Our Story

25 years. Over 3,000 guests. One simple idea.

Zest Life has been running yoga and wellness retreats since 2000 — making it one of the longest-established retreat brands in the UK. Over that time, more than 3,000 guests have joined us in some of Britain and Europe's most beautiful places.

We run small-group retreats, typically 8 to 12 guests, combining yoga with wild swimming, coastal and mountain walking, breathwork, sauna and nourishing plant-based food. Every retreat is carefully held. Every detail is considered. The pace is unhurried. The group is small enough to feel personal.

Zest Life retreats run across the UK and internationally. UK locations include Anglesey, the Lake District, North Wales and Yorkshire. International retreats take guests to Norway's Senja Island, the Stockholm Archipelago in Sweden, northern Ibiza, the Scottish Cairngorms and Morocco.

Zest Life is rated 4.8 on Trustpilot from over 515 verified guest reviews and has been featured in The Times, Vogue, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Condé Nast Traveller, The Independent and Harper's Bazaar.

The five things every retreat is built around.

Every Zest Life retreat, wherever it takes place, whatever the season, is shaped by the same five elements that changed Laura's life:

• Movement — yoga that meets you where you are, from dynamic morning practice to restorative evening flow
• Nature — wild swimming, mountain walking, cold water, open skies
• Nourishment — seasonal, plant-based food made with care and local ingredients
• Connection — a small group of like-minded people, without the noise of the everyday
• Rest — genuine space to slow down, breathe and return to yourself

These are not additions to the retreat. They are the retreat.