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Switzerland Mountain Yoga Retreat
Do you love yoga and meditation? Imagine a small designer hotel that smells of wood and is set right in the mind-blowing Alpine landscape. You open the window and invite into the room a tantalizing fragrance of wild herbs and fir trees. You practice yoga in a room with an Alpine view to die for. Your body feels stronger and more toned as you practice yoga twice a day and spend hours outdoors. Your mind is both sharper and softer - the unique effect of regular meditation. If this sounds like you, join Sparkling Yoga to experience yoga in the Alps, a place where time stops and nature is all there is.
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Highlights
- 2 yoga and meditation classes per day
- Practice with an expert teacher
- 3 restaurant dinners (3-course, gourmet, and vegetarian)
- Stay in a beautiful and comfortable alpine chalet hotel
- The use the mountain spa at the hotel
- 3 generous buffet breakfasts
- 3 nights accommodation
- Near glacier lake
Skill level
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
Accommodation
You will be staying in a rustic design chalet with a spa nestled amongst untouched nature and surrounded by the Alps. All rooms are comfortable, cozy, and come with a private bathroom.
Panoramic rooms are generously sized (30-meter square) and come with stunning mountain views. They also offer a comfortable sitting area for reading and relaxing and lots of morning sunshine.
Valley rooms are comfortably sized (24-meter-square) and come with a lovely valley and village view.
Program
Yoga program
This yoga retreat is designed for all levels of practitioners including beginners, intermediate and experienced practitioners. During this retreat, you will have an opportunity to experience a variety of approaches to Hatha yoga, from elemental Vinyasa flow to peaceful Hatha with a therapeutic quality as well as a myriad of supportive practices including myofascial release technique and resistance training targeting stabilizing muscles.
Program components of this yoga retreat:
- Elemental Vinyasa flow
- Alignment-based Hatha yoga
- In-depth self-myofascial release techniques
- Restorative flow
- Yin yoga
- Pranayama/breathwork
- Seated meditation - guided and self-guided
- Restful Yoga Nidra (yoga sleep) meditation in savasana
All sessions will be adapted to the participants in the room. You will receive guidance on how to modify poses and lots of individualized attention.
Typical Day
- 07:30-09:00 Morning yoga and meditation practice
- 09:00-10:00 Brunch at the hotel
- 10:00-16:00 Hike, lake dips, rest, sauna, or nap
- 16:30-18:00 Afternoon yoga and meditation practice
- 18:00 Dinner and free time with the possibility to use saunas at the hotel
When is the best season to join this retreat?
Spring yoga retreat is like a breath of fresh air. You can say goodbye to winter blues and say hello to sunshine. A great time of year to restart your practice if you've been taking a little break from it.
Autumn yoga retreat is the most colorful one of all. You'll fall in love with one thousand shades of green, amber, and crimson. You'll feel addicted to crisp mountain air and a feeling of deep relaxation in your whole body following the lake dips and sauna pleasures.
Instructors
Elena Mironov
Elena Mironov is a Zürich-based international yoga and meditation teacher, author, and composer. Over the past 16 years, she has led over 60 yoga and meditation retreats in Europe, Africa, Asia, Iceland, and Central America. She released a yoga DVD that has received brilliant reviews from leading yoga publications like Yoga Journal Deutschland, OM Yoga Magazine UK, Wellbeing, and Australian Yoga Life. Her classes are characterized by playfulness, uplifting, and warmth and are focused on safe alignment, breath-initiated movement, and the experience of flow.
Retreat location
The location in Bernese highlands (Berner Oberland) is easy to access from any major city in Switzerland and is a short distance from Gstaad. You can then drive or take a train to the village. It’s both a spectacular train ride and drive whichever direction you’re coming from.
Food
Included in the retreat fee are generous delicious brunches at the hotel every day featuring lots of scrumptious and fresh local produce as well as vegetarian or pescatarian dinners (you decide). Vegan options are also available. If you have special dietary requirements, please let Sparkling Yoga know in advance so that they can cater for you.
The following meals are included:
- Brunch
- Dinner
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Pescatarian
Spa treatments
In the cozy spa of the chalet hotel, you'll be able to enjoy a variety of mountain saunas (Finnish, Bio, Infrared) and a cozy relaxation area. An infrared sauna is amazing for deep muscular relaxation and tissue detox - an excellent add-on to our yoga program!
What's included
- 4 days yoga retreat package
- 3 nights stay in a beautiful and comfortable alpine chalet hotel
- 3 generous buffet breakfasts
- 3 restaurant dinners (3-course, gourmet, and vegetarian)
- The use of yoga space
- Rich yoga program featuring 2 yoga and meditation classes with an expert teacher daily
- The use of the mountain spa at the hotel
What's not included
- Flights
- Airport transfers
- Insurance
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Geneva Airport
140 km
Transfer not provided
Zurich Airport
106 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
The best airports are Geneva and Zurich, and the best time to land in one of these two airports would be in the morning or around noon on the first day of the retreat. The program starts in the late afternoon, so you would have enough time to arrive without stress, check-in, settle in your room, and meet the group at 16:30 on Thursday.
From Geneva or Zurich airport, you can take a train or drive. It will take you around 3 hours, either way, to get to the location. The retreat is close to the bus stop so you won't need a taxi if you're arriving by public transport. The best time for your departure flight from Geneva or Zurich would be on the evening of the departure day.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 15% 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.
