THE RELEASE RETREAT
Saturday 21st - Saturday, 28th February 2026
REST, RELEASE & RECHARGE
Created to gift you the space to release stress, unwind tension, reconnect to your body,
get creative in the sunshine, and thrive in some winter joy.
Atlas Mountains, Morocco
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From the first moment of arriving it felt like an oasis of calm and from the opening session the love, warmth and empathy of this sisterhood of beautiful women was clear. Laura, Mary and Agnes created such a gentle, safe space to feel that you could truly release and open your heart and soul. Some great sessions learning new techniques to take home and bring into daily life, I can’t wait to start shaking! Truly the most wonderful experience and I can’t wait to go back!
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Laura is like a magical, empathetic fairy healer - I felt like she started a transformation in my life, reminding me of the importance of slowing down and releasing what doesn’t serve me. Her community-centric approach of holding space for fellow women and letting us really tune in with our bodies is like nothing I have ever experienced. I will definitely be back for more!
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Laura has created an incredible space to slow down and reconnect to oneself and other women. I have felt very seen and safe and have taken lots of insights with me about what I need and what I want to incorporate into my daily life. Laura is an incredibly inspiring woman and being around her is joyful and deeply healing xxx
Instead of starting 2025 cold (!), stressed, stuck, and setting ridiculous resolutions for your year, start it in true hibernation mode; knowing that on 25th February, you’ll fly to the sun to spend 6 days on a retreat that will soothe your soul.
The Release Retreat roots in practices to connect you to the subtle layers of your body; the parts of you that live under the skin. Planned to create time to surrender into spaciousness and rest away from the busyness of life, to bring you some much needed Winter sunshine and space to shake off, re-set and prepare for the real New Year – the start of Spring.
You deserve Joy and Connection
during the Winter months.
Bab Zouina - meaning “Beautiful Door” in Moroccan - is a peaceful and unique yoga retreat centre built in traditional Moroccan style, located at the foot of the Atlas Mountains.
There are spaces for us to sit, practice and chat on the rooftops facing out to the magnificent Atlas Mountains, and we’ll be able to witness both the sunrise and sunset from these rooftop terraces.
With the spaciousness of this retreat, you lounge by the swimming pool and enjoy walks around the land, experiencing the purity of the air, the invigorating smells, the song of birds in the lush green gardens that are lined with thyme and lavender hedges, lantana bushes, rose trees, agave plants and exotic flowers.
WHERE YOU’LL BE STAYING
THE FOOD
All our meals will be prepared with love and care, using local produce as well as vegetables grown in the garden at Baba Zouina. Each meal is prepared to be a therapy of healthy and tasty foods, emitting the pleasant scents of oriental spices.
They’ll be freshly baked every day from a traditional Moroccan earth oven, as well as freshly squeezed delicious fruit juices; with tea, coffee, fresh and dried fruits available throughout the day.
A balanced and healthy diet is at the heart of the culinary approach at Baba Zouina.
THE RETREAT FLOW
Retreats are supposed to be restful and slow so, although we have lots of practices and classes for you, the schedule is spacious.
With an intention of creating space for you to shake off 2024 and prepare for 2025, there will be time to lie in the sun, explore our surroundings, take naps, and use the energy, joy and sunshine to plan, create and vision new projects, life plans, and goals.
Our general daily flow will look like…
7.30 am ~ hello’s and morning snacks
8 am ~ morning movement
9.30 am ~ nourishing big breakfast
11 am ~ slow time
1 pm ~ buffet lunch spread
2 pm ~ gentle rest to explore, read, relax
4 pm ~ TRE® and somatics class
7 pm ~ dinner time and chats
8.30pm ~ evening ritual and sleep prep
What to Expect?
This space is here to be whatever you need it to be. We’ll have a daily, schedule of practices and nourishing meal times that will create the structure, and you are free to flow in and out as you like.
Each one of you will be coming with a different intention, and whatever that is, you’ll have the space to explore it on The Release Retreat.
If you’re working on a new project or venture, maybe you want time away to work on it in the sunshine, whilst having all your daily needs taken care of?
Maybe life is busy and you’re craving some time for you?
Do you know the festive period is always a lot and comes with a lot of stress and, instead of launching into new Year plans and goals, you want to lean into a slow Winter and then come out to play in Spring?
The Practices.
We’ll move in a way that embraces your cyclical, feminine essence; guided to soften your body, release deep tension, and learn how to really get into the body.
TRE® - Yin Yoga - Somatic Experiencing ~ Embodiment Movement
Nervous System Regulation ~ Gentle Flow - Ecstatic Dance
Creativity, Joy & Connection
January and February are hard months. The weather is bad, it’s dark and cold, and it often feels like Winter will never end but, more than that, there is the energetic crash from Christmas and so much pressure from the “new year, new year” campaigns. Winter is not the time to try and change your life, or try to take on inaccessible new habits or diets or fitness fads; Winter is for rest.
The Release Retreat has been planned to help you embrace Wintering, the slowness, the hibernation, the need for sleep, and surrender to it - knowing that you have a sunshine retreat ahead to create the space, connection, creativity, and nourishment you need to really get clear on what you want 2025 to bring.
It’s a space to shake off, re-set and prepare for the real new year – the start of Spring.
MEET THE TEAM
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LAURA WILKES
RETREAT LEAD
Laura is a women's health expert and yin yoga teacher who takes a body-first approach to healing. She helps women slow down, manage stress, and reconnect with their bodies to support menstrual health, fertility, and overall well-being. Through teaching holistic lifestyle practices and cyclical biohacking, Laura empowers women with the tools to better understand their bodies, support their cycles and reclaim control over their health.
She is currently studying to be an acupuncturist and threads Traditional Chinese Medicine through all of her teaching.
After years working on yoga retreats and exploring holistic wellbeing on her journey to heal from the stressful, masculine, corporate world, Laura has created a unique and empowering style of teaching. Her classes are soft and deeply healing, soothing for the nervous system, and honour a reconnection to the feminine energy that has been robbed from us in today’s stressful modern world. She places deep importance on creating safe and held experience that support true healing and bring you home to your authentic self.
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AGNES VITALIS
Agnes is a craniosacral therapist, yoga teacher and reiki healer, currently based in Mallorca. After years working in the corporate world, and following an urge to be useful and contribute to making the world a little better, she made her way into the health and wellness industry in 2014. Since graduating as a yoga teacher in 2017, she has continued to explore her studies in yoga and holistic therapies, and combines these to restore harmony, balance and vitality at a physical, emotional and energetic level.
Agnes’s approach focuses on creating a safe space to enable the body’s self-healing abilities, tapping into all tissues of the body and resetting the nervous system.On this retreat, Agnes will be offering 1:1 treatments that facilitate the letting go of layers of stored restrictions and traumas with a soft and gentle ‘allowance’. She values building trusting relationships and deep connections, to guide and help her patients and students through their own healing journey.
ACCOMODATION OPTIONS
~ all rooms are available to be paid off in a plan.
With full payment made by 27th January 2025.
TRIPLE ROOM ~ £1,400
DOUBLE ROOM ~ £1,550
WTH EN~SUITE ~ £1,780
PRIVATE ROOM ~ £1,850
WITH EN~SUITE ~ £1,980
THIS IS AN ALL-INCLUSIVE RETREAT THAT INCLUDES:
7 -nights luxury accommodation at Bab Zouina
All food and drink: 3 x nourishing meals a day, plus snacks and herbal teas (vegetarian menu)
Variety of body-first healing activities - with TRE®, Yin Yoga, Somatic Therapy, Meditation, and more
Sharing Circles, Group Practices, and Connection
Lots of time for you, in community and with yourself
Group container started before the retreat and then ongoing forever
Airport transfers to and from the retreat (flights not included)
Massages and hiking in the Atlas Mountains can be added on at additional cost
Payment plans are available on all options.
