Returning to the wild within

Rewilding Within reimagines the yoga retreat, a gentle yet potent journey into your inner wild. Now in its third year it’s back by popular demand, with two weeks for the first time after three sell-outs.

“There’s something about arriving on Tresco that softens your pace. It isn’t loud or showy, just a quiet kind of wild that draws you back into rhythm with yourself. That spirit is what inspired Issy and me to create Rewilding Within, a retreat not about striving but about allowing, listening, and gently unearthing. A space where movement becomes medicine, food becomes ritual, and nature becomes guide.

Mornings unfold slowly, the hum of the sea around you, sunlight spilling across the floor, salt in the air. We often start with meditation outdoors, then move into the studio for yoga, not the kind that asks for performance but the kind that welcomes presence.

Then comes the sea, cold, clear, utterly revitalising, and the nearby sauna makes the plunge all the sweeter. Brunch follows as a quiet celebration, seasonal and nourishing, often with ingredients foraged from the island.

Afternoons invite spaciousness. Some people sink into books or naps, others wander barefoot into workshops - fermentation, honey and herbalism, wild foraging. It’s not about productivity but about presence, about remembering the skills that once came naturally but may have been lost along the way.

Evenings draw us back together for a gentle closing practice - breath work, yin yoga, moon bathing, or a fire ceremony - followed by dinner with three courses, candlelight, and conversation. There’s something quietly sacred in sharing food with people who have spent the day slowly coming back to life.

What we love most is the freedom the retreat holds. If your body wants rest, you rest, if it wants movement, you move. There is no pressure, only permission to soften, to listen, to rewild, because rewilding isn’t about escaping into the wilderness, it’s about returning to the wild within.”

Esmée & Issy x