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Norfolk Summer Solstice Retreat 2026
19.06 - 22.06
Welcome to four days, three nights of spacious, resetting practices at a potent time of year in one of the sunniest places in the UK.
Led by senior Yoga teacher, Charlene McAuley, the Summer Solstice Reset 2026 retreat is held at the celebrated West Lexham estate in Norfolk.
With over a decade of experience working with elite athletes, high performers, and the time-pressured, the Senses Beyond retreat is for those who need a reset from overwhelm, doing, and depletion, wanting instead to receive - rather than do more on their own - in order to strengthen their own inner resources for more space and choice.
Some of the things you can absorb during your stay include wild swimming, floating in a filtered pool, paddle boarding, and long idle walks in the surrounding area. And of course, Yoga and embodiment practices to begin and close your day with like-minded people.
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Plug into nature
Life can be unrelenting, demands that pile on top and take us away from our centre. Coming back to this centre can often feel like hard work, another to-do, and this where this retreat steps in. In an environment away from bright lights, pollution and city noise, you'll have space and time to allow your energy to regenerate.
The Summer Solstice Reset Yoga Retreat is four days of somatic, steady and inspiring practices drawn from life-enhancing modalities so that your brain can stop predicting the next thing to react to, tension can soften, and space can open for what is actually important: satisfaction and excitement for your life.
£690 pp
Two people sharing a twin room
Ensuite bathroom
Brunch & evening meal plus snacks
4 places available
Explore inside & outside
From the experiential and embodied practices to the many offerings from the Soil Association-certified food and accommodation in beautiful surroundings, there is an abundance of offerings to nourish the different layers of your being. Speaking of nourishment, most of the food comes from the farm kitchen, which you're free to wander round if you want to see where brunch or dinner is coming from.
Charlene's approach to embodiment is one that is not about treating ourselves only as objects to be pushed and shoved around, but how we can practically tune-in to our inner environment to become clearer on how our current circumstances are impacting us and the role we play. Sensing creates more awareness, and awareness creates more choice.
Through sensing, awareness and choice we can undo our stuckness and the many ways we repeat what we don't wish to repeat, so that we can become responsive, active and adaptive agents in our lives. And it all begins by sensing how we are in this moment, a choice many of us find difficult to make.
The Summer Solstice Reset Retreat 2026 offers skilled practises and abundant amenities to make the choice to ask with our senses how we are in a novel, unexpected way so that you leave the retreat with not only insights but experiences you can take into the rest of your life.
When you're not on the mat, you can spend your time in the lake, the pool, paddle boarding, walking, or simply chilling. There are not many places in the UK that offer such a diverse, eco-friendly offer, so it's just a joy to be combining Senses Beyond's unique approach with West Lexham's!
Summer Solstice 2026 Yoga Retreat Pricing & Payment Plan
Twin Room Occupancy: £690 pp
Two people sharing a twin room.
Ensuite bathroom.
Light breakfast, brunch & evening meal.
Kingsize Room Solo Occupancy: £825
One person in a single room.
Sharing bathroom with one person.
Light breakfast, brunch & evening meal.
Quadruple Room: £590 pp
Four people sharing a kingsize room with four single beds.
Ensuite bathroom.
Light breakfast, brunch & evening meal.
Non-refundable Deposit: £200 via bank transfer up until 10 weeks before retreat. Full balance via bank transfer thereafter.
A payment plan is available for anyone wanting to spread the cost of the yoga break. Upon paying the deposit, you can contact us to set up monthly instalments on a designated day. The full amount will need to be received 10 weeks prior to the retreat start date.
All payments can be made via bank transfer. All payments should be made in Pound Sterling; for those outside of the UK we recommend paying via Wise as it's a cheaper way to pay into a GBP account.
For details on how to pay via bank transfer contact open the below link or contact Charlene at hello@sensesbeyond.com
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About Charlene
Hi there! I'm Charlene, a somatic-embodiment guide, senior Yoga teacher, and advanced trainee Gestalt Psychotherapist. I've spent over 16 years working alongside people through the experience of body, a profound privilege as I get to know people not as they ought to be, or through their most complex thoughts but as they are in through their felt sense, their immediate experience, which is at the root of living authentically.
When I was younger, it was the workings of the big wide world that captivated me, leading to undergraduate and postgrad degrees in Politics before working in political consultancy in Manchester and London. But an itch wasn't scratched and it was Yoga where I found an expression of something that was more true, working with a range of people and organisations including the NHS and a Premier League football club for over seven years before moving to Austria and continuing to work in these areas 1:1 online.
Since 2021, I've been training as a Gestalt Psychotherapist at the well-regarded Manchester Gestalt Centre, and am currently in the last year working towards UKCP accreditation. Since November 2025, I'm studying the ISMETA-accredited Integrative Körperarbeit (Bodywork) diploma at the renowned Graz Shiatsu Centre.
Embodied Yoga, Embodied Expression and Therapeutic Wonder are all practices offered and are deeply informed by Yoga, Body Mind Centering and Gestalt. This unique combination creates an atmosphere that is wide enough for self-inquiry and contained enough to provide structure and something new.
These practices have evolved over nearly two decades of Yoga experience, and a decade of Gestalt and BMC exploration.
Just as a long sigh out is a sure enough sign of the nervous system resetting from 'on on on' to 'it's OK, I'm ok', my intention is that the Summer Solstice Reset Yoga Retreat is a releasing exhale, so that you can take in the replenishing practices and nourishing environment, before leaving with more ease, breathing more freely and a sense of renewal.
I look forward to seeing and supporting you.
What to expect from your Yoga retreat
As an experienced and dedicated yoga practitioner, Charlene's approach encompasses several modalities to offer practices that offer a profound reset to experience yourself physically, psychologically and emotionally differently. The embodiment practices taught will include:
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Embodied Yoga, Embodied Expression, Therapeutic Wonder
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Gestalt awareness work
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Relaxation for conscious tension release
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Meditation and Breathwork
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Invitation to journal, draw and create
Itinerary
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Friday arrivals at 4pm, but feel free to arrive earlier to familiarise yourself with the grounds
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Evening practices at 17:30 (90 mins)
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Morning practices at 8:00 (120 mins)
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Light self-service breakfast pre-Yoga practice
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Brunch at 10:30
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Dinner at 19:00
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Monday departure after brunch circa 12pm
Who Summer Solstice Reset Yoga Retreat is for
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People who are already or wish to work with their bodies in a more receptive way
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Those with an interest in how embodiment practices can create a shift in relating to ourselves and others
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Folks fed-up with pushing through and want to slow down
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People who sense nature can provide vital healing for an overwrought nervous system
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Anyone who wants to be strengthen their inner resources through receptivity
Who the Reset Retreat 2026 isn't for
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People wanting fast-paced Yoga based on right and wrong ways of moving
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Those looking for a fitness-based bootcamp
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A goal-based and prescriptive approach to practises and the retreat
What's included in your Norfolk Summer Solstice 2026 Yoga Retreat
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Daily organic brunch with smoothie and coffee
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Daily organic evening meal
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Fruit and nuts pre-brunch
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Daily morning practice (120 mins)
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Daily evening practice (90 mins)
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Lake and swimming pool use
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Paddle boards and boat for the lake
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Comfortable room with en-suite.
What's not included:
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Flights and travel to and from the accommodation
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Alcohol although feel free to bring your own
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Any wellness treatments offered on-site
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Travel insurance
“I am certain that the benefits of the time I spent on retreat with you in Portugal are lasting far beyond the week itself. Since returning I have found the motivation to develop new habits and routines including a daily yoga or meditation practice. I am so grateful to you both for sharing your wisdom and experience, which has inspired me to commit to these changes, and I’ve already booked my place in Tuscany in August 2022, knowing it will be another valuable week of self-care, learning... and fun!”
— Laura C, Manchester
“A heartfelt thank-you from the three of us for such a restoring and nourishing retreat. We all loved your classes, and the attention to detail was fantastic. Thank you for offering your time and teachings in such a generous way.”
— Rachael C, Jacqui E,
and Samantha P
United Kingdom
“What I really love about your teachings is that you’ve collected a huge amount of movement in all your self exploring and your previous trainings. You are authentic and embody what you teach. I like the simplicity of postures which turn out to be super effective. I become more aware of my body. Everybody feels very welcome in your course wherever the person is in their own yoga experience.”
— Catharina W, Innsbruck,
Portugal 2019 Retreater
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Summer Solstice UK retreat 2026 Cancellations and Refunds
Deposits paid are non-refundable, therefore, any cancellations will not include a return of the deposit. Should a cancellation be made three months or earlier prior to the Summer Solstice 2026 yoga retreat start date, you will receive a refund of monies paid minus the deposit and 10 percent administration charge. All cancellations within a three month period to the start date will not be returned unless your place is filled in which case you will receive a refund of monies paid minus the deposit and 20 percent administration charge. You are able to transfer your deposit or Summer Solstice 2026 yoga holiday reservation to another person, however, we require at least 21 days notice.
Please contact Charlene via email at hello@sensesbeyond.com or WhatsApp on +447725854416 if you have any queries.
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