If you’ve ever searched for a women’s retreat Glastonbury UK and then talked yourself out of it, this is for you.

You’re capable. You’re managing. You love your kids fiercely. And you are absolutely, completely worn out.

Not in a crisis. Not falling apart. Just running on empty in a way that has become so normal you’ve stopped noticing it. You get to Friday and think – right, this weekend I’ll rest. And then the weekend happens and you’re still the one doing the shopping, sorting the kids, catching up on the stuff that didn’t get done in the week. And by Sunday night you’re already bracing for Monday.

Weekends are not enough. Holidays are busy because you’re still the one organising everything. What you actually need is proper rest. Not an hour to yourself on a Tuesday evening. Three days where someone else does the cooking, nobody needs anything from you, and you have no plan.

You won’t give that to yourself. I know this because I hear it all the time. So I’m giving it to you.

The Sanctuary: A Women’s Retreat in Glastonbury, October 2026

Three days in October. A private farmhouse near Glastonbury in Somerset. Twelve women. All food cooked for you. No agenda. No one needing anything from you.

You turn up. You get looked after. You stop.

I’m running this women’s retreat with Alexe Woods, who is a somatic coach and facilitator. Alexe works with yoga, yoga nidra and astrology – and before you skip past the astrology bit, this is not mysterious or woo. It is a practical, logical framework for understanding how your energy works. What cycles affect you. Why you feel depleted at certain times and sharper at others. Why some weeks feel impossible even when nothing particularly bad has happened.

Alexe will look at your birth chart and give you something specific and useful – not a vague insight but an actual plan. Something simple that fits around your life and gives you more energy, not more to do. You’ll have time on the retreat to sit with it properly, which is the bit that never happens when you’re at home.

There’s also a sauna, if you feel like it. Really good food. Beautiful Glastonbury countryside. And women around you who completely understand what your life is like, because they’re living a version of it too. This is a women’s retreat Glastonbury UK designed around what mums actually need – not a spa weekend, not a yoga intensive. It’s proper rest.

About the guilt

I know what’s happening in your head right now. Can I really justify three days away from my family?

I’ve thought that too. I hear it from mums all the time. And here’s what I think about it.

You give so much. Every single day. You show up for everyone; your children, your partner, your job, your friends. And somewhere along the way, doing something purely for yourself started to feel like something you had to earn first, or explain, or apologise for.

You don’t. You really don’t.

The mums who feel the most guilty about taking time for themselves are almost always the ones who need it most. Not because they’re failing. Because they’ve been giving so much for so long that nobody – including them – has stopped to ask what they need. What you need is this. Three days where your only job is to be looked after.

Is this the right retreat for you?

This retreat is for you if you’ve been telling yourself you’ll rest when things calm down – and things haven’t calmed down. It’s for you if you’re doing everything right and still feeling like something is missing. It’s for you if you want to come home feeling like yourself again – not a different version of yourself, just the version that isn’t running on fumes. If you’ve been looking at women’s retreats in Glastonbury UK and wondering whether you deserve one. You do.

What happens when you come home?

You come home as yourself. Not a different version of yourself – just the version that isn’t running on fumes.

You also come home with something practical. A real understanding of how your energy works and a simple plan to protect it. Not a list of things to add to your already full life. A way of working with how you’re actually wired, so that the life you’re already living feels less relentless.

The details of the Women’s Retreat Glastonbury UK

When: Thursday 9th – Sunday 12th October 2026
Where: Private farmhouse, near Glastonbury, Somerset
Who: 12 women, led by Mandy Rees and Alexe Woods
Cost: Twin ensuite room £888 / Shared king bed room £788
Payment: In full or across four monthly instalments

Find out more HERE.

There are 12 places.
If this is speaking to you, don’t wait too long.
Get in touch if you have questions – I’m always happy to talk it through.