Brecon Beacons, 29th December 2024 - 2nd January 2025

New Year is a beautiful time to be in the Brecon Beacons and to join us on our hiking and new year yoga retreat. Stay in comfort, hike with qualified guides, unwind with yoga and enjoy delicious vegan/veggie food.

We are excited to announce that our New Year’s yoga retreats in the Brecon Beacons are back at our beautiful location, a stone’s throw from Hay-on-Wye.

This December, join us for a 4-night New Year yoga retreat in the Welsh countryside and enjoy the chance to get away from it all and see the new year in a bit differently. Our New Year yoga holidays allow you to relax, enjoy energising walks in the stunning Brecon Beacons National Park and curl up in front of the fire with a good book. A balanced retreat of active and relaxed, to be able to slow down, rest and reset as well as invigorate in nature and meet like-minded people to share the experience with.

The venue is right next to Hay-on-Wye in England and on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The nearest train station is Hereford, and we recommend arrival and departure times so you can share taxis with other yogis.

As it is the new year, we share a setting intentions workshop to help you get clear on goals for 2025 and what you want to let go of from 2024 so that you start the new year with positivity and focus. With a New Year’s Eve feast and ceremony, January 1st will never feel so good.

Stay in a family-owned multi-property estate that dates back to 1176. It was originally a farm serving the local monastery. Since then, it has undergone stunning renovations to create a beautiful retreat space.

Why not stay in one of the main barns? Or maybe, try out a quirky converted wheat silo, perfect for two people. Either way, you will enjoy lots of space and room options.

Of course, get your hiking boots ready to enjoy two half-day guided hikes with qualified guides on two of the three full days of the retreat. On another day, visit the delightful Hay on Wye for the afternoon, within walking distance.  Want to relax fully?  Curl up before the open fire, or enjoy a massage from our talented team. Honestly, you will feel rested and restored, ready for winter.

With up to 3.5 hours of yoga a day, delicious vegan/veggie food from one of our fabulous chefs and gorgeous accommodations, you will feel cared for throughout.

Check out more about the Brecon Beacons here 

  • Location

    Location
    Nr Hay-on-Wye

  • Season

    Season
    Winter

  • Duration

    Duration
    4 nights

  • Group size

    Group size
    15

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation
    Multi-property estate

  • Meeting Point

    Meeting Point
    Hereford train station

  • Yoga level

    Yoga level
    All levels

  • Activity level

    Activity level
    All levels

  • Food

    Food
    Veggie/plant-based

  • Carbon Footprint

    Carbon Footprint
    65Kgs

Dates & Prices

A Twin Room is a room with two single beds for two people.

A single room is a room for one person with a double bed unless otherwise stated.

Single occupancy, en-suite bathroom: £1299pp
Can be double occupancy: £999pp – please email us to arrange

Single occupancy, shared bathroom with one other person: £1199pp

Twin room for two people shared bathroom: £949pp

The Grooms Barn – is a separate cottage with two bedrooms. It has a kitchen and living room, an upstairs bathroom with bath and shower, toilet and sink and downstairs there is a toilet with sink.

Grooms Barn private cottage double room for one person: £1199pp

Grooms Barn private cottage twin room with two single beds for two people with shared bathroom with single room  £949pp

Wheat Silo – quirky self-contained accommodation with double bed, bathroom, and kitchen, perfect for a couple or two friends who don’t mind sharing a double bed: £999pp
Can be single occupancy: £1299 – please email us to arrange

 

We make sure everything is included in your new year hiking yoga retreat in the Brecon Beacons with us.
What's included
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Cosy accommodation in rural tranquil Brecon Beacons

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1.5 hrs of morning yoga practice to energise

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2 hour evening yoga practices to unwind and calm with restorative practices, meditation and Yoga Nidra

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4 x Delicious wholesome vegetarian/vegan brunches

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3 x Light lunch or packed lunch if out hiking

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4 x Delicious vegetarian/vegan evening meals

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2 guided hikes over 2 days through Brecon Beacons with qualified guides

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Setting intentions workshop for 2025

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New Years eve 4 course feast (veggie/plant-based)

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New years eve celebration

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Amazing AdventureYogi hosts to look after your every need

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Yoga Equipment

What's not included
  • Travel to and from the venue
  • Massage treatments
  • Travel insurance

On our New Year hiking yoga retreat in the Brecon Beacons, guests are advised to arrive between 4 pm and 5.30 pm for the weekend. This allows time to settle in before the first yoga class at 6 pm. Dinner will be served at 8 pm.

The retreat will end at 10am after a power hour yoga class and brunch.

A Typical Day

7.30am

Pre yoga teas and snacks

8am - 10am

Morning yoga class to energise

10am

Delicious brunch of warming wholesome vegan treats

11am - 4pm

30th Dec: Guided hike with qualified hiking guides with packed lunch

11am - 4pm

31st dec: relaxed morning, setting intentions workshop, evening feast, new year celebrations

11am - 4pm

1st Jan: Guided hike with qualified hiking guides with packed lunch

5pm - 7pm

restorative evening yoga class

7.15pm

2 course vegetarian/ vegan evening meal

10pm

Bedtime!

Accommodation in Brecon Beacons

Located close to the literacy town of Hay-On-Wye, the property was once part of the farm serving a Cistercian monastery founded in 1176. Steeped in history the individual barns and buildings have been lovingly restored and updated to create a stunning home from home space.

Beautiful gardens create a multitude of private oases to relax in spread across the 4 individual buildings, each with their very own unique style and character, that we inhabit during our stay.

We have a choice of 6 single rooms with double beds and an ensuite bathroom, 3 single rooms with double beds with shared bathroom with 1 other room, a twin room with its own bathroom and a twin room with a shared bathroom with one other room. The Wheat Silo is a quirky accommodation for two people sharing a double bed and it has its own kitchen, bathroom and living space and stunning views of the Brecon Beacons.

The yoga studio is a beautiful, long barn conversion full of natural light and double doors that open up into the inner courtyard and the valleys beyond.

By Train

The venue is situated right next to Hay-on-Wye in England and on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park. The nearest train station is Hereford and then it is a 35-minute taxi ride. Arrange your train to arrive at Hereford for around 3.30pm and to depart after 11am in the morning. Closer to the time of the retreat we will put you in touch with other guests to arrange a taxi share through our WhatsApp group.

By Car

We will give you directions in the welcome pack once you book your place.

Sustainability

We are working towards reducing our carbon footprint, and here are some ways we, as a company, are doing this.

We are a 88% vegan company, 10% vegetarian and 2% fish or meat (only when staying in boutique hotels that offer these options). This makes up a huge percentage of carbon emissions that we avoid so easily because our food is still delicious, balanced and even more creative. So, thanks to you all for enjoying our healthy (mostly) plant-based meals.

The difference: Most travel companies struggle to reduce their travellers’ meat and dairy consumption, which accounts for a large portion of their carbon emissions.

We stay primarily in one location for the duration of the retreat. We have started staying in a few locations on our long haul, but it is limited to 2 or 3 locations over an 8 – 10 night period. Staying in one place means low carbon emissions because we aren’t burning fuel to get around.

The difference: Other adventure travel companies move around every two days, using alot of petrol in vehicles for sometimes only 1 or 2 people.

Our activities are low-impact—yoga, hiking, surfing, skiing/boarding, whitewater rafting, SUP, and kayaking are all very low-carbon activities, in fact, zero-carbon (except skiing/snowboarding due to the ski lifts, which is also low). These activities are included in the price we measure. The carbon may increase with travel to and from these activities in vehicles.

The difference: Other travel companies can include high-carbon activities in the price, such as jet skiing, quad biking, and jeep driving, which increases their carbon footprint.

We run more than half of our retreats and holidays in the UK; these are very low-carbon holidays.

We currently don’t measure our guests’ travel as part of our carbon output because our guests don’t only come from the UK, so it is hard for us to predict this. We also don’t include travel in the holiday price, which is not part of our calculations. We know that we provide these holidays, so we are looking to include this carbon measurement in the future so we are investigating how we can reduce this.

The carbon measurements at the top of the page with the icons are per person for the whole retreat.

Ultra-low-carbon holidays

These holidays are below 200 kg per person, and our UK retreats are below 100 or even 70 kg, so these are great adventures for low carbon breaks.

Ski holidays are actually low in carbon!

In France, many ski resorts are turning to green energy to power the lifts. If you eat low in meat and dairy while you’re there and hire your ski equipment, this makes your trip as low-carbon as possible.

How can you help?

There are ways that you can help reduce your carbon when coming on our retreats and holidays:

Travel by train, try slow travel across Europe and the UK.
If travelling abroad to Europe or further afield, choose carbon capture schemes, check out Ecologi. Offsetting is not the best thing to do these days, but try carbon capture where you pay for carbon to be absorbed into the environment.
Car share UK – we recommend when guests travel by train to arrive and depart at the same time to taxi share – which helps keep costs and carbon emissions down. Why not consider car share, too? Most guests who drive come alone or with a friend; we have WhatsApp groups that, if you like, you can see who is driving from your area and enjoy getting to know each other on the way to the retreats, and save on your carbon emissions at the same time!

We are by no means saints when it comes to producing carbon, as a travel company we know this is very difficult to reduce. We are working to reduce our carbon output each year by measuring it and then creating plans to reduce it. We are reviewing all our venues and asking them how they can improve their carbon reduction as we don’t own any of our venues but we would like to work with them to help in any way we can. We want to be transparent with this, so please get in touch for more information. As we change things, we will update the website.

The nearest train station is Hereford which is 35 minutes drive away. You can find out about travel if you go to the 'getting there' section.
Hikes typically commence around 11:00 AM and conclude by 4:00 PM, subject to the overall fitness level of the group. One hike is from the venue and is a circular route with views, rivers, waterfalls and the second one is an intermediate level hike that requires a car share to get to the start point. If you are a novice hiker, we recommend acclimating yourself to hiking and building your endurance before joining us.
A big fat yes! Hiking boots are essential and not brand new ones...wear them first before embarking on a long hike. Bring a backpack to carry wet weather gear, a jacket and trousers and have a few different length layers on so you can cool down and warm up quickly.
There are a few hairdryers but we recommend bringing one with you if you use one frequently.
We provide yoga mats, blocks and eye bags, if you need anything else please bring it with you.
Check in on the day of arrival is 4pm, please note that if you arrive before this you will not be allowed into the venue. Checkout on departure day is 10am, once again you will need to leave the venue promptly to allow the team to prepare and clean for the next guests.
Yes, there is wifi throughout the property with a router in each property. Phone signal is patchy
Yes, there is plenty of private parking on-site.
No, there are not.
Yes, you can enhance your retreat experience with a massage from our skilled massage team. We recommend pre-booking your massage as our appointments fill up quickly. You can easily book your massage through your customer portal once you have booked with us.
- Any yoga equipment you like to use - blanket, bolster, strap, blocks.
- Comfy clothes to feel totally relaxed for yoga and relaxing
- Indoor shoes or slippers to pad around in
- Clothes suitable for walking in - thin lower layers, long-sleeved, t-shirt, comfy trousers, waterproof trousers and jacket if the weather forecast looks like rain, good socks for hiking in, hat if colder etc.
- A backpack, a refillable water bottle, sun cream, sun hat or winter hat, sunglasses
- Packed lunch box for your packed lunch so we can save on single-use plastic
Here at AY we do things in a peaceful way, so as to escape the usual new year. We ai for you to return home feeling energised, clear headed and excited for the year to come. The setting intentions workshop helps you figure out what to let go of and what to bring into the new year. Then there is a 4 course meal, where you can dress up if you like! After dinner there will be some sort of celebration! Every teacher does it slightly differently so we leave it up to them; it could be a dance party, or a meditation, or sitting around the fire chatting and laughing.
We are happy for you to have a drink at new year, not to get drunk but to enjoy with your meal. If you bring a bottle or two we ask that the group is asked if it's ok as there may be some people there who are getting away from alcohol for various reasons, and then offering it to those who may want a glass. This is our suggestion of how to introduce alcohol to the group and it has worked well over the years.
Absolutely! Most of our guests travel solo, or with a friend or family member. It's a great way to meet like-minded people and find yoga travel buddies!
Yes you can! We welcome all levels of yoga experience from complete beginners to advanced. Our teachers are very experienced and can offer variations and they also gauge the energy levels of the group, which can change depending on the season also.

Beautiful Brecon Beacons

Join us in Wales, in the county of Breconshire where we hold yoga retreats in two different venues. They are both nestled into the Brecon Beacons National Park, so that you can enjoy an energising and revitalising active yoga retreat surrounded by breath-taking scenery.

If you love to be in the Welsh countryside, surrounded by rolling hills, rivers, streams, nature and peace and quiet this is the right yoga retreat for you. With the closest town being Hay-On-Wye, you are in the heart of the Brecon Beacons National Park. About 3 1/2 hrs from London or 1 1/2 hrs from Bristol, take time out of your busy schedule to really relax and restore body and mind in this healing space.

You can choose to be as active or relaxed as you like on this yoga retreat, enjoy the free guided hike and then enjoy the grounds of the retreat to relax.

For those who want even more, Brecon Beacons activity holidays offer a variety of activities to choose from, like canoeing down the River Wye, horse riding or wandering into Hay-On-Wye as it is only 10 minutes away and exploring the infamous book shops and cafes.

About the yoga

Our New Year hiking yoga retreat in the Brecon Beacons offers classes suitable for all abilities. From beginners to intermediate and advanced levels, everyone is welcome. Furthermore, our inspiring and experienced teachers are well-practised at adapting the class to everyone’s level.

The yoga teacher will create a more dynamic class in the morning, which will be vinyasa/hatha flow style, to prepare you for the day’s hike and adventures. Then, the evening class will be slightly longer to enable deep relaxation with yoga nidra.

Highlights

  • Stunning multi-property estate with lots of space

  • A setting intentions workshop to get clear on goals for 2025

  • 2 guided hikes with experienced guides on 2 days

  • A new years celebration meal and ceremony

  • Feel restored after 4 nights at this gorgeous venue

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About the Food

All of our retreat chefs are highly experienced and passionate about their craft.

We are a Vegetarian / plant-based company and take great pride in creating incredible food on our retreats.

Our breakfasts are a mixture of savoury and sweet, with eggs, yoghurt, bread and butter, milk, coffee/tea, and plant-based options.

Lunch and dinner are more plant-based. Our chefs create diverse and imaginative menus that highlight local produce’s seasonality.

For the new year, enjoy a 4-course plant-based treat for the celebrations.

We can cater to all dietary requirements, gluten free, coeliac, dairy free etc.

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