Flourish: Journey Back to the Heart
A deeply held, thoughtfully curated day retreat for women ready to reconnect with themselves and allow real inner shifts to unfold.
Sunday 5th July 2026
10am-5pm
Berry Farm, Cirencester
Early Bird £139 until 12th May
Standard Investment £159
Bring a friend £125 each (£250 for two spaces)
Only £70 deposit secures your space
Limited spaces available.
✨ More Than A Retreat Day ✨
Flourish is more than a retreat day. It is a deeply held experience.
Created with care and guided with heart, this is a space for women who are ready to step out of the noise of everyday life and reconnect with themselves in a meaningful way.
Not just to pause.
Not just to switch off.
But to soften, reflect, and create space for something real to shift.
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.
So many women move through life in roles that ask them to keep going, keep coping, keep performing, and keep holding everything together.
Over time, that can create distance from your own needs, your emotional truth, and the quieter voice within you that knows what is real.
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.
Every detail is thoughtfully considered to create an experience that feels nurturing, personal, and deeply supportive from beginning to end.
This is a retreat designed not simply to help you feel better for a few hours, but to create the conditions for meaningful reconnection, clarity, and real inner movement — the kind that stays with you long after the day itself.
It is a space where you are invited to soften, be met exactly where you are, and open back up to yourself in a way that feels safe, grounded, and true.
“I am who I am. Not who you think I am. Not who you want me to be. I am me.”
Who This Retreat is For….
This retreat is for the woman who knows she is ready for more than just a break.
More than a day out.
More than a temporary exhale.
More than another coping strategy.
It is for the woman who wants to reconnect with herself in a deeper way.
Who is ready to soften the masks, step out of old patterns, and create space for clarity, honesty, and inner movement.
You may be feeling:
- disconnected from yourself and what you truly need
- 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 both deeply held and genuinely transformative
- drawn to a space where you can feel nurtured, supported, and open enough for something to shift
Whether you are at the beginning of your healing journey or have already done deep inner work, Flourish meets you where you are.
You do not need to arrive with the answers.
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.
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.
“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.
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
- Gentle yoga
- Empowerment coaching around people pleasing and good girl conditioning
- Inner child healing journey
- Womb healing meditation
- Ho’oponopono healing practice
- Sound healing and individual Reiki
- Immersive wireless-headphone meditation journeys for a more personal and deeply held inner experience
- Oracle cards and intuitive guidance
- A nourishing lunch
- Herbal teas and refreshments throughout the day
The Berry Farm Experience
A peaceful Cotswolds setting, tucked away near Cirencester, with open space, rustic beauty, and a slower rhythm that invites you to soften, breathe, and come back to yourself.
Here, the venue is not just where the retreat happens.
It becomes part of the journey.
The fresh air, surrounding countryside, and calm simplicity of the land create space for the body to rest, the mind to quieten, and the heart to gently open.
You’ll leave with:
- A calmer, more grounded nervous system
- Greater clarity around what is true for you
- Deeper connection to your body, heart, and inner wisdom
- a more intimate and personal experience of meditation, reflection, and inner reconnection
- Insight into people pleasing and self-abandonment patterns
- A sense of emotional release and inner lightness
- A fuller heart and a clearer mind
Investment
Early Bird: £139 until 12th May 2026
Standard investment: £159
Bring a Friend £125 each (£250 for two spaces)
Payment plan: £70 deposit, with final balance due 10 days before the event.
Limited spaces available
🌿 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.
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 5th July 2026 at Berry Farm, Cirencester.
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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 Berry Farm 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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