Plantation Villa at Ruxton Farm, UK

Plantation Villa at Ruxton Farm, UK Plantation Villa is a specialist Yoga, Meditation & Ayurveda Retreat in Herefordshire UK

The retreats available offer a typical Ayurvedic lifestyle and comprise daily yoga and meditation classes, 3 delicious and freshly cooked Ayurvedic meals, as well as extra activities including cookery classes, gardening, guided walks, and talks and workshops on Yoga, Ayurveda, Meditation, Buddhism, health and lifestyle. With private, twin and triple share rooms available, all with their own ensuite bathrooms and views out to the stunning Herefordshire countryside and the River Wye, Plantation Villa at Ruxton Farm offers a home away from home where you can escape the bustle of modern-day life, embrace a new way of living, and allow yourself to be guided back into balance.

WISDOM TALKS WITH OUR VISITING MONKWe’re delighted to welcome our senior Buddhist monk back to Plantation Villa for a se...
26/09/2026

WISDOM TALKS WITH OUR VISITING MONK

We’re delighted to welcome our senior Buddhist monk back to Plantation Villa for a series of relaxed, thought-provoking talks exploring some of the questions and challenges we all face in life.

Drawing on years of Buddhist wisdom and counselling experience, the talks are non-religious and open to everyone.

Upcoming talks

Saturday 26 September | 8pm
What Makes a Life Meaningful?

Tuesday 29 September | 3.30pm
Practicing Forgiveness

Friday 2 October | 8pm
The Addiction to Distraction

Saturday 3 October | 3.30pm
How to Have Difficult Conversations

Monday 5 October | 8pm
What to Do When Life Doesn’t Go to Plan

Friday 9 October | 8pm
What Loss Can Teach Us

Free to attend
Questions and discussion are welcome.

Private guidance and counselling sessions with the monk are also available during his visit.

For evening talks, you are welcome to join us for dinner beforehand at 7pm for £18.50 per person.

Please book in advance where possible.

We have become remarkably good at overriding tiredness.Another coffee.Another task.Another hour.Another promise to rest ...
23/09/2026

We have become remarkably good at overriding tiredness.

Another coffee.
Another task.
Another hour.
Another promise to rest later.

Somewhere along the way, tiredness became something to defeat rather than something to hear.

But fatigue is information.

Sometimes it is asking for sleep.
Sometimes for nourishment.
Sometimes for less stimulation.
Sometimes simply for a pause.

Not every signal from the body needs to be fixed, optimised or pushed aside.

Some need to be listened to.

At Plantation Villa, rest is not treated as the space left over after everything else is done.

It is part of the rhythm of healing itself.

Perhaps the question is not always:

How do I find more energy?

Perhaps sometimes it is:

Why am I not allowing myself to stop?

20/09/2026

Food has rhythm too.

Not only in what we eat, but in when we eat, how regularly we eat, and the state we are in when we sit down to a meal.

Many of us have become used to eating in between tasks, while distracted, too quickly, too late, or without really arriving to the moment at all.

And often, the body notices.

Digestive discomfort, heaviness, irregular appetite, or the sense of never feeling fully nourished are not always only about food choices.
Sometimes they are also about rhythm.

Ayurveda has long understood that digestion is deeply influenced by timing, consistency, and the wider conditions around eating.

This is not about perfection.
And it is not about rules.

It is about remembering that nourishment lands differently when there is warmth, regularity and presence.

At Plantation Villa, meals are part of the healing rhythm of the day, not an interruption to it.

A little more time.
A little more attention.
A little less rushing.

Sometimes that alone changes the experience of eating.

Which part feels most familiar to you: eating too quickly, eating irregularly, or eating while distracted?

18/09/2026

Some journeys begin long before we understand where they are taking us.

A Quiet Heart follows the deeply personal journey behind Plantation Villa, exploring the experiences, choices and moments that gradually shaped a new path for Ishara De Silva.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Peter Webber, the film continues its journey to new audiences.

We’ll be sharing more moments from the story in the weeks ahead.

A Quiet Heart
A film on healing.

Coming soon.

We’re thrilled to share that Plantation Villa has been nominated for the OM Yoga & Lifestyle Awards, part of OM Yoga Sho...
17/09/2026

We’re thrilled to share that Plantation Villa has been nominated for the OM Yoga & Lifestyle Awards, part of OM Yoga Show London, the UK’s biggest yoga, wellness and mindful living event.

The show brings together inspiring classes, expert talks, wellbeing experiences and some of the leading voices in the wellness community.

We’re truly grateful to be recognised among them.

Finalists will be announced soon, with the awards taking place on 17 October.

Thank you to our guests, community and team who continue to be part of the Plantation Villa journey.

Wish us luck!

13/09/2026

As the season begins to shift, we often feel it in subtle ways before we explain it.

The air changes.
The light softens.
Mornings feel different.
Evenings draw in sooner.

And often, the body responds too.

You may crave more warmth.
More rest.
More grounding food.
More stillness.
More time indoors.
Or simply a gentler pace.

This is not something to resist.

Seasonal change asks us to adjust, not because we are fragile, but because we are responsive.

Modern life often encourages us to live the same way all year round.
The same speed.
The same routine.
The same demands.

But wellbeing is often found in recognising that we are shaped by the world around us.

At Plantation Villa, this is part of what makes retreat feel so restorative.
There is space to notice the season, and to let your way of living soften with it.

Sometimes healing begins when we stop asking the body to ignore what the season is already saying.

What does autumn make you crave more of: warmth, quiet, rest, or space?

10/09/2026

Long before modern conversations around circadian rhythm, Ayurveda understood that the body is not static across the day.

It changes.

There are times that support movement.
Times that support digestion.
Times that support slowing down.

This is one reason Ayurveda places so much value on rhythm.

Not rigid routine for its own sake.
But a way of living that works with the body rather than against it.

We often notice the cost of lost rhythm in simple ways:

feeling wired late at night
eating at odd times
pushing past tiredness
struggling to feel fully rested

The answer is not perfection.

It is often a gradual return to a more natural relationship with time, food, rest and daily life.

At Plantation Villa, this understanding quietly shapes the retreat experience, from the pace of the day to treatment, nourishment and rest.

Which part of your daily rhythm feels most out of sync at the moment: sleep, meals, energy, or rest?

09/09/2026

Sometimes, questioning where we are is the first step towards discovering where we are meant to go.

A Quiet Heart follows the deeply personal journey behind Plantation Villa, as Ishara De Silva reaches a turning point that begins a search for greater meaning, healing and a different way of living.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Peter Webber, the film has been featured at FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival 2026 and named a Finalist at the Creative Chakra Film Festival 2026.

We continue to share moments from a journey that began with searching, and gradually opened the door to something new.

A Quiet Heart
A film on healing.

Coming soon.

We are often taught to value consistency in one very narrow way.The same focus.The same pace.The same productivity.From ...
06/09/2026

We are often taught to value consistency in one very narrow way.

The same focus.
The same pace.
The same productivity.
From morning to night.

But the body does not move like that.

Energy changes through the day. Attention shifts. Digestion rises and falls. The mind has clearer hours and quieter ones.

This is not weakness.
It is rhythm.

Part of wellbeing is learning to stop treating every dip in energy as a problem to conquer.

Sometimes the wiser question is not,
How do I push through this?

It is,
What is this moment asking of me?

At Plantation Villa, we often see what happens when people are given enough space to stop overriding themselves.

The body softens.
The mind settles.
Rhythm returns.

Do you notice a time of day when your body naturally asks for a different pace?

04/09/2026

We often think of light as something that simply helps us see.

But your body reads it too.

Light is one of the signals that helps your internal clock understand where you are in the day.

Morning light says:

It is daytime.
Wake.
Become alert.
Begin.

And later, the contrast between daylight and darkness helps the body recognise when it is time to slow down again.

It is a beautifully simple reminder that our wellbeing is shaped not only by what we do, but also by when we do it.

At Plantation Villa, mornings naturally begin differently.

There is daylight.
Movement.
Fresh air.
Birdsong.
Space before the noise of the day begins.

You do not need an elaborate morning routine.

Sometimes, you simply need to step outside.

When was the last time you experienced the morning before looking at a screen?

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