Vagus Nerve Reset Day Retreat
Sunday 2nd November
10am - 4.30pm
Do your digestive symptoms disrupt your
work and social life?
Does bloating or abdominal discomfort hold you back from
enjoying your days fully?
Beyond these, perhaps you're grappling with:
✔️ Anxiety, emotional overwhelm, or trouble switching off.
✔️ Depression, a persistently low mood, or feeling emotionally numb.
✔️ Chronic conditions like fatigue, fibromyalgia, or even frequent insomnia.
✔️ Ongoing pain, migraines, chronic inflammation, or autoimmune issues.
These issues can often be traced back to one crucial system in your body:
your nervous system, particularly influenced by the gut-brain-axis.
This complex system underlies the bi-directional communication between your brain and gut, linking stress directly to various health symptoms, including those of IBS and imbalances in the gut microbiome.
Join our Vagus Nerve Reset
Day Retreat
Sunday 2nd November 2025
Why Attend the Vagus Nerve Reset Day Retreat?
This retreat offers a unique opportunity to reconnect with your core self through targeted practices that activate your vagus nerve - the key regulator of your parasympathetic nervous system.
By learning to enhance the function of your vagus nerve, you can significantly improve your body’s response to stress and reduce the symptoms associated with its mismanagement.
Whether you're battling specific health issues like hormone imbalances and mood disorders, or you suspect that stress or trauma lies at the root of your ongoing health challenges, this retreat is designed for you. The day is structured to provide not only relaxation and rejuvenation but also practical, effective strategies for ongoing wellness.
A Day of Indulgence and Connection
Treat yourself to a day of 'self-care' to enjoy deep relaxation, delicious, healthful food, and the company of others who are on a similar journey towards better health. The retreat promises not only a lovely day of learning and restoration but also an opportunity for meaningful social connections and positive personal transformation.
Meet the team
Helen Ross
Helen is a registered nutritionist specialising in gut health and digestive disorders. Her expertise extends beyond irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) to include managing chronic conditions such as anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, and hormone imbalances through a functional medicine approach.
In 2018, Helen founded The Well Life Lab, where she offers personalised gut health programmes and virtual consultations. She’s passionate about applying her deep understanding of the vagus nerve’s role in wellness to help clients achieve sustainable health improvements.
Join Helen at the Vagus Nerve Reset Day Retreat to discover practical, life-enhancing strategies for harmonising gut health with overall well-being.
Website: www.thewelllifelab.co.uk
Email: thewelllifelab@gmail.com
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Nat Vallely
Nat is a certified facilitator in Conscious Connected Breathwork, a transformative practice designed to stimulate the nervous system - particularly the vagus nerve. This technique is scientifically backed and fundamentally changes how the body responds to stress.
Conscious Connected Breathwork is a unique deep diaphragmatic breathing technique that helps to unlock stored emotions and experiences that shape our personality and behaviour. By actively engaging in this breathwork, you can access unconscious memories and beliefs, integrating them to prevent their continued influence on your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours.
Unintegrated memories and beliefs can perpetuate negative thought patterns, behaviours, and responses, contributing to chronic health issues stemming from a dysregulated nervous system. Nat's guided breathwork sessions provide a safe environment to release these trapped emotions, leading to profound neurological adaptation and a decompressed nervous system.
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What does the day involve?
10am: Arrive. Welcome drink
10.30am: Introduction to the Vagus Nerve and relaxation practices.
Culinary adaptogens and mini-workshop with Helen
12.30pm: Organic Vegetarian Lunch (gf, df)
1.30pm: Transformational Breathwork session with Nat
3pm: Delicious plant-based afternoon tea (gf,df)
4pm: Closing circle and meditation
4.30pm: Finish
The Workshop
Launceston Farm,
Tarrant Launceston,
Blandford
Dorset
Sunday 2nd November 2025
About the Vagus Nerve
There has been a large amount of recent interest in the role of the parasympathetic nervous system as a way to help us to unwind and relax, and ultimately to decrease our cortisol levels (stress hormones).
The vagus nerve is the main component of the parasympathetic nervous system and is involved in relaxing the body. It is also known as the "wandering nerve", it is the tenth cranial nerve, originating in the brainstem and travelling all the way to the gut, connecting it to the central nervous system.
Its main function is to send nerve signals between the gut and the brain (it plays a large role in the gut-brain axis). The vagus nerve is an important communication pathway that influences the gut microbiome, the brain, and our behaviours.
It also has an influence on our endocrine system (i.e. hormones), our immune system, cardiovascular system, respiratory system, and neurotransmitters (i.e. our mental health).
Chronic stress can exert huge negative consequences on our personal and professional lives, and too much stress can be extremely detrimental to our health.
Cortisol is produced by the adrenal glands, is linked to inflammation and is a significant driver in most chronic health and disease processes.
Increasing our vagal tone (vagus nerve activity) helps to suppress inflammation, supports immune resilience, and greater stress resistance while helping to control anxiety and depression, and with a beneficial impact on IBS.
Decreased vagal tone is associated with poor digestion due to delayed gastric emptying (gastroparesis) and poor gut motility, elevated blood pressure, increased heart rate, cognitive impairment, and a heightened stress response.
We need to be doing more restful and calming activities to help activate this system more often.
Limited spaces so early bookings recommended
(bookings close Friday 17th October)
Do your health a favour and join us at this beautiful location for a day of learning, rest, relaxation, and deep transformation.
T E S T I M O N I A L S
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This is what our previous attendees have said:
“It was a wonderful day! Thank you, Helen. And the food was delicious!!!” – Lucy Ann
“Thank you so much! I really enjoyed the day and learned so much! A wonderful bunch of people.” - Lucy Morgan
“Loved being part of such a great day. Thanks Helen.” – Anna
“Wow what an amazing day we all had, it was the best.
I have been to a few health events but I have to say yours was the most
rewarding and beneficial.” - Ellie
“The best day retreat I’ve been to.” - Emma
“I would like to say a huge thank you to you all.
I thoroughly enjoyed my day, and all the food was delicious.
I would definitely consider another visit.” - Jo
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The Venue
Launceston Farm is nestled amongst 900 acres of organic farmland within the
Cranborne Chase area of outstanding natural beauty.
The Workshop is a beautiful, tranquil space at the heart of Launceston Farm. The design and styling, inspired by the farm’s rich history, gives new life to these once redundant farm buildings.
It has a relaxed atmosphere and its stylish interiors offer an abundance of natural light.
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