949pp

Master bedroom Single occupancy, en-suite bathroom and Valley Views £1199

Single occupancy, en-suite bathroom £1099

(A single room has a king size double bed for 1 person)

Private cottage with living room, kitchen and two bedrooms with one shared bathroom:

Twin room with shared bathroom: £949pp

Single room with double bed: £1099

If any room options aren’t available on our website please email us on the contact form at the bottom of this page or on [email protected]

 

The best way to arrive by train is to go to Darlington. There is a direct train from Kings Cross, London and it takes 2.5 hours. If you are coming from Edinburgh it takes 2 hours and there is a direct train. Taxis are around £35 each way so we can help you arrange taxi share, via the guest Whatsapp that will be set up around 2 weeks before departure. Look at our 'getting there' section for more info.
We provide yoga mats, but please bring any other equipment you require for your personal practice, bolster, blocks, straps etc.
The hikes at our retreat are approximately 4 hours long and cater to beginner-level hikers. However, it's important to note that some sections of the trails involve steep inclines and uneven terrain. We do go our in all weather so make sure you have your waterproofs at this time of year! You can also join in or not, it is your break so do what you need to at the time.
Yes - it is best to have hiking boots, all weather gear and a backpack to carry layers and a bottle of water and a packed lunch with you.
- Any other yoga equipment except yoga mat
- hiking gear: back pack, layers to add or take off as you go, suncream, hat, water bottle, waterproofs, hiking boots
- swim wear for hot tub and wild cold water dips in the river
- cosy clothes for relaxing in after yoga
- Yoga gear!
- A good book
- slippers for extra cosiness/slip on shoes to walk between accommodation and yoga barn
We always recommend bringing your own if you need it. There will be some available, but these will be communal.
Check in on the day of arrival is 5pm, please note that if you arrive earlier, the team may not be ready so we ask that you respect this. Checkout on departure day is 10am, once again you will need to leave the venue promptly to allow the team to prepare and clean for the next guests.
Yes there is wifi across the venue.
Yes, you can enhance your retreat experience with a massage from our skilled massage team. We recommend pre-booking your massage as our appointments fill up quickly. You can easily book your massage through your customer portal.
Absolutely! Most of our guests travel solo, or with a friend or family member. It's a great way to meet like-minded people and find yoga travel buddies!

This January Yorkshire hiking yoga retreat is suitable for anyone who'd like a relaxing staycation in the UK to refresh. Yoga to relax, healthy food and much-needed time out. Beginners are always welcome The hikes are suitable for all levels with the times varying depending on the route taken.

Suitability : Level
  • All ages
  • Beginners
  • Intermediate
  • Men & Women
Sustainability

We are working towards reducing our carbon footprint, and here are some ways we, as a company, are doing this.

We are a 88% vegan company, 10% vegetarian and 2% fish or meat (only when staying in boutique hotels that offer these options). This makes up a huge percentage of carbon emissions that we avoid so easily because our food is still delicious, balanced and even more creative. So, thanks to you all for enjoying our healthy (mostly) plant-based meals.

The difference: Most travel companies struggle to reduce their travellers’ meat and dairy consumption, which accounts for a large portion of their carbon emissions.

We stay primarily in one location for the duration of the retreat. We have started staying in a few locations on our long haul, but it is limited to 2 or 3 locations over an 8 – 10 night period. Staying in one place means low carbon emissions because we aren’t burning fuel to get around.

The difference: Other adventure travel companies move around every two days, using alot of petrol in vehicles for sometimes only 1 or 2 people.

Our activities are low-impact—yoga, hiking, surfing, skiing/boarding, whitewater rafting, SUP, and kayaking are all very low-carbon activities, in fact, zero-carbon (except skiing/snowboarding due to the ski lifts, which is also low). These activities are included in the price we measure. The carbon may increase with travel to and from these activities in vehicles.

The difference: Other travel companies can include high-carbon activities in the price, such as jet skiing, quad biking, and jeep driving, which increases their carbon footprint.

We run more than half of our retreats and holidays in the UK; these are very low-carbon holidays.

We currently don’t measure our guests’ travel as part of our carbon output because our guests don’t only come from the UK, so it is hard for us to predict this. We also don’t include travel in the holiday price, which is not part of our calculations. We know that we provide these holidays, so we are looking to include this carbon measurement in the future so we are investigating how we can reduce this.

The carbon measurements at the top of the page with the icons are per person for the whole retreat.

Ultra-low-carbon holidays

These holidays are below 200 kg per person, and our UK retreats are below 100 or even 70 kg, so these are great adventures for low carbon breaks.

Ski holidays are actually low in carbon!

In France, many ski resorts are turning to green energy to power the lifts. If you eat low in meat and dairy while you’re there and hire your ski equipment, this makes your trip as low-carbon as possible.

How can you help?

There are ways that you can help reduce your carbon when coming on our retreats and holidays:

Travel by train, try slow travel across Europe and the UK.
If travelling abroad to Europe or further afield, choose carbon capture schemes, check out Ecologi. Offsetting is not the best thing to do these days, but try carbon capture where you pay for carbon to be absorbed into the environment.
Car share UK – we recommend when guests travel by train to arrive and depart at the same time to taxi share – which helps keep costs and carbon emissions down. Why not consider car share, too? Most guests who drive come alone or with a friend; we have WhatsApp groups that, if you like, you can see who is driving from your area and enjoy getting to know each other on the way to the retreats, and save on your carbon emissions at the same time!

We are by no means saints when it comes to producing carbon, as a travel company we know this is very difficult to reduce. We are working to reduce our carbon output each year by measuring it and then creating plans to reduce it. We are reviewing all our venues and asking them how they can improve their carbon reduction as we don’t own any of our venues but we would like to work with them to help in any way we can. We want to be transparent with this, so please get in touch for more information. As we change things, we will update the website.

Beautiful Yorkshire

Exciting news for 2024 – we’re introducing a brand-new destination: Yorkshire! Following the success of our mountain retreats across the UK, we’ve decided to spread our wings and explore the stunning landscapes of this captivating location with a yoga retreat in North Yorkshire.

Nestled just a short drive from the charming old market town of Richmond, our Yorkshire yoga retreat is situated to the north of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Prepare for an adventure filled with invigorating hikes into this area of outstanding natural beauty, renowned for its glacial landscapes, vast U-shaped valleys, and an expansiveness that sets it apart.

Swaledale, a gem within the Yorkshire Dales National Park that you’ll explore during our retreat, boasts some of the wildest and most unspoiled scenery in the region. Rich in history, many villages and hamlets, such as Gunnerside (derived from ‘Gunnar’s saetr’), still carry names bestowed upon them by Viking farmers over a thousand years ago.

Home to the iconic Swaledale ram, symbolising the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and famed for its hardy sheep and locally-made cheeses, a visit offers a glimpse into the thriving local farming, crafts, and business community that keeps this area a vibrant, working dale.

The lively village of Reeth, featuring art and craft shops, pubs, and cozy cafés, serves as a focal point for our Yorkshire retreat. Further up the dale, picturesque villages like Muker, Gunnerside, and Keld await, providing easy access to unspoiled landscapes and creating the perfect escape for walkers and cyclists.

Join us for our rejuvenating yoga retreats in Yorkshire, where the tranquil beauty of the surroundings harmonises with the serenity of yoga practice. Immerse yourself in the natural wonders of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, all while enjoying the warm community atmosphere and the rejuvenating benefits of our budget-friendly yoga retreats. Discover the perfect balance of relaxation and adventure in the heart of North Yorkshire, a destination that invites you to unwind, explore, and connect.

About the yoga

On our January Yorkshire hiking yoga holiday, the classes are suitable for all abilities from beginners to intermediate. Everyone is welcome! Our inspiring and experienced teachers are well-practised at adapting the class to everyone’s level.

The yoga teacher will create a more dynamic class in the morning with Vinyasa flow and Hatha sequences to prepare you for the day’s hike, and the evening class will enable deep relaxation with restorative, yin, meditation, and yoga nidra.

Yoga will be in the yoga barn with a wood burner making it warm and cosy

Highlights

  • Stunning modern venue with lots of space

  • Beautiful views across the Yorkshire valley

  • Two days of guided hikes with experienced guides

  • En-suite bedrooms with beautiful views or private cottage

  • Outdoor hot tub to indulge in and firepit for star gazing

  • Setting intentions workshop to create the best year ahead

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About the Food

All of our retreat chefs are highly experienced and passionate about their craft.

We are a Vegetarian / plant-based company and take great pride in creating incredible food on our retreats.

Our breakfasts are a mixture of savoury and sweet, with eggs, yoghurt, bread and butter, milk, coffee/tea, and plant-based options.

Lunch and dinner are more plant-based. Our chefs create diverse and imaginative menus that highlight local produce’s seasonality.

We are able to cater to all dietary requirements.

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