Flourish was founded by Alison Barnes, and her husband, Adam Botham, at their historic property, formerly known as the Glen Davis Boutique Hotel, in the Capertee Valley, NSW.
The motivation for designing and offering women’s wellness themed retreats, stems from Alison’s first hand experience with the multiple roles women play and how easy it is for wellbeing to reside on the back burner for most of us multitasking ladies.
After years fulfilling multiple roles as tax accountant, renovator, business owner, waitress, full-time student, barista, interior designer, cook, function manager, cleaner and mother to five, Alison knows a tad about multi-tasking and the detrimental long term effects of over-functioning in today’s busy world.
A desire to give something back while placing her own wellness on the agenda, led Alison to RMIT University’s Post-graduate Wellness Diploma with majors in Positive Psychology, Yoga, Mindbody Medicine, Wellness Assessment and Consulting and Food as Medicine. Alison also gained teaching qualifications in Pilates, Qigong, and Mindfulness, and is currently completing her Master of Wellness research degree with the view to adding to the current scientific wellness base.
This life experience has culminated in Alison and her trusted staff’s commitment to sharing with you life changing wellness tools she has found invaluable on her personal wellness journey. Here at Flourish we believe every individual has the right to truly flourish and we are here to assist you to achieve this by providing a personalised, down to earth approach to wellness and well-being.
