Women's Wellness Retreat · Bristol
A women's wellness retreat designed to regulate the nervous system through warmth, materiality and nourishment.
The Old Fire Station, Silver Street, Bristol
Explore the SpaceRestore & Ground exists in the space between the NHS waiting list and the unaffordable private clinic. A place designed not for illness, but for the ordinary weight women carry: chronic stress, hormonal fluctuation, gut disruption, burnout, emotional labour.
Through terracotta heat rooms, mosaic-led transitions, hydrotherapy contrast and a dedicated nutrition station, the space guides women from stress activation into grounded restoration. No performance. No perfection. Just the body returning to itself.
"You don't need to be unwell to deserve care."
Every room in Restore & Ground is designed with intention: materiality, light, temperature and scent working together to shift the nervous system from activation into rest.
Zone One
The first breath of arrival. Matte tiles underfoot, ceilings drawn low to soften and enclose, light kept warm and indirect. The Arrival space asks nothing of you. It simply asks you to arrive.
Designed to begin the transition from outside world to inner stillness. The nervous system starts to settle before you've even taken your shoes off.
Zone Two
Sauna and heat rooms clad in terracotta and light oak. Warm indirect lighting seeps through timber slats. Heat works with the body, not against it, prompting deep release, detoxification and the slow unfurling of held tension.
For chronic stress, hormonal disruption and the weight of carrying too much for too long.
Zone Three
Cool plunge pools and contrast water therapy. Glossy tiles catch and scatter light across the surface. Contrast hydrotherapy, alternating heat and cool, is one of the most powerful tools for nervous system reset.
Clarity. Awakening. The body remembers how to feel alive.
Zone Four
Soft neutral surfaces. A gentle mist. Scent chosen for parasympathetic activation. This room asks you to simply be. Not to process, not to achieve, not to move on. Just to be present with whatever is here.
Stillness is not empty. For women carrying chronic emotional labour, stillness is the most radical act.
Zone Five
Mosaic-guided pathways wind through intimate alcoves of layered lighting and tactile materials. These spaces are designed for personal restoration: moments of quiet, of privacy, of being held without being seen.
For those who need retreat within the retreat. A space to decompress at whatever depth they need.
Zone Six
A softly enclosed room for meditation, prayer, and quiet contemplation. Textured walls absorb sound, creating a cocoon of stillness. Low ambient light and a subtle scent of sandalwood invite the mind to settle.
This space honours all forms of inner practice, whether spiritual, secular, or simply silent.
Zone Seven
A dedicated nutrition station serving health-focused food bowls, adaptogenic tea stations and nourishing drinks designed for nervous system support. Food as part of the experience, not an afterthought.
Nourishment from within. The body receives what it needs to complete the regulatory journey.
Zone Eight
A flexible studio space hosting yoga, movement workshops, cooking classes and community gatherings. The studio brings the community dimension to Restore & Ground, because regulated nervous systems thrive in connection.
Workshops, classes and events throughout the week. Open to all members and day visitors.
Zone Nine
Hands in clay, mind at rest. The pottery studio offers wheel-throwing, hand-building, and glazing workshops. Working with clay is deeply grounding, engaging the hands and quieting the mind.
Classes create functional pieces for the retreat itself, connecting makers to the space they restore in.
Every material, scent, temperature and transition has been considered for how women's bodies and nervous systems actually respond.
No cold marble lobbies, no performative luxury. Terracotta warmth, natural materials, low lighting. The space meets you where you are.
Positioned between the NHS waiting list and the unaffordable private clinic. Student and low-income pricing built in from the start.
You won't find clinical white walls or Instagram moments here. Just the quiet work of regulation: unglamorous, essential, effective.
Hydrotherapy, heat therapy, nervous system regulation, nutritional support: grounded in what actually works for the body under chronic stress.
Shared spaces, weekly classes, community events. Regulated nervous systems thrive in genuine connection, and this space holds that.
"You don't need to be unwell to deserve care."
We believe access to regulated nervous systems shouldn't depend on income. Our pricing reflects that: from student access to full membership, every tier is designed with care.
Drop-in
Full circuit access: arrival zone, heat rooms, hydrotherapy, reflection space and nutrition station. Your two hours, your pace.
Half Day
Extended access including all spaces, nutritional drinks, tea stations and a food bowl. Space to properly arrive and properly leave.
Membership
Four visits per month, discounted extras, priority booking for workshops and events. For women who know this is part of their rhythm.
Access
Verified student or low-income access. Full two-hour experience. No compromise on the space. Because care shouldn't be a privilege.
From early morning yoga to community pottery: the studio brings rhythm and ritual to your week. All classes are open to day visitors and members alike.
Rest Day
All spaces open for self-guided use
9:00–17:00
Available at reception
A small curated range of functional wellness blends, available at our reception desk and nutrition station. Three products designed to complement your time in the space.
View Full Range →Restore & Ground is rooted in feminist spatial theory and trauma-informed design. The space was conceived as a direct response to how public wellness infrastructure tends to fail women: too clinical, too expensive, too alienating.
Hanya's practice sits at the intersection of material culture, embodied experience and social equity. Every design decision, from ceiling height to tile finish, from ambient temperature to acoustic texture, is grounded in how women's bodies actually inhabit and respond to space under chronic stress.
The Old Fire Station in Bristol provided the perfect architecture: robust, industrial, but with the spatial quality to hold warmth. A building that has always served the public, now serving in a different way.
Feminist spatial theory. Trauma-informed design. Bristol.