YOGA
MEDITATION
MENTORING
urban retreats
move your body - free your mind
Are you ready to up-level your life?
Life is constantly evolving. Change and uncertainty is unavoidable. Everyone needs to adapt to this ever-changing, fast-paced world.
Yoga is a system of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India over 5000 years ago. Designed to control and still the mind, Hatha yoga was first taught in Australia in the 1950's. In the 1960s, a small but enthusiastic public embraced the health benefits of yoga and relaxation and, in the 1970s, exotic swamis in robes established schools in Australia. Hatha Yoga was transformed when the precise, athletic and intense Iyengar method became the fashion of the 1980s and 1990s. By the 2000s, yoga teaching in Australia had become a million-dollar industry and continues to grow. However, post Covid 19, people have come full-circle and are now seeking the mental and spiritual benefits, alongside the physical benefits, of this ancient tradition.
Our mission at Urban Retreats is to bring the ancient traditions and teachings of yoga to the modern world. Modern Yoga means being more present and connected and less anxious and stressed. You will become strong, confident, powerful, calm and focused - on and off your mat!
We offer private and corporate yoga and wellness retreats in and around Sydney. Our clients are high functioning, high achieving, busy executives, entrepreneurs and business leaders. The thought of taking a month, a week - or even a weekend - to learn how to relax feels counter-productive! We agree. Yoga isn't something you 'learn'. It's something you 'live'.
Urban Retreats brings the retreat experience to you.
Escape the busyness of life and drop into an Urban Retreat!
“Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to fish and they are nourished for life!"
Meet Clare - Urban Retreats Creator
Clare is a yoga coach with a twist. Originally from the North East of England, she has combined her international corporate leadership and executive coaching experience with her passion for yoga to teach people how to apply ancient spiritual teachings to modern challenges and create a life rich with fulfilling work, relationships and experiences.
Yoga is an ancient practice, harnessing the breath and strengthening the body to boost physical health and mental wellbeing. Whether you want to relax, build strength and flexibility or get in touch with your spiritual side, Clare will show you the way. Discover which type of yoga is right for you, according to your personality and body-type, experience the calming effects of yoga breathing techniques and meditation, and learn simple daily practices that will ignite your internal flame and make you feel strong, calm and focused.
Credentials
- 26 years physical, mental and spiritual learnings and wisdom
- 25 years international corporate leadership and executive coaching experience
- 18 years yoga and meditation practice
- 16 years building high performing individuals, teams and organisations
- 14 years designing and delivering retreats and wellness programs
Services Offered
Bespoke Retreats
- Bespoke Day Retreats across Sydney
- Exclusive Retreats in Five Star locations around the world
- Create your own Urban Retreat experience
Private Mentoring
- Empowerment & Mindset Coaching
- Yoga, Meditation & Breathwork
- Career & Business Growth Mentoring
- In person in Sydney or online globally
Corporate Wellness
- Bespoke Health & Wellness Programs, Workshops & Retreats
- Embodied Leadership Executive Mentoring
- Women’s Empowerment & Mindset Coaching
Our Total Transformation Blueprint
STRENGTH
Improve core strength, flexibility & mobility
BODY
ENDURANCE
Build body awareness & prevent injuries for vitality & longevity
EXCELLENCE
"Greatness is within"
Increase energy, strength, endurance & balance
MIND
SOUL
Learn strategies & techniques to build mental clarity & strength
Cultivate presence, patience, calm & focus
Transcend habitual negative thoughts & cultivate a unbreakable mindset
Create a life rich with purpose & meaning
Improve confidence, endurance & discipline
Experience a deeper connection to yourself, others & the world
I found Clare to be a highly intuitive and engaging coach, who provided thought provoking and creative insights that made me reflect on where I was in the process of a difficult period of change. She was encouraging and helped me to establish clarity and structure around my future plans which has inspired me to re-build my self-belief and follow my heart.
What Clients
Say
OMG that was amazing! I told all the guys at soccer how good it was. Told them all it's what they should be doing.
What a special day! Thank you again Clare for hosting an incredible session. I woke up with such a positive and calm outlook today. I love yoga on its own but this provided something much deeper than that.
Clare helped me to focus on the business and my personal needs, this in turn has changed my work ethic and enabled a huge growth of the business too. My business is now international, award winning but more than that, I am happy with me and that is partly down to Clare.
"Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and twice as beautiful as you’d ever imagined."
Rumi
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"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
Paulo Coelho
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.
OUR DEEPEST FEAR
By Marianne Williamson
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?” Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."