貸切 — HOST YOUR RETREAT
A Japanese ryokan,
exclusively yours
Bring your retreat to Shizuka midweek and the whole ryokan is yours: six rooms, the bath, our kitchen and the woodland garden at Hepburn Springs, near Daylesford. You bring the practice. We take care of everything else.
協働 — A PARTNERSHIP
Your retreat, our ryokan
Shizuka is a traditional Japanese ryokan with six rooms. Midweek, we close the house to other guests and give it to your group: your people, your programme, our hospitality.
Every retreat here is a partnership. We shape the days with you, from the meals to the time in the bath, so the place supports what you teach.
Each retreat is quoted individually, built around your programme and your group.
設え — WHAT SHIZUKA PROVIDES
You bring the practice. We hold everything else.
Everything your group needs for a few quiet days, shaped around your programme.
宿
The whole ryokan
Six rooms for up to 12 guests, twin share, with no other overnight guests in the house. If needed, we can host the facilitator in the cottage next door.
食
Meals from our kitchen
Japanese meals cooked by our chef, from the breakfast tray to dinner. All meals or just some, timed around your sessions.
湯
The Japanese bath
Bathing sessions for your group in our hinoki bath, filled with magnesium-rich water. For most guests, it’s the part of the day they remember.
道場
Space and equipment
A sun-drenched space overlooking the garden and the bushland beyond, with yoga mats and props ready for up to twelve people. Nothing to pack in the car.
手当
Massage and treatments
Each guest receives one treatment during the retreat, with the option to book more. Our therapists can bring shiatsu, aromatherapy massage or Reiki to your programme.
森林浴
Forest therapy
Guided shinrin-yoku among the trees around the ryokan. A natural partner to yoga and meditation.
滞在 — THE SHAPE OF A RETREAT
Midweek, from Sunday or Monday
Retreats at Shizuka run midweek, when the house is at its quietest. Arrive on Sunday or Monday afternoon and stay for up to five nights.
到着
ARRIVE · AFTERNOON
Sunday or Monday
泊数
STAY · MIDWEEK
up to 5 nights
ご宿泊
GUESTS · TWIN SHARE
up to 12
A day might look like this
| Early morning | Practice before breakfast in the sun-drenched space |
| Breakfast | A Japanese breakfast tray |
| Morning | A retreat session |
| Late morning | Free time, treatments or bathing |
| Lunch | A light lunch from our kitchen |
| Afternoon | Free time, treatments, bathing or forest bathing |
| Late afternoon | A retreat session |
| Evening | Dinner together, then yoga nidra or bathing |
A SAMPLE ONLY. YOUR PROGRAMME SETS THE TIMES.
道 — WHO IT SUITS
Practices that belong here
Shizuka suits teachers whose work asks for quiet, small groups and time between sessions.
Yoga and meditation
Daily practice in a sun-drenched room, with the bath in between.
Qigong, tai chi and Pilates
Slow movement overlooking the Zen garden.
Japanese arts
Ikebana, tea, calligraphy and woodcarving, taught in a Japanese house.
Craft and creative work
Weaving, writing, making. Saori weaving retreats already gather here through the year.
流れ — HOW IT WORKS
From first conversation to first morning
一
Tell us about it
The kind of retreat, roughly how many guests and the weeks you have in mind.
二
Come and see
Visit the ryokan, walk the rooms and the garden, and talk the programme through with us.
三
Your proposal
We send a proposal built around your retreat: the nights, the meals, the bathing and any treatments.
四
Fill your retreat
You invite your guests. We take care of everyone in the Japanese way of omotenashi.
お問合せ — ENQUIRE
Tell us about your retreat
The kind of retreat, roughly how many guests and the weeks you’re looking at. We’ll be in touch to talk it through.