Women and Non-Binary Retreat 2025
Women & Non-Binary Weekend Retreat with Jaqui Wan, Dora Rubinstein & Lauren Azor
When:
- Friday 4th April – Sunday 6th April 2025
- Check-in starts at 3pm on Friday and the event finishes at 2pm on Sunday.
Where: Westwood Retreat Centre, Westwood Edge Rd, Golcar, Huddersfield HD7 4JY
Cost:
Price includes housing, catering and all teaching. Accommodation availability is on a first come first serve basis: –
The Eyrie is situated in the loft with great views housing 3 people.
- £
600 – private double room – The Eyrie £550 – private single room – The Eyrie£420 – double bed in shared living space – The Eyrie
The Nave is a ground-floor flat with the reverent feel of an old church housing 4 people.
£475 – twin room ensuite (sharing with one other) – The Nave£450 – double bed in shared living space (sharing with one other) – The Nave£440 – single bed in shared living space (sharing with one other) – The Nave
The Lookout is flat with a fantastic view housing 2 people
£475 – double bed in luxury studio (sharing with one other) – The Lookout£450 – single bed in luxury studio (sharing with one other) – The Lookout
The Sanctuary is situated in the loft with glass-stained windows housing 2 people
£475 – double bed in luxury studio (sharing with one other) – The Sanctuary£450 – single bed in luxury studio (sharing with one other) – The Sanctuary
The Celestory is situated in the loft a spacious flat housing 5 people
£420 – double bed in shared living space (sharing with two others) – The Clerestory£380 – single bed in shared living space (sharing with two others) – The Clerestory
Bunk-bed option you will need to bring your own bedding limited to 5 only – £350
Non-residential tickets are limited to five only – £295
Please register before payment, the payment link is in the registration form.
- Multiple daily workshops ranging from AcroYoga L basing, Thai massage, flying therapeutics to standing acrobatics;
- Daily yoga and handstand classes;
- Accommodation will be in beautiful boutique apartments;
- All vegetarian meals and snacks are prepared by a local chef Billbery Bee
What’s not included: –
- Transport to/from the venue (we are happy to help coordinate car-shares and taxi-shares from local train stations) and
- Travel Insurance
Venue Information
Westwood Retreat Centre, a 19th-century church building converted into an events hall and accommodation, surrounded by a lawn and gardens for private use and lush green countryside beyond.
Please note the venue operates a noise curfew from 11pm through to 8am, our retreat will also comply with this.
Transport
The nearest train station is Slaithwaite (pronounced ‘Slawit’), which is accessible from Huddersfield and Manchester Piccadilly. It’s a 1-mile very steep uphill walk from there so most guests prefer a 4-minute £5 taxi ride.
| Times | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8am – 9am | Breakfast |
| 9am – 10.30am | Workshop – Solar Asana |
| 10.30am – 11am | Break |
| 11am – 12.30pm | Workshop – Same Size Flows |
| 12.30pm – 2.30pm | Lunch |
| 2.30pm – 4pm | Workshop – Handstands on Body Parts |
| 4pm – 4.30pm | Break |
| 4.30pm – 6pm | Workshop – Trio Tricks |
| 6pm – 8pm | Dinner and Chill |
| 8pm -9.30pm | Workshop – Thai Massage & Therapeutic Flying |
Please register before payment, the payment link is in the registration form.
Your Hosts:
This retreat weekend is led by acroyoga, handstands and yoga teachers Jaqui Wan, Lauren Azor and Dora Rubinstein.
Jaqui is a yoga asana & acroyoga teacher based in London. She has been teaching full-time since 2008 and has had an ongoing yoga asana practice spanning almost 30 years. She is challenging yet playful and has an attention to detail that actively celebrates difference and group learning. She is the founder of Bodhitrix and the L Basing Compendium. She is an acrobatics elder in the London community and is one of the main organisers of the London Acro Convention.
Lauren is a playful teacher, who is keen to share her love for acroyoga. She is also a RYT300 Yoga teacher, who has taught Yoga in the UK & India. She currently teaches weekly Yoga and AcroYoga classes in her hometown of Brighton, workshops in the UK and Europe, and updates her experience at Acrobatic conventions.
Dora is a yoga and acroyoga teacher, and a theatre and circus performer. Classes are lively, light-hearted, and usually full of laughs! She is based in York, but teaches and performs internationally. Most recently a tour has taken her across the USA where she’s acro-jammed in Missouri, Nevada, Ohio and California. She can’t wait to share the fun things she’s picked up on her travels.
Catering is provided by Bilberry Bee, and will be a hearty, healthy and wholesome vegetarian catering to dietary requirements. Expect breakfasts like turmeric porridge, stewed apples & pears, homemade granolas & smoothies. Lunches might be buddha bowls, flans or jacket potatoes with chilli. Dinners will always be 2 or 3 courses with mezzes, curries or lasagnas, plus homemade cakes and desserts for both lunch and dinner!
Please register before payment, the payment link is in the registration form.
Who is this retreat for?
This retreat is open to all acroyogis and acrobats who identify as women or non-binary, and who are excited to train in a space primarily for those identifying as women & non-binary. We want to celebrate the diversity of what this means and embrace what we have in common.
There are a limited number of spots available, so to plan workshops and make sure everyone is catered for, we ask that you have some acroyoga or acrobatics experience. There are some prerequisites for this event which you can read below – please get in touch with one of the lead teachers if you are unsure on this or need help meeting these prerequisites.
Your acrobatic skills:
We are aware that every person’s experience will be slightly different. This retreat is intended to cater for people who would consider themselves ‘beyond beginner/improver’ – this could mean that you’ve practised acro consistently for at least 6 months; have a solid background in another field like aerial or gymnastics; or have done acro for years but had some time away due to injury.
We request that all participants have a familiarity base or/and fly as well as confidently spot the following: –
- L basing Star – shoulder stand of feet
- L basing Front Bird on hands
- L basing low Foot to Hand
- Standing Thigh Stand
- Standing Two High
If you are unclear of any of the above, please email wnbacrofest@gmail.com or you can contact the three organisers on Instagram: –
- Dora Rubinstein – based in York
- Lauren Azor – based in Brighton
- Jaqui Wan – based in London
Please register before payment, the payment link is in the registration form.
