Wellbeing & Lifestyle

22/07/2025

Our next Yoga Retreat will take place at on the 13th September and ends on the 18th September 2025. We are 3/4 full, with a few share spaces and just one solo room available. and I will be at the helm, with the most delicious healthy food prepared by our chef. Yoga, sound baths, meditation, lots of sleep, countryside walks and the sound of silence all around. The pool is the place to relax after a walk, or whenever the mood takes you. This venue offers the most spectacular views from various terraces and all bedrooms are beautiful….. Castle’s have a particular sense of grandeur, and this one certainly promises elegance and charm. For more details please contact us!

21/07/2025

Health Retreat 2025 is in its third week. The nutrition part is always sublime. As a Registered Public Health Nutritionist with over 45 years in the Wellbeing arena I pride myself that we get our food intake right. We practice intermittent fasting, we encourage and support the intake of at least 40 different plant based ingredients during the 7 day period. And our chefs are especially chosen for their passion with intelligent nutrition. Chef Azara is our secret weapon this year and we are loving her! .into.it (look her up!) Everything is cooked from scratch, she is inventive and so creative, she doesn’t waste a bean, and the smell coming out of our kitchen is worth all the sniffs it gets from us passing by the door. Big shout for always getting it right Azara….

08/06/2025

Amore indeed! Im a great believer of falling in love with food too. I have always listened to my own body and when im feeling a little tired or if I overthink things and want to just stay home I feed me with a calf liver supper. Not everyone likes liver, but if you buy the best quality from a top notch butcher it’s a good call. Lightly fry a red onion, add the baby tomatoes, and when the pan is very hot and full of flavour, add the calf’s liver to sweat it out. It’s very quick, don’t overcook. Add sea salt and pepper, and then a sliver of flax or olive oil once it’s plated up. Calf’s liver is a nutrient-rich food which has a high concentration of iron, vitamin A, and B vitamins. It’s particularly known for its high iron content, which aids in red blood cell production and oxygen transport, and its B vitamins, especially B12, which are crucial for nerve function and energy. Additionally, it contains vitamin A, essential for vision, immune function, and skin health, as well as folate, important for cell division and DNA synthesis.
Calf’s liver is an excellent source of iron, a mineral vital for red blood cell production and oxygen transport throughout the body. It helps prevent anemia and supports overall health.

B Vitamins
Calf’s liver is rich in B vitamins, especially B12, which is essential for nerve function and red blood cell production. It also contains folate (B9), which is important for cell growth and DNA synthesis.
* Protein:�Calf’s liver is a good source of high-quality protein, which is essential for building and repairing tissues in the body.
* Vitamin A:
* This vitamin plays a crucial role in vision, immune function, and skin health. It also helps protect against� • Zinc:�Calf liver is a good source of zinc, which is essential for immune function, wound healing, and DNA synthesis. � • Folate:�It’s a rich source of folate, important for cell growth, DNA synthesis, and healthy development during pregnancy. �* Selenium:�Calf liver contains selenium, an antioxidant that protects cells from damage and supports immune function. �What’s not to love and fall in love with!

10/05/2025

The Health Retreat in SWFrance is ready to rock and roll! Counting down the days to July 6th when we receive our first set of guests. We are excited to be hosting for three weeks and we have a couple of spaces available in all of the three weeks. Our days are full but relaxing and if you want to just sit and relax and be sleepy in the wooded landscape, or by the pool, that’s cool! And if you want to join in with the morning yoga, the afternoon walk, the aqua aerobics, massage, soundbath, meditation, herbal tea chit chat breakouts, that’s okay too…we are there for you, we personalise your stay because there are only 6/7 places each week. We have been running health retreats for 30 years, and at this particular location coming up for 15 years. We understand our clients needs and I’m proud of our achievements. As a Registered Public Health Nutritionist with 40 odd years of experience in the Wellness industry, I make sure that every day you are with us counts. A lot of planning goes into our time together and it’s surprising how much can change in one week with a little help from our experts. We pick up from flights into Bergerac, and trains into Agen. Do contact me on 07973408396 for more details. ❤️ .feelhuman .into.it .relais.de.roquefereau

23/04/2025

JUST A FEW SPACES LEFT! Health Retreat SW France : 6th July until 27th July 2025. Are you looking to change your eating patterns? Do you wish you could wean yourself off ultra processed food? Would you like to try some guided intermittent fasting? Or simply experience eating wholesome intelligent nutritionally sound food that promises to change your life? Our big goal for your time with us is that we help you to understand better nutrition, health giving food, and of course healing functional food. It’s a no brainier that as a world we are going in the wrong direction with our food intake, and we can help you to uncover which changes to make. It only takes one week to figure this out. Are you thinking of retreating with us this year? Call me for more details: 07973408396. .relais.de.roquefereau .into.it Le Relais de Roquefereau Harriet Alice Geraldine McColgan Lisa Cutbush Azhara our chef.

05/04/2025

16/03/2025

Sunday Walks n Talks in Richmond Park (with a little bit of tree stretching!!). Today was the first in the season (thanks for joining us). Many moons ago we used to walk round the park (7.5 miles) and back then we were just admiring the season changes, watching the small creatures hop skip and jump and quite honestly we’d see the odd bicyclist or hiker style walker, and I guess the odd jogger, but today the park was a hive of sporting fitness activity and buzzing! There’s always a coffee afterwards at Roehampton Gate and a swap of park stories. Brilliant to finally get out there. Our next planned walk will be in 3/4 weeks. Look out for the announcements. Have a great week y’all from and moi. 💖😎♥️🙏🩷🥰❤️💋

18/02/2025

The sound of silence is a powerful thing. Today with so much ‘white noise’ around us it seems impossible to get away from noise at all levels. At The Health Retreat (July 2025) South West France, we are mainly in silence, and for two hours each day we have Silent Time which looks like this: no talking, no listening, no communication with others. And it’s quite extraordinary the effect this has on us. I created the Silent Time ritual over 30 years ago when I first started running health retreats- little did I know how absolutely crucial this ritual would become. Come join us for Silent Time in July, and feel the effects of a week of healing at the highest level. Do call if you want to discuss and book your place..website in bio.

06/02/2025

Health Retreat SW France : 6th July until 27th July 2025. Are you looking to change your eating patterns? Do you wish you could wean yourself off ultra processed food? Would you like to try some guided intermittent fasting? Or simply experience eating wholesome intelligent nutritionally sound food that promises to change your life? Our big goal for your time with us is that we help you to understand better nutrition, health giving food, and of course healing functional food. It’s a no brainier that as a world we are going in the wrong direction with our food intake, and we can help you to uncover which changes to make. It only takes one week to figure this out. Are you thinking of retreating with us this year? Call me for more details: 07973408396. .relais.de.roquefereau

02/02/2025

Meet Geraldine. - we are chuffed to have the best massage therapists on board. We’ve worked together for many years and the team feeling is always fabulous and joyous. Geraldine has 30 years experience and will be with us in the first half of our July 2025 Health Retreat. Do check her out!

26/01/2025

The Health Retreat in thé SW of France. July 6th until 27th 2025. Meet our chef .into.it (Azhara)

Her deep love for food that makes you happy when you eat it, is what drives her menus and creations. Born and raised in Italy, Azhara has married into Italian cooking and the love given into each individual ingredient. Her travels and the many trips and experiences in restaurants around the world showed her an array of cuisine and ingredients that shaped her international style of today.
While growing up and experimenting with dishes and flavours she also saw a different side to food, nutrition.
Via her mother, Tatheena, Azhara learned about food as medicine, food as an important key player in our everyday life and energy source and how it can help our body to perform better.
Her mums constant studies and travels for work on wellbeing also took Azhara to places like India and opened a conversation about how food and wellbeing are so closely mingled together. We are DELIGHTED that Azhara will be joining us this year. We still have spaces left in the first three weeks. Please do call for further details 07973408396 .into.it

23/01/2025

Fitness at The Health Retreat: This is one of our guest Pilates teachers, Sophie Rose Harper leading the session at last year’s Health Retreat in SW France. Our studio is rustic and tres French and looks onto the valley below. is our in-house Yogi and teaches all levels every morning. She’s brilliant! At The Health Retreat you will attend a yogi/pilates session at 9am, (one to one classes are available too). At 5pm there’s a one hour walk in the woods behind the house, and the pool is available all the time with a couple of aqua aerobic classes mid week. Meditation sessions are taken outside in the vast gardens and extra long walks happen towards the end of each week. Retreaters build up to a two hour walk on the last day of their week. As well as a good days workout each day, massage is available everyday, a health consultation with me (is part of your program) to really look deeper into any underlying health issues and of course the best Nutrition - it’s at the heart of retreat life. I design the meals in accordance with your specific needs. We normally discuss this in advance, our chefs are hand picked and we do not use any UPF and use local farmers markets. And lots more! Are you looking to be a fitter, healthier you? Do get in touch. We still have spaces in the three remaining weeks available. Dates 6th - 12th July, 13th - 20th July, and 21st - 27th July. 2025. Week four is now full. Call me if it’s easier - always happy to chat! 07973408396. #