Retreats

What on earth is Earthing?

So you may have across the term more and more these days and be wondering, What on earth is ‘Earthing’? Well thanks to a wonderful holistic business that is local to us, Dalesway Therapies, we can share with you a little more insight. Yvonne and Fritz run Dalesway...

Pamper Your Guests with Grace

It is always so lovely to see Grace pull in to the drive here at St Marks Stays. Always cheerful, always smiling and all we ever hear from guests who have had treatments with her, is how lovely it was. So let us introduce Grace to you in our latest Meet the Local...

Meet Howgill Holistics

If you are looking for a beauty and holistic therapist to treat yourself on your stay here, or to compliment your retreat, we have at least four on our lists we send out when you have booked in. Today let me introduce you to Jessica Moser of Howgill Holistics....

Sedbergh Yoga Instructor for St Marks Stays

We are very lucky to have a fabulous yoga instructor based in Sedbergh, so if you ever need a local tutor, do get in touch with Carol from Organic Bliss Yoga. Carol used to run a weekly yoga session here at St Marks Stays, but then bookings got busier and we no longer...

Where the real yoga practice begins

If you know that I (Joanne) drive in to Kendal to go to a yoga class, when I have a studio next to my lounge, you will understand why Jacqui Wallace, of Yoga Sapien is one of the three yoga tutors I recommend if you are coming here. I first met Jacqui when we moved...

Artist Retreats

Did you know that we also get artist retreats here at St Marks Stays and this was one of Joanne’s ideal visions when we first viewed St Marks Stays? We are very fortunate to have some highly creative artists in our location and this blog series is introducing...