Designed to interrupt burnout patterns, ease internal pressure, and help you reconnect with what matters.
There comes a point where tension stops feeling temporary and starts feeling like a way of living. Your sleep is patchy. Your patience is thin. Your mind flicks between tasks without ever landing. You keep going because you have to, but inside there is a quiet sense of running without direction.
This retreat is built for that moment.
Dabton House gives you the stillness. Our practitioners provide the structure. Together they create the conditions for your nervous system to settle, your body to soften, and your thinking to become clearer and more spacious. Most guests notice a shift by the second evening, when the noise in their mind begins to ease and their breath feels deeper and more available again.
Across the four days, you move gently through practices that work with your physiology rather than against it. Warming Ayurvedic yoga in the mornings, slow pilates that supports strength without strain, sound healing that invites your system into rest, and guided breathwork that clears the internal clutter you have been carrying. Each session is designed to reduce the grip of tension and help your body remember what calm actually feels like.
Nourishment plays a central role.
Our chef prepares organic, Ayurvedic-inspired meals that support digestion and energy stability. You will spend time outside as well. Loch Ettrick and the River Nith offer a cold-water moment that many describe as the turning point of their retreat, and the estate’s gardens and woodlands provide quiet places to pause without the pressure of filling the silence.
Coaching circles run through the heart of the programme. These are not confessional spaces or heavy emotional unpacking. They are structured conversations that help you see what has been draining you, what needs to change, and what direction your life wants to move in next. Many guests leave with a clearer sense of their priorities and a practical plan they can continue at home.
Nothing on this retreat requires experience, flexibility, confidence or spiritual knowledge. You can arrive tired, off-track, uncertain, or carrying more than you have words for. You will be met exactly where you are. The work is gentle, but it is intentional. It is designed to help you feel lighter, clearer and more grounded within a short, defined timeframe, not months down the line.
Dabton House itself does half the work.
The interiors are elegant and calming, the rooms warm and generous, and the estate holds a sense of privacy that lets your shoulders drop the moment you arrive. It feels like stepping out of your own life just long enough to see it from a kinder angle.
By the time you leave, you can expect to feel more rested, more in control of your energy, and more able to make decisions without the fog that has been following you. Many describe the experience not as an escape, but as a return to themselves.
Places are limited so that each guest receives personal attention and enough space to decompress without feeling crowded.
Bookings open on 26th January at 7am.
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