7 Day Exclusive Blue Zone Yoga Retreat with Only 4 Participants in Ikaria, Greece
Authentic Ikarian Yoga Retreat
Look forward to a re-creative, restful and stimulating holiday with Greek flair in the middle of the longevity island of Ikaria. Katrin, founder of THE EGG Retreat Centre and passionate body-worker and Yoga teacher arranged a fabulous program for only 4 participants and one week in challenging times. I will show you my private and intimate Ikaria.
Meet the instructors
Highlights
- Practice yoga featuring Hatha, Yin, and Power
- Have daily pranayama, asana, and meditation sessions
- Experience three day trips (healing hot springs and the real Ikaria excursion)
- Enjoy a "nature appreciation day" with hiking, forest bathing, etc.
- Engage in fun activities in the community
- Spoil yourself with a professional massage and relax until your tip toes
- Daily breakfast and lunch will be served
- 6 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
6 days with instruction in English
Average daily hours of activity: 5
Accommodation
Facilities
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Tennis court
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Bar
- Café
- Dining area
- Garden
- Lobby
- Luggage room / storage
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Terrace
- Free parking
- Library
- Wireless internet
Karras Star Hotel (three-star hotel)
At about 300 meters walking distance from The Egg Retreat Centre, the beautiful Karras’ Star Hotel is located. In this marvelous surrounding facing the sea, you certainly will find rest day by day.
Choose a comfortable single or double / twin room option. The Karras Star Hotel is a three-star hotel complex. It consists of four buildings that offer hospitality to 74 guests. It is amphitheatrically built and allows almost every room a breathtaking view of the Aegean Sea. Its surroundings are not only modern and sophisticated, but also reflect the tradition of the island.
Program
Step into a world of serenity and authenticity with The Egg Greece. Explore the real Ikarian way of life. This exclusive retreat on the enchanting island of Ikaria is more than a yoga getaway. It will be an immersion into the island’s soulful way of life. Connect deeply with yourself through mindful yoga practices, meditation, and a peaceful island lifestyle rooted in wellness, a healthy Ikarian diet, and longevity.
Yoga and Healing
This week, Katrin invites you to explore beyond the mat with guided excursions that connect movement, nature, and mindfulness. Her Yoga sessions flow seamlessly into moments of discovery, offering balance and inspiration throughout the journey. At the same time, INDIRA shares her gift of spiritual healing, creating a space for deep rest, renewal, and inner clarity. Together, their work weaves body, mind, and spirit into a nourishing Retreat experience.
Spiritual Energetic Healing with INDIRA
The Energy work with INDIRA begins in this subtle realm to harmonize and allow disturbed or blocked energy to flow again. Energy work is therefore subtle work on energy points, pathways, centers, fields, bodies and systems.
Yoga with Katrin
Start each day in balance and harmony. Join Katrin for inspiring daily yoga classes designed to energize your body, calm your mind, and open your heart. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced practitioner, Katrin’s gentle guidance will help you deepen your practice and fully embrace the Retreat experience.
Discover the power of simplicity, balance, and natural beauty in a retreat designed for an intimate, private group on Katrin's beloved island of Ikaria to renew and inspire.
Why choose this Retreat?
- -Intimate Setting:
With only 4 participants, this retreat offers a deeply personal and tailored experience.
Guided by Katrin the founder of THE EGG Retreat Centre:
Learn and grow under the guidance of a dedicated teacher and founder who lives and breathes Yoga and Ikaria island since 20 years.
-Common and Individual Healing Session with INDIRA:
In the individual Sessions with INDIRA, we go deeper into to specific life topics like activation of soul plan, emotional transformation, trauma healing, dissolution of conditioning and beliefs, reconnection of inner child, karma healing or ancestral work.
-Authentic Ikaria:
Explore the hidden and secret gems of Ikaria, known for its slow-living culture and vibrant energy, through the eyes of a local expert.
Classes are all-level, and no prior yoga experience is needed, although The Egg Greece does encourage you to take a few introductory classes before your retreat. All offers are optional. Just choose what suits you best to reconnect to yourself and like-minded beings.
Authentic Blue Zone Yoga Retreat
Welcome to The Egg Authentic Blue-Zone Yoga and Spiritual Energetic Healing Retreat – as the founder of The Egg Retreat Centre created a carefully curated experience at my favourite place on this little planet: The sea, mountains and healing soil of Ikaria island, where I spend my springs and summers since 20 years.
Splendid sea and mountain views, the turquoise sparkling clear water, the intoxicating smell of Greek herbs, the vibrant stillness in the Yoga Shala and the basic living of the locals… All of it keeps reminding me how everything is connected and intertwined. The island draws me into my practice, my practice draws me into the island.
This is what I’m sharing with you. Deep breaths. Wild nature. The healing hot springs. The hike to the top of the mountain. Sand under our feet. Delicious food. Moments of awe. Yoga – not just postures and poses, but a practice that permeates the whole life, every breath, every instant.
Together we pause. We savour the present moment. We appreciate the vastness and the voidness of being. We share a few steps on our random walk through life, re-connecting what belongs together.
The Egg is looking forward connecting with you.
Namaste Katrin
Samples of Daily Schedule
- -Sunday: Arrival
- From 14:00 arrival at the Hotel
- 17:00 Welcome circle and yoga
- 19:30 Dinner
Monday to Friday
- 08:00 Pranayama and yoga
- 09:30 Breakfast
- 10:30 Free time or planned excursions/or your individual spiritual energetic healing session
- 13:00 Lunch
- 14:30 Massage/or your individual spiritual energetic healing session
- 17:00 Afternoon yoga and meditation
- 19:30 Dinner
Saturday: Departure day
- 07:00 Pranayama, yoga and meditation
- 08:30 Closing ceremony/circle
- 09:00 Breakfast
- 10:00 Goodbye and departure
Exact itinerary subject to change. While every effort is made to keep to all published itineraries, The Egg reserves the right to make changes for your convenience.
Included excursions
- 1 "nature appreciation day" up in Ikarias mountain villages (hike, meditation in movement, (forest) bathing or similar; weather permitting)
- Day trip to the healing hot springs
- Day trip to a secret, unique beachside
- Day trip to a variety of selected locations with Ikarian living
Instructors
Katrin Gerner
Welcome to Blue Zone Yoga Retreat – a carefully curated experience at her favourite place on this little planet: The sea, mountains and healing soil of Ikaria island. Splendid sea and mountain views, the turquoise sparkling clear water, the intoxicating smell of Greek herbs, the vibrant stillness in the Yoga Shala and the basic living of the locals… All of it keeps reminding her how everything is connected and intertwined. The island draws her into her practice, her practice draws her into the island. This is what she is sharing with you. Deep breaths. Wild nature. The healing hot springs.
Indira
*SPIRITUAL ENERGETIC HEALING* The Energy work with INDIRA begins in this subtle realm to harmonize and allow disturbed or blocked energy to flow again. Energy work is therefore subtle work on energy points, pathways, centers, fields, bodies and systems. It has a regulating and recalibrating effect on the aura, chakras, and meridians. The goal of energy work is to restore the orginal energy flow of life according to our divine blueprint. Energy flow and emotional processes are not separate from the body and mind and all life is permeated by energy.
Retreat location
This retreat will take place in Ikaria, Greece. It is considered one of the world's five Blue Zones where the population regularly lives to an advanced age. This is due to healthy diets and lifestyles. It is one of the very few places in the world where people live healthily and happily, and get older than anywhere else.
The island is not only known for its healing hot mineral springs, but also for its many hiking paths with a huge variety of healing herbs, delicious and healthy food, and very friendly inhabitants.
A Blue Zone destination
Live a long, happy, and healthy life in Ikaria. Blue Zone is a concept used to identify a demographic and / or geographic area of the world where people live measurably longer lives. Described in Dan Buettner’s book, “The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from People who Lived the Longest.”
Buettner identifies longevity hotspots in Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; and among the Seventh Day Adventists in Loma Linda, California, and offers an explanation, based on empirical data and first-hand observations, as to why these populations live healthier and longer lives.
The obvious question follows: What unique factors give rise to Ikaria’s fountain of youth? Is there something special in the wine, or a particular quality of its famous thermal springs? Or is the answer something more complex, having to do with social and lifestyle factors?
Whatever the underlying reasons, they have resulted in the island’s recent status as one of the world’s Blue Zones.
According to bestselling author Dan Buettner in his book Blue Zones, Ikaria is a location where people live long and healthy lives because they engage in natural movement, have the right outlook on life, eat properly, and have a solid sense of community and belonging.
It’s certainly true that Ikarians are proud of the balance in their lives. Nature, freedom, time, and development are all put into perspective. Despite the allure of profits associated with mass tourism, the people of Ikaria have long resisted development. Fiercely maintaining local traditions, their way of life is fulfilling, and apparently rewards them with outstanding health benefits.
Buettner says that there are nine keys to longevity and health:
- Natural movement
- Having a purpose in life
- Not working too hard, slowing down
- Not eating too much
- Eating lots of vegetables, but not too much meat
- Having the occasional glass of good red wine
- Belonging to a community or having a good social network
- Sharing personal beliefs or spirituality
- Making family a priority
Distances
- Gas station, 1 kilometer
- Messakti Beach - 15 minutes walking distance and two minutes by car
- Variety of tavernas / restaurants, 1.7 kilometers
- 2 supermarkets, 1.7 kilometers
- Pharmacy, 1.7 kilometers
- Car / scooter rental, 1.7 kilometers
- Standup paddleboarding (SUP) and surfing, 2 kilometers
- Kayaking, 2 kilometers
- Evdilos Port - 20 minutes
- Agios Kirykos Port - 1.5 hours
- Ikaria Airport - 1.5 hours
Unique features
Activities
- Swimming pool (outdoor)
- Tennis court
General
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Air-conditioned rooms
- Bar
- Café
- Dining area
- Garden
- Lobby
- Luggage room / storage
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Terrace
Services
- Free parking
- Library
- Wireless internet
This Yoga Retreat is vegetarian-friendly
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Food
You will only eat organic and vegetarian food throughout the week. The Egg Greece's chef, a local Ikarian woman, will spoil you there. But, the group will also visit the best local tavernas of the island together and share nourishing lunches inspired by the island’s famous longevity diet.
Breakfast buffets are served at the Karras Star Hotel next door (not at The Egg). Please note that you can only take snacks for dinner at the hotel (toast, salads, sandwiches). If you would like to enjoy more variety for dinner, the next village with plenty of Greek tavernas is located 15 minutes walking distance or two minutes by car / scooter from the hotel and The Egg.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
Things to do (optional)
Activities at your own cost
Enjoy your afternoon and visit Messakti Beach, one of the most beautiful beaches on the island. If you feel like having a healthy bath, visit the famous hot mineral springs in Lefkada. You can also visit one of many Ikarian organic farms or wineries, or just watch the time passing in the medieval village of Rahes on top of the mountain.
Also, try the tasty Ikarian honey or the well-known mountain teas. Make sure to get a piece of Ikarian wild goat served with homemade wine. Take a bike tour or just watch the daily routine on the port in Evdilos, visit a Panagiria feast, or just follow your intuition and have fun!
Closest beaches
You will find one of Ikaria's most beautiful sandy beaches (Messakti Beach), within 15 to 20 minutes walking distance (two minutes by car / scooter) to The Egg and the hotel. There, you will find sunbeds, tavernas, surfing, SUP, and beach volleyball.
In case you would like to enjoy the quietness and natural beauty without sunbeds, etc., you can enjoy the beach just next door to the hotel and The Egg, eight minutes walking distance.
Please note that the beach next door has a rocky entrance and can only be entered on a calm day. Nevertheless, you can enter the hotel pool every day.
Spa treatments
Spa treatments
Professional massage treatments are available at an extra price:
- Thai yoga massage
- Ayurvedic head and neck massage with warm oil
- Ayurvedic foot massage with warm oil
- Ayurvedic full body massage with warm oil
- Holistic energetic massage
- Sports massage
You'll have access to everything in the magic open-air studio directly in front of the sea! The Egg Retreat Centre is constantly improving and adding new techniques and treatments. For more information, send an inquiry.
What's included
- Twice daily yoga (pranayama, asana, meditation)
- Styles: Hatha, Yin yoga, and Power yoga elements
- Day trip to healing hot springs
- Day trip to a secret, unique beachside
- Day trip to a variety of selected locations with Ikarian living
- 1 "nature appreciation day" in Ikaria’s mountain villages (hike, meditation in movement, (forest) bathing, or similar; weather permitting)
- Welcome and closing ceremony
- On-site host
- Fun and activities in a small community
- 6 nights / seven days accommodation in three-star lodging
- Daily breakfast buffet
- Daily Mediterranean vegetarian lunch
What's not included
- Airport transfers
- Breakfast and lunch buffet on the day of arrival (Sunday)
- Lunch buffet on the day of departure (Friday)
- Dinners
- European tourist tax at the hotel (5.00 EUR per room per night) – needs to be paid directly to the hotel when checking out
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Transfer not provided
Mykonos Island National Airport
71 km away from your destination
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Samos International Airport "Aristarchos of Samos"
69 km away from your destination
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Thessaloniki Airport "Macedonia"
420 km away from your destination
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Athens International Airport (Eleftherios Venizelos Airport)
194 km away from your destination
Arrival by plane
Please arrange your flight to arrive at Ikaria Island National Airport (JIK) via Athens, Samos, Mykonos, Thessaloniki. From there, you can take a taxi or a rental car to reach the hotel.
From Athens or Thessaloniki, you can continue with Olympic Air, Aegean Airlines, or Skyexpress in 55 minutes to Ikaria Island. Incoming flights leave daily from Athens and Thessaloniki.
The price is approximately from 100 to 200 EUR round-trip, depending on the season. You can book your Athens / Ikaria flight on the Olympic Air website. You will also find direct and multiple flight options on eSky website.
Arrival by ferry
Book a trip to Evdilos port from Piraeus / Athens port. From there, you can take a taxi or rent a car to reach the hotel. Evdilos / Ikaria port is just 20 minutes away from The Egg and the hotel.
You can also book a trip to Agios Kirykos port from Piraeus / Athens port. From there, you can take a taxi or rent a car to reach the hotel. Agios Kirykos is a one and a half-hour drive away from The Egg and the hotel.
You can also take a boat from Samos / Vathi port to Ikaria / Evdilos port. Incoming and outgoing ferries are once or twice a day, depending the season. The ride is between two and a half and five hours, depending on the season. It's approximately 10 EUR, one way.
The ferry from Athens to Ikaria takes seven to eight hours, depending on the season. Incoming and outgoing ferries are once or twice a day, also depending on the season. The ride costs approximately 46 EUR, one way. You can book your Athens (Piraeus) / Ikaria (Evdilos or Ag. Kirykos) ferry boat on the Blue Star Ferries website.
You can also take a ferry from Mykonos that lasts 2.10 hours to Ikaria (Mykonos - Evdilos). Incoming and outgoing ferries are once or twice a day, depending on the season. The ride costs approximately 20 EUR, one way. Book your Mykonos / Ikaria (Evdilos) ferry boat on the Blue Star Ferries website.
You can also book your ferry boat on the Dodekanisos Seaways website. Information above is subject to change. Newest schedules for the new season are provided in early May each year.
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 30 days before arrival.
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