The Guides Who Hold This Space
Meet your guides.
Exhale Retreats is held by Laura Hancock and Fallon Ward, two accredited psychotherapists and heart-led practitioners brought together by a shared vision: creating spaces where people feel safe enough to slow down, soften, and reconnect with themselves.
Together they hold spaces of emotional safety, nervous-system awareness, and restorative wellbeing.
Founder of Exhale
Laura Hancock PhD
Accredited Psychotherapist · Heart-Led Practitioner
Laura is an accredited psychotherapist and heart-led practitioner devoted to guiding people back to themselves through nurturing, deeply supportive transformation.
With nearly two decades devoted to this field, her work weaves together psychology, nervous-system science, somatic healing, and spiritual growth, honouring every dimension of the self equally.
Laura is known for creating spaces where people feel genuinely safe, safe enough to soften out of survival mode, to release what has been carried too long, and to return to their own inner steadiness and clarity.
Her Work Is Rooted In
Qualifications
- ·MSc in Positive Psychology
- ·MSc in Spiritual & Heart-Led Counselling
- ·PhD in Applied Psychotherapy
- ·Holistic Reiki Energy Practitioner
Kind Words
Voices of healing
"Working with Laura was an amazing experience! Not only did she help me to figure out what I truly wanted in life, but she also guided me on how to go about getting it."
~ Penny
London
"Laura creates spaces of gentle integration."
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The Foundation of Exhale Retreats
Built upon the MBSH Method™
Mind · Body · Spirit · Heart Integration
Every Exhale retreat is rooted in Laura's MBSH Method™, a therapeutic approach anchored in years of research and grounded in the lived experiences of real people. It is not a framework imposed from the outside. It is a gentle returning to what has always been within.
Mind
Body
Spirit
Heart
Co-Founder
Fallon Ward
Accredited Psychotherapist · Heart-Led Practitioner
Fallon is a heart-led, accredited psychotherapist devoted to supporting people through nurturing, compassionate, and deeply attuned care.
Her approach honours every layer of human experience, mind, body, heart, and soul, creating a sense of safety where clients feel truly seen, supported, and gently held.
Fallon is known for guiding individuals into safe harbours, spaces where emotional overwhelm softens, nervous systems settle, and inner clarity begins to emerge.
Her Work Is Rooted In
Qualifications
- ·Level 6 Diploma in Counselling
- ·Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Certification
- ·Certified Louise Hay Facilitator
- ·Certified Sound Healing Practitioner
Kind Words
Voices of healing
"Her warmth and compassion created a space where I finally felt safe enough to let go."
~ Margaret
Edinburgh
"Fallon holds safe harbours for the heart."
Together
A space where you are truly held.
When you come to an Exhale retreat, you are cared for by two practitioners whose work, wisdom, and hearts are entirely devoted to your wellbeing. You are not a client here. You are a guest, received, witnessed, and held.
"Two hearts, one vision: creating spaces where people remember who they are."BEGIN YOUR ENQUIRY