15 April 2019

The Zest Life feature on outdoor swimmer magazine

We’re proud to have been featured in Outdoor Swimmer magazine. The article gives an overview of what to expect at The Zest Life Yoga and Wild Swimming retreats with their perfect combination of yoga and swimming in the outdoors. Our retreats are held in stunning locations, choose the lakes and sea around Anglesey and Snowdonia in north Wales or the epic lakes of the Lake District.


Our swimming retreats are great if you want to immerse your self in wild swimming. With delicious and nutritious meals and snacks, specially designed to boost your energy for the activities of the day, and time to relax in wonderful surroundings of our country house accommodation, it’s a perfect way to get away from it all.


The Outdoor Swimmer is highly informative about all aspects of outdoor swimming from great places to swim, explanations of health benefits and how to make the most of your training sessions to useful tips on the kit you might need and safety advice. The contributors are all passionate outdoor swimmers and Jonathan Cowie, the editor of the publication, is also an open water swim coach and leads on our Lake district retreats.

A group of people are standing in the water with their arms in the air.
A group of people are sitting on a rock near a lake.

We highly recommend have a look and subscribing. Whether you’re a complete beginner, a fair weather dipper or a seasoned open water swimmer the magazine will have something for you.


Read our feature on Outdoor Swimming magazine:


All about… Yoga and wild swimming retreats


Or find out more about our retreats:
Yoga and Wild Swimming retreats.

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