West Lexham, Norfolk, UK
Lots of my favourite London yoga teachers run retreats at this gorgeous space set in lovely landscaped gardens in the heart of Norfolk. There are all kinds of nooks and crannies to explore, from sanctuary gardens to chalk streams, and there’s a lovely lake for wild swimming. The yoga spaces are in a handsome converted barn and a super-cute old village hall. The rooms in the main buildings are pretty, with en-suite bathrooms, or you can rent one of the amazing treehouses, and there’s a garden kitchen café that does great coffee and wood-fired pizzas.
West Lexham Manor, Nr Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE32 2QN; westlexham.org
Ananda, Rishikesh, India
This gorgeous retreat centre is housed in an old Vice Royal palace, high above the city of Rishikesh in the foothills of the Himalayas. You have one-to-one yoga classes at an open-sided shala in the woods, the chefs create an Ayurvedic menu tailored to your personal energetic profile and the view of the Himalayas is ridiculous. To cap it all, they do Abhyanga, a four-hand, full-body massage with medicated essential oils.
Ananda, The Palace Estate, Narendra Nagar Tehri – Garhwal, Uttarakhand 249175;
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Hampton Manor, Hampton in Arden, UK
I recently taught my first retreat here in collaboration with my friend Anna Jones – she designed the menus, and I taught the yoga. The house and grounds are gorgeous; some of the rooms are chic and modern, others old-school grand, but each of them is beautifully designed. The food in their three separate restaurants is all ridiculously good, and they have their own on-site genius of a baker. We did yoga on the lawn and meditated in a lovely light-filled inside/outside courtyard.
Hampton Manor, Shadowbrook Lane, Hampton-In-Arden B92 0EN; hamptonmanor.com
Naomi Annand owns and runs Yoga on the Lane in Dalston (yogaonthelane.com). She is the author of Yoga: a Manual for Life, and more recently, Yoga for Motherhood, both published by Bloomsbury
