Welcome to the Retreats blog!
Where our Retreat Leaders share their top tips on Health and Creativity.
The difference between fasting and lifestyle changes.
An inside view of the Creative Writing + Pilates retreat
“You become a writer by writing. There’s no other way. So do it, do it more, do it again, do it better, fail, fail better.’ Margaret Atwood
Aga’s favourite reads of 2023. Plus a book to look out for in 2024.
Three books I read in 2023 will stay with me forever: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Zevin is an American author and screenwriter and it is her tenth novel, soon to be transformed into a feature film by Paramount...
Carla’s Journey through Breast Cancer
Last week, we introduced you to Aga, our writer on the Beautiful, Precious ME retreat...
Could writing help you process a breast cancer diagnosis?
Love or hate the whole pink ribbon thing, here we are again!!! A constant reminder to be vigilant about our breasts, our health and our lives...
Aga’s Top 3 Summer Reads
Holiday reading: three brilliant page-turners for the summer by our Creative Writing Retreat Facilitator, Aga Lesiewicz...
What to read next…
Recent crime books that broke the mould, by Aga Lesiewicz...
Five inspiring memoirs to get you thinking about writing your own.
If you saw Aga's previous blog, How to Write a Memoir, you may have started to let the idea stir in your mind...
All About You – How to write a memoir?
EAT CHILL WRITE By Aga Lesiewicz, Author and co-creator of The Creative Writing and Pilates Retreat Everyone has a book in them but, as Martin Amis observed, it’s usually “not a novel but a memoir”...
Healthy Eating Cheat Sheet
By Michelle McKenzie, Nutritionist for Shine. Here are a list of foods that are great to incorporate into your diet...
Georgie’s Pilates ABC: Alignment, Breathing and Core.
Alignment : when the skeleton is aligned and centred (eg shoulders are stacked on top of the ribs, hips, knees and ankles), energy (blood / lymph / oxygen) flows more evenly around the body...
How I Got Published
By Aga Lesiewicz, author and Retreat leader for our Creative Writing and Pilates Retreat...
