&Sister Shares

A sweet hello from our garden to yours! Namaste yogi’s, how are you finding this wave of life? It has been a rocky journey through 2020 so far, but with the light of yoga, mindful check-ins and the simple joys of fresh air, the great outdoors and connection with others in whatever form that fits, ... Read more

All you need to know for some outdoor yoga fun at Poundon House in the Garden! In light of the new government regulations we are delighted to be able to start welcoming our fabulous yogis for private, small yoga classes outside in the gardens of Poundon House, Oxfordshire. We will be taking all measures to ensure ... Read more

Did you catch our &Sister founder Alicia Roscoe talking all things yoga, fitness, wellbeing and online retreats on BBC Radio Oxford last month? Being interviewed and in conversation with BBC’s Fleur Ostojak. Listen here to catch up on all things wellness during this current time and how &Sister is striving to continue offering you support, ... Read more

Retreat with us…. from the warmth & comfort of your own home. PURCHASE HERE in our online shop! &Sister was founded in 2015 and has run numerous weekend retreats and countless workshops and collaborative events. We have worked with inspiring teachers, beautiful brands, mindful chefs and have cultivated a wealth of health wisdom along the way. We ... Read more

FRIYAY ✨Festival themed Fitness & Flow for all the family ✨ Let’s festival Wilderness style!&Sister Founder Lis is due to be teaching at Wilderness this summer and teaching last year at Wilderness 2019 was one of &Sister’s highlights of the year! 🌈 Join us & our festival-lover yogi @lisroscoe for some party vibes & colourful fun Friday ... Read more

Together with our yogi sisters, brothers and community we INVITE YOU to JOIN US in joining HOTPOD YOGA to stretch together for the NHS, 13th April 2020, 10am. BOOK HERE! https://www.universe.com/events/together-we-stretch-for-the-nhs-tickets-204BZ8/ “On Monday, 13 April at 10am BST, we’ll be hosting what we hope will be the world’s largest yoga class, in order to raise ... Read more

Isolation Zen! That feeling when you step into your favourite studio & happy place; the smells, the connection to yoga and the peacefulness, it’s possible to create this at home with a little help from our &Sister friends! Treat yourself to Lydia’s Amazing BANANA LOAF and other healthy, yummy treats. (also great for kids, an ... Read more

Downloaded latest ZOOM to live stream &SISTER yoga classes? Here’s how you love it! Book &SISTER classes on MOMO HERE. TIPS FOR USING ZOOM:  PIN THE TEACHER  Firstly, once we start the class it is really important to ‘pin’ the video of the teacher. (Do this by hovering over their video box, click the three dots and click ... Read more

We served up this gorgeous veggie coconut curry for our fabulous Yogi’s at FEBRUARY POWER BRUNCH and it was SO delicious we had to share the recipe with you all! It’s a time for nourishing ourselves with healthy, comfort loving food and this is the perfect dish! APRILS COCONUTTY CURRY RECIPE Serves 4-5 people. Prep ... Read more

RECIPE by Mira ManekCUCUMBER – 90GRIPE PEAR – 1SPINACH – 40GRIPE AVOCADO – 60GDATE – 1JUICE OF LIME HALFCOCONUT WATER – 500ML (optional) Vanilla protein powder- 2 TEASPOONS Blend all together in a blender / nutri-bullet. ENJOY!

Hello Dearest Fellow Yogis, As our physical classes have paused for the moment let us stay connected and practice on the mat with LIVE online classes. Join us and let’s stay connected, support each other and channel mindful movement! How to join: Book through MOMOYOGA &SisterStudio. (Create an account if new user)  Choose & book the classes you’d ... Read more

At &Sister we are dedicated to connection, well-being and community. So, we have come up with a few ways to keep happy and healthy from home if you are social distancing, self isolating and to generally boost your mental and physical well-being through a difficult time. There’s always sunshine after the storm and now is ... Read more

&Sister collaboration with Blenheim Palace – MIND BODY SOUL Alicia has featured in a video created by Blenheim Palace for their MIND BODY SOUL campaign to encourage people to get out into the beautiful grounds of the Palace. From walks, runs or fitness in the parkland, getting out into nature is an amazing way to ... Read more

We have always been intrigued by the beautiful well-being brand Owl & Apothecary and so we are delighted to have finally been able to connect and interview Katy for &Sister shares!  Katy is a true inspiration, using heart-break as a catalyst to shift into a life she loves. We’d love for you to get to ... Read more

&Sister is thrilled to be collaborating with EveryBodyStudio in Oxford. The event will be on Sunday 24th November at the Quarters Collective. The evening will include restorative yoga, crystal bowls and healthy refreshments. Secure your place on the &Sister shop.

We have had another great month of pop up Friday yoga at Farmshop Bicester Village, however, it is now on hold as we search for a permanent location. Please bear with us! If you have any hot tips for locations in or around Bicester please get in touch – if we go with your location ... Read more

We are thrilled to have partnered with Rituals, the store is located in Bicester Village. Together we have created our signature ‘Slow Down Sunday’ events – secure your place in the &Sister shop.

With the success of the Pop-ups at Farmshop Bicester Village over the summer, come join for a weekly Friday Powerflow class at Farmshop Bicester Village. Buy your space HERE in the Shop.

To celebrate the latest book ‘ Prajna: Ayurvedic Rituals for Happiness ‘ of our &Sister collaborator Mira Manek, we are delighted that our Awaken The Heart retreat with Mischa Varmuza will have menus designed by Mira Manek and delivered by her dream team Lydia and Toma. Mira will be attending the retreat and leading a ... Read more

Alicia Shares with Muddy Stilettos her best Festival Guide…. Turns out festivals aren’t just for mainlining pear cider – who knew?! Here are six wellbeing weekends to boost your health this summer. Namaste! Alicia Roscoe is co-founder of &Sister, an Oxfordshire-based yoga retreat specialist, so I thought she’d be the perfect person to tap up for wellness ... Read more

&Sister are collaborating on an 8 day emotional and physical detox with Kitty Campion 5 – 12th October 2019. Kitty is a truly exceptional healer, at 72 years old (retiring next year!) Kitty has been working with herbs and many different holistic healing therapies for over 40 years. Kitty has also been curating and holding ... Read more

Wednesday Weekly Oxfordshire morning yoga classes Commencing Wednesday 8th May Roll up and roll out your mats! Weekly yoga is coming back to Poundon House.  Every Wednesday morning 9.15am – 10.15am  Alicia will be the leading the morning classes, integrating meditation, vinyasa flow and relaxation.  Drop in £12 Class passes available See our HOW TO BOOK ... Read more

The &Sister shop is here! The &Sister online shop is (finally!) here!! From yoga classes, weekend retreats to beautiful objects & gifts, you can now buy all online in a very quick and easy way… In order to access the shop, you will need to Register. Once you’ve done this once, you won’t have to ... Read more

DANCING, SUNSHINE, CONNECTION GLITTER, MUSIC… did we mention PADDLE BOARDING and all in the heart Oxfordshire  Who is coming to Wilderness 2019? Alicia is flying the flag for &Sister and teaching 3 classes at the festival.  Come and support her and book in for the classes! Morning Flow in the Studio 8.15am Friday and Saturday – book ... Read more

Nature and Nourish Weekend Yoga Retreat with yoga with Alicia and food by Mira Manek Alicia and I are already hugely excited for our next retreat, Nature and Nourish Retreat coming up in May. Poundon House is alive with blossom, the gardens are starting to bloom, and there is Spring in the air with the ... Read more

&Sister Shares with Mira Manek We are so excited about our Spring retreat, Nature and Nourish, with Mira Manek, Friday May 10th – Sunday May 12th. I first met at 42ACRES Shoreditch when Mira was providing the food for an evening to raise awareness of modern-slavery held by The Shiva Foundation. The food was exceptional, ... Read more

We LOVE Root & Flower to the point that I would say both Alicia and I are pretty much obsessed! I can’t imagine going to sleep now without my sleep wand nearby! Root & Flower make botanical skincare and remedies combining raw, natural plant extracts and nothing else Though we have never met, we both ... Read more

Alicia was interviewed in Oxford Times Limited Edition Magazine sharing her love of Oxfordshire and spiced up coffee. So here it is, the spiced Cacao recipe revealed.  Warm oat milk in a pan  Add cinnamon, fresh ginger, cardamon and table spoon of organic cacao powder  tea spoon of coconut oil  blend in nutri-bullet sprinkle cinnamon ... Read more

Style On The Lamb shares her experience of her yoga retreat… How did one of our recent Winter Glow guests enjoy the retreat? Style On The Lamb shares her stay at Poundon House with &Sister. It’s always lovely to hear and read about how our retreat guests experience their time at Poundon House with &Sister ... Read more

The Power Brunch, February 27th Networking, Fitness, Yoga and Food with Alicia and Tania Power Brunch – Come on baby light my fire! Sometimes in life we need a little kick-start to help us reassess and then readdress! The power brunch is just that. Not only work-outs, yoga and an experience but a chance to ... Read more

Revive and Replenish – Yoga Retreat in Portugal August 17 – 24 2019 Pack your bags, get your passport ready…&Sister are going abroad!! &Sister are thrilled to be collaborating with Mags again. We first met Mags in Goa and since then she has been a guide to &Sister and especially Alicia for her incredible teachings. Mags has ... Read more

This is going to be a beautiful time of year to retreat, as Winter reigns true at Poundon House. We will transform Poundon House into the perfect sanctuary for you to get exactly what you need from the retreat. We will also be outside in nature for a long walk on Saturday, then enjoy the ... Read more

This retreat is now sold out, but we have a new date for May 10th – 12th – details TBC but SAVE THE DATE!!!   Limited spaces now left for Winter Glow weekend yoga retreat… – Winter Glow 22- 24th Feb 2019 We are incredibly excited to be collaborating with Charlie Morgan for our &SISTER ... Read more

Alicia’s Oxfordshire 2019 Yoga Teaching & Massage Schedule Ready to get back on the mat in the new year or relax deeply with an Ayruvedic massage from Alicia? Here is where you can catch her in 2019.  2019 WEEKLY SCHEDULE Starting Monday 21st January Mondays 9.30am Downdog + Crow – Public class 11.15 & 12.45 ... Read more

&Sister organises Press Event with Pukka Herbs &Sister was thrilled to be asked by Pukka Herbs to help organise a press event at Poundon House which was to be similiar in feel to a retreat. This was to launch their 7 steps to sleep products. We organised the food, so asked Jess from 100% heathly ... Read more

&Sister has been a huge fan of VIVOBAREFOOT for years and we are honoured to partner with VIVO and support their mission to create innovative & sustainable footwear. “Our strategy is simple; the less we can give you the better. We’re not out to make a quick buck. But to make the best shoe possible. ... Read more

Come join us for Lululemon ambassadors Alicia and Rhys Power Brunch at Poundon House THE POWER BRUNCH Power Brunch – Come on baby light my fire! Sometimes in life we need a little kick-start to help us reassess and then readdress! The power brunch is just that. Not only work-outs, yoga and an experience but ... Read more

Time to campaign for yoga in your workplace? Alicia Roscoe shares five benefits of yoga to help persuade HR. Before becoming a yoga teacher, I was a corporate lawyer and it was during this fairly stressful time that I discovered yoga. I now share yoga classes with several corporate clients and teams in Oxfordshire in ... Read more

Deep Nature Retreat with &Sister and Advaya Initiative  Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd September 2018. Join us in the beautiful surroundings of Poundon House in Oxford for a long weekend of deeply healing nature-based practices, delicious food and Yoga. Immerse yourself in your practice and be supported by Alicia Roscoe from &Sister and Ruby Reed ... Read more

Our friends at Neom have gifted us a bottle of Energy Burst, a unisex perfume ideal for Spring and Summer. Energy Burst, by Neom Organics, is a crisp, uplifting scent blending the freshest grapefruit with sparkling lemon and a hint of rosemary. Click below link to enter the competition. Win – A bottle of Neom ... Read more

Muddy Stilettos is the UK’s leading lifestyle website for women outside London, with over 200,000 subscribers and a social following of more than 85,000 across 19 counties and they have nominated &Sister and Poundon House for Best Yoga Studio and Retreats for the Muddy Stilietto Awards – exciting times for Poundon House and &Sister! They ... Read more

Looking to go on a day retreat in Oxfordshire Can’t make the whole weekend retreat of Magical May, 11th – 13th? Come along for a day retreat in the Oxfordshire countryside. We have so many exciting activities planned for both Saturday and Sunday. This day retreat will leave you feelig relaxed and energised. Its so ... Read more

Looking to go on a May yoga retreat in the beautiful countryside? &Sister are so excited to share that &Sister co-founder,and Lulu Lemon ambassador Alicia, is hosting Magical May Retreat. &Sister are very excited about this Spring offering, Magical May Retreat, at their dreamy retreat location Poundon House. This retreat will, at times take us ... Read more

Come and join our & Sister Yoga teacher Alicia Roscoe for Self Care Sunday, March 11th from 6pm – 7:15pm at  The Well Retreat for a session of slow Vinyasa flow and restorative yoga, combined with mindful meditation, low lights and gentle music. The perfect way to end the weekend or treat the mother in ... Read more

We are so thrilled that &Sister loyal retreat guest & a The Telegraph journalist, Madeline Howell, was so inspired by her last retreat with Charlie (Autumn Light) she’s interviwed Charlie for The Telegraph Health & Fitness! One of the best things about our retreats are all the fascinating and inspiring guests we meet. We first ... Read more

The first time I became aware of the &Sister retreats it was a cold, dark Thursday. My week had steadily been getting worse; I had been travelling loads, was rundown, stressed and feeling more and more desperate. I googled retreats and stumbled across them. It sounded like just what I needed. I’m now sitting here ... Read more

By Alicia | ‘Yoga Retreats, the feeling of connection, its a key ingredient to a happy life. Connection, love, openness is what our yoga retreats are all about. Our Autumn Light retreat was magical beyond belief. Our beautiful teacher @charliemorgan ignites hope, inspires imagination and brought us all together in what was an unforgettable weekend. ... Read more

We were delighted to welcome Helen from Yogamatters to Indian Summer yoga retreat with Sally Anne Reynolds here at Poundon House for her to experience an &Sister retreat. This was also her first retreat, so it was a very special occassion, as you can only experiecne your first retreat once! Here’s what Helen has to ... Read more

We CANNOT wait to welcome Charlie Morgan back to Poundon for her Autumn Light retreats. Autumn Light I is now fully booked, but do not worry, there is Autumn Light II over the weekend of the 17th – 19th and this retreat still has a few spaces. Autumn is a season of ‘mists and mellow ... Read more

Who doesn’t love Neom? We totally LOVE it, and our guests on our wellbeing weekends do too as we like to treat our guests to a few Neom goodies. So we had to find out more about the person behind the Neom brand, Nicola Elliott, to see what inspires her, drives her and how Neom ... Read more

Meet Sally-Anne of Yoga Light Vibes. Yoga Light Vibes is a way of life. It is a choice to live brightly. Be your vibrant best self! Truly connected through the beauty of Yoga.  “Yogash Chitta Vritti Nirodha” (Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra 1.2) – Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.   Whether new to ... Read more

Meet Sophie (Sophie’s Fitness UK). Sophie is joining the &Sister sisterhood; we are so excited to be collaborating with her and Brit Williams (Fit Brit Collective) on our first fitness-fusion weekend ‘Bootcamp and Bend weekender’ 6-8 October 2017. Sophie is a true humble warrior spreading her love and light in studios throughout South-west and West ... Read more

Meet Brit Williams, founder of Fit Brit Collective and ‘the fiercest and friendliest trainer in South-West London’, who will join the #sisterhood with our Earth & Fire retreat in October, offering our guests optional fitness classes. Let’s focus in on the adjectives fierce AND friendly – while Brit will hold you to account and ensure ... Read more

We love Neom Organics. Their de-stress and sleep products are just awesome, and over the years they’ve supported &Sister by gifting their beautiful sleeping & de-stress products. Our retreat guests love them too! Neom Organics is founded by Nicola, ex editor of fashion magazine Glamour. Nicola realised that feeling tired and constantly stressed meant she ... Read more

Inner Stillness – an advanced retreat with Magda Procner – Sunday 20th August – Thursday 24th August 2017 We are thrilled to have Magda return to Poundon House for Inner Stillness. Alicia has been spending some time with Magda in Goa, at her yoga school, and to say she has had an incredible experience with ... Read more

Check inboxes…the winner is Emma Forde – Emma, you should have received an email from Manuka! More exciting competitions coming! We are so thrilled to be collaborating with Manuka Life, a yogawear and wellbeing brand that we LOVE. Manuka Life has supported &Sister since we were a newly born idea. We’ve now teamed up to ... Read more

A New Year Cacao Ceremony with Mischa Varmuza &Sister have Om Bar to thank for our love of raw cacoa; we have seen the light or rather we have joined the dark side of chocolate, and we have definitely decided to go raw or go home. Now, there is no going back, so much so, ... Read more

READY TO FIND YOUR WILD SIDE?! WILD SPRING RETREAT ALERT!?????? Our incredible yoga teacher Charlie Morgan will be back at Poundon House collaborating with &Sister on another unique yoga retreat WILD SPRING YOGA RETREAT, POUNDON HOUSE Friday 28th April to Monday 1st May. This retreat runs over the first long bank-holiday weekend in May. As ... Read more

A glimpse into #awakentheheart #yogaretreat with @mischavarmuza and the ? that is an experience of staying at #poundonhouse. I have had such lovely feedback from our guests. Huge thanks a to Tash and Sam for being ✨and to @mischavarmuza for being such an inspiration. Also thanks to our loyal supporters @pukkaherbs @ombarchocolate @squirrelsisters @pipandnut. We ... Read more

We’ve been working with Sophie Glover since &Sister was a little babe in arms and Sophie fresh out of Leith’s cookery school. We’ve both developed and learnt along the way, and I would say we are now all of us seasoned professionals! Sophie has the unique combination of not only creating delicious food, she makes ... Read more

The Resident escapes to Oxfordshire with south west London yogini Charlie Morgan to find out why a country yoga retreat is yin and tonic for mind and body Yoga teacher Charlie Morgan studies constantly. It’s perhaps this, her relentless quest for wellness wisdom since giving up her job as an assistant buyer in 2011, that has ... Read more

Alicia wrote an article for Yogamatters about how she founded &Sister… ‘When I was a lawyer in the City, yoga was a wonderful escape from corporate life. Now it is my way of life and I am lucky enough to be able to open my family home to a cornucopia of yoga teachers and retreat ... Read more