Parinama
a wee retreat
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psst — over here, love

A menopause
retreat for women
who've had quite enough
of everyone
else's nonsense.

A private barn in the countryside — just you and your chosen crew. Pool, sauna, hot tub, our own little pub. No strangers, no small talk, no-one telling you to centre your breath.

Send us a wee note ✿ or have a nose around →
where the only hot flashes are from the sauna — promise.
the living room ✿
indoor pool — heated, blessedly
hot tub, prosecco optional (lie)
six-person sauna ♨
what this is, then

A retreat for the women
who need the rest
they've been gasping for.

"parinama" = sanskrit for transformation. or — in our case — putting the kettle on and not having to explain yourself.

Hidden in the countryside (but not too far from a good bottle of wine), Parinama is a three-bedroom barn conversion, sleeping ten to twelve. Bring the women who get it.

No strangers. No timetables. No-one telling you to centre your breath. Indoor pool, sauna, four-person hot tub, a whole pub with pizza oven, tandoori and BBQ — plus a homeopathy chat with our resident hormonal goddess when you're ready to stop wanting to murder people.

Stay two nights or seven. We'll handle the rest. (yes, even the dishes)

whole-venue exclusive
groups of 6–12
pre · peri · post — all welcome
no schedule, ever
have a look around →

Eight good reasons to pack a bag.

Sleep

· where you'll lay your head

Three bed, two bath barn that sleeps 10–12. Some of you'll share — funny business permitted, whatever rocks your happy hormones.

Swim

· where you'll do laps (or float)

Indoor heated pool with plenty of loungers for parading whatever swimwear you've packed. Skinny dipping welcome — mind the maintenance fella.

Sweat

· where you'll detox the decade

Six-person Nordic wood sauna. Four, if you've been counting spuds as four of your five-a-day. Bring water. Lots.

Soak

· where you'll catch your bubbles

Four-person hot tub. Bring five gallons of Prosecco. We provide the bubbles in the water; you the ones in the glass.

Party

· where you'll lose the run of yourselves

A whole pub. A function room. A pergola with fitted kitchen, pizza oven, tandoori, BBQ, grill. Our muso daughter takes requests for compliments.

Reset

· where you'll get the chat

Homeopathy chats from our resident hormonal goddess. Sweary, grounded, no-nonsense. Wine optional but quietly encouraged.

Glow

· where you'll put your face on

A cheeky 30-minute photoshoot. Optional, of course. For when you remember what your good side looks like and need a reminder later.

Exercise

· mostly decorative

Look, we have a full gym. It's for the photos. We're not going to lie about it. The dumbbells make excellent prosecco-bottle weights.

here's how a day goes — roughly

No schedule. Just a vibe.

half seven-ish
slow start. real coffee. whoever's up first puts the kettle on. no-one wakes anyone.
optional swim · sauna · hot tub cycle. or a second sleep. you're grand either way.
🌿
mid-morning
lunch o'clock
🍞
long table out the back. local cheese, soda bread, big salad bowl, whatever's in season.
walk · nap · gossip · photoshoot · sit by the fire with the dog. whatever your nervous system needs.
📖
afternoon
half six
🍷
hormonal goddess hour. sweary Q&A on hormones, sleep, mood. wine optional but encouraged.
pizzas from the oven. curry from the tandoori. grilled whatever from the BBQ. eat outside if the sky lets you.
🍕
proper dinner
late
🎹
songs around the piano (compliments paid in advance, please). last orders. bed when you're ready.
three shapes of doing nothing

Pick your flavour of escape.

prices per person based on groups of 8. smaller, bigger, mention it in your note — we'll do the maths.

2 nights

The Long Weekend

€395 per person

fri evening → sun afternoon. the most popular shape of a parinama stay. just enough to unclench your jaw.

  • whole-venue exclusive
  • breakfast hamper x2
  • pool · sauna · hot tub
  • pub & function room
  • one hormonal-goddess chat
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most chosen!
4 nights

The Proper Reset

€695 per person

a long midweek where everyone unclenches by tuesday and remembers her own name by wednesday.

  • everything in the long weekend
  • two hormonal-goddess chats
  • optional 30-min photoshoot
  • mid-stay grocery top-up
  • late checkout, naturally
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7 nights

The Big One

€1,150 per person

a whole week. most women cry once (the good kind). plan around a milestone, a divorce, retirement, or no reason at all.

  • everything in the proper reset
  • three chats + group practice
  • photoshoot for everyone
  • catered final-night dinner
  • a printed photo book afterwards
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postcards from previous guests

Real women. Real laughs.

"
I cried twice. Once in the sauna and once when we had to leave. I haven't laughed that hard since I was 22.
Niamh · came with her sisters · 4 nights
"
First holiday in twenty years where no one asked me what was for dinner. I might never recover. I hope I don't.
Aoife · came with her book club · 2 nights
"
Arrived a wife and a mother. Left, frankly, a feral queen. The pub on site is borderline illegal.
Catherine · came for her 50th · 3 nights
things people ask

Before they
pack the bag.

don't see yours? stick it in the note below — we'll write back like a real person.

we usually reply within a day. occasionally faster. never automated.

Is this a wellness retreat or a knees-up?

Honestly? Both. Do every chat, every swim, every sauna cycle and leave with a journal full of revelations. Or stay in your dressing gown for four days and drink Prosecco in the hot tub. We don't police it.

I'm not technically in menopause. Can I come?

Yes. Pre-, peri-, post-, or just-a-bit-tired-of-everything — we don't card you. Built around women in or near that part of life, but nobody's checking.

Can men come?

No. This one's for the girls. The maintenance fella doesn't count, and he knows it.

Do we have to cook?

You don't have to do anything. We provide a breakfast hamper for each day; the kitchen and all the ovens are yours. We can sort full catering or just one feast — say so in the note.

What about sober crews / mixed crews?

Grand. Bar stocks both proper bottles and zero-proof things that don't taste like medicine. No-one tops anyone up they don't want topped up.

Where is it exactly?

We share the address once you enquire. Far enough to feel away, close enough to a shop, a pub and a town.

Wi-Fi?

There is. We'd quietly love it if you forgot the password — but we know some of you have teenagers and mothers to check on.

Birthdays, divorces, retirements?

All extremely welcome. Tell us what we're celebrating (or commiserating) and we'll put a small something together.

send us a wee note ✿

Tell us who's coming,
roughly when,
and what you're after.

We'll write back like a person. Usually within a day, sometimes faster, never automated. Promise.

or if you'd rather just email —