Saturday, October 12

How A Wellness Retreat Changed This Editor’s Life

People go on wellness retreats for all kinds of different reasons, to detox, relax, lose weight, deepen their yoga practice… but to heal trauma? That kind of shift isn’t what most reasonable people would expect from a couple of days away from it all. However, that’s exactly what happened to me. I kid you not.

I’ll be completely honest, as much as I love wellness I’m a sceptic and when I initially booked onto the Detox and Revive Retreat in Jervis Bay, I was mostly excited about two uninterrupted nights’ sleep. The setting was beautiful, the activities sounded great and the ethos of “detox and revive your body post silly season” was right on the money after my rosé-filled Christmas holiday, but as a new mum to an eight-month-old baby, it was the sleep I was sold on.

Read the story at Womens Health