We actually met at nursery when we were just 4 years old and have been friends ever since. We’ve been through several schools together, had some amazing times through the teenage years and twenties and then had children at the same time. 

It was during a holiday in Mexico to celebrate our 40th birthdays with the rest of the gang that we talked about how amazing it would be to pool our skills and create something that would really help people build their resilience to be able to thrive in challenging times. Caroline specialises in helping people to develop their personal resilience and Ainsley’s yoga classes combine mindfulness, stretching & relaxation. We realised it would be a perfect combination of mental and physical - an experience that develops both the body and mind.

Ainsley had recently left her teaching career to set up her own Yoga & wellness business and Caroline had been running her own training business delivering to corporate organisations for 5 years. After lots of discussion and excitement The Resilience Retreat was born!

By combining our skills we have created a unique retreat experience that we are both so proud of. Our retreats have already motivated many attendees to make changes in their life and set powerful goals.

Over the past two years we have led 4 residential retreats in the Lake District and two half day retreats in the Ribble Valley. We are no strangers to the corporate retreat market, having hosted HPinc and SoftCat PLC at Silverholme manor.