No. Trauma Sensitive Retreats are for everyone, as we are all experiencing trauma at some stage in our life's. Trauma is in our response to an overwhelming experience, and sometimes it develops as PTSD, depression, anxiety, shutdown, ADD etc. Emphasis is given to a sense of safety, choice making and self agency during the retreat. Most participants say that it was so wonderful to have time to be with real emotions or sensations that were arising without judgment, and the freedom to do what suits them.

Closer to the retreat Kendra will be communicating with the experienced caterer requesting the food be suitable to the individual's attending. The food will be nutritious, vegetarian mostly organic food.

Private rooms are available for a higher price and upon request. Visits to the bathroom overnight are normal. You are NOT alone! You'll find that retreats are a way of stepping out of your comfort zone a little to meet new ways of being together.

Yes. Kendra will set up a WhatsApp group 2 weeks before the weekend where you can request a car pool and we'll support you finding your way there and back. Simply ask.

All Kendra's retreats are trauma sensitive and aim to provide a safe and professional space for you to heal and retreat. It would be beneficial to have a private appointment with Kendra first to establish ways to ground and self regulate when attending group work.

Trauma sensitive yoga is a more accessible form of yoga because it helps you tune into your own body in ways that allow you to move how it suits YOU, not how it suits the facilitator. Kendra always offers chair versions of movements which may give you more confidence to get up and down off the floor. The main step is to begin where you are. This is Yoga Therapy. This is applies to retreat settings.

Retreats are open to everyone and are of particular help to mental health professionals as they can help build practical skills to avoid burnout, as well as offer somatic experiences that support an understanding of polyvagal theory/The Guna's. Kendra creates retreats for health professional groups upon request.