Choose a yoga class first, followed by a Sauna and Ice Bath session, Forest Bathing, or Sound Bath and Cacao Ceremony, to really embrace the beautiful surroundings. Take all day to explore the Arboretum, home to 7000 trees and the famous Red Squirrel enclosure. Enjoy wellness specials in the Arboretum Café, and a curated wellness range in the Arboretum Shop.
If you wish to book a Wellness activity without yoga, please follow this link and choose your preferred date, either 29th, 30th or 31st August. Choose Arboretum admission first, followed by your Wellness session.
Vix’s classes are always evolving and are playful yet mindful - an invitation to be curious. Her classes always incorporate philosophy elements, as well as the body, to cultivate a full rounded practice. Expect to feel physically and mentally lighter and liberated!
Katie’s intention is to share practices which root students within themselves, leaving their bodies, minds, and hearts nourished. Through her practice, Katie works with her body instead of against it, while also finding emotional peace and spiritual connection. Katie has taught in Ohio, California, Hawaii, Florida, and for the last three years in York.
Dora has been immersed in yoga since childhood. The daughter of a yoga teacher, she grew up practicing, and has since gone on to teach yoga, and AcroYoga internationally.
Her playful, dynamic classes blend active flexibility, strength-building drills, and anatomical insights drawn from her background in circus arts, including hand standing, contortion and aerial. Dora brings a sense of joy and challenge to every session; she is known for making people laugh and making movement fun!
The Ice and Embers sauna will be on site all weekend. Their contrast therapy experience pairs warming sauna sessions with cold plunges to create a mindful, restorative ritual. Heat eases muscle tension and invites relaxation; cold immersion awakens circulation, reduces inflammation, clears the mind and renews the body. Moving slowly through cycles of warmth, cold, and calm trains the nervous system to reset, improving sleep, easing stress, and supporting post workout recovery. Leave feeling physically refreshed and mentally centered and renewed by the restorative heat and cold.
A 90-minute immersive session led by Lunar Rose Wellbing, carefully structured to support relaxation, emotional reset, and inner balance. The experience begins with a Cacao Ceremony, a gentle, heart-opening ritual using ceremonial-grade cacao. Holy Fire Reiki Guided Meditation follows, a calming meditation incorporating Holy Fire Reiki energy to promote deep relaxation, clarity, and emotional release. The experience concludes with an Immersive Sound Journey, using therapeutic instruments to support integration, restoration, and a sense of renewal.
A 75-minute session run by Tandy Taylor, who runs Forest Bathing all over North Yorkshire including Kiplin Hall, Sutton Bank and Yearsley Woods. Forest Bathing Started in Japan in the 1980’s and is now part of the national health programme, with proven health benefits including reducing blood pressure and stress levels, and improving energy levels. Tandy's sessions are about slowing down, reconnecting with nature and yourself, and really noticing what is around you,
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