Choose the type of holiday that will leave you feeling refreshed, revived, calm and like a whole person again. Forget the itinerary, the diary, the alarm clock and leave the anxiety at home. Here’s our favourite Calming Retreats in Europe for Stress and Burn Out
Yoga, Mindfulness and Meditation Retreat in a French Chateau
Dates: 3rd – 7th September
A 5 day Yoga, Mindfulness and Embodied Mediation Retreat in a French Chateau to re-establish a rich, soulful connection to your yoga and meditation practice. Located in a picturesque medieval village in the southern French Pyrenees, the house feels like a temple, the rooms are large and stylish.
This retreat is intended for all those in need of rejuvenation, rest and relaxation, and those who are seeking a more mystical connection to their existing yoga and meditation practice.
Retreat facilitator Gertrud shares her practice of Embodied Meditation, which is the yoga of breath, mindfulness and movement. Without excessive effort, the practice strengthens your core, legs and hips, tones your parasympathetic nervous system and sets alight your inner space.
The gourmet vegan food has been described as sensational, outrageous, alchemical, the best ever, and more. It is often raw, always free from dairy, meats, gluten, and sugar.
There will be periods of free time each day, which gives you opportunity to just relax in the walled garden, pamper yourself or explore wild swimming in nearby lakes and rivers. You will be held within a clear daily structure. You are welcome to add additional nights to the end of your stay.
Kundalini Yoga & Healing Retreat, Portugal
Dates: 9th – 13th November
The Safe to Surrender retreat delivers the ultimate healing experience with 5-days of deep soul excavation and restoration.
A sense of safety comes from deeply relaxing the nervous system and letting go of what is no longer serving us. Once we feel safe we can fully begin to relax and connect to ourselves, to the deepest depths of the soul.
We can begin to fully embody ourselves once we see that we can regulate how we feel, yes we can change how we feel and we can step into a true and deep healing experience.
On this retreat we will have two Shamanic Kundalini Yoga classes each day, where the therapy is primarily focused on changing how we feel, bringing the parasympathetic nervous system back into alignment, fully expanding the breath, fully occupying the body, soothing the stress and dropping fully and completely into the moment.
This is where the healing is, this is where the magic is and it is from here that the rest of our lives can begin to flow smoothly.
When we surrender we truly open the doors to deep healing, we truly connect to the self within the self, to the higher self, to the soul and from surrender, amazing things can happen.
The calling of your soul here will be to remember who you were before you were laiden down with the cloaks of conditioning, personality, responsibilities, the shoulds, the restrictions and the systems and once you remember you really never forget.
Vale de Moses Yoga Retreat in the Portuguese Mountains
Dates: Open March – October
Vale de Moses is a family run yoga retreat in the heart of the Portuguese mountains. Spend a week or more practicing yoga, receiving massage and acupuncture treatments, walking in forests, swimming in natural river pools and eating delicious nutritious food.
Stay in one of the beautifully restored stone cottages, Soulpads or in a Tipi.  Our retreat home is perfect for those in need of a break, rest and relaxation. We are surrounded by nature and forests, peace and tranquility – the perfect ingredients to restore your body and mind.
The combination of good food and sleep, clean mountain air and water, therapeutic massage and acupuncture, hill walking and river swimming, all create a highly restorative context in which to begin, or to deepen, your yoga practice.
Soulfully reconnect with our planet and with your own body. This warm invitation to deepen your love affair with yoga, is open for everyone, travelling alone or with friends, new to yoga or practicing for decades.
Most of our retreats at Vale de Moses include morning and afternoon classes, a health consultation, massage/acupuncture treatment, 3 nourishing daily meals and a trip to the nearby Rio Zêzere.
Euphoria Emotional and Physical Transformation Retreat, Greece
Dates: 6th – 13th November
This 7-day retreat offers you an immersive experience of our core philosophy for joyful transformation, the concept on which Euphoria Retreat was founded. You will experience the 5 Elements system as a theory for understanding our life path – both through dialogue and experiential practices.
Combining the extraordinary potential of ancient Greek and Chinese healing practices and philosophies, this signature retreat uses group workshops and Five Elements Balancing, complemented by treatments such as acupuncture, energy work and massages.
You will feel a profound connection with your physical and emotional energies, enjoying harmony, freedom and energy flow and a sense of profound optimism in the possibility of achieving your goals.
You will be guided through experiential practices, therapies and dialogues to better understand how energy flows through the 5 Elements in the universe and how your personal energy is affected by this universal energy. This will help you restore a more harmonious flow in your emotional and physical wellbeing
This is an unforgettable holiday: 7 days that blend ancient wisdom, contemporary approaches, natural healing practices, professional excellence, personal passion and beautiful nature.
Immunity Boost Wellbeing Program at Palazzo Fiuggi, Rome
Dates: Available All Year
We invite you to experience the Palazzo Fiuggi Medical Concept at its birthplace. Here, amid a breath-taking natural setting long renowned for its healing waters, guests can enjoy privileged access to world-class spa and medical facilities.
Palazzo Fiuggi is only one hour away from Rome and the structure consists of a fantastic 6000 square meter spa, relaxation area, a large and bright 400 square meter gym, heated outdoor and indoor pools. It is possible to take walks inside the very suggestive park that surrounds the hotel where you can breathe the pure and fresh air of Fiuggi.
All this is enriched by the Food Line that is created by our starred chef Heinz Beck, who offers dishes rich in nutrients prepared with fresh local ingredients and low in calories.
The immunity boost wellbeing program is designed for those seeking to increase vital energy, feel confident in the fight against infection, strengthen immunity and achieve optimal health.
Initial diagnostic consultations will lead to the creation of a bespoke therapy schedule to build the body’s defences, reduce fatigue and increase wellbeing.
Seaside Yoga, Meditation and Hiking Holiday, Croatia
Dates: 17th – 25th September
Are you looking for an inspiring and nourishing seaside yoga holiday in Croatia under the Mediterranean sun? Do you want to go somewhere where you can roll out your yoga mat by the sea in the morning, explore secluded beautiful beaches and unspoiled island’s nature in the afternoon, and cleanse your body with organic food and detox juices? Then this week long retreat is Croatia is perfect for you!.
Experience the joys of a seaside yoga practice combined with meditation and breathing exercises. You will also experience excursions to the magical nature park of island Mljet with salt lakes, an olive grove farm with wild herb workshop where you will be able to learn about the culinary use and medical benefits of Mediterranean herbs, a boat ride to secluded beaches, and a tour to an organic Bee farm.
Most of all on our seaside yoga holiday, you will discover all the joys of the Mediterranean and have a lot of fun in the process! The extensive local knowledge of the retreat team ensures that you will enjoy the most authentic sights, flavors and experiences of Croatia.
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I could definitely use a retreat! Thanks for sharing these, I’m going to look into some now.