Largus Retreats
Our Practitioners
Private Chef
Sarah Mooney
Sarah Mooney has 20 years of experience in the food industry.
As a passionate personal chef and resident luxury retreat chef, she specialises in creating vibrant seasonal flavours with a twist. Her infectious enthusiasm and commitment to excellence shine through every dish she prepares. With her extensive expertise in catering for all dietary requirements, private dining, events, parties, and menu tasting consultancy for weddings, Sarah is committed to providing exceptional customer service. She ensures that every culinary experience she delivers surpasses expectations. Sarah's dedication to culinary perfection is unmatched.
She is certified by the Level 5 Food Standards Agency and is fully insured. Through her bespoke cookery lessons and impeccable catering services she continues to redefine the art of delivering both homely and luxury dining, her creations leave a lasting impression on everyone who indulges in them.
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Yoga Practitioner
Carmen Lee
My name is Carmen. I’m a certified holistic relationship and sex educator, tantra yoga teacher, and childbirth doula.
I have taught hundreds of women—just like you—how to access more pleasure, presence, and peace through my traditional yoga classes, workshops, courses, retreats, dance and callisthenic programmes.
I combine science and spirituality in sacred union, to help you step into your highest self.
If you’re ready to start a personal growth journey that helps you to refine your life for less stress, more fulfilling relationships, better sex, increased self-confidence and life-changing creativity that helps you to manifest the life of your dreams…
Stick around for the juicy stuff and start your journey now.
Yoga Instructor
Jc Yogi
My experience in Yoga goes back to 2001. I felt drawn to it after attending my first class. However due to personal circumstances, I stopped practicing because I was running my own business as a Chef Proprietor. During this period, I became aware of how incredibly stressful life can be especially in the corporate environment and became inspired to help people restore their peace of mind and physical health. In 2006 I started attending yoga classes again in my local health club in Staines where I was very fortunate to meet many other inspirational teachers from other yogic disciplines such as Ashtanga, Hatha, Tantric, Anusara, Gravatonic & Mindfulness Meditation. In 2015 I took a leap of faith and quit my employment as a chef to teach yoga full time and to further my knowledge so I could help and encourage others to change their lives. I use my background in Lebanese Cuisine, with its healthy Mediterranean influence, to provide dietary advice to promote a holistic approach to good health. I also cater on some of the retreats I run as well as teaching yoga
.I organise and run various yoga retreats in the UK and abroad, monthly workshops and Rasa Yoga 200-hour teacher training in the UK and abroad. I also teach yoga at various festivals around Europe, as well as a bespoke one on one or two on one yoga classes.
Sound Therapy Practitioner
Manjola Hoxha
Manjola is a meditation guide, sound healing practitioner, and founder of SOLUNA HEART, a wellbeing platform dedicated to helping people reconnect with their true nature and cultivate inner harmony.
Her work is rooted in the belief that healing is not about fixing what is broken, but about remembering who we truly are beneath the layers of stress, conditioning, and life's challenges. Through meditation, breath work, sound healing, energy awareness, and holistic wellbeing practices, she creates safe and nurturing spaces where people can slow down, reconnect, and return home to themselves.
Inspired by the sacred balance of the Sun and Moon, SOLUNA HEART reflects Manjola's vision of inner harmony—the union of strength and softness, action and surrender, mind and heart.
Her intention is simple: to help people remember the wisdom, peace, and wholeness that already lives within them.
Yoga Instructor
Charles Pearson
Charles currently teaches in Edinburgh at Tribe, Hot Pod Edinburgh and Tidal Yoga studios. Charles also teaches regularly online, as well as private one-on-ones and at destination retreats. Charles first qualified as a yoga teacher in 2019 with a 200 hour Yoga Alliance Professionals (UK) training at Red Hot Yoga in Guildford, Surrey after embarking on a regular yoga practice 7 years earlier at age 50. Since then, Charles has taught consistently both in studios and online 10-12 times weekly. Charles has continued to learn and develop including in 2023 obtaining another 200 hour qualification, this time through Yoga Alliance (US) with Leslie Glickman at Yoga Journey in Boca Raton, Florida with emphasis on Yin and Vinyasa Yoga.
Charles also has additional 40 hour certificates for Yoga Nidra and for Yin. Charles teaches a variety of styles (hot, power, flow, vinyasa, slow flow, gentle flow, foundation, yin, and restorative) and mostly all level classes and is known for his focus on alignment, detailed cueing, and working his students hard but always with love and support and a sense of humour.
Sound Bath Practitioner
Emma Victoria
A Sound Bath is an experience where participants are “bathed” in sound waves. Several instruments, including gongs, singing bowls, percussion, chimes, rattles, tuning forks, and even the human voice itself, produce these waves.
Instead of having a memorable tune or rhythm as you would hear at a rock concert or symphony, the music is an expertly chosen wash of instruments and voices with pronounced resonance and overtones.
Holistic Wellbeing Practitioner
Carla Carolina Watson
I’m Carla, an accredited Wellbeing Coach with a rich background in somatic work through clinical hypnotherapy, neurolinguistic programming, breath work, over 250 hours of teacher training in yoga, emotional freedom techniques, mental health first aider, and the soothing practices of Reiki, women’s circles, and sound baths.
I specialize in delivering holistic, approachable, and sustainable wellbeing solutions for corporate teams, private groups and individuals, with a dedicated focus on women, pregnant individuals, and those navigating the postpartum journey.
My holistic approach encompasses mind, body, and spirit, offering personalised support to foster profound transformation and cultivate a balanced, fulfilling life.
Founder
Joanne Chidwick
Joanne Chidwick is a seasoned global marketing leader turned wellness entrepreneur. After many years in the IT industry as a Global Marketing Director, Joanne has embraced a new chapter dedicated to wellbeing, connection, and purposeful living.
She is the founder of Largus Retreats, offering restorative retreats in the serene landscapes of Somerset and France. Her retreats are designed to help guests slow down, restore balance, and reconnect with what truly matters — health, happiness, and harmony.
Alongside her professional achievements, Joanne has served as Chair of the Board of Directors for HERA, a charity that empowers women survivors of trafficking and exploitation through education and entrepreneurship. This work reflects her deep commitment to supporting others in building fulfilling, independent lives.
In this next phase, Joanne is devoted to creating spaces and experiences that inspire renewal and joy — living proof that it is never too late to realign with your purpose and embrace a life of wellbeing.