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FULL INDEX > SPECIAL INTEREST > HEALTH/RELAXATION > self development

 

personal and self development


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 Holistic Holidays website: Holistic Holidays
Relax, recover & reconnect with your true self; secluded retreat on Lanzarote ...
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uk flag Alicante Weight Loss Centre
based: Alicante, Spain
website: www.runinthesun.com/health/weight_loss_Holidays.asp
Weight loss holidays benefiting from a fully qualified team of weight loss professionals. All guests concentrate solely on their personal weight loss goals; combining fitness training, nutrition and cookery classes, massage, life coaching, holistic therapies and yoga.
| weight loss | keep-fit/gym/fitness breaks | retreats | self development | yoga | aromatherapy | massage | Spain |

uk flag Anam Cara Centre
based: Andalucia, Spain
website: www.anamcaracentre.com
Life coaching courses for personal and professional development. Alan and Grace Chatting welcome you to life-changing experiences on their residential courses at their centre in Southern Spain. Also relationship renewal weeks for couples.
| self development | retreats | Spain |

uk flag Away from it all ...
based: Andalucia, Spain
website: www.retreat.es
Retreats in Spain. Join an occasional group retreat in stunning surroundings in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Southern Spain. Take time out and reconnect with nature, yourself and others in an earthly paradise. Take advantage of cheap flights to Malaga or Granada from many UK airports.
| relaxation | retreats | self development | Spain |

uk flag breakthroughbreaks.com – Persoma UK Ltd
based: Cheshire, UK
website: www.breakthroughbreaks.com
A unique opportunity for you, your group or organisation to enjoy a life-transforming experience in the relaxing surroundings of the Mediterranean. Learn how to make positive changes personally, professionally or in sports or athletics. Offering a custom programme based on cutting-edge insights and techniques from NLP, EFT and positive psychology.
| holistic holidays | NLP | self development | team building/management courses | groups | tailor made | tai chi | yoga | Turkey |

uk flag Casa del Llanete
based: Malaga, Spain
website: www.casadellanete.com
Be inspired by the Valle del Genal, Serrania de Ronda in real Spain. Independent minded small groups and individuals explore your own interests and potential through drawing and painting or through action methods, for training, life choices, stress management, personal creative development, also a base for walkers, cyclists and birdwatchers.
| painting / drawing | self development | retreats | Spain |

uk flag Catapult Club (The)
based: Devon/Dorset, UK
website: www.thecatapultclub.com
The Catapult Club offers unique experiences for women, where personal development is a real treat. Put simply, The Catapult Club thinks that improving your life should not involve punishing yourself. Change is a positive thing brought on by action; something to be celebrated – preferably in style!
| women only | self development | retreats | England |

uk flag Cortijo Romero
based: Órgiva, Granada, Spain
website: www.cortijo-romero.co.uk
An alternative holiday centre in Spain that will exceed expectations, unwind as you step into this beautiful, relaxing, stress-free paradise. With spectacular grounds, private pool, holistic therapists, fabulous vegetarian food and a diverse range of courses to suit your needs, you'll understand why so many guests return.
| self development | meditation | yoga | tai chi | reflexology | dancing (mixed styles) | salsa | writing | Spanish language | vegetarian | singles holidays | Spain |

uk flag Dreams of Tuscany
based: Gwynedd, Wales, UK
website: www.dreamsoftuscany.com
Self development holidays in Northern Tuscany. You can consider making life choices and changes whilst relaxing in the sunshine. Offering daily workshops plus time to relax, swim and take a massage under the olive trees. Accommodation is in a beautiful villa (with a pool) and workshops are run by skilled facilitators.
| self development | weekend spa breaks | massage | Italy |

uk flag Energyia – Starbound Enterprise
based: London, UK
website: www.energyia.com
Energyia Holistic Holiday Retreats with author and presenter Michele Wilburn on the Greek Island of Zakynthos include Energyia Kinetics, YogaFlow, Pilates style conditioning, CardioKinetics for aerobic fitness, Self spa pampering and massage, natural thalassatherapy and beauty boosters. Personal development themes integrate consultation, meditation and activities to revitalise wellbeing and energy.
| holistic holidays | keep-fit / gym / fitness breaks | self development | yoga | retreats | meditation | beauty therapies | relaxation | massage | Greece |

uk flag Fitness & Beauty Ltd
based: Hertfordshire, UK
website: www.fitnessandbeautyweekends.com
If you're interested in health and wellbeing, want to combine exercise with nutritional information and life coaching, as well as beauty workshops and treatments, then Fitness & Beauty weekends are for you. Three days packed schedule for ladies only at select locations across the South East of England.
| weight loss | yoga | keep-fit / gym / fitness breaks | running / athletics | power walking | beauty therapies | self development | women only | UK |

uk flag Fully Equipped
based: Tarn, France
website: www.fullyequipped.biz
A unique self development experience designed to help you make dramatic changes to yourself and your life immediately. Create the future you deserve using cutting edge personal breakthrough tools and techniques. Small groups supported and guided by an internationally renowned coach, therapist and trainer in the beautiful South of France.
| self development | retreats | NLP | relaxation | meditation | team building / management courses | weekends / short breaks | France | UK |

uk flag Grange by the Sea (The)
based: Isle of Wight, UK
website: www.thegrangebythesea.com
The Grange by the Sea, Isle of Wight, is an offshoot of Skyros Holistic Holidays. Specialising in short breaks with a wide range of courses including writing, life coaching, yoga and more. The Grange is listed in the AA's Best British B&B Guide and offers 4-star guest accommodation.
| self development | yoga | writing | painting / drawing | weekends / short breaks | singles holidays | Christmas and New Year | UK |

uk flag Hill That Breathes (The)
based: Le Marche, Italy
website: www.thehillthatbreathes.com
The Hill That Breathes is a holistic centre in the heart of Italy, set on a 100 acre wooded hill, with panoramic pool and close to the renaissance hill-town of Urbino – and with the scrummiest vegetarian Italian food you'll find anywhere.
| holistic holidays | yoga | tai chi | meditation | relaxation | retreats | massage | vegetarian | self development | family/child friendly | Italy |

 Holistic Holidays Featured Site
based: Lanzarote, Canary Islands
website:
Holistic Holidays
Relax, recover and reconnect at an exclusive retreat centre based in a beautiful, secluded villa on the Island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. An incomparable setting, dedicated to your well-being, and offering an excellent range of therapies to assist you in the process of regaining contact with your true self – these include detoxification, addiction therapies, reiki, shiatsu, lymphatic drainage, yoga, massage, relaxation, personal training ...
| holistic holidays | spa / health farm | yoga | relaxation | self development | detoxification | massage | reflexology | reiki | singles holidays | vegetarian | Canary Islands |

usa flag Kalikalos Holidays
based: Magnesia, Greece
website: www.kalikalos.com
Kalikalos Summer School offers a full summer programme of holistic community-based workshops, retreats and workcamps. Offerings include tai chi, yoga, monviolent communication, meditation, advaita, mediation and eco-village trainings. The centre is unique in that it is run as a community.
| holistic holidays | tai chi | yoga | self development | meditation | herbalism | painting/drawing | ethical/ecotourism | writing | Greece |

uk flag La Platriere
based: Auvergne, France
website: www.laplatriere.co.uk
Holidays with a difference! Affordable French cooking courses with excursions to rural French cheese farm; livestock markets and vineyard. Hands-on learning from French chef (English translation.) Wine tours and wine courses visiting well-known vineyards during summer and autumn. Or be pampered on Christmas and New Year getaways.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | retreats | self development | Christmas and New Year | France |

Mairela - A Natural Healing Space
based: Kuhmoinen, Finland
website: www.mairela.com
Mairela is a natural healing space for holistic healing holidays. Spend time in a lakeside cottage in the midst of the Finnish forest in an area of outstanding natural cleanliness and beauty having one on one healing catered to your individual needs. Many healing techniques are available.
| holistic holidays | detoxification | reiki | meditation | self development | massage | relaxation | retreats | Finland |

uk flag Potential Energy
based: Pyrenees, France
website: www.potential-energy.co.uk
KickStart your fitness/weight loss in sunny France – with walking, running, cycling, tennis coaching and relaxing in beautiful countryside. Advice on: getting and staying fit and active, weight loss, nutrition/healthy eating, training tips, staying motivated and having fun. A balanced approach to your health and fitness, whatever your age.
| keep-fit / gym / fitness breaks | weight loss | walking / trekking / hiking | cycling | tennis | running / athletics | relaxation | massage | team building / management courses | self development | France |

 Raleigh International
based: London, UK
website: www.raleighinternational.org

Raleigh International is a youth development charity set up to inspire people from all backgrounds and nationalities to discover their full potential by working together on challenging environmental and community projects around the world. The training concentrates on personal development, cultural awareness, global issues and preparing people for expedition life.

| working / volunteer holidays | expeditions | expedition training| | gap year | self development | Worldwide |

uk flag Red Dandelion
based: Dorset, UK
website: www.reddandelion.co.uk
'Life Strategies' weekends held in Weymouth and in the Cotswolds are designed to give you time-out to think, plan, discover who you are, what you really want and how to make it happen in a caring, supportive and fun environment. One weekend can change your life!
| self development | weekends/short breaks | England |

Red Sea Relax Resort
based: South Sinai, Egypt
website: www.red-sea-relax.com
Located on the tropical waters of the Red Sea, within meters of teeming reefs, stunning desert landscapes and fascinating local culture, Red Sea Relax Resort offers personal and professional development programmes, holistic holidays, therapeutic retreats, (pre-designed or tailor-made), along with relaxing, cultural or active itineraries. Women's only retreats also available.
| self development | retreats | holistic holidays | NLP | diving / snorkelling | yoga | tailor made | women only | team building / management courses | Egypt |

Renaissance Weight Loss Academy
based: Alicante, Spain
website: www.weight-loss-holiday.com
Renaissance Weight Loss Academy is small, intimate and exclusive, yet friendly and informal. The residential, all-inclusive courses are open to both male and female clients. Maximum 6 clients. The Renaissance holistic approach to weight loss combines: personal training and exercise; nutrition and cookery classes; psychology and hypnotherapy; holistic therapies and yoga.
| weight loss | keep-fit / gym / fitness breaks | holistic holidays | resort spas | self development | yoga | massage | reflexology | reiki | Spain |

uk flag Resolution
based: Dorset, UK
website: www.end-migraine-now.com
Three amazing days in Tenerife – a three day self-development programme for practising the techniques of The Resolution Programme for IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and Migraine. Learn how to send all of your symptoms away.
| medical treatment | self development | Canary Islands |

uk flag Skyros
based: Isle of Wight, UK
website: skyros.co.uk
Inspirational holistic holidays in idyllic locations. Over 150 courses with experienced facilitators in Greece, Cuba, Thailand and Cambodia. Sailing, creative writing, yoga, dance, life-coaching and much more. Like-minded people, delicious food, exuberant nightlife and an informal relaxed atmosphere. Holidays to fire the imagination, uplift the spirit and recharge the body.
| holistic holidays | self development | yoga | writing | singles holidays | singing courses | massage | salsa | Thailand | Cuba | Cambodia | Greece |

uk flag Somersault Consulting
based: London, UK
website: designyourfabulousfuture.com
'Design Your Fabulous Future' retreats have been created to delight your mind, body and soul. Combining the latest coaching, NLP, hypnotherapy, reiki and beauty therapy techniques, with delicious chef-prepared food, these all-inclusive retreats focus on creating the life you want.
| NLP | self development | retreats | meditation | beauty therapies | reiki | weekends/short breaks | England |

uk flag Space 2 Create (The)
based: Charente, France
website: www.thespace2create.com
Learn how to achieve balance in your life by experiencing it on a holiday with a difference in beautiful south west France. The Space 2 Create offers walking combined with Creative Writing and Positive Change workshops. Exercise your body and your mind, regenerate, be positive, more creative and have fun.
| self development | writing | poetry | walking / trekking / hiking | singles holidays | France |

uk flag Spanish Reflections
based: Andalucia, Spain
website: www.spanish-reflections.co.uk
Our range of holistic retreats let you combine relaxation and fun with the chance to learn something new with like-minded people. So, if you'd like a holiday with a difference, lovely accommodation and great food, then join us for a week in the beautiful natural environment of Southern Spain.
| retreats | holistic holidays | yoga | self development | massage | reiki | relaxation | Christmas and New Year | singles holidays | Spain |

uk flag Sparta-Gym
based: Alicante, Spain
website: www.sparta-gym.com
Sparta-Gym, based in Javea, Alicante,
offers fitness holidays with a range of packages to suit differing needs. Whether your concern is weight loss, fitness training or a weeks relaxation, they will create a package and accommodation to suit your needs.
| keep-fit/gym/fitness breaks | weight loss | massage | beauty therapies | self development | Spain |

Tai Chi Thailand
based: Chiang Mai, Thailand
website: www.taichithailand.com
Meditation in movement; learn a complete Tai Chi Chuan sequence in 8 days in Chiang Mai Thailand. This 8 day intensive training course includes instruction in: the Essential Posture Sequence, sitting and walking meditation, Chi Kung, Tai Chi theory and philosophy. Teaching at a tropical roof top garden. Course materials included, accommodation 'optional'.

| tai chi | meditation | self development | massage | acupuncture / acupressure | Thailand |

Vortex Vital
based: Malaga, Spain
website: vortexvital.com
All natural colon cleansing, detox and weight reducing programs in Andalusia. The best start to changing lifestyle, diet, relax or to rejuvenate. Offering a 7 day Detox program or order the detox kit to the cleanse at home, or anywhere. They also offer holistic and alternative therapies to improve general health.
| detoxification | holistic holidays | relaxation | weight loss | self development | feng shui | Spain |

Xenergie Consulting Ltd
based: County Galway, Ireland
website: www.xenergie.com
Personal development holidays in the Burren, one of Ireland's most magical and mystical settings. Rediscover, rejuvenate and relax on a short weekend courses set amongst 50 acres of stunning landscape in a secluded, private setting; wide range of courses and workshops available. Arrangements for incentive and corporate groups too.

| self development | holistic holidays | team building / management | meditation | relaxation | retreats | yoga | Ireland |

XL-Yourself
based: Haute Savoie, France
website: www.XL-Yourself.org
Personal development workshops and retreats offering a unique experience for mind, body and spirit. Alpine retreats in an idyllic setting on the slopes of Mont Blanc, just one hour from Geneva; numbers limited to six. Participants describe their experience as life-changing, astounding‚ unbelievable‚ phenomenal and profound. Workshops also held in Ireland and UK.
| self development | retreats | team building/management courses | meditation | holistic holidays | Ireland | UK | France |

uk flag Yoga Breaks Spain
based: Alicante, Spain
website: www.runinthesun.com/Yoga-Breaks.asp
Yoga breaks in Spain offering you a new zest to life. Yoga holidays, weekends and short breaks based in Moraira, on the beautiful coast of the Costa Blanca. Moraira, is an unspoilt haven where the mountain backdrop tumbles through fruit laden valleys, giving way to the sparkling blue, clear, Mediterranean.
| yoga | retreats | meditation | reflexology | holistic holidays | aromatherapy | feng shui | beauty therapies | massage | self development | pilates | Spain |

uk flag Yoga Travel
based: Cornwall, UK
website: www.yogatravel.co.uk
An unique yoga holiday practicing yoga by the pyramids and the magical Red Sea. We beleive a yoga holiday should be just that: a holiday. So we also offer scuba diving, camel trekking, dolphin spotting – plus plenty of time relaxing on the Red Sea's wonderful beaches.
| yoga | retreats | holistic holidays | massage | relaxation | self-development | Egypt |

uk flag ZAA
based: Portugal & Spain
website: www.inzaa.com
Progressive high performance personal training programmes, set in luxurious surroundings in Portugal and Spain. Relax, learn and challenge yourself on this one-of-a-kind break. Discover your true potential for high achievement, the aim is to bring out the best in you, the high-achiever who knows they can push themselves even further.
| self development | NLP | golf breaks | singles holidays | team building / management courses | weekends / short breaks | Portugal | Spain |

Authentic Transformation
based: Mallorca, Spain
website: www.authentictransformation.co.uk
Find your total potential in relationships, work, money, location, sexuality and spirituality.
| self development | Spain |

 Flirting Academy
based: UK
website: www.flirtzone.com
The Flirting Weekend is an intensive and in-depth two days of flirting and personal enhancement.
| self development | singles | UK | Holland |

Healing With Humor
based: Saskatchewan, Canada
website: www.healingwithhumor.com
Weekend and 3-4 day 'Sacred Laughter Retreats' using humour to heal life's problems.
| comedy | retreats | self development | Canada |

Inner Journeys
based: New South Wales, Australia
website: www.innerjourneys.com.au
Spiritual and Reiki retreats. Ecotours focused on spirituality and traditional medicine.
| native peoples | retreats | self development | botanical | reiki | ethical and ecotourism | Asia | Australasia |

Preau
based: Burgundy, France
website: www.preau.co.uk
Preau is a space for fun physical and spiritual development in beautiful surroundings.
| yoga | painting / drawing | sculpture / carving | cinema / films / movies | self development | France |

Saarsha House
based: Waikanae, New Zealand

website: www.saarsha.co.nz
Retreats providing a range of natural, physical and spiritual treatments that cover the full spectrum of body, mind and soul.
| massage | reflexology | kinesiology | reiki | shiatsu | self development | UK |


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