Flourish: Journey Back to the Heart
Life may look okay. But do you feel like you?
Flourish: Journey Back to the Heart is a deeply held women’s day retreat created to help you soften, reconnect and remember the woman underneath the roles, responsibilities, people-pleasing and noise.
Sunday 7th June
10am-5pm
The Lygon Arms, Broadway, Cotswolds
Standard Investment £159
Only 1 space remaining.
✨ Why Flourish Exists ✨
Flourish was created for the woman whose life may look okay from the outside, but who feels distant from herself on the inside.
The woman who keeps going, keeps coping, keeps showing up and keeps holding everything together — yet knows something deeper is asking for space.
Not because she is broken.
Not because everything is falling apart.
But because somewhere beneath the roles, responsibilities, people-pleasing and noise, she has lost touch with her own needs, truth and inner steadiness.
This is not just a day to pause.
It is a deeply held space to soften, listen, reconnect and come back to yourself.
A day to step out of the noise and remember the woman underneath the holding, helping, pleasing and performing.
Through heart-opening practices, soulful guidance, and a beautifully curated environment, you are invited to reconnect with your body, your heart, and your inner truth — leaving lighter, clearer, fuller in yourself, and more deeply connected than when you arrived.
Although this is a group retreat, parts of the journey will feel deeply personal.
What makes Flourish unique is not only the practices within the day, but the way the space is held.
“Before coming to this retreat, I felt lost and disconnected. After just one day, I felt re-energised, deeply connected, and at peace with myself. If you’re hesitating—just do it!”
– Emma W.
This is the heart of Flourish — not just relaxation, but reconnection.
Who This Retreat is For….
This retreat is for the woman who knows she is ready for more than just a break.
It is for the woman whose life may look okay from the outside, but who does not quite feel like herself within it.
You may be feeling:
- disconnected from yourself and what you truly need
- tired of holding everything together for everyone else
- caught in patterns of people-pleasing, overgiving or self-abandonment
- mentally noisy, emotionally flat or unsure what is true anymore
- ready for healing, but wanting something that feels deeply held, grounded and genuinely transformative
- drawn to a space where you can be nurtured, supported and open enough for something real to shift
You do not need to arrive with the answers.
You simply need to be willing to come.
That is enough.
🌿 A Journey Through the Day
Flourish is designed as a gentle journey back to yourself through a full mind-body-soul immersion designed to bring lasting emotional healing & empowerment.
Across the day, you’ll be guided through a carefully held flow of practices that invite you to slow down, soften, and reconnect with the parts of yourself that may have been lost beneath the noise of everyday life.
We begin by arriving, grounding, and setting intentions, before opening into heart-led practices that create space for stillness, emotional release, and deeper connection.
Through Cacao, Meditation, Reiki, Qi Gong, Empowerment Coaching, Inner Child Healing, Womb Healing, Ho’oponopono, Sound, and Intuitive Guidance, each part of the day is there to support you in releasing what you’ve been carrying and returning to the wisdom within.
Selected inner journeys are experienced through immersive wireless headphones, creating a more intimate and personal meditative space within the retreat. This allows you to receive the guidance in a way that feels more deeply held, helping you drop in fully and connect with the experience in a way that is beautifully your own.
This is not a day of rushing or striving.
It is a day of being held.
A day of listening.
A day of remembering.
A day of coming home to yourself.
By the end of the day, you will leave feeling lighter in your heart, calmer in your body, clearer in your mind, and more deeply connected to your own truth.
“I am who I am. Not who you think I am. Not who you want me to be. I am me.”
What You Will Experience…
Every part of the day has been chosen with intention — not as a collection of activities, but as a carefully held journey back to yourself.
Your day includes:
- Welcome, grounding, and intention setting
- Cacao ceremony, guided meditation, and group Reiki
- Qi Gong and breath
- Empowerment coaching around people pleasing and good girl conditioning
- Inner child healing journey
- Womb healing meditation
- Immersive wireless-headphone meditation journeys for a more personal and deeply held inner experience
- Ho’oponopono healing practice
- Sound healing and individual Reiki
- Oracle cards and intuitive guidance
- A beautiful two-course lunch
- Herbal teas and refreshments throughout the day
The Lygon Arms experience
Held at the beautiful Lygon Arms in Broadway, this retreat is set in one of the most picturesque villages in the Cotswolds. The setting is historic, atmospheric, grounding, and quietly luxurious, with a private retreat room, enclosed outside space to feel the air around you and the birds singing and a two-course lunch served in the hotel restaurant.
The setting invites you to exhale.
The space supports you to soften.
And the whole experience is designed to feel nourishing from beginning to end.
You’ll leave with:
- a calmer, more grounded nervous system
- greater clarity around what is true for you
- a more intimate and personal experience of meditation, reflection, and inner reconnection
- deeper connection to your body, heart, and inner wisdom
- insight into people pleasing and self-abandonment patterns
- a sense of emotional release and inner lightness
- a fuller heart and a clearer mind
Individual Investment: £159
Only 1 place remaining.
🌿 A Journey Through the Four Pillars of Wellbeing 🌿
Mind. Body. Emotions. Energy.
Flourish is carefully woven around these four pillars — guiding you through a healing journey that supports your whole self. Every practice in the day is intentionally chosen to help you release what no longer serves, reclaim clarity, and reawaken your power.
Welcome, Grounding & Intention Setting
A gentle arrival into the space, allowing your nervous system to begin to settle as you land in the day and connect with what your heart is ready for.
Cacao Ceremony & Guided Inner Child Meditation Journey
A heart-opening space to soften, receive, and connect more deeply within. This part of the day invites stillness, emotional awareness, and energetic support.
A gentle guided journey to reconnect with the younger parts of yourself that may still be carrying unmet needs, old beliefs, or emotional wounds. This meditation offers space for compassion, safety, and reconnection, helping you meet yourself with tenderness and begin restoring the love, reassurance, and presence that may have been missing.
The guided journey is experienced through immersive wireless headphones, allowing you to receive the meditation in a more intimate and personal way.
Qi Gong & Breath
A beautifully supportive practice using breath and gentle movement to help energy flow more freely through the body. This session will support calm, balance, presence, and a deeper connection to your body’s natural wisdom.
Womb Healing Meditation
A deeply nurturing meditation to reconnect with the feminine, the body, and the emotional wisdom held within. A space to soften into your inner world, honour what has been carried, and return home to yourself with compassion.
The Joy of Saying No – Shifting Patterns of People Pleasing
A powerful and supportive coaching session focused on understanding and gently shifting patterns of people pleasing, self-abandonment, and good girl conditioning — the learned ways so many women disconnect from their own needs in order to feel safe, accepted, loved, or enough.
Together, we will explore how these patterns live in the mind, body, and heart, how they shape the roles and masks we carry, and how they can quietly pull us away from our truth. This session is designed to bring compassionate awareness, emotional clarity, and a renewed connection to the heart space, so you can begin creating healthier inner foundations rooted in self-worth, honesty, and self-trust.
Sound Healing & Individual Reiki
A deeply restful closing experience to help integrate the shifts of the day. As sound moves through the body and energy field, individual Reiki offers a final layer of support, helping you receive, settle, and anchor what has opened.
Oracle Cards & Intuitive Guidance
A soulful closing ritual to connect with the guidance, clarity, and intention you are being invited to carry forward.
This is a time to settle, to receive, and to gently anchor the shifts you’ve made.
You’ll leave feeling energetically realigned, emotionally lighter, and deeply connected to your inner self.
TESTIMONIALS
What Clients Are Saying….
Absolutely wonderful retreat, I came away feeling so much better. Joanne has such a calm reassuring nature, such a relaxing safe space to be. It’s set the start of my year off wonderfully. I’ll definitely do another one! Thank you Joanne.
A lovely relaxing day with lots of benefits. Great venue, experiences, company. I always come away feeling so much better and crave the next one. I recommend to everyone!
Let Me Introduce Myself……
I’m Joanne, founder of The Zen Academy & Flourish retreats, and I create heart-led spaces for women to heal, reconnect, and come home to themselves.
My work brings together emotional healing, energy work, coaching, spiritual guidance, and nervous system support in a way that feels both grounded and soulful.
Flourish was born from the knowing that women need spaces where they do not have to perform, hold it all together, or be anything other than fully themselves.
Spaces where they can soften.
Spaces where they can feel safe enough to be real.
Spaces where healing can unfold gently and naturally.
Spaces where the heart is allowed to lead.
This is what Flourish is here to offer.
Not just a pause from life, but a return to self.
A sanctuary for healing, reconnection, and remembrance.
The feminine magic of women gathering together is profound — and your journey home to yourself begins the moment you say yes.
With Love & Gratitude,
Joanne x
“Sometimes we can’t supress our emotions any longer and need to reconnect, shift our perception internally and address our shadows. We must stop hiding from who we really are in case it’s not what the world wants to see and live in our own power.”
Your Invitation
If something in you is longing for a pause…
If your heart is asking for space…
If you know it is time to put some of what you’ve been carrying down and reconnect with yourself in a deeper way…
This is your invitation.
To soften.
To feel.
To heal.
To return.
Join us for Flourish: Journey Back to the Heart on Sunday 7th June 2026 at The Lygon Arms.
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QUESTIONS?
What if I don't feel comfortable participating in part of the day?
You can paticpate in as much or as little as you would like to on the day – this is your day!
If at any point you need some time out this is also okay and I will be there to personally support you and anything that comes up for you.
Do I need to bring any mats, blankets or cushions?
For all meditation & yoga practices all mats, blankets and cushions are provided.
Please bring anything additional if you would like to that will help with your comfort on the day!
Chairs are available if more comfortable.
What Should I Wear?
Please wear loose, comfortable clothing and maybe layers in case you get hot. You will remove your shoes inside the yurt, so please wear socks.
Also bring a jumper as we may if the weather allows be outside for the meditation & yoga practices, but definitely for the fire-pit release ritual.
Can I Pay A Deposit & Then Pay Later?
Yes a deposit of £70 can be paid and then the full amount must be paid 10 days before the retreat day. An email payment link for the remaining amount will be sent nearer the time. All deposits are non-refundable, but we will try to transfer you to another date if possible.
Will Refreshments be provided?
All drinks, snacks and lunch are provided in the rpice of the retreat. All nutiritional and allergies can be catered for.
Is there parking at the venue?
There is plenty of parking at The Lygon Arms and instructions will be sent nearer the retreat.
What if I am running late or cannot now attend?
If you find that you are going to be late please let me know on – 07859 731707, as depending on how late you are going to be a decision will be made if we may have to start before your arrival.
If you are unable to attend the event is non-refunadable. If you let me know with enough time I will try and fill your space.
Are there any restrictions for attending the retreat?
As much as I would love this to be accessible for everyone there are some precautions and it may be unsuitable for pregnancy, people who suffer from sound induced seizures, tinnitus, or those who suffer from severe mental health, but if you’re not sure please do get in touch and I will be happy to answer any questions and discuss suitability for you.
I will check your suitability for Cacao on the day, if you have a heart condition this ceremony is something you will not be able to particiapte in.
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