7 Day A Journey of Self Discovery: Sit, Write, and Walk Meditation and Yoga Retreat in Andalucia

Facilities

This experimental and beautiful retreat uses ideas drawn from the rivers surrounding you on your retreat to help you discover your origin, path, and expression to the world around you. To aid this process of discovery, you’ll work with periods of silence to store your creative energy and learn how to nurture your inner voice.

The writer’s studio is set in two acres of luscious garden, with a river running through. Meditation spaces are dotted through the garden and with hammocks, swinging chairs, poolside tables, and plenty of shady trees you’ll take the craft of writing back out into the wild.

Your writing tutor is a published author, editor, and experienced mentor with a passion for supporting other writers to develop their confidence and practice. Over this retreat, she’ll help you break through old blockages, taking home a wealth of new ideas and practices to work with. Regarding the writing session, the focus is not on the creation of a story or poem although that may be what comes out.

You are welcome to arrive from 14:00 onwards on day 1 and make use of the swimming pool and luscious gardens before you first come together as a group for your evening sessions which are a welcome circle, group meditation, and a sumptuous dinner. The retreat finishes after your morning session and breakfast on day 7, allowing you plenty of time to travel back home feeling refreshed, smiling, and with a new love of writing.

Sample daily schedule

• 08:00 - 08:45 Journaling
• 08:45 - 10:15 Yoga
• 10:15 - 11:15 Brunch
• 11:30 - 14:30 Meditation - Sit, Write, Walk, Read
• 14:30 - 16:00 Free time - swim, have a massage, develop your writing.
• 16:00 - 18:00 Writer’s workshop
• 18:00 - 19:00 Free time to develop your writing, swim, enjoy a massage, or lounge in a hammock and read
• 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner
• 20:00 - 21:00 Evening session and this may be a dreamy yoga Nidra, a fire clearing ritual, a cacao ceremony, or an evening of music around the fire
• 21:00 Journaling and private time

On some retreats, Riverheart has Karma Yoga places available for guests wanting to offer a few hours of their time each day in return for a reduced fee. Roles typically include social media and blog writing, but please inquire for full details of what’s available.

You can enjoy two excursions, one to the nearby forest for a beautiful sensory walk in nature and one to a local whitewashed village where you can find plenty of writing inspiration.

Set in the Valley of Oranges in the rolling Sierra de las Nieves, Riverheart has the perfect balance between countryside living and the ease of access of being on the edge of a town. Easy to get to, yet feels a million miles from anywhere once you're inside the stunning gardens.

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The food is vegetarian and sugar-free with vegan options for each meal, cooked with love, and using only organic and locally produced ingredients wherever possible. Tea, herbal infusions, fresh coffee, and organic wines and beers are all self-service and are included in the cost of the retreat.

Allergies and intolerances can be catered for. Please inform Riverheart Retreats in advance so they can best prepare to care for your needs. They have found that a brunch and dinner with snacks in between is the best schedule for mealtimes and allows time for a morning yoga session, Riverheart serves hearty wholefood and always has plenty of healthy snacks so promise you won't go hungry!

Your brunch includes a delicious assortment of fresh fruit, whole cereals, porridge with superfood supplements, and Spanish tostadas with herby tomatoes and eggs. A mid-afternoon snack is delicious and sugar-free, homemade cake, biscuits or olives, nuts, and seeds. Your dinner includes paellas, tortillas, or sensational stews depending on what culinary inspiration guides the chef that day. Food is all organic and local wherever possible, homemade with lots of love.

• Go up to the mountains or out to the olive groves (these optional excursions may be arranged for swimming and off-site writing and meditation practice depending on group size)
• Massage (onsite masseur available)
• Private tuition

• 6 nights' accommodation
• Daily yoga and meditation sessions
• Delicious brunch, snacks, dinner, and drinks
• Workshops

• Flights
• Massages
• Travel Insurance
• Private tuition
• Transfers

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• 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 30 days before arrival.