February 2026

Five Day Digital Detox Retreat with Venetia La Manna

Thursday 19 - Monday 23 February 2026

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A PLACE TO CONNECT

Step away from screens and immerse yourself in five restorative days of yoga, creative journalling, and renewal on the wild Pembrokeshire coast. Nestled within a secluded 18th-century rectory overlooking the sea, this retreat invites you to pause, connect, and rediscover presence.

Designed to transform your relationship with technology with awareness and curiosity, the programme weaves together mindful movement, reflection, and gentle periods of shared silence to foster deeper connection and focus than daily digital life often allows.

With just fourteen places available, it offers a spacious, phone-free environment to rest deeply, reconnect with what matters, and return home restored in body and mind.

What you will experience on this retreat:

  • Gentle daily yoga and meditation to support body and mind

  • Guided creative journalling sessions to deepen self-awareness

  • Restorative digital detox to make space for reflection

  • Nourishing vegetarian food to support wellbeing

  • Coastal walks and optional sea swims

  • Meaningful connection with a small community

  • Periods of silence to slow down and listen inwardly

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Accommodation

An 18th Century rectory with huge gardens on the slopes of Angel Mountain, overlooking the famous wild North Pembrokeshire coastline, less than a mile walk to the sea. From the doorstep, you can explore beautiful walks through sacred sites, mountains, woods and valleys, and the incredible Pembrokeshire coast path.

A variety of accommodation is available including:
Triple, twin, private, and luxurious ensuite doubles. Each room offers stunning views of the surrounding landscape and boasts a plush, inviting bed to ensure a restful night's sleep.

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Food

Our experienced retreat chef Martin Simcock will provide a fully catered selection of nourishing meals. Embracing natural, local and seasonal ingredients, he works mindfully and from the heart.

Fully catered breakfast, lunch and dinner
Martin will create delicious plant-based meals, with mouth-watering desserts. His food regularly gets rave reviews, which you can read here.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Daily Retreat Schedule

7:45am – Yoga and meditation

9:00am – Breakfast

9:30am – Creative journalling

11:45am – Community circle

1pm – Lunch

2pm – Personal time (guided walks, sea swims and hot tub available)

4pm - Afternoon tea

5pm – Group workshop

6:30pm – Dinner

8pm – Evening gathering

9pm – Retreat moves into silence until the next day

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Guest tutor

Venetia La Manna

Venetia La Manna is a fair fashion campaigner, content creator and TEDx speaker. She uses her platforms to hold multinational corporations accountable for unethical practices, human rights abuses and greenwashing. Venetia represents the UK arm of The Or Foundation’s Speak Volumes campaign, advocating for transparency across the fashion industry and supporting global secondhand and reuse textile communities.

She has presented The Fast Furniture Fix for BBC Radio 4, appeared in Channel 4’s Inside The Shein Machine, and her work has featured in Vogue, The Guardian, Atmos and The Independent. In 2024, she served as a judge for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction.

To counterbalance her activism, Venetia founded #Offline48 in 2018, encouraging weekends away from social media. She also volunteers at her local charity shop and spends as much time as possible in nature, grounding herself in community and rest to sustain her advocacy work.

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Silence

This retreat will include periods of silence as an essential element of connection with self, community and nature. If you are new to spending time in silence in the company of other people, it can feel awkward to begin with. But you will be encouraged to explore the silent periods with a spirit of openness and curiosity: many find it a very powerful experience.

The retreat will typically move into silence in the evening from 9pm – 12pm the following day.

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Digital detox

This retreat invites you to step away from screens and return to a slower, more connected rhythm of living. On arrival, you’ll be asked to hand in your phone so you can fully immerse yourself in the experience.

Loved ones will be given a dedicated retreat phone number so you can be reached if needed. There will be no laptops, tablets or digital devices during the retreat: an intentional pause that allows you to rest your mind, notice the world around you, and reconnect with yourself and others.

RETREAT COSTS

  • £695 – Triple Room, Shared Bathroom

    £750 – Twin Room, Shared Bathroom

    £955 – Private Room, Shared Bathroom

    £1095 – Double Room, Ensuite

    All meals are included.

  • Two fully funded places are available: one for a social movement activist and one for a frontline worker.

    Applications can be made via the Google Form here and will close at midnight on 14 November 2025.

  • A non-refundable deposit of £175 is necessary to secure your place, with full payment due 8 weeks before the retreat begins.

  • 1. Booking Confirmation:

    • By booking a writing retreat with Holly Rigby, you agree to abide by these terms and conditions.

    • Your booking is confirmed upon receipt of the deposit as specified in the booking process.

    2. Deposit:

    • A non-refundable deposit of £175 is required to secure your booking. The remaining balance is due 8 weeks before the start date of the retreat.

    • Full payment will be made via BACS payment or PayPal.

    3. Cancellation Policy:

    • If you need to cancel your booking, please notify us in writing as soon as possible.

    • Cancellations made eight weeks or more prior to the start date of the retreat will incur the loss of the deposit.

    • Cancellations made less than eight weeks before the start date of the retreat will result in the loss of the full payment.

    4. Travel Insurance:

    • You are strongly recommended to purchase travel insurance to cover any illness, family emergencies, bereavement, injury or unforeseen circumstances that may affect your ability to attend the retreat. Refunds cannot be offered to people who have suffered travel delays, or who have tested posted for COVID. The cancellation and refund policy is non-negotiable.  

    5. Liability:

    • Holly Rigby is not liable for any loss, damage, injury, or expenses incurred as a result of participation in the retreat.

    • Participants are responsible for their own health and well-being during the retreat.

    7. Force Majeure:

    • Holly Rigby reserves the right to cancel or reschedule the retreat in the event of unforeseen circumstances or force majeure. In such cases, we will offer alternative dates or a refund of payments made.

    8. Conduct:

    • Participants are expected to conduct themselves in a respectful manner towards fellow participants, staff, and property at all times.

    • Holly Rigby reserves the right to ask any participant to leave the retreat if their behavior is deemed disruptive or inappropriate, without refund.

    9. Health and Safety:

    • Participants are responsible for ensuring they are in good health and able to participate in the activities offered during the retreat.

    • Please inform us of any medical conditions or special dietary requirements prior to the retreat.

    10. Privacy Policy:

    • Any personal information provided to Holly Rigby will be treated in accordance with our privacy policy.

    11. Governing Law:

    • These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

    12. Agreement:

    • By booking a retreat with Holly Rigby, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these terms and conditions.

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