Solo retreats

for midlife women.

Life-changing healing for real-world schedules

A photo showing the retreat bedroom painted in soft green with luxurious floral, mustard and orange bedding. Fluffy sheepskin slippers under the bed and soft pink flowers on the bedside table.

Your cosy retreat bedroom.

Most midlife women can’t clear their diaries, drop their responsibilities or go to the other side of the world to focus on their healing.

Nestled in a secret garden in North London, Magic & Medicine offers one-to-one retreats with healing foods, and a mix of therapies – all tailored to your needs.

So you can make real change – all in the space of a weekend.

Do you say these things?

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  • ‘I feel rubbish, but I don’t really know why.’

  • ‘It’s really hard to make decisions at work. Why?’

  • ‘I’ve got no energy’.

  • ‘I want to work on my health and my emotional stuff at the same time.’

  • ‘I don’t think I’ve ever really recovered from what happened to me as a child.’

  • ‘I have to look after my mum, the kids and the house - and work. When will it be my turn?’

  • I’ve done really well at work, but I just don’t care about it anymore. But I don’t know what else to do.’

  • ‘I’m so sick of this.’

Guides you can trust

We’re Tara and Bernadette. Between us, we’ve got over 40 years’ experience in psychotherapy, shamanic healing and other holistic approaches.

We’ve been through the tough stuff ourselves, and we know what it takes to heal – and that however hard things feel, there’s always hope.

You’ve got this – and we’ve got you.

 

Your journey starts here

Check out our retreats page and the photo gallery.

Got questions or want a chat? email us and let’s arrange it.

Not sure yet? Take all the time you need.

“My work with Tara was life changing”

  • The energy and ancestral healings, soul and spirit animal retrievals were amazing experiences, and are beautiful gifts that Tara offers. I cannot think of any other person or place you can go to where you can get such individualized attention and support on so many levels. I am more at home in my body and able to give gifts of my own.

    Yuko Hata

  • My work with Tara was life changing. I’ve been on a spiritual path for quite some time, and have had different people mentor me along the way, but the mentorship I received from Tara was most profound.

    She helped me tap into my soul in ways I’ve never experienced, and was able to discover things that had been hidden, which have helped me create a more authentic life.

    Diana Zamudio

  • Tara is an exceptionally gifted guide, teacher and shaman, with intuitive abilities that have helped me so many times.

    Tara has helped me step into, and love myself for, who I truly am. She has supported me in identifying my life’s purpose, and believing I can offer the work I came here to do. If you get the chance to work with her, absolutely take it. She will help you on a deeper level and in a more profound way than you can imagine.

    Nikki Allen

  • Tara is like a vagabond Buddha, an angel, a shaman. Plus, she’s not afraid to get into the dark and difficult stuff that we all have to deal with in life.

    I am lucky to have been guided by Tara in our deep soul encounter work. I could not have wished for a more solid, rooted and whole guidance. Tara is wise on multiple levels of development. I was able to connect to some forgotten layers inside me, and I am so grateful.

    Leonard de Groot