A Retreat That Feels Like a Club
Where nature slows your breath, movement resets your mind, and shared moments spark something real.
The Base……… is where people come to feel more alive.
A retreat that feels like a club — warm, grounding, effortlessly cool — where nature slows your breath, movement resets your mind, and shared moments spark something real.
It’s nourishing meals around a long table, laughter that rolls into the evening, and friendships that form faster than you expect.
It’s calm when you need it, energy when you want it, and space to rediscover the version of yourself you’ve been missing.
You arrive curious.
You leave clearer, lighter, lifted — your vibration higher, your heart fuller.
Welcome to The Base.
Come once, and you’ll understand why people come back.
Meet Gemma
Gemma’s background is in skincare, where her instinct for care, detail, and creating a calming atmosphere truly began. As the founder of The Base, she brings together everything she has learned from experiencing many different retreats across the world — each unique, each impactful — and has curated the very best elements into one thoughtfully designed experience.
Drawing on these global influences, Gemma has handpicked exceptional staff, skilled therapists, and a schedule that blends movement, nature, rest, and nourishment. Her vision is simple: to immerse guests in nature, give them space for their minds to settle, time to re-energise, and the comfort of knowing that everything is taken care of.
Gemma is passionate about creating the perfect balance between activity and deep relaxation, ensuring guests leave feeling reset, reconnected to themselves, and held in a space where they can truly exhale. With her eye for detail and her warm, uplifting energy, she brings a sense of ease, fun, and quiet magic to every retreat.
Meet Rachel Woolford
Meet Stacey
Stacey has spent years sharing her gift for yoga and mindfulness around the world — from South Africa and Greece to Marrakesh and America. Her calm, open nature instantly puts people at ease, and her gentle guidance helps others reconnect with their bodies and inner peace. Having run a successful yoga business in the South before relocating North, she brings both wisdom and warmth to everything she does.
A Typical Day at The Base
Morning Circle
Ease gently into the day with a guided intention-setting circle overlooking the wild Atlantic.
Communal Breakfast
Local, fresh and wholesome produce to fuel your morning.
Movement Session
Choose between a dynamic fitness class or an invigorating hike through the surrounding hills and nature-rich landscapes.
Afternoon Brunch
A beautiful, nourishing group brunch to enjoy together.
Free Time
Ease gently into the day with a guided intention-setting circle overlooking the wild Atlantic.
Evening Reset
Local, fresh and wholesome produce to fuel your morning.
Group Dinner
Choose between a dynamic fitness class or an invigorating hike through the surrounding hills and nature-rich landscapes.
Our Vision
Together, we’ve created The Base Retreat as a sanctuary — a place to pause, breathe, and reconnect with both self and nature.
Our retreats are designed to feel grounded yet luxurious; calming yet alive. We hold space for laughter and lightness, for quiet reflection, and for the kind of human connection that lingers long after you’ve returned home.
When you leave, our hope is that you’ll feel recharged, inspired, and more deeply connected — to yourself, to others, and to the natural world that holds us all.
A Thoughtfully Curated Schedule
Our retreats blend energising workouts, grounding yoga flows and deeply restorative practices — all designed to help you reset, recharge and reconnect.
Move through nature-filled hikes, daily movement sessions and nourishing meals crafted from local, seasonal ingredients.
Enjoy spacious recovery time to slow down, unwind, soak up the sun, journal and simply be. Treatments and massages are available throughout your stay to help you soften even further. Breath work and sound baths to help you float to that heavenly slumber.
