Recovering After Cancer Retreats

• Start each day with Dr Helen Reynolds, Clinical Psychologist in an open session, offering the opportunity to share experiences and explore wellbeing.
• It’s then time to get wet! We will move to the water for our bespoke beginner surf sessions, led by Helen (Surf Instructor and RLSS Lifeguard), adaptable to your individual needs and with in-water support to help you master your technique and overcome any worries. Sessions will last approximately 1.5 hours and offer lots of opportunities for breaks to allow you to pace yourself.
• Refuel each day with a tasty lunch provided by 12 Beach Road, topping those energy stores right up and allowing time for connection and conversation with others.
• On the Saturday afternoon, join Dr Helen Reynolds, Clinical Psychologist for a specialist session offering space for reflection and connection, exploring mental well-being and resilience.
• Round off your first day with Josie Davis, Yoga Instructor, delivering a beautifully tailored yoga session to wind down, stretch out the body and calm the mind.
• Join us in the evening for a celebration dinner, with plenty of time to connect and share experiences.
• Sunday will start with a check in session with Dr Helen Reynolds, offering an opportunity to share experiences and support with those around you. 
• A second surf session will allow you to build your confidence in the water and nail those surf skills!
• After lunch, join us for an incredible Conscious Connected Breathwork session with Zoe de-Kisshazy, Breathwork Coach. Develop your understanding of your own, personal breath pattern and explore various techniques to optimise your breathing health, in order to find a place of better mental clarity, regulation of emotions and improved physical health. 
• Finally, round off the day with our closing ceremony, offering reflection and consolidation of strength.

Saturday:

• Start the day with Dr Helen Reynolds, Clinical Psychologist in an open introduction session, offering the opportunity to share experiences and build connections.
• Enjoy a bespoke beginner surf session, adaptable to your individual needs and with in-water support to help you master your technique and share the ‘stoke’. The session will last approximately 1.5 hours and will offer plenty of opportunities for breaks if needed.
• In the afternoon, join a specialist Health Creation workshop led by Ellie Christie, Nurse and Wellbeing Practitioner, exploring wellbeing from an integrative perspective – mind, body, spirit and environment. Using the Picture of Health assessment, take time to reflect on areas where you are caring well for yourself, and areas where energy-draining habits may be holding you back, this workshop focuses on supporting you in getting well after cancer. With her nursing background and work as a reflexologist, reiki therapist, wellbeing advisor and Health Creation mentor, Ellie focuses on supporting wellness from a holistic viewpoint.
• Round off day one’s activities with Josie Davis of Journey’s Yoga, with a tailored yoga session to wind down, stretch out the body and calm the mind.

Sunday:

• Start the day with Dr Helen Reynolds, Clinical Psychologist in an open session, offering the opportunity to share experiences, skills, and build connections.
• Enjoy a second bespoke beginner surf session, adaptable to your individual needs and with in-water support to help you master your technique and share the ‘stoke’. This session will also last approximately 1.5 hours with plenty of opportunities for breaks if needed.
• In the afternoon, join our specialist Move Dance Feel workshop led by Emily Jenkins, Founder of MDF. A creative, supportive and restorative experience offering a chance to re-discover yourself, open up to new possibilities, and find a renewed sense of joy in the body.
• Finally, round off the weekend with our closing ceremony, offering reflection and consolidation of strength.

We will be kept well-fuelled with pastries and coffees each morning; incredible lunches from 12 Beach Road; and dinner at Lost Brewing Company on Saturday night, ensuring the energy stores are topped up regularly throughout the weekend, with plenty of chances for conversation and connection.