{"id":16293,"date":"2023-11-23T01:42:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T00:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/?p=16293"},"modified":"2025-09-19T04:47:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T03:47:54","slug":"a-weekend-with-zest-life-a-room-with-a-fireplace-a-park-the-sea-and-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/a-weekend-with-zest-life-a-room-with-a-fireplace-a-park-the-sea-and-yoga\/","title":{"rendered":"A weekend with Zest Life: a room with a fireplace, a park, the sea… and yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Laura, the founder of Zest Life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“How was your journey? Would you like some herbal tea?” – Laura, the founder of Zest Life, meets each guest in person. Only eleven to thirteen people come to Plas Cadnant every weekend, many returning again and again to forget about their everyday problems and immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the retreat.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yoga classes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The project started 20 years ago. It was yoga that physically revived and mentally supported Laura after a back injury sustained on a trip to Australia. Regular classes were part of rehabilitation, and came together with nature walks, healthy food, and <\/span><\/span>wild swimming<\/span><\/span>. It helped her overcome depression and discover a new reality. “Yoga gives you a 360-degree perspective of your body. With this awareness you can start working with injuries, work on your habits, build a healthier version of yourself,” says Laura.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gluten free cake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to the retreat\u2019s schedule, after you arrive on Friday evening there is a relaxing yoga and meditation class, followed by dinner where you can meet other participants over a cup of tea by the fireplace. On Saturday there is an early invigorating yoga with a walk after breakfast! Endless Wales beaches with the views of Snowdonia Park will be at your disposal. After lunch you have free time, with a snack provided if you feel like it. In the evening you\u2019ll experience yin yoga, a calm exercise that flows into meditation. The day will end with a vegan dinner. On Sunday the program includes yoga, meditation, walking along rivers and bays, healthy food and rest\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meals in Zest Life<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Meals in Zest Life are vegan, gluten\u2013free, prepared according to healthy recipes of the chef Amy<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span> H<\/span><\/span>er cuisine <\/span><\/span>is <\/span><\/span>comparable to that of a good restaurant. Possible menu options include a fruit salad with orange, grapefruit, persimmon, nuts and mint, toast with vegan cottage cheese, a baked pumpkin, pomegranate seeds and pecans for breakfast; a cream soup with beetroot and white beans for lunch; and ravioli with celeriac and sage, kale <\/span><\/span>gremolata and a salad with grapefruit, poppy seeds, turnips and radishes for <\/span><\/span>dinner<\/span><\/span>. Pear crisp with custard was served for dessert. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timetable of classes on the website The Zest Life<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Autumn. Rain. It\u2019s cold and dark. You start your working day without daylight, you come back with street lights already on, in the afternoon you have to switch your lamp on, and everything is falling out of your hands\u2026 Depression is not far away! But there is a place where bliss and autumn come together, although visitors in winter, spring or summer disagree and are probably right. Just three and a half hours by train through hills and valleys, then another ten minutes by taxi \u2013 and you are in Plas Cadnant on the island of Anglesey in Wales. It is Friday evening, the manor in an old park greets you. The doors magically open … And no matter what the weather is like, it is always warm here, the fireplace is burning, an armchair with a blanket is waiting, the scent of pine needles is soothing your nerves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":16065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,94,95,84,159],"tags":[],"type_post":[],"column":[],"class_list":["post-16293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-education","category-news","category-people","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16293"},{"taxonomy":"type_post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_post?post=16293"},{"taxonomy":"column","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/column?post=16293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}