Flourish: Journey Back to the Heart
A soul-led summer day retreat for women ready to soften, feel, heal, & reconnect to themselves.
Sunday 14th June 2026
10am-5pm
Cowslip Meadows, Laughton, South Leicestershire
Early Bird offers until 20th April:
£139 – payment plan available
or
Bring a friend – £125 each (£250)
Limited spaces available.
✨ Restore. Reconnect. Rise. ✨
There comes a point when carrying it all no longer feels sustainable.
When you have been the strong one, the capable one, the calm one, the nurturer, the giver, the one who keeps going… for so long, that somewhere along the way, you stop hearing yourself.
So many women are holding more than they were ever meant to hold alone.
The pressure. The mental load. The emotional labour. The invisible weight of roles, expectations, and the masks they wear to keep everything moving.
For many women, this begins long before adulthood — in the quiet conditioning to be the good girl. To be easy, capable, giving, accommodating, and grateful. To stay calm, not ask for too much, keep the peace, and put others first. Over time, that conditioning can pull us further and further away from our own needs, truth, and emotional voice.
And after a while, it becomes exhausting and we burnout.
Not because you are weak, but because no woman is meant to carry so much without space to soften, feel, and return to herself.
Flourish: Journey Back to the Heart is a deeply nourishing spring day retreat created for the woman who is ready to set some of that down.
A woman who is ready to pause.
To breathe.
To reconnect with her body, her heart, and her truth.
To stop performing for a moment and simply be.
Held in the beautiful surroundings of Cowslip Meadows, Leicestershire this is a day to step away from the noise of everyday life and into a softer, more spacious rhythm.
A day to regulate your nervous system, reconnect with what you feel, and return to the quiet wisdom within.
This is not about becoming someone new.
It is about remembering who you are beneath the pressure, the people pleasing, the good girl conditioning, the roles, and the constant pull to be everything for everyone else.
Good girl conditioning teaches women to seek safety through pleasing, but the heart is where truth begins.
A return to self.
A return to feeling.
A return to the heart.
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“I am who I am. Not who you think I am. Not who you want me to be. I am me.”
A Time to Awaken, Heal, & Flourish….
💗 Who This Retreat Is For? 💗
This day is for the woman who feels, deep down, that it is time.
Time to stop overriding herself.
Time to stop pushing through.
Time to stop putting everyone else’s needs before her own.
This retreat is for the woman who has been holding a lot.
Holding the emotional weight.
Holding the mental list.
Holding the needs of others.
Holding herself together.
You may be feeling:
- Emotionally tired or energetically depleted.
- Disconnected from yourself and what you truly need.
- Stuck in cycles of people pleasing, over giving, or self-abandonment.
- How often you default to being the good one, the easy one, the strong one, even when it costs you your own truth.
- As though you have been wearing masks for so long that you are craving the space to simply be.
- Ready for healing, but longing for something gentle, feminine, and deeply supportive.
Whether you are at the beginning of your healing journey or have already done a lot of inner work, Flourish meets you where you are.
You do not need to arrive with the answers.
You do not need to have it all figured out.
You simply need to be willing to come.
🌿 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.
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.
“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.
A Nature-Held Sancutary at Cowslip Meadows
Sunday 14th June 2026
10am – 5.00pm
This retreat will be held at Cowslip Meadows, a peaceful countryside retreat in south Leicestershire created as a place to rest, restore, and reconnect. Surrounded by open countryside and a slower, softer rhythm of life, it offers a beautiful sense of calm away from the busy world.
There is something deeply exhaling about this space.
The beauty of Cowslip Meadows lies in its simplicity, its stillness, and its connection to the land. With beautiful outdoor space and the gentle presence of nature all around, this retreat becomes an invitation to truly slow down and let the natural world hold you.
Here, nature is part of the healing.
The fresh air, the openness, the stillness, and the countryside setting all support the body to soften, the nervous system to settle, and the heart to open in its own time.
This is what makes Cowslip Meadows such a beautiful home for Journey Back to the Heart — a retreat rooted in reconnection, grounded in nature, and held in a space that invites you to return to yourself gently.
The day includes lunch and refreshments, but the overall feeling of this retreat is one of natural beauty, spaciousness, and being nourished by the land as much as by the practices themselves.
What’s included:
- A full-day soul-led women’s retreat at Cowslip Meadows.
- Welcome, grounding and intention setting.
- Cacao ceremony, guided journey and group Reiki.
- Gentle Yoga.
- Empowerment coaching focused on people pleasing.
- Inner child healing journey and meditation.
- Womb healing meditation.
- Ho’oponopono healing practice.
- Sound healing and individual Reiki.
- Oracle card ritual and intuitive guidance.
- A nourishing lunch.
- Herbal teas and refreshments throughout the day.
- Yoga mats, inflatable mattresses, bolsters, cushions, blankets and eye masks for comfort.
- A beautiful, intimate, and supportive space for healing and reconnection.
What you’ll leave with:
- A calmer, more grounded nervous system.
- Greater awareness of people pleasing and good girl conditioning, and how these patterns may be shaping your choices.
- A sense of emotional release and energetic renewal.
- A more compassionate connection to the younger parts of yourself.
- Greater clarity around what you need and how you want to move forward.
- A feeling of being more fully connected to yourself again.
- Greater connection to your body, heart, and inner truth.
Early Bird Offers: until 20th April
Individual Investment: £139
Bring a friend & book two spaces together – £125 each (£250)
Standard Investment: After 20th April – £159
Optional Payment Plan – £70 deposit & final balance due 10 days before the event.
Please select your preferred option at the checkout on the drop down box.
Limited spaces available to honour intimacy and deep connection.
🌿 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.
Yoga
A gentle and supportive yoga practice to help you reconnect with your body, soften tension, and create space within. Through breath, movement, and presence, this session invites you to slow down, come back into yourself, and feel more grounded, open, and at ease.
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 14th June 2026 at Cowslip Meadows, Leicestershire.
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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 Cowslip Meadows 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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