Sandy Donnelly DBC Boutique Health Retreats

I attended Sandy's organised retreat last weekend at Chateaux Valouez and it was an amazing experience! We were very well looked after. The food was excellent, all natural and nutritious. We had both a mind and a body detox! Definitely the best experience I have with any retreat. Nothing is too much trouble for Sandy, her enthusiastic attitude and funny comments just make the trip a great success. I would recommend her services to anyone.

Sandy’s retreat completely rejuvenated me and kick-start my fitness programme. I’ve never enjoyed running or cycling so much! Sandy’s energy and ability to make retreats fun, adventurous and mindful all at the same time is incredible. I can’t recommend it highly enough. I also made some great friends!

I spent 4 days at the Chateau de la Valouze in Dorgdogne, near Bordeaux, France. My very first retreat! I had the opportunity to deliver a workshop (connect with your inner wise woman) and learnt so much and had so much fun with the other participants - the early morning walk around the estate led by Sandy to belly dancing, yoga, meditation, mindfulness, guidance on love and relationships and much more! Sandy is a fantastic host and organiser. She has so much energy and a wonderful sense of humour and really looks after you. The food was portion controlled, but healthy,, nutritious and definitely delicious! I'm still re-living the experience in my head and will be keeping in touch with/meeting up with some of the other attendees. Definitely recommend a retreat with Sandy (DBC Health Retreats) and hope to attend another in the not too distant future!

I attended Sandy's healthy mind and body retreat at the beautiful Chateau Valouze, near Bordeaux in the South of France this month. What an AMAZING experience it was. As my first retreat, it is an experience I will never forget and would definitely attend one of Sandy's retreats again.Sandy is a terrific host and full of positive energy. There were a variety of interesting activities to take part in, including Sandy's Pilates class, an outing to a vineyard and I delivered my workshop The Mind Detox. The food which was cooked by Sandy herself was delicious. It was clean eating and portion controlled and is something I have maintained since coming back.To anyone who reads this review, I highly recommend that you attend one of Sandy's retreats, you will not be disappointed.

Wonderful rejuvenated experience! Sandy is an amazing fitness lifestyle coach with all the expertise, patience, compassion and joy to make this an unforgettable retreat for mind and body ..

I had a great time teaching yoga at Sandy's Healthy Mind & Body Retreat in Bordeaux. Sandy is very friendly and her enthusiasm for healthy living is contagious. She also makes sure that everything runs smoothly.The Chateau is picturesque and a great place to relax and detoxify with like minded people and the freshly prepared vegetarian food was delicious.Sandy ensures that there is a wide range of activities and interesting workshops on offer and there was even a scheduled trip to St Emilion for the shopping and wine lovers.I would thoroughly recommend DBC Health Retreats to anyone who is looking to improve their health and wellbeing, and meet some new and amazing people.

My wife has just returned from a retreat in Lanzarote with Sandy and has rated it as her best ever retreat (she’s done quite a few!). She has lost weight, eaten healthily, exercised, relaxed and, most importantly, had a lot of fun. She would highly, highly recommend the retreat and seeing how relaxed and refreshed she looks, so would I! (she doesn’t have a gmail account and so asked me to write the review for her). Her main comment is - just book it. You will love it.

I recently participated in one of Sandy’s virtual retreats and didn’t know what to expect. It started at 8.30am and finished at 10.30am within this time we made fresh juices, mindfulness and Pilates session. We then went about our day but Sandy would send out reminders of when we should drink our next juice but also motivational messages. We rejoined the virtual group at 4pm until 6pm. Within this session we did a variety of task including educational nutritional quiz, which where real fun. We also do a yoga class and made a soup The next morning we rejoined again at 8.30am. Both the Sunday sessions were excellent with learning new mind sets with regards to food and nutrition. All in all I found it excellent in every aspect. Value for money, educational, fun, interesting and super relaxed and friendly. I would definitely recommend and I will be attend others. Thank you Sandy

Amazing retreat in Lanzarote!! Energising and happiness fuelling. Sandy is amazing, she taught me so much about nutrition and health. Loved loved the pilates, which I thought wouldn’t be for me, but sandy makes it fun! I have been 4 times now.