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Welcome to Riversdale Lodge. Originally built in 1890, this historic, charismatic house has been beautifully renovated to unite all the luxuries of a boutique hotel with all the comfort of a home.
At the heart of the house is the spacious studio, lit via large rooflights and complete with underfloor heating, intelligent lighting, and speakers. There are also a number of expansive living areas, including a drawing room with a log fire and TV and a cinema room. A long, tree-lined garden stretches from the house to the river’s edge, ending in a large jetty overlooking the Thames and Cookham Moor beyond.
The studio comfortably accommodates 22 mats, plus 1 teacher. The studio is lit from above via 3 huge rooflights and at night you can see the fairy lights of the roof terrace. There are 2 portable speakers that can be moved between the studio and the garden. The studio has 20 sets of yoga mats, bolsters, straps, eye masks, cork blocks and 40 cork bricks.
Our bedrooms sleep up to 24, and are finished to the highest standard, with single and double beds, beautiful decor, and luxuriant carpets. The bathrooms are spacious and superbly fitted with marble surfaces and hardwood floors. There is underfloor heating throughout, to ensure you are always cosy.
The main kitchen is a wonderful communal space, with plenty of room to connect with your guests. Sharing good food is central to our lives, and we are passionate that food should be both a joy to experience and a healing influence for our health. We are able to offer a catered hire option, with delicious, locally-sourced meals prepared by our chef.
The river is home to 42 different species of birds, including our two swan families who will greet you as you lounge under the weeping willow. The moorlands are a peaceful background to the jolly sight of boats gliding up and down the river. And if you want to join them, in the boatshed you will find 3 paddleboards, a canoe, and life jackets.
A long, tree-lined garden stretches from the house all the way to the river’s edge, ending in a large jetty overlooking the Thames and Cookham Moor beyond. The large, flat lawn and deck serve as an idyllic location for outdoor yoga.
At the end of the garden is our Meditation Orb, a warm, cosy space lit by twinkling lights, for individual or small set group meditation, looking out onto the river. You can gather around the fire pit to enjoy the sunset overlooking the river, drinking teas prepared in our riverside kitchen.
We welcome a range of residential retreats at Riversdale Lodge.
We partner with members of our Healing, Health, Joy Collective, including local practitioners offering:
- Yoga;
- Alternative healing, including
- Meditation
- Gong baths
- Kirtans
- Reiki
- Xi Gong
- Cacao ceremonies, and more;
- Creative arts;
- River activities, including
- Paddleboarding
- SUP Yoga and
- Wild swimming; and
- Cooking.
If you are looking for additional classes for your retreat programme, we will happily connect you with our local partners.
We are able to offer bedrooms with an ensuite bathroom on the ground floor, however there is one step to enter the house, and one more step to enter the kitchen and garden. The studio is on the ground floor. We are committed to ensuring the highest level of accessibility possible, and will collaborate to make necessary arrangements that allow anyone who wants to stay with us to do so.
We use only ecologically-safe cleaning products, keep our use of single-use items and plastics to a minimum, and source our food and materials from local suppliers we trust to respect our environment whenever possible.
Our retreats are usually Friday - Sunday, but we are able to be flexible in some circumstances.
Located just off junction 2 of the M40 and junction 7 of the M4, we are a 40 minute drive from London.
Our nearest train stations are Bourne End, Beaconsfield and Maidenhead, which are all between 5 and 20 minutes' drive from Riversdale Lodge. Beaconsfield is a 25 minute train from Marylebone and Maidenhead is a 40 minute train from Paddington.
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