“Let go and prepare to welcome the new”
8 Day Yoga and Family Constellations Retreat in Skala Vasilikon, Lesbos Greece
Mediterranean Retreats Center, Skala Vasilikon, Lesvo, Greece
Wellness Retreat in Greece
With the practice and knowledge derived from yoga, you will learn useful techniques to energize and activate the “change mode.” With the family constellations, however, you will be given the opportunity to work on your personal dynamics and behavior/thought patterns that prevent your growth and evolution.
Meet the instructors
Massimo & Piero
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Highlights
- Learn about family constellations
- Asana, pranayama, meditation, and chanting sessions every morning
- Restorative yoga, sound healing, and chanting sessions on two evenings
- Visit to the main sites of natural and historical interest of the island
- Visit the petrified forest, Lesbos' UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Transfer from Mytilene International Airport (MJT)
- 3 meals a day
- 7 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
7 days with instruction in English
The organizer also speaks: Italian, Spanish
Group size: Maximum of 20 participants
Airport transfer included:
Mytilene International Airport
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
15:00
Check-out Time:
12:00
Facilities
- Shopping
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Barbeque facilities
- Environmentally friendly
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Luggage room / storage
- Multilingual staff
- Picnic area
- Smoke-free property
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Yoga shala
- Free bicycle
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry
- Meeting room
- Tour assistance
Mediterranean Retreats Center
Mediterranean Retreats Center, which today has been completely converted into a center for yoga and the study of energy and healing practices, was originally a traditional Greek tavern and small hotel. It has five double rooms with a bathroom on the first floor of the main building.
There are also five more rooms in another building 800 meters away along the beach. The outside shala is near the sea and from there, you can enjoy the most amazing sunsets. It also has an indoor shala of about 100 square meters.
Additionally, from the yoga deck, you can admire the most amazing sunset.
Program
The ancient sages, and no less the Buddha Gautama Shakyamuni, teach that the greatest cause of suffering is represented by the almost innate tendency to attachment.
Everyone, more or less, creates a holographic image of themselves, an image that is inevitably influenced by dysfunctional learning processes and traumas that they may have experienced firsthand or that have involved members of their family circle.
People hardly recognize these entanglements because they mostly react by implementing automatic responses based on acquired patterns and experiences. In this retreat, you will have a chance to contact and deploy innovative energies that can help you to let go of thought/behavior patterns that are no longer current and useful with a certain effectiveness.
With the practice and knowledge derived from yoga, you will learn useful techniques to energize and activate the “change mode.” With the family constellations, however, you will be given the opportunity to work on your personal dynamics and behavior/thought patterns that prevent your growth and evolution.
What are family constellations?
Family constellations take place in a group whose members serve as representatives in the staging of a theme or situation that one wants to observe. The dynamics between the various representatives bring out the movements of the soul that indicate a possible solution.
Representing a role in a constellation is an experience that helps those who are represented to observe what is, those who represent to perceive a dynamic from within, and those who observe for the empathy that is generated.
Bert Hellinger, the creator of family constellations, calls this sense of connection, perceived by group members, the morpho-genetic field. Current problems and difficulties can be influenced by trauma suffered in previous generations, even if the people involved are not aware of it. The sense of knowledge that comes from the process is shared among all members of the group.
“Energize your desire for change, rooting you in the present moment.”
Daily program
Participants will start every morning practicing yoga, pranayama, meditation, and chanting. After breakfast until lunch, the group will work with family constellations.
- 08:00 - 09:30 Asana, pranayama, meditation, and chanting
- 09:30 - 10:30 Breakfast
- 10:30 - 14:00 Family constellations
- 14:00 - 15:00 Lunch and free time
Two evenings will be dedicated to the practice of Restorative yoga, sound healing, and chanting.
Included excursions
In the afternoon, the group will visit the main sites of natural and historical interest of the island, and Holismos Yoga & Wellness will also offer you a chance to enjoy some bodywork and chanting in the natural hot springs of Mytilene built by the Ottomans.
Participants will also visit the petrified forest, the reason why the island of Lesvos has been declared a UNESCO heritage.
Instructors
Massimo Cantara
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Massimo lived and studied in England for more than ten years and speaks fluent English. He is a member of Three Treasures Yoga. Massimo is a registered yoga teacher with YAI 500 as well as a professional Shiatsu therapist and teacher. He is also a qualified kinesiologist and cranial sacral therapist. In 1999, he founded Holistic, a center for yoga and complementary therapies in Poggibonsi, Tuscany, Italy. He has been teaching yoga since 2010 specializing in anatomy, physiology, and bodywork for yoga teacher training. Massimo spent 12 years practicing Shorinji Kempo (2 Dan).
Piero Bianciardi
Piero Bianciardi has been a yoga teacher since 1988, as well as practitioner of Feldenkrais and assistant trainer of the Feldenkrais method. Piero is also an Aikido practitioner with a second Dan degree and is experienced in Taijiquan, Shaolin chuan, Tango, and Costellazioni Familiari Sistemico.
Retreat location
Lesvos can rightly be considered a true paradise for hikers. Its many natural beauties, scattered cultural monuments, spectacular views of the Aegean Sea and the coasts of Asia Minor, and above all, a network of well-marked trails make Lesvos an ideal destination for hikers. Information panels, observation towers, and kiosks for hikers to rest complete the trail markings and enrich the island’s itineraries. There are also ecological interest trails to follow, or routes through agricultural landscapes and geological sites, as well as cultural trails through traditional villages.
There are treks of different levels of difficulty that can satisfy even the most experienced hikers. Three treks with increasing difficulty will be carried out during this week.
This island, despite being a UNESCO World Heritage Site, does not have a tourist attendance comparable to other Greek islands such as Santorini, Mykonos, or Rhodes. Lesvos is no less a generous and independent island, with its own well-defined profile in the Greek economy, and is full of interesting things to discover and, of course, to enjoy.
It is the home of Sappho (famous poetess of the classical period), the best Hellenic olive oil, the undisputed capital of ouzo, and retsina (local flavored wine). The place also boasts a curious and unique petrified forest, and its capital, Mytilene, is rich in historical vestiges and has a great student life that enlivens it even during the long winter months.
The island’s nature is lush and bountiful: millions of olive trees alternate with dense forests, but also leave room for desolate valleys and barren mountains. And then, there is the endless coastline - with long stretches unknown to mass tourism, lonely but welcoming, familiar only to the nearly 300 species of migratory birds that choose to stop there each year.
Lesvos is also an island where Greek daily life is not dazzled by the easy money and somewhat kitsch of boorish and naive tourism. It lives its routine with optimism and appreciates the fact that those who go there have not chosen their destination at random.
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
The dishes that Holismos serves at their yoga center are vegetarian and vegan, strongly influenced by Greek and Middle Eastern flavors. Breakfasts, lunches, and dinners are carefully prepared by their staff, using only high-quality local ingredients grown in a healthy, unpolluted environment on volcanic and nutrient-rich soil.
Great care is taken in the preparation of food. The three meals included in the prices are exclusively vegetarian/vegan. In addition, they can adapt the meals to meet any dietary requirements such as food intolerances and allergies.
Throughout the day, clients will also have access to herbal teas, teas, infusions, refreshing drinks, and fruit from their garden.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Lacto-ovo Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
- Entrance to the local hot spring bath
- Entrance to the museums
- Dinner in the local taverna if the group wishes to
Spa treatments
On-demand services include Shiatsu, Feldenkrais, Cranio-Sacral therapy, and massage.
What's included
- Yoga and family constellations lessons
- Transportation during the retreat
- Transfer from Mytilene International Airport (MJT)
- 3 meals per day
- 7 nights accommodation
What's not included
- Flights
- Airport drop-off to Mytilene International Airport (MJT)
- Extra meals that participants may consume in the delicious local taverna
- Entrance to the museums or hot springs
How to get there
Recommended Airports
MJT
Mytilene International Airport
31 km
Transfer included
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to Mytilene International Airport (MJT). Only pick up from this airport is included in the price.
Lesvos is located in the archipelago of islands in the Northeastern Aegean and is the largest of the group in size. Because of its importance, it has very easy connections to Athens, from where there are several internal flights every day throughout the year.
From some European countries, you can fly directly to Lesvos, which has a small but modern international airport. If you cannot find a direct flight to Mytilene, fly to Athens, and from there take another flight to the island.
Arrival by ferry
If you want to save money, there are good connections by ship, always and every day of the year. Ships also stop in Chios and often go as far north as Thessaloniki.
Airport: Mytilene International Airport
Airport transfer included: Mytilene International Airport
No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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