The Big Retreat Festival Amber is the founder of The Big Retreat Festival, a four-day wellbeing and adventure festival set in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Since launching in 2018, the festival has grown into one of the UK’s most inspiring feel-good events, blending yoga, wild swimming, music, talks, food, nature, community and much more. Amber created The Big Retreat to offer people space to reset, reconnect and rediscover joy in a supportive, unpretentious environment. 

https://www.thebigretreatfestival.com/ https://www.bigretreatcambridgeshire.com/ 
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How can you improve your wellbeing? What is the best way for you to relax and reset? You may have tried yoga, sound baths, and meditation, but what other ways are there? In this podcast – Amber and Joyce give you some ideas of ways to do this. 

The Big Retreat offers more than 300 events in a safe, welcoming space, so you can shape your own experience. It’s a brilliant place to try new wellbeing practices, meet like-minded people, and feel part of a supportive community — especially as around 20% of attendees come on their own. 

Joyce and Amber did a research study with the festival-goers in 2025 to explore their experience of the festival and see what events improved their mental and physical health, decreased stress and increased happiness. Rated highly were the setting itself, the Feel Good Field, the yoga and soul space, the sense of community and the friendly atmosphere of the festival. 2026 will be the first year Amber organises two events – one in the traditional site in Pembrokeshire plus a new event in Cambridgeshire.