Daoist Flow Retreat, Florence House

The Daoist Flow Retreat is a yoga retreat at Florence House in East Sussex, England, led by the London-based yoga teacher and author Jean Hall. It is a residential gathering built around Daoist Flow Yoga, a fluid, movement-led approach to yoga, and suits people drawn to somatic yoga, mindful movement and a slower, more embodied way of practising.

Jean teaches Daoist Flow Yoga alongside meditation and mindfulness, so anyone looking for a yoga retreat in East Sussex with that emphasis will find it here. It runs once a year, in the summer.

About Jean Hall

Jean Hall is an author, yoga teacher and somatic movement educator based in London. She is known for somatic yoga, Daoist Flow Yoga, meditation and mindfulness teaching, and for retreats and teacher trainings in the UK and abroad. Her work is shaped by a curiosity about how movement and consciousness meet, how fluidity fosters resilience, and how embodiment nurtures well-being.

Jean came to yoga while training as a dancer. What began as a sideline grew into a devotional, lifelong practice, and she says yoga, movement, meditation and mindfulness have supported her through life's ups and downs. She first qualified as an Iyengar yoga teacher in 1995 and has since studied different forms of yoga, movement and spiritual practice with teachers from diverse backgrounds. She names the teachings of Pema Chödrön, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen and Peter Levine as particular influences.

The Setting

The retreat takes place at Florence House in East Sussex, in the south of England. It is one of several residential retreats Jean leads in the UK and abroad, and this is the one dedicated to Daoist Flow.