Do What You Love

Do What You Love art and creative enterprise retreat

Imagine a magical place in an area of outstanding natural beauty, deep in the ancient English countryside.  A place where you can escape from everyday life, reconnect with the real you, and nurture your creative spirit.

Imagine a time when you are free to indulge your creativity. When you can step out of your creative comfort zone and take risks, supported by a warm community of like-minded souls.  And all this under the guidance of an outstanding teacher.

Imagine a space where you can explore the ideas you have been quietly sheltering for so long.  Where they will be motivated by inspiring entrepreneurs and where, nurtured by your new community, your self-belief will soar.  Where you can grow your creative business ideas, or simply plant the seed of belief that you really can find a way to do what you love, for life.

All this exists.

You can find it at the Do What You Love retreat. It is an intimate gathering of creative souls, sharing a special journey of change.
Everything is taken care of.  You just have to take care of yourself.

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This short video by Nut Films will show you what it is all about:

(Featuring footage from the 2011 retreat, along with short interviews with Flora Bowley, Rachel Hazell, Etsy Director Matt Stinchcomb and Do What You Love founder Beth Nicholls)

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The sold-out 2011 Do What You Love retreat was like a dream.   Held in the stunning Yorkshire Dales, England, in May 2011, it combined creativity, enterprise and community, and brought together creative souls from across the world. Many participants even described it as ‘life changing’. 

The next retreat will be held in 2013.  More details will be announced soon. To be the first to hear (and for details of the special early bird discount), sign up for the Do What You Love newsletter here

In the meantime, you can find several blog posts about the retreat here: Gathering/ Full of Love / Reflecting / Bloom True with Flora Bowley / Paper heaven with Rachel Hazell / Delicate wax and wire sculptures with Priscilla Jones

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  • testimonials

    The inaugural Do What You Love retreat takes place in a magical location deep in the ancient countryside in northern England. This is what previous visitors to the stunning venue have said about it:

    "What with the colonies of rabbits, and the pheasants, badgers, deer, kestrels and sheep, you don't exactly feel alone. But the eco-cabins have been planted with such care on the hillside overlooking Swaledale, amid rangy gorse, hawthorn and elder, that you don't exactly feel crowded in, either … Here you can take pleasure in the simple things: sitting on your deck looking across the spectacular valley to a soundtrack of birdsong; and, in the evenings, snuggling up by the wood-burning stove to watch the twilight gradually dimming through vast floor-to-ceiling windows. " Harper’s Bazaar magazine

    " The residences look like the sort of places that Wallpaper* magazine might use for a fashion shoot. The specially commissioned furniture looks sleek and super-modern but was made in Yorkshire. The sheepskin cushions are as fluffy as it gets." In Style Magazine

    "There's nothing like bringing the beautiful outdoors inside. With panoramic glass frontages, this group of wooden residences does just that, allowing in the greenness and light of the Swale Valley in Yorkshire" The Guardian newspaper

    "Everything was perfect" Claire (on www.i-escape.com)

    "Lovely accommodation in a beautiful area" Lesley (on www.i-escape.com)

    "Perfect place for R&R… If you are looking to get away from it all you will not be disappointed" Lestiac (on www.tripadvisor.com)

    "Wow, I didn’t want to leave. We were surrounded by woodland and there was a family of small deer living there. None of us wanted to go back to reality - think we could happily live there." Tara (on www.tripadvisor.com )