This coming Friday we are hosting our virtual Funky Glow Flow Yoga Supper. I will be cooking some delicious curries and I thought that I’d share the main Kerala sweet and sour stew with you to cook at home. This curry/stew is made with butternut squash, spinach and coriander. Kerala Curry Serves 4 as a main or 6 with other offerings Ingredients 1 butternut squash, peeled or you can keep the skin on 1 tin of organic sweetcorn, drained - I use Suma 1 large onion or 2 small, pee

It’s a while since I wrote a recipe blog on here so, I thought I’d pop a couple of winter offerings from today’s Yoga Brunch - Sense The Joy - for those of you who were unable to join us. I wanted something warming for our brunch, a good hearty soup with lots of depth and flavour. I chose this Saffron, Parsley and Jerusalem Artichoke Soup for it’s versatility, you can play about with different vegetables in addition to the artichokes, perhaps leeks or pumpkins. On this occas

We are so happy to share with you some of our recipes from our recent Soulful Sunday Yoga Brunch. Enjoy! Golden Sunshine Smoothie 2 - 4 glasses 1 very ripe banana, chopped 1 handful of frozen mango/peaches/nectarine pieces 1/2 papaya, cut into chunks Juice of 1 lime Juice of 1 orange 2 tbsp of porridge oats (gluten free if desired) 50 ml oat milk 1/4 of a small cucumber, peeled, seeds removed and chopped 1/4 stick of celery, sliced Small piece of ginger, finely chopped 1/2 ts

The Complete Retreat was set up to collaborate with Yoga, Pilates, Meditation, wellbeing teachers and Nutritionists to offer our community some self care. We host events and retreats where you can put some time aside to come together with friends or family and share your practice, love of good food, socialise and establish an understanding of ourselves and others. Our gatherings are warm and welcoming, whether you are a complete beginner or have an established practice you ar

I just wanted to share some words from our collaborators Jonny - Yogeease and Rebekah - Wild Roots Nutrition about our upcoming Urban Day Retreat - Good Intentions on Saturday 18th January. We are all super excited to welcome our guests to this event. Many people set intentions at this time of year only to see them fade or wither away for a myriad of reasons. To help, I’ve designed our yoga practice to enable us to clear any (energy) blockages that are preventing us maintain

By Julia Evans founder of La Lune Yoga Yin yoga, what's it all about? Yin is a slow practice, a still practice of letting go and letting be. Yin is by no means easy. Yin can bring up discomfort both in the body and inside ourselves. The challenge is to stay with what arises, knowing that it will pass and we can do it. This isn't to say that yin isn't enjoyable – on the contrary, yin can be extremely relaxing and rejuvenating. It targets and activates the parasympathetic nervo

By Helena Conlan On a Friday evening I was feeling very virtuous to be attending a yoga session followed by 3 course dinner - healthy it had to be, it was vegan - instead of the end of the week rather large goblet of wine,and the rest! To add to the virtuosity the event was a fund raiser in aid of The Pankhurst Trust the perfect compliment to International Woman’s Day. What a fabulous evening it was. My friends and I received a warm welcome as we entered the venue, a candle l

Winter is here and often we don’t get the opportunity to spend as much time outside as we would like due to the weather being cold, frosty and recently snowy. Walking, running, climbing and lots of other outdoor activities get our bodies moving and that movement aids our digestion. Literally moves our internal organs and massages our insides. Yogis love inversion, not only because it feels wonderful to do but it aids digestion and is a lovely self massage. I was given this re

After the richness of the food during the Christmas period, the intoxicating celebrations of the New Year I find January is a time to reset myself. This requires some thought and planning so as to take the stress out of the ritual. To be honest some years are more successful than others but each year is getting easier as it’s become a habit. A good habit. After some neglect of my physical self during the holiday season (cooking, travelling, partying, late nights socialising w

By Hannah Turner Namaste everyone it's Hannah. I thought I would do a blog about what I’m planning for the Yoga Brunch Club on Saturday 19th January at Space at The Mill in Manchester. I really love The Complete Retreat's Yoga Brunch and Yoga Supper Clubs because they are such a great way to build a yoga community, and as a teacher to be able to properly chat and connect with everyone after class over nourishing food. For January the focus of my Brunch Club is all about new y

I thought I would share some information about Hannah Turner our yoga teacher who will be leading The Complete Retreat Yoga Brunch Club on Saturday19th January. Hannah runs Hannah does Yoga and is an internationally qualified yoga teacher who has been on her yoga path from a very young age. After finishing school, she travelled to India and Nepal and it was here that she took her yoga and spiritual journey to the next level, incorporating not just yoga asana but all the aspe

The Complete Retreat’s last event of 2018 was a Yoga Supper Club Manchester with Iyengar Yoga teacher Clare Tunstall at St. Clements Parish Church in Chorlton, Manchester. The workshop and supper took place in the Upper Hall which is a large space with an amazing Stained Glass Window. The light in the hall coming through this window is magical and the long dining table was lit by this light perfectly. There were autumn leaves and berries for decoration and chestnuts strewn