Smooth Cactus Retreat
Heather has practiced yoga for over ten years, she ‘escaped’ her career in employee Wellbeing & Engagement to share her love of yoga and wellbeing away from the corporate world. Smooth Cactus is her Yoga company where she teaches in Mid Sussex.
She is a self confessed geek, as well as her 250hrs reg yoga teacher training, she loves studying all things ‘People’. This has included neuro linguistic programming, mindfulness, mental health first aid, pranayama & meditation, sports nutrition, pre and post natal yoga TT and she is currently studying a further 300hrs RYTT qualification which includes yoga therapy.
Her unique set of skills keep growing and she relishes in sharing these with others. Through her own experience, Heather’s depth of understanding of the wonder of yoga and how it can fundamentally change your life began for her when she had a car accident resulting in facial reconstruction and the loss of sight in her right eye.
Heather has first hand experience of using the tools of yoga to change her approach to life, shift her mindset and now through her daily practice and way of living, she believes she is on the path to becoming the best version of herself, a conscious and on-going pursuit!
”I’m so grateful to have found yoga and be able to apply it’s many tools to enrich my life and the lives of those around me. I love being able to share this with others and genuinely cherish it and it’s inclusivity. This being that yoga is for everyone and every body, and that there are so many ways to ‘practice’ yoga without even stepping onto a mat.
I also love, obviously, that there will always be more to learn from yoga, it’s the gift that keeps on giving!”
When not teaching yoga, Heather loves to explore, travel and feed her brain! She’s also a lover of design in the home, in fashion and can sometimes be found in the workshop with a blow torch making jewellery!
ROOMS:
The Piggery (smaller house on the other side of the pool)
Double – King Bed – Single Occupancy
Twin Room – Two Single Beds – Single Occupancy (beds pushed together as a double)
Shared with Two
Shared bathroom with shower and shared kitchen area.
£1300
£1300
£900
ROOMS:
Main House
Tiger Room – Queen Bed – Single Occupancy
Goddess Room – Queen Bed – Single Occupancy
Blossom Room – Queen Bed – Single Occupancy
2 shared bathrooms with showers and sitting room area.
£1300
£1300
£1300
ROOMS:
The Piggery (smaller house on the other side of the pool)
Double – King Bed – Single Occupancy
£1300
Twin Room – Two Single Beds – Single Occupancy (beds pushed together as a double)
£1300
Shared with Two
£900
Shared bathroom with shower and shared kitchen area.
ROOMS:
Main House
Tiger Room – Queen Bed – Single Occupancy
£1300
Goddess Room – Queen Bed – Single Occupancy
£1300
Blossom Room – Queen Bed – Single Occupancy
£1300
2 shared bathrooms with showers and sitting room area.
AN EXAMPLE DAY
8am –We start the day with an energising mat Yoga class to awake and strengthen your body. To finish we will take time exploring breath-work and meditation to declutter the mind for the day ahead (suitable for all levels).
9:30am – Then you can choose where you wish to sit to enjoy your fresh brunch buffet of juices, tea, coffee, fruit and cereals plus other delicacies to support the bodies’ journey for the rest of the day.
10am onwards – Afterwards, you can enjoy the day by booking a day tour, or daily down time with a beauty treatment, find a quiet area to read a book, swim in the pool or even take a walk around the beautiful countryside surrounding Cactus & Almonds. On certain days we have special plans for you but we’ll email your itinerary upon booking to see if you’d like to add or swap anything, afterall, it’s your bespoke holiday and ‘me time’.
5pm – Evening wind down with candle lit yin and yoga nidra.
7pm – We will either dine in or go out for evening shopping and dinner at Mojacar Pueblo for example.
WHAT TO PACK
• Passport/Tickets
• Euros for shopping and meals out
• Phone charger
• Toothbrush and toothpaste
• Toiletries – we will have body wash, shampoo and conditioner in bathrooms already but anything extra
• 3 sets of yoga leggings, sports top and loose tops
• 2 sets of evening wear with a cardigan, shawl, light jacket
• 2 sets of swimwear (towels provided)
• Flip flops, trainers, wedges (the local streets are cobbled so we tend to avoid heels)