#87 - JOOLS SAMPSON - Founder of leading retreat company Reclaim Yourself

Jools Sampson created her retreat company, Reclaim Your Self Retreats, (@reclaimyourself) in 2005 and she has been designing and leading global retreats ever since. She is an industry pioneer with a passion for finding locations where retreats don’t usually happen and building innovative retreats from scratch.

With a background in international development and time spent living and working in East Africa, she is a passionate advocate for positive impact tourism. Reclaim Yourself specialises in transformational trips in remote paradise locations. It is now one of the leading retreat companies in the UK, running sold out trips that feature regularly in the press. Jools is also the Co-Founder of Retreat Creators, sharing her experience and wisdom with the retreat leaders of tomorrow.

Jools is member of the Conscious Travel Foundation, Tourism Declares, Women in Travel and with her BCorp application in process, she is part of a movement to lead the UK wellness industry into a more responsible and regenerative future.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

  • What are the motivators for people wanting to head on retreat.

  • Why people choose to join Jools on a retreat that combines yoga with a dream destination adventures

  • The refined process by which Jools creates and retreat & how she’s learnt from retreat fails

  • How does Jools manage expectations on a retreat; both of attendees and her own

  • How attendees contribute to the dynamics and feeling of a retreat

  • About managing boundaries, professionalism and keeping balance on the retreats 

  • What Jools does post retreat to process and recalibrate herself 

  • What advice would Jools share with yoga teachers wanting to host their first retreat 

  • About considering the cost of going away on a yoga retreat vs teaching the regular yoga schedule at home 

  • The impact that the pandemic has had on Jools personally and her business 

  • What does Jools do for selfcare

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE …

PERKS FOR YOU

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25% off our online platform full of yoga, sound and meditation, with code HONEST25 (25% off single 12 month membership or reoccurring monthly membership until cancellation) 

THE HOSTS

@adamhusler - Drawing from a variety of lives lived off the mat, Adam Husler brings a unique perspective to those who seek more from yoga than making pretty shapes. He offers creative, effective and clearly-sequenced teachings that focus on balancing flexibility and strength; physically and mentally. Educated by globally renown teachers, including Jason Crandell and Michael Stone, Adam specialises in a signature style of Alignment-Based Vinyasa— fuelled by a fascination with anatomy and a desire to ask ‘why?’. 

Based in London, Adam teaches a robust schedule in one of the worlds top yoga studios, Triyoga, and world leading gym, Equinox. On top of this, Adam leads workshops, trainings and teaches festivals continuously around the world, leaving him with thousands of teaching hours under his belt and plenty of appearances in national and international media.

For workshops, trainings, events and retreats, find out more here. 

@iamhollyhusler - From belting out original pop tunes at the London O2 stage to 20,000 people, whilst supporting Westlife, to singing healing mantras and playing magical instruments, to seas of sleeping yogis, at events and studios across the globe; Holly’s journey has led to a deep desire to help people find conscious connection and their own inner peace.

For trainings, workshops, music, events and retreats, find out more here.

Adam Husler