‘Retreat’ is such a buzz word at the moment. As someone who has participated in and run retreats, whether it is for a day, and long weekend, or a full week of retreating, I have seen a real spike in interest for this kind of ‘retreat’ holiday. It got me thinking, ‘what is a retreat, and why do people pay a lot of money to attend them?’ After having a think, I decided that, to me, a retreat is the chance for someone to exchange their day to day life with something that the