For the past 25 years, The Pastures’ founder, Bridget Ford Hughes, has dedicated her professional life to health, fitness and feeling good.
After graduating from The Swedish Institute, she was employed by Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts. She is also a certified Pilates instructor through Power Pilates in New York City, and a dedicated yogini.
Bridget is currently engaged in the two-year Kripalu School of Ayurveda and will graduate in June 2010. She maintains a private practice in massage therapy, Pilates and personal training.
In 2005, Bridget was diagnosed with breast cancer, and began a course of treatment that focused on reconstruction both physically and mentally. It was within this process that Bridget felt that she had to find a way to help other women on their own journey.
“The Pastures Retreat is more than a business for me—it is my dream to help other women with breast cancer through one of the most difficult struggles that they will ever face,” says Bridget. “It’s a journey that needs the support of dedicated people to assist them through their challenge on a physical, emotional and spiritual level.
“And to help them begin life again.”