Fancy globe-trotting on your own, but feel too daunted to take the plunge?

CHELMSFORD, U.K. - Oct. 9, 2014 - PRLog -- Booking a place on one of the growing number of retreats, such as Satvada Retreats Wellbeing Weekends and its luxury New Year Yoga Holiday in ancient Marrakech, Morocco, could be the perfect place to dip your well-travelled toes. Studies shows that 80 per cent of all travel decisions are made by women, according to research by Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell, while 75% of those who take cultural or adventure trips are female.

So no surprise then that female solo travelling is a growing trend.

According to Satvada Retreats, the wellbeing holiday specialists, many of its guests are solo female travellers - and the numbers are growing.

“It is now much more common for woman to travel alone than men,” says co-founder Lucia Cockcroft, who has put her extensive experience of globe-trotting alone into creating the ideal retreat. “73% of travel agents polled noting that more female travellers embark on solo trips than their male counterparts.”

On our 2013 Easter retreat to Marrakech (http://www.satvada-retreats.co.uk/easter-yoga-retreat-hol...), every guest was a female travelling alone. In general, solo women form around half of all guests, and the numbers are increasing.”

So what's the appeal of going on a retreat if you're female and happily travelling solo?

"Whilst plenty of women are happy to take off and travel the globe alone, many more of us would prefer the sometime-company of a group of like-minded people, and a little ready-made structure to the trip, not to mention yummy, healthy food provided daily without fuss and without having to reach for the purse,” says Lucia.

Some retreats also don’t break the bank. Satvada’s Marrakech Wellbeing Weekends cost from £449 for three nights (excluding flights), while its luxury New Year Yoga Holiday costs from £949. And there are many other reasons why women take a solo retreat trip:

 The retreat environment offers a ready-made balance of alone-time and friendly, like-minded company. There are structured classes, plenty of free time, two or three group meals a day, and, all in all, a supportive, safe environment where friendships are often forged.

* On retreat, there's always an implicit focus on wellbeing, whether it is yoga, healthy eating, massage or much-needed headspace - just what many modern women are looking for.

* More women practice yoga. It's an obvious fact, and, as more and more men discover the practice, one that is slowly changing. At Satvada’s yoga classes in Chelmsford, Essex (http://www.yogaatthemill.co.uk/), the classes are still 80% female.

* Lucia says: “We have found that it's also increasingly common to welcome older women on retreat (whatever 'older' means!). On our last Suffolk Art of Relaxation weekend (http://www.satvada-retreats.co.uk/yoga-mindfulness-medita...), three of our participants were in their 60s and beyond. It was wonderful to see.”

Whether it's to rejuvenate on a retreat or spa weekend, or backpack around South East Asia, the phenomena of the solo female traveller looks set to be a long-term trend.

'You don’t choose the day you enter the world and you don’t chose the day you leave. It’s what you do in between that makes all the difference.'

Anita Septimus

To find out more about Satvada Retreats and its programme of affordable wellbeing holidays, please call Rebecca on 0203 695 2375 Ext 102 or email press@satvada-retreats.co.uk

Satvada Retreats (www.satvada-retreats.co.uk) runs nurturing, small group yoga and meditation escapes in Morocco and around the world. Hand-picked venues – including stunning Marrakech-centre Riads - are chosen for their quiet wow-factor, whilst Satvada's teachers are selected for their sensitive, inclusive approach and depth of understanding.