January is not usually known for its good decisions. You spend most of it wondering where the daylight went, wearing three jumpers indoors and pretending a dry January was your idea all along.

Winter Tide is a better plan.

From 15–17 January 2027, you’ll spend a weekend in Keyhaven, Hampshire, where the New Forest meets the Solent. There will be yoga, sea air, warm food, fires, coastal walks, optional cold-water nonsense and plenty of time to nap without having to defend your decision.

This is a yoga retreat in Hampshire for people who want more than a timetable of back-to-back classes. You’ll have around ten sessions across the weekend, but you won’t be chased into any of them. Join everything. Choose selectively. Slope off with a book. Nobody is keeping score.

Dates and prices

• Dates: Friday 15 – Sunday 17 January 2027
• Timing: Arrival around 5pm Friday, finish after brunch on Sunday
• Shared double room: From £500 per person
• Private room: From £950
• Booking: A deposit secures your place. Booking direct avoids extra third-party charges and keeps refunds simpler.
• To book: Email info@novamilesko.com to book or ask about rooms

Where the New Forest meets the Solent

Keyhaven sits beside salt marshes, hidden waterways and wide, changeable skies. The Lymington-Keyhaven Nature Reserve is home to wading birds and wintering Brent geese, so there is plenty to look at when your brain has had enough of looking at emails.

The water is close, around a three-minute walk from the coastal home, and shoreline paths lead towards Hurst Castle. Lymington is nearby when you fancy a wander, a coffee or a reminder that civilisation still exists.

Winter makes the coast particularly good at being honest. The salt marshes are spare and quiet. The air has a bite to it. The tide does what it likes. You can walk beside the water with the cry of seabirds overhead, then return to warmth, tea and food that someone else has thoughtfully prepared.

The New Forest Farm Retreat is the softer, earthier cousin: trees, fields, animals and cosy barns. Winter Tide is its coastal counterpart: saltier, windier and more likely to involve a kayak.

What your weekend includes

Across the weekend, you can expect around ten yoga, meditation and workshop sessions, alongside time outdoors and plenty of space to do very little.

Your Winter Tide experience includes:

• Vinyasa flow yoga to warm you up, get you moving and help shake off the stiffness of January.
• Yin yoga for slower stretching, release and the sort of stillness your body may have been requesting rather loudly.
• Guided meditation to give your mind a break from producing imaginary problems.
• Sound baths for deep rest and quiet.
• Aerial yoga, with supported stretching and playful movement in the hammock.
• Guided sea dips, entirely optional and always taken at your own pace.
• Kayaking, weather and conditions permitting.
• Coastal walks through the shoreline landscape, salt marshes and nature reserve.
• Foraging, explored safely and thoughtfully.
• Edible art, because not every creative activity needs to involve a vision board.
• Fires, hot-tub time and cosy evenings back at the house.
• Breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, afternoon tea and cakes, all prepared by Nova using plant-based ingredients.

You can join the full programme or create your own version of the weekend. There is no forced serenity, no gold star for attending every session and no leaderboard for people who have somehow managed to do yoga before breakfast.

Sea dips without the heroic nonsense

The sea dip is optional. Properly optional.

You can enter the water. You can dip a toe. You can paddle to your ankles. You can stand on the shore holding the towels and offering moral support. All of these count as participating in the coastal experience, particularly the towel-related contribution.

There is no prize for staying in longest. The aim is not to prove that you are secretly made of polar-bear DNA. The point is to meet the moment, notice your breath and decide what feels right for you.

If you do choose to dip, it will be guided and approached sensibly. You’ll have support, warm layers and a hot drink waiting afterwards. The cold water can feel startling, energising and very effective at making you forget whatever minor inconvenience was bothering you five minutes earlier.

You are allowed to be curious without being reckless.

Yoga and movement for actual human bodies

This is a restorative yoga retreat, but restorative does not mean spending the entire weekend lying motionless beneath a beige blanket. There will be movement, play and chances to explore what your body can do.

Vinyasa flow will bring warmth and energy to your mornings. You’ll move with your breath, build heat and work through the stiffness that tends to arrive with cold weather, desk chairs and the general administrative burden of being alive.

Yin will slow everything down. You’ll spend longer in supported shapes, allowing the body time to soften rather than forcing it to perform.

Aerial yoga adds a little levity, literally. You’ll use the hammock for support, stretching and playful movement. You may feel graceful. You may feel like a crisply packaged bat. Both are acceptable.

Beginners are welcome. Experienced practitioners are welcome. You do not need to touch your toes, know your Sanskrit or own an expensive mat. You only need to arrive willing to try things at a pace that suits you.

Kayaking, coastal walks and making things

When the weather behaves, you’ll have the chance to kayak through the waterways around Keyhaven. The pace is steady rather than competitive. You’ll paddle past boats, marshes and shifting skies, with enough time to notice where you are rather than simply trying to get somewhere else.

There will also be coastal walks, opportunities for foraging and an edible-art workshop. The landscape gives you plenty to work with: salt air, winter vegetation, pebbles, driftwood, sea greens and the particular colours of the coast in January.

Edible art is exactly what it sounds like, making something beautiful from food, then eating it. A sensible creative practice, frankly.

You don’t need to think of yourself as artistic. You don’t need to produce something worthy of a gallery wall. You can simply arrange, taste, experiment and enjoy doing something with your hands.

Plant-based food, made properly

Food is a large part of the weekend because it should be. You’ll receive breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, afternoon tea and cakes, all prepared by Nova, a Leiths-trained chef.

The food is plant-based, generous and designed to nourish you after movement and time outdoors. Expect warming meals, colourful plates, satisfying textures and the sort of cake that makes a second piece seem like a reasonable logistical decision.

You won’t be expected to survive on a sad bowl of leaves because you attended a wellness retreat. You’ll eat properly. You’ll have enough. You’ll be encouraged to enjoy it.

If you’d like a taste of the food served at Nova’s retreats, explore these nourishing vegan recipes from a recent retreat.

Fires, hot tubs and doing absolutely nothing

The coastal home is warm and comfortable, with pretty private rooms, fires and space to settle in. After a walk or a sea dip, you can return to dry clothes, hot food and the deeply underrated pleasure of not having to drive anywhere.

There is a hot tub under the stars, too. You can sit in it after dinner, look up at the sky and allow conversation to drift wherever it goes. Or you can say nothing. Both are perfectly respectable.

Evenings might include a fire, tea, conversation, a book or an early night. You can be sociable without being available every second. You can take yourself off for a nap without making an announcement.

That is the point.

Practical details

Dates: Friday 15–17 January 2027
Arrival: Around 5pm on Friday
Departure: After brunch on Sunday
Location: Keyhaven, Hampshire, where the New Forest meets the Solent
Accommodation: A beautiful coastal home around three minutes from the water
Price: From £500 shared double per person
Private rooms: From £950

Your weekend includes:

• Accommodation
• Around ten yoga, movement, meditation and workshop sessions
• Vinyasa flow and Yin yoga
• Meditation and sound baths
• Aerial yoga
• Guided sea dips, if you choose to take part
• Kayaking, weather permitting
• Coastal walks and foraging
• Edible art
• Breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, afternoon tea and cakes
• Fires, hot-tub time and plenty of space to rest

Winter Tide is suitable for beginners and experienced practitioners alike. You do not need to be flexible, fearless or particularly good at relaxing. You can join in as much or as little as you like.

Nova’s retreats have been featured by The Guardian as one of the best yoga retreats in the UK and Europe, with recognition for expert tuition, value for money and the unusual but very welcome combination of yoga, workshops, meditation, adventure and excellent food. You can read the Guardian feature here.

Give yourself a coastal weekend

You don’t have to wait until your body has staged a formal protest before taking a break.

Come for the sea air, the yoga, the food, the kayaking or the hot tub. Come because January needs improving. Come because you want three days where the meals, activities and practical details have already been considered.

You can book a room or ask any questions by emailing info@novamilesko.com.

Booking directly is preferred. It avoids extra third-party charges and keeps the refund process simpler if your plans need to change.

Winter Tide is a yoga retreat in the UK, a meditation retreat, a coastal escape and a sensible way to spend a January weekend.

You can paddle. You can practise. You can walk beside the water.

Or you can hold the towels and wait for the kettle.

All welcome.