“Eight quiet hours on a Thursday felt like a three-day holiday. The harvest lunch, the reading rooms and the sauna were pure magic.”
Guest reflections
Words from guests who slowed down.
Solo guests, writers, first-time meditators, leadership teams and visiting retreat leaders share what their time at the house was like.
“I arrived on a Sunday evening worn out after a long winter and nervous about travelling alone. Within twenty minutes Marisol had handed me chamomile tea and shown me the silent table in the dining room. Deep sleep in crisp linen, Corinne’s ginger-squash soup and twilight sauna sessions sent me home feeling like myself again.”
“Neither my partner nor I had been to a meditation retreat before, and we worried it would feel rigid. Instead, Ardith made every breathwork and movement session practical and kind. Keeping Saturday morning in gentle silence until lunch became our favourite memory of the year.”
“At home my writing time gets broken up by errands, dishes and doorbells. Here I had a wide walnut desk, hot breakfast at 8:00 AM, a walk on the gravel path after lunch to untangle chapters and the hearth at night. It was the most productive week of my sabbatical.”
“We brought our senior team here Tuesday to Thursday for annual planning. Working in natural light, sharing family-style meals instead of boxed sandwiches and talking around the fire after dinner cleared months of fatigue.”
“As a retreat leader I usually end up quietly fixing cold rooms, late meals or missing bolsters. Marisol, Chef Corinne and Halden anticipated every need before I asked. The practice hall was warm, my group’s food allergies were handled with care, and many of my students asked to come back next autumn.”