The Bleisure Life Retreat
Bhutan
Thimpu, Punakha, Paro
1 - 7 October, 2026
By Rest & Receive Retreats - Hosted by Emma Lovell
A curated retreat experience in the Land of Happiness
Bhutan is not your average destination and this is not your average retreat.
This is a signature, high-touch experience designed for the discerning traveller ready to embrace space, clarity, and reconnection in a place where time slows and meaning deepens.
Across seven days and six nights, you’ll journey through the pristine beauty of Thimphu, Punakha, and Paro. You’ll be led by Emma Lovell, The Bleisure Coach, and supported by a hand-selected team of local experts. From sacred temples to secluded valleys, every detail has been thoughtfully curated to offer you ease, insight, and exquisite connection.
This is where the philosophy of the Bleisure Life comes alive:
Work that flows with purpose.
Travel that transforms.
Self-care that sustains you.
With only 12 places available, this intimate journey invites you to rediscover yourself, beyond the busy, and step into a lifestyle of freedom, harmony, and soulful success.
Welcome to Bhutan.
Welcome to the life you’ve been waiting for.
What Is Bleisure?
The Bleisure Life is about breaking free from the outdated work‑play cycle. It’s the art of blending business, travel, and self‑care seamlessly, so every moment fuels your passion, purpose, and well‑being.
Whether you’re a business owner, a busy professional, a young graduate, or simply seeking more meaning, this retreat offers the freedom and flexibility to work and live on your terms. At this retreat, you’ll learn how to integrate travel into your career, find balance, and create a life you love—now, not someday.
The Bleisure Life Retreat is your chance to create the space you need to align your work, travel, and self-care while moving your life and goals forward.
The Himalayan Journey of a Lifetime
A Bleisure Life Retreat Series Across Bhutan & Nepal
This isn’t your one holiday for the year.
This is the beginning, a bold step into the life you’ve been craving.
Bhutan invites you into presence, peace, and purpose, a culture where happiness is a national priority.
Nepal grounds you in devotion, simplicity, and spaciousness, a soulful return to what really matters.
Together, they offer the perfect environment for your Bleisure Life to come alive.
A life of freedom.
A life of choice.
A life you don’t need a holiday from.
You can join us for just one retreat…
Or say yes to both, and experience the full Himalayan journey, a soul-led, luxury experience across two sacred lands.
Stop waiting for “one day.” The time is now.
Ready to say yes to the ultimate experience?
So what's included?
Six nights of boutique luxury accommodation
Six nights of boutique luxury accommodation
Your stay includes six nights across three distinctive regions of Bhutan: Thimphu, Punakha and Paro. Each hand-selected property offers comfort, serenity and connection to the culture and natural beauty of this sacred land. Expect attentive service, refined surroundings and an effortless sense of peace.
The Tiger’s Nest experience
A once-in-a-lifetime moment. Together, we’ll hike to the iconic Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Paro, perched on a sheer cliffside 3,000 metres above the valley floor. This sacred site is one of the most revered in the Buddhist world and offers an unforgettable encounter with nature, devotion and presence.
Coaching and workshops with Emma Lovell
Led by your host and coach Emma Lovell, you’ll be supported through five intimate workshops designed to create clarity, space and intention. These sessions are an opportunity to reconnect with yourself, your purpose and your vision for a life of harmony.
Private in-country transport and local guide
All your travel within Bhutan is taken care of with a private, air-conditioned vehicle and experienced local driver. You’ll be accompanied by a knowledgeable Bhutanese guide throughout, offering deeper insight and cultural connection.
Return flights and all permits included
Your return flight from Delhi to Paro is included, along with all Bhutan entry requirements. This includes your visa, the Sustainable Development Fee, permits, entry fees and taxes. Everything is handled for you.
Daily breakfast and dinner
Enjoy nourishing breakfasts and elegant dinners each day, featuring a blend of Bhutanese and international cuisine. All meals are thoughtfully prepared and served in settings that invite presence and connection. Lunches are left open to allow spaciousness in your day.
Restorative yoga
Take time to reconnect with your body and breath in a gentle, guided yoga session held in Bhutan’s beautiful natural surrounds. This is your opportunity to slow down, move intentionally and integrate the experience.
WhatsApp support group
Before the journey begins, you’ll be welcomed into a private group for connection, updates and shared excitement with your fellow retreat guests.
Curated welcome gift
A thoughtful gift on arrival, created to support your journey and honour your decision to say yes to this experience.
Connection & Relationships
Six days of connection with amazing people from around the world who are also choosing to put themselves first for big change in their lives!
And....
Plenty of time and space to rest, connect and create! Whatever you choose - that’s what retreats are truly about.
Join NowWhat You’ll Explore
- Clarity & Vision: Workshops to reconnect with your purpose, release what’s no longer serving you, and refine the life you truly desire.
- Business & Travel Integration: Practical tools for blending income, impact, and freedom through purposeful travel.
- Self-Care as a Lifestyle: Yoga, presence, and intentional rest — not bolted on, but built in.
- Cultural Immersion: Spiritual rituals, sacred sites, and meaningful local connection.
- Reflection & Spaciousness: Time to pause, listen inward, and receive what’s ready to emerge.
- Effortless Travel Flow: Systems and mindset shifts to make travel part of your life rhythm, not a disruption.
- Lasting Transformation: Grounded habits and aligned action to carry the retreat energy into your daily life.
Why Bhutan?
Bhutan is unlike anywhere else in the world. It’s not just a destination. It’s a revelation.
This small Himalayan kingdom measures success not by economic output, but by Gross National Happiness. Here, joy is a national priority. Simplicity is honoured. Presence is part of the rhythm. Bhutan invites you to remember what truly matters and how little you actually need to feel full, free and deeply content.
When Emma first visited Bhutan in 2015, she was transformed. The beauty was breathtaking. The architecture is pristine, purposeful, and in perfect harmony with the land. But it was a quiet conversation with her guide that changed everything. His advice?
Be good. Good is enough.
That simple truth echoed through every experience. In Bhutan, enoughness is a way of life. Generosity is effortless. Community is sacred. And happiness isn’t something to chase, it’s something to choose.
This is the essence of the Bleisure Life. And Bhutan is the perfect place to embody it.
If you’re seeking soul-deep clarity, grounded luxury, and a meaningful shift in how you live, Bhutan is calling.
What you will get from attending the
Bleisure Life Retreat:
Clarity
In the stillness of Bhutan’s sacred spaces, you’ll find what so many driven people rarely make time for, space to hear your own truth. Refine your vision. Reclaim your rhythm. Realign with what matters most.
Connections
Share the journey with a curated circle of like-minded leaders and soulful adventurers. These are not surface-level connections, they’re the kind that expand you, sustain you, and stay with you long after the retreat ends.
Perspective
Bhutan doesn’t just offer beauty. It offers wisdom. You’ll be immersed in a culture that chooses presence over pressure, contentment over constant striving. That shift will change how you see your life and how you lead it.
Restoration
This is restoration on every level. Body, mind, spirit. From yoga in the fresh mountain air to long, quiet moments in ancient monasteries, you’ll feel yourself soften, settle, and return to wholeness.
Empowerment
This is not a break. It’s a beginning. With grounded tools and deep support, you’ll return home with the clarity, courage and energy to step fully into your next chapter, the one that’s truly yours.
So what are you waiting for?
This is your invitation to step into stillness, clarity and intention. To honour your vision, expand your world, and create space for what you truly desire: in life, in work, and in the way you move through it all.
The Bleisure Life Retreat awaits.
I'm ready - take me there.
Who is this retreat for?
This retreat is for the visionary. The seeker. The one who’s ready to live and lead with deeper intention.
It’s for you if you're craving something more. Not more to do, but more space to be. To breathe. To realign.
You might be:
- An entrepreneur or business owner ready to expand with clarity and creativity
- A professional in transition, seeking purpose beyond productivity
- A curious soul at a crossroads, yearning to reconnect with what truly matters
- A traveller who knows the journey within is just as important as the one across the world
- A leader, a listener, a lifelong learner, someone who chooses growth, always
If these words land, you already know.
This retreat is calling you, and you are ready to say YES.
Who's your host?
Meet Emma Lovell
Founder of Rest & Receive and The Bleisure Coach
I’m Emma , coach, speaker and author of The Art of Bleisure. I help people blend business, travel, and self-care into a life they truly love, one that feels aligned, expansive, and deeply fulfilling.
With 16 years in business and 76 countries explored, I’ve built a life around freedom, connection, and purpose. And now, I guide others to do the same, not by pushing harder, but by pausing, realigning, and stepping into their own rhythm.
Bhutan changed me.
I first came in 2015 as a tour leader on a charity challenge called “The Trek to Happiness” which raised thousands for Black Dog Institute. I’ve trekked these mountains. I’ve sat in sacred spaces. I’ve felt the impact of this land and how it quietly shifts everything inside you. That journey changed my life. And now, I want to share it with you.
Back in 2022, I set a powerful intention: to lead retreats in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan. I knew it was time. I knew this region, so close to my heart, would be the container for transformation. Now, that vision is reality. And you get to experience it with me.
Through my trusted partner Indus Bound, we’ve crafted the most exquisite, meaningful itinerary. Every moment is intentional. Every detail, considered. This isn’t just travel, it’s a curated journey into clarity, purpose, and presence.
South Asia is like a second home to me. I feel its magnetism in my bones and I know, deeply, that on this retreat, you will too. You’ll feel the pull. You’ll feel the shift.
And I’ll be right there beside you.
As your coach. Your guide. Your host.
Ready to welcome you into the journey of a lifetime.
It's mind-blowing. I will carry it with me for the rest of my life. The big draw card for me with Emma's Retreat was that it was combining two of my favourite things, travel and self-development. It's beyond what I could have imagined, just incredible.
Nikki Ellis
- Gym Owner and Trainer
Sri Lanka Retreat 2024
Emma was a fantastic host and facilitator for the retreat. Everything was taken care of! So I could relax and focus on taking what I needed from the retreat. She had a great way of creating a safe space for everyone to share openly and vulnerably. I'm excited to join another in future!
Bec Chappell
- Marketing Business Owner
India Retreat 2023
Why Rest & Receive Retreats?
At Rest & Receive, we believe that the greatest breakthroughs happen in the quiet moments—in the spaces between doing and being. We’ve built our ethos around the transformative power of rest and intentionality, knowing that stepping away from the day-to-day allows clarity, connection, and inspiration to flourish. This is the foundation for all of our retreats.
Our Purpose
Rest & Receive is not your typical business retreat. While others may focus on endless sessions and packed schedules, we create an environment where the true magic lies in conversations, connections, and the community we cultivate together. Here, you’ll find the spaciousness to dream boldly and act intentionally.
Our Approach
- Rest: To restore, regenerate, and reinvigorate. Resting is not just a pause but a necessary part of growth—giving your mind, body, and spirit the time and care they need to align.
- Receive: To welcome opportunities with openness and trust. By creating the mental and emotional space for possibility, we invite the future we envision into our lives.
Our Promise
During your retreat, we guide you out of the busy "in the business" mode and into a state of expanded perspective. This is about the long-term—the vision for your future and the meaningful impact you want to make. With time and space for reflection, and curated moments of connection, you will leave empowered, recharged, and ready to step into your next chapter.
At Rest & Receive, we live by collaboration over competition, embracing vulnerability, and honouring every participant’s journey. This is a space where self-care meets strategy and where dreams become action.
This isn’t just a retreat—it’s an investment in yourself and the transformative power of your potential.
What's the plan?
Over seven transformative days, we’ll step away from the noise and immerse ourselves in the profound beauty, culture, and spirit of Bhutan. This retreat has been intentionally curated in partnership with our trusted travel experts at Indus Bound, whose deep regional knowledge ensures an experience that’s both seamless and soul-stirring.
From sacred temples to majestic mountains, we’ll journey through Bhutan’s most breathtaking regions all while holding spaciousness to pause, reflect, and reconnect. Because the true essence of retreat is found not only in the awe of where you are, but in the presence you bring to it.
It’s in the stillness. In the unexpected clarity. In the quiet moments that shift everything and the exhale you didn’t know you were waiting for.
Here’s a preview of our thoughtfully curated itinerary:
Day 1 — Thursday 1 October — Delhi to Paro, Drive to Thimphu
Day 2 — Friday 2 October — Exploring Thimphu
Day 3 — Saturday 3 October — Thimphu to Punakha
Day 4 — Sunday 4 October — Deepening in Punakha
Day 5 — Monday 5 October — Punakha to Paro
Day 6 — Tuesday 6 October — The Sacred Tiger’s Nest
Day 7 — Wednesday 7 October — Departures from Paro
Travel Information & Timing
To fully experience every moment of the Bhutan retreat, please plan to arrive in Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport) by the morning of 30 September. This gives you time to settle, reset, and be ready for your flight to Bhutan the next day.
We can arrange a comfortable hotel stay in Delhi on 30 September through our trusted travel partner, Indus Bound. If you’d like to extend your journey before the retreat begins, that’s absolutely possible and Indus Bound is here to help you create a beautiful extension.
If you are joining us for The Himalayan Journey of a Lifetime and continuing onward to Nepal, you will take your included flight from Paro to Kathmandu at the conclusion of the Bhutan portion. This seamless connection sets you up for the next chapter of your Himalayan experience.
You are also warmly invited to extend your time in this region before or after the retreat. Whether it’s exploring more of Bhutan’s hidden valleys, designing a custom trip through Nepal’s sacred landscapes, or weaving in additional cultural experiences, our partners at Indus Bound will be delighted to craft something unique for you. Emma Lovell, as the Australian representative, is also available to help plan an elegant and meaningful extension, and we can share inspiration from past retreat journeys.
A Note on Presence
To receive the full benefit of this experience, we encourage you to set a true out‑of‑office.
No emails. No calls. No work.
This is one precious week of your year, and the greatest gift you can give yourself is your full presence. When you disconnect from the noise, you reconnect with your true self.
Come open.
Come willing.
Come ready to rest and receive.
You won’t regret a single moment of this time.
Thanks for the wonderful opportunity Emma. What a terrific adventure. It was incredible, soul giving and life changing!
Ray Pastoors
- True Green Hosting
Want to know what you'll experience?
Take a look at the incredible retreat from sensational Sri Lanka in November 2024. From meeting elephants, to train journey and exquisite hotels. A beautiful group of people embracing the culture, designing their lives and taking big action towards a life of bleisure.
Your Investment
This retreat is not a holiday, it’s a turning point. An intentional investment in how you live, work, and receive. A chance to pause the noise and come home to what truly matters.
Bhutan invites you to a different pace, a deeper presence, and a profound clarity that can only be accessed when you step away from the everyday.
Spaces are strictly limited to preserve intimacy, support, and the highest level of care.
After multiple sold-out retreats and a growing waitlist, places are expected to fill fast
Availability is strictly limited to an intimate group.
If your heart is saying yes — this is your moment.
The Himalayan Journey of a Lifetime Pricing
This is your invitation to experience both Bhutan and Nepal, a curated 14-day, 13-night immersion across two extraordinary lands.
A seamless, soul-stirring journey designed for those ready to live, lead, and receive differently.
Two retreats. One unforgettable adventure.
This is the Himalayan Journey of a Lifetime.
The Himalayan Journey of a Lifetime - Private Room – Upfront Payment
$16,150 AUD
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$13,145 AUD
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The Bleisure Life Awaits
This isn’t just a week in Bhutan. It’s a conscious step toward a life of deeper connection, clarity, and purpose, the life you know you’re ready for.
If your intuition is nudging you, if your heart feels quietly called, this is your invitation.
Say yes to the experience. Say yes to yourself.
It’s time to honour your desires, to reclaim your energy, and to craft a life where work, travel, and self-care are in true harmony.
It’s time to live with more meaning, more spaciousness, and more joy.
It’s time for Bhutan.
I can’t wait to share this journey with
