Heavenly Healing Area
This is Bestival 2007 info, included here for reference. 2008 info soon come!
Yoga | Massage | Sacred Sound | Chocolate!
Opening hours: 9.30am - late
The Retreat Healing Field will be back again for 2007, located in the Boutique campsite area next to Restival. This space offers you a chance to escape the mad festival throng and relax, in an atmosphere of peace, tranquillity and fun.
Everybody asks too much of their body and soul during the Bestival weekend, but no-one wants to actually stop having fun! Don't worry, help is at hand...
New this year:
Viva la Vida - a performance space within the Cafe... live performance daily and gorgeous vibes in the evening with views of the whole festival.
Zuvuya Love Temple - a gorgeous Sacred Space featuring Inspirational Cinema, Workshops and Healings.
The Edible Pamper Parlour - offering delicious ethical Beauty and Temple treatments using our award winning Raw Organic and Edible products. Indulge your senses in our Heavenly Menu of Healing Foot Love, Raw Chocolate facials, Stone crop facials, Pedicures, Manicures, Festival hands and feet, Glitter tattoos, Face painting, Waxing, Body Scrubs, Temple massage and give yourselves a Divine treat!
Law of Attraction Workshop - for everyone who wants a better understanding of how law of attraction works - learn 3 techniques to use to create the life you want to live. 4pm Saturday and Sunday.
Plus, after its success last year, the Bestival spiritual opening ceremony will again happen at The Retreat led by no less than the highest order of Island Druids, everyone welcome, 11am friday morning for 40 mins. Be present at the spiritual heart of the festival to open the weekend's activities and activate our oneness.
Yoga - The Retreat will be offering Yoga classes from 9.30 - 10.30am every morning.
Treatments / Workshops:
Booking a treatment/workshop - Bookings will be taken for the weekend at our central reception, as well as directly with individual therapists from midday on Friday.
Cost - Fees start at £20.
Types of treatments available:
Pressure-point treatments and clothed massage:
Thai Yoga Massage is an ancient healing art which combines acupressure, passive stretching, applied yoga and massage techniques to achieve a unique and powerful massage therapy.
Reflexology works by stimulating reflex points on the feet to encourage the body to heal itself and restore its own healthy balance.
Shiatsu works on the same channels and points as acupuncture but instead of needles, the therapist applies pressure with the thumbs, elbows, knees or feet.
Bowen Technique is a soft tissue technique that is applied on the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the body very gently and with minimal pressure.
Oil based massage:
Ayurvedic massage is a powerful Indian technique with oil and Ayurvedic herb, using yoga stretches and your breathing to open your body, soothe your muscles and en-trance your mind!
Aromatherapy massage is the holistic application of essential oils to improve physical and emotional well-being combined with massage.
Holistic massage is a whole body massage using oils. It aims to relax and de-stress the body and mind, releasing tension and relieving minor muscular aches and pains.
Lomi Lomi Hawaiin massage is a full body oil massage, incorporating sweeping strokes, deep pressure and fluidic movements.
Energy-based, clothed treatments:
Aricular Acupuncture restores chi balance by stimulating or sedating points by inserting fine needles into specific areas of the ear which are electrically active. Not painful!
Cranio-Sacral is a non-invasive manipulative technique which works to treat the whole body by gently balancing the membranes, fluids, bones and fascia.
Reiki is a non-intrusive hands on healing which safely and effectively balances the mind and body. The practitioner uses certain hand positions to direct energy to relevant areas of the body.
Energy Balancing releases trapped energy (emotional/spiritual) bringing light, awareness and balance.
Chair-based treatments:
Indian head massage stimulates the circulation of the scalp and helps to dispel stress-generated muscle tension and includes massage of the shoulders, arms, neck, head and face.
On-site acupressure massage works an acupressure sequence for your back, neck, shoulders, arms, hands and scalp and is performed whilst you are sitting in an ergonomically designed chair.
On-site deep tissue oil massage is performed on an ergonomic on site massage chair. Oils are used on the skin to give the person the benefits and experience of a deep tissue massage.
Plus: There will also be a medicine Tipi with shamanic workshops and one-to one sessions.
If you've been bad to your body, and you want it to be good to you... head to The Retreat Healing Field!
NB: If you'd like to apply to be a therapist at The Retreat please head over to www.realease.co.uk and fill in the online application form.