Wellbeing
Escape to the unique and hidden romantic world of D’Oyly Carte Island.
Thank you to all those who joined our wellbeing events in 2025 - it truly was a special summer.
We are delighted to announce our first wave of events for 2026. We’ll be putting on more retreat-style, in-depth experiences this year with fewer events to keep things extra special.
We’re also very excited to introduce reformer Pilates to the island - brought to you by Anthro Contrology - new for this year, experience the transformative power of reformer for body & mind. One of the only locations in the UK to offer open air sessions surrounded by idyllic nature.
Wellbeing Classes
Begin your journey with riverside yoga, breathe deeply during our empowering mat pilates sessions & let it all go in a sound bath under the stars. Immerse yourself in forest bathing, breathwork, a cacao ceremony or the gentle flow of Tai Chi to name but a few of the workshops from our eclectic, ever changing schedule —all lovingly curated by IO Project. Designed to soothe your soul & spark joy - for adults who’ve forgotten how to play.
Set in the lush, private grounds of this enchanting island, each wellbeing class offers a moment of magic, tranquility, and escape. Join us and our partners at IO Project and Anthro Contrology.
Discover classes designed to restore energy, reduce stress, and bring joy.
IO Project
IO Project host immersive sound meditation sessions in unique locations.
Our experiences are full of love, ritual & traditional practice but with a bit more contemporary attitude & delivery so they’re accessible & meaningful to a sophisticated, urban, contemporary clientele.
Using Paiste gongs, crystal bowls, Tibetan singing bowls as well as mantra, visuilisation techniques, breathwork and yoga nidra we take guests on deeply relaxing and cathartic sound journeys, helping you let go, re-balance and find peace. An incredible tool for body & mind helping release stress, have a gorgeous deep nights sleep and recalibrate the nervous system. You could call it the antidote to apathy... for adults who’ve forgotten how to play.
Created by DJ Goldierocks, having spent the last two decades travelling the world touring as a DJ & broadcaster she was very familiar with the need to seek balance. Throughout her career & life on the festival circuit, she’s extensively researched & created a set of personal practices & routines that she finds restorative.
Having recently hosted sessions for the staff of Google, Spotify & Soho House as well as festival appearances at Wilderness, Camp Bestival & Glastonbury, she’s delighted to be taking up a summer residency at D’Oyly Carte Island.
Anthro Contrology
We’re delighted to be collaborating with Richmond’s boutique reformer pilates studio “Anthro-Contrology” on all our pilates offerings . Anthro-Contrology pilates classes prioritse full body & mind wellness and are centred around precise resistance-based movements developed to stretch and strengthen the entire body – and brain. Their mat pilates classes allow time to recalibrate and realign hosted in our ballroom and in the open air on the front flower lawn.
Anthro-Contrology develops each client on an individual basis to build success on the foundations of inner focus, control and strength in order to take the practice of Pilates into everyday life.” – Amanda Caldwell, founder
Pilates is a core-focussed form of exercise that improves flexibility, strength, balance and overall body awareness, combining controlled movements with breathing techniques. Anthro-Contrology classes aim to enhance posture, muscle tone, joint mobility and mindful movement, – whatever your individual needs, experience and ability.